2017 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. Ranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/08/2018

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Memphis 2 18 32 7 57 28.5
2 UCF 4 44 56 11 111 27.8
3 Colorado State 2 24 26 5 55 27.5
4 Oklahoma State 3 25 50 7 82 27.3
5 South Florida 1 10 16 1 27 27.0
6 UCLA 4 29 64 8 101 25.3
7 West Virginia 4 41 46 13 100 25.0
7 Arizona 1 13 8 4 25 25.0
9 Oklahoma 5 45 69 10 124 24.8
10 Texas Tech 4 29 54 13 96 24.0
11 Syracuse 4 37 49 9 95 23.8
12 Michigan State 4 22 63 9 94 23.5
13 Virginia Tech 3 32 34 4 70 23.3
14 TCU 4 37 46 9 92 23.0
14 Connecticut 3 25 35 9 69 23.0
14 Toledo 1 6 16 1 23 23.0
17 USC 4 33 53 5 91 22.8
18 Duke 3 33 27 8 68 22.7
18 Wake Forest 3 27 38 3 68 22.7
18 SMU 3 23 35 10 68 22.7
21 Iowa State 4 18 54 18 90 22.5
22 Utah 3 27 33 7 67 22.3
23 Louisville 3 26 34 6 66 22.0
24 Washington State 5 20 83 6 109 21.8
24 Penn State 4 21 58 8 87 21.8
26 Tulsa 3 35 24 6 65 21.7
27 Colorado 2 18 24 1 43 21.5
28 Northwestern 3 14 44 5 63 21.0
28 Cincinnati 2 13 22 7 42 21.0
28 Georgia State 1 10 9 2 21 21.0
31 Houston 2 20 21 0 41 20.5
31 North Carolina State 2 16 23 2 41 20.5
31 Louisiana-Monroe 2 13 24 4 41 20.5
34 Ohio State 5 49 42 11 102 20.4
35 Navy 3 51 7 3 61 20.3
36 Auburn 7 65 59 16 140 20.0
36 Mississippi State 4 44 28 8 80 20.0
36 Louisiana Tech 1 12 5 3 20 20.0
39 Tulane 3 38 17 4 59 19.7
40 Arizona State 4 32 41 5 78 19.5
40 East Carolina 4 23 42 13 78 19.5
42 Pittsburgh 5 42 51 4 97 19.4
43 Baylor 3 17 39 2 58 19.3
44 Notre Dame 7 65 54 15 134 19.1
45 Miami (Ohio) 1 6 11 2 19 19.0
46 Indiana 4 19 47 8 74 18.5
46 San Diego State 2 15 19 3 37 18.5
48 North Carolina 4 27 37 9 73 18.3
48 Fresno State 4 26 41 6 73 18.3
48 Nebraska 4 18 50 5 73 18.3
51 Stanford 5 38 41 11 90 18.0
51 Nevada 2 15 17 4 36 18.0
51 Purdue 2 7 26 3 36 18.0
51 Air Force 1 12 5 1 18 18.0
51 New Mexico 1 10 6 2 18 18.0
51 Marshall 1 5 13 0 18 18.0
51 San Jose State 1 5 11 2 18 18.0
58 Georgia 6 47 47 13 107 17.8
59 Wisconsin 3 19 31 3 53 17.7
60 Boston College 4 36 31 3 70 17.5
60 Western Michigan 2 22 9 4 35 17.5
62 Alabama 5 49 30 8 87 17.4
63 Washington 2 14 16 4 34 17.0
63 UNLV 1 8 4 5 17 17.0
65 Texas 4 20 41 6 67 16.8
66 Clemson 5 30 46 7 83 16.6
67 Miami (Florida) 4 33 28 5 66 16.5
67 Mississippi 4 25 35 6 66 16.5
69 California 3 22 24 3 49 16.3
70 LSU 4 29 33 2 64 16.0
70 Florida State 4 25 34 5 64 16.0
70 Kentucky 3 18 25 5 48 16.0
70 Virginia 3 13 33 2 48 16.0
70 Army 1 14 1 1 16 16.0
75 Michigan 4 28 30 4 62 15.5
75 Florida 2 17 12 2 31 15.5
75 Missouri 2 11 18 2 31 15.5
78 Kansas State 3 26 17 3 46 15.3
79 Arkansas 5 27 39 10 76 15.2
80 Bowling Green 2 9 20 1 30 15.0
80 Wyoming 1 7 6 2 15 15.0
82 Oregon State 3 23 16 5 44 14.7
83 Texas A&M 4 16 34 8 58 14.5
83 Utah State 2 7 18 4 29 14.5
85 Georgia Tech 4 47 6 4 57 14.3
85 Temple 3 16 25 2 43 14.3
87 Maryland 6 33 35 16 84 14.0
87 Oregon 3 28 13 1 42 14.0
87 Rice 1 8 5 1 14 14.0
90 Troy 2 13 12 2 27 13.5
91 Iowa 5 21 39 5 65 13.0
91 Florida International 1 5 8 0 13 13.0
93 Illinois 4 19 21 8 48 12.0
93 South Carolina 3 9 25 2 36 12.0
93 Appalachian State 1 6 6 0 12 12.0
93 Massachusetts 1 6 3 3 12 12.0
93 Akron 1 4 7 1 12 12.0
93 South Alabama 1 2 9 1 12 12.0
99 Rutgers 4 22 20 5 47 11.8
100 UTEP 1 5 3 3 11 11.0
101 Minnesota 3 15 13 1 29 9.7
102 BYU 4 12 21 4 37 9.3
103 Florida Atlantic 1 5 4 0 9 9.0
104 Tennessee 3 8 13 5 26 8.7
105 Kansas 3 6 15 4 25 8.3
106 Georgia Southern 1 5 0 3 8 8.0
107 Vanderbilt 2 4 9 1 14 7.0
107 Old Dominion 1 3 3 1 7 7.0
109 Kent State 1 4 0 1 5 5.0