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