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

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 North Texas 14 131 184 26 341 24.4
2 Florida Atlantic 13 204 107 20 331 25.5
3 Arkansas State 12 105 190 27 322 26.8
4 Toledo 13 127 150 22 299 23.0
5 Boise State 14 109 164 23 296 21.1
6 Western Kentucky 13 77 193 24 294 22.6
7 New Mexico State 13 82 191 17 290 22.3
8 Ohio 13 148 104 37 289 22.2
9 Louisville 10 131 134 21 286 28.6
10 South Florida 11 156 104 22 282 25.6
10 Arizona 12 156 90 36 282 23.5
12 Oklahoma State 10 93 163 21 277 27.7
13 Colorado State 11 110 148 18 276 25.1
13 Southern Mississippi 13 120 132 24 276 21.2
15 Middle Tennessee 13 100 146 28 274 21.1
16 Missouri 11 122 132 19 273 24.8
17 Air Force 11 207 47 18 272 24.7
18 Memphis 11 88 156 26 270 24.5
19 Northern Illinois 13 126 113 24 263 20.2
20 North Carolina State 11 102 139 20 261 23.7
20 Louisiana Tech 12 109 130 22 261 21.8
22 Appalachian State 12 131 108 21 260 21.7
23 Florida International 12 94 143 19 256 21.3
24 Army 12 227 15 12 254 21.2
25 Ohio State 9 124 109 19 252 28.0
26 Buffalo 12 79 145 27 251 20.9
26 UAB 13 128 101 22 251 19.3
28 USC 10 101 139 9 249 24.9
29 Massachusetts 11 76 151 21 248 22.5
30 Marshall 12 89 129 29 247 20.6
31 Purdue 11 107 118 21 246 22.4
31 Louisiana-Lafayette 12 115 121 10 246 20.5
33 SMU 10 98 126 20 244 24.4
33 Akron 13 86 129 29 244 18.8
35 Oregon 10 134 83 26 243 24.3
35 Wisconsin 11 129 97 17 243 22.1
35 Eastern Michigan 12 84 140 19 243 20.3
38 Hawai'i 12 101 120 17 238 19.8
38 Central Michigan 13 81 128 29 238 18.3
40 Oklahoma 9 95 133 9 237 26.3
40 UNLV 11 134 93 10 237 21.5
40 Washington 11 102 118 17 237 21.5
40 Troy 11 76 139 22 237 21.5
44 Northwestern 10 111 106 17 234 23.4
45 Utah 10 106 103 23 232 23.2
45 UTSA 11 98 114 20 232 21.1
47 Duke 10 108 109 14 231 23.1
47 Texas State 12 98 106 27 231 19.3
49 Miami (Ohio) 11 82 124 23 229 20.8
50 Colorado 10 106 104 18 228 22.8
50 Wake Forest 10 98 116 14 228 22.8
52 Clemson 9 106 108 12 226 25.1
53 Ball State 12 104 107 14 225 18.8
54 Alabama 9 125 89 10 224 24.9
55 Texas Tech 9 77 134 12 223 24.8
56 Coastal Carolina 12 108 95 18 221 18.4
57 Temple 10 73 127 20 220 22.0
58 Mississippi State 9 138 71 10 219 24.3
58 Utah State 11 94 114 11 219 19.9
60 Virginia Tech 10 94 108 16 218 21.8
60 Louisiana-Monroe 10 87 119 12 218 21.8
60 San Diego State 11 125 73 20 218 19.8
60 Georgia State 11 76 127 15 218 19.8
64 UCF 9 76 114 26 216 24.0
64 California 9 74 115 27 216 24.0
66 Western Michigan 10 119 85 11 215 21.5
67 Navy 10 181 22 11 214 21.4
68 Houston 10 77 118 16 211 21.1
68 Idaho 12 82 112 17 211 17.6
70 Penn State 9 78 114 17 209 23.2
71 Vanderbilt 10 63 129 15 207 20.7
72 TCU 10 96 97 13 206 20.6
72 San Jose State 12 89 99 18 206 17.2
74 Arizona State 9 98 90 15 203 22.6
74 UCLA 9 69 119 15 203 22.6
76 Texas A&M 9 80 105 17 202 22.4
76 Bowling Green 10 85 97 20 202 20.2
76 Nevada 10 69 109 24 202 20.2
76 Georgia Southern 11 141 49 12 202 18.4
80 East Carolina 8 49 130 22 201 25.1
80 West Virginia 9 71 113 17 201 22.3
80 South Alabama 11 67 122 12 201 18.3
83 Georgia 9 126 65 8 199 22.1
83 Texas 9 86 102 11 199 22.1
85 Syracuse 8 71 108 19 198 24.8
85 Old Dominion 11 84 95 19 198 18.0
87 Fresno State 10 97 90 10 197 19.7
88 LSU 9 107 75 14 196 21.8
89 Tulsa 9 118 53 24 195 21.7
89 South Carolina 10 83 100 12 195 19.5
91 Washington State 8 42 136 16 194 24.3
91 Kentucky 10 87 87 20 194 19.4
91 Cincinnati 10 79 98 17 194 19.4
94 Virginia 10 65 108 20 193 19.3
94 New Mexico 11 120 53 20 193 17.5
96 Rice 11 112 71 9 192 17.5
97 Mississippi 8 61 116 12 189 23.6
97 Tulane 9 114 61 14 189 21.0
99 Michigan State 9 95 76 16 187 20.8
99 Connecticut 9 70 95 22 187 20.8
101 Miami (Florida) 9 73 100 12 185 20.6
102 Oregon State 9 72 90 22 184 20.4
102 Iowa State 9 59 106 19 184 20.4
104 Wyoming 12 69 99 15 183 15.3
105 Baylor 9 63 98 20 181 20.1
106 Indiana 8 60 97 21 178 22.3
106 BYU 9 75 95 8 178 19.8
106 Kansas State 10 95 72 11 178 17.8
109 Boston College 9 95 70 11 176 19.6
110 Auburn 7 96 67 9 172 24.6
111 Tennessee 9 69 82 20 171 19.0
112 Florida State 9 85 76 9 170 18.9
113 Kansas 9 60 98 11 169 18.8
114 Minnesota 9 105 48 15 168 18.7
114 Charlotte 12 85 70 13 168 14.0
116 Michigan 9 87 66 12 165 18.3
117 Kent State 11 95 57 12 164 14.9
118 North Carolina 8 62 92 9 163 20.4
118 Nebraska 8 55 95 13 163 20.4
120 Arkansas 7 83 69 10 162 23.1
121 Iowa 8 82 67 12 161 20.1
122 Stanford 9 72 70 16 158 17.6
123 Georgia Tech 7 121 26 10 157 22.4
124 Florida 9 66 80 8 154 17.1
125 Notre Dame 6 80 49 10 139 23.2
125 Pittsburgh 7 65 65 9 139 19.9
127 UTEP 11 64 59 12 135 12.3
128 Illinois 8 53 62 11 126 15.8
129 Rutgers 8 65 39 14 118 14.8
130 Maryland 6 58 47 12 117 19.5