2017 National Leaders First Downs - Games in August/September Only through 01/08/2018

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Notre Dame 5 50 37 18 105 21.0
2 East Carolina 5 29 68 17 114 22.8
3 Nevada 5 35 45 15 95 19.0
4 SMU 5 50 59 14 123 24.6
4 Syracuse 5 38 69 14 121 24.2
4 Memphis 4 29 48 14 91 22.8
4 Central Michigan 5 37 58 14 109 21.8
4 Texas State 5 36 34 14 84 16.8
9 Oregon 5 69 53 13 135 27.0
9 Arizona 4 52 32 13 97 24.3
9 California 5 35 54 13 102 20.4
9 Cincinnati 5 28 51 13 92 18.4
9 Kentucky 5 32 46 13 91 18.2
14 Louisville 5 55 77 12 144 28.8
14 South Florida 5 81 42 12 135 27.0
14 Tulsa 5 68 35 12 115 23.0
14 New Mexico 5 54 35 12 101 20.2
14 Akron 5 40 48 12 100 20.0
14 Buffalo 5 38 46 12 96 19.2
14 Stanford 5 45 36 12 93 18.6
21 Texas Tech 4 26 70 11 107 26.8
21 Duke 5 69 52 11 132 26.4
21 Toledo 4 38 56 11 105 26.3
21 UCF 3 33 32 11 76 25.3
21 Colorado 5 45 58 11 114 22.8
21 Ohio 5 54 46 11 111 22.2
21 Troy 5 40 58 11 109 21.8
21 Connecticut 4 27 48 11 86 21.5
21 Maryland 4 41 30 11 82 20.5
21 Rutgers 5 37 36 11 84 16.8
31 North Carolina State 5 48 69 10 127 25.4
31 North Texas 5 52 60 10 122 24.4
31 Washington 5 43 62 10 115 23.0
31 Massachusetts 6 40 82 10 132 22.0
31 Arizona State 5 39 57 10 106 21.2
31 Northern Illinois 4 33 36 10 79 19.8
31 Georgia 5 55 26 10 91 18.2
31 San Diego State 5 44 37 10 91 18.2
39 Oklahoma State 5 47 83 9 139 27.8
39 Colorado State 5 54 68 9 131 26.2
39 Utah 4 42 44 9 95 23.8
39 Texas A&M 5 63 45 9 117 23.4
39 Southern Mississippi 4 35 43 9 87 21.8
39 Iowa State 4 21 57 9 87 21.8
39 Marshall 4 25 44 9 78 19.5
39 Miami (Ohio) 5 37 50 9 96 19.2
39 Tennessee 5 37 44 9 90 18.0
39 Idaho 4 30 33 9 72 18.0
39 Illinois 4 26 28 9 63 15.8
39 Old Dominion 4 22 24 9 55 13.8
51 TCU 4 55 47 8 110 27.5
51 UCLA 5 33 95 8 136 27.2
51 Washington State 5 29 96 8 133 26.6
51 Virginia Tech 5 51 60 8 119 23.8
51 Clemson 5 61 49 8 118 23.6
51 Northwestern 4 31 53 8 92 23.0
51 Houston 4 29 51 8 88 22.0
51 Appalachian State 4 33 44 8 85 21.3
51 Louisiana Tech 5 41 56 8 105 21.0
51 Indiana 4 29 46 8 83 20.8
51 Auburn 5 52 40 8 100 20.0
51 Western Kentucky 4 24 47 8 79 19.8
51 Minnesota 4 40 30 8 78 19.5
51 Iowa 5 41 46 8 95 19.0
51 Middle Tennessee 5 27 60 8 95 19.0
66 West Virginia 4 49 57 7 113 28.3
66 Georgia Tech 4 76 14 7 97 24.3
66 Kansas 4 29 57 7 93 23.3
66 Michigan State 4 35 49 7 91 22.8
66 UNLV 4 55 27 7 89 22.3
66 Arkansas 4 46 36 7 89 22.3
66 Hawai'i 5 45 59 7 111 22.2
66 Air Force 4 64 16 7 87 21.8
66 Florida Atlantic 5 66 35 7 108 21.6
66 Nebraska 5 42 57 7 106 21.2
66 Coastal Carolina 4 46 26 7 79 19.8
66 Mississippi 4 18 52 7 77 19.3
66 Boston College 5 46 38 7 91 18.2
66 San Jose State 6 42 56 7 105 17.5
66 Baylor 5 26 52 7 85 17.0
66 UTEP 5 28 31 7 66 13.2
82 Ohio State 5 69 60 6 135 27.0
82 Oklahoma 4 37 63 6 106 26.5
82 Miami (Florida) 3 35 33 6 74 24.7
82 Mississippi State 5 66 36 6 108 21.6
82 Purdue 4 33 46 6 85 21.3
82 Fresno State 4 33 45 6 84 21.0
82 Wake Forest 5 48 50 6 104 20.8
82 Louisiana-Monroe 4 40 37 6 83 20.8
82 Army 5 90 5 6 101 20.2
82 North Carolina 5 33 60 6 99 19.8
82 Georgia State 3 21 30 6 57 19.0
82 Charlotte 5 48 33 6 87 17.4
82 Oregon State 5 33 45 6 84 16.8
82 Temple 5 27 50 6 83 16.6
82 Georgia Southern 3 30 7 6 43 14.3
82 Kent State 5 43 22 6 71 14.2
98 Alabama 5 75 48 5 128 25.6
98 Wisconsin 4 53 37 5 95 23.8
98 Penn State 5 40 61 5 106 21.2
98 UAB 4 46 30 5 81 20.3
98 LSU 5 55 40 5 100 20.0
98 Utah State 5 38 57 5 100 20.0
98 Western Michigan 5 57 37 5 99 19.8
98 Ball State 5 36 56 5 97 19.4
98 Michigan 4 36 35 5 76 19.0
98 Tulane 4 49 18 5 72 18.0
98 South Alabama 5 35 48 5 88 17.6
98 Florida 4 28 33 5 66 16.5
98 Wyoming 5 26 42 5 73 14.6
111 Texas 4 41 49 4 94 23.5
111 Navy 4 80 9 4 93 23.3
111 UTSA 3 31 35 4 70 23.3
111 Virginia 4 30 55 4 89 22.3
111 Missouri 4 37 46 4 87 21.8
111 New Mexico State 5 27 76 4 107 21.4
111 Eastern Michigan 4 17 52 4 73 18.3
111 Boise State 4 24 44 4 72 18.0
111 Bowling Green 5 30 50 4 84 16.8
111 Rice 5 41 38 4 83 16.6
111 Florida State 3 18 23 4 45 15.0
111 BYU 5 23 36 4 63 12.6
123 Arkansas State 3 20 55 3 78 26.0
123 Louisiana-Lafayette 4 41 47 3 91 22.8
123 Pittsburgh 5 42 55 3 100 20.0
123 Florida International 4 31 43 3 77 19.3
123 South Carolina 5 29 51 3 83 16.6
128 Vanderbilt 5 19 43 2 64 12.8
129 USC 5 46 68 1 115 23.0
129 Kansas State 4 46 29 1 76 19.0