2017 National Leaders First Downs - Games in December/January Only through 01/08/2018

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Georgia 3 27 29 7 63 21.0
2 Arkansas State 2 18 38 6 62 31.0
3 UCF 2 18 29 5 52 26.0
4 Florida Atlantic 2 28 19 4 51 25.5
4 Florida State 2 26 24 1 51 25.5
6 Appalachian State 2 33 15 2 50 25.0
7 Memphis 2 14 32 3 49 24.5
8 North Texas 2 7 36 5 48 24.0
9 Georgia State 2 19 25 3 47 23.5
9 Boise State 2 14 27 6 47 23.5
11 Army 2 41 2 3 46 23.0
11 Oklahoma 2 21 21 4 46 23.0
11 Auburn 2 17 24 5 46 23.0
11 Florida International 2 16 23 7 46 23.0
15 Fresno State 2 16 24 5 45 22.5
15 USC 2 14 26 5 45 22.5
17 New Mexico State 2 9 32 1 42 21.0
18 TCU 2 13 27 1 41 20.5
19 Wisconsin 2 12 25 3 40 20.0
20 Navy 2 34 0 2 36 18.0
20 Alabama 2 19 13 4 36 18.0
22 Stanford 2 17 15 3 35 17.5
22 Troy 2 5 25 5 35 17.5
24 Toledo 2 13 20 1 34 17.0
25 Texas A&M 1 6 24 2 32 32.0
25 Clemson 2 11 21 0 32 16.0
27 Virginia Tech 1 18 12 1 31 31.0
27 Wake Forest 1 10 18 3 31 31.0
27 Akron 2 11 15 5 31 15.5
30 Ohio State 2 15 10 4 29 14.5
31 Duke 1 14 13 0 27 27.0
31 Purdue 1 11 15 1 27 27.0
31 South Florida 1 11 12 4 27 27.0
31 Miami (Florida) 2 15 11 1 27 13.5
35 Massachusetts 1 8 17 1 26 26.0
35 Texas Tech 1 6 19 1 26 26.0
35 Colorado State 1 6 15 5 26 26.0
38 Michigan State 1 15 9 1 25 25.0
38 Penn State 1 6 18 1 25 25.0
40 Ohio 1 11 9 4 24 24.0
40 Arizona State 1 8 15 1 24 24.0
40 Oklahoma State 1 7 16 1 24 24.0
43 Mississippi State 1 18 4 1 23 23.0
43 North Carolina State 1 9 13 1 23 23.0
45 Utah State 1 8 12 2 22 22.0
45 Iowa State 1 5 15 2 22 22.0
47 Kansas State 1 14 4 3 21 21.0
47 LSU 1 10 11 0 21 21.0
47 South Alabama 1 3 17 1 21 21.0
50 SMU 1 14 6 0 20 20.0
50 Northwestern 1 13 5 2 20 20.0
50 Temple 1 7 11 2 20 20.0
50 Louisville 1 7 9 4 20 20.0
50 UAB 1 5 11 4 20 20.0
55 Utah 1 10 7 2 19 19.0
55 Arizona 1 5 12 2 19 19.0
57 Louisiana-Lafayette 1 11 7 0 18 18.0
57 Marshall 1 8 10 0 18 18.0
57 Louisiana Tech 1 7 8 3 18 18.0
57 Idaho 1 6 11 1 18 18.0
57 Central Michigan 1 3 12 3 18 18.0
62 Coastal Carolina 1 11 6 0 17 17.0
62 Notre Dame 1 10 7 0 17 17.0
62 Texas 1 6 7 4 17 17.0
62 Middle Tennessee 1 5 10 2 17 17.0
62 Missouri 1 5 10 2 17 17.0
62 Louisiana-Monroe 1 3 14 0 17 17.0
62 Western Kentucky 1 3 14 0 17 17.0
62 Houston 1 3 13 1 17 17.0
62 Kentucky 1 3 12 2 17 17.0
62 Michigan 1 3 11 3 17 17.0
62 Washington State 1 2 13 2 17 17.0
73 Georgia Southern 1 11 5 0 16 16.0
73 Boston College 1 4 12 0 16 16.0
75 Wyoming 1 6 8 1 15 15.0
76 UCLA 1 5 9 0 14 14.0
76 Washington 1 5 8 1 14 14.0
76 Oregon 1 3 10 1 14 14.0
79 Iowa 1 6 5 2 13 13.0
79 Northern Illinois 1 5 6 2 13 13.0
79 South Carolina 1 2 10 1 13 13.0
82 Southern Mississippi 1 4 7 1 12 12.0
83 San Diego State 1 7 3 1 11 11.0
83 Virginia 1 4 7 0 11 11.0
85 West Virginia 1 1 5 0 6 6.0