2017 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. FBS (I-A) Teams Only through 01/08/2018

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Oklahoma State 13 118 213 28 359 27.6
2 Oklahoma 14 140 202 19 361 25.8
3 Washington State 12 53 201 22 276 23.0
4 USC 14 134 192 14 340 24.3
5 New Mexico State 13 82 191 17 290 22.3
6 UCLA 13 98 183 23 304 23.4
6 Western Kentucky 12 69 183 22 274 22.8
8 Arkansas State 11 96 174 26 296 26.9
9 Memphis 12 98 173 32 303 25.3
9 North Texas 13 112 173 25 310 23.8
11 Penn State 13 99 172 25 296 22.8
12 Texas Tech 12 94 171 22 287 23.9
13 Boise State 14 109 164 23 296 21.1
14 Colorado State 12 122 159 20 301 25.1
15 East Carolina 11 69 155 27 251 22.8
16 UCF 12 112 154 34 300 25.0
17 SMU 12 106 153 28 287 23.9
17 Toledo 13 122 153 22 297 22.8
19 Ohio State 14 173 151 30 354 25.3
20 Louisville 12 141 150 23 314 26.2
20 North Carolina State 12 105 150 22 277 23.1
20 Northwestern 13 125 150 22 297 22.8
23 West Virginia 12 101 149 28 278 23.2
24 Middle Tennessee 13 100 146 28 274 21.1
25 Nebraska 12 73 145 18 236 19.7
26 Wake Forest 12 109 144 15 268 22.3
26 Purdue 13 114 144 24 282 21.7
26 Iowa State 12 70 144 36 250 20.8
29 Louisiana-Monroe 12 100 143 16 259 21.6
29 Texas 13 106 143 17 266 20.5
31 Temple 12 84 142 20 246 20.5
31 Marshall 13 94 142 29 265 20.4
33 Massachusetts 11 77 140 20 237 21.5
33 Eastern Michigan 12 84 140 19 243 20.3
35 Michigan State 13 117 139 25 281 21.6
35 Houston 12 97 139 16 252 21.0
37 Buffalo 11 62 138 25 225 20.5
38 Syracuse 11 98 136 25 259 23.5
38 Florida International 12 90 136 17 243 20.3
40 Clemson 13 129 135 18 282 21.7
41 Virginia Tech 12 122 133 18 273 22.8
41 Troy 12 77 133 22 232 19.3
43 TCU 13 120 132 22 274 21.1
44 Missouri 12 118 131 20 269 22.4
44 California 11 87 131 28 246 22.4
44 Arizona State 13 130 131 20 281 21.6
44 Mississippi 11 84 131 16 231 21.0
48 Miami (Ohio) 11 76 129 25 230 20.9
48 Indiana 11 70 129 28 227 20.6
50 Wisconsin 14 148 128 20 296 21.1
50 Georgia State 11 84 128 13 225 20.5
50 Baylor 11 70 128 19 217 19.7
50 Texas A&M 12 83 128 22 233 19.4
50 Virginia 12 72 128 22 222 18.5
50 Vanderbilt 11 59 128 16 203 18.5
56 Akron 13 75 127 27 229 17.6
57 Utah 12 118 126 28 272 22.7
58 Duke 12 126 123 20 269 22.4
58 Louisiana Tech 12 112 123 24 259 21.6
58 South Alabama 11 60 123 12 195 17.7
61 Connecticut 11 88 120 30 238 21.6
62 Washington 12 106 119 21 246 20.5
63 Fresno State 13 111 118 15 244 18.8
64 Southern Mississippi 12 111 117 21 249 20.8
64 Nevada 11 72 117 24 213 19.4
64 Miami (Florida) 12 91 117 15 223 18.6
64 Central Michigan 12 71 117 26 214 17.8
68 North Carolina 11 72 116 17 205 18.6
68 South Carolina 12 79 116 13 208 17.3
70 Louisiana-Lafayette 11 106 115 10 231 21.0
70 Utah State 12 89 115 14 218 18.2
72 South Florida 11 153 114 21 288 26.2
73 Cincinnati 11 86 113 22 221 20.1
73 Hawai'i 11 86 113 16 215 19.5
75 Colorado 11 112 112 17 241 21.9
76 Stanford 14 110 111 27 248 17.7
77 Auburn 13 153 110 23 286 22.0
78 Alabama 13 162 109 18 289 22.2
79 Pittsburgh 11 92 108 12 212 19.3
79 Idaho 11 71 108 17 196 17.8
81 Georgia 14 156 107 21 284 20.3
82 Iowa 13 103 106 17 226 17.4
82 BYU 12 84 106 12 202 16.8
84 Florida Atlantic 13 187 105 16 308 23.7
85 Bowling Green 11 87 104 18 209 19.0
86 Notre Dame 13 145 103 25 273 21.0
87 Northern Illinois 12 114 102 21 237 19.8
87 Kentucky 12 96 102 22 220 18.3
87 San Jose State 12 79 102 20 201 16.8
90 Appalachian State 12 125 101 19 245 20.4
90 Boston College 13 131 101 14 246 18.9
90 Florida State 12 96 101 14 211 17.6
90 Kansas 11 62 101 14 177 16.1
94 LSU 12 122 100 16 238 19.8
95 Texas State 11 91 99 23 213 19.4
95 Arkansas 11 94 99 19 212 19.3
97 Ohio 12 134 98 35 267 22.3
98 UTSA 10 90 97 20 207 20.7
99 Arizona 12 152 96 36 284 23.7
99 Michigan 13 115 96 16 227 17.5
101 Oregon State 11 90 95 25 210 19.1
102 UAB 12 114 93 21 228 19.0
102 Ball State 11 98 93 14 205 18.6
104 Florida 11 83 92 10 185 16.8
105 Old Dominion 11 82 91 17 190 17.3
106 Wyoming 12 73 90 16 179 14.9
107 Coastal Carolina 11 99 89 18 206 18.7
108 Mississippi State 12 165 88 17 270 22.5
108 UNLV 11 126 88 15 229 20.8
108 Western Michigan 11 125 88 14 227 20.6
111 Tennessee 11 66 84 23 173 15.7
112 San Diego State 12 125 83 20 228 19.0
112 Illinois 12 72 83 19 174 14.5
114 Oregon 12 142 82 24 248 20.7
115 Kansas State 12 113 81 14 208 17.3
116 Tulsa 12 153 77 30 260 21.7
117 Rice 12 120 76 10 206 17.2
118 Maryland 11 77 75 26 178 16.2
119 Tulane 11 137 69 16 222 20.2
120 Charlotte 11 68 62 11 141 12.8
120 UTEP 12 69 62 15 146 12.2
122 Minnesota 12 120 61 16 197 16.4
123 Rutgers 11 72 53 15 140 12.7
124 Kent State 11 87 52 13 152 13.8
125 New Mexico 11 120 50 20 190 17.3
126 Air Force 11 193 46 19 258 23.5
127 Georgia Southern 11 132 44 14 190 17.3
128 Navy 13 232 29 14 275 21.2
129 Georgia Tech 10 160 27 10 197 19.7
130 Army 12 219 16 13 248 20.7