2017 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. FBS Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 01/08/2018

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 South Florida 2 32 26 7 65 32.5
2 Arkansas State 1 5 25 2 32 32.0
3 Oklahoma State 11 95 186 24 305 27.7
4 Louisville 11 132 138 21 291 26.5
5 Tulsa 1 14 10 2 26 26.0
6 Colorado State 3 31 40 5 76 25.3
7 Oklahoma 12 121 164 17 302 25.2
8 Hawai'i 1 9 12 4 25 25.0
9 USC 12 117 166 14 297 24.8
10 Texas Tech 10 83 141 20 244 24.4
11 Ohio State 12 139 122 29 290 24.2
12 North Carolina State 10 94 127 19 240 24.0
12 Syracuse 9 81 118 17 216 24.0
12 Navy 1 23 0 1 24 24.0
15 Arizona 10 127 75 32 234 23.4
16 Penn State 11 84 147 22 253 23.0
16 Boise State 3 20 42 7 69 23.0
16 Toledo 1 6 16 1 23 23.0
19 West Virginia 11 89 134 25 248 22.5
19 UCLA 11 83 146 19 248 22.5
19 Arizona State 11 122 108 17 247 22.5
19 Utah 10 100 100 25 225 22.5
19 Ohio 2 17 24 4 45 22.5
19 New Mexico State 2 11 33 1 45 22.5
25 California 11 87 131 28 246 22.4
26 Colorado 9 99 89 13 201 22.3
27 Duke 10 105 98 17 220 22.0
27 Washington State 10 42 159 19 220 22.0
27 Central Michigan 3 21 37 8 66 22.0
30 Northwestern 11 101 121 18 240 21.8
31 Alabama 11 133 88 17 238 21.6
32 Houston 2 14 25 4 43 21.5
32 Memphis 2 7 29 7 43 21.5
34 Purdue 12 100 134 23 257 21.4
34 Mississippi State 9 118 61 14 193 21.4
36 Wake Forest 9 76 104 10 190 21.1
37 Notre Dame 10 111 82 17 210 21.0
37 Missouri 10 99 95 16 210 21.0
37 Ball State 1 12 8 1 21 21.0
37 Georgia State 1 10 9 2 21 21.0
37 Coastal Carolina 1 8 10 3 21 21.0
42 Michigan State 10 86 102 21 209 20.9
43 Georgia 12 138 98 14 250 20.8
43 Auburn 10 115 73 20 208 20.8
45 Clemson 12 114 121 13 248 20.7
45 Virginia Tech 10 92 101 14 207 20.7
45 Indiana 10 58 124 25 207 20.7
48 Washington 11 102 105 18 225 20.5
48 Iowa State 10 58 117 30 205 20.5
50 TCU 12 107 116 21 244 20.3
50 Baylor 10 63 123 17 203 20.3
50 Connecticut 3 27 27 7 61 20.3
53 Oregon 10 121 60 21 202 20.2
54 Tulane 1 16 3 1 20 20.0
54 UTSA 1 12 6 2 20 20.0
56 Mississippi 9 67 97 14 178 19.8
57 Georgia Tech 10 160 27 10 197 19.7
58 Texas 12 85 133 16 234 19.5
58 Wisconsin 11 102 97 15 214 19.5
58 Appalachian State 2 14 22 3 39 19.5
58 Eastern Michigan 2 6 30 3 39 19.5
62 Nebraska 10 57 119 17 193 19.3
63 Kentucky 10 87 88 17 192 19.2
64 Boston College 9 88 76 8 172 19.1
65 Louisiana-Lafayette 2 17 20 1 38 19.0
65 UCF 2 17 19 2 38 19.0
65 SMU 1 4 12 3 19 19.0
68 LSU 9 86 70 14 170 18.9
69 Pittsburgh 10 87 90 11 188 18.8
69 Vanderbilt 9 47 106 16 169 18.8
71 Oregon State 10 84 78 25 187 18.7
72 North Carolina 9 52 101 14 167 18.6
73 Louisiana Tech 2 16 17 4 37 18.5
73 South Alabama 2 13 22 2 37 18.5
75 Texas A&M 10 67 94 20 181 18.1
75 Virginia 9 51 90 22 163 18.1
77 Arkansas 9 68 78 16 162 18.0
77 Fresno State 2 13 19 4 36 18.0
77 Western Kentucky 2 6 23 7 36 18.0
77 Marshall 1 5 13 0 18 18.0
81 Miami (Florida) 10 68 98 12 178 17.8
82 Michigan 11 95 83 16 194 17.6
83 Stanford 11 85 88 20 193 17.5
83 Western Michigan 2 22 9 4 35 17.5
83 San Diego State 2 19 14 2 35 17.5
86 UNLV 1 8 4 5 17 17.0
86 North Texas 1 5 10 2 17 17.0
88 South Carolina 11 68 104 13 185 16.8
89 Iowa 11 79 91 12 182 16.5
89 Army 2 28 2 3 33 16.5
89 East Carolina 2 9 19 5 33 16.5
89 Louisiana-Monroe 2 6 25 2 33 16.5
93 Kansas State 11 98 69 13 180 16.4
94 Southern Mississippi 3 19 24 6 49 16.3
95 Maryland 10 72 68 20 160 16.0
95 Florida State 10 70 77 13 160 16.0
95 Florida 10 69 81 10 160 16.0
95 Nevada 2 13 14 5 32 16.0
95 Troy 1 8 8 0 16 16.0
100 Minnesota 10 96 47 15 158 15.8
101 Tennessee 9 55 68 18 141 15.7
102 Akron 2 8 20 3 31 15.5
103 Middle Tennessee 3 12 28 5 45 15.0
103 Bowling Green 2 9 20 1 30 15.0
103 Air Force 1 10 1 4 15 15.0
103 Idaho 1 6 8 1 15 15.0
107 Northern Illinois 3 17 21 6 44 14.7
108 Illinois 9 52 62 12 126 14.0
108 Rice 2 12 14 2 28 14.0
110 Kansas 9 50 64 11 125 13.9
111 Utah State 2 7 18 2 27 13.5
112 Massachusetts 2 12 10 4 26 13.0
112 Cincinnati 1 4 6 3 13 13.0
112 Buffalo 1 2 10 1 13 13.0
115 Rutgers 10 67 46 12 125 12.5
115 Wyoming 2 10 12 3 25 12.5
117 San Jose State 2 7 15 2 24 12.0
117 Texas State 1 6 6 0 12 12.0
119 Georgia Southern 2 16 2 5 23 11.5
119 UTEP 2 6 13 4 23 11.5
121 New Mexico 1 8 0 3 11 11.0
122 Old Dominion 2 8 9 4 21 10.5
123 Charlotte 1 6 3 1 10 10.0
124 BYU 4 11 21 6 38 9.5
125 Florida Atlantic 1 5 4 0 9 9.0
126 Kent State 2 14 0 2 16 8.0
126 UAB 1 1 7 0 8 8.0