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