2018 National Leaders First Downs - All Games through 01/07/2019

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Buffalo 14 136 128 45 309 22.1
2 Arizona 12 114 130 38 282 23.5
3 Ohio State 14 136 231 36 403 28.8
4 Old Dominion 12 89 156 35 280 23.3
4 Northwestern 14 92 160 35 287 20.5
4 Stanford 13 66 150 35 251 19.3
7 LSU 13 129 132 34 295 22.7
8 Indiana 12 106 143 33 282 23.5
8 Toledo 13 132 134 33 299 23.0
10 UCF 13 174 141 32 347 26.7
10 East Carolina 12 91 150 32 273 22.8
12 Texas A&M 13 151 154 31 336 25.8
12 North Texas 13 108 182 31 321 24.7
12 Missouri 13 129 160 31 320 24.6
12 Western Michigan 13 129 136 31 296 22.8
12 Purdue 13 97 156 31 284 21.8
17 Ohio 13 169 119 30 318 24.5
17 North Carolina State 13 100 185 30 315 24.2
17 Vanderbilt 13 108 137 30 275 21.2
17 SMU 12 75 135 30 240 20.0
21 Baylor 13 146 156 29 331 25.5
21 Syracuse 13 141 134 29 304 23.4
21 Connecticut 12 128 93 29 250 20.8
21 Minnesota 13 121 119 29 269 20.7
21 New Mexico State 12 78 139 29 246 20.5
26 Penn State 13 133 116 28 277 21.3
26 Kent State 12 113 108 28 249 20.8
28 Houston 13 147 160 27 334 25.7
28 Louisiana Tech 13 100 143 27 270 20.8
28 California 13 111 113 27 251 19.3
28 Akron 12 69 105 27 201 16.8
32 Texas 14 129 170 26 325 23.2
32 Hawai'i 14 94 182 26 302 21.6
34 Memphis 14 165 154 25 344 24.6
34 Washington State 13 58 235 25 318 24.5
34 Ball State 12 111 147 25 283 23.6
34 Colorado State 12 84 165 25 274 22.8
34 Middle Tennessee 14 114 157 25 296 21.1
34 Coastal Carolina 12 127 96 25 248 20.7
34 Michigan State 13 92 146 25 263 20.2
34 Iowa State 13 103 123 25 251 19.3
42 Texas Tech 12 95 200 24 319 26.6
42 Washington 14 130 156 24 310 22.1
42 Florida International 13 106 143 24 273 21.0
42 Western Kentucky 12 102 125 24 251 20.9
42 Colorado 12 91 133 24 248 20.7
42 Iowa 13 99 138 24 261 20.1
42 Rutgers 12 86 72 24 182 15.2
49 Oklahoma State 13 132 184 23 339 26.1
49 Kentucky 13 139 96 23 258 19.8
49 USC 12 83 125 23 231 19.3
49 Bowling Green 12 78 128 23 229 19.1
49 Arkansas 12 95 101 23 219 18.3
49 South Alabama 12 96 94 23 213 17.8
49 Texas State 12 92 94 23 209 17.4
56 Arkansas State 13 122 156 22 300 23.1
56 Liberty 12 101 153 22 276 23.0
56 UNLV 12 135 89 22 246 20.5
56 Appalachian State 13 131 112 22 265 20.4
56 Auburn 13 128 115 22 265 20.4
56 Charlotte 12 119 96 22 237 19.8
56 Kansas State 12 116 87 22 225 18.8
63 Oklahoma 14 160 188 21 369 26.4
63 Alabama 15 155 195 21 371 24.7
63 Wake Forest 13 158 141 21 320 24.6
63 Mississippi 12 105 163 21 289 24.1
63 Georgia 14 169 141 21 331 23.6
63 Notre Dame 13 127 156 21 304 23.4
63 Michigan 13 136 123 21 280 21.5
63 Arizona State 13 127 131 21 279 21.5
63 Oregon 13 118 140 21 279 21.5
63 UCLA 12 98 134 21 253 21.1
63 Utah 14 136 127 21 284 20.3
63 Georgia State 12 113 110 21 244 20.3
63 Tennessee 12 75 96 21 192 16.0
76 Clemson 15 158 180 20 358 23.9
76 South Carolina 13 104 157 20 281 21.6
76 UAB 14 154 125 20 299 21.4
76 Southern Mississippi 11 77 132 20 229 20.8
76 BYU 13 108 121 20 249 19.2
76 Troy 13 107 120 20 247 19.0
76 Eastern Michigan 13 94 124 20 238 18.3
76 Central Michigan 12 85 76 20 181 15.1
84 West Virginia 12 98 173 19 290 24.2
84 Virginia Tech 13 126 145 19 290 22.3
84 Oregon State 12 106 138 19 263 21.9
84 South Florida 13 128 137 19 284 21.8
84 Northern Illinois 14 140 111 19 270 19.3
84 Miami (Ohio) 12 86 123 19 228 19.0
90 Nebraska 12 130 130 18 278 23.2
90 Georgia Tech 13 219 39 18 276 21.2
90 Louisiana-Monroe 12 106 122 18 246 20.5
90 Fresno State 14 105 159 18 282 20.1
90 Louisiana-Lafayette 14 140 118 18 276 19.7
90 Kansas 12 86 111 18 215 17.9
96 Boise State 13 128 169 17 314 24.2
96 Florida Atlantic 12 156 115 17 288 24.0
96 Utah State 13 122 164 17 303 23.3
96 Air Force 12 185 62 17 264 22.0
96 Army 13 230 37 17 284 21.8
96 Florida 13 144 123 17 284 21.8
96 Massachusetts 12 88 155 17 260 21.7
96 Duke 13 113 137 17 267 20.5
96 Marshall 13 114 129 17 260 20.0
96 Illinois 12 125 91 17 233 19.4
96 Tulane 13 133 93 17 243 18.7
96 Pittsburgh 14 153 72 17 242 17.3
96 Florida State 12 61 129 17 207 17.3
96 Maryland 12 122 63 17 202 16.8
96 San Jose State 12 43 141 17 201 16.8
96 UTEP 12 79 90 17 186 15.5
112 Virginia 13 136 124 16 276 21.2
112 Temple 13 104 154 16 274 21.1
112 Nevada 13 102 154 16 272 20.9
112 Louisville 12 95 114 16 225 18.8
112 Miami (Florida) 13 117 89 16 222 17.1
112 Wyoming 12 116 72 16 204 17.0
112 UTSA 12 70 97 16 183 15.3
119 Cincinnati 13 161 129 15 305 23.5
119 Mississippi State 13 153 87 15 255 19.6
119 New Mexico 12 110 85 15 210 17.5
119 San Diego State 13 105 105 15 225 17.3
123 Navy 13 181 38 14 233 17.9
124 TCU 13 114 119 13 246 18.9
124 Georgia Southern 13 169 38 13 220 16.9
124 Rice 13 91 106 13 210 16.2
127 North Carolina 11 105 117 12 234 21.3
127 Tulsa 12 133 97 12 242 20.2
127 Boston College 12 114 107 12 233 19.4
130 Wisconsin 13 172 100 8 280 21.5