2018 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. Conference Teams Only through 01/07/2019

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Ohio State 10 90 167 28 285 28.5
1 Purdue 9 71 109 28 208 23.1
1 Arizona 9 86 89 28 203 22.6
4 Toledo 8 85 75 27 187 23.4
4 Buffalo 9 105 76 27 208 23.1
6 Baylor 9 97 105 26 228 25.3
6 Stanford 9 49 118 26 193 21.4
8 Minnesota 9 75 85 25 185 20.6
8 Northwestern 10 70 105 25 200 20.0
10 Syracuse 8 78 87 24 189 23.6
10 LSU 8 73 78 24 175 21.9
12 North Carolina State 8 68 104 23 195 24.4
13 Texas A&M 8 80 97 22 199 24.9
13 East Carolina 8 68 100 22 190 23.8
13 Connecticut 8 88 72 22 182 22.8
13 Indiana 9 69 113 22 204 22.7
17 Ball State 8 62 103 21 186 23.3
17 Old Dominion 8 53 108 21 182 22.8
17 Iowa State 9 72 87 21 180 20.0
17 Colorado 9 60 97 21 178 19.8
21 SMU 8 44 102 20 166 20.8
21 Kent State 8 67 71 20 158 19.8
21 California 9 75 77 20 172 19.1
21 Rutgers 9 63 48 20 131 14.6
25 North Texas 8 65 109 19 193 24.1
25 Western Kentucky 8 65 80 19 164 20.5
25 USC 9 64 85 19 168 18.7
28 Texas 10 88 130 18 236 23.6
28 Western Michigan 8 82 83 18 183 22.9
28 Middle Tennessee 9 72 101 18 191 21.2
28 Vanderbilt 8 65 80 18 163 20.4
28 Michigan State 9 57 100 18 175 19.4
33 Ohio 8 119 67 17 203 25.4
33 Houston 8 88 91 17 196 24.5
33 UCLA 9 80 107 17 204 22.7
33 Penn State 9 88 79 17 184 20.4
33 Louisiana Tech 8 55 87 17 159 19.9
33 Kansas State 9 91 63 17 171 19.0
33 Akron 8 39 71 17 127 15.9
33 Tennessee 8 40 63 17 120 15.0
41 UCF 9 122 100 16 238 26.4
41 Alabama 9 91 119 16 226 25.1
41 Texas Tech 9 67 137 16 220 24.4
41 Boise State 9 91 110 16 217 24.1
41 Missouri 8 74 83 16 173 21.6
41 Arizona State 9 95 81 16 192 21.3
41 Iowa 9 72 103 16 191 21.2
41 Washington 10 94 98 16 208 20.8
41 Southern Mississippi 8 58 88 16 162 20.3
41 Appalachian State 9 89 66 16 171 19.0
41 Texas State 8 56 68 16 140 17.5
52 West Virginia 9 75 128 15 218 24.2
52 Washington State 9 43 155 15 213 23.7
52 Georgia 9 107 90 15 212 23.6
52 Colorado State 8 53 118 15 186 23.3
52 Arkansas State 8 75 95 15 185 23.1
52 Mississippi 8 69 96 15 180 22.5
52 Oregon State 9 77 101 15 193 21.4
52 Utah 10 106 82 15 203 20.3
52 UNLV 8 72 70 15 157 19.6
52 Bowling Green 8 52 77 15 144 18.0
52 South Alabama 8 61 67 15 143 17.9
63 Oklahoma State 9 90 124 14 228 25.3
63 Memphis 9 106 87 14 207 23.0
63 Michigan 9 105 82 14 201 22.3
63 Oregon 9 83 98 14 195 21.7
63 Miami (Ohio) 8 71 76 14 161 20.1
63 Kansas 9 59 86 14 159 17.7
63 Auburn 8 57 69 14 140 17.5
63 Arkansas 8 58 65 14 137 17.1
71 Oklahoma 10 120 138 13 271 27.1
71 Clemson 9 98 98 13 209 23.2
71 Florida International 8 57 98 13 168 21.0
71 Charlotte 8 89 65 13 167 20.9
71 Georgia State 8 85 67 13 165 20.6
71 Louisiana-Monroe 8 70 80 13 163 20.4
71 South Carolina 8 59 87 13 159 19.9
71 Louisiana-Lafayette 9 92 68 13 173 19.2
71 Troy 8 63 74 13 150 18.8
71 UAB 9 91 63 13 167 18.6
71 UTSA 8 45 59 13 117 14.6
82 Florida Atlantic 8 108 71 12 191 23.9
82 Nebraska 9 93 103 12 208 23.1
82 Georgia Tech 8 145 18 12 175 21.9
82 Florida 8 86 76 12 174 21.8
82 Marshall 8 75 74 12 161 20.1
82 South Florida 8 78 70 12 160 20.0
82 Fresno State 9 63 104 12 179 19.9
82 Mississippi State 8 81 43 12 136 17.0
90 Temple 8 74 93 11 178 22.3
90 Nevada 8 60 103 11 174 21.8
90 Hawai'i 8 55 104 11 170 21.3
90 Virginia 8 75 75 11 161 20.1
90 Duke 8 60 88 11 159 19.9
90 Eastern Michigan 8 70 73 11 154 19.3
90 Illinois 9 94 65 11 170 18.9
90 Kentucky 8 78 54 11 143 17.9
90 Central Michigan 8 66 56 11 133 16.6
90 UTEP 8 42 68 11 121 15.1
100 Cincinnati 8 92 87 10 189 23.6
100 Navy 8 124 20 10 154 19.3
100 Pittsburgh 9 101 47 10 158 17.6
100 San Jose State 8 30 99 10 139 17.4
100 San Diego State 8 57 62 10 129 16.1
100 Miami (Florida) 8 66 51 10 127 15.9
106 Air Force 8 138 41 9 188 23.5
106 Wake Forest 8 96 78 9 183 22.9
106 Northern Illinois 9 109 77 9 195 21.7
106 Coastal Carolina 8 72 68 9 149 18.6
106 TCU 9 63 83 9 155 17.2
106 Wyoming 8 82 42 9 133 16.6
106 Maryland 9 88 49 9 146 16.2
106 Georgia Southern 8 92 24 9 125 15.6
106 Florida State 8 32 83 9 124 15.5
115 Utah State 8 73 103 8 184 23.0
115 Virginia Tech 8 70 84 8 162 20.3
115 Louisville 8 64 88 8 160 20.0
115 Tulane 8 80 54 8 142 17.8
115 New Mexico 8 62 48 8 118 14.8
120 Liberty 4 37 55 7 99 24.8
120 North Carolina 8 73 89 7 169 21.1
120 Tulsa 8 87 72 7 166 20.8
123 Wisconsin 9 112 69 6 187 20.8
124 Boston College 8 64 69 5 138 17.3
125 Rice 8 45 62 4 111 13.9
126 Massachusetts 2 20 26 3 49 24.5
127 Army 1 24 2 2 28 28.0
127 New Mexico State 3 17 46 2 65 21.7
129 BYU 2 27 16 1 44 22.0