2018 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. FBS Teams With Winning Record Only through 01/07/2019
| Name | G | Rush | Pass | Penalty | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston | 5 | 59 | 62 | 15 | 136 | 27.2 |
| 2 | Oklahoma State | 8 | 84 | 118 | 14 | 216 | 27.0 |
| 3 | Texas Tech | 8 | 63 | 133 | 19 | 215 | 26.9 |
| 4 | Ohio State | 8 | 65 | 133 | 15 | 213 | 26.6 |
| 5 | Wake Forest | 8 | 99 | 88 | 13 | 200 | 25.0 |
| 6 | UCF | 6 | 73 | 60 | 16 | 149 | 24.8 |
| 7 | Alabama | 9 | 95 | 114 | 13 | 222 | 24.7 |
| 8 | Oklahoma | 9 | 94 | 116 | 11 | 221 | 24.6 |
| 9 | Clemson | 11 | 118 | 137 | 14 | 269 | 24.5 |
| 10 | Colorado State | 5 | 33 | 75 | 12 | 120 | 24.0 |
| 11 | Notre Dame | 6 | 58 | 74 | 11 | 143 | 23.8 |
| 12 | Texas A&M | 9 | 86 | 105 | 22 | 213 | 23.7 |
| 13 | Army | 6 | 106 | 25 | 10 | 141 | 23.5 |
| 13 | Memphis | 6 | 70 | 57 | 14 | 141 | 23.5 |
| 15 | Texas | 8 | 70 | 104 | 13 | 187 | 23.4 |
| 15 | Indiana | 8 | 69 | 96 | 22 | 187 | 23.4 |
| 17 | Baylor | 7 | 66 | 77 | 18 | 161 | 23.0 |
| 18 | West Virginia | 7 | 55 | 93 | 12 | 160 | 22.9 |
| 19 | Syracuse | 7 | 71 | 70 | 18 | 159 | 22.7 |
| 19 | Arizona | 7 | 59 | 78 | 22 | 159 | 22.7 |
| 21 | Georgia | 10 | 111 | 98 | 17 | 226 | 22.6 |
| 21 | NC State | 7 | 53 | 88 | 17 | 158 | 22.6 |
| 21 | Utah State | 5 | 45 | 62 | 6 | 113 | 22.6 |
| 24 | North Texas | 4 | 33 | 48 | 9 | 90 | 22.5 |
| 24 | Arkansas State | 4 | 31 | 53 | 6 | 90 | 22.5 |
| 26 | Florida Atlantic | 7 | 90 | 53 | 14 | 157 | 22.4 |
| 27 | Temple | 7 | 48 | 98 | 10 | 156 | 22.3 |
| 27 | Ohio | 6 | 63 | 53 | 18 | 134 | 22.3 |
| 27 | Virginia | 6 | 59 | 66 | 9 | 134 | 22.3 |
| 30 | Nebraska | 8 | 82 | 82 | 13 | 177 | 22.1 |
| 31 | Missouri | 7 | 60 | 76 | 18 | 154 | 22.0 |
| 31 | Cincinnati | 5 | 58 | 42 | 10 | 110 | 22.0 |
| 33 | LSU | 9 | 84 | 88 | 24 | 196 | 21.8 |
| 34 | Ball State | 6 | 49 | 72 | 9 | 130 | 21.7 |
| 35 | Washington | 10 | 87 | 109 | 18 | 214 | 21.4 |
| 35 | Middle Tennessee State | 7 | 58 | 78 | 14 | 150 | 21.4 |
| 35 | Buffalo | 7 | 51 | 71 | 28 | 150 | 21.4 |
| 38 | USF | 7 | 66 | 69 | 14 | 149 | 21.3 |
| 38 | New Mexico State | 4 | 32 | 42 | 11 | 85 | 21.3 |
| 40 | Washington State | 6 | 22 | 96 | 9 | 127 | 21.2 |
| 41 | UCLA | 9 | 72 | 105 | 13 | 190 | 21.1 |
| 41 | Virginia Tech | 8 | 65 | 90 | 14 | 169 | 21.1 |
| 43 | Oregon State | 8 | 73 | 81 | 12 | 166 | 20.8 |
| 43 | Nevada | 6 | 47 | 66 | 12 | 125 | 20.8 |
| 45 | Boise State | 8 | 67 | 91 | 7 | 165 | 20.6 |
| 45 | Florida | 7 | 71 | 62 | 11 | 144 | 20.6 |
| 45 | Massachusetts | 7 | 41 | 92 | 11 | 144 | 20.6 |
| 45 | Marshall | 5 | 43 | 51 | 9 | 103 | 20.6 |
| 49 | Michigan | 8 | 80 | 71 | 13 | 164 | 20.5 |
| 49 | Toledo | 8 | 69 | 77 | 18 | 164 | 20.5 |
| 51 | Arizona State | 7 | 51 | 81 | 11 | 143 | 20.4 |
| 52 | Oregon | 7 | 54 | 77 | 11 | 142 | 20.3 |
| 52 | Old Dominion | 4 | 23 | 49 | 9 | 81 | 20.3 |
| 54 | Purdue | 10 | 67 | 117 | 18 | 202 | 20.2 |
| 55 | Stanford | 8 | 33 | 100 | 28 | 161 | 20.1 |
| 55 | North Carolina | 7 | 68 | 69 | 4 | 141 | 20.1 |
| 57 | East Carolina | 8 | 47 | 93 | 20 | 160 | 20.0 |
| 57 | Ole Miss | 6 | 47 | 63 | 10 | 120 | 20.0 |
| 59 | Kent State | 5 | 41 | 42 | 16 | 99 | 19.8 |
| 59 | Troy | 4 | 25 | 49 | 5 | 79 | 19.8 |
| 61 | Vanderbilt | 9 | 66 | 90 | 21 | 177 | 19.7 |
| 62 | Tulsa | 7 | 71 | 56 | 9 | 136 | 19.4 |
| 62 | Georgia State | 7 | 59 | 63 | 14 | 136 | 19.4 |
| 62 | Air Force | 5 | 60 | 31 | 6 | 97 | 19.4 |
| 65 | Michigan State | 7 | 38 | 84 | 13 | 135 | 19.3 |
| 65 | South Carolina | 7 | 35 | 88 | 12 | 135 | 19.3 |
| 67 | Illinois | 6 | 59 | 47 | 9 | 115 | 19.2 |
| 67 | Minnesota | 6 | 53 | 52 | 10 | 115 | 19.2 |
| 69 | Connecticut | 7 | 67 | 51 | 16 | 134 | 19.1 |
| 70 | UAB | 8 | 75 | 69 | 8 | 152 | 19.0 |
| 71 | Northern Illinois | 9 | 88 | 69 | 13 | 170 | 18.9 |
| 72 | California | 6 | 51 | 50 | 12 | 113 | 18.8 |
| 72 | FIU | 4 | 23 | 41 | 11 | 75 | 18.8 |
| 74 | Penn State | 7 | 59 | 61 | 10 | 130 | 18.6 |
| 74 | USC | 7 | 41 | 75 | 14 | 130 | 18.6 |
| 76 | UNLV | 6 | 65 | 38 | 8 | 111 | 18.5 |
| 76 | Louisiana Tech | 6 | 42 | 58 | 11 | 111 | 18.5 |
| 78 | Northwestern | 9 | 54 | 95 | 17 | 166 | 18.4 |
| 78 | Kansas State | 8 | 81 | 50 | 16 | 147 | 18.4 |
| 78 | Iowa State | 8 | 59 | 73 | 15 | 147 | 18.4 |
| 78 | Auburn | 7 | 43 | 70 | 16 | 129 | 18.4 |
| 82 | Louisville | 9 | 61 | 93 | 11 | 165 | 18.3 |
| 83 | Utah | 9 | 71 | 77 | 16 | 164 | 18.2 |
| 83 | BYU | 9 | 61 | 86 | 17 | 164 | 18.2 |
| 83 | Louisiana-Monroe | 5 | 37 | 48 | 6 | 91 | 18.2 |
| 86 | Miami (OH) | 8 | 42 | 90 | 13 | 145 | 18.1 |
| 86 | SMU | 8 | 38 | 84 | 23 | 145 | 18.1 |
| 86 | Western Michigan | 7 | 48 | 66 | 13 | 127 | 18.1 |
| 89 | Fresno State | 8 | 53 | 83 | 8 | 144 | 18.0 |
| 89 | Western Kentucky | 5 | 40 | 39 | 11 | 90 | 18.0 |
| 91 | Hawaii | 7 | 29 | 84 | 12 | 125 | 17.9 |
| 92 | Duke | 9 | 70 | 80 | 10 | 160 | 17.8 |
| 92 | Boston College | 6 | 46 | 51 | 10 | 107 | 17.8 |
| 92 | Appalachian State | 5 | 41 | 40 | 8 | 89 | 17.8 |
| 95 | Kansas | 7 | 49 | 64 | 11 | 124 | 17.7 |
| 95 | Coastal Carolina | 6 | 51 | 43 | 12 | 106 | 17.7 |
| 97 | Liberty | 5 | 29 | 54 | 5 | 88 | 17.6 |
| 98 | Miami (FL) | 8 | 73 | 58 | 8 | 139 | 17.4 |
| 98 | Tulane | 7 | 69 | 43 | 10 | 122 | 17.4 |
| 100 | Kentucky | 8 | 74 | 52 | 12 | 138 | 17.3 |
| 100 | South Alabama | 7 | 48 | 59 | 14 | 121 | 17.3 |
| 100 | Charlotte | 6 | 55 | 38 | 11 | 104 | 17.3 |
| 100 | Bowling Green | 6 | 32 | 65 | 7 | 104 | 17.3 |
| 104 | Navy | 9 | 113 | 30 | 11 | 154 | 17.1 |
| 104 | Florida State | 9 | 47 | 95 | 12 | 154 | 17.1 |
| 104 | Wisconsin | 7 | 72 | 46 | 2 | 120 | 17.1 |
| 107 | Iowa | 7 | 36 | 69 | 14 | 119 | 17.0 |
| 107 | Colorado | 5 | 32 | 47 | 6 | 85 | 17.0 |
| 109 | Pittsburgh | 11 | 114 | 53 | 17 | 184 | 16.7 |
| 109 | Eastern Michigan | 7 | 45 | 63 | 9 | 117 | 16.7 |
| 111 | TCU | 8 | 67 | 61 | 5 | 133 | 16.6 |
| 111 | San Diego State | 8 | 66 | 58 | 9 | 133 | 16.6 |
| 111 | Georgia Tech | 7 | 85 | 23 | 8 | 116 | 16.6 |
| 114 | Southern Miss | 5 | 18 | 49 | 15 | 82 | 16.4 |
| 115 | Rice | 9 | 59 | 80 | 8 | 147 | 16.3 |
| 116 | Tennessee | 8 | 46 | 65 | 16 | 127 | 15.9 |
| 116 | Louisiana | 7 | 56 | 50 | 5 | 111 | 15.9 |
| 118 | Mississippi State | 8 | 73 | 43 | 9 | 125 | 15.6 |
| 118 | Arkansas | 7 | 37 | 58 | 14 | 109 | 15.6 |
| 118 | Akron | 7 | 32 | 61 | 16 | 109 | 15.6 |
| 121 | UTSA | 8 | 42 | 68 | 13 | 123 | 15.4 |
| 122 | Central Michigan | 7 | 46 | 48 | 11 | 105 | 15.0 |
| 122 | UTEP | 5 | 22 | 43 | 10 | 75 | 15.0 |
| 122 | Texas State | 4 | 27 | 27 | 6 | 60 | 15.0 |
| 125 | San Jose State | 8 | 17 | 89 | 12 | 118 | 14.8 |
| 126 | New Mexico | 5 | 34 | 34 | 4 | 72 | 14.4 |
| 127 | Wyoming | 6 | 43 | 30 | 10 | 83 | 13.8 |
| 128 | Georgia Southern | 5 | 50 | 13 | 4 | 67 | 13.4 |
| 129 | Maryland | 8 | 54 | 37 | 14 | 105 | 13.1 |
| 130 | Rutgers | 7 | 44 | 31 | 12 | 87 | 12.4 |