2018 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/07/2019

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Ohio State 10 106 166 29 301 30.1
2 UCF 11 160 125 27 312 28.4
3 Oklahoma 9 113 123 13 249 27.7
4 Missouri 9 102 120 24 246 27.3
5 Mississippi 9 87 139 17 243 27.0
6 North Carolina State 10 80 161 22 263 26.3
7 Baylor 10 120 119 23 262 26.2
7 Texas Tech 9 69 150 17 236 26.2
9 Texas A&M 9 116 98 21 235 26.1
10 Houston 12 137 149 25 311 25.9
11 Wake Forest 10 126 116 14 256 25.6
12 Syracuse 10 119 110 26 255 25.5
13 Mississippi State 7 111 58 9 178 25.4
14 Washington State 12 52 227 24 303 25.3
15 North Texas 12 97 176 29 302 25.2
16 Georgia 9 124 89 12 225 25.0
17 Boise State 10 95 141 12 248 24.8
18 Alabama 10 102 127 17 246 24.6
18 Wisconsin 9 136 78 7 221 24.6
20 Memphis 12 137 135 22 294 24.5
20 Clemson 11 117 138 14 269 24.5
22 Ohio 12 159 112 22 293 24.4
23 Florida Atlantic 10 131 99 13 243 24.3
23 Oklahoma State 9 84 119 16 219 24.3
25 Notre Dame 9 96 109 13 218 24.2
26 Nebraska 8 90 89 12 191 23.9
27 Cincinnati 12 148 123 14 285 23.8
27 Utah State 12 117 152 16 285 23.8
29 Arizona 11 107 118 36 261 23.7
30 West Virginia 9 73 127 12 212 23.6
31 Ball State 11 100 134 25 259 23.5
32 Arkansas State 12 116 144 21 281 23.4
33 Old Dominion 12 89 156 35 280 23.3
33 Florida 9 109 93 8 210 23.3
35 Toledo 12 125 123 30 278 23.2
35 Western Michigan 11 113 117 25 255 23.2
35 Liberty 11 96 139 20 255 23.2
35 East Carolina 10 79 125 28 232 23.2
39 South Florida 11 113 124 17 254 23.1
39 Penn State 9 102 83 23 208 23.1
39 Indiana 8 71 94 20 185 23.1
42 UCLA 8 72 95 17 184 23.0
43 Oregon State 9 81 109 16 206 22.9
44 Vanderbilt 9 90 98 17 205 22.8
45 Buffalo 13 131 123 41 295 22.7
45 Hawai'i 11 84 146 20 250 22.7
45 Texas 10 92 116 19 227 22.7
48 Georgia Tech 11 201 33 15 249 22.6
49 Connecticut 8 94 67 18 179 22.4
49 LSU 8 82 74 23 179 22.4
51 Arizona State 11 107 119 19 245 22.3
52 Massachusetts 11 83 145 16 244 22.2
53 Colorado 10 83 115 23 221 22.1
54 Utah 10 111 95 14 220 22.0
54 Michigan 8 93 72 11 176 22.0
54 South Carolina 8 75 92 9 176 22.0
57 Washington 12 107 135 21 263 21.9
57 Virginia Tech 11 110 118 13 241 21.9
57 Air Force 9 144 40 13 197 21.9
60 Colorado State 9 59 121 16 196 21.8
61 Duke 10 88 116 12 216 21.6
61 Purdue 10 70 122 24 216 21.6
61 Northwestern 10 64 124 28 216 21.6
64 Army 12 208 34 16 258 21.5
65 Kentucky 9 102 72 19 193 21.4
66 Middle Tennessee 12 94 139 23 256 21.3
66 Oregon 11 102 116 16 234 21.3
66 Minnesota 9 92 79 21 192 21.3
66 Michigan State 8 69 88 13 170 21.3
70 Virginia 13 136 124 16 276 21.2
71 UAB 13 145 109 20 274 21.1
71 Louisiana-Monroe 11 100 115 17 232 21.1
73 Florida International 13 106 143 24 273 21.0
73 Kent State 11 106 100 25 231 21.0
73 North Carolina 10 95 103 12 210 21.0
73 Auburn 8 97 62 9 168 21.0
77 Western Kentucky 12 102 125 24 251 20.9
78 Louisiana Tech 12 95 129 25 249 20.8
78 Southern Mississippi 11 77 132 20 229 20.8
80 Coastal Carolina 12 127 96 25 248 20.7
80 Nevada 11 88 130 10 228 20.7
80 UNLV 10 115 73 19 207 20.7
80 Boston College 10 107 90 10 207 20.7
84 Fresno State 12 95 137 14 246 20.5
84 New Mexico State 11 67 131 28 226 20.5
84 Tulsa 11 124 90 11 225 20.5
87 TCU 9 91 82 11 184 20.4
87 SMU 9 65 102 17 184 20.4
89 Georgia State 12 113 110 21 244 20.3
89 Appalachian State 12 123 99 21 243 20.3
89 Temple 11 89 122 12 223 20.3
89 Louisville 8 70 83 9 162 20.3
93 Iowa 11 88 113 21 222 20.2
94 Louisiana-Lafayette 13 129 114 18 261 20.1
94 Iowa State 8 65 79 17 161 20.1
96 Marshall 13 114 129 17 260 20.0
97 Charlotte 12 119 96 22 237 19.8
97 BYU 10 98 89 11 198 19.8
97 Kansas State 9 96 67 15 178 19.8
100 California 11 99 97 21 217 19.7
101 Northern Illinois 13 132 105 18 255 19.6
102 Tulane 11 121 80 14 215 19.5
103 Miami (Ohio) 10 79 97 18 194 19.4
103 Navy 9 137 30 8 175 19.4
105 Stanford 10 56 112 24 192 19.2
106 Bowling Green 12 78 128 23 229 19.1
106 Illinois 9 96 63 13 172 19.1
106 Arkansas 9 83 72 17 172 19.1
109 Eastern Michigan 12 93 117 18 228 19.0
109 San Jose State 8 36 104 12 152 19.0
111 San Diego State 11 99 96 13 208 18.9
111 Maryland 7 90 34 8 132 18.9
113 Troy 12 100 107 19 226 18.8
114 Pittsburgh 9 103 54 11 168 18.7
114 USC 9 68 86 14 168 18.7
116 Wyoming 8 86 53 10 149 18.6
117 Florida State 8 43 94 9 146 18.3
118 New Mexico 9 88 62 13 163 18.1
119 Georgia Southern 12 166 35 12 213 17.8
119 South Alabama 12 96 94 23 213 17.8
119 Kansas 9 59 86 15 160 17.8
122 Texas State 12 92 94 23 209 17.4
123 Miami (Florida) 12 111 80 13 204 17.0
124 Akron 11 63 98 25 186 16.9
125 Rutgers 8 55 62 15 132 16.5
126 Tennessee 7 46 60 9 115 16.4
127 Rice 12 83 100 12 195 16.3
128 UTEP 12 79 90 17 186 15.5
128 Central Michigan 11 78 73 19 170 15.5
130 UTSA 12 70 97 16 183 15.3