2018 National Leaders First Downs - Games in August/September Only through 01/07/2019

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Texas Tech 5 52 96 14 162 32.4
2 Hawai'i 6 49 92 14 155 25.8
3 Ohio State 5 59 76 14 149 29.8
4 Texas A&M 5 62 69 12 143 28.6
5 Wake Forest 5 66 60 12 138 27.6
6 North Texas 5 41 80 11 132 26.4
7 Washington State 5 18 100 13 131 26.2
8 Ball State 5 56 63 10 129 25.8
9 Baylor 5 51 68 9 128 25.6
9 Western Michigan 5 48 65 15 128 25.6
11 Oklahoma State 5 52 67 8 127 25.4
11 Arizona 5 52 59 16 127 25.4
13 Penn State 5 63 44 19 126 25.2
14 Cincinnati 5 69 52 3 124 24.8
14 Alabama 5 51 64 9 124 24.8
14 Massachusetts 6 41 75 8 124 20.7
17 UCF 4 58 51 14 123 30.8
17 Coastal Carolina 5 66 39 18 123 24.6
19 Notre Dame 5 58 54 10 122 24.4
20 Oregon 5 54 58 9 121 24.2
21 Indiana 5 46 59 15 120 24.0
22 Florida Atlantic 5 60 52 7 119 23.8
22 Washington 5 44 65 10 119 23.8
24 Georgia 5 60 53 5 118 23.6
24 Oklahoma 5 49 60 9 118 23.6
24 Arkansas State 5 48 66 4 118 23.6
27 Clemson 5 60 54 3 117 23.4
27 Memphis 5 46 63 8 117 23.4
27 Colorado State 5 36 69 12 117 23.4
30 Missouri 4 41 65 10 116 29.0
31 Houston 4 49 58 8 115 28.8
31 Army 5 88 21 6 115 23.0
31 Syracuse 5 60 49 6 115 23.0
31 Kent State 5 52 53 10 115 23.0
35 Boston College 5 59 47 8 114 22.8
35 Bowling Green 5 36 66 12 114 22.8
37 Arizona State 5 50 54 9 113 22.6
38 Georgia Tech 5 81 21 10 112 22.4
38 Kentucky 5 66 36 10 112 22.4
38 Oregon State 5 55 51 6 112 22.4
38 Vanderbilt 5 41 59 12 112 22.4
42 LSU 5 54 39 18 111 22.2
42 Texas 5 45 58 8 111 22.2
44 TCU 5 53 53 4 110 22.0
45 Purdue 5 39 61 9 109 21.8
46 Boise State 4 38 63 5 106 26.5
47 Mississippi State 5 60 41 3 104 20.8
47 Duke 5 52 46 6 104 20.8
47 Florida International 5 49 46 9 104 20.8
47 Auburn 5 48 45 11 104 20.8
47 Troy 5 46 49 9 104 20.8
47 Western Kentucky 5 41 55 8 104 20.8
53 East Carolina 4 31 59 13 103 25.8
53 Miami (Florida) 5 58 39 6 103 20.6
53 Connecticut 5 50 37 16 103 20.6
53 Virginia 5 48 48 7 103 20.6
57 Nevada 5 42 56 4 102 20.4
58 UAB 4 53 40 8 101 25.3
58 West Virginia 4 28 66 7 101 25.3
58 Michigan 5 48 45 8 101 20.2
58 Mississippi 5 38 56 7 101 20.2
62 Charlotte 5 44 44 12 100 20.0
62 USC 5 38 50 12 100 20.0
64 Appalachian State 4 48 43 8 99 24.8
64 South Carolina 4 40 53 6 99 24.8
64 Georgia State 5 40 50 9 99 19.8
64 Buffalo 5 32 51 16 99 19.8
68 North Carolina State 4 25 66 7 98 24.5
68 Louisiana-Monroe 5 42 50 6 98 19.6
68 Eastern Michigan 5 31 56 11 98 19.6
68 Old Dominion 5 25 58 15 98 19.6
72 Utah State 4 31 59 7 97 24.3
72 Florida 5 41 48 8 97 19.4
74 Colorado 4 42 48 6 96 24.0
74 South Florida 4 38 54 4 96 24.0
74 Liberty 4 28 54 14 96 24.0
74 Rice 5 43 45 8 96 19.2
78 Tulane 5 47 40 8 95 19.0
79 Ohio 4 40 42 12 94 23.5
79 Louisiana Tech 4 33 50 11 94 23.5
81 Tulsa 4 55 32 6 93 23.3
81 Temple 5 38 50 5 93 18.6
81 Louisville 5 38 45 10 93 18.6
84 Wisconsin 4 54 36 2 92 23.0
84 New Mexico 4 48 37 7 92 23.0
84 Southern Mississippi 4 28 60 4 92 23.0
87 Toledo 4 39 47 5 91 22.8
87 Northwestern 4 24 53 14 91 22.8
87 Tennessee 5 43 37 11 91 18.2
87 SMU 5 38 43 10 91 18.2
91 California 4 45 35 10 90 22.5
91 Nebraska 4 44 36 10 90 22.5
91 Virginia Tech 4 42 46 2 90 22.5
94 UNLV 4 63 19 7 89 22.3
94 Illinois 4 43 37 9 89 22.3
96 Navy 4 72 14 2 88 22.0
96 Minnesota 4 41 38 9 88 22.0
96 Michigan State 4 31 48 9 88 22.0
96 Pittsburgh 5 53 30 5 88 17.6
96 Kansas State 5 39 39 10 88 17.6
96 Kansas 5 37 41 10 88 17.6
102 Florida State 5 27 54 6 87 17.4
103 Arkansas 5 34 43 9 86 17.2
104 Air Force 4 61 17 7 85 21.3
104 Fresno State 4 31 48 6 85 21.3
106 UTSA 5 30 48 5 83 16.6
106 New Mexico State 5 29 38 16 83 16.6
108 North Carolina 4 41 35 6 82 20.5
108 Northern Illinois 5 44 31 7 82 16.4
108 Wyoming 5 37 37 8 82 16.4
108 Rutgers 5 33 38 11 82 16.4
112 Miami (Ohio) 5 25 47 9 81 16.2
113 UTEP 5 45 28 7 80 16.0
114 BYU 5 37 39 3 79 15.8
115 San Diego State 4 38 35 5 78 19.5
115 Iowa 4 31 39 8 78 19.5
115 South Alabama 5 30 37 11 78 15.6
118 Middle Tennessee 4 33 40 4 77 19.3
118 Utah 4 32 36 9 77 19.3
120 San Jose State 4 15 52 9 76 19.0
120 Stanford 5 17 50 9 76 15.2
122 Texas State 4 35 31 9 75 18.8
123 Marshall 4 26 43 4 73 18.3
124 Louisiana-Lafayette 4 35 32 5 72 18.0
125 Maryland 4 46 16 9 71 17.8
126 Central Michigan 5 29 31 9 69 13.8
127 Iowa State 4 24 36 7 67 16.8
128 Georgia Southern 4 52 10 3 65 16.3
129 UCLA 4 26 32 6 64 16.0
130 Akron 3 23 24 9 56 18.7