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

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Mississippi 3 38 51 5 94 31.3
2 Ohio State 3 23 63 7 93 31.0
3 Georgia Tech 3 72 6 5 83 27.7
4 Old Dominion 4 36 60 14 110 27.5
5 Ohio 4 56 37 13 106 26.5
6 Oklahoma 3 39 38 2 79 26.3
6 Alabama 3 34 41 4 79 26.3
8 Memphis 3 39 31 8 78 26.0
9 Houston 4 46 50 7 103 25.8
10 Stanford 3 18 44 15 77 25.7
11 Nebraska 4 52 46 3 101 25.3
11 Texas 3 26 41 9 76 25.3
11 Liberty 3 22 50 4 76 25.3
14 Syracuse 3 23 43 9 75 25.0
15 Buffalo 4 42 42 15 99 24.8
15 New Mexico State 4 28 59 12 99 24.8
17 Baylor 3 32 38 4 74 24.7
18 Utah 4 56 37 5 98 24.5
18 Louisiana-Lafayette 4 48 45 5 98 24.5
20 South Florida 4 50 41 6 97 24.3
20 Washington State 3 15 56 2 73 24.3
22 Indiana 4 34 52 10 96 24.0
22 North Texas 4 30 54 12 96 24.0
24 Colorado State 4 33 55 7 95 23.8
25 North Carolina State 3 27 35 9 71 23.7
25 Massachusetts 3 22 44 5 71 23.7
25 Clemson 3 22 43 6 71 23.7
25 Texas Tech 3 20 48 3 71 23.7
29 Army 3 56 6 8 70 23.3
29 Marshall 3 41 22 7 70 23.3
29 Notre Dame 3 27 38 5 70 23.3
29 Iowa State 3 27 31 12 70 23.3
33 Boise State 4 33 54 5 92 23.0
33 Georgia State 3 30 30 9 69 23.0
33 Western Kentucky 3 27 32 10 69 23.0
33 Louisville 3 22 43 4 69 23.0
33 Southern Mississippi 3 22 42 5 69 23.0
33 Purdue 3 22 39 8 69 23.0
39 Toledo 5 49 47 18 114 22.8
40 Louisiana-Monroe 3 33 29 6 68 22.7
40 Arkansas State 3 31 30 7 68 22.7
40 Oregon State 3 24 37 7 68 22.7
40 East Carolina 3 18 42 8 68 22.7
44 Arkansas 4 44 37 9 90 22.5
44 Miami (Ohio) 4 37 48 5 90 22.5
46 Iowa 4 34 45 10 89 22.3
46 Florida Atlantic 3 33 30 4 67 22.3
46 Cincinnati 3 30 31 6 67 22.3
49 Ball State 5 42 55 13 110 22.0
49 Northwestern 4 24 51 13 88 22.0
49 Florida 3 38 24 4 66 22.0
49 Georgia 3 29 32 5 66 22.0
49 Duke 3 23 41 2 66 22.0
49 BYU 3 21 34 11 66 22.0
55 UCF 3 33 29 3 65 21.7
55 Texas A&M 3 23 34 8 65 21.7
57 California 4 40 41 5 86 21.5
58 Wisconsin 4 53 29 3 85 21.3
58 Utah State 4 38 43 4 85 21.3
58 Michigan 3 36 24 4 64 21.3
58 Oklahoma State 3 24 35 5 64 21.3
62 Western Michigan 4 42 34 8 84 21.0
62 Washington 4 36 40 8 84 21.0
62 Middle Tennessee 4 32 39 13 84 21.0
62 Michigan State 4 19 56 9 84 21.0
62 Coastal Carolina 3 36 23 4 63 21.0
62 Wake Forest 3 35 27 1 63 21.0
62 Temple 3 22 36 5 63 21.0
62 Oregon 3 20 36 7 63 21.0
70 Nevada 4 29 45 9 83 20.8
70 Minnesota 4 28 47 8 83 20.8
72 Virginia 3 32 26 4 62 20.7
73 Fresno State 4 28 50 4 82 20.5
73 UNLV 4 26 44 12 82 20.5
75 Arizona 4 31 36 14 81 20.3
75 Pittsburgh 3 41 16 4 61 20.3
75 South Alabama 3 28 28 5 61 20.3
75 Virginia Tech 3 21 38 2 61 20.3
79 Air Force 4 49 26 5 80 20.0
79 UCLA 4 35 39 6 80 20.0
79 Colorado 4 32 40 8 80 20.0
79 Charlotte 3 30 25 5 60 20.0
79 West Virginia 3 27 29 4 60 20.0
84 Missouri 4 32 35 12 79 19.8
85 Northern Illinois 3 30 25 4 59 19.7
85 North Carolina 3 19 37 3 59 19.7
85 TCU 3 18 35 6 59 19.7
88 UAB 4 44 28 6 78 19.5
88 Kent State 4 37 33 8 78 19.5
90 Arizona State 3 24 30 4 58 19.3
91 Louisiana Tech 4 30 38 8 76 19.0
91 Auburn 3 28 27 2 57 19.0
91 LSU 3 28 23 6 57 19.0
91 Florida International 3 20 32 5 57 19.0
95 Central Michigan 4 41 28 6 75 18.8
96 Kansas State 3 34 17 5 56 18.7
96 South Carolina 3 22 27 7 56 18.7
98 Eastern Michigan 4 31 37 6 74 18.5
99 Miami (Florida) 3 25 25 5 55 18.3
100 New Mexico 4 33 34 5 72 18.0
100 Hawai'i 4 28 41 3 72 18.0
100 Vanderbilt 4 28 33 11 72 18.0
100 Connecticut 3 32 19 3 54 18.0
100 Boston College 3 31 22 1 54 18.0
105 Georgia Southern 4 55 10 6 71 17.8
106 Texas State 4 29 31 10 70 17.5
106 Bowling Green 4 19 43 8 70 17.5
108 San Jose State 4 19 46 4 69 17.3
108 Mississippi State 3 34 13 5 52 17.3
108 Tennessee 3 16 33 3 52 17.3
111 Troy 3 26 19 6 51 17.0
111 SMU 3 8 35 8 51 17.0
113 Navy 4 51 11 5 67 16.8
113 Tulsa 4 38 26 3 67 16.8
115 Appalachian State 3 26 18 6 50 16.7
115 Penn State 3 19 31 0 50 16.7
117 Tulane 3 26 17 6 49 16.3
117 Rutgers 3 26 16 7 49 16.3
117 Kansas 3 15 30 4 49 16.3
117 Florida State 3 11 34 4 49 16.3
121 Maryland 4 40 22 2 64 16.0
121 Illinois 4 38 21 5 64 16.0
121 Akron 4 25 33 6 64 16.0
124 UTEP 3 13 27 7 47 15.7
125 Wyoming 4 38 18 6 62 15.5
125 San Diego State 4 26 30 6 62 15.5
127 Kentucky 3 25 18 3 46 15.3
128 USC 3 14 25 6 45 15.0
129 Rice 4 19 33 2 54 13.5
130 UTSA 3 18 17 1 36 12.0