2018 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. FBS (I-A) Teams Only through 01/07/2019

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Buffalo 13 127 119 42 288 22.2
2 Ohio State 14 136 231 36 403 28.8
3 Arizona 11 102 119 35 256 23.3
3 Northwestern 14 92 160 35 287 20.5
5 LSU 12 119 127 34 280 23.3
5 Stanford 12 60 140 34 234 19.5
7 Indiana 12 106 143 33 282 23.5
7 Old Dominion 11 69 146 33 248 22.5
7 Toledo 12 118 118 33 269 22.4
10 UCF 12 156 131 31 318 26.5
10 Purdue 13 97 156 31 284 21.8
12 Baylor 12 132 144 29 305 25.4
12 Ohio 12 159 108 29 296 24.7
12 Texas A&M 12 127 140 29 296 24.7
12 North Carolina State 12 94 167 29 290 24.2
12 Syracuse 12 128 121 29 278 23.2
12 Minnesota 13 121 119 29 269 20.7
12 New Mexico State 11 68 125 29 222 20.2
19 Penn State 13 133 116 28 277 21.3
19 Vanderbilt 12 100 124 28 252 21.0
19 SMU 11 60 122 28 210 19.1
22 North Texas 12 99 163 27 289 24.1
22 Western Michigan 12 116 122 27 265 22.1
24 Houston 12 130 142 26 298 24.8
24 Missouri 12 121 147 26 294 24.5
24 Texas 14 129 170 26 325 23.2
24 East Carolina 11 85 134 26 245 22.3
24 Kent State 11 97 100 26 223 20.3
24 California 12 100 101 26 227 18.9
30 Michigan State 13 92 146 25 263 20.2
31 Texas Tech 11 83 180 24 287 26.1
31 Washington 13 122 139 24 285 21.9
31 Florida International 12 99 132 24 255 21.3
31 Western Kentucky 11 96 114 24 234 21.3
31 Middle Tennessee 13 109 143 24 276 21.2
31 Colorado 11 79 124 24 227 20.6
31 Louisiana Tech 12 89 125 24 238 19.8
31 Connecticut 11 112 82 24 218 19.8
31 Iowa State 12 95 115 24 234 19.5
31 Iowa 12 87 123 24 234 19.5
31 Rutgers 12 86 72 24 182 15.2
42 Memphis 13 154 135 23 312 24.0
42 Washington State 12 57 203 23 283 23.6
42 Ball State 11 92 137 23 252 22.9
42 USC 12 83 125 23 231 19.3
42 Arkansas 11 90 88 23 201 18.3
42 Akron 11 56 96 23 175 15.9
48 Colorado State 11 74 153 22 249 22.6
48 Appalachian State 12 113 99 22 234 19.5
48 Kentucky 12 125 83 22 230 19.2
48 South Alabama 11 83 87 22 192 17.5
48 Texas State 11 73 86 22 181 16.5
53 Oklahoma 14 160 188 21 369 26.4
53 Georgia 13 161 128 21 310 23.8
53 Notre Dame 13 127 156 21 304 23.4
53 Michigan 13 136 123 21 280 21.5
53 Arizona State 13 127 131 21 279 21.5
53 UCLA 12 98 134 21 253 21.1
53 Charlotte 11 108 88 21 217 19.7
53 Kansas State 11 106 79 21 206 18.7
61 Oklahoma State 12 117 169 20 306 25.5
61 Alabama 14 150 180 20 350 25.0
61 Clemson 14 150 165 20 335 23.9
61 Mississippi 11 97 146 20 263 23.9
61 Arkansas State 12 112 138 20 270 22.5
61 Oregon 12 101 126 20 247 20.6
61 Auburn 12 106 111 20 237 19.8
61 UNLV 11 117 81 20 218 19.8
61 Coastal Carolina 11 109 87 20 216 19.6
61 Tennessee 11 65 88 20 173 15.7
71 Liberty 10 75 124 19 218 21.8
71 Oregon State 11 92 125 19 236 21.5
71 South Florida 12 118 120 19 257 21.4
71 Hawai'i 13 80 169 19 268 20.6
71 Southern Mississippi 10 64 117 19 200 20.0
71 Utah 13 126 114 19 259 19.9
71 Northern Illinois 14 140 111 19 270 19.3
71 Miami (Ohio) 12 86 123 19 228 19.0
71 Bowling Green 11 71 113 19 203 18.5
71 Troy 12 92 110 19 221 18.4
81 Wake Forest 12 142 128 18 288 24.0
81 West Virginia 11 87 156 18 261 23.7
81 Nebraska 11 118 119 18 255 23.2
81 Georgia State 11 107 98 18 223 20.3
81 Fresno State 13 92 148 18 258 19.8
81 BYU 12 99 114 18 231 19.3
87 Boise State 13 128 169 17 314 24.2
87 Florida Atlantic 11 136 108 17 261 23.7
87 Virginia Tech 12 110 131 17 258 21.5
87 Georgia Tech 12 199 35 17 251 20.9
87 South Carolina 12 87 144 17 248 20.7
87 Kansas 11 81 103 17 201 18.3
87 Eastern Michigan 12 85 109 17 211 17.6
87 Pittsburgh 13 139 65 17 221 17.0
87 Maryland 12 122 63 17 202 16.8
96 Army 11 192 32 16 240 21.8
96 Massachusetts 11 77 143 16 236 21.5
96 Virginia 12 119 116 16 251 20.9
96 Marshall 12 108 119 16 243 20.3
96 UAB 13 138 109 16 263 20.2
96 Louisiana-Monroe 11 92 107 16 215 19.5
96 Tulane 12 121 84 16 221 18.4
96 UTSA 12 70 97 16 183 15.3
104 Utah State 12 107 150 15 272 22.7
104 Cincinnati 12 135 117 15 267 22.3
104 Air Force 11 166 60 15 241 21.9
104 Temple 12 99 144 15 258 21.5
104 Nevada 12 90 142 15 247 20.6
104 Florida 11 117 95 15 227 20.6
104 Duke 12 94 126 15 235 19.6
104 Louisiana-Lafayette 13 128 106 15 249 19.2
104 Louisville 11 83 108 15 206 18.7
104 Miami (Florida) 12 106 81 15 202 16.8
104 Wyoming 11 111 59 15 185 16.8
104 San Jose State 11 35 124 15 174 15.8
104 Central Michigan 11 80 74 15 169 15.4
117 Illinois 11 116 83 14 213 19.4
117 Mississippi State 12 141 75 14 230 19.2
117 Florida State 11 55 113 14 182 16.5
117 UTEP 11 73 84 14 171 15.5
121 Navy 12 160 34 13 207 17.3
121 San Diego State 12 97 90 13 200 16.7
123 Boston College 11 100 99 12 211 19.2
123 Georgia Southern 12 152 37 12 201 16.8
123 New Mexico 11 91 75 12 178 16.2
126 Tulsa 11 115 91 11 217 19.7
126 TCU 12 102 103 11 216 18.0
126 Rice 12 75 102 11 188 15.7
129 North Carolina 10 91 103 10 204 20.4
130 Wisconsin 13 172 100 8 280 21.5