2018 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. FCS (I-AA) Teams Only through 01/07/2019
| Name | G | Rush | Pass | Penalty | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas A&M | 1 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 40 | 40.0 |
| 2 | Cincinnati | 1 | 26 | 12 | 0 | 38 | 38.0 |
| 3 | Houston | 1 | 17 | 18 | 1 | 36 | 36.0 |
| 3 | UAB | 1 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 36 | 36.0 |
| 5 | Washington State | 1 | 1 | 32 | 2 | 35 | 35.0 |
| 6 | Hawai'i | 1 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 34 | 34.0 |
| 7 | South Carolina | 1 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 33 | 33.0 |
| 7 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 33 | 33.0 |
| 9 | Old Dominion | 1 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 32 | 32.0 |
| 9 | Duke | 1 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 32 | 32.0 |
| 9 | New Mexico | 1 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 32 | 32.0 |
| 9 | Coastal Carolina | 1 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 32 | 32.0 |
| 9 | Oregon | 1 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 32 | 32.0 |
| 9 | Virginia Tech | 1 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 32 | 32.0 |
| 9 | Wake Forest | 1 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 32 | 32.0 |
| 9 | Connecticut | 1 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 32 | 32.0 |
| 9 | Texas Tech | 1 | 12 | 20 | 0 | 32 | 32.0 |
| 9 | Memphis | 1 | 11 | 19 | 2 | 32 | 32.0 |
| 9 | Louisiana Tech | 1 | 11 | 18 | 3 | 32 | 32.0 |
| 9 | North Texas | 1 | 9 | 19 | 4 | 32 | 32.0 |
| 21 | Ball State | 1 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 31 | 31.0 |
| 21 | Appalachian State | 1 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 31 | 31.0 |
| 21 | Utah State | 1 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 31 | 31.0 |
| 21 | Louisiana-Monroe | 1 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 31 | 31.0 |
| 21 | Western Michigan | 1 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 31 | 31.0 |
| 26 | SMU | 1 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 30 | 30.0 |
| 26 | Toledo | 1 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 30 | 30.0 |
| 26 | North Carolina | 1 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 30 | 30.0 |
| 26 | TCU | 1 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 30 | 30.0 |
| 26 | Arkansas State | 1 | 10 | 18 | 2 | 30 | 30.0 |
| 31 | Liberty | 2 | 26 | 29 | 3 | 58 | 29.0 |
| 31 | UCF | 1 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 29 | 29.0 |
| 31 | Southern Mississippi | 1 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 29 | 29.0 |
| 31 | West Virginia | 1 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 29 | 29.0 |
| 35 | Florida | 2 | 27 | 28 | 2 | 57 | 28.5 |
| 36 | Auburn | 1 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 36 | Texas State | 1 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 36 | UNLV | 1 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 36 | Kentucky | 1 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 36 | East Carolina | 1 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 41 | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 41 | Oregon State | 1 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 41 | Iowa | 1 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 41 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 1 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 41 | South Florida | 1 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 41 | Eastern Michigan | 1 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 41 | San Jose State | 1 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 48 | Navy | 1 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 48 | Kent State | 1 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 48 | Troy | 1 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 48 | Baylor | 1 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 48 | Syracuse | 1 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 48 | Akron | 1 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 48 | Arizona | 1 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 48 | Mississippi | 1 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 48 | Missouri | 1 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 48 | Bowling Green | 1 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 58 | Georgia Tech | 1 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 58 | Tulsa | 1 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 58 | Virginia | 1 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 58 | Mississippi State | 1 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 58 | Nevada | 1 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 58 | Utah | 1 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 58 | Colorado State | 1 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 58 | Washington | 1 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 58 | San Diego State | 1 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 58 | North Carolina State | 1 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 58 | Florida State | 1 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 69 | Fresno State | 1 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 69 | California | 1 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 69 | Massachusetts | 1 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 69 | New Mexico State | 1 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 73 | Air Force | 1 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 73 | Nebraska | 1 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 73 | Clemson | 1 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 73 | Vanderbilt | 1 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 77 | Army | 2 | 38 | 5 | 1 | 44 | 22.0 |
| 77 | Rice | 1 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 77 | Boston College | 1 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 77 | Tulane | 1 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 77 | Ohio | 1 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 82 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 82 | South Alabama | 1 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 82 | Colorado | 1 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 82 | Buffalo | 1 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 82 | Georgia | 1 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 82 | Georgia State | 1 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 82 | Alabama | 1 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 89 | Miami (Florida) | 1 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 89 | Charlotte | 1 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 89 | Illinois | 1 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 89 | Middle Tennessee | 1 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 93 | Georgia Southern | 1 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 93 | Louisville | 1 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 93 | Kansas State | 1 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 93 | Tennessee | 1 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 93 | Wyoming | 1 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 98 | BYU | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 98 | Florida International | 1 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 98 | Arkansas | 1 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 101 | Iowa State | 1 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 101 | Western Kentucky | 1 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 101 | Marshall | 1 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 101 | Stanford | 1 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 105 | Temple | 1 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 106 | LSU | 1 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 106 | UTEP | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 108 | Kansas | 1 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 109 | Central Michigan | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 12.0 |