2018 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. FBS Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 01/07/2019

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Ohio State 13 128 209 34 371 28.5
2 Oklahoma 12 138 167 19 324 27.0
3 Texas 13 117 161 23 301 23.2
4 Alabama 12 123 158 17 298 24.8
5 Clemson 12 128 136 18 282 23.5
6 Baylor 11 125 128 26 279 25.4
7 Purdue 12 84 150 31 265 22.1
8 West Virginia 11 87 156 18 261 23.7
9 Washington 12 112 124 23 259 21.6
10 Georgia 11 130 110 17 257 23.4
11 Notre Dame 11 107 129 20 256 23.3
12 Oklahoma State 10 100 139 16 255 25.5
13 Texas Tech 10 77 155 19 251 25.1
14 Texas A&M 10 98 119 25 242 24.2
15 Northwestern 12 80 131 30 241 20.1
16 Nebraska 10 106 112 15 233 23.3
17 Washington State 10 45 170 17 232 23.2
18 Missouri 10 97 111 23 231 23.1
19 Penn State 11 109 96 22 227 20.6
20 Indiana 10 81 120 24 225 22.5
21 UCLA 10 89 118 17 224 22.4
22 Utah 11 111 95 16 222 20.2
23 Michigan 10 110 94 15 219 21.9
23 Arizona State 10 101 99 19 219 21.9
25 Michigan State 11 72 126 19 217 19.7
26 Iowa 11 79 117 20 216 19.6
27 Florida 10 107 92 14 213 21.3
27 Iowa State 11 87 103 23 213 19.4
29 Syracuse 9 87 97 26 210 23.3
29 North Carolina State 9 75 110 25 210 23.3
31 Oregon State 10 83 108 17 208 20.8
32 Wisconsin 10 129 72 6 207 20.7
33 Oregon 10 85 106 15 206 20.6
34 Stanford 10 56 122 27 205 20.5
34 California 11 90 91 24 205 18.6
36 Virginia 10 96 94 14 204 20.4
36 Minnesota 10 88 90 26 204 20.4
36 Colorado 10 67 113 24 204 20.4
39 Arizona 9 86 89 28 203 22.6
40 Mississippi 9 76 108 18 202 22.4
41 Georgia Tech 10 164 24 13 201 20.1
42 South Carolina 10 65 120 15 200 20.0
43 Duke 10 78 103 13 194 19.4
44 TCU 11 85 98 10 193 17.5
45 LSU 9 81 83 28 192 21.3
46 Auburn 10 78 95 18 191 19.1
46 Pittsburgh 11 125 53 13 191 17.4
48 Louisville 10 72 104 13 189 18.9
49 Kentucky 10 100 70 18 188 18.8
50 Kansas State 10 98 68 20 186 18.6
51 North Carolina 9 83 94 8 185 20.6
51 Vanderbilt 9 76 89 20 185 20.6
53 USC 10 66 98 20 184 18.4
54 Wake Forest 8 96 78 9 183 22.9
55 Kansas 10 71 95 15 181 18.1
56 Mississippi State 10 110 53 12 175 17.5
57 Illinois 9 94 65 11 170 18.9
58 Maryland 10 96 57 14 167 16.7
59 Virginia Tech 8 70 84 8 162 20.3
60 Boston College 9 71 76 5 152 16.9
61 Miami (Florida) 10 75 63 13 151 15.1
62 Rutgers 10 70 54 21 145 14.5
63 Tennessee 9 49 72 18 139 15.4
63 Florida State 9 39 89 11 139 15.4
65 Arkansas 8 58 65 14 137 17.1
66 BYU 5 37 40 1 78 15.6
67 Kent State 3 30 29 6 65 21.7
68 Temple 3 19 41 4 64 21.3
69 Colorado State 3 21 35 7 63 21.0
70 Middle Tennessee 3 30 26 5 61 20.3
71 South Florida 2 24 32 4 60 30.0
72 Bowling Green 3 19 36 4 59 19.7
73 Houston 2 22 29 5 56 28.0
74 Fresno State 3 22 28 5 55 18.3
75 UTSA 3 18 30 3 51 17.0
76 UCF 2 20 17 11 48 24.0
76 Akron 3 17 25 6 48 16.0
78 Memphis 2 21 20 6 47 23.5
79 Army 2 33 10 1 44 22.0
80 Northern Illinois 3 19 21 3 43 14.3
81 Cincinnati 2 24 15 2 41 20.5
81 Western Kentucky 2 17 22 2 41 20.5
81 Western Michigan 2 16 19 6 41 20.5
84 Louisiana-Monroe 2 16 20 3 39 19.5
85 San Diego State 2 24 12 2 38 19.0
86 Louisiana Tech 2 15 19 2 36 18.0
86 Central Michigan 3 14 18 4 36 12.0
88 SMU 2 14 13 8 35 17.5
89 Rice 2 17 15 2 34 17.0
89 Tulane 2 14 16 4 34 17.0
89 Marshall 2 10 22 2 34 17.0
89 Massachusetts 2 10 22 2 34 17.0
93 Tulsa 2 18 12 2 32 16.0
94 Nevada 2 12 18 1 31 15.5
95 Old Dominion 1 7 19 4 30 30.0
95 Wyoming 2 16 10 4 30 15.0
95 East Carolina 2 11 17 2 30 15.0
98 Florida International 2 10 13 6 29 14.5
99 Louisiana-Lafayette 2 14 14 0 28 14.0
100 Liberty 2 11 16 0 27 13.5
101 UAB 1 9 16 0 25 25.0
101 San Jose State 2 2 18 5 25 12.5
103 Boise State 1 2 21 0 23 23.0
104 Appalachian State 1 8 13 1 22 22.0
104 Utah State 1 2 18 2 22 22.0
106 Coastal Carolina 1 10 5 5 20 20.0
106 Florida Atlantic 1 7 11 2 20 20.0
108 Arkansas State 1 6 12 1 19 19.0
108 Buffalo 1 5 10 4 19 19.0
108 New Mexico State 1 4 10 5 19 19.0
108 Eastern Michigan 1 3 13 3 19 19.0
112 Ball State 1 11 7 0 18 18.0
112 Georgia State 1 7 9 2 18 18.0
112 North Texas 1 3 11 4 18 18.0
115 UNLV 1 13 4 0 17 17.0
115 Toledo 1 8 9 0 17 17.0
117 Connecticut 1 7 7 2 16 16.0
118 South Alabama 1 5 5 5 15 15.0
118 Southern Mississippi 1 2 11 2 15 15.0
120 New Mexico 1 5 8 1 14 14.0
121 Ohio 1 4 9 0 13 13.0
121 Charlotte 1 4 7 2 13 13.0
123 Troy 1 5 4 3 12 12.0
123 Texas State 1 4 5 3 12 12.0
125 Miami (Ohio) 1 3 5 2 10 10.0
126 UTEP 1 4 2 1 7 7.0
126 Georgia Southern 1 3 3 1 7 7.0