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