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