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

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Boise State 12 126 148 17 291 24.3
2 Ohio 11 155 99 29 283 25.7
3 North Texas 11 96 152 23 271 24.6
4 UCF 10 136 114 20 270 27.0
5 Buffalo 12 122 109 38 269 22.4
6 Hawai'i 13 80 169 19 268 20.6
7 Memphis 11 133 115 17 265 24.1
8 Toledo 11 110 109 33 252 22.9
9 Arkansas State 11 106 126 19 251 22.8
10 Utah State 11 105 132 13 250 22.7
11 Houston 10 108 113 21 242 24.2
12 Florida Atlantic 10 129 97 15 241 24.1
12 Air Force 11 166 60 15 241 21.9
14 UAB 12 129 93 16 238 19.8
15 Ball State 10 81 130 23 234 23.4
16 Northern Illinois 11 121 90 16 227 20.6
17 Cincinnati 10 111 102 13 226 22.6
17 Florida International 10 89 119 18 226 22.6
19 Western Michigan 10 100 103 21 224 22.4
20 Louisiana-Lafayette 11 114 92 15 221 20.1
21 Old Dominion 10 62 127 29 218 21.8
21 Miami (Ohio) 11 83 118 17 218 19.8
23 Nevada 10 78 124 14 216 21.6
24 East Carolina 9 74 117 24 215 23.9
24 Middle Tennessee 10 79 117 19 215 21.5
26 Appalachian State 11 105 86 21 212 19.3
27 Marshall 10 98 97 14 209 20.9
27 Troy 11 87 106 16 209 19.0
29 Navy 12 160 34 13 207 17.3
30 Georgia State 10 100 89 16 205 20.5
31 Charlotte 10 104 81 19 204 20.4
32 Fresno State 10 70 120 13 203 20.3
32 New Mexico State 10 64 115 24 203 20.3
34 Massachusetts 9 67 121 14 202 22.4
34 Connecticut 10 105 75 22 202 20.2
34 Louisiana Tech 10 74 106 22 202 20.2
37 UNLV 10 104 77 20 201 20.1
38 South Florida 10 94 88 15 197 19.7
39 Army 9 159 22 15 196 21.8
39 Coastal Carolina 10 99 82 15 196 19.6
41 Temple 9 80 103 11 194 21.6
41 Georgia Southern 11 149 34 11 194 17.6
43 Western Kentucky 9 79 92 22 193 21.4
44 Eastern Michigan 11 82 96 14 192 17.5
45 Liberty 8 64 108 19 191 23.9
46 Tulane 10 107 68 12 187 18.7
47 Colorado State 8 53 118 15 186 23.3
48 Tulsa 9 97 79 9 185 20.6
48 Southern Mississippi 9 62 106 17 185 20.6
50 South Alabama 10 78 82 17 177 17.7
51 Louisiana-Monroe 9 76 87 13 176 19.6
52 SMU 9 46 109 20 175 19.4
53 Texas State 10 69 81 19 169 16.9
54 New Mexico 10 86 67 11 164 16.4
54 UTEP 10 69 82 13 164 16.4
56 San Diego State 10 73 78 11 162 16.2
57 Kent State 8 67 71 20 158 19.8
58 Wyoming 9 95 49 11 155 17.2
59 Rice 10 58 87 9 154 15.4
60 BYU 7 62 74 17 153 21.9
61 San Jose State 9 33 106 10 149 16.6
62 Bowling Green 8 52 77 15 144 18.0
63 Central Michigan 8 66 56 11 133 16.6
64 UTSA 9 52 67 13 132 14.7
65 Akron 8 39 71 17 127 15.9
66 Wake Forest 4 46 50 9 105 26.3
67 Virginia Tech 4 40 47 9 96 24.0
68 LSU 3 38 44 6 88 29.3
69 North Carolina State 3 19 57 4 80 26.7
70 Wisconsin 3 43 28 2 73 24.3
71 Syracuse 3 41 24 3 68 22.7
72 Vanderbilt 3 24 35 8 67 22.3
73 Minnesota 3 33 29 3 65 21.7
74 Arkansas 3 32 23 9 64 21.3
75 Missouri 2 24 36 3 63 31.5
76 Mississippi 2 21 38 2 61 30.5
76 Michigan 3 26 29 6 61 20.3
78 Arizona State 3 26 32 2 60 20.0
79 Boston College 2 29 23 7 59 29.5
80 Indiana 2 25 23 9 57 28.5
81 Mississippi State 2 31 22 2 55 27.5
82 Texas A&M 2 29 21 4 54 27.0
83 Georgia 2 31 18 4 53 26.5
83 Clemson 2 22 29 2 53 26.5
83 Arizona 2 16 30 7 53 26.5
86 Alabama 2 27 22 3 52 26.0
87 Miami (Florida) 2 31 18 2 51 25.5
87 Oklahoma State 2 17 30 4 51 25.5
87 Washington State 2 12 33 6 51 25.5
90 Georgia Tech 2 35 11 4 50 25.0
90 Penn State 2 24 20 6 50 25.0
92 South Carolina 2 22 24 2 48 24.0
92 Notre Dame 2 20 27 1 48 24.0
94 Virginia 2 23 22 2 47 23.5
94 USC 2 17 27 3 47 23.5
96 Auburn 2 28 16 2 46 23.0
96 Michigan State 2 20 20 6 46 23.0
96 Northwestern 2 12 29 5 46 23.0
99 Oklahoma 2 22 21 2 45 22.5
100 Illinois 2 22 18 3 43 21.5
100 Florida State 2 16 24 3 43 21.5
102 Kentucky 2 25 13 4 42 21.0
103 Duke 2 16 23 2 41 20.5
103 Oregon 2 16 20 5 41 20.5
105 Rutgers 2 16 18 3 37 18.5
105 Utah 2 15 19 3 37 18.5
107 Texas Tech 1 6 25 5 36 36.0
108 Maryland 2 26 6 3 35 17.5
109 Tennessee 2 16 16 2 34 17.0
110 Ohio State 1 8 22 2 32 32.0
111 Pittsburgh 2 14 12 4 30 15.0
112 UCLA 2 9 16 4 29 14.5
112 Stanford 2 4 18 7 29 14.5
114 Oregon State 1 9 17 2 28 28.0
115 Washington 1 10 15 1 26 26.0
115 Baylor 1 7 16 3 26 26.0
117 Texas 1 12 9 3 24 24.0
118 TCU 1 17 5 1 23 23.0
118 Colorado 1 12 11 0 23 23.0
120 Nebraska 1 12 7 3 22 22.0
120 California 1 10 10 2 22 22.0
122 Iowa State 1 8 12 1 21 21.0
123 Kansas 1 10 8 2 20 20.0
123 Kansas State 1 8 11 1 20 20.0
125 Purdue 1 13 6 0 19 19.0
125 North Carolina 1 8 9 2 19 19.0
127 Iowa 1 8 6 4 18 18.0
128 Louisville 1 11 4 2 17 17.0
129 Florida 1 10 3 1 14 14.0