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