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