2005 National Leaders First Downs - All Games through 01/04/2006

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 USC 13 173 179 24 376 28.9
2 Northwestern 12 130 168 30 328 27.3
3 Texas Tech 12 86 203 33 322 26.8
4 Notre Dame 12 126 169 19 314 26.2
5 Arizona State 12 93 201 19 313 26.1
6 Michigan State 11 129 142 13 284 25.8
7 BYU 12 109 173 26 308 25.7
7 Hawai'i 12 67 210 31 308 25.7
9 Nevada 12 130 152 19 301 25.1
10 Texas 13 180 121 20 321 24.7
11 Minnesota 12 167 106 16 289 24.1
12 Louisville 12 123 142 22 287 23.9
13 Toledo 12 148 120 17 285 23.8
13 Bowling Green 11 98 146 18 262 23.8
15 Miami (Ohio) 11 91 148 21 260 23.6
16 Vanderbilt 11 82 149 27 258 23.5
17 Missouri 12 129 127 25 281 23.4
18 Washington State 11 105 132 19 256 23.3
19 Utah 12 112 150 12 274 22.8
20 Iowa 12 107 148 17 272 22.7
21 UTEP 12 87 161 22 270 22.5
21 Oregon 12 80 164 26 270 22.5
21 Air Force 11 148 78 21 247 22.5
21 New Mexico 11 123 101 23 247 22.5
21 UAB 11 88 143 15 247 22.5
26 Boise State 13 151 125 15 291 22.4
27 Purdue 11 98 135 12 245 22.3
28 Fresno State 13 111 158 20 289 22.2
29 Houston 12 130 124 11 265 22.1
29 Oregon State 11 71 153 19 243 22.1
31 Maryland 11 95 128 19 242 22.0
32 Navy 12 197 54 12 263 21.9
33 UCLA 12 103 136 23 262 21.8
33 Penn State 12 135 106 20 261 21.8
35 Virginia Tech 13 148 113 21 282 21.7
36 Michigan 12 111 130 18 259 21.6
36 Texas A&M 11 125 97 16 238 21.6
38 UCF 13 106 157 17 280 21.5
39 Auburn 12 124 122 11 257 21.4
40 Wisconsin 13 132 134 11 277 21.3
40 Ohio State 12 127 124 5 256 21.3
40 TCU 12 128 108 19 255 21.3
40 Boston College 12 97 140 18 255 21.3
44 Northern Illinois 12 123 114 17 254 21.2
45 Western Michigan 11 85 128 19 232 21.1
46 Clemson 12 110 119 23 252 21.0
47 California 12 135 97 19 251 20.9
48 Louisiana-Lafayette 11 137 76 14 227 20.6
48 Central Michigan 11 90 126 11 227 20.6
50 Rice 11 159 44 22 225 20.5
51 Florida 12 105 124 16 245 20.4
51 Louisiana-Monroe 11 97 105 22 224 20.4
51 Florida International 11 81 121 22 224 20.4
54 Tulsa 13 111 129 24 264 20.3
55 Colorado State 12 82 149 10 241 20.1
55 Marshall 11 86 118 17 221 20.1
57 Georgia Tech 12 104 112 24 240 20.0
57 Illinois 11 106 99 15 220 20.0
57 Louisiana Tech 11 99 106 15 220 20.0
57 Cincinnati 11 95 103 22 220 20.0
61 San Diego State 12 94 126 19 239 19.9
62 Georgia 13 106 132 20 258 19.8
62 Rutgers 12 96 129 13 238 19.8
64 Wyoming 11 75 113 29 217 19.7
65 LSU 13 118 119 18 255 19.6
65 Memphis 12 156 63 16 235 19.6
65 Indiana 11 93 106 17 216 19.6
65 East Carolina 11 91 110 15 216 19.6
69 Akron 13 79 154 20 253 19.5
69 Virginia 12 98 114 22 234 19.5
69 Arizona 11 78 109 27 214 19.5
72 Eastern Michigan 11 78 119 16 213 19.4
73 Oklahoma 12 113 103 15 231 19.3
74 Iowa State 12 83 124 23 230 19.2
75 New Mexico State 12 70 136 23 229 19.1
76 Southern Mississippi 12 74 127 27 228 19.0
77 Arkansas 11 116 78 14 208 18.9
77 Connecticut 11 106 76 26 208 18.9
79 West Virginia 12 150 64 11 225 18.8
80 Colorado 13 83 129 31 243 18.7
80 Florida State 13 67 156 20 243 18.7
80 Army 11 98 91 17 206 18.7
83 South Florida 12 130 82 11 223 18.6
84 Alabama 12 103 102 17 222 18.5
85 Nebraska 12 71 124 26 221 18.4
85 Utah State 11 84 96 22 202 18.4
85 UNLV 11 74 108 20 202 18.4
85 Idaho 11 48 132 22 202 18.4
89 Arkansas State 12 118 88 13 219 18.3
89 Wake Forest 11 113 74 14 201 18.3
89 Stanford 11 66 116 19 201 18.3
92 Baylor 11 79 108 13 200 18.2
93 Miami (Florida) 12 83 114 20 217 18.1
94 North Carolina 11 77 100 21 198 18.0
95 Oklahoma State 11 96 86 15 197 17.9
95 Pittsburgh 11 73 104 20 197 17.9
95 Tulane 11 71 113 13 197 17.9
98 Tennessee 11 84 98 14 196 17.8
99 Kansas State 11 84 84 24 192 17.5
99 Washington 11 69 104 19 192 17.5
101 San Jose State 11 85 89 17 191 17.4
101 Middle Tennessee 11 73 103 15 191 17.4
103 Kansas 12 82 106 20 208 17.3
104 South Carolina 12 68 119 19 206 17.2
105 Ball State 11 78 95 15 188 17.1
106 Troy 11 89 79 18 186 16.9
107 Kentucky 11 86 80 18 184 16.7
108 Florida Atlantic 11 80 86 14 180 16.4
109 SMU 11 76 83 18 177 16.1
110 Kent State 11 39 115 22 176 16.0
111 Buffalo 11 76 76 19 171 15.5
112 North Carolina State 12 76 91 18 185 15.4
113 Temple 11 63 83 19 165 15.0
114 Ohio 11 92 51 19 162 14.7
115 Mississippi State 11 84 68 9 161 14.6
116 Mississippi 11 41 107 12 160 14.5
117 Duke 11 79 60 15 154 14.0
118 North Texas 11 74 62 15 151 13.7
119 Syracuse 11 58 71 13 142 12.9