2011 National Leaders First Downs - Games Won Only through 01/09/2012
| Name | G | Rush | Pass | Penalty | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston | 13 | 108 | 240 | 18 | 366 | 28.2 |
| 2 | Oklahoma State | 12 | 98 | 201 | 15 | 314 | 26.2 |
| 3 | Boise State | 12 | 104 | 186 | 18 | 308 | 25.7 |
| 4 | Baylor | 10 | 147 | 129 | 20 | 296 | 29.6 |
| 5 | Oregon | 12 | 171 | 105 | 19 | 295 | 24.6 |
| 6 | Southern Mississippi | 12 | 133 | 123 | 24 | 280 | 23.3 |
| 7 | Stanford | 11 | 114 | 142 | 18 | 274 | 24.9 |
| 8 | Wisconsin | 11 | 141 | 109 | 15 | 265 | 24.1 |
| 9 | Northern Illinois | 11 | 137 | 107 | 20 | 264 | 24.0 |
| 9 | LSU | 13 | 142 | 96 | 26 | 264 | 20.3 |
| 11 | Alabama | 12 | 126 | 128 | 9 | 263 | 21.9 |
| 12 | Oklahoma | 10 | 93 | 154 | 13 | 260 | 26.0 |
| 13 | Arkansas State | 10 | 109 | 133 | 12 | 254 | 25.4 |
| 13 | Arkansas | 11 | 88 | 149 | 17 | 254 | 23.1 |
| 15 | BYU | 10 | 107 | 122 | 19 | 248 | 24.8 |
| 15 | USC | 10 | 96 | 128 | 24 | 248 | 24.8 |
| 17 | Ohio | 10 | 125 | 106 | 14 | 245 | 24.5 |
| 18 | Clemson | 10 | 92 | 136 | 15 | 243 | 24.3 |
| 19 | Virginia Tech | 11 | 121 | 106 | 11 | 238 | 21.6 |
| 20 | TCU | 11 | 120 | 101 | 16 | 237 | 21.5 |
| 21 | Michigan | 11 | 130 | 81 | 17 | 228 | 20.7 |
| 22 | Georgia | 10 | 98 | 114 | 14 | 226 | 22.6 |
| 23 | West Virginia | 10 | 71 | 133 | 21 | 225 | 22.5 |
| 24 | South Carolina | 11 | 131 | 79 | 8 | 218 | 19.8 |
| 25 | Michigan State | 11 | 82 | 124 | 10 | 216 | 19.6 |
| 26 | Nevada | 7 | 105 | 98 | 12 | 215 | 30.7 |
| 26 | Toledo | 9 | 105 | 100 | 10 | 215 | 23.9 |
| 28 | Cincinnati | 10 | 102 | 90 | 18 | 210 | 21.0 |
| 29 | Tulsa | 8 | 79 | 110 | 9 | 198 | 24.8 |
| 30 | Nebraska | 9 | 110 | 67 | 19 | 196 | 21.8 |
| 31 | Notre Dame | 8 | 83 | 97 | 15 | 195 | 24.4 |
| 32 | Kansas State | 10 | 108 | 64 | 22 | 194 | 19.4 |
| 33 | Missouri | 8 | 116 | 67 | 8 | 191 | 23.9 |
| 34 | Texas A&M | 7 | 79 | 97 | 13 | 189 | 27.0 |
| 35 | Western Michigan | 7 | 57 | 114 | 13 | 184 | 26.3 |
| 35 | Temple | 9 | 121 | 53 | 10 | 184 | 20.4 |
| 37 | Georgia Tech | 8 | 137 | 37 | 5 | 179 | 22.4 |
| 38 | Rutgers | 9 | 62 | 98 | 17 | 177 | 19.7 |
| 39 | Penn State | 9 | 84 | 83 | 8 | 175 | 19.4 |
| 40 | Virginia | 8 | 80 | 87 | 7 | 174 | 21.8 |
| 41 | San Diego State | 8 | 86 | 77 | 9 | 172 | 21.5 |
| 42 | Wyoming | 8 | 81 | 78 | 11 | 170 | 21.3 |
| 43 | Air Force | 7 | 122 | 35 | 11 | 168 | 24.0 |
| 43 | Florida State | 9 | 68 | 91 | 9 | 168 | 18.7 |
| 43 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 9 | 62 | 91 | 15 | 168 | 18.7 |
| 46 | Purdue | 7 | 87 | 71 | 9 | 167 | 23.9 |
| 47 | Texas | 8 | 102 | 55 | 9 | 166 | 20.8 |
| 48 | Louisiana Tech | 8 | 75 | 75 | 10 | 160 | 20.0 |
| 49 | California | 7 | 71 | 68 | 20 | 159 | 22.7 |
| 49 | North Carolina State | 8 | 58 | 86 | 15 | 159 | 19.9 |
| 49 | SMU | 8 | 38 | 110 | 11 | 159 | 19.9 |
| 52 | Utah State | 7 | 97 | 54 | 7 | 158 | 22.6 |
| 53 | Florida International | 8 | 74 | 70 | 12 | 156 | 19.5 |
| 54 | Hawai'i | 6 | 43 | 100 | 12 | 155 | 25.8 |
| 54 | Washington | 7 | 62 | 81 | 12 | 155 | 22.1 |
| 56 | Auburn | 8 | 91 | 57 | 6 | 154 | 19.3 |
| 57 | Iowa | 7 | 60 | 81 | 11 | 152 | 21.7 |
| 58 | Illinois | 7 | 83 | 58 | 10 | 151 | 21.6 |
| 58 | Florida | 7 | 74 | 66 | 11 | 151 | 21.6 |
| 60 | Northwestern | 6 | 78 | 64 | 6 | 148 | 24.7 |
| 61 | Pittsburgh | 6 | 54 | 85 | 8 | 147 | 24.5 |
| 62 | South Florida | 5 | 64 | 68 | 12 | 144 | 28.8 |
| 62 | Arizona State | 6 | 47 | 82 | 15 | 144 | 24.0 |
| 62 | Mississippi State | 7 | 79 | 55 | 10 | 144 | 20.6 |
| 65 | Western Kentucky | 7 | 74 | 56 | 13 | 143 | 20.4 |
| 66 | Iowa State | 6 | 65 | 64 | 11 | 140 | 23.3 |
| 66 | North Carolina | 7 | 58 | 74 | 8 | 140 | 20.0 |
| 68 | Texas Tech | 5 | 48 | 84 | 5 | 137 | 27.4 |
| 69 | Ball State | 6 | 50 | 75 | 10 | 135 | 22.5 |
| 70 | Utah | 8 | 74 | 46 | 13 | 133 | 16.6 |
| 71 | East Carolina | 5 | 42 | 81 | 5 | 128 | 25.6 |
| 72 | Marshall | 7 | 48 | 72 | 6 | 126 | 18.0 |
| 73 | Wake Forest | 6 | 44 | 73 | 7 | 124 | 20.7 |
| 74 | Vanderbilt | 6 | 77 | 34 | 11 | 122 | 20.3 |
| 75 | Tennessee | 5 | 45 | 69 | 5 | 119 | 23.8 |
| 75 | UCLA | 6 | 72 | 40 | 7 | 119 | 19.8 |
| 77 | San Jose State | 5 | 29 | 81 | 8 | 118 | 23.6 |
| 78 | UCF | 5 | 63 | 46 | 5 | 114 | 22.8 |
| 79 | Navy | 5 | 96 | 10 | 7 | 113 | 22.6 |
| 80 | Eastern Michigan | 6 | 80 | 24 | 8 | 112 | 18.7 |
| 81 | Washington State | 4 | 31 | 73 | 7 | 111 | 27.8 |
| 81 | Ohio State | 6 | 65 | 37 | 9 | 111 | 18.5 |
| 83 | Louisville | 7 | 55 | 52 | 2 | 109 | 15.6 |
| 84 | Arizona | 4 | 30 | 64 | 13 | 107 | 26.8 |
| 85 | Miami (Florida) | 6 | 42 | 56 | 7 | 105 | 17.5 |
| 86 | New Mexico State | 4 | 41 | 53 | 4 | 98 | 24.5 |
| 87 | North Texas | 5 | 50 | 45 | 2 | 97 | 19.4 |
| 87 | Syracuse | 5 | 36 | 53 | 8 | 97 | 19.4 |
| 89 | UTEP | 5 | 47 | 40 | 7 | 94 | 18.8 |
| 89 | Bowling Green | 5 | 38 | 52 | 4 | 94 | 18.8 |
| 91 | Fresno State | 4 | 34 | 44 | 12 | 90 | 22.5 |
| 92 | Connecticut | 5 | 41 | 40 | 6 | 87 | 17.4 |
| 93 | Louisiana-Monroe | 4 | 42 | 39 | 4 | 85 | 21.3 |
| 94 | UAB | 3 | 29 | 47 | 5 | 81 | 27.0 |
| 94 | Rice | 4 | 39 | 37 | 5 | 81 | 20.3 |
| 96 | Kent State | 5 | 32 | 40 | 6 | 78 | 15.6 |
| 97 | Kentucky | 5 | 47 | 22 | 8 | 77 | 15.4 |
| 98 | Miami (Ohio) | 4 | 28 | 44 | 3 | 75 | 18.8 |
| 99 | Boston College | 4 | 41 | 29 | 4 | 74 | 18.5 |
| 100 | Army | 3 | 68 | 3 | 1 | 72 | 24.0 |
| 101 | Duke | 3 | 21 | 44 | 6 | 71 | 23.7 |
| 101 | Oregon State | 3 | 19 | 46 | 6 | 71 | 23.7 |
| 103 | Colorado | 3 | 33 | 29 | 8 | 70 | 23.3 |
| 104 | Buffalo | 3 | 33 | 28 | 7 | 68 | 22.7 |
| 104 | Troy | 3 | 20 | 42 | 6 | 68 | 22.7 |
| 106 | Colorado State | 3 | 26 | 27 | 4 | 57 | 19.0 |
| 107 | Kansas | 2 | 33 | 16 | 6 | 55 | 27.5 |
| 108 | Minnesota | 3 | 34 | 17 | 1 | 52 | 17.3 |
| 109 | Central Michigan | 3 | 23 | 24 | 3 | 50 | 16.7 |
| 110 | Middle Tennessee | 2 | 21 | 26 | 2 | 49 | 24.5 |
| 111 | Maryland | 2 | 19 | 28 | 1 | 48 | 24.0 |
| 112 | Tulane | 2 | 21 | 21 | 4 | 46 | 23.0 |
| 113 | UNLV | 2 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 42 | 21.0 |
| 114 | Idaho | 2 | 13 | 24 | 3 | 40 | 20.0 |
| 115 | Mississippi | 2 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 37 | 18.5 |
| 116 | Memphis | 2 | 14 | 19 | 0 | 33 | 16.5 |
| 117 | Indiana | 1 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 29 | 29.0 |
| 117 | Akron | 1 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 29 | 29.0 |
| 119 | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 120 | New Mexico | 1 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 |