2011 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. FBS (I-A) Teams Only through 01/09/2012

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Baylor 12 162 165 25 352 29.3
2 Houston 13 104 237 18 359 27.6
3 Texas A&M 13 134 189 22 345 26.5
3 Nevada 13 169 156 19 344 26.5
5 Texas Tech 11 97 175 18 290 26.4
6 Oklahoma State 13 100 222 16 338 26.0
7 Oklahoma 13 117 206 14 337 25.9
7 Arizona 11 72 186 27 285 25.9
9 Boise State 13 108 202 24 334 25.7
10 Stanford 13 131 172 22 325 25.0
11 Western Michigan 12 74 196 26 296 24.7
12 USC 12 111 155 29 295 24.6
13 Oregon 13 171 123 20 314 24.2
14 Missouri 12 158 114 14 286 23.8
14 Arizona State 12 82 171 32 285 23.8
16 Notre Dame 13 116 162 28 306 23.5
16 Ohio 13 142 144 19 305 23.5
18 Toledo 12 129 137 15 281 23.4
19 Wisconsin 13 152 132 17 301 23.2
19 Northwestern 12 117 143 18 278 23.2
21 Northern Illinois 13 135 142 23 300 23.1
22 Southern Mississippi 13 133 143 23 299 23.0
22 South Florida 11 111 122 20 253 23.0
24 BYU 12 106 146 21 273 22.8
24 West Virginia 12 86 172 15 273 22.8
24 Washington State 11 65 158 28 251 22.8
27 Clemson 13 105 173 17 295 22.7
27 Arkansas State 12 99 158 15 272 22.7
29 East Carolina 12 82 179 10 271 22.6
30 Tulsa 13 125 145 17 287 22.1
30 Air Force 11 160 66 17 243 22.1
32 Louisiana-Monroe 11 83 137 22 242 22.0
33 TCU 12 122 120 19 261 21.8
33 Hawai'i 12 60 174 27 261 21.8
35 Middle Tennessee 12 104 140 16 260 21.7
35 Washington 12 94 143 23 260 21.7
37 San Diego State 12 102 140 17 259 21.6
38 Fresno State 12 104 131 21 256 21.3
38 Arkansas 12 86 149 20 255 21.3
40 Virginia Tech 13 134 124 17 275 21.2
40 Navy 11 182 38 13 233 21.2
42 Iowa State 12 114 121 18 253 21.1
43 Georgia 13 114 140 19 273 21.0
43 Alabama 12 119 124 9 252 21.0
43 California 12 91 132 29 252 21.0
43 Ball State 12 89 140 23 252 21.0
47 Michigan 13 148 97 25 270 20.8
48 Utah State 12 146 90 11 247 20.6
48 Nebraska 12 135 93 19 247 20.6
48 Army 11 192 26 9 227 20.6
48 UCF 11 99 118 10 227 20.6
52 Virginia 12 97 136 13 246 20.5
53 Iowa 12 94 128 23 245 20.4
54 New Mexico State 13 94 154 16 264 20.3
54 Georgia Tech 12 189 45 10 244 20.3
54 Maryland 11 97 113 13 223 20.3
54 Buffalo 11 91 114 18 223 20.3
54 Central Michigan 11 69 142 12 223 20.3
59 Texas 13 146 101 15 262 20.2
59 UAB 12 86 136 20 242 20.2
61 Miami (Ohio) 12 67 161 12 240 20.0
62 UTEP 11 94 106 19 219 19.9
63 Troy 12 64 157 16 237 19.8
64 Rutgers 12 72 138 26 236 19.7
65 Louisiana Tech 12 100 121 14 235 19.6
66 Kansas State 12 126 84 24 234 19.5
66 Purdue 12 109 108 17 234 19.5
66 Wake Forest 12 92 129 13 234 19.5
66 Louisiana-Lafayette 12 76 137 21 234 19.5
66 Oregon State 11 42 151 22 215 19.5
71 Pittsburgh 12 92 125 16 233 19.4
71 San Jose State 12 54 163 16 233 19.4
71 Duke 11 58 132 23 213 19.4
74 Indiana 11 92 103 17 212 19.3
75 Michigan State 13 88 149 13 250 19.2
76 LSU 13 135 86 25 246 18.9
76 Syracuse 11 73 120 15 208 18.9
78 South Carolina 12 132 82 12 226 18.8
78 North Carolina 12 85 127 14 226 18.8
78 Wyoming 11 92 101 14 207 18.8
81 Illinois 12 104 103 17 224 18.7
81 Bowling Green 11 67 130 9 206 18.7
83 UCLA 14 119 119 23 261 18.6
83 Florida International 13 107 114 21 242 18.6
83 Cincinnati 12 97 104 22 223 18.6
83 Kansas 11 98 89 18 205 18.6
83 Miami (Florida) 11 79 111 15 205 18.6
88 Colorado 13 81 135 25 241 18.5
88 Temple 12 141 65 16 222 18.5
88 North Carolina State 11 64 119 20 203 18.5
91 SMU 12 56 145 18 219 18.3
91 Western Kentucky 11 102 81 18 201 18.3
93 Rice 12 109 94 15 218 18.2
94 Penn State 12 100 102 15 217 18.1
94 Florida State 12 82 117 18 217 18.1
96 Mississippi State 12 108 92 16 216 18.0
96 Tennessee 11 65 117 16 198 18.0
98 North Texas 12 94 105 14 213 17.8
99 Tulane 12 83 113 14 210 17.5
99 Colorado State 11 97 75 20 192 17.5
101 Vanderbilt 12 114 74 19 207 17.3
102 Ohio State 13 127 76 19 222 17.1
102 Eastern Michigan 10 108 52 11 171 17.1
104 Auburn 12 113 79 12 204 17.0
104 Connecticut 11 70 98 19 187 17.0
106 Florida 12 88 96 19 203 16.9
107 Louisville 12 87 106 5 198 16.5
108 Utah 12 83 90 24 197 16.4
109 Marshall 13 82 118 11 211 16.2
110 Minnesota 11 93 75 9 177 16.1
111 Boston College 11 66 93 10 169 15.4
112 Mississippi 11 87 72 9 168 15.3
113 Idaho 11 59 88 17 164 14.9
113 Memphis 11 52 98 14 164 14.9
115 Florida Atlantic 12 69 90 17 176 14.7
115 New Mexico 11 77 72 13 162 14.7
117 Akron 11 67 79 15 161 14.6
118 UNLV 11 95 50 15 160 14.5
119 Kentucky 11 67 62 19 148 13.5
120 Kent State 11 54 79 14 147 13.4