2012 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/07/2013

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Washington State 9 30 116 39 185 20.6
2 Arizona 10 139 121 36 296 29.6
3 South Alabama 13 97 122 33 252 19.4
4 Louisiana-Monroe 13 94 183 32 309 23.8
5 Louisiana Tech 9 113 136 28 277 30.8
5 Texas State 10 85 101 28 214 21.4
7 USC 10 76 112 27 215 21.5
7 Tulane 12 44 143 27 214 17.8
9 Ball State 11 132 156 26 314 28.5
9 Ohio 13 134 142 26 302 23.2
9 Tulsa 14 171 126 26 323 23.1
12 Troy 12 112 170 25 307 25.6
12 Oregon State 10 78 144 25 247 24.7
12 Houston 12 92 175 25 292 24.3
12 Indiana 10 70 135 25 230 23.0
16 Nevada 12 175 154 24 353 29.4
16 Akron 11 75 173 24 272 24.7
18 UCLA 10 97 131 23 251 25.1
18 Duke 10 79 134 23 236 23.6
18 Buffalo 10 91 85 23 199 19.9
18 Rutgers 12 70 113 23 206 17.2
22 Marshall 12 117 214 22 353 29.4
22 Texas Tech 10 93 162 22 277 27.7
22 Miami (Ohio) 10 65 143 22 230 23.0
22 Miami (Florida) 9 70 111 22 203 22.6
22 South Florida 10 87 100 22 209 20.9
22 Colorado 10 63 103 22 188 18.8
22 Hawai'i 11 69 100 22 191 17.4
29 Arizona State 11 127 141 21 289 26.3
29 Arkansas State 11 135 118 21 274 24.9
29 East Carolina 12 101 145 21 267 22.3
29 Wyoming 10 82 111 21 214 21.4
29 UNLV 11 80 116 21 217 19.7
29 New Mexico State 10 53 113 21 187 18.7
35 Syracuse 11 113 139 20 272 24.7
35 Boise State 13 112 145 20 277 21.3
35 Central Michigan 12 97 131 20 248 20.7
38 Rice 13 147 140 19 306 23.5
38 Western Michigan 11 91 145 19 255 23.2
38 UAB 10 82 127 19 228 22.8
38 San Diego State 11 130 86 19 235 21.4
38 Vanderbilt 9 87 74 19 180 20.0
38 Stanford 10 81 92 19 192 19.2
44 Texas A&M 9 114 127 18 259 28.8
44 Oklahoma State 10 119 136 18 273 27.3
44 Nebraska 10 133 86 18 237 23.7
44 Purdue 10 90 112 18 220 22.0
44 Western Kentucky 12 118 116 18 252 21.0
44 Cincinnati 12 115 113 18 246 20.5
44 Middle Tennessee 12 118 106 18 242 20.2
44 Florida International 11 97 102 18 217 19.7
44 New Mexico 11 158 39 18 215 19.5
44 Kent State 13 134 95 18 247 19.0
54 Fresno State 11 97 149 17 263 23.9
54 Kansas State 10 112 99 17 228 22.8
54 Louisiana-Lafayette 12 113 126 17 256 21.3
54 Utah State 12 107 129 17 253 21.1
54 UTEP 11 88 116 17 221 20.1
54 Maryland 10 61 86 17 164 16.4
60 Louisville 12 100 158 16 274 22.8
60 Kansas 8 86 55 16 157 19.6
60 Bowling Green 11 100 97 16 213 19.4
60 Southern Mississippi 9 75 70 16 161 17.9
60 Eastern Michigan 11 91 78 16 185 16.8
65 Baylor 10 124 146 15 285 28.5
65 West Virginia 10 89 150 15 254 25.4
65 Penn State 9 73 115 15 203 22.6
65 North Texas 10 92 102 15 209 20.9
65 TCU 10 83 108 15 206 20.6
65 Florida Atlantic 10 70 114 15 199 19.9
71 BYU 8 87 101 14 202 25.3
71 North Carolina 11 113 145 14 272 24.7
71 Northern Illinois 13 158 137 14 309 23.8
71 Ohio State 10 130 72 14 216 21.6
71 California 8 73 82 14 169 21.1
71 UTSA 8 69 86 14 169 21.1
71 Iowa State 10 96 100 14 210 21.0
71 Washington 8 62 88 14 164 20.5
71 Pittsburgh 11 76 133 14 223 20.3
71 SMU 12 85 133 14 232 19.3
71 Memphis 12 112 85 14 211 17.6
71 Connecticut 11 42 135 14 191 17.4
71 Massachusetts 9 46 92 14 152 16.9
71 Iowa 8 51 68 14 133 16.6
85 Oregon 10 164 112 13 289 28.9
85 Texas 10 108 110 13 231 23.1
85 San Jose State 11 73 166 13 252 22.9
85 Toledo 11 118 120 13 251 22.8
85 Arkansas 8 61 93 13 167 20.9
85 Minnesota 10 84 78 13 175 17.5
91 Notre Dame 9 102 100 12 214 23.8
91 Northwestern 10 124 89 12 225 22.5
91 Air Force 12 208 44 12 264 22.0
91 Georgia Tech 11 182 46 12 240 21.8
91 North Carolina State 10 81 121 12 214 21.4
91 Mississippi State 9 70 110 12 192 21.3
91 Temple 10 90 62 12 164 16.4
98 Oklahoma 9 84 155 11 250 27.8
98 Mississippi 7 94 71 11 176 25.1
98 UCF 13 140 134 11 285 21.9
98 Boston College 8 49 98 11 158 19.8
98 Virginia Tech 11 94 106 11 211 19.2
98 Kentucky 7 50 65 11 126 18.0
98 Utah 10 76 88 11 175 17.5
105 Florida State 11 118 124 10 252 22.9
105 Colorado State 9 67 90 10 167 18.6
105 Idaho 9 44 91 10 145 16.1
108 Tennessee 7 64 118 9 191 27.3
108 Army 11 208 36 9 253 23.0
108 Navy 11 191 50 9 250 22.7
108 LSU 8 82 72 9 163 20.4
112 Clemson 10 121 143 8 272 27.2
112 Michigan 7 70 65 8 143 20.4
112 Virginia 12 95 125 8 228 19.0
115 South Carolina 7 59 81 7 147 21.0
115 Auburn 6 58 46 7 111 18.5
115 Illinois 9 73 83 7 163 18.1
118 Alabama 9 105 83 6 194 21.6
118 Florida 6 58 37 6 101 16.8
120 Georgia 9 82 113 5 200 22.2
120 Wake Forest 8 59 70 5 134 16.8
122 Wisconsin 8 103 57 4 164 20.5
122 Missouri 6 54 59 4 117 19.5
122 Michigan State 7 60 70 4 134 19.1