2014 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/12/2015

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 East Carolina 13 107 238 33 378 29.1
2 Appalachian State 12 137 114 32 283 23.6
2 Houston 12 124 115 32 271 22.6
2 Massachusetts 12 79 156 32 267 22.3
5 Bowling Green 13 118 151 31 300 23.1
6 UCF 12 101 115 28 244 20.3
7 Arizona 7 69 95 27 191 27.3
7 UNLV 12 86 134 27 247 20.6
9 Idaho 11 98 134 26 258 23.5
10 Louisiana Tech 12 90 137 25 252 21.0
10 Hawai'i 13 110 119 25 254 19.5
10 Tulane 10 78 85 25 188 18.8
13 North Carolina 11 108 126 24 258 23.5
13 Iowa 12 119 118 24 261 21.8
13 Virginia Tech 11 91 101 24 216 19.6
16 West Virginia 9 92 123 23 238 26.4
16 Buffalo 10 92 114 23 229 22.9
16 Southern Mississippi 9 55 120 23 198 22.0
16 Ball State 12 92 129 23 244 20.3
16 Penn State 11 75 115 23 213 19.4
21 Marshall 14 161 183 22 366 26.1
21 Toledo 12 155 126 22 303 25.3
21 Old Dominion 11 86 152 22 260 23.6
21 Tulsa 11 105 121 22 248 22.5
21 Central Michigan 13 117 148 22 287 22.1
21 Georgia State 11 80 132 22 234 21.3
21 Ohio 11 97 92 22 211 19.2
21 Utah State 13 113 92 22 227 17.5
29 Baylor 10 137 135 21 293 29.3
29 Western Kentucky 12 99 194 21 314 26.2
29 Florida State 10 77 130 21 228 22.8
29 Illinois 11 67 125 21 213 19.4
29 North Texas 12 106 86 21 213 17.8
34 BYU 11 133 133 20 286 26.0
34 Cincinnati 11 94 162 20 276 25.1
34 Arkansas State 13 145 139 20 304 23.4
34 Memphis 11 109 128 20 257 23.4
34 Fresno State 10 105 97 20 222 22.2
34 Miami (Ohio) 11 67 137 20 224 20.4
34 Connecticut 10 57 69 20 146 14.6
41 Pittsburgh 12 177 93 19 289 24.1
41 Duke 11 107 114 19 240 21.8
41 Oregon State 8 48 104 19 171 21.4
41 South Alabama 12 124 107 19 250 20.8
41 Oklahoma State 9 62 99 19 180 20.0
41 Kent State 10 46 123 19 188 18.8
47 California 8 67 132 18 217 27.1
47 Notre Dame 9 88 117 18 223 24.8
47 Nebraska 10 128 84 18 230 23.0
47 Akron 11 85 132 18 235 21.4
47 Missouri 12 124 108 18 250 20.8
52 Washington State 7 22 145 17 184 26.3
52 Iowa State 9 76 111 17 204 22.7
52 Northwestern 11 81 124 17 222 20.2
52 Washington 10 91 86 17 194 19.4
56 Colorado 6 48 95 16 159 26.5
56 USC 9 87 122 16 225 25.0
56 Texas Tech 9 80 128 16 224 24.9
56 South Carolina 9 94 102 16 212 23.6
56 Tennessee 9 91 99 16 206 22.9
56 Kansas State 9 83 105 16 204 22.7
56 Virginia 8 72 91 16 179 22.4
56 San Diego State 12 122 98 16 236 19.7
56 Louisiana-Monroe 12 58 147 16 221 18.4
65 Colorado State 11 101 147 15 263 23.9
65 Stanford 8 57 95 15 167 20.9
65 UTEP 12 135 66 15 216 18.0
65 Syracuse 9 72 71 15 158 17.6
69 Clemson 9 83 116 14 213 23.7
69 New Mexico State 12 108 134 14 256 21.3
69 Louisville 10 98 99 14 211 21.1
69 Western Michigan 13 117 138 14 269 20.7
69 Maryland 10 79 96 14 189 18.9
69 South Florida 10 56 84 14 154 15.4
75 TCU 10 107 136 13 256 25.6
75 Texas State 12 142 123 13 278 23.2
75 Northern Illinois 13 172 109 13 294 22.6
75 Air Force 12 186 72 13 271 22.6
75 Miami (Florida) 10 94 101 13 208 20.8
75 Indiana 9 113 53 13 179 19.9
75 Kentucky 8 71 74 13 158 19.8
75 Wyoming 9 66 95 13 174 19.3
75 Troy 11 111 86 13 210 19.1
75 Vanderbilt 8 58 65 13 136 17.0
75 Temple 11 66 87 13 166 15.1
86 Ohio State 11 161 113 12 286 26.0
86 Oklahoma 9 118 84 12 214 23.8
86 North Carolina State 9 102 84 12 198 22.0
86 LSU 8 111 50 12 173 21.6
86 San Jose State 11 89 133 12 234 21.3
86 Arizona State 9 81 99 12 192 21.3
86 Nevada 11 123 90 12 225 20.5
86 Boston College 9 112 57 12 181 20.1
86 Rice 12 112 113 12 237 19.8
86 Texas 9 74 88 12 174 19.3
86 Eastern Michigan 11 96 76 12 184 16.7
86 Florida International 10 83 66 12 161 16.1
86 SMU 9 57 68 12 137 15.2
99 Oregon 8 106 111 11 228 28.5
99 Alabama 9 105 114 11 230 25.6
99 Boise State 12 132 147 11 290 24.2
99 Wisconsin 12 163 85 11 259 21.6
99 Michigan 9 77 75 11 163 18.1
99 UTSA 11 78 88 11 177 16.1
105 Georgia Tech 10 182 56 10 248 24.8
105 Texas A&M 8 76 111 10 197 24.6
105 Michigan State 10 125 103 10 238 23.8
105 Arkansas 7 98 57 10 165 23.6
105 Georgia 8 89 82 10 181 22.6
105 UAB 10 129 84 10 223 22.3
105 Navy 12 201 36 10 247 20.6
105 Army 12 181 25 10 216 18.0
105 Wake Forest 9 43 87 10 140 15.6
114 Middle Tennessee 10 118 90 9 217 21.7
114 Georgia Southern 11 189 40 9 238 21.6
114 Utah 8 79 76 9 164 20.5
114 Minnesota 9 118 49 9 176 19.6
114 Florida Atlantic 10 82 94 9 185 18.5
119 Mississippi State 9 118 104 8 230 25.6
119 Rutgers 10 97 95 8 200 20.0
119 Florida 8 79 63 8 150 18.8
119 Purdue 10 87 82 8 177 17.7
123 Auburn 7 110 62 7 179 25.6
123 Kansas 9 71 75 7 153 17.0
123 New Mexico 10 132 29 7 168 16.8
126 UCLA 6 62 71 6 139 23.2
126 Mississippi 7 64 82 6 152 21.7
128 Louisiana-Lafayette 11 148 98 5 251 22.8