2014 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. FBS non-Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 01/12/2015

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Western Kentucky 12 107 199 22 328 27.3
2 Marshall 13 143 172 22 337 25.9
3 Boise State 12 132 147 11 290 24.2
4 Cincinnati 10 88 144 18 250 25.0
5 East Carolina 8 72 139 17 228 28.5
6 Idaho 11 98 134 26 258 23.5
7 UNLV 11 73 128 27 228 20.7
8 Miami (Ohio) 10 66 127 20 213 21.3
9 Tulsa 11 99 126 22 247 22.5
10 Colorado State 9 72 122 12 206 22.9
11 New Mexico State 10 89 121 12 222 22.2
12 Massachusetts 8 59 120 22 201 25.1
12 Southern Mississippi 9 55 120 24 199 22.1
14 Memphis 10 95 118 16 229 22.9
14 Bowling Green 11 93 118 24 235 21.4
16 Old Dominion 9 65 117 18 200 22.2
17 BYU 9 98 116 14 228 25.3
18 Central Michigan 9 87 115 15 217 24.1
19 San Jose State 9 73 114 7 194 21.6
20 Louisiana-Monroe 8 37 111 12 160 20.0
21 Kent State 9 44 110 16 170 18.9
22 Louisiana Tech 10 82 109 22 213 21.3
23 Western Michigan 10 87 106 12 205 20.5
24 Arkansas State 10 118 105 17 240 24.0
24 Houston 11 110 105 28 243 22.1
24 Rice 12 106 105 13 224 18.7
27 Akron 9 73 104 22 199 22.1
28 Georgia State 9 65 102 17 184 20.4
29 Ball State 9 64 100 18 182 20.2
30 Toledo 10 128 99 17 244 24.4
30 Florida Atlantic 10 90 99 9 198 19.8
32 Fresno State 10 91 97 18 206 20.6
33 Northern Illinois 11 139 96 11 246 22.4
33 Wyoming 9 61 96 11 168 18.7
35 South Alabama 11 118 95 17 230 20.9
36 Louisiana-Lafayette 11 137 93 7 237 21.5
37 Ohio 10 89 92 19 200 20.0
38 Buffalo 8 73 90 18 181 22.6
38 Texas State 10 113 90 10 213 21.3
40 UCF 9 85 87 23 195 21.7
40 Middle Tennessee 10 113 87 9 209 20.9
42 Appalachian State 9 105 86 28 219 24.3
43 Nevada 10 105 85 12 202 20.2
44 Hawai'i 9 76 83 12 171 19.0
45 UTSA 10 73 82 11 166 16.6
46 South Florida 8 43 81 13 137 17.1
47 Connecticut 11 64 80 19 163 14.8
48 UAB 9 122 76 9 207 23.0
49 San Diego State 10 106 75 12 193 19.3
49 Utah State 11 97 75 16 188 17.1
51 Tulane 8 58 74 15 147 18.4
52 Air Force 12 172 73 15 260 21.7
53 Temple 9 51 72 15 138 15.3
54 North Texas 9 75 70 18 163 18.1
55 Troy 9 94 67 12 173 19.2
55 SMU 9 58 67 14 139 15.4
57 Eastern Michigan 9 73 66 8 147 16.3
58 UTEP 11 118 62 12 192 17.5
59 Arizona 4 45 55 9 109 27.3
59 Florida International 8 75 55 6 136 17.0
61 North Carolina State 4 52 54 4 110 27.5
62 Illinois 3 19 49 7 75 25.0
63 Penn State 4 38 46 9 93 23.3
64 Mississippi 3 24 44 7 75 25.0
65 North Carolina 3 26 42 5 73 24.3
66 Colorado 3 21 41 9 71 23.7
67 Ohio State 3 54 39 4 97 32.3
68 Mississippi State 3 41 37 1 79 26.3
69 USC 2 34 35 3 72 36.0
69 Texas A&M 3 29 35 3 67 22.3
69 New Mexico 11 144 35 7 186 16.9
72 Baylor 2 25 32 1 58 29.0
73 Virginia 2 23 31 8 62 31.0
73 Alabama 2 26 31 1 58 29.0
73 Virginia Tech 3 29 31 10 70 23.3
73 Vanderbilt 3 27 31 5 63 21.0
77 Michigan 3 33 30 2 65 21.7
77 Georgia Southern 9 156 30 7 193 21.4
77 Purdue 3 26 30 2 58 19.3
80 Pittsburgh 3 37 28 6 71 23.7
80 Wake Forest 3 11 28 3 42 14.0
82 Oklahoma 2 20 27 5 52 26.0
82 Northwestern 2 18 27 4 49 24.5
84 Tennessee 2 17 25 5 47 23.5
84 Navy 10 173 25 9 207 20.7
86 Nebraska 2 31 24 2 57 28.5
87 Iowa State 1 7 23 4 34 34.0
87 Utah 2 29 23 3 55 27.5
87 Duke 2 22 23 3 48 24.0
87 Missouri 2 19 23 2 44 22.0
91 California 1 8 22 4 34 34.0
91 Indiana 2 27 22 3 52 26.0
91 Oregon State 2 15 22 10 47 23.5
91 South Carolina 2 22 22 2 46 23.0
91 Stanford 2 13 22 0 35 17.5
96 Arkansas 2 25 21 2 48 24.0
97 Washington State 1 2 20 3 25 25.0
97 Notre Dame 2 27 20 1 48 24.0
99 LSU 3 47 19 2 68 22.7
99 Texas 2 12 19 2 33 16.5
101 TCU 1 12 18 1 31 31.0
101 Boston College 2 26 18 4 48 24.0
101 Florida 2 21 18 3 42 21.0
101 Syracuse 2 21 18 3 42 21.0
101 Miami (Florida) 2 17 18 5 40 20.0
106 Iowa 1 9 17 1 27 27.0
106 Arizona State 2 28 17 2 47 23.5
108 UCLA 1 11 16 3 30 30.0
108 Louisville 2 20 16 3 39 19.5
110 Oregon 1 15 15 2 32 32.0
110 Auburn 2 32 15 2 49 24.5
110 Michigan State 2 32 15 2 49 24.5
110 Rutgers 2 27 15 2 44 22.0
110 Kentucky 2 21 15 3 39 19.5
110 Army 8 119 15 8 142 17.8
116 Washington 2 21 13 2 36 18.0
117 Oklahoma State 1 8 12 4 24 24.0
117 Florida State 1 4 12 2 18 18.0
119 Wisconsin 2 40 11 4 55 27.5
120 Clemson 1 11 10 1 22 22.0
120 Kansas 1 5 10 0 15 15.0
122 Georgia Tech 2 39 9 4 52 26.0
122 Texas Tech 1 9 9 2 20 20.0
122 Maryland 1 8 9 0 17 17.0
122 Kansas State 1 7 9 0 16 16.0
126 Georgia 1 13 8 2 23 23.0
127 Minnesota 2 32 4 1 37 18.5