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