2015 National Leaders First Downs - All Games through 01/11/2016

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Bowling Green 14 144 211 34 389 27.8
1 Tulsa 13 123 175 34 332 25.5
1 Duke 13 120 156 34 310 23.8
4 West Virginia 13 153 139 33 325 25.0
4 Arizona 13 139 148 33 320 24.6
6 Southern Mississippi 14 104 188 32 324 23.1
6 Massachusetts 12 83 141 32 256 21.3
6 Temple 14 104 136 32 272 19.4
9 North Carolina 14 146 158 31 335 23.9
10 Clemson 15 166 197 30 393 26.2
10 Wake Forest 12 74 123 30 227 18.9
12 Oklahoma 13 143 180 29 352 27.1
12 Idaho 12 101 146 29 276 23.0
14 Boise State 13 128 188 28 344 26.5
14 Mississippi 13 131 182 28 341 26.2
14 Indiana 13 141 168 28 337 25.9
14 Ohio 13 125 132 28 285 21.9
14 SMU 12 109 109 28 246 20.5
19 Cincinnati 13 126 217 27 370 28.5
19 Stanford 14 155 129 27 311 22.2
19 BYU 13 90 157 27 274 21.1
22 California 13 114 201 26 341 26.2
22 Louisiana Tech 13 109 174 26 309 23.8
22 Houston 14 157 149 26 332 23.7
22 Texas A&M 13 123 144 26 293 22.5
22 Iowa 14 135 123 26 284 20.3
22 Akron 13 114 116 26 256 19.7
22 Hawai'i 13 77 113 26 216 16.6
22 Penn State 13 83 105 26 214 16.5
30 Memphis 13 125 172 25 322 24.8
30 Alabama 15 158 147 25 330 22.0
30 Marshall 13 113 142 25 280 21.5
30 Utah 13 136 102 25 263 20.2
30 Purdue 12 85 127 25 237 19.8
30 Utah State 13 109 118 25 252 19.4
30 San Diego State 14 150 85 25 260 18.6
30 Kansas State 13 116 99 25 240 18.5
30 Syracuse 12 99 80 25 204 17.0
39 Texas Tech 13 141 203 24 368 28.3
39 Oregon 13 173 137 24 334 25.7
39 Appalachian State 13 158 109 24 291 22.4
39 Arkansas State 13 151 115 24 290 22.3
39 UNLV 12 115 116 24 255 21.3
39 Wisconsin 13 95 157 24 276 21.2
39 Ball State 12 103 123 24 250 20.8
39 Louisiana-Monroe 13 65 127 24 216 16.6
47 TCU 13 145 190 23 358 27.5
47 Colorado State 13 136 142 23 301 23.2
47 Louisiana-Lafayette 12 116 108 23 247 20.6
47 Wyoming 12 119 95 23 237 19.8
51 Nebraska 13 114 160 22 296 22.8
51 Florida Atlantic 12 115 112 22 249 20.8
51 Georgia State 13 70 169 22 261 20.1
51 Florida International 12 85 120 22 227 18.9
51 Oregon State 12 100 89 22 211 17.6
56 Oklahoma State 13 88 197 21 306 23.5
56 Rice 12 123 129 21 273 22.8
56 Colorado 13 125 145 21 291 22.4
56 Michigan State 14 115 164 21 300 21.4
56 Louisville 13 115 136 21 272 20.9
56 LSU 12 140 85 21 246 20.5
56 Illinois 12 83 141 21 245 20.4
56 Virginia 12 83 139 21 243 20.3
56 Virginia Tech 13 118 123 21 262 20.2
65 Notre Dame 13 129 143 20 292 22.5
65 Toledo 12 110 138 20 268 22.3
65 USC 14 130 158 20 308 22.0
65 Florida State 13 107 141 20 268 20.6
65 Michigan 13 96 149 20 265 20.4
65 New Mexico State 12 111 110 20 241 20.1
65 Fresno State 12 90 97 20 207 17.3
65 Miami (Ohio) 12 75 104 20 199 16.6
65 Connecticut 13 90 105 20 215 16.5
65 UCF 12 59 110 20 189 15.8
65 Missouri 12 76 85 20 181 15.1
76 Baylor 13 220 144 19 383 29.5
76 Washington State 13 76 236 19 331 25.5
76 Western Kentucky 14 120 210 19 349 24.9
76 Arizona State 13 116 170 19 305 23.5
76 Iowa State 12 120 118 19 257 21.4
76 South Florida 13 150 95 19 264 20.3
76 UTSA 12 111 114 19 244 20.3
76 Kentucky 12 100 103 19 222 18.5
76 South Alabama 12 101 97 19 217 18.1
76 UTEP 12 87 105 19 211 17.6
76 Boston College 12 96 59 19 174 14.5
87 Texas State 12 114 124 18 256 21.3
87 Central Michigan 13 80 174 18 272 20.9
87 Buffalo 12 85 143 18 246 20.5
87 Miami (Florida) 13 79 152 18 249 19.2
87 Troy 12 75 133 18 226 18.8
87 Northwestern 13 112 101 18 231 17.8
87 Vanderbilt 12 99 94 18 211 17.6
94 Middle Tennessee 13 124 161 17 302 23.2
94 UCLA 13 120 164 17 301 23.2
94 San Jose State 13 127 139 17 283 21.8
94 Nevada 13 134 105 17 256 19.7
94 Georgia Tech 12 153 63 17 233 19.4
99 East Carolina 12 86 158 16 260 21.7
99 Air Force 14 219 66 16 301 21.5
99 Eastern Michigan 12 100 125 16 241 20.1
99 North Texas 12 125 83 16 224 18.7
99 Maryland 12 105 96 16 217 18.1
99 Minnesota 13 80 133 16 229 17.6
105 Ohio State 13 151 114 15 280 21.5
105 North Carolina State 13 133 131 15 279 21.5
105 Navy 13 217 40 15 272 20.9
105 Charlotte 12 123 96 15 234 19.5
105 Georgia Southern 13 197 38 15 250 19.2
105 Old Dominion 12 91 124 15 230 19.2
105 Tulane 12 68 112 15 195 16.3
105 Kent State 12 83 71 15 169 14.1
113 Northern Illinois 14 144 125 14 283 20.2
113 Pittsburgh 13 124 116 14 254 19.5
115 Western Michigan 13 139 156 13 308 23.7
115 Tennessee 13 150 130 13 293 22.5
115 Washington 13 108 140 13 261 20.1
115 Rutgers 12 111 112 13 236 19.7
115 New Mexico 13 162 60 13 235 18.1
115 Kansas 12 76 123 13 212 17.7
115 Army 12 145 36 13 194 16.2
122 Mississippi State 13 118 172 12 302 23.2
122 South Carolina 12 97 107 12 216 18.0
124 Georgia 13 116 114 11 241 18.5
125 Auburn 13 150 97 10 257 19.8
125 Texas 12 123 69 10 202 16.8
127 Arkansas 13 129 167 9 305 23.5
127 Florida 14 96 129 9 234 16.7