2015 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. Ranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/11/2016

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Alabama 7 74 84 13 171 24.4
2 Texas Tech 5 44 81 16 141 28.2
3 Clemson 5 63 64 11 138 27.6
4 Indiana 5 57 61 15 133 26.6
5 USC 6 52 64 9 125 20.8
6 Oklahoma 5 55 57 11 123 24.6
7 Baylor 4 74 29 6 109 27.3
8 Iowa State 5 51 44 11 106 21.2
9 Michigan 5 31 61 7 99 19.8
10 Minnesota 6 28 62 7 97 16.2
11 West Virginia 4 43 33 20 96 24.0
12 Notre Dame 4 39 50 6 95 23.8
13 TCU 4 41 45 8 94 23.5
13 Michigan State 5 37 48 9 94 18.8
15 Stanford 4 36 44 10 90 22.5
15 Florida 6 34 54 2 90 15.0
17 Mississippi 4 29 49 10 88 22.0
17 Illinois 5 22 58 8 88 17.6
19 South Carolina 5 42 40 5 87 17.4
20 Oregon 4 35 45 5 85 21.3
20 Arkansas 4 32 50 3 85 21.3
20 Vanderbilt 5 43 31 11 85 17.0
23 Tennessee 4 49 31 4 84 21.0
24 SMU 4 39 33 9 81 20.3
24 Nebraska 4 29 46 6 81 20.3
26 Kansas State 4 43 24 12 79 19.8
27 Memphis 3 28 45 5 78 26.0
28 Wake Forest 4 31 35 11 77 19.3
28 Oklahoma State 4 14 57 6 77 19.3
30 LSU 4 34 35 7 76 19.0
31 Georgia Tech 4 47 21 7 75 18.8
31 Pittsburgh 4 30 42 3 75 18.8
33 Tulsa 3 18 48 8 74 24.7
33 Texas 5 45 24 5 74 14.8
33 Maryland 5 37 31 6 74 14.8
36 Northwestern 5 32 34 7 73 14.6
37 Oregon State 4 28 35 8 71 17.8
38 Iowa 4 33 29 7 69 17.3
39 Mississippi State 3 22 42 4 68 22.7
39 California 3 21 41 6 68 22.7
41 North Carolina State 3 27 37 3 67 22.3
41 Purdue 4 22 39 6 67 16.8
43 Penn State 4 27 24 14 65 16.3
44 Louisville 3 16 38 7 61 20.3
45 North Texas 3 33 25 0 58 19.3
46 Washington State 2 13 41 3 57 28.5
46 Ohio State 3 36 17 4 57 19.0
48 Houston 2 23 28 3 54 27.0
49 Colorado 3 17 31 4 52 17.3
49 Wisconsin 3 8 38 6 52 17.3
49 Rutgers 4 26 22 4 52 13.0
52 Kansas 4 15 31 5 51 12.8
53 Syracuse 3 29 16 5 50 16.7
53 Miami (Florida) 3 12 36 2 50 16.7
55 Arizona State 2 18 29 2 49 24.5
55 North Carolina 2 17 25 7 49 24.5
57 South Florida 3 23 23 2 48 16.0
57 Washington 3 20 25 3 48 16.0
59 Duke 2 24 19 3 46 23.0
59 Auburn 3 24 19 3 46 15.3
59 Florida State 3 17 27 2 46 15.3
62 Virginia 2 11 26 8 45 22.5
62 East Carolina 2 8 33 4 45 22.5
64 Utah 2 20 22 2 44 22.0
65 Texas A&M 3 13 24 6 43 14.3
66 Florida Atlantic 2 23 15 4 42 21.0
66 Western Michigan 2 13 25 4 42 21.0
68 Virginia Tech 2 17 20 3 40 20.0
68 Arizona 2 16 20 4 40 20.0
70 Air Force 2 28 8 3 39 19.5
70 Georgia 3 14 23 2 39 13.0
72 Texas State 2 10 26 2 38 19.0
73 UCLA 2 10 25 2 37 18.5
73 Middle Tennessee 2 10 24 3 37 18.5
75 Boston College 3 22 11 3 36 12.0
76 Temple 2 12 20 3 35 17.5
76 Rice 2 12 16 7 35 17.5
76 Central Michigan 2 7 24 4 35 17.5
79 Navy 2 24 8 1 33 16.5
79 Fresno State 2 15 14 4 33 16.5
79 Connecticut 2 14 16 3 33 16.5
82 Kentucky 2 15 13 4 32 16.0
82 Tulane 2 6 24 2 32 16.0
84 BYU 2 9 14 6 29 14.5
84 UCF 2 7 15 7 29 14.5
86 Louisiana Tech 1 6 19 3 28 28.0
87 New Mexico State 2 14 11 1 26 13.0
88 Bowling Green 1 7 16 1 24 24.0
88 Western Kentucky 1 7 16 1 24 24.0
88 Cincinnati 1 3 20 1 24 24.0
88 Miami (Ohio) 2 5 17 2 24 12.0
92 Hawai'i 2 7 13 3 23 11.5
93 Georgia State 1 8 11 3 22 22.0
93 Massachusetts 1 4 13 5 22 22.0
93 Missouri 2 10 11 1 22 11.0
96 Utah State 1 8 12 1 21 21.0
97 UTSA 1 12 8 0 20 20.0
97 Old Dominion 1 11 9 0 20 20.0
99 Troy 1 6 10 3 19 19.0
100 Ball State 1 8 8 2 18 18.0
101 Army 1 8 7 1 16 16.0
101 Eastern Michigan 1 7 8 1 16 16.0
101 Marshall 1 3 11 2 16 16.0
104 UNLV 1 6 8 1 15 15.0
105 Southern Mississippi 1 6 8 0 14 14.0
106 Appalachian State 1 8 3 1 12 12.0
107 Northern Illinois 1 6 4 0 10 10.0
107 Florida International 1 5 2 3 10 10.0
107 Akron 1 4 5 1 10 10.0
107 Louisiana-Monroe 1 1 5 4 10 10.0