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