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

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Georgia Southern 13 197 38 15 250 19.2
2 Navy 11 193 32 14 239 21.7
3 Air Force 12 191 58 13 262 21.8
4 New Mexico 13 162 60 13 235 18.1
5 Arkansas State 13 151 115 24 290 22.3
6 Appalachian State 12 150 106 23 279 23.3
6 San Diego State 14 150 85 25 260 18.6
8 Baylor 9 146 115 13 274 30.4
9 Oregon 9 138 92 19 249 27.7
9 Northern Illinois 13 138 121 14 273 21.0
11 Bowling Green 13 137 195 33 365 28.1
11 Army 11 137 29 12 178 16.2
13 Colorado State 13 136 142 23 301 23.2
14 Houston 12 134 121 23 278 23.2
14 Nevada 13 134 105 17 256 19.7
16 North Carolina 12 129 133 24 286 23.8
17 Boise State 13 128 188 28 344 26.5
18 San Jose State 13 127 139 17 283 21.8
18 South Florida 10 127 72 17 216 21.6
20 Western Michigan 11 126 131 9 266 24.2
20 Auburn 10 126 78 7 211 21.1
22 Ohio 13 125 132 28 285 21.9
23 Cincinnati 12 123 197 26 346 28.8
23 Arizona 11 123 128 29 280 25.5
23 Charlotte 12 123 96 15 234 19.5
26 Stanford 10 119 85 17 221 22.1
26 Wyoming 12 119 95 23 237 19.8
28 Louisiana-Lafayette 12 116 108 23 247 20.6
28 Utah 11 116 80 23 219 19.9
30 Ohio State 10 115 97 11 223 22.3
31 Middle Tennessee 11 114 137 14 265 24.1
32 Western Kentucky 13 113 194 18 325 25.0
33 Rice 10 111 113 14 238 23.8
34 West Virginia 9 110 106 13 229 25.4
34 Texas A&M 10 110 120 20 250 25.0
34 UCLA 11 110 139 15 264 24.0
34 Toledo 12 110 138 20 268 22.3
34 Marshall 12 110 131 23 264 22.0
34 Akron 12 110 111 25 246 20.5
40 UNLV 11 109 108 23 240 21.8
41 Colorado 10 108 114 17 239 23.9
42 LSU 8 106 50 14 170 21.3
42 North Carolina State 10 106 94 12 212 21.2
42 Georgia Tech 8 106 42 10 158 19.8
45 Tulsa 10 105 127 26 258 25.8
46 TCU 9 104 145 15 264 29.3
46 Texas State 10 104 98 16 218 21.8
48 Clemson 10 103 133 19 255 25.5
48 Louisiana Tech 12 103 155 23 281 23.4
50 Mississippi 9 102 133 18 253 28.1
50 Iowa 10 102 94 19 215 21.5
50 Georgia 10 102 91 9 202 20.2
53 Tennessee 9 101 99 9 209 23.2
53 Idaho 12 101 146 29 276 23.0
53 Virginia Tech 11 101 103 18 222 20.2
53 Utah State 12 101 106 24 231 19.3
53 South Alabama 12 101 97 19 217 18.1
58 Louisville 10 99 98 14 211 21.1
58 UTSA 11 99 106 19 224 20.4
60 Southern Mississippi 13 98 180 32 310 23.8
60 Arizona State 11 98 141 17 256 23.3
62 Texas Tech 8 97 122 8 227 28.4
62 Memphis 10 97 127 20 244 24.4
62 Arkansas 9 97 117 6 220 24.4
62 New Mexico State 10 97 99 19 215 21.5
66 Duke 11 96 137 31 264 24.0
66 Mississippi State 10 96 130 8 234 23.4
68 Ball State 11 95 115 22 232 21.1
69 Pittsburgh 9 94 74 11 179 19.9
70 California 10 93 160 20 273 27.3
70 Eastern Michigan 11 93 117 15 225 20.5
72 Florida Atlantic 10 92 97 18 207 20.7
72 Temple 12 92 116 29 237 19.8
72 North Texas 9 92 58 16 166 18.4
75 Florida State 10 90 114 18 222 22.2
75 Notre Dame 9 90 93 14 197 21.9
77 Oklahoma 8 88 123 18 229 28.6
77 Washington 10 88 115 10 213 21.3
79 Wisconsin 10 87 119 18 224 22.4
79 UTEP 12 87 105 19 211 17.6
81 Nebraska 9 85 114 16 215 23.9
81 Rutgers 8 85 90 9 184 23.0
81 Buffalo 12 85 143 18 246 20.5
81 Kentucky 10 85 90 15 190 19.0
85 Indiana 8 84 107 13 204 25.5
85 Alabama 8 84 63 12 159 19.9
87 Kent State 12 83 71 15 169 14.1
88 BYU 11 81 143 21 245 22.3
89 Northwestern 8 80 67 11 158 19.8
89 Florida International 11 80 118 19 217 19.7
89 Old Dominion 11 80 115 15 210 19.1
92 Massachusetts 11 79 128 27 234 21.3
93 Michigan State 9 78 116 12 206 22.9
93 USC 8 78 94 11 183 22.9
93 East Carolina 10 78 125 12 215 21.5
93 Texas 7 78 45 5 128 18.3
97 Connecticut 11 76 89 17 182 16.5
98 Fresno State 10 75 83 16 174 17.4
99 Oklahoma State 9 74 140 15 229 25.4
99 Boston College 9 74 48 16 138 15.3
101 Central Michigan 11 73 150 14 237 21.5
101 Kansas State 9 73 75 13 161 17.9
103 Virginia 10 72 113 13 198 19.8
103 Oregon State 8 72 54 14 140 17.5
105 SMU 8 70 76 19 165 20.6
105 Hawai'i 11 70 100 23 193 17.5
105 Miami (Ohio) 10 70 87 18 175 17.5
105 Syracuse 9 70 64 20 154 17.1
109 Iowa State 7 69 74 8 151 21.6
109 Troy 11 69 123 15 207 18.8
111 Maryland 7 68 65 10 143 20.4
112 Miami (Florida) 10 67 116 16 199 19.9
113 Missouri 10 66 74 19 159 15.9
114 Michigan 8 65 88 13 166 20.8
115 Louisiana-Monroe 12 64 122 20 206 17.2
116 Washington State 11 63 195 16 274 24.9
116 Purdue 8 63 88 19 170 21.3
118 Georgia State 12 62 158 19 239 19.9
118 Florida 8 62 75 7 144 18.0
118 Tulane 10 62 88 13 163 16.3
121 Illinois 7 61 83 13 157 22.4
121 Kansas 8 61 92 8 161 20.1
123 Vanderbilt 7 56 63 7 126 18.0
123 Penn State 9 56 81 12 149 16.6
125 South Carolina 7 55 67 7 129 18.4
126 Minnesota 7 52 71 9 132 18.9
126 UCF 10 52 95 13 160 16.0
128 Wake Forest 8 43 88 19 150 18.8