2015 National Leaders First Downs - Games in December/January Only through 01/11/2016

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Boise State 1 16 19 0 35 35.0
2 Baylor 2 52 11 4 67 33.5
3 Indiana 1 14 16 3 33 33.0
4 Clemson 3 44 43 7 94 31.3
5 Nebraska 1 17 10 4 31 31.0
6 Arkansas 1 16 14 0 30 30.0
6 Colorado State 1 12 17 1 30 30.0
6 Virginia Tech 1 12 16 2 30 30.0
9 South Florida 1 16 11 1 28 28.0
9 Michigan 1 11 14 3 28 28.0
9 Mississippi 1 10 14 4 28 28.0
12 Ohio State 1 14 12 1 27 27.0
12 Washington 1 13 12 2 27 27.0
12 TCU 1 12 14 1 27 27.0
12 Tulsa 1 11 15 1 27 27.0
12 California 1 9 16 2 27 27.0
17 Mississippi State 1 9 15 2 26 26.0
17 Louisiana Tech 1 9 14 3 26 26.0
19 West Virginia 2 16 34 1 51 25.5
19 Western Kentucky 2 16 33 2 51 25.5
21 New Mexico 1 19 6 0 25 25.0
21 Texas A&M 1 7 14 4 25 25.0
23 North Carolina 2 17 25 7 49 24.5
24 Tennessee 1 14 8 2 24 24.0
24 Marshall 1 10 13 1 24 24.0
24 Notre Dame 1 7 15 2 24 24.0
24 Oklahoma 1 6 16 2 24 24.0
28 Arkansas State 2 24 15 7 46 23.0
28 Auburn 1 16 7 0 23 23.0
28 Duke 1 15 7 1 23 23.0
28 LSU 1 12 8 3 23 23.0
28 Washington State 1 7 12 4 23 23.0
28 Arizona State 1 5 17 1 23 23.0
34 Appalachian State 2 21 18 5 44 22.0
34 Utah State 1 7 13 2 22 22.0
34 Wisconsin 1 6 14 2 22 22.0
34 Texas Tech 1 4 16 2 22 22.0
38 Houston 2 21 19 3 43 21.5
39 Alabama 3 27 32 5 64 21.3
40 Navy 2 30 11 1 42 21.0
40 Louisville 1 12 7 2 21 21.0
40 South Alabama 1 11 10 0 21 21.0
40 Oregon 1 9 11 1 21 21.0
40 Texas State 1 9 11 1 21 21.0
40 Louisiana-Lafayette 1 8 11 2 21 21.0
40 Minnesota 1 7 13 1 21 21.0
40 BYU 1 5 12 4 21 21.0
48 USC 2 17 22 2 41 20.5
49 Georgia Southern 2 26 8 6 40 20.0
49 Bowling Green 2 16 20 4 40 20.0
49 Temple 2 14 22 4 40 20.0
49 San Jose State 1 12 6 2 20 20.0
49 North Carolina State 1 10 8 2 20 20.0
49 Oklahoma State 1 5 14 1 20 20.0
55 Stanford 2 23 14 2 39 19.5
55 San Diego State 2 21 13 5 39 19.5
57 Arizona 1 7 10 2 19 19.0
58 Air Force 2 25 10 2 37 18.5
59 Southern Mississippi 2 11 22 3 36 18.0
59 Michigan State 2 11 21 4 36 18.0
59 Nevada 1 12 5 1 18 18.0
59 Western Michigan 1 10 8 0 18 18.0
59 Northwestern 1 10 5 3 18 18.0
59 Middle Tennessee 1 7 11 0 18 18.0
59 New Mexico State 1 7 10 1 18 18.0
59 Troy 1 6 12 0 18 18.0
59 Toledo 1 5 13 0 18 18.0
68 Georgia State 2 9 23 2 34 17.0
68 Central Michigan 1 10 7 0 17 17.0
68 Georgia 1 9 7 1 17 17.0
68 Pittsburgh 1 8 9 0 17 17.0
68 Akron 1 6 9 2 17 17.0
68 UCLA 1 2 14 1 17 17.0
68 Florida State 1 1 16 0 17 17.0
75 Army 1 8 7 1 16 16.0
75 Penn State 1 3 12 1 16 16.0
77 Iowa 2 11 17 3 31 15.5
78 Texas 1 7 7 1 15 15.0
78 Connecticut 1 7 6 2 15 15.0
78 Cincinnati 1 5 9 1 15 15.0
78 Ohio 1 5 8 2 15 15.0
82 Kansas State 2 8 17 3 28 14.0
82 Utah 1 8 3 3 14 14.0
84 Louisiana-Monroe 1 5 7 1 13 13.0
84 Memphis 1 5 6 2 13 13.0
84 Miami (Florida) 1 4 9 0 13 13.0
87 Northern Illinois 2 11 9 4 24 12.0
88 Florida 2 8 13 0 21 10.5