2015 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. FBS Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 01/11/2016

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Clemson 12 137 166 26 329 27.4
2 Texas Tech 11 120 168 22 310 28.2
3 TCU 11 117 160 23 300 27.3
4 Washington State 11 65 209 17 291 26.5
5 Oklahoma 11 124 140 24 288 26.2
6 North Carolina 12 125 130 27 282 23.5
7 Baylor 10 162 101 16 279 27.9
7 West Virginia 11 134 113 32 279 25.4
9 Oregon 11 134 116 21 271 24.6
10 Stanford 12 140 106 22 268 22.3
11 Alabama 12 124 116 22 262 21.8
12 California 10 87 153 19 259 25.9
13 Arizona State 11 95 145 18 258 23.5
14 Indiana 10 100 132 23 255 25.5
15 UCLA 11 92 145 15 252 22.9
16 Oklahoma State 10 59 160 21 240 24.0
17 Iowa 12 112 102 25 239 19.9
18 Arkansas 10 101 126 8 235 23.5
19 Michigan State 11 88 131 15 234 21.3
20 USC 11 103 113 16 232 21.1
21 Mississippi 9 89 117 24 230 25.6
22 Duke 10 84 117 26 227 22.7
23 Michigan 11 77 132 17 226 20.5
24 Louisville 11 96 108 18 222 20.2
25 Mississippi State 9 77 132 8 217 24.1
26 Tennessee 10 107 99 9 215 21.5
26 Iowa State 10 104 95 16 215 21.5
26 Notre Dame 10 93 108 14 215 21.5
26 Nebraska 10 81 114 20 215 21.5
30 Arizona 9 94 100 20 214 23.8
31 Utah 10 106 82 17 205 20.5
32 Texas A&M 10 74 106 22 202 20.2
32 Wisconsin 10 55 126 21 202 20.2
34 LSU 10 107 75 15 197 19.7
35 Virginia 9 71 106 19 196 21.8
36 Rutgers 10 83 98 11 192 19.2
37 Ohio State 9 105 72 11 188 20.9
38 Virginia Tech 10 84 87 15 186 18.6
39 Colorado 9 67 106 12 185 20.6
39 Kansas State 10 89 75 21 185 18.5
41 Texas 10 114 60 9 183 18.3
42 Pittsburgh 9 88 86 8 182 20.2
43 Miami (Florida) 10 51 117 13 181 18.1
44 Northwestern 11 82 81 17 180 16.4
45 Washington 9 81 93 5 179 19.9
46 Georgia 10 83 85 10 178 17.8
46 South Carolina 10 83 84 11 178 17.8
48 Florida 11 72 97 7 176 16.0
49 Florida State 9 71 88 16 175 19.4
50 Illinois 9 58 102 14 174 19.3
51 North Carolina State 9 77 85 11 173 19.2
52 Auburn 9 98 65 8 171 19.0
53 Oregon State 10 73 75 17 165 16.5
54 Purdue 9 57 88 15 160 17.8
54 Kansas 10 52 97 11 160 16.0
56 Maryland 9 76 70 13 159 17.7
56 Penn State 9 61 77 21 159 17.7
58 Georgia Tech 9 100 46 12 158 17.6
58 Kentucky 9 73 72 13 158 17.6
60 Wake Forest 9 46 88 22 156 17.3
61 Minnesota 9 53 86 9 148 16.4
62 Syracuse 9 71 56 20 147 16.3
63 Vanderbilt 8 63 56 16 135 16.9
64 Missouri 8 47 47 10 104 13.0
65 Bowling Green 3 32 57 9 98 32.7
65 Boston College 8 49 35 14 98 12.3
67 BYU 5 30 51 13 94 18.8
68 Central Michigan 4 26 50 6 82 20.5
69 Memphis 3 26 43 9 78 26.0
70 Houston 3 28 36 7 71 23.7
71 UTSA 3 25 33 5 63 21.0
71 Western Kentucky 3 16 44 3 63 21.0
73 Southern Mississippi 3 10 44 7 61 20.3
74 Tulsa 2 18 36 4 58 29.0
74 Army 4 47 9 2 58 14.5
76 South Florida 3 33 18 4 55 18.3
77 Middle Tennessee 3 13 36 3 52 17.3
78 Troy 3 20 25 6 51 17.0
79 Rice 2 23 20 7 50 25.0
80 Air Force 2 30 12 5 47 23.5
80 Louisiana Tech 2 20 25 2 47 23.5
82 SMU 2 21 17 7 45 22.5
82 Idaho 2 16 23 6 45 22.5
84 Western Michigan 2 13 25 4 42 21.0
85 Colorado State 2 17 21 3 41 20.5
86 New Mexico 2 28 11 1 40 20.0
86 Florida Atlantic 2 23 14 3 40 20.0
86 Boise State 2 16 22 2 40 20.0
89 East Carolina 2 7 26 6 39 19.5
90 Arkansas State 2 21 14 2 37 18.5
90 Ball State 2 18 14 5 37 18.5
90 Hawai'i 3 11 21 5 37 12.3
93 North Texas 2 20 16 0 36 18.0
93 San Jose State 2 17 18 1 36 18.0
95 Nevada 2 14 17 3 34 17.0
95 Utah State 2 12 20 2 34 17.0
97 Fresno State 2 15 14 4 33 16.5
98 Tulane 2 11 17 4 32 16.0
98 South Alabama 2 4 24 4 32 16.0
100 Navy 1 22 8 1 31 31.0
100 UTEP 2 14 16 1 31 15.5
100 Toledo 2 10 16 5 31 15.5
103 UCF 2 5 19 6 30 15.0
104 San Diego State 2 12 16 1 29 14.5
105 Louisiana-Lafayette 1 15 9 4 28 28.0
106 New Mexico State 2 14 11 1 26 13.0
106 UNLV 2 13 10 3 26 13.0
108 Georgia Southern 2 20 4 1 25 12.5
109 Florida International 1 7 12 5 24 24.0
110 Kent State 2 9 11 3 23 11.5
111 Wyoming 1 11 10 1 22 22.0
111 Cincinnati 1 9 13 0 22 22.0
111 Georgia State 1 8 11 3 22 22.0
111 Louisiana-Monroe 2 4 14 4 22 11.0
115 Massachusetts 1 6 11 3 20 20.0
115 Marshall 1 5 11 4 20 20.0
115 Northern Illinois 2 10 8 2 20 10.0
118 Ohio 1 9 9 0 18 18.0
118 Akron 2 8 8 2 18 9.0
120 Texas State 1 5 12 0 17 17.0
121 Eastern Michigan 1 7 8 1 16 16.0
122 Temple 1 6 7 2 15 15.0
122 Buffalo 1 4 10 1 15 15.0
124 Charlotte 1 7 5 2 14 14.0
125 Appalachian State 1 8 3 1 12 12.0
126 Connecticut 1 4 7 0 11 11.0
127 Miami (Ohio) 1 0 8 1 9 9.0
128 Old Dominion 1 2 4 2 8 8.0