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