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