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