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

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Cincinnati 11 103 187 24 314 28.5
2 Bowling Green 11 112 154 25 291 26.5
3 Western Kentucky 11 104 166 16 286 26.0
4 Tulsa 11 105 139 30 274 24.9
5 Boise State 10 95 151 26 272 27.2
6 Temple 13 98 129 30 257 19.8
7 Ohio 11 111 112 26 249 22.6
8 Appalachian State 11 130 95 20 245 22.3
9 Louisiana Tech 10 82 136 23 241 24.1
10 Southern Mississippi 10 85 132 22 239 23.9
11 Toledo 10 100 122 15 237 23.7
12 Massachusetts 11 77 130 29 236 21.5
13 Houston 10 115 100 19 234 23.4
14 Western Michigan 10 110 115 8 233 23.3
14 Northern Illinois 11 123 99 11 233 21.2
16 Marshall 11 94 116 21 231 21.0
17 Colorado State 10 108 101 18 227 22.7
18 Arkansas State 10 117 88 21 226 22.6
19 Air Force 11 167 50 8 225 20.5
19 Eastern Michigan 11 93 117 15 225 20.5
19 Georgia State 11 60 148 17 225 20.5
22 Navy 11 179 30 13 222 20.2
23 Memphis 9 83 120 14 217 24.1
24 San Diego State 11 128 64 24 216 19.6
25 New Mexico State 10 97 99 19 215 21.5
26 Middle Tennessee 9 92 110 12 214 23.8
27 San Jose State 10 94 103 16 213 21.3
28 Texas State 10 91 103 16 210 21.0
29 Idaho 9 74 112 23 209 23.2
29 Florida Atlantic 10 92 98 19 209 20.9
31 Georgia Southern 10 164 29 14 207 20.7
31 Akron 10 91 95 21 207 20.7
31 Buffalo 10 71 122 14 207 20.7
34 UNLV 9 82 101 21 204 22.7
35 Utah State 10 90 93 20 203 20.3
36 Wyoming 10 106 74 21 201 20.1
37 Nevada 10 107 81 12 200 20.0
38 East Carolina 9 68 121 9 198 22.0
38 Louisiana-Lafayette 10 88 93 17 198 19.8
38 Old Dominion 10 72 113 13 198 19.8
41 Charlotte 10 104 80 13 197 19.7
42 Rice 9 79 103 13 195 21.7
43 Connecticut 11 78 89 18 185 16.8
44 South Florida 9 102 68 12 182 20.2
44 Florida International 10 65 100 17 182 18.2
46 UTSA 9 86 81 14 181 20.1
47 Ball State 9 74 88 18 180 20.0
48 SMU 9 77 83 17 177 19.7
49 North Texas 9 98 63 14 175 19.4
50 South Alabama 9 87 71 14 172 19.1
50 Miami (Ohio) 10 66 89 17 172 17.2
52 New Mexico 10 118 40 11 169 16.9
53 Central Michigan 8 48 109 11 168 21.0
54 Louisiana-Monroe 10 51 98 18 167 16.7
55 UTEP 9 68 78 18 164 18.2
56 Troy 8 48 98 11 157 19.6
57 Hawai'i 9 61 79 16 156 17.3
58 BYU 7 45 90 14 149 21.3
59 Fresno State 9 61 73 14 148 16.4
60 Tulane 9 51 81 11 143 15.9
60 UCF 9 45 86 12 143 15.9
62 Kent State 9 59 51 11 121 13.4
63 Army 6 68 20 9 97 16.2
64 Ohio State 4 46 42 4 92 23.0
65 Mississippi 3 27 53 3 83 27.7
66 North Carolina State 3 46 33 3 82 27.3
67 Nebraska 3 33 46 2 81 27.0
67 Minnesota 4 27 47 7 81 20.3
69 Notre Dame 3 36 35 6 77 25.7
70 USC 3 27 45 4 76 25.3
71 Wisconsin 3 40 31 3 74 24.7
72 Colorado 3 42 25 6 73 24.3
73 Arizona 3 25 33 11 69 23.0
74 Florida State 3 25 42 1 68 22.7
75 Baylor 2 37 27 2 66 33.0
75 Michigan State 3 27 33 6 66 22.0
77 Oklahoma 2 19 40 5 64 32.0
78 Auburn 3 42 19 2 63 21.0
79 Indiana 2 32 23 4 59 29.5
79 Mississippi State 3 26 29 4 59 19.7
79 Washington 3 17 37 5 59 19.7
82 Utah 3 30 20 8 58 19.3
82 Florida 3 24 32 2 58 19.3
82 Missouri 3 24 27 7 58 19.3
85 Pittsburgh 3 24 27 5 56 18.7
86 Texas A&M 2 30 23 2 55 27.5
86 Penn State 4 22 28 5 55 13.8
88 Duke 2 19 30 5 54 27.0
89 Tennessee 2 30 21 2 53 26.5
89 Purdue 2 16 29 8 53 26.5
91 Virginia Tech 2 20 26 5 51 25.5
91 California 2 19 26 6 51 25.5
93 Vanderbilt 3 27 21 2 50 16.7
94 Georgia Tech 2 33 13 3 49 24.5
94 LSU 2 33 10 6 49 24.5
94 UCLA 2 28 19 2 49 24.5
97 Miami (Florida) 2 19 25 4 48 24.0
97 Arkansas 2 16 31 1 48 24.0
99 Alabama 2 21 21 3 45 22.5
100 Illinois 2 18 20 6 44 22.0
101 Stanford 2 15 23 5 43 21.5
102 Wake Forest 2 20 16 6 42 21.0
103 Oklahoma State 2 17 24 0 41 20.5
104 Kentucky 2 22 15 3 40 20.0
105 Michigan 2 19 17 3 39 19.5
105 Kansas State 2 17 18 4 39 19.5
107 Clemson 2 17 17 3 37 18.5
108 Georgia 2 20 16 0 36 18.0
109 Syracuse 2 12 18 4 34 17.0
109 Maryland 2 11 20 3 34 17.0
111 Virginia 2 5 25 2 32 16.0
112 Boston College 2 20 9 2 31 15.5
113 Oregon 1 18 10 1 29 29.0
113 Texas Tech 1 11 17 1 29 29.0
115 TCU 1 12 16 0 28 28.0
116 Iowa State 1 13 13 1 27 27.0
117 Louisville 1 7 15 3 25 25.0
118 Oregon State 1 14 9 1 24 24.0
119 Northwestern 1 12 11 0 23 23.0
119 Iowa 1 11 11 1 23 23.0
119 Kansas 1 10 11 2 23 23.0
122 West Virginia 1 10 11 0 21 21.0
123 South Carolina 1 10 9 1 20 20.0
124 Arizona State 1 9 10 0 19 19.0
124 Washington State 1 4 14 1 19 19.0
124 Texas 2 9 9 1 19 9.5
127 Rutgers 1 11 6 1 18 18.0