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