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