2016 Big Ten Conference Leaders First Downs - Games vs. FBS (I-A) Teams Only through 01/09/2017

	Name	G	Rush	Pass	Penalty	Total	Total/G
1	Ohio State	13	176	116	20	312	24.0
2	Northwestern	12	100	146	19	265	22.1
3	Michigan	13	143	120	20	283	21.8
4	Indiana	13	105	152	22	279	21.5
5	Purdue	11	69	137	23	229	20.8
6	Michigan State	11	100	116	11	227	20.6
7	Nebraska	13	112	132	22	266	20.5
8	Penn State	14	122	134	29	285	20.4
9	Wisconsin	14	142	130	12	284	20.3
10	Minnesota	12	112	91	16	219	18.3
11	Maryland	12	109	92	10	211	17.6
12	Iowa	12	111	79	15	205	17.1
13	Rutgers	11	78	73	9	160	14.5
13	Illinois	11	63	82	14	159	14.5