2016 Big Ten Conference Leaders First Downs - Games vs. FBS Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 01/09/2017

	Name	G	Rush	Pass	Penalty	Total	Total/G
1	Ohio State	11	139	95	17	251	22.8
2	Northwestern	11	93	138	19	250	22.7
3	Michigan	11	118	98	18	234	21.3
3	Indiana	11	79	134	21	234	21.3
3	Michigan State	9	86	97	9	192	21.3
6	Penn State	12	105	117	23	245	20.4
7	Nebraska	11	92	111	18	221	20.1
8	Purdue	9	51	103	21	175	19.4
9	Wisconsin	11	110	90	9	209	19.0
10	Minnesota	11	102	81	15	198	18.0
11	Iowa	11	100	73	15	188	17.1
12	Maryland	10	82	77	10	169	16.9
13	Rutgers	10	72	66	8	146	14.6
14	Illinois	10	62	68	14	144	14.4