2016 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. Non-Conference Teams Only through 01/09/2017

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Army 12 223 37 14 274 22.8
2 BYU 12 129 119 24 272 22.7
3 Notre Dame 11 88 123 12 223 20.3
4 Massachusetts 11 72 128 16 216 19.6
5 Clemson 6 62 88 15 165 27.5
6 Tulsa 5 73 58 7 138 27.6
7 Louisiana Tech 5 45 84 8 137 27.4
8 Middle Tennessee 5 43 78 15 136 27.2
9 Auburn 5 83 43 9 135 27.0
10 Texas A&M 5 56 69 9 134 26.8
11 Missouri 4 63 54 9 126 31.5
11 Louisville 5 57 60 9 126 25.2
13 Boise State 5 43 79 3 125 25.0
13 Memphis 5 38 71 16 125 25.0
15 Mississippi State 5 56 57 10 123 24.6
15 Ohio 5 53 56 14 123 24.6
15 Hawai'i 6 56 56 11 123 20.5
18 Florida State 5 62 47 13 122 24.4
19 Air Force 5 86 27 8 121 24.2
20 Houston 5 48 61 10 119 23.8
21 Southern Mississippi 5 53 54 11 118 23.6
22 Western Michigan 5 67 44 6 117 23.4
22 South Florida 5 57 49 11 117 23.4
24 Toledo 5 48 60 7 115 23.0
25 Troy 5 49 56 9 114 22.8
25 Eastern Michigan 5 46 60 8 114 22.8
27 Virginia Tech 5 43 60 10 113 22.6
28 Baylor 4 59 50 3 112 28.0
29 Appalachian State 5 60 45 6 111 22.2
30 North Carolina State 5 46 57 7 110 22.0
30 Central Michigan 5 31 69 10 110 22.0
30 Alabama 6 67 41 2 110 18.3
33 UCF 5 53 39 17 109 21.8
33 Colorado State 5 49 47 13 109 21.8
33 Western Kentucky 5 46 54 9 109 21.8
36 New Mexico 5 71 30 7 108 21.6
36 Miami (Ohio) 5 45 53 10 108 21.6
36 North Carolina 5 37 61 10 108 21.6
39 Wyoming 5 40 52 15 107 21.4
40 Arkansas 5 50 51 5 106 21.2
41 Pittsburgh 5 48 47 9 104 20.8
41 Tennessee 5 47 50 7 104 20.8
43 South Carolina 5 43 47 13 103 20.6
44 Mississippi 4 41 54 7 102 25.5
44 TCU 4 33 64 5 102 25.5
44 Old Dominion 5 44 48 10 102 20.4
44 Vanderbilt 5 44 48 10 102 20.4
48 East Carolina 4 32 63 6 101 25.3
48 Georgia Tech 5 70 24 7 101 20.2
48 Miami (Florida) 5 36 60 5 101 20.2
51 Texas Tech 3 27 65 8 100 33.3
51 Washington State 4 25 67 8 100 25.0
51 Kentucky 5 50 45 5 100 20.0
51 Louisiana-Lafayette 5 49 42 9 100 20.0
55 Syracuse 4 25 66 8 99 24.8
55 Wake Forest 5 54 41 4 99 19.8
57 Georgia Southern 4 61 26 11 98 24.5
57 Idaho 5 39 52 7 98 19.6
59 Georgia 5 54 36 7 97 19.4
60 Ball State 4 46 43 7 96 24.0
60 Wisconsin 4 40 51 5 96 24.0
60 USC 4 38 48 10 96 24.0
60 San Diego State 5 49 39 8 96 19.2
60 North Texas 5 39 47 10 96 19.2
65 Oklahoma State 4 25 63 7 95 23.8
66 Oklahoma 4 36 52 6 94 23.5
67 Colorado 4 41 44 8 93 23.3
67 Virginia 4 33 48 12 93 23.3
69 Ohio State 4 54 32 6 92 23.0
69 Indiana 4 39 47 6 92 23.0
71 West Virginia 4 30 52 9 91 22.8
71 South Alabama 5 35 53 3 91 18.2
73 Minnesota 4 43 42 5 90 22.5
73 Akron 4 25 53 12 90 22.5
73 Navy 5 58 25 7 90 18.0
73 Temple 5 32 50 8 90 18.0
77 Nebraska 4 37 43 9 89 22.3
77 Boston College 5 46 41 2 89 17.8
79 Cincinnati 4 33 52 3 88 22.0
80 Arizona State 3 41 37 8 86 28.7
80 Marshall 4 37 36 13 86 21.5
82 California 3 19 61 5 85 28.3
82 Duke 4 41 39 5 85 21.3
82 Michigan 4 38 43 4 85 21.3
82 New Mexico State 4 37 36 12 85 21.3
86 Maryland 4 48 34 2 84 21.0
86 Nevada 4 41 36 7 84 21.0
86 Northern Illinois 4 38 36 10 84 21.0
86 SMU 4 33 42 9 84 21.0
86 UTSA 5 30 50 4 84 16.8
91 Texas 3 44 31 8 83 27.7
91 San Jose State 4 38 37 8 83 20.8
91 Penn State 4 31 41 11 83 20.8
94 UNLV 4 46 32 2 80 20.0
94 Northwestern 4 28 44 8 80 20.0
96 Purdue 3 27 49 3 79 26.3
96 Utah 4 40 35 4 79 19.8
96 Texas State 4 19 55 5 79 19.8
99 Charlotte 4 33 33 12 78 19.5
99 Washington 4 28 47 3 78 19.5
101 Tulane 4 50 21 6 77 19.3
102 UCLA 3 24 45 7 76 25.3
102 Bowling Green 4 33 37 6 76 19.0
104 UTEP 4 36 29 10 75 18.8
104 Rice 4 35 31 9 75 18.8
106 Kansas State 4 38 29 5 72 18.0
106 Florida 4 31 35 6 72 18.0
106 Connecticut 4 26 39 7 72 18.0
109 Fresno State 4 25 42 4 71 17.8
109 Arkansas State 5 24 42 5 71 14.2
111 Louisiana-Monroe 4 34 34 1 69 17.3
111 LSU 4 29 34 6 69 17.3
113 Iowa 4 36 26 6 68 17.0
114 Arizona 3 36 25 5 66 22.0
114 Oregon 3 32 28 6 66 22.0
114 Stanford 4 32 31 3 66 16.5
117 Utah State 4 30 30 5 65 16.3
117 Florida Atlantic 4 29 31 5 65 16.3
119 Florida International 4 21 32 9 62 15.5
120 Rutgers 3 33 24 4 61 20.3
121 Buffalo 4 30 24 4 58 14.5
122 Iowa State 3 19 31 5 55 18.3
123 Michigan State 3 23 28 3 54 18.0
124 Kent State 4 26 23 4 53 13.3
125 Oregon State 3 19 26 7 52 17.3
126 Illinois 3 19 28 4 51 17.0
126 Kansas 3 18 29 4 51 17.0
128 Georgia State 4 17 31 2 50 12.5