2016 National Leaders First Downs - Games Won Only through 01/09/2017

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Air Force 10 188 38 13 239 23.9
2 Western Michigan 13 178 140 17 335 25.8
3 Army 8 173 26 7 206 25.8
4 Alabama 14 171 117 11 299 21.4
5 Ohio State 11 164 103 17 284 25.8
6 Tulsa 10 162 125 22 309 30.9
7 Navy 9 161 29 10 200 22.2
8 South Florida 11 144 109 12 265 24.1
9 San Diego State 11 142 68 15 225 20.5
10 New Mexico 9 141 38 6 185 20.6
11 Clemson 14 133 204 33 370 26.4
12 Washington 12 132 137 20 289 24.1
13 Colorado 10 130 112 24 266 26.6
14 Appalachian State 10 128 92 19 239 23.9
15 Auburn 8 127 68 9 204 25.5
16 Michigan 10 126 94 17 237 23.7
17 Kansas State 9 123 59 18 200 22.2
18 Oklahoma 11 122 156 15 293 26.6
19 Temple 10 121 84 16 221 22.1
20 Florida State 10 119 109 20 248 24.8
21 Western Kentucky 11 118 145 16 279 25.4
22 USC 10 117 136 19 272 27.2
23 Wisconsin 11 114 108 10 232 21.1
24 Stanford 10 112 70 9 191 19.1
25 BYU 9 110 84 22 216 24.0
26 Louisville 9 108 112 19 239 26.6
27 Virginia Tech 10 107 118 19 244 24.4
28 West Virginia 10 106 126 22 254 25.4
29 Penn State 11 105 104 21 230 20.9
30 Baylor 7 104 71 7 182 26.0
30 Wyoming 8 104 81 12 197 24.6
30 Georgia Tech 9 104 42 10 156 17.3
33 Troy 10 103 119 20 242 24.2
34 Old Dominion 10 101 104 22 227 22.7
35 Utah 9 100 75 16 191 21.2
36 Boise State 10 96 127 16 239 23.9
37 Minnesota 9 95 70 8 173 19.2
38 Kentucky 7 94 58 8 160 22.9
39 Tennessee 9 93 91 13 197 21.9
40 Texas A&M 8 92 89 12 193 24.1
40 Nebraska 9 92 97 17 206 22.9
42 Houston 9 91 121 12 224 24.9
42 Colorado State 7 91 69 10 170 24.3
42 Oklahoma State 10 91 136 11 238 23.8
45 Toledo 9 90 117 17 224 24.9
45 LSU 8 90 75 13 178 22.3
45 Ohio 8 90 64 15 169 21.1
48 Iowa 8 89 50 9 148 18.5
49 Mississippi State 6 87 57 10 154 25.7
50 Georgia 8 86 66 11 163 20.4
51 Louisiana Tech 9 83 134 21 238 26.4
51 Arkansas 7 83 77 8 168 24.0
53 Middle Tennessee 8 80 107 16 203 25.4
53 Georgia Southern 5 80 33 11 124 24.8
53 Pittsburgh 8 80 69 18 167 20.9
56 Florida 9 79 85 11 175 19.4
57 Miami (Florida) 9 78 101 10 189 21.0
58 Idaho 9 76 113 17 206 22.9
58 Maryland 6 76 42 7 125 20.8
60 North Carolina State 7 75 86 9 170 24.3
60 Wake Forest 7 75 50 7 132 18.9
62 Southern Mississippi 7 74 87 14 175 25.0
63 Nevada 5 73 42 7 122 24.4
63 Arkansas State 8 73 67 11 151 18.9
65 TCU 6 70 76 13 159 26.5
65 Northwestern 7 70 86 15 171 24.4
65 Eastern Michigan 7 70 89 8 167 23.9
68 Northern Illinois 5 69 56 9 134 26.8
69 Louisiana-Lafayette 6 68 42 10 120 20.0
70 Texas 5 66 53 6 125 25.0
70 Indiana 6 66 67 9 142 23.7
72 North Carolina 8 65 114 11 190 23.8
73 Washington State 8 63 143 21 227 28.4
73 Memphis 8 63 96 15 174 21.8
75 Louisiana-Monroe 4 62 45 8 115 28.8
75 UTSA 6 62 51 8 121 20.2
77 Bowling Green 4 61 36 5 102 25.5
77 Oregon State 4 61 29 5 95 23.8
77 UCF 6 61 54 11 126 21.0
80 UNLV 4 59 37 4 100 25.0
81 South Carolina 6 57 50 10 117 19.5
81 Boston College 7 57 58 5 120 17.1
83 Mississippi 5 56 69 9 134 26.8
84 Ball State 4 53 43 7 103 25.8
84 Arizona State 5 53 61 10 124 24.8
84 Vanderbilt 6 53 60 12 125 20.8
84 South Alabama 6 53 62 4 119 19.8
88 Hawai'i 7 52 70 8 130 18.6
89 Tulane 4 51 23 6 80 20.0
90 San Jose State 4 50 36 6 92 23.0
90 North Texas 5 50 41 12 103 20.6
92 SMU 5 49 52 13 114 22.8
92 Miami (Ohio) 6 49 55 9 113 18.8
94 UTEP 4 48 37 8 93 23.3
95 Texas Tech 5 47 97 9 153 30.6
95 California 5 47 85 14 146 29.2
97 Arizona 3 46 17 5 68 22.7
98 Duke 4 44 39 6 89 22.3
99 Central Michigan 6 43 72 12 127 21.2
100 Oregon 4 42 56 5 103 25.8
100 Missouri 4 42 48 9 99 24.8
100 Notre Dame 4 42 47 8 97 24.3
103 Cincinnati 4 41 51 5 97 24.3
104 Florida International 4 40 46 7 93 23.3
104 Charlotte 4 40 34 8 82 20.5
106 Utah State 3 38 23 4 65 21.7
107 Florida Atlantic 3 37 29 5 71 23.7
108 New Mexico State 3 35 34 10 79 26.3
109 Purdue 3 34 37 4 75 25.0
110 Rice 3 33 42 8 83 27.7
110 Akron 5 33 64 13 110 22.0
112 Kent State 3 32 14 2 48 16.0
113 Michigan State 3 31 27 3 61 20.3
114 Iowa State 3 30 39 2 71 23.7
115 Marshall 3 29 39 7 75 25.0
116 East Carolina 3 28 45 3 76 25.3
116 UCLA 4 28 56 9 93 23.3
118 Syracuse 4 24 66 9 99 24.8
118 Rutgers 2 24 15 1 40 20.0
118 Illinois 3 24 17 4 45 15.0
121 Connecticut 3 23 30 9 62 20.7
122 Georgia State 3 22 29 5 56 18.7
123 Buffalo 2 20 11 1 32 16.0
124 Kansas 2 18 23 2 43 21.5
125 Texas State 2 13 45 5 63 31.5
125 Fresno State 1 13 14 0 27 27.0
127 Virginia 2 12 28 1 41 20.5
128 Massachusetts 2 11 31 3 45 22.5