2016 National Leaders First Downs - Games in December/January Only through 01/09/2017

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Clemson 3 31 45 9 85 28.3
2 Louisiana Tech 2 12 39 6 57 28.5
3 Baylor 2 19 28 1 48 24.0
3 Penn State 2 11 28 5 44 22.0
5 Troy 2 9 27 1 37 18.5
6 Western Kentucky 2 27 26 6 59 29.5
6 Oklahoma 2 22 26 5 53 26.5
6 Virginia Tech 2 14 26 4 44 22.0
9 USC 1 6 23 4 33 33.0
9 Idaho 2 21 23 2 46 23.0
11 Temple 2 15 22 2 39 19.5
12 Oklahoma State 2 18 21 2 41 20.5
12 Ohio 2 9 21 7 37 18.5
14 South Carolina 1 4 20 3 27 27.0
15 Western Michigan 2 19 19 0 38 19.0
15 Wyoming 2 13 19 3 35 17.5
17 Middle Tennessee 1 6 18 5 29 29.0
17 Memphis 1 5 18 4 27 27.0
17 Wisconsin 2 20 18 2 40 20.0
17 Florida 2 8 18 1 27 13.5
21 Eastern Michigan 1 8 16 4 28 28.0
21 Boise State 1 8 16 1 25 25.0
21 Texas A&M 1 7 16 2 25 25.0
21 South Alabama 2 19 16 0 35 17.5
25 Northwestern 1 10 15 2 27 27.0
25 North Carolina 1 8 15 3 26 26.0
25 Navy 3 27 15 4 46 15.3
28 Tulsa 1 20 14 0 34 34.0
28 Colorado State 1 7 14 4 25 25.0
28 North Carolina State 1 5 14 2 21 21.0
28 Miami (Florida) 1 4 14 2 20 20.0
28 Central Michigan 1 4 14 1 19 19.0
28 Colorado 2 10 14 3 27 13.5
34 South Florida 1 10 13 1 24 24.0
35 Tennessee 1 12 12 1 25 25.0
35 Southern Mississippi 1 8 12 2 22 22.0
35 Kansas State 2 24 12 2 38 19.0
35 Georgia State 1 4 12 3 19 19.0
35 Washington 2 23 12 1 36 18.0
35 Nebraska 1 5 12 1 18 18.0
35 TCU 2 16 12 4 32 16.0
35 Arkansas State 2 12 12 2 26 13.0
43 Miami (Ohio) 1 12 11 1 24 24.0
43 Wake Forest 1 10 11 1 22 22.0
43 Indiana 1 8 11 3 22 22.0
43 LSU 1 5 11 4 20 20.0
43 North Texas 1 7 11 1 19 19.0
43 West Virginia 2 17 11 8 36 18.0
43 Vanderbilt 1 7 11 0 18 18.0
43 Alabama 3 35 11 4 50 16.7
43 Washington State 1 4 11 1 16 16.0
43 Arkansas 1 1 11 2 14 14.0
53 Kentucky 1 9 10 1 20 20.0
53 Hawai'i 1 8 10 0 18 18.0
53 Michigan 1 5 10 1 16 16.0
53 San Diego State 2 17 10 2 29 14.5
57 Appalachian State 1 14 9 2 25 25.0
57 Maryland 1 7 9 1 17 17.0
57 UCF 1 1 9 7 17 17.0
57 Houston 1 7 9 0 16 16.0
57 Toledo 1 5 9 0 14 14.0
62 Utah 1 12 8 1 21 21.0
62 Pittsburgh 1 9 8 1 18 18.0
62 Minnesota 1 8 8 1 17 17.0
65 Auburn 1 14 7 1 22 22.0
65 New Mexico State 1 12 7 2 21 21.0
65 Old Dominion 1 13 7 0 20 20.0
65 Mississippi State 1 9 7 2 18 18.0
65 Boston College 1 8 7 0 15 15.0
70 Air Force 1 14 6 4 24 24.0
70 Georgia Southern 1 13 6 1 20 20.0
70 Stanford 1 8 6 2 16 16.0
70 Texas State 1 7 6 2 15 15.0
70 Louisville 1 4 6 1 11 11.0
75 UTSA 1 13 5 2 20 20.0
75 Louisiana-Lafayette 2 29 5 4 38 19.0
75 Georgia 1 11 5 1 17 17.0
75 Florida State 1 7 5 3 15 15.0
75 BYU 1 7 5 1 13 13.0
80 Georgia Tech 1 15 4 2 21 21.0
80 Ohio State 1 3 4 2 9 9.0
82 Army 2 42 3 0 45 22.5
82 New Mexico 1 13 3 1 17 17.0
82 Iowa 1 9 3 2 14 14.0
85 Louisiana-Monroe 1 6 2 0 8 8.0