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

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Alabama 12 146 95 11 252 21.0
2 Ohio State 11 139 95 17 251 22.8
3 Kansas State 11 135 83 23 241 21.9
4 Texas 10 132 102 18 252 25.2
5 Georgia Tech 11 130 46 11 187 17.0
6 Washington 12 125 126 18 269 22.4
7 Oklahoma 11 120 147 15 282 25.6
8 Colorado 12 119 124 25 268 22.3
9 Michigan 11 118 98 18 234 21.3
10 West Virginia 11 117 119 22 258 23.5
11 Florida State 11 116 124 24 264 24.0
11 Utah 10 116 91 20 227 22.7
13 Clemson 13 115 207 30 352 27.1
13 Baylor 9 115 91 11 217 24.1
15 Oregon 11 114 122 23 259 23.5
15 Kentucky 10 114 72 18 204 20.4
15 Pittsburgh 11 114 91 15 220 20.0
18 Louisville 10 113 108 15 236 23.6
19 Wisconsin 11 110 90 9 209 19.0
19 Auburn 10 110 69 11 190 19.0
21 Georgia 11 109 101 18 228 20.7
22 USC 11 108 143 19 270 24.5
23 Virginia Tech 11 107 137 19 263 23.9
24 TCU 11 106 112 18 236 21.5
25 Penn State 12 105 117 23 245 20.4
26 Oklahoma State 11 104 143 15 262 23.8
27 Stanford 11 102 83 14 199 18.1
27 Minnesota 11 102 81 15 198 18.0
29 LSU 10 101 85 14 200 20.0
30 Tennessee 10 100 102 15 217 21.7
30 Iowa 11 100 73 15 188 17.1
32 Missouri 9 94 87 11 192 21.3
32 Oregon State 10 94 75 15 184 18.4
34 Northwestern 11 93 138 19 250 22.7
34 Arizona 9 93 60 27 180 20.0
36 Nebraska 11 92 111 18 221 20.1
37 Iowa State 10 91 110 13 214 21.4
38 California 10 88 155 31 274 27.4
39 Michigan State 9 86 97 9 192 21.3
39 Mississippi State 8 86 67 11 164 20.5
41 Texas A&M 10 84 100 11 195 19.5
42 Maryland 10 82 77 10 169 16.9
43 North Carolina 11 79 144 15 238 21.6
43 Indiana 11 79 134 21 234 21.3
45 Florida 11 77 101 10 188 17.1
46 Arkansas 10 76 121 19 216 21.6
47 Vanderbilt 10 72 104 10 186 18.6
47 Rutgers 10 72 66 8 146 14.6
49 Kansas 9 71 77 14 162 18.0
50 North Carolina State 9 69 111 15 195 21.7
51 Texas Tech 10 68 195 25 288 28.8
51 Notre Dame 9 68 103 10 181 20.1
53 Virginia 9 67 93 13 173 19.2
54 Wake Forest 9 66 62 19 147 16.3
55 Mississippi 9 64 135 18 217 24.1
56 Washington State 10 63 169 24 256 25.6
56 Miami (Florida) 9 63 102 15 180 20.0
58 Illinois 10 62 68 14 144 14.4
59 Duke 9 61 119 16 196 21.8
60 BYU 6 59 62 11 132 22.0
61 Arizona State 10 58 115 19 192 19.2
62 South Carolina 9 56 85 11 152 16.9
63 Syracuse 8 54 97 18 169 21.1
64 Purdue 9 51 103 21 175 19.4
65 Boston College 9 50 53 12 115 12.8
66 UCLA 10 43 123 23 189 18.9
67 Western Michigan 3 35 27 3 65 21.7
68 South Florida 3 32 25 4 61 20.3
69 Hawai'i 3 29 31 7 67 22.3
70 Boise State 3 28 43 2 73 24.3
71 Georgia Southern 2 26 12 6 44 22.0
72 Miami (Ohio) 2 25 22 2 49 24.5
73 UCF 2 24 12 3 39 19.5
74 Southern Mississippi 2 22 19 7 48 24.0
74 Rice 2 22 9 4 35 17.5
74 Army 2 22 6 1 29 14.5
77 East Carolina 3 21 46 6 73 24.3
77 Louisiana Tech 2 21 20 2 43 21.5
79 New Mexico State 2 20 18 6 44 22.0
79 Ohio 2 20 18 6 44 22.0
79 San Jose State 2 20 19 3 42 21.0
82 Memphis 2 19 22 5 46 23.0
82 Colorado State 2 19 14 3 36 18.0
82 Appalachian State 2 19 13 2 34 17.0
82 Marshall 2 19 9 6 34 17.0
86 Middle Tennessee 2 17 30 5 52 26.0
86 Massachusetts 4 17 40 8 65 16.3
88 Connecticut 3 15 28 6 49 16.3
89 Western Kentucky 2 14 21 4 39 19.5
90 San Diego State 1 13 8 1 22 22.0
91 Louisiana-Lafayette 1 12 9 0 21 21.0
91 New Mexico 1 12 8 1 21 21.0
91 Louisiana-Monroe 2 12 18 1 31 15.5
91 Florida Atlantic 2 12 11 3 26 13.0
95 Houston 2 10 31 5 46 23.0
95 Central Michigan 2 10 32 3 45 22.5
95 SMU 2 10 23 3 36 18.0
95 UNLV 1 10 8 0 18 18.0
95 Idaho 2 10 19 3 32 16.0
95 UTSA 2 10 21 0 31 15.5
95 Kent State 2 10 8 3 21 10.5
102 Cincinnati 1 9 12 1 22 22.0
102 Florida International 2 9 19 4 32 16.0
104 Nevada 1 8 10 0 18 18.0
105 Eastern Michigan 1 7 12 2 21 21.0
105 Ball State 1 7 9 2 18 18.0
105 Temple 2 7 23 4 34 17.0
105 Tulane 1 7 6 1 14 14.0
109 Troy 1 6 11 4 21 21.0
109 South Alabama 1 6 12 1 19 19.0
111 Wyoming 1 5 8 3 16 16.0
111 Old Dominion 1 5 9 1 15 15.0
111 Texas State 1 5 3 0 8 8.0
114 Bowling Green 1 4 10 2 16 16.0
114 Arkansas State 1 4 9 1 14 14.0
114 Tulsa 1 4 9 1 14 14.0
114 Charlotte 1 4 6 2 12 12.0
114 Akron 1 4 4 2 10 10.0
114 UTEP 1 4 2 4 10 10.0
120 Fresno State 1 2 12 3 17 17.0
120 Georgia State 1 2 10 0 12 12.0
120 North Texas 1 2 3 3 8 8.0
123 Utah State 1 1 10 2 13 13.0
123 Buffalo 1 1 3 1 5 5.0