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

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Tulsa 11 170 140 21 331 30.1
2 Toledo 12 113 160 25 298 24.8
3 Western Kentucky 11 114 151 17 282 25.6
4 Louisiana Tech 11 88 166 27 281 25.5
5 Navy 13 197 62 16 275 21.2
6 Wyoming 12 129 124 21 274 22.8
7 Air Force 12 208 51 14 273 22.8
8 Eastern Michigan 11 94 146 18 258 23.5
9 Western Michigan 10 130 114 13 257 25.7
9 Appalachian State 11 137 101 19 257 23.4
9 Northern Illinois 11 123 113 21 257 23.4
12 Temple 11 124 107 19 250 22.7
12 Troy 11 95 132 23 250 22.7
14 Ball State 10 121 119 8 248 24.8
15 Houston 10 94 140 9 243 24.3
16 Bowling Green 10 112 105 24 241 24.1
17 Old Dominion 11 99 114 25 238 21.6
18 San Diego State 12 145 75 17 237 19.8
19 Middle Tennessee 10 82 134 20 236 23.6
20 Idaho 10 79 133 22 234 23.4
21 Southern Mississippi 10 81 128 22 231 23.1
22 Memphis 10 78 134 18 230 23.0
23 Colorado State 10 113 103 11 227 22.7
23 Boise State 10 87 124 16 227 22.7
25 Nevada 10 117 91 18 226 22.6
25 New Mexico 11 173 43 10 226 20.5
27 New Mexico State 10 99 102 21 222 22.2
28 South Florida 9 122 87 8 217 24.1
28 Ohio 11 92 99 26 217 19.7
30 Louisiana-Lafayette 11 111 84 20 215 19.5
31 Arkansas State 11 92 101 15 208 18.9
32 Charlotte 10 93 89 25 207 20.7
33 Florida International 10 82 110 14 206 20.6
34 UTSA 10 98 90 16 204 20.4
34 North Texas 11 74 111 19 204 18.5
36 Florida Atlantic 9 104 89 9 202 22.4
37 SMU 9 70 114 17 201 22.3
38 Akron 10 75 103 22 200 20.0
39 Rice 9 92 90 16 198 22.0
40 UNLV 10 117 69 11 197 19.7
41 Army 9 161 25 10 196 21.8
42 Buffalo 10 84 99 9 192 19.2
43 South Alabama 10 78 101 12 191 19.1
43 Utah State 10 75 88 28 191 19.1
45 Louisiana-Monroe 9 94 81 15 190 21.1
46 Central Michigan 10 63 113 13 189 18.9
47 Cincinnati 10 59 118 11 188 18.8
48 East Carolina 8 60 114 12 186 23.3
48 Marshall 9 56 106 24 186 20.7
50 UTEP 10 78 91 14 183 18.3
50 UCF 10 71 91 21 183 18.3
50 Miami (Ohio) 10 69 97 17 183 18.3
53 San Jose State 9 73 96 13 182 20.2
54 Hawai'i 10 69 100 12 181 18.1
55 Georgia State 10 52 106 18 176 17.6
56 Tulane 10 104 53 15 172 17.2
57 Georgia Southern 9 90 67 13 170 18.9
57 Texas State 10 53 101 16 170 17.0
59 Fresno State 10 68 76 18 162 16.2
60 Massachusetts 7 51 83 7 141 20.1
61 BYU 6 68 49 17 134 22.3
62 Connecticut 8 47 78 8 133 16.6
63 Kent State 8 67 50 8 125 15.6
64 Mississippi State 4 43 43 8 94 23.5
65 Baylor 3 46 40 3 89 29.7
65 Louisville 3 39 42 8 89 29.7
67 Wisconsin 3 32 40 3 75 25.0
68 Syracuse 3 20 48 6 74 24.7
69 Notre Dame 3 39 29 5 73 24.3
70 Auburn 2 43 21 4 68 34.0
71 Missouri 2 33 28 5 66 33.0
72 Ohio State 2 37 21 3 61 30.5
72 California 2 15 42 4 61 30.5
72 North Carolina State 3 27 30 4 61 20.3
72 South Carolina 3 18 34 9 61 20.3
76 Mississippi 2 26 29 4 59 29.5
76 Miami (Florida) 3 19 38 2 59 19.7
78 Purdue 2 18 34 2 54 27.0
79 USC 2 27 21 4 52 26.0
79 Washington State 2 16 33 3 52 26.0
81 Texas A&M 2 21 28 2 51 25.5
81 Boston College 3 24 25 2 51 17.0
83 Alabama 2 25 23 1 49 24.5
83 Michigan 2 25 22 2 49 24.5
83 Texas 2 25 20 4 49 24.5
83 Wake Forest 3 26 22 1 49 16.3
87 UCLA 2 16 29 3 48 24.0
88 Arkansas 2 23 21 3 47 23.5
88 Florida 2 18 24 5 47 23.5
88 Oklahoma 2 16 29 2 47 23.5
91 Virginia 2 14 27 5 46 23.0
92 Indiana 2 26 18 1 45 22.5
92 Arizona 2 25 17 3 45 22.5
92 Nebraska 2 20 21 4 45 22.5
95 Virginia Tech 2 19 20 4 43 21.5
96 Maryland 2 27 15 0 42 21.0
96 Tennessee 2 22 20 0 42 21.0
96 Kentucky 2 21 20 1 42 21.0
99 Penn State 2 17 17 6 40 20.0
100 Utah 2 20 16 3 39 19.5
100 Vanderbilt 2 17 16 6 39 19.5
102 Stanford 2 21 15 1 37 18.5
103 Texas Tech 1 13 18 4 35 35.0
103 Michigan State 2 14 19 2 35 17.5
105 Duke 2 17 15 1 33 16.5
106 Florida State 1 20 8 3 31 31.0
107 Pittsburgh 1 11 13 5 29 29.0
108 Colorado 1 15 12 1 28 28.0
109 Washington 1 6 20 1 27 27.0
110 West Virginia 1 7 17 2 26 26.0
111 Arizona State 1 12 11 2 25 25.0
111 TCU 1 8 16 1 25 25.0
113 Kansas State 1 15 7 2 24 24.0
113 Clemson 1 8 13 3 24 24.0
115 Iowa State 1 9 13 1 23 23.0
115 Oklahoma State 1 3 17 3 23 23.0
115 Kansas 2 6 13 4 23 11.5
118 Minnesota 1 10 10 1 21 21.0
119 Georgia Tech 1 11 7 1 19 19.0
120 Iowa 1 11 6 0 17 17.0
120 LSU 1 8 9 0 17 17.0
120 Oregon State 1 7 8 2 17 17.0
123 Georgia 1 9 7 0 16 16.0
124 Northwestern 1 7 8 0 15 15.0
124 Illinois 1 1 14 0 15 15.0
126 Rutgers 1 6 7 1 14 14.0