2017 Conference USA Leaders First Downs - Games vs. FBS non-Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 01/08/2018

	Name	G	Rush	Pass	Penalty	Total	Total/G
1	Florida Atlantic	12	182	101	16	299	24.9
2	North Texas	12	107	163	23	293	24.4
3	Western Kentucky	10	63	160	15	238	23.8
4	Middle Tennessee	10	88	118	23	229	22.9
5	Louisiana Tech	10	96	106	20	222	22.2
5	Southern Mississippi	9	92	93	15	200	22.2
7	UTSA	9	78	91	18	187	20.8
8	Marshall	12	89	129	29	247	20.6
9	Florida International	12	90	136	17	243	20.3
10	UAB	11	113	86	21	220	20.0
11	Old Dominion	9	74	82	13	169	18.8
12	Rice	10	108	62	8	178	17.8
13	Charlotte	10	62	59	10	131	13.1
14	UTEP	10	63	49	11	123	12.3