2017 American Athletic Conference Leaders First Downs - Games in August/September Only through 01/08/2018

	Name	G	Rush	Pass	Penalty	Total	Total/G
1	East Carolina	5	29	68	17	114	22.8
2	SMU	5	50	59	14	123	24.6
3	Houston	4	29	51	8	88	22.0
3	Cincinnati	5	28	51	13	92	18.4
5	Temple	5	27	50	6	83	16.6
6	Memphis	4	29	48	14	91	22.8
6	Connecticut	4	27	48	11	86	21.5
8	South Florida	5	81	42	12	135	27.0
9	Tulsa	5	68	35	12	115	23.0
10	UCF	3	33	32	11	76	25.3
11	Tulane	4	49	18	5	72	18.0
12	Navy	4	80	9	4	93	23.3