2017 Big Ten Conference Leaders First Downs - Games vs. Conference Teams Only through 01/08/2018

	Name	G	Rush	Pass	Penalty	Total	Total/G
1	Ohio State	10	122	108	26	256	25.6
2	Penn State	9	72	122	20	214	23.8
3	Northwestern	9	85	106	14	205	22.8
4	Indiana	9	52	113	23	188	20.9
5	Michigan State	9	71	93	20	184	20.4
6	Purdue	9	72	89	18	179	19.9
7	Nebraska	9	51	108	15	174	19.3
8	Wisconsin	10	95	82	13	190	19.0
9	Michigan	9	82	64	12	158	17.6
10	Maryland	9	63	61	18	142	15.8
11	Iowa	9	61	70	9	140	15.6
12	Minnesota	9	84	42	11	137	15.2
13	Illinois	9	52	62	12	126	14.0
14	Rutgers	9	58	37	11	106	11.8