2017 Big Ten Conference Leaders First Downs - Games in October Only through 01/08/2018

	Name	G	Rush	Pass	Penalty	Total	Total/G
1	Northwestern	4	36	53	5	94	23.5
2	Indiana	4	22	52	14	88	22.0
3	Ohio State	3	41	48	12	101	33.7
4	Michigan State	4	31	41	7	79	19.8
5	Nebraska	3	12	38	6	56	18.7
6	Illinois	4	29	36	5	70	17.5
7	Penn State	3	21	35	9	65	21.7
7	Purdue	4	37	35	9	81	20.3
9	Wisconsin	4	46	34	5	85	21.3
10	Michigan	4	44	27	4	75	18.8
11	Iowa	3	21	26	2	49	16.3
12	Maryland	4	28	21	12	61	15.3
13	Minnesota	4	44	20	3	67	16.8
14	Rutgers	3	19	11	4	34	11.3