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

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Georgia Tech 10 160 27 10 197 19.7
2 Ohio State 12 139 122 29 290 24.2
3 Georgia 12 138 98 14 250 20.8
4 Alabama 11 133 88 17 238 21.6
5 Louisville 11 132 138 21 291 26.5
6 Arizona 10 127 75 32 234 23.4
7 Arizona State 11 122 108 17 247 22.5
8 Oklahoma 12 121 164 17 302 25.2
8 Oregon 10 121 60 21 202 20.2
10 Mississippi State 9 118 61 14 193 21.4
11 USC 12 117 166 14 297 24.8
12 Auburn 10 115 73 20 208 20.8
13 Clemson 12 114 121 13 248 20.7
14 Notre Dame 10 111 82 17 210 21.0
15 TCU 12 107 116 21 244 20.3
16 Duke 10 105 98 17 220 22.0
17 Washington 11 102 105 18 225 20.5
17 Wisconsin 11 102 97 15 214 19.5
19 Northwestern 11 101 121 18 240 21.8
20 Utah 10 100 100 25 225 22.5
20 Purdue 12 100 134 23 257 21.4
22 Colorado 9 99 89 13 201 22.3
22 Missouri 10 99 95 16 210 21.0
24 Kansas State 11 98 69 13 180 16.4
25 Minnesota 10 96 47 15 158 15.8
26 Oklahoma State 11 95 186 24 305 27.7
26 Michigan 11 95 83 16 194 17.6
28 North Carolina State 10 94 127 19 240 24.0
29 Virginia Tech 10 92 101 14 207 20.7
30 West Virginia 11 89 134 25 248 22.5
31 Boston College 9 88 76 8 172 19.1
32 California 11 87 131 28 246 22.4
32 Kentucky 10 87 88 17 192 19.2
32 Pittsburgh 10 87 90 11 188 18.8
35 Michigan State 10 86 102 21 209 20.9
35 LSU 9 86 70 14 170 18.9
37 Texas 12 85 133 16 234 19.5
37 Stanford 11 85 88 20 193 17.5
39 Penn State 11 84 147 22 253 23.0
39 Oregon State 10 84 78 25 187 18.7
41 Texas Tech 10 83 141 20 244 24.4
41 UCLA 11 83 146 19 248 22.5
43 Syracuse 9 81 118 17 216 24.0
44 Iowa 11 79 91 12 182 16.5
45 Wake Forest 9 76 104 10 190 21.1
46 Maryland 10 72 68 20 160 16.0
47 Florida State 10 70 77 13 160 16.0
48 Florida 10 69 81 10 160 16.0
49 Arkansas 9 68 78 16 162 18.0
49 Miami (Florida) 10 68 98 12 178 17.8
49 South Carolina 11 68 104 13 185 16.8
52 Mississippi 9 67 97 14 178 19.8
52 Texas A&M 10 67 94 20 181 18.1
52 Rutgers 10 67 46 12 125 12.5
55 Baylor 10 63 123 17 203 20.3
56 Indiana 10 58 124 25 207 20.7
56 Iowa State 10 58 117 30 205 20.5
58 Nebraska 10 57 119 17 193 19.3
59 Tennessee 9 55 68 18 141 15.7
60 North Carolina 9 52 101 14 167 18.6
60 Illinois 9 52 62 12 126 14.0
62 Virginia 9 51 90 22 163 18.1
63 Kansas 9 50 64 11 125 13.9
64 Vanderbilt 9 47 106 16 169 18.8
65 Washington State 10 42 159 19 220 22.0
66 South Florida 2 32 26 7 65 32.5
67 Colorado State 3 31 40 5 76 25.3
68 Army 2 28 2 3 33 16.5
69 Connecticut 3 27 27 7 61 20.3
70 Navy 1 23 0 1 24 24.0
71 Western Michigan 2 22 9 4 35 17.5
72 Central Michigan 3 21 37 8 66 22.0
73 Boise State 3 20 42 7 69 23.0
74 San Diego State 2 19 14 2 35 17.5
74 Southern Mississippi 3 19 24 6 49 16.3
76 Ohio 2 17 24 4 45 22.5
76 Louisiana-Lafayette 2 17 20 1 38 19.0
76 UCF 2 17 19 2 38 19.0
76 Northern Illinois 3 17 21 6 44 14.7
80 Tulane 1 16 3 1 20 20.0
80 Louisiana Tech 2 16 17 4 37 18.5
80 Georgia Southern 2 16 2 5 23 11.5
83 Tulsa 1 14 10 2 26 26.0
83 Houston 2 14 25 4 43 21.5
83 Appalachian State 2 14 22 3 39 19.5
83 Kent State 2 14 0 2 16 8.0
87 South Alabama 2 13 22 2 37 18.5
87 Fresno State 2 13 19 4 36 18.0
87 Nevada 2 13 14 5 32 16.0
90 Ball State 1 12 8 1 21 21.0
90 UTSA 1 12 6 2 20 20.0
90 Middle Tennessee 3 12 28 5 45 15.0
90 Rice 2 12 14 2 28 14.0
90 Massachusetts 2 12 10 4 26 13.0
95 New Mexico State 2 11 33 1 45 22.5
95 BYU 4 11 21 6 38 9.5
97 Georgia State 1 10 9 2 21 21.0
97 Air Force 1 10 1 4 15 15.0
97 Wyoming 2 10 12 3 25 12.5
100 Hawai'i 1 9 12 4 25 25.0
100 East Carolina 2 9 19 5 33 16.5
100 Bowling Green 2 9 20 1 30 15.0
103 Coastal Carolina 1 8 10 3 21 21.0
103 UNLV 1 8 4 5 17 17.0
103 Troy 1 8 8 0 16 16.0
103 Akron 2 8 20 3 31 15.5
103 New Mexico 1 8 0 3 11 11.0
103 Old Dominion 2 8 9 4 21 10.5
109 Memphis 2 7 29 7 43 21.5
109 Utah State 2 7 18 2 27 13.5
109 San Jose State 2 7 15 2 24 12.0
112 Toledo 1 6 16 1 23 23.0
112 Eastern Michigan 2 6 30 3 39 19.5
112 Western Kentucky 2 6 23 7 36 18.0
112 Louisiana-Monroe 2 6 25 2 33 16.5
112 Idaho 1 6 8 1 15 15.0
112 Texas State 1 6 6 0 12 12.0
112 UTEP 2 6 13 4 23 11.5
112 Charlotte 1 6 3 1 10 10.0
120 Arkansas State 1 5 25 2 32 32.0
120 Marshall 1 5 13 0 18 18.0
120 North Texas 1 5 10 2 17 17.0
120 Florida Atlantic 1 5 4 0 9 9.0
124 SMU 1 4 12 3 19 19.0
124 Cincinnati 1 4 6 3 13 13.0
126 Buffalo 1 2 10 1 13 13.0
127 UAB 1 1 7 0 8 8.0