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