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

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Navy 12 209 29 13 251 20.9
2 Army 10 191 14 10 215 21.5
3 Air Force 10 183 45 15 243 24.3
4 Florida Atlantic 12 182 101 16 299 24.9
5 Tulsa 11 139 67 28 234 21.3
6 South Florida 9 121 88 14 223 24.8
6 Tulane 10 121 66 15 202 20.2
8 UNLV 10 118 84 10 212 21.2
9 Ohio 10 117 74 31 222 22.2
10 Toledo 12 116 137 21 274 22.8
10 Georgia Southern 9 116 42 9 167 18.6
12 UAB 11 113 86 21 220 20.0
13 New Mexico 10 112 50 17 179 17.9
14 Appalachian State 10 111 79 16 206 20.6
15 Rice 10 108 62 8 178 17.8
16 North Texas 12 107 163 23 293 24.4
17 San Diego State 10 106 69 18 193 19.3
18 Western Michigan 9 103 79 10 192 21.3
19 SMU 11 102 141 25 268 24.4
20 Fresno State 11 98 99 11 208 18.9
21 Northern Illinois 9 97 81 15 193 21.4
22 Louisiana Tech 10 96 106 20 222 22.2
23 UCF 10 95 135 32 262 26.2
24 Louisiana-Monroe 10 94 118 14 226 22.6
25 Southern Mississippi 9 92 93 15 200 22.2
26 Arkansas State 10 91 149 24 264 26.4
26 Memphis 10 91 144 25 260 26.0
26 Colorado State 9 91 119 15 225 25.0
26 Coastal Carolina 10 91 79 15 185 18.5
30 Florida International 12 90 136 17 243 20.3
31 Louisiana-Lafayette 9 89 95 9 193 21.4
31 Marshall 12 89 129 29 247 20.6
31 Boise State 11 89 122 16 227 20.6
34 Middle Tennessee 10 88 118 23 229 22.9
35 Ball State 10 86 85 13 184 18.4
36 Texas State 10 85 93 23 201 20.1
37 Temple 12 84 142 20 246 20.5
38 Houston 10 83 114 12 209 20.9
39 Cincinnati 10 82 107 19 208 20.8
39 Utah State 10 82 97 12 191 19.1
41 UTSA 9 78 91 18 187 20.8
41 Eastern Michigan 10 78 110 16 204 20.4
41 Bowling Green 9 78 84 17 179 19.9
44 Hawai'i 10 77 101 12 190 19.0
45 Miami (Ohio) 11 76 129 25 230 20.9
46 Georgia State 10 74 119 11 204 20.4
46 Old Dominion 9 74 82 13 169 18.8
48 BYU 8 73 85 6 164 20.5
48 Kent State 9 73 52 11 136 15.1
50 San Jose State 10 72 87 18 177 17.7
51 New Mexico State 11 71 158 16 245 22.3
52 Troy 11 69 125 22 216 19.6
53 Akron 11 67 107 24 198 18.0
54 Massachusetts 9 65 130 16 211 23.4
54 Idaho 10 65 100 16 181 18.1
56 Western Kentucky 10 63 160 15 238 23.8
56 Wyoming 10 63 78 13 154 15.4
56 UTEP 10 63 49 11 123 12.3
59 Charlotte 10 62 59 10 131 13.1
60 Connecticut 8 61 93 23 177 22.1
61 East Carolina 9 60 136 22 218 24.2
61 Buffalo 10 60 128 24 212 21.2
63 Nevada 9 59 103 19 181 20.1
64 Central Michigan 9 50 80 18 148 16.4
65 Mississippi State 3 47 27 3 77 25.7
65 South Alabama 9 47 101 10 158 17.6
67 Wisconsin 3 46 31 5 82 27.3
68 Boston College 4 43 25 6 74 18.5
69 Auburn 3 38 37 3 78 26.0
70 LSU 3 36 30 2 68 22.7
71 Ohio State 2 34 29 1 64 32.0
71 Notre Dame 3 34 21 8 63 21.0
73 Wake Forest 3 33 40 5 78 26.0
74 Michigan State 3 31 37 4 72 24.0
75 Virginia Tech 2 30 32 4 66 33.0
76 Alabama 2 29 21 1 51 25.5
77 Florida State 2 26 24 1 51 25.5
77 Arkansas 2 26 21 3 50 25.0
79 Arizona 2 25 21 4 50 25.0
79 Stanford 3 25 23 7 55 18.3
81 Northwestern 2 24 29 4 57 28.5
81 Iowa 2 24 15 5 44 22.0
81 Minnesota 2 24 14 1 39 19.5
84 Oklahoma State 2 23 27 4 54 27.0
84 Miami (Florida) 2 23 19 3 45 22.5
86 Texas 1 21 10 1 32 32.0
86 Duke 2 21 25 3 49 24.5
86 Oregon 2 21 22 3 46 23.0
86 Virginia 3 21 38 0 59 19.7
90 North Carolina 2 20 15 3 38 19.0
90 Michigan 2 20 13 0 33 16.5
90 Illinois 3 20 21 7 48 16.0
93 Oklahoma 2 19 38 2 59 29.5
93 Missouri 2 19 36 4 59 29.5
95 Utah 2 18 26 3 47 23.5
95 Georgia 2 18 9 7 34 17.0
97 Mississippi 2 17 34 2 53 26.5
97 USC 2 17 26 0 43 21.5
97 Syracuse 2 17 18 8 43 21.5
100 Texas A&M 2 16 34 2 52 26.0
100 Nebraska 2 16 26 1 43 21.5
102 Clemson 1 15 14 5 34 34.0
102 UCLA 2 15 37 4 56 28.0
102 Kansas State 1 15 12 1 28 28.0
102 Penn State 2 15 25 3 43 21.5
106 Florida 1 14 11 0 25 25.0
106 Purdue 1 14 10 1 25 25.0
108 TCU 1 13 16 1 30 30.0
108 Colorado 2 13 23 4 40 20.0
110 West Virginia 1 12 15 3 30 30.0
110 Kansas 2 12 37 3 52 26.0
110 Iowa State 2 12 27 6 45 22.5
110 Indiana 1 12 5 3 20 20.0
110 Vanderbilt 2 12 22 0 34 17.0
115 Washington State 2 11 42 3 56 28.0
115 South Carolina 1 11 12 0 23 23.0
115 Texas Tech 2 11 30 2 43 21.5
115 North Carolina State 2 11 23 3 37 18.5
115 Tennessee 2 11 16 5 32 16.0
120 Louisville 1 9 12 2 23 23.0
120 Kentucky 2 9 14 5 28 14.0
122 Arizona State 2 8 23 3 34 17.0
123 Baylor 1 7 5 2 14 14.0
124 Oregon State 1 6 17 0 23 23.0
125 Pittsburgh 1 5 18 1 24 24.0
125 Maryland 1 5 7 6 18 18.0
125 Rutgers 1 5 7 3 15 15.0
128 Washington 1 4 14 3 21 21.0