2018 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. Conference Teams Only through 01/07/2019

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Georgia Tech 8 145 18 12 175 21.9
2 Air Force 8 138 41 9 188 23.5
3 Navy 8 124 20 10 154 19.3
4 UCF 9 122 100 16 238 26.4
5 Oklahoma 10 120 138 13 271 27.1
6 Ohio 8 119 67 17 203 25.4
7 Wisconsin 9 112 69 6 187 20.8
8 Northern Illinois 9 109 77 9 195 21.7
9 Florida Atlantic 8 108 71 12 191 23.9
10 Georgia 9 107 90 15 212 23.6
11 Memphis 9 106 87 14 207 23.0
11 Utah 10 106 82 15 203 20.3
13 Buffalo 9 105 76 27 208 23.1
13 Michigan 9 105 82 14 201 22.3
15 Pittsburgh 9 101 47 10 158 17.6
16 Clemson 9 98 98 13 209 23.2
17 Baylor 9 97 105 26 228 25.3
18 Wake Forest 8 96 78 9 183 22.9
19 Arizona State 9 95 81 16 192 21.3
20 Washington 10 94 98 16 208 20.8
20 Illinois 9 94 65 11 170 18.9
22 Nebraska 9 93 103 12 208 23.1
23 Cincinnati 8 92 87 10 189 23.6
23 Louisiana-Lafayette 9 92 68 13 173 19.2
23 Georgia Southern 8 92 24 9 125 15.6
26 Alabama 9 91 119 16 226 25.1
26 Boise State 9 91 110 16 217 24.1
26 Kansas State 9 91 63 17 171 19.0
26 UAB 9 91 63 13 167 18.6
30 Ohio State 10 90 167 28 285 28.5
30 Oklahoma State 9 90 124 14 228 25.3
32 Charlotte 8 89 65 13 167 20.9
32 Appalachian State 9 89 66 16 171 19.0
34 Houston 8 88 91 17 196 24.5
34 Texas 10 88 130 18 236 23.6
34 Connecticut 8 88 72 22 182 22.8
34 Penn State 9 88 79 17 184 20.4
34 Maryland 9 88 49 9 146 16.2
39 Tulsa 8 87 72 7 166 20.8
40 Arizona 9 86 89 28 203 22.6
40 Florida 8 86 76 12 174 21.8
42 Toledo 8 85 75 27 187 23.4
42 Georgia State 8 85 67 13 165 20.6
44 Oregon 9 83 98 14 195 21.7
45 Western Michigan 8 82 83 18 183 22.9
45 Wyoming 8 82 42 9 133 16.6
47 Mississippi State 8 81 43 12 136 17.0
48 Texas A&M 8 80 97 22 199 24.9
48 UCLA 9 80 107 17 204 22.7
48 Tulane 8 80 54 8 142 17.8
51 Syracuse 8 78 87 24 189 23.6
51 South Florida 8 78 70 12 160 20.0
51 Kentucky 8 78 54 11 143 17.9
54 Oregon State 9 77 101 15 193 21.4
55 West Virginia 9 75 128 15 218 24.2
55 Arkansas State 8 75 95 15 185 23.1
55 Minnesota 9 75 85 25 185 20.6
55 Virginia 8 75 75 11 161 20.1
55 Marshall 8 75 74 12 161 20.1
55 California 9 75 77 20 172 19.1
61 Temple 8 74 93 11 178 22.3
61 Missouri 8 74 83 16 173 21.6
63 Utah State 8 73 103 8 184 23.0
63 LSU 8 73 78 24 175 21.9
63 North Carolina 8 73 89 7 169 21.1
66 Iowa 9 72 103 16 191 21.2
66 Middle Tennessee 9 72 101 18 191 21.2
66 Iowa State 9 72 87 21 180 20.0
66 UNLV 8 72 70 15 157 19.6
66 Coastal Carolina 8 72 68 9 149 18.6
71 Purdue 9 71 109 28 208 23.1
71 Miami (Ohio) 8 71 76 14 161 20.1
73 Louisiana-Monroe 8 70 80 13 163 20.4
73 Virginia Tech 8 70 84 8 162 20.3
73 Northwestern 10 70 105 25 200 20.0
73 Eastern Michigan 8 70 73 11 154 19.3
77 Indiana 9 69 113 22 204 22.7
77 Mississippi 8 69 96 15 180 22.5
79 North Carolina State 8 68 104 23 195 24.4
79 East Carolina 8 68 100 22 190 23.8
81 Texas Tech 9 67 137 16 220 24.4
81 Kent State 8 67 71 20 158 19.8
83 Central Michigan 8 66 56 11 133 16.6
83 Miami (Florida) 8 66 51 10 127 15.9
85 North Texas 8 65 109 19 193 24.1
85 Western Kentucky 8 65 80 19 164 20.5
85 Vanderbilt 8 65 80 18 163 20.4
88 Louisville 8 64 88 8 160 20.0
88 USC 9 64 85 19 168 18.7
88 Boston College 8 64 69 5 138 17.3
91 Fresno State 9 63 104 12 179 19.9
91 Troy 8 63 74 13 150 18.8
91 TCU 9 63 83 9 155 17.2
91 Rutgers 9 63 48 20 131 14.6
95 Ball State 8 62 103 21 186 23.3
95 New Mexico 8 62 48 8 118 14.8
97 South Alabama 8 61 67 15 143 17.9
98 Nevada 8 60 103 11 174 21.8
98 Duke 8 60 88 11 159 19.9
98 Colorado 9 60 97 21 178 19.8
101 South Carolina 8 59 87 13 159 19.9
101 Kansas 9 59 86 14 159 17.7
103 Southern Mississippi 8 58 88 16 162 20.3
103 Arkansas 8 58 65 14 137 17.1
105 Florida International 8 57 98 13 168 21.0
105 Michigan State 9 57 100 18 175 19.4
105 Auburn 8 57 69 14 140 17.5
105 San Diego State 8 57 62 10 129 16.1
109 Texas State 8 56 68 16 140 17.5
110 Hawai'i 8 55 104 11 170 21.3
110 Louisiana Tech 8 55 87 17 159 19.9
112 Colorado State 8 53 118 15 186 23.3
112 Old Dominion 8 53 108 21 182 22.8
114 Bowling Green 8 52 77 15 144 18.0
115 Stanford 9 49 118 26 193 21.4
116 UTSA 8 45 59 13 117 14.6
116 Rice 8 45 62 4 111 13.9
118 SMU 8 44 102 20 166 20.8
119 Washington State 9 43 155 15 213 23.7
120 UTEP 8 42 68 11 121 15.1
121 Tennessee 8 40 63 17 120 15.0
122 Akron 8 39 71 17 127 15.9
123 Liberty 4 37 55 7 99 24.8
124 Florida State 8 32 83 9 124 15.5
125 San Jose State 8 30 99 10 139 17.4
126 BYU 2 27 16 1 44 22.0
127 Army 1 24 2 2 28 28.0
128 Massachusetts 2 20 26 3 49 24.5
129 New Mexico State 3 17 46 2 65 21.7