2018 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. Ranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/07/2019

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Alabama 5 53 68 4 125 25.0
2 Oklahoma State 4 48 65 7 120 30.0
2 Ohio State 4 30 65 7 102 25.5
2 Oklahoma 5 47 65 8 120 24.0
2 South Carolina 5 29 65 11 105 21.0
6 LSU 5 47 58 11 116 23.2
6 Michigan State 5 23 58 12 93 18.6
8 Texas A&M 4 35 56 10 101 25.3
9 Texas 4 37 54 7 98 24.5
10 Auburn 5 31 53 13 97 19.4
11 Georgia 5 45 52 9 106 21.2
12 Michigan 5 43 51 10 104 20.8
13 Texas Tech 3 26 50 7 83 27.7
14 Indiana 4 35 49 13 97 24.3
15 Notre Dame 4 31 47 8 86 21.5
16 West Virginia 3 25 46 7 78 26.0
17 Colorado State 3 25 44 9 78 26.0
17 Iowa State 5 38 44 8 90 18.0
19 Clemson 4 41 42 6 89 22.3
20 Nebraska 4 40 41 6 87 21.8
21 Minnesota 4 29 40 8 77 19.3
21 Missouri 4 27 40 7 74 18.5
23 USC 3 15 39 9 63 21.0
23 Vanderbilt 4 18 39 13 70 17.5
23 UCLA 4 26 39 4 69 17.3
26 Stanford 3 10 38 11 59 19.7
27 Baylor 3 26 37 6 69 23.0
27 TCU 4 23 37 2 62 15.5
27 San Jose State 4 7 37 5 49 12.3
30 Northwestern 4 28 36 7 71 17.8
30 Hawai'i 3 10 36 6 52 17.3
30 Tennessee 5 29 36 12 77 15.4
33 Florida State 4 18 35 8 61 15.3
34 Purdue 3 27 34 7 68 22.7
35 SMU 3 10 33 13 56 18.7
35 Penn State 4 31 33 5 69 17.3
37 Temple 2 15 32 4 51 25.5
37 BYU 3 10 32 9 51 17.0
37 Utah 4 25 32 7 64 16.0
40 Louisville 4 25 31 7 63 15.8
41 Florida 4 35 30 9 74 18.5
42 Oregon State 3 25 29 3 57 19.0
42 Arkansas 3 12 29 6 47 15.7
42 Maryland 5 32 29 9 70 14.0
42 Mississippi State 6 42 29 6 77 12.8
46 Boise State 3 33 28 5 66 22.0
46 Illinois 3 29 28 4 61 20.3
48 Virginia Tech 2 16 27 6 49 24.5
49 Connecticut 4 34 26 11 71 17.8
49 Miami (Ohio) 2 7 26 1 34 17.0
51 Wake Forest 3 32 25 7 64 21.3
51 East Carolina 2 12 25 4 41 20.5
51 Iowa 2 11 25 3 39 19.5
51 Kansas 3 27 25 3 55 18.3
55 Oregon 2 16 24 5 45 22.5
55 Nevada 2 14 24 6 44 22.0
55 North Carolina State 3 20 24 8 52 17.3
55 Kentucky 4 37 24 4 65 16.3
55 Syracuse 3 22 24 3 49 16.3
55 Mississippi 3 18 24 4 46 15.3
61 New Mexico 3 22 23 2 47 15.7
62 Air Force 3 41 22 4 67 22.3
62 Fresno State 2 10 22 4 36 18.0
62 Wisconsin 4 36 22 1 59 14.8
65 Washington 2 23 21 3 47 23.5
65 Duke 3 25 21 5 51 17.0
67 Kansas State 3 20 20 7 47 15.7
68 Memphis 2 28 19 3 50 25.0
68 Western Michigan 2 16 19 6 41 20.5
68 Wyoming 4 30 19 6 55 13.8
71 Middle Tennessee 2 20 18 2 40 20.0
71 Pittsburgh 5 50 18 6 74 14.8
71 Colorado 2 8 18 1 27 13.5
74 Boston College 2 7 17 2 26 13.0
75 UAB 1 9 16 0 25 25.0
75 Florida Atlantic 2 25 16 4 45 22.5
75 UNLV 2 20 16 3 39 19.5
75 UCF 2 14 16 5 35 17.5
75 California 2 12 16 6 34 17.0
80 North Carolina 1 10 14 0 24 24.0
80 Liberty 1 5 14 2 21 21.0
80 Louisiana Tech 1 5 14 2 21 21.0
83 Ball State 1 11 13 0 24 24.0
83 Appalachian State 1 8 13 1 22 22.0
83 Troy 1 7 13 1 21 21.0
83 South Florida 2 15 13 2 30 15.0
83 Tulane 2 12 13 3 28 14.0
88 Arizona 1 7 12 2 21 21.0
88 Arkansas State 1 6 12 1 19 19.0
88 Utah State 1 5 12 1 18 18.0
88 Arizona State 2 20 12 2 34 17.0
92 Houston 1 10 11 2 23 23.0
92 Toledo 1 7 11 3 21 21.0
94 Massachusetts 1 5 10 1 16 16.0
94 Rutgers 4 31 10 9 50 12.5
96 Miami (Florida) 1 6 9 3 18 18.0
96 San Diego State 2 6 9 2 17 8.5
98 New Mexico State 1 11 8 1 20 20.0
98 Kent State 1 7 8 3 18 18.0
98 Washington State 1 6 8 1 15 15.0
98 Navy 4 44 8 6 58 14.5
102 Ohio 1 10 7 8 25 25.0
102 Tulsa 1 9 7 1 17 17.0
102 Akron 1 6 7 2 15 15.0
102 Louisiana-Monroe 1 6 7 1 14 14.0
102 Eastern Michigan 1 1 7 2 10 10.0
107 Cincinnati 1 13 6 1 20 20.0
107 North Texas 1 11 6 2 19 19.0
107 Northern Illinois 1 8 6 1 15 15.0
107 Rice 1 8 6 1 15 15.0
107 Georgia Tech 2 18 6 3 27 13.5
112 Buffalo 1 5 5 4 14 14.0
113 Louisiana-Lafayette 1 11 4 0 15 15.0
114 Army 1 22 3 1 26 26.0
114 Central Michigan 1 7 3 1 11 11.0
114 Georgia Southern 1 3 3 1 7 7.0