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

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Buffalo 13 131 123 41 295 22.7
2 Arizona 11 107 118 36 261 23.7
3 Old Dominion 12 89 156 35 280 23.3
4 Toledo 12 125 123 30 278 23.2
5 Ohio State 10 106 166 29 301 30.1
5 North Texas 12 97 176 29 302 25.2
7 East Carolina 10 79 125 28 232 23.2
7 Northwestern 10 64 124 28 216 21.6
7 New Mexico State 11 67 131 28 226 20.5
10 UCF 11 160 125 27 312 28.4
11 Syracuse 10 119 110 26 255 25.5
12 Houston 12 137 149 25 311 25.9
12 Ball State 11 100 134 25 259 23.5
12 Western Michigan 11 113 117 25 255 23.2
12 Kent State 11 106 100 25 231 21.0
12 Louisiana Tech 12 95 129 25 249 20.8
12 Coastal Carolina 12 127 96 25 248 20.7
12 Akron 11 63 98 25 186 16.9
19 Missouri 9 102 120 24 246 27.3
19 Washington State 12 52 227 24 303 25.3
19 Purdue 10 70 122 24 216 21.6
19 Florida International 13 106 143 24 273 21.0
19 Western Kentucky 12 102 125 24 251 20.9
19 Stanford 10 56 112 24 192 19.2
25 Baylor 10 120 119 23 262 26.2
25 Penn State 9 102 83 23 208 23.1
25 LSU 8 82 74 23 179 22.4
25 Colorado 10 83 115 23 221 22.1
25 Middle Tennessee 12 94 139 23 256 21.3
25 Bowling Green 12 78 128 23 229 19.1
25 South Alabama 12 96 94 23 213 17.8
25 Texas State 12 92 94 23 209 17.4
33 North Carolina State 10 80 161 22 263 26.3
33 Memphis 12 137 135 22 294 24.5
33 Ohio 12 159 112 22 293 24.4
33 Charlotte 12 119 96 22 237 19.8
37 Texas A&M 9 116 98 21 235 26.1
37 Arkansas State 12 116 144 21 281 23.4
37 Washington 12 107 135 21 263 21.9
37 Minnesota 9 92 79 21 192 21.3
37 Georgia State 12 113 110 21 244 20.3
37 Appalachian State 12 123 99 21 243 20.3
37 Iowa 11 88 113 21 222 20.2
37 California 11 99 97 21 217 19.7
45 Liberty 11 96 139 20 255 23.2
45 Indiana 8 71 94 20 185 23.1
45 Hawai'i 11 84 146 20 250 22.7
45 UAB 13 145 109 20 274 21.1
45 Southern Mississippi 11 77 132 20 229 20.8
50 Texas 10 92 116 19 227 22.7
50 Arizona State 11 107 119 19 245 22.3
50 Kentucky 9 102 72 19 193 21.4
50 UNLV 10 115 73 19 207 20.7
50 Troy 12 100 107 19 226 18.8
50 Central Michigan 11 78 73 19 170 15.5
56 Connecticut 8 94 67 18 179 22.4
56 Louisiana-Lafayette 13 129 114 18 261 20.1
56 Northern Illinois 13 132 105 18 255 19.6
56 Miami (Ohio) 10 79 97 18 194 19.4
56 Eastern Michigan 12 93 117 18 228 19.0
61 Mississippi 9 87 139 17 243 27.0
61 Texas Tech 9 69 150 17 236 26.2
61 Alabama 10 102 127 17 246 24.6
61 South Florida 11 113 124 17 254 23.1
61 UCLA 8 72 95 17 184 23.0
61 Vanderbilt 9 90 98 17 205 22.8
61 Louisiana-Monroe 11 100 115 17 232 21.1
61 SMU 9 65 102 17 184 20.4
61 Iowa State 8 65 79 17 161 20.1
61 Marshall 13 114 129 17 260 20.0
61 Arkansas 9 83 72 17 172 19.1
61 UTEP 12 79 90 17 186 15.5
73 Oklahoma State 9 84 119 16 219 24.3
73 Utah State 12 117 152 16 285 23.8
73 Oregon State 9 81 109 16 206 22.9
73 Massachusetts 11 83 145 16 244 22.2
73 Colorado State 9 59 121 16 196 21.8
73 Army 12 208 34 16 258 21.5
73 Oregon 11 102 116 16 234 21.3
73 Virginia 13 136 124 16 276 21.2
73 UTSA 12 70 97 16 183 15.3
82 Georgia Tech 11 201 33 15 249 22.6
82 Kansas State 9 96 67 15 178 19.8
82 Kansas 9 59 86 15 160 17.8
82 Rutgers 8 55 62 15 132 16.5
86 Wake Forest 10 126 116 14 256 25.6
86 Clemson 11 117 138 14 269 24.5
86 Cincinnati 12 148 123 14 285 23.8
86 Utah 10 111 95 14 220 22.0
86 Fresno State 12 95 137 14 246 20.5
86 Tulane 11 121 80 14 215 19.5
86 USC 9 68 86 14 168 18.7
93 Oklahoma 9 113 123 13 249 27.7
93 Florida Atlantic 10 131 99 13 243 24.3
93 Notre Dame 9 96 109 13 218 24.2
93 Virginia Tech 11 110 118 13 241 21.9
93 Air Force 9 144 40 13 197 21.9
93 Michigan State 8 69 88 13 170 21.3
93 Illinois 9 96 63 13 172 19.1
93 San Diego State 11 99 96 13 208 18.9
93 New Mexico 9 88 62 13 163 18.1
93 Miami (Florida) 12 111 80 13 204 17.0
103 Georgia 9 124 89 12 225 25.0
103 Boise State 10 95 141 12 248 24.8
103 Nebraska 8 90 89 12 191 23.9
103 West Virginia 9 73 127 12 212 23.6
103 Duke 10 88 116 12 216 21.6
103 North Carolina 10 95 103 12 210 21.0
103 Temple 11 89 122 12 223 20.3
103 San Jose State 8 36 104 12 152 19.0
103 Georgia Southern 12 166 35 12 213 17.8
103 Rice 12 83 100 12 195 16.3
113 Michigan 8 93 72 11 176 22.0
113 Tulsa 11 124 90 11 225 20.5
113 TCU 9 91 82 11 184 20.4
113 BYU 10 98 89 11 198 19.8
113 Pittsburgh 9 103 54 11 168 18.7
118 Nevada 11 88 130 10 228 20.7
118 Boston College 10 107 90 10 207 20.7
118 Wyoming 8 86 53 10 149 18.6
121 Mississippi State 7 111 58 9 178 25.4
121 South Carolina 8 75 92 9 176 22.0
121 Auburn 8 97 62 9 168 21.0
121 Louisville 8 70 83 9 162 20.3
121 Florida State 8 43 94 9 146 18.3
121 Tennessee 7 46 60 9 115 16.4
127 Florida 9 109 93 8 210 23.3
127 Navy 9 137 30 8 175 19.4
127 Maryland 7 90 34 8 132 18.9
130 Wisconsin 9 136 78 7 221 24.6