2018 National Leaders First Downs - Games in December/January Only through 01/07/2019

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Ohio State 2 13 39 1 53 26.5
2 Alabama 3 33 37 2 72 24.0
3 Oklahoma 2 17 31 7 55 27.5
3 Clemson 3 25 31 4 60 20.0
5 Middle Tennessee 2 11 29 2 42 21.0
6 North Carolina State 2 17 27 3 47 23.5
7 Georgia 2 14 26 3 43 21.5
8 Texas 2 17 24 2 43 21.5
9 Marshall 2 19 23 1 43 21.5
9 Northwestern 2 11 23 4 38 19.0
11 South Carolina 2 8 19 1 28 14.0
12 UCF 2 25 18 8 51 25.5
12 Virginia Tech 2 19 18 8 45 22.5
12 UAB 2 21 18 2 41 20.5
12 Iowa State 2 19 18 2 39 19.5
16 Memphis 2 26 17 2 45 22.5
16 California 2 14 17 1 32 16.0
18 LSU 1 12 16 4 32 32.0
19 Oklahoma State 1 10 15 2 27 27.0
19 Duke 1 7 15 0 22 22.0
19 Temple 1 3 15 1 19 19.0
19 Washington State 1 2 15 2 19 19.0
19 Appalachian State 2 17 15 4 36 18.0
19 Fresno State 2 15 15 2 32 16.0
25 Washington 1 10 14 3 27 27.0
25 Missouri 1 9 14 4 27 27.0
25 Troy 1 7 14 0 21 21.0
25 Stanford 2 12 14 2 28 14.0
29 Virginia 1 14 13 1 28 28.0
29 Wake Forest 1 12 13 1 26 26.0
29 Florida International 1 10 13 3 26 26.0
29 Utah State 1 11 13 1 25 25.0
29 Arkansas State 1 9 13 3 25 25.0
29 Utah 1 5 13 1 19 19.0
35 BYU 1 7 12 3 22 22.0
35 Toledo 1 8 12 1 21 21.0
35 Michigan 1 5 12 1 18 18.0
38 Baylor 1 19 11 0 30 30.0
38 Liberty 1 17 11 1 29 29.0
38 Houston 1 10 11 2 23 23.0
38 Louisiana Tech 1 8 11 2 21 21.0
38 Buffalo 1 5 11 4 20 20.0
38 Louisiana-Lafayette 2 15 11 1 27 13.5
44 Ohio 1 10 10 1 21 21.0
44 Syracuse 1 9 10 2 21 21.0
44 South Florida 1 7 10 2 19 19.0
44 Akron 1 7 10 1 18 18.0
44 West Virginia 1 6 10 1 17 17.0
44 Purdue 1 5 10 2 17 17.0
50 Auburn 1 13 9 2 24 24.0
50 Vanderbilt 1 11 9 2 22 22.0
50 Penn State 1 11 9 0 20 20.0
50 Michigan State 1 10 9 0 19 19.0
50 Eastern Michigan 1 5 9 0 14 14.0
55 Tulane 1 19 8 1 28 28.0
55 Cincinnati 1 13 8 2 23 23.0
55 Northern Illinois 1 8 8 5 21 21.0
55 San Diego State 1 10 8 0 18 18.0
55 Notre Dame 1 7 8 2 17 17.0
55 Hawai'i 1 6 8 3 17 17.0
55 Western Michigan 1 6 8 2 16 16.0
55 Oregon 1 2 8 1 11 11.0
63 Arizona State 1 11 7 0 18 18.0
63 Nevada 1 7 7 1 15 15.0
63 Iowa 1 1 7 3 11 11.0
66 Boise State 1 14 6 2 22 22.0
66 North Texas 1 11 6 2 19 19.0
66 Pittsburgh 2 21 6 2 29 14.5
69 Army 2 33 5 1 39 19.5
69 Minnesota 1 13 5 1 19 19.0
69 Kentucky 1 9 5 2 16 16.0
69 Florida 1 10 5 0 15 15.0
73 Texas A&M 1 14 4 0 18 18.0
73 Mississippi State 1 11 4 0 15 15.0
73 Navy 1 5 4 2 11 11.0
76 Wisconsin 1 17 3 0 20 20.0
76 Miami (Florida) 1 3 3 0 6 6.0
78 Georgia Southern 1 16 2 0 18 18.0
78 TCU 1 14 2 0 16 16.0
78 Georgia Tech 1 11 2 1 14 14.0
78 East Carolina 1 2 2 0 4 4.0