2018 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. FBS non-Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 01/07/2019

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Air Force 11 166 60 15 241 21.9
2 Navy 12 160 34 13 207 17.3
3 Army 9 159 22 15 196 21.8
4 Ohio 11 155 99 29 283 25.7
5 Georgia Southern 11 149 34 11 194 17.6
6 UCF 10 136 114 20 270 27.0
7 Memphis 11 133 115 17 265 24.1
8 Florida Atlantic 10 129 97 15 241 24.1
8 UAB 12 129 93 16 238 19.8
10 Boise State 12 126 148 17 291 24.3
11 Buffalo 12 122 109 38 269 22.4
12 Northern Illinois 11 121 90 16 227 20.6
13 Louisiana-Lafayette 11 114 92 15 221 20.1
14 Cincinnati 10 111 102 13 226 22.6
15 Toledo 11 110 109 33 252 22.9
16 Houston 10 108 113 21 242 24.2
17 Tulane 10 107 68 12 187 18.7
18 Arkansas State 11 106 126 19 251 22.8
19 Utah State 11 105 132 13 250 22.7
19 Connecticut 10 105 75 22 202 20.2
19 Appalachian State 11 105 86 21 212 19.3
22 Charlotte 10 104 81 19 204 20.4
22 UNLV 10 104 77 20 201 20.1
24 Western Michigan 10 100 103 21 224 22.4
24 Georgia State 10 100 89 16 205 20.5
26 Coastal Carolina 10 99 82 15 196 19.6
27 Marshall 10 98 97 14 209 20.9
28 Tulsa 9 97 79 9 185 20.6
29 North Texas 11 96 152 23 271 24.6
30 Wyoming 9 95 49 11 155 17.2
31 South Florida 10 94 88 15 197 19.7
32 Florida International 10 89 119 18 226 22.6
33 Troy 11 87 106 16 209 19.0
34 New Mexico 10 86 67 11 164 16.4
35 Miami (Ohio) 11 83 118 17 218 19.8
36 Eastern Michigan 11 82 96 14 192 17.5
37 Ball State 10 81 130 23 234 23.4
38 Temple 9 80 103 11 194 21.6
38 Hawai'i 13 80 169 19 268 20.6
40 Middle Tennessee 10 79 117 19 215 21.5
40 Western Kentucky 9 79 92 22 193 21.4
42 Nevada 10 78 124 14 216 21.6
42 South Alabama 10 78 82 17 177 17.7
44 Louisiana-Monroe 9 76 87 13 176 19.6
45 East Carolina 9 74 117 24 215 23.9
45 Louisiana Tech 10 74 106 22 202 20.2
47 San Diego State 10 73 78 11 162 16.2
48 Fresno State 10 70 120 13 203 20.3
49 Texas State 10 69 81 19 169 16.9
49 UTEP 10 69 82 13 164 16.4
51 Massachusetts 9 67 121 14 202 22.4
51 Kent State 8 67 71 20 158 19.8
53 Central Michigan 8 66 56 11 133 16.6
54 Liberty 8 64 108 19 191 23.9
54 New Mexico State 10 64 115 24 203 20.3
56 BYU 7 62 74 17 153 21.9
56 Old Dominion 10 62 127 29 218 21.8
56 Southern Mississippi 9 62 106 17 185 20.6
59 Rice 10 58 87 9 154 15.4
60 Colorado State 8 53 118 15 186 23.3
61 Bowling Green 8 52 77 15 144 18.0
61 UTSA 9 52 67 13 132 14.7
63 Wake Forest 4 46 50 9 105 26.3
63 SMU 9 46 109 20 175 19.4
65 Wisconsin 3 43 28 2 73 24.3
66 Syracuse 3 41 24 3 68 22.7
67 Virginia Tech 4 40 47 9 96 24.0
68 Akron 8 39 71 17 127 15.9
69 LSU 3 38 44 6 88 29.3
70 Georgia Tech 2 35 11 4 50 25.0
71 Minnesota 3 33 29 3 65 21.7
71 San Jose State 9 33 106 10 149 16.6
73 Arkansas 3 32 23 9 64 21.3
74 Mississippi State 2 31 22 2 55 27.5
74 Georgia 2 31 18 4 53 26.5
74 Miami (Florida) 2 31 18 2 51 25.5
77 Boston College 2 29 23 7 59 29.5
77 Texas A&M 2 29 21 4 54 27.0
79 Auburn 2 28 16 2 46 23.0
80 Alabama 2 27 22 3 52 26.0
81 Michigan 3 26 29 6 61 20.3
81 Arizona State 3 26 32 2 60 20.0
81 Maryland 2 26 6 3 35 17.5
84 Indiana 2 25 23 9 57 28.5
84 Kentucky 2 25 13 4 42 21.0
86 Missouri 2 24 36 3 63 31.5
86 Penn State 2 24 20 6 50 25.0
86 Vanderbilt 3 24 35 8 67 22.3
89 Virginia 2 23 22 2 47 23.5
90 Clemson 2 22 29 2 53 26.5
90 South Carolina 2 22 24 2 48 24.0
90 Oklahoma 2 22 21 2 45 22.5
90 Illinois 2 22 18 3 43 21.5
94 Mississippi 2 21 38 2 61 30.5
95 Notre Dame 2 20 27 1 48 24.0
95 Michigan State 2 20 20 6 46 23.0
97 North Carolina State 3 19 57 4 80 26.7
98 Oklahoma State 2 17 30 4 51 25.5
98 USC 2 17 27 3 47 23.5
98 TCU 1 17 5 1 23 23.0
101 Arizona 2 16 30 7 53 26.5
101 Florida State 2 16 24 3 43 21.5
101 Duke 2 16 23 2 41 20.5
101 Oregon 2 16 20 5 41 20.5
101 Rutgers 2 16 18 3 37 18.5
101 Tennessee 2 16 16 2 34 17.0
107 Utah 2 15 19 3 37 18.5
108 Pittsburgh 2 14 12 4 30 15.0
109 Purdue 1 13 6 0 19 19.0
110 Washington State 2 12 33 6 51 25.5
110 Texas 1 12 9 3 24 24.0
110 Northwestern 2 12 29 5 46 23.0
110 Colorado 1 12 11 0 23 23.0
110 Nebraska 1 12 7 3 22 22.0
115 Louisville 1 11 4 2 17 17.0
116 Washington 1 10 15 1 26 26.0
116 California 1 10 10 2 22 22.0
116 Kansas 1 10 8 2 20 20.0
116 Florida 1 10 3 1 14 14.0
120 Oregon State 1 9 17 2 28 28.0
120 UCLA 2 9 16 4 29 14.5
122 Ohio State 1 8 22 2 32 32.0
122 Iowa State 1 8 12 1 21 21.0
122 Kansas State 1 8 11 1 20 20.0
122 North Carolina 1 8 9 2 19 19.0
122 Iowa 1 8 6 4 18 18.0
127 Baylor 1 7 16 3 26 26.0
128 Texas Tech 1 6 25 5 36 36.0
129 Stanford 2 4 18 7 29 14.5