First Downs Leaders
| FIRST DOWNS | THIRD DOWNS | FOURTH DOWNS | PENALTIES | |||||||||||
| RK | TEAM | TOTAL | RUSH | PASS | PEN | MADE | ATT | PCT | MADE | ATT | PCT | TOTAL | YDS | |
| 1 | Houston | 343 | 90 | 237 | 16 | 71 | 153 | 46.4 | 9 | 15 | 60.0 | 53 | 491 | |
| 2 | Texas A&M | 284 | 121 | 139 | 19 | 81 | 170 | 47.6 | 6 | 17 | 35.3 | 87 | 791 | |
| 3 | Texas Tech | 282 | 61 | 202 | 21 | 54 | 141 | 38.3 | 14 | 24 | 58.3 | 108 | 939 | |
| 4 | Texas | 274 | 106 | 145 | 21 | 72 | 162 | 44.4 | 7 | 11 | 63.6 | 73 | 643 | |
| 5 | Nevada | 273 | 181 | 84 | 23 | 67 | 133 | 50.4 | 8 | 13 | 61.5 | 76 | 703 | |
| 6 | Notre Dame | 272 | 100 | 154 | 15 | 57 | 146 | 39.0 | 7 | 15 | 46.7 | 72 | 653 | |
| 7 | TCU | 270 | 148 | 104 | 16 | 57 | 133 | 42.9 | 3 | 9 | 33.3 | 58 | 578 | |
| 8 | Northwestern | 269 | 86 | 159 | 9 | 92 | 198 | 46.5 | 7 | 15 | 46.7 | 70 | 559 | |
| 9 | Brigham Young | 259 | 92 | 153 | 20 | 75 | 137 | 54.7 | 3 | 12 | 25.0 | 77 | 732 | |
| 10 | Troy | 258 | 87 | 154 | 19 | 58 | 152 | 38.2 | 3 | 16 | 18.8 | 87 | 737 | |
| FIRST DOWNS | THIRD DOWNS | FOURTH DOWNS | PENALTIES | |||||||||||
| RK | TEAM | TOTAL | RUSH | PASS | PEN | MADE | ATT | PCT | MADE | ATT | PCT | TOTAL | YDS | |
| 11 | Oklahoma | 256 | 96 | 126 | 20 | 65 | 165 | 39.4 | 4 | 17 | 23.5 | 89 | 875 | |
| Kansas | 256 | 92 | 148 | 17 | 64 | 160 | 40.0 | 10 | 15 | 66.7 | 62 | 519 | ||
| 13 | Central Michigan | 254 | 107 | 130 | 18 | 63 | 134 | 47.0 | 4 | 8 | 50.0 | 58 | 548 | |
| 14 | Penn State | 252 | 106 | 132 | 11 | 76 | 163 | 46.6 | 2 | 6 | 33.3 | 54 | 396 | |
| 15 | Florida | 251 | 135 | 103 | 11 | 64 | 141 | 45.4 | 8 | 13 | 61.5 | 66 | 514 | |
| Miami (OH) | 251 | 73 | 159 | 13 | 67 | 182 | 36.8 | 11 | 22 | 50.0 | 75 | 605 | ||
| 17 | Southern Miss | 249 | 115 | 115 | 19 | 54 | 141 | 38.3 | 8 | 15 | 53.3 | 86 | 784 | |
| 18 | Boise State | 247 | 100 | 130 | 25 | 44 | 131 | 33.6 | 10 | 16 | 62.5 | 70 | 636 | |
| 19 | Hawaii | 245 | 64 | 165 | 7 | 53 | 127 | 41.7 | 2 | 16 | 12.5 | 68 | 554 | |
| Michigan State | 245 | 79 | 147 | 22 | 54 | 153 | 35.3 | 5 | 11 | 45.5 | 78 | 665 | ||
| FIRST DOWNS | THIRD DOWNS | FOURTH DOWNS | PENALTIES | |||||||||||
| RK | TEAM | TOTAL | RUSH | PASS | PEN | MADE | ATT | PCT | MADE | ATT | PCT | TOTAL | YDS | |
| 21 | North Carolina State | 244 | 84 | 136 | 11 | 64 | 142 | 45.1 | 7 | 18 | 38.9 | 59 | 479 | |
| Buffalo | 244 | 90 | 132 | 13 | 62 | 148 | 41.9 | 5 | 14 | 35.7 | 62 | 636 | ||
| 23 | Oregon State | 243 | 82 | 148 | 25 | 70 | 153 | 45.8 | 8 | 10 | 80.0 | 80 | 612 | |
| 24 | Wake Forest | 241 | 90 | 130 | 10 | 68 | 162 | 42.0 | 7 | 13 | 53.8 | 65 | 550 | |
| 25 | Florida State | 240 | 99 | 127 | 19 | 59 | 135 | 43.7 | 4 | 10 | 40.0 | 77 | 697 | |
| 26 | Florida Atlantic | 239 | 84 | 138 | 21 | 61 | 143 | 42.7 | 6 | 18 | 33.3 | 87 | 726 | |
| Miami (FL) | 239 | 81 | 150 | 20 | 68 | 152 | 44.7 | 8 | 15 | 53.3 | 80 | 621 | ||
| 28 | Bowling Green | 238 | 58 | 163 | 9 | 77 | 179 | 43.0 | 8 | 19 | 42.1 | 62 | 580 | |
| 29 | Stanford | 237 | 120 | 104 | 17 | 60 | 132 | 45.5 | 9 | 15 | 60.0 | 56 | 518 | |
| 30 | Idaho | 236 | 85 | 129 | 14 | 60 | 133 | 45.1 | 8 | 12 | 66.7 | 71 | 670 | |
| FIRST DOWNS | THIRD DOWNS | FOURTH DOWNS | PENALTIES | |||||||||||
| RK | TEAM | TOTAL | RUSH | PASS | PEN | MADE | ATT | PCT | MADE | ATT | PCT | TOTAL | YDS | |
| North Texas | 236 | 99 | 119 | 18 | 63 | 152 | 41.4 | 2 | 11 | 18.2 | 76 | 675 | ||
| Purdue | 236 | 82 | 145 | 11 | 72 | 177 | 40.7 | 5 | 17 | 29.4 | 64 | 495 | ||
| Tennessee | 236 | 106 | 117 | 10 | 57 | 150 | 38.0 | 12 | 22 | 54.5 | 57 | 464 | ||
| 34 | Michigan | 235 | 120 | 107 | 15 | 63 | 166 | 38.0 | 7 | 19 | 36.8 | 58 | 517 | |
| Fresno State | 235 | 108 | 111 | 9 | 67 | 150 | 44.7 | 17 | 26 | 65.4 | 50 | 423 | ||
| UTEP | 235 | 91 | 120 | 18 | 59 | 147 | 40.1 | 4 | 13 | 30.8 | 89 | 780 | ||
| 37 | Oklahoma State | 234 | 120 | 99 | 24 | 60 | 152 | 39.5 | 10 | 19 | 52.6 | 85 | 716 | |
| Air Force | 234 | 185 | 39 | 8 | 90 | 207 | 43.5 | 23 | 35 | 65.7 | 59 | 535 | ||
| 39 | Auburn | 233 | 122 | 102 | 26 | 61 | 152 | 40.1 | 3 | 13 | 23.1 | 77 | 639 | |
| Georgia Tech | 233 | 171 | 48 | 10 | 76 | 156 | 48.7 | 11 | 19 | 57.9 | 65 | 525 | ||
Data provided by Elias Sports Bureau
