| Rank | Team | 1st Down | 2nd Down | 3rd Down | 4th Down | Total |
|---|
| 1 | USC | 8.01 | 6.65 | 9.12 | 6.18 | 7.73 |
| 2 | Vanderbilt | 8.16 | 7.55 | 7.40 | 3.44 | 7.72 |
| 3 | Notre Dame | 8.12 | 6.86 | 7.49 | 6.77 | 7.57 |
| 4 | Arkansas | 7.29 | 7.60 | 7.91 | 7.67 | 7.51 |
| 5 | South Florida | 8.07 | 6.92 | 7.07 | 6.95 | 7.47 |
| 6 | Navy | 6.86 | 8.21 | 7.42 | 7.94 | 7.45 |
| 7 | Cincinnati | 7.91 | 7.23 | 6.57 | 6.05 | 7.40 |
| 8 | North Texas | 7.27 | 7.49 | 7.55 | 6.23 | 7.35 |
| 9 | Oregon | 7.71 | 6.72 | 7.33 | 5.33 | 7.24 |
| 10 | UNLV | 7.66 | 7.43 | 5.98 | 5.00 | 7.21 |
| 11 | Florida State | 7.47 | 5.89 | 8.39 | 7.85 | 7.14 |
| 12 | Ohio State | 7.63 | 6.88 | 6.21 | 3.85 | 7.08 |
| 13 | Georgia Tech | 7.55 | 6.43 | 6.98 | 7.36 | 7.07 |
| 14 | Tennessee | 6.98 | 7.37 | 6.69 | 5.77 | 7.07 |
| 15 | Indiana | 7.47 | 6.36 | 7.37 | 3.00 | 7.00 |
| 16 | Old Dominion | 7.71 | 6.94 | 6.45 | -2.33 | 6.99 |
| 17 | UConn | 6.84 | 6.48 | 7.88 | 4.89 | 6.89 |
| 18 | Washington | 7.48 | 6.42 | 6.67 | 3.28 | 6.89 |
| 19 | Ole Miss | 6.76 | 7.40 | 5.36 | 8.12 | 6.76 |
| 20 | Texas A&M | 7.19 | 6.76 | 5.57 | 6.93 | 6.75 |
| 21 | Texas State | 6.10 | 7.68 | 6.60 | 3.23 | 6.67 |
| 22 | NC State | 6.51 | 6.71 | 6.12 | 9.95 | 6.60 |
| 23 | Missouri State | 6.59 | 6.19 | 7.28 | 5.64 | 6.59 |
| 24 | Duke | 6.14 | 6.55 | 6.85 | 9.73 | 6.55 |
| 25 | Michigan | 6.94 | 6.25 | 6.52 | 1.45 | 6.54 |
| 26 | San José State | 6.42 | 5.91 | 7.18 | 10.38 | 6.51 |
| 27 | Utah | 6.30 | 6.62 | 6.66 | 7.25 | 6.50 |
| 28 | SMU | 6.91 | 6.00 | 6.22 | 5.27 | 6.48 |
| 29 | Arizona | 6.61 | 6.15 | 6.74 | 6.00 | 6.47 |
| 30 | Texas | 6.43 | 6.55 | 6.63 | 3.64 | 6.46 |
| 31 | UTSA | 6.56 | 6.80 | 5.55 | 7.09 | 6.46 |
| 32 | Louisville | 7.04 | 5.13 | 7.30 | 3.33 | 6.42 |
| 33 | Tulane | 7.23 | 5.59 | 5.72 | 6.57 | 6.39 |
| 34 | Kansas | 7.07 | 5.90 | 5.08 | 8.24 | 6.36 |
| 35 | Jacksonville State | 7.00 | 6.42 | 5.04 | 3.90 | 6.33 |
| 36 | Miami | 6.80 | 6.10 | 5.79 | 4.84 | 6.33 |
| 37 | Memphis | 6.09 | 6.49 | 6.81 | 5.10 | 6.32 |
| 38 | Pittsburgh | 6.17 | 6.85 | 5.77 | 5.68 | 6.29 |
| 39 | Wake Forest | 7.13 | 5.92 | 5.70 | 1.76 | 6.29 |
| 40 | Toledo | 6.72 | 5.80 | 6.56 | 1.43 | 6.27 |
| 41 | Utah State | 6.69 | 6.09 | 5.58 | 6.08 | 6.26 |
| 42 | Alabama | 6.49 | 5.79 | 6.59 | 5.81 | 6.26 |
| 43 | Ohio | 6.14 | 6.99 | 5.87 | 2.80 | 6.26 |
| 44 | BYU | 6.81 | 5.75 | 6.22 | 3.62 | 6.24 |
| 45 | Clemson | 6.42 | 6.62 | 5.35 | 5.25 | 6.22 |
| 46 | Southern Miss | 6.04 | 6.05 | 6.95 | 5.53 | 6.21 |
| 47 | James Madison | 6.57 | 5.50 | 6.80 | 4.31 | 6.21 |
| 48 | Kennesaw State | 6.13 | 6.63 | 6.01 | 3.50 | 6.21 |
| 49 | Kansas State | 6.38 | 6.04 | 5.66 | 8.50 | 6.21 |
| 50 | Nebraska | 6.30 | 6.40 | 6.18 | 2.62 | 6.20 |
| 51 | Georgia | 6.09 | 6.31 | 6.20 | 6.27 | 6.19 |
| 52 | TCU | 6.17 | 6.07 | 6.69 | 3.76 | 6.17 |
| 53 | Missouri | 5.57 | 6.98 | 6.05 | 7.39 | 6.17 |
| 54 | New Mexico | 6.65 | 5.63 | 6.24 | 4.77 | 6.16 |
| 55 | Texas Tech | 6.30 | 4.80 | 8.31 | 2.08 | 6.15 |
| 56 | East Carolina | 6.33 | 6.16 | 5.49 | 6.85 | 6.13 |
| 57 | Baylor | 5.61 | 6.72 | 6.70 | 4.36 | 6.09 |
| 58 | Virginia | 6.25 | 5.26 | 7.16 | 4.38 | 6.08 |
| 59 | UCF | 6.16 | 6.39 | 5.03 | 8.00 | 6.08 |
| 60 | Florida Atlantic | 5.92 | 5.98 | 5.56 | 8.72 | 6.06 |
| 61 | Western Kentucky | 6.30 | 6.29 | 5.26 | 3.71 | 6.03 |
| 62 | Arizona State | 6.14 | 5.22 | 6.64 | 7.81 | 6.03 |
| 63 | UAB | 5.74 | 5.73 | 7.69 | 3.15 | 6.00 |
| 64 | Miami (OH) | 6.80 | 5.88 | 4.52 | 2.55 | 5.93 |
| 65 | San Diego State | 6.45 | 6.63 | 3.60 | 5.57 | 5.90 |
| 66 | Georgia Southern | 5.74 | 6.25 | 5.98 | 2.83 | 5.90 |
| 67 | Iowa State | 5.81 | 6.06 | 5.49 | 7.70 | 5.90 |
| 68 | Illinois | 5.56 | 7.21 | 4.80 | 2.42 | 5.89 |
| 69 | Hawai'i | 5.32 | 5.56 | 7.12 | 7.88 | 5.85 |
| 70 | Delaware | 5.29 | 6.50 | 6.20 | 4.37 | 5.84 |
| 71 | Marshall | 6.86 | 5.25 | 4.88 | 2.43 | 5.84 |
| 72 | Georgia State | 6.02 | 5.88 | 5.76 | 4.08 | 5.83 |
| 73 | Air Force | 5.26 | 7.28 | 4.77 | 4.32 | 5.79 |
| 74 | Liberty | 5.58 | 6.53 | 5.39 | 2.83 | 5.77 |
| 75 | Boise State | 6.33 | 5.29 | 5.70 | 3.11 | 5.74 |
| 76 | Middle Tennessee | 5.98 | 5.72 | 5.19 | 5.58 | 5.72 |
| 77 | Eastern Michigan | 6.04 | 5.03 | 6.14 | 4.50 | 5.72 |
| 78 | Rutgers | 5.70 | 6.27 | 4.71 | 5.91 | 5.71 |
| 79 | Mississippi State | 5.46 | 5.63 | 6.23 | 6.39 | 5.70 |
| 80 | Kentucky | 5.31 | 6.53 | 5.05 | 5.62 | 5.69 |
| 81 | Boston College | 6.29 | 5.49 | 4.87 | 4.38 | 5.68 |
| 82 | Houston | 6.04 | 4.85 | 6.05 | 6.00 | 5.66 |
| 83 | Purdue | 5.28 | 6.17 | 5.78 | 4.78 | 5.66 |
| 84 | Florida | 6.28 | 6.25 | 3.80 | 1.50 | 5.65 |
| 85 | Auburn | 6.26 | 5.95 | 4.11 | 3.00 | 5.64 |
| 86 | Virginia Tech | 6.23 | 5.71 | 4.30 | 5.83 | 5.64 |
| 87 | Washington State | 5.55 | 6.09 | 4.91 | 6.56 | 5.63 |
| 88 | Central Michigan | 5.77 | 5.75 | 5.12 | 4.73 | 5.59 |
| 89 | Penn State | 6.44 | 5.39 | 4.71 | 2.50 | 5.58 |
| 90 | Louisiana | 6.17 | 4.36 | 6.37 | 3.50 | 5.58 |
| 91 | South Alabama | 6.08 | 5.37 | 5.19 | 3.38 | 5.53 |
| 92 | Coastal Carolina | 5.57 | 5.70 | 5.29 | 4.07 | 5.52 |
| 93 | Fresno State | 5.61 | 5.92 | 5.13 | 1.79 | 5.52 |
| 94 | Northwestern | 5.43 | 5.13 | 6.55 | 2.95 | 5.49 |
| 95 | South Carolina | 6.03 | 4.54 | 5.36 | 7.81 | 5.49 |
| 96 | Florida International | 5.93 | 5.39 | 4.85 | 4.76 | 5.48 |
| 97 | UL Monroe | 5.25 | 5.69 | 5.79 | 4.70 | 5.48 |
| 98 | Oregon State | 6.34 | 5.16 | 4.78 | -0.59 | 5.48 |
| 99 | Maryland | 5.14 | 6.21 | 5.34 | 3.41 | 5.46 |
| 100 | Minnesota | 6.39 | 4.81 | 4.84 | 2.00 | 5.46 |
| 101 | App State | 5.37 | 5.77 | 4.54 | 8.52 | 5.45 |
| 102 | Syracuse | 5.45 | 6.06 | 4.68 | 3.97 | 5.43 |
| 103 | Tulsa | 5.38 | 5.43 | 5.77 | 4.14 | 5.42 |
| 104 | LSU | 5.13 | 5.73 | 5.36 | 5.55 | 5.38 |
| 105 | North Carolina | 5.91 | 5.04 | 5.02 | 4.00 | 5.38 |
| 106 | Louisiana Tech | 6.25 | 4.52 | 5.14 | 2.64 | 5.37 |
| 107 | Colorado | 4.94 | 5.93 | 6.03 | -1.06 | 5.37 |
| 108 | Colorado State | 5.22 | 6.01 | 5.01 | 3.39 | 5.37 |
| 109 | Oklahoma | 5.41 | 4.91 | 6.15 | 2.17 | 5.35 |
| 110 | Nevada | 5.81 | 5.11 | 4.74 | 4.83 | 5.33 |
| 111 | West Virginia | 5.81 | 4.71 | 5.23 | 5.23 | 5.30 |
| 112 | Sam Houston | 5.53 | 4.55 | 5.40 | 5.56 | 5.27 |
| 113 | Kent State | 5.64 | 5.65 | 4.43 | 3.26 | 5.26 |
| 114 | Michigan State | 5.07 | 5.18 | 6.30 | 2.19 | 5.25 |
| 115 | California | 5.25 | 5.50 | 5.12 | 3.08 | 5.24 |
| 116 | Buffalo | 5.94 | 5.16 | 4.24 | 2.91 | 5.23 |
| 117 | Akron | 5.51 | 5.20 | 4.57 | 5.00 | 5.21 |
| 118 | UCLA | 4.81 | 5.69 | 5.17 | 4.74 | 5.16 |
| 119 | Temple | 5.94 | 4.96 | 4.14 | 2.75 | 5.16 |
| 120 | Iowa | 5.04 | 5.80 | 4.66 | 2.20 | 5.14 |
| 121 | Arkansas State | 5.20 | 5.27 | 4.86 | 4.48 | 5.13 |
| 122 | UTEP | 5.56 | 5.14 | 4.43 | 4.44 | 5.12 |
| 123 | Charlotte | 5.46 | 4.15 | 5.25 | 8.40 | 5.12 |
| 124 | Wyoming | 5.27 | 5.27 | 4.80 | 2.33 | 5.09 |
| 125 | Stanford | 5.88 | 4.11 | 4.91 | 5.30 | 5.09 |
| 126 | Army | 5.20 | 5.15 | 4.50 | 5.76 | 5.07 |
| 127 | Bowling Green | 4.90 | 5.54 | 4.88 | 0.35 | 4.97 |
| 128 | Troy | 5.25 | 4.25 | 5.48 | 4.32 | 4.95 |
| 129 | New Mexico State | 5.33 | 4.13 | 5.60 | 2.59 | 4.95 |
| 130 | Wisconsin | 5.42 | 5.17 | 3.43 | 6.95 | 4.94 |
| 131 | Western Michigan | 5.01 | 4.88 | 4.60 | 5.73 | 4.91 |
| 132 | Rice | 4.78 | 4.51 | 5.29 | 6.07 | 4.85 |
| 133 | Oklahoma State | 4.71 | 4.36 | 5.48 | 4.19 | 4.76 |
| 134 | Northern Illinois | 4.68 | 4.49 | 5.19 | 5.00 | 4.76 |
| 135 | Ball State | 3.94 | 4.40 | 4.47 | 10.26 | 4.40 |
| 136 | Massachusetts | 4.57 | 4.95 | 3.82 | -0.81 | 4.35 |