| Rank | Team | 1st Down | 2nd Down | 3rd Down | 4th Down | Total |
|---|
| 1 | Navy | 5.95 | 6.20 | 7.41 | 7.21 | 6.29 |
| 2 | Cincinnati | 6.74 | 6.41 | 4.51 | 4.17 | 6.25 |
| 3 | Arkansas | 5.86 | 5.85 | 6.38 | 8.60 | 6.00 |
| 4 | Vanderbilt | 6.46 | 5.64 | 6.00 | 0.63 | 5.99 |
| 5 | Jacksonville State | 6.61 | 5.21 | 5.76 | 4.48 | 5.93 |
| 6 | Notre Dame | 5.69 | 5.79 | 7.25 | 5.36 | 5.92 |
| 7 | Utah | 6.16 | 5.20 | 6.11 | 7.85 | 5.90 |
| 8 | South Florida | 5.77 | 6.37 | 5.31 | 4.09 | 5.87 |
| 9 | Oregon | 6.99 | 5.39 | 3.63 | 3.47 | 5.86 |
| 10 | UNLV | 6.11 | 5.66 | 4.63 | 4.11 | 5.70 |
| 11 | Old Dominion | 6.50 | 5.53 | 4.99 | -9.67 | 5.60 |
| 12 | UTSA | 6.07 | 4.95 | 5.18 | 6.22 | 5.58 |
| 13 | USC | 5.68 | 4.50 | 7.61 | 3.50 | 5.58 |
| 14 | Michigan | 6.15 | 5.06 | 5.00 | 2.14 | 5.57 |
| 15 | Missouri | 4.93 | 6.55 | 5.05 | 3.00 | 5.47 |
| 16 | Indiana | 6.28 | 5.16 | 3.70 | 3.38 | 5.44 |
| 17 | Florida State | 5.50 | 5.64 | 5.18 | 3.40 | 5.43 |
| 18 | Arizona State | 5.28 | 5.02 | 5.53 | 6.38 | 5.28 |
| 19 | UConn | 4.86 | 5.20 | 7.17 | 2.33 | 5.28 |
| 20 | Ohio | 4.39 | 5.98 | 6.13 | 6.06 | 5.26 |
| 21 | Kansas State | 5.16 | 4.78 | 5.00 | 9.47 | 5.20 |
| 22 | Louisville | 6.13 | 4.76 | 3.04 | 1.71 | 5.15 |
| 23 | James Madison | 5.14 | 5.07 | 5.04 | 5.90 | 5.11 |
| 24 | North Texas | 5.38 | 3.97 | 6.43 | 3.17 | 5.05 |
| 25 | Kansas | 5.50 | 4.97 | 3.69 | 4.83 | 5.03 |
| 26 | Texas A&M | 4.99 | 5.36 | 4.07 | 7.73 | 5.03 |
| 27 | Texas State | 4.81 | 5.38 | 4.82 | 3.83 | 4.99 |
| 28 | BYU | 5.45 | 4.57 | 4.65 | 2.88 | 4.94 |
| 29 | Florida International | 5.23 | 4.23 | 5.35 | 5.29 | 4.91 |
| 30 | Washington | 5.48 | 4.82 | 3.92 | 2.09 | 4.90 |
| 31 | Virginia Tech | 5.69 | 4.78 | 3.96 | 0.56 | 4.90 |
| 32 | Ohio State | 5.25 | 5.09 | 3.66 | 0.75 | 4.90 |
| 33 | Louisiana | 5.56 | 3.53 | 4.78 | 10.22 | 4.89 |
| 34 | Georgia Tech | 4.78 | 5.11 | 4.85 | 3.00 | 4.87 |
| 35 | Penn State | 6.02 | 4.71 | 2.82 | 2.30 | 4.86 |
| 36 | Toledo | 5.72 | 3.97 | 4.45 | -3.20 | 4.86 |
| 37 | Wake Forest | 5.14 | 5.13 | 3.87 | 0.64 | 4.81 |
| 38 | Tulane | 5.42 | 4.13 | 4.70 | 2.75 | 4.80 |
| 39 | San Diego State | 5.72 | 4.51 | 3.25 | 2.38 | 4.79 |
| 40 | UCF | 5.12 | 5.18 | 3.72 | 2.69 | 4.78 |
| 41 | Liberty | 4.75 | 5.93 | 3.00 | 1.00 | 4.74 |
| 42 | Utah State | 5.51 | 4.45 | 3.03 | 3.89 | 4.70 |
| 43 | Texas Tech | 5.00 | 4.40 | 4.77 | 2.11 | 4.70 |
| 44 | Virginia | 4.56 | 3.65 | 6.70 | 6.00 | 4.69 |
| 45 | Louisiana Tech | 5.60 | 4.00 | 3.95 | 2.31 | 4.69 |
| 46 | Memphis | 4.73 | 4.93 | 4.32 | 2.91 | 4.68 |
| 47 | Auburn | 5.27 | 5.20 | 2.17 | 4.69 | 4.65 |
| 48 | Iowa | 4.80 | 4.46 | 4.89 | 2.00 | 4.64 |
| 49 | San José State | 4.84 | 4.05 | 5.91 | 0.89 | 4.63 |
| 50 | Northern Illinois | 4.41 | 4.19 | 5.70 | 4.95 | 4.62 |
| 51 | Georgia | 4.15 | 5.34 | 4.40 | 4.25 | 4.61 |
| 52 | Air Force | 4.31 | 5.33 | 4.37 | 2.63 | 4.59 |
| 53 | Marshall | 5.67 | 3.67 | 3.30 | 2.00 | 4.59 |
| 54 | Tennessee | 4.72 | 4.46 | 4.28 | 2.17 | 4.58 |
| 55 | Coastal Carolina | 4.69 | 5.32 | 3.28 | 2.40 | 4.58 |
| 56 | Nevada | 5.32 | 3.86 | 3.61 | 3.73 | 4.57 |
| 57 | Arizona | 5.08 | 4.77 | 1.45 | 7.25 | 4.56 |
| 58 | NC State | 5.24 | 4.24 | 2.68 | 3.00 | 4.55 |
| 59 | Fresno State | 4.77 | 5.70 | 0.98 | 6.00 | 4.55 |
| 60 | Ole Miss | 3.99 | 5.29 | 4.36 | 6.25 | 4.55 |
| 61 | Florida | 5.35 | 4.67 | 1.81 | 4.57 | 4.53 |
| 62 | UCLA | 4.67 | 4.46 | 4.70 | 3.11 | 4.53 |
| 63 | Western Michigan | 4.35 | 4.80 | 4.60 | 2.62 | 4.52 |
| 64 | South Alabama | 4.96 | 4.50 | 3.70 | 3.86 | 4.52 |
| 65 | Eastern Michigan | 4.16 | 5.26 | 4.30 | 2.67 | 4.48 |
| 66 | Army | 4.68 | 4.98 | 3.49 | 3.51 | 4.47 |
| 67 | Kennesaw State | 4.01 | 5.14 | 4.43 | 2.27 | 4.44 |
| 68 | Miami (OH) | 5.01 | 4.99 | 2.73 | 1.53 | 4.44 |
| 69 | New Mexico | 4.42 | 3.77 | 4.71 | 7.52 | 4.42 |
| 70 | UL Monroe | 4.98 | 3.99 | 4.28 | 0.30 | 4.42 |
| 71 | SMU | 4.13 | 5.47 | 3.24 | 2.86 | 4.41 |
| 72 | UAB | 4.72 | 4.30 | 4.09 | 2.83 | 4.39 |
| 73 | Iowa State | 4.42 | 4.96 | 2.88 | 5.54 | 4.39 |
| 74 | Rice | 4.20 | 4.42 | 4.52 | 5.41 | 4.37 |
| 75 | Tulsa | 5.05 | 3.50 | 4.52 | 1.68 | 4.32 |
| 76 | Northwestern | 3.62 | 4.61 | 5.83 | 3.08 | 4.31 |
| 77 | East Carolina | 4.56 | 4.07 | 3.36 | 10.55 | 4.31 |
| 78 | Boise State | 4.65 | 4.07 | 4.30 | 0.93 | 4.28 |
| 79 | Maryland | 3.88 | 5.71 | 2.51 | 3.67 | 4.25 |
| 80 | Nebraska | 4.67 | 4.03 | 4.39 | -0.19 | 4.24 |
| 81 | Sam Houston | 4.27 | 4.56 | 4.61 | -0.57 | 4.22 |
| 82 | Wyoming | 4.58 | 4.19 | 3.62 | 2.27 | 4.22 |
| 83 | Georgia State | 4.55 | 4.98 | 1.46 | 1.88 | 4.19 |
| 84 | Clemson | 4.78 | 4.20 | 3.12 | 1.31 | 4.18 |
| 85 | Baylor | 3.73 | 4.15 | 5.62 | 3.05 | 4.15 |
| 86 | App State | 4.33 | 4.72 | 1.62 | 4.25 | 4.14 |
| 87 | Texas | 3.78 | 5.02 | 3.43 | 1.60 | 4.11 |
| 88 | Duke | 3.61 | 4.26 | 4.88 | 6.18 | 4.10 |
| 89 | Western Kentucky | 4.33 | 4.77 | 1.32 | 2.67 | 4.09 |
| 90 | Kentucky | 4.53 | 4.24 | 2.07 | 3.78 | 4.05 |
| 91 | Houston | 4.25 | 3.14 | 5.95 | 0.67 | 4.05 |
| 92 | Central Michigan | 4.27 | 4.29 | 3.13 | 2.94 | 4.03 |
| 93 | Pittsburgh | 4.11 | 4.54 | 3.27 | 1.82 | 4.02 |
| 94 | Middle Tennessee | 4.46 | 4.10 | 3.12 | 0.56 | 4.02 |
| 95 | Miami | 4.88 | 3.30 | 2.74 | 1.00 | 4.02 |
| 96 | Georgia Southern | 3.86 | 4.82 | 3.35 | 3.44 | 4.02 |
| 97 | Oregon State | 4.39 | 4.60 | 2.05 | -3.67 | 4.00 |
| 98 | Washington State | 4.35 | 4.23 | 2.44 | 3.67 | 3.98 |
| 99 | Bowling Green | 4.52 | 3.91 | 3.20 | 1.17 | 3.98 |
| 100 | Purdue | 3.97 | 3.96 | 3.60 | 5.47 | 3.96 |
| 101 | Wisconsin | 4.54 | 4.26 | 2.09 | 5.08 | 3.95 |
| 102 | Minnesota | 4.43 | 3.84 | 3.18 | 2.18 | 3.95 |
| 103 | Buffalo | 4.08 | 4.70 | 2.32 | 2.25 | 3.93 |
| 104 | Mississippi State | 3.60 | 4.25 | 4.76 | -0.64 | 3.93 |
| 105 | West Virginia | 4.63 | 3.41 | 2.54 | 4.50 | 3.92 |
| 106 | Missouri State | 4.42 | 3.82 | 2.27 | 2.00 | 3.91 |
| 107 | North Carolina | 4.15 | 4.46 | 2.43 | 3.40 | 3.91 |
| 108 | Rutgers | 4.21 | 3.74 | 3.71 | 1.75 | 3.89 |
| 109 | TCU | 4.86 | 2.95 | 2.37 | 4.36 | 3.87 |
| 110 | Southern Miss | 3.44 | 4.82 | 3.04 | 4.88 | 3.86 |
| 111 | Akron | 4.14 | 4.09 | 2.30 | 4.22 | 3.84 |
| 112 | Alabama | 3.91 | 3.28 | 4.42 | 3.92 | 3.80 |
| 113 | Colorado State | 3.94 | 4.95 | 2.66 | -1.44 | 3.79 |
| 114 | Delaware | 3.34 | 4.92 | 2.98 | 2.21 | 3.78 |
| 115 | Florida Atlantic | 3.40 | 3.98 | 4.63 | 2.52 | 3.76 |
| 116 | LSU | 3.32 | 3.67 | 4.55 | 8.67 | 3.69 |
| 117 | Syracuse | 3.86 | 4.37 | 3.05 | -0.88 | 3.68 |
| 118 | Michigan State | 3.77 | 2.90 | 5.10 | 1.50 | 3.62 |
| 119 | Oklahoma | 4.32 | 3.38 | 1.92 | 1.89 | 3.62 |
| 120 | Arkansas State | 3.85 | 3.86 | 2.59 | 2.00 | 3.60 |
| 121 | Illinois | 3.99 | 4.46 | 1.34 | -1.55 | 3.59 |
| 122 | Temple | 4.73 | 3.52 | -0.91 | 1.56 | 3.54 |
| 123 | Massachusetts | 4.15 | 4.06 | 2.43 | -2.29 | 3.51 |
| 124 | Oklahoma State | 3.99 | 3.10 | 3.44 | 1.92 | 3.50 |
| 125 | Boston College | 4.63 | 3.13 | 0.66 | 2.92 | 3.50 |
| 126 | Colorado | 3.70 | 3.93 | 3.07 | -0.68 | 3.46 |
| 127 | South Carolina | 3.03 | 3.70 | 3.71 | 5.62 | 3.46 |
| 128 | UTEP | 3.34 | 3.53 | 3.36 | 3.12 | 3.39 |
| 129 | Hawai'i | 3.98 | 3.03 | 1.14 | 7.22 | 3.38 |
| 130 | Ball State | 3.49 | 3.30 | 2.33 | 6.29 | 3.26 |
| 131 | Kent State | 3.17 | 3.86 | 2.97 | -0.24 | 3.20 |
| 132 | Troy | 3.75 | 2.72 | 2.34 | 0.38 | 3.08 |
| 133 | New Mexico State | 3.20 | 2.94 | 1.92 | 0.44 | 2.82 |
| 134 | Stanford | 2.90 | 3.31 | 0.94 | 2.00 | 2.68 |
| 135 | Charlotte | 3.51 | 2.63 | 0.89 | 0.25 | 2.68 |
| 136 | California | 2.91 | 3.28 | 0.30 | 1.77 | 2.58 |