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Rank	Team	1st Downs	1st Downs Gained/Game	% of 1st Downs Gained on 1st Down	% of 1st Downs Gained on 2nd Down	% of 1st Downs Gained on 3rd Down	% of 1st Downs Gained on 4th Down
1	Adrian	33	33.0	24.2	27.3	24.2	24.2
2	Monmouth	343	31.2	36.7	33.2	24.2	5.8
3	Allen	29	29.0	41.4	41.4	13.8	3.4
4	North Texas	275	27.5	37.5	34.9	22.2	5.1
5	Mercer	241	26.8	34.9	38.6	25.7	0.8
6	Ole Miss	294	26.7	31.6	39.1	23.5	5.8
7	Tennessee	264	26.4	34.1	40.5	21.2	3.8
8	Indiana	288	26.2	32.6	37.2	27.8	2.4
9	North Dakota State	286	26.0	36.7	35.7	23.4	3.8
10	Baylor	258	25.8	31.4	37.2	22.5	8.9
11	USC	258	25.8	39.9	31.0	24.4	4.7
12	Rutgers	257	25.7	31.1	37.0	23.0	8.9
13	Jackson State	253	25.3	30.4	36.4	29.2	4.0
14	Florida State	253	25.3	32.4	34.0	27.7	5.9
15	Alabama State	202	25.3	41.1	36.1	21.3	1.5
16	Montana State	252	25.2	34.5	39.3	23.4	2.8
17	Utah	226	25.1	25.2	41.6	27.9	5.3
18	Missouri	251	25.1	28.7	37.8	28.3	4.8
19	Arkansas	249	24.9	39.4	34.9	22.5	3.2
20	Georgia	249	24.9	27.7	42.6	26.1	3.6
21	Western Carolina	249	24.9	36.9	32.1	25.7	5.2
22	East Carolina	224	24.9	25.9	39.7	30.8	3.6
23	Ohio State	247	24.7	34.0	37.7	24.3	3.6
24	Harvard	222	24.7	34.7	31.5	27.0	6.8
25	Oregon	245	24.5	34.7	32.7	26.5	6.1
26	Idaho State	268	24.4	37.3	34.0	25.4	3.4
27	Georgia Tech	241	24.1	36.1	36.5	25.3	1.7
28	Memphis	265	24.1	34.7	37.7	22.3	5.3
29	Texas State	239	23.9	22.6	42.3	29.7	5.4
30	Vanderbilt	215	23.9	38.1	34.9	23.7	3.3
31	Delaware	238	23.8	29.8	36.6	27.3	6.3
32	James Madison	237	23.7	30.8	37.6	29.5	2.1
33	Texas A&M	213	23.7	41.3	31.5	23.5	3.8
34	Miami	236	23.6	33.1	38.6	24.2	4.2
35	Western Kentucky	236	23.6	33.1	35.6	28.4	3.0
36	Southern Illinois	259	23.5	34.4	34.4	27.0	4.2
37	Air Force	235	23.5	29.4	36.6	26.4	7.7
38	Youngstown State	235	23.5	31.5	38.7	24.3	5.5
39	East Tennessee State	258	23.5	35.7	34.1	25.2	5.0
40	Texas Tech	234	23.4	34.2	31.6	31.6	2.6
41	Tarleton State	234	23.4	35.9	33.8	24.8	5.6
42	Illinois State	257	23.4	32.3	38.9	24.1	4.3
43	Washington	233	23.3	35.2	35.6	25.8	3.4
44	Notre Dame	209	23.2	38.8	34.5	21.5	5.3
45	Northern Arizona	232	23.2	39.7	31.9	21.6	6.9
46	Stony Brook	255	23.2	27.1	35.3	30.2	7.5
47	UC Davis	231	23.1	34.2	40.7	22.1	3.0
48	Cornell	207	23.0	27.5	43.5	24.2	4.8
49	Florida Atlantic	230	23.0	31.3	27.8	25.2	15.7
50	South Florida	230	23.0	33.9	32.2	29.6	4.3
51	Southern Utah	228	22.8	29.8	38.2	26.3	5.7
52	Arkansas State	205	22.8	29.3	34.6	29.8	5.9
53	North Carolina Central	250	22.7	33.6	35.6	26.8	4.0
54	Presbyterian	250	22.7	34.8	39.6	21.2	4.4
55	Virginia	250	22.7	30.0	28.8	36.4	4.4
56	Idaho	250	22.7	32.8	35.2	26.0	6.0
57	West Georgia	250	22.7	31.6	29.6	33.2	5.6
58	Central Arkansas	250	22.7	34.8	35.6	24.8	4.8
59	BYU	227	22.7	36.1	32.6	22.9	7.5
60	SE Louisiana	226	22.6	32.7	37.6	25.2	4.4
61	UNLV	226	22.6	36.7	34.5	23.9	4.9
62	TCU	226	22.6	31.4	35.8	27.9	4.9
63	Incarnate Word	248	22.5	27.0	37.1	28.2	7.7
64	Cincinnati	225	22.5	39.1	35.6	19.6	5.8
65	Rhode Island	247	22.5	33.2	39.7	25.1	2.0
66	Alabama	224	22.4	31.3	32.1	29.5	7.1
67	Duke	199	22.1	32.7	37.7	21.6	8.0
68	Mississippi State	243	22.1	29.2	35.4	29.6	5.8
69	Elizabeth City State	22	22.0	27.3	36.4	22.7	13.6
70	Austin Peay	242	22.0	33.9	34.7	27.7	3.7
71	South Dakota State	198	22.0	30.8	38.4	25.3	5.6
72	Bowie State	22	22.0	27.3	45.5	27.3	0.0
73	Ohio	220	22.0	32.3	38.6	24.5	4.5
74	Southern Connecticut State	22	22.0	31.8	31.8	36.4	0.0
75	Tennessee Tech	220	22.0	34.5	39.5	22.3	3.6
76	North Dakota	242	22.0	30.6	38.0	26.4	5.0
77	Marshall	197	21.9	37.1	37.6	22.8	2.5
78	St. Thomas (MN)	240	21.8	30.8	39.6	24.2	5.4
79	Boston College	240	21.8	31.3	37.1	25.0	6.7
80	Illinois	218	21.8	28.9	40.4	25.2	5.5
81	Hawai'i	218	21.8	20.2	39.5	36.2	4.1
82	Iowa State	196	21.8	28.1	40.3	25.0	6.6
83	Georgia Southern	196	21.8	33.2	36.2	28.1	2.6
84	Kansas	217	21.7	33.6	37.3	21.2	7.8
85	Nebraska	217	21.7	31.8	41.5	24.0	2.8
86	Tulsa	195	21.7	27.7	32.8	29.7	9.7
87	North Alabama	238	21.6	28.6	36.6	29.8	4.6
88	Michigan	216	21.6	33.8	38.0	27.3	0.9
89	Jacksonville State	193	21.4	29.5	37.8	26.9	5.7
90	Penn State	214	21.4	29.4	34.6	27.6	8.4
91	Oregon State	214	21.4	33.2	37.9	26.6	2.3
92	Colgate	214	21.4	30.8	34.6	29.9	4.7
93	Arizona State	214	21.4	33.6	32.7	26.2	7.5
94	Southeast Missouri State	235	21.4	28.5	34.9	31.9	4.7
95	Navy	192	21.3	28.1	40.6	25.5	5.7
96	Tulane	192	21.3	38.5	29.7	28.1	3.6
97	South Carolina State	213	21.3	28.6	34.7	34.3	2.3
98	Kennesaw State	213	21.3	30.0	39.9	26.8	3.3
99	Houston	213	21.3	31.9	31.5	30.5	6.1
100	UConn	234	21.3	30.8	36.8	27.8	4.7
101	Delaware State	234	21.3	33.3	41.0	19.7	6.0
102	Pennsylvania	191	21.2	24.6	41.4	31.4	2.6
103	Clemson	212	21.2	35.4	34.0	21.2	9.4
104	UT Rio Grande Valley	212	21.2	42.0	29.2	27.4	1.4
105	Montana	233	21.2	33.9	32.2	27.0	6.9
106	San José State	211	21.1	32.2	34.1	29.9	3.8
107	Arizona	210	21.0	31.9	37.1	23.8	7.1
108	Chadron St	21	21.0	23.8	57.1	14.3	4.8
109	Lehigh	209	20.9	32.1	36.8	28.2	2.9
110	Prairie View A&M	209	20.9	37.8	34.0	23.9	4.3
111	Villanova	188	20.9	33.0	36.7	24.5	5.9
112	Auburn	208	20.8	31.7	38.5	25.0	4.8
113	App State	187	20.8	27.8	40.1	23.5	8.6
114	Southern Miss	187	20.8	29.9	36.9	29.9	3.2
115	UAB	187	20.8	31.0	31.0	31.0	7.0
116	East Texas A&M	228	20.7	36.0	35.5	24.1	4.4
117	Abilene Christian	228	20.7	35.1	30.3	30.7	3.9
118	NC State	207	20.7	33.3	36.2	24.6	5.8
119	Old Dominion	186	20.7	38.2	33.9	25.3	2.7
120	Dartmouth	186	20.7	28.0	34.4	34.9	2.7
121	Syracuse	206	20.6	30.1	39.8	23.8	6.3
122	Boise State	206	20.6	27.2	34.5	30.6	7.8
123	Army	185	20.6	17.3	34.6	31.9	16.2
124	Stephen F. Austin	226	20.5	26.1	37.2	31.4	5.3
125	William & Mary	226	20.5	26.5	38.5	29.6	5.3
126	Louisville	205	20.5	33.7	36.6	27.3	2.4
127	Utah State	205	20.5	37.6	33.7	25.9	2.9
128	Florida International	205	20.5	29.3	35.1	28.3	7.3
129	Murray State	205	20.5	29.8	35.6	26.3	8.3
130	Brown	184	20.4	22.8	44.0	25.5	7.6
131	South Alabama	204	20.4	26.5	33.8	31.4	8.3
132	Sacred Heart	183	20.3	29.5	35.0	30.6	4.9
133	Kentucky	182	20.2	23.1	42.3	28.6	6.0
134	Toledo	182	20.2	35.7	34.6	28.0	1.6
135	Stetson	202	20.2	27.2	36.6	26.2	9.9
136	Eastern Michigan	202	20.2	34.2	29.2	32.2	4.5
137	Sacramento State	222	20.2	28.4	36.0	27.9	7.7
138	Gardner-Webb	222	20.2	34.7	35.6	22.5	7.2
139	LSU	181	20.1	29.8	39.2	27.6	3.3
140	Georgia State	201	20.1	26.4	33.3	32.3	8.0
141	McKendree	20	20.0	25.0	35.0	35.0	5.0
142	Pittsburgh	200	20.0	31.0	37.5	23.5	8.0
143	Edward Waters	20	20.0	40.0	30.0	25.0	5.0
144	Texas Southern	160	20.0	30.0	39.4	27.5	3.1
145	Lafayette	219	19.9	32.0	33.8	30.6	3.7
146	McNeese	219	19.9	26.5	37.4	28.3	7.8
147	Akron	199	19.9	33.2	38.7	23.1	5.0
148	New Mexico	199	19.9	32.7	32.7	25.6	9.0
149	UTSA	199	19.9	28.6	39.7	26.6	5.0
150	Missouri State	199	19.9	37.7	34.7	24.1	3.5
151	Princeton	179	19.9	26.3	39.1	26.8	7.8
152	Oklahoma	198	19.8	30.8	37.4	28.3	3.5
153	California	198	19.8	30.3	35.4	27.8	6.6
154	South Dakota	217	19.7	29.0	41.5	26.7	2.3
155	Elon	217	19.7	35.9	35.0	25.8	3.2
156	Central Connecticut	217	19.7	32.7	38.2	27.2	1.8
157	Drake	197	19.7	35.0	33.0	27.4	4.6
158	Liberty	197	19.7	29.4	35.5	28.9	6.1
159	Buffalo	197	19.7	34.0	34.5	27.9	3.6
160	New Mexico State	177	19.7	31.6	24.9	39.5	4.0
161	Morgan State	177	19.7	32.8	29.9	31.6	5.7
162	Yale	177	19.7	24.9	42.4	27.7	5.1
163	Bethune-Cookman	176	19.6	32.4	42.0	23.3	2.3
164	Purdue	215	19.5	28.8	38.1	26.5	6.5
165	Mississippi Valley State	117	19.5	30.8	36.8	26.5	6.0
166	SMU	195	19.5	37.9	32.8	25.1	3.6
167	UT Martin	214	19.5	33.2	30.8	33.6	2.3
168	Chattanooga	175	19.4	33.1	34.9	23.4	8.6
169	Fresno State	194	19.4	27.3	41.8	28.4	2.6
170	Western Michigan	193	19.3	28.5	35.2	30.1	6.2
171	Lindenwood	212	19.3	34.0	36.8	24.1	5.2
172	New Haven	154	19.3	37.7	34.4	25.3	2.6
173	Middle Tennessee	192	19.2	33.9	33.3	28.6	4.2
174	San Diego State	191	19.1	31.4	40.8	22.5	5.2
175	Northwestern	191	19.1	27.2	34.6	32.5	5.8
176	Richmond	191	19.1	29.8	33.0	30.9	6.3
177	Furman	210	19.1	35.2	32.9	30.0	1.9
178	UCF	190	19.0	26.3	38.9	25.8	8.9
179	Kentucky State	19	19.0	31.6	26.3	36.8	5.3
180	Saginaw Valley State	19	19.0	31.6	42.1	26.3	0.0
181	New Hampshire	208	18.9	24.0	39.9	28.4	7.7
182	Duquesne	208	18.9	32.2	36.1	25.5	6.3
183	Washington State	189	18.9	30.2	37.6	25.9	6.3
184	Bryant	207	18.8	32.4	35.7	26.6	5.3
185	Georgetown	207	18.8	27.1	32.4	36.2	4.3
186	San Diego	207	18.8	27.1	36.7	31.9	4.3
187	Virginia Tech	167	18.6	32.3	32.3	30.5	4.8
188	Fordham	204	18.5	29.4	30.9	32.4	7.4
189	Colorado State	185	18.5	28.1	40.0	25.4	6.5
190	Eastern Illinois	185	18.5	32.4	36.2	28.1	3.2
191	Michigan State	185	18.5	31.9	33.0	27.6	6.5
192	Campbell	203	18.5	27.6	39.9	28.6	3.9
193	Norfolk State	203	18.5	34.0	41.9	18.7	5.4
194	Wyoming	166	18.4	32.5	36.1	27.1	4.2
195	Coastal Carolina	166	18.4	27.1	38.6	30.1	4.2
196	Merrimack	184	18.4	22.8	38.6	32.1	6.5
197	Samford	184	18.4	23.9	40.2	32.1	3.8
198	Bucknell	202	18.4	33.2	33.2	29.7	4.0
199	Northern Colorado	202	18.4	26.7	39.1	29.2	4.5
200	Dayton	183	18.3	31.1	25.1	31.7	12.0
201	Long Island University	182	18.2	30.2	32.4	33.0	4.4
202	Maine	200	18.2	26.5	43.5	23.5	6.5
203	Temple	181	18.1	32.6	37.0	24.9	5.5
204	Miami (OH)	181	18.1	37.6	32.6	23.8	6.1
205	Alcorn State	181	18.1	34.3	35.9	26.5	3.3
206	Southern	181	18.1	24.3	33.1	36.5	6.1
207	Morehead State	199	18.1	35.7	41.2	21.6	1.5
208	Wagner	198	18.0	28.3	39.4	28.3	4.0
209	Lincoln (PA)	18	18.0	33.3	22.2	44.4	0.0
210	Florida A&M	162	18.0	30.9	34.6	29.0	5.6
211	Central Michigan	180	18.0	32.8	36.7	24.4	6.1
212	Minnesota	180	18.0	34.4	31.7	31.7	2.2
213	Florida	162	18.0	31.5	40.7	24.7	3.1
214	Northern Michigan	18	18.0	5.6	50.0	33.3	11.1
215	West Virginia	198	18.0	27.8	37.4	25.3	9.6
216	Kansas State	179	17.9	27.9	35.2	29.1	7.8
217	Butler	179	17.9	22.9	35.2	35.8	6.1
218	Texas	161	17.9	32.3	35.4	29.2	3.1
219	Iowa	161	17.9	28.6	36.0	29.2	6.2
220	Utah Tech	195	17.7	21.0	38.5	33.8	6.7
221	Stanford	177	17.7	35.6	25.4	32.8	6.2
222	Alabama A&M	177	17.7	32.2	31.1	31.1	5.7
223	Louisiana Tech	159	17.7	34.0	37.1	25.8	3.1
224	Davidson	194	17.6	27.8	35.1	29.4	7.7
225	Cal Poly	176	17.6	38.1	30.7	26.1	5.1
226	Colorado	176	17.6	24.4	40.9	31.3	3.4
227	Mercyhurst	176	17.6	32.4	30.1	28.4	9.1
228	Eastern Washington	193	17.5	25.9	37.8	29.5	6.7
229	Troy	175	17.5	29.1	27.4	34.9	8.0
230	Western Illinois	175	17.5	30.3	39.4	24.0	6.3
231	UCLA	175	17.5	32.6	31.4	27.4	8.6
232	Marist	191	17.4	29.8	39.8	24.1	6.3
233	Maryland	173	17.3	28.9	36.4	30.6	4.0
234	Wake Forest	173	17.3	35.8	26.6	31.8	5.2
235	Grambling	188	17.1	30.3	37.2	28.7	3.7
236	Greensboro College	17	17.0	17.6	41.2	35.3	5.9
237	Nicholls	186	16.9	30.6	30.1	33.3	5.9
238	Hampton	186	16.9	27.4	34.9	31.2	6.5
239	Columbia	152	16.9	25.0	34.9	32.2	7.9
240	Towson	168	16.8	28.6	33.3	31.5	6.5
241	UAlbany	151	16.8	25.8	41.7	23.8	8.6
242	Charlotte	167	16.7	33.5	26.3	32.9	7.2
243	Northern Iowa	181	16.5	27.6	33.7	34.8	3.9
244	Portland State	181	16.5	33.1	33.7	30.4	2.8
245	UL Monroe	164	16.4	34.1	34.1	26.2	5.5
246	Valparaiso	163	16.3	32.5	34.4	30.1	3.1
247	Nevada	163	16.3	38.0	27.6	27.6	6.7
248	Oklahoma State	163	16.3	29.4	28.8	36.2	5.5
249	Weber State	179	16.3	29.6	33.5	34.1	2.8
250	UTEP	146	16.2	28.8	32.2	28.1	11.0
251	Bowling Green	162	16.2	33.3	31.5	32.7	2.5
252	Lamar	145	16.1	31.7	35.2	27.6	5.5
253	Holy Cross	177	16.1	24.3	40.7	28.8	6.2
254	Houston Christian	177	16.1	28.8	36.7	29.9	4.5
255	Virginia St	16	16.0	31.3	50.0	18.8	0.0
256	Rice	159	15.9	20.8	39.6	31.4	8.2
257	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	143	15.9	23.1	35.7	37.8	3.5
258	Massachusetts	143	15.9	25.2	40.6	30.8	3.5
259	Louisiana	142	15.8	30.3	27.5	38.0	4.2
260	North Carolina	142	15.8	30.3	33.8	28.2	7.7
261	South Carolina	141	15.7	33.3	27.7	29.1	9.9
262	Sam Houston	155	15.5	35.5	34.2	23.9	5.8
263	Howard	154	15.4	30.5	33.8	31.2	4.5
264	Wofford	136	15.1	31.6	30.9	31.6	5.9
265	Wisconsin	149	14.9	26.8	37.6	26.2	9.4
266	The Citadel	133	14.8	33.1	30.1	28.6	8.3
267	Eastern Kentucky	158	14.4	30.4	36.7	29.1	3.2
268	Charleston Southern	157	14.3	25.5	37.6	32.5	4.5
269	Stonehill	156	14.2	23.1	32.1	34.0	10.9
270	North Carolina A&T	156	14.2	29.5	31.4	37.8	1.3
271	St. Francis (PA)	141	14.1	35.5	33.3	25.5	5.7
272	Northern Illinois	141	14.1	22.7	30.5	33.3	13.5
273	Northeastern State	14	14.0	21.4	50.0	14.3	14.3
274	Indiana State	138	13.8	26.1	41.3	29.0	3.6
275	VMI	147	13.4	27.2	40.1	29.9	2.7
276	Robert Morris	120	13.3	25.8	39.2	30.8	4.2
277	Tennessee State	146	13.3	25.3	34.9	35.6	4.1
278	Savannah St	13	13.0	23.1	46.2	30.8	0.0
279	Pace	13	13.0	53.8	23.1	15.4	7.7
280	Ball State	128	12.8	21.9	36.7	35.2	6.3
281	Kent State	124	12.4	28.2	33.1	29.8	8.9
282	Thomas More College	24	12.0	20.8	41.7	29.2	8.3
283	Miles College	12	12.0	33.3	25.0	41.7	0.0
284	Bentley	12	12.0	8.3	41.7	33.3	16.7
285	Hanover College	11	11.0	27.3	18.2	54.5	0.0
286	Northwestern State	120	10.9	25.8	36.7	29.2	8.3
287	American International	10	10.0	30.0	20.0	40.0	10.0
288	Morehouse College	10	10.0	20.0	40.0	30.0	10.0
289	Fayetteville State	10	10.0	20.0	20.0	60.0	0.0
290	Upper Iowa University	10	10.0	30.0	30.0	40.0	0.0
291	Lane College	9	9.0	33.3	44.4	22.2	0.0
292	ERSKINE	9	9.0	44.4	22.2	22.2	11.1
293	Lincoln (CA)	26	8.7	26.9	38.5	26.9	7.7
294	Ferrum	8	8.0	25.0	62.5	12.5	0.0
295	Central State (OH)	7	7.0	14.3	28.6	57.1	0.0
296	Western Connecticut St	6	6.0	50.0	33.3	16.7	0.0
297	Tuskegee	5	5.0	20.0	40.0	40.0	0.0
298	Sul Ross State	8	4.0	12.5	50.0	37.5	0.0