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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	226	32.3	38.5	30.1	23.5	8.0
3	Allen	29	29.0	41.4	41.4	13.8	3.4
4	North Dakota State	200	28.6	39.5	36.5	21.0	2.5
5	Missouri	199	28.4	31.2	36.7	27.6	4.0
6	USC	194	27.7	39.2	32.0	23.7	5.2
7	Alabama State	138	27.6	41.3	31.9	26.1	0.7
8	Indiana	190	27.1	37.9	35.8	24.7	1.6
9	North Texas	190	27.1	36.3	34.7	23.2	5.3
10	Florida State	189	27.0	32.3	33.9	27.0	6.9
11	Tennessee	189	27.0	33.3	40.2	22.2	3.7
12	Arkansas	188	26.9	38.3	37.2	22.9	1.6
13	Rutgers	186	26.6	33.3	36.0	22.0	8.6
14	Ole Miss	186	26.6	29.6	42.5	24.7	3.2
15	Baylor	185	26.4	31.9	39.5	21.1	7.6
16	Tennessee Tech	157	26.2	35.7	40.8	21.0	2.5
17	SE Louisiana	156	26.0	35.3	35.9	26.9	1.9
18	Oregon	182	26.0	35.2	30.2	26.4	8.2
19	Jackson State	154	25.7	32.5	34.4	31.2	1.9
20	Utah	154	25.7	22.7	42.2	29.9	5.2
21	Georgia	178	25.4	27.5	42.1	25.8	4.5
22	Central Arkansas	176	25.1	34.1	35.8	23.9	6.3
23	Vanderbilt	150	25.0	35.3	40.0	22.0	2.7
24	South Dakota State	124	24.8	35.5	38.7	22.6	3.2
25	Mercer	123	24.6	30.9	42.3	25.2	1.6
26	Delaware	172	24.6	30.2	34.3	29.1	6.4
27	Western Carolina	172	24.6	40.1	30.8	23.3	5.8
28	Memphis	171	24.4	33.9	38.6	22.8	4.7
29	Texas State	171	24.4	20.5	40.4	32.7	6.4
30	Washington	171	24.4	36.8	34.5	24.6	4.1
31	Harvard	122	24.4	35.2	35.2	23.8	5.7
32	Virginia	170	24.3	31.2	30.0	32.9	5.3
33	Notre Dame	145	24.2	40.7	35.9	20.7	2.8
34	Texas Tech	145	24.2	35.9	33.1	29.0	2.1
35	Stony Brook	169	24.1	30.2	37.3	27.8	4.7
36	Idaho State	169	24.1	37.3	31.4	27.8	3.6
37	Idaho	168	24.0	31.0	32.7	28.6	7.7
38	Incarnate Word	168	24.0	29.2	36.9	27.4	6.5
39	Air Force	168	24.0	29.8	36.9	25.0	8.3
40	St. Thomas (MN)	167	23.9	32.3	39.5	22.8	5.4
41	Montana State	143	23.8	30.8	40.6	25.2	3.5
42	West Georgia	190	23.8	30.5	30.5	34.2	4.7
43	Ohio State	166	23.7	32.5	39.8	23.5	3.6
44	North Carolina Central	166	23.7	31.9	35.5	28.9	3.6
45	North Alabama	166	23.7	30.7	36.7	28.9	3.0
46	BYU	166	23.7	37.3	32.5	22.3	6.6
47	Texas A&M	142	23.7	42.3	31.0	23.2	3.5
48	Dartmouth	118	23.6	29.7	38.1	30.5	1.7
49	Delaware State	165	23.6	32.7	41.8	18.8	6.7
50	TCU	165	23.6	33.9	31.5	29.7	4.8
51	East Carolina	141	23.5	24.1	36.9	36.2	2.8
52	Duke	141	23.5	31.9	39.7	23.4	5.0
53	Ohio	164	23.4	31.1	40.9	24.4	3.7
54	Alabama	164	23.4	32.9	30.5	29.9	6.7
55	Southern Illinois	162	23.1	34.6	34.0	26.5	4.9
56	Jacksonville State	138	23.0	31.9	34.8	26.1	7.2
57	Southeast Missouri State	161	23.0	27.3	36.0	32.9	3.7
58	Rhode Island	183	22.9	33.9	38.3	25.1	2.7
59	East Tennessee State	183	22.9	37.2	31.7	25.1	6.0
60	Stetson	160	22.9	28.8	34.4	26.9	10.0
61	Tarleton State	160	22.9	35.6	31.9	26.3	6.3
62	Boise State	160	22.9	28.1	35.0	29.4	7.5
63	James Madison	159	22.7	25.8	39.6	32.1	2.5
64	Cincinnati	159	22.7	39.6	39.0	16.4	5.0
65	Presbyterian	159	22.7	39.6	34.0	21.4	5.0
66	Iowa State	136	22.7	27.2	41.2	25.0	6.6
67	Purdue	158	22.6	31.6	34.8	27.2	6.3
68	South Florida	158	22.6	32.3	31.0	31.0	5.7
69	North Dakota	158	22.6	34.8	37.3	23.4	4.4
70	Nebraska	158	22.6	34.8	39.9	22.8	2.5
71	Louisville	135	22.5	34.1	33.3	29.6	3.0
72	App State	135	22.5	28.1	40.7	25.9	5.2
73	Northern Arizona	135	22.5	36.3	34.1	22.2	7.4
74	Murray State	135	22.5	31.1	34.8	26.7	7.4
75	Florida Atlantic	157	22.4	29.9	28.0	27.4	14.7
76	NC State	157	22.4	35.0	33.8	23.6	7.6
77	Penn State	157	22.4	31.2	33.1	26.1	9.6
78	Cornell	112	22.4	32.1	38.4	23.2	6.3
79	Miami	134	22.3	29.9	39.6	25.4	5.2
80	Syracuse	156	22.3	28.8	42.9	21.8	6.4
81	Kansas	156	22.3	39.7	35.9	17.3	7.1
82	Western Kentucky	178	22.3	35.4	32.0	29.8	2.8
83	New Haven	111	22.2	37.8	34.2	24.3	3.6
84	UT Rio Grande Valley	133	22.2	42.9	33.8	21.1	2.3
85	Colgate	133	22.2	30.8	31.6	32.3	5.3
86	Arkansas State	133	22.2	32.3	31.6	27.8	7.5
87	Mississippi State	155	22.1	29.0	36.8	29.0	5.2
88	Oregon State	155	22.1	32.3	38.1	26.5	3.2
89	Arizona	155	22.1	32.3	38.7	20.6	8.4
90	Arizona State	155	22.1	32.9	32.9	25.2	9.0
91	Bowie State	22	22.0	27.3	45.5	27.3	0.0
92	Oklahoma	154	22.0	29.9	37.0	29.2	3.9
93	Elizabeth City State	22	22.0	27.3	36.4	22.7	13.6
94	Boston College	154	22.0	33.1	36.4	25.3	5.2
95	Illinois State	154	22.0	36.4	36.4	22.7	3.9
96	Southern Connecticut State	22	22.0	31.8	31.8	36.4	0.0
97	UNLV	153	21.9	37.3	35.9	23.5	3.3
98	Georgia Tech	153	21.9	34.0	37.3	26.1	2.0
99	Montana	153	21.9	36.6	29.4	27.5	6.5
100	Austin Peay	153	21.9	31.4	35.3	30.7	2.6
101	Tulane	131	21.8	38.9	28.2	29.8	3.1
102	Hawai'i	174	21.8	18.4	41.4	35.1	5.2
103	Wyoming	130	21.7	36.2	35.4	24.6	3.8
104	LSU	130	21.7	32.3	38.5	25.4	3.8
105	Navy	108	21.6	26.9	39.8	26.9	6.5
106	Villanova	129	21.5	33.3	34.1	26.4	6.2
107	Elon	172	21.5	36.6	34.9	25.0	3.5
108	Army	150	21.4	18.0	35.3	31.3	15.3
109	UCF	150	21.4	26.7	37.3	25.3	10.7
110	Southern Utah	128	21.3	30.5	39.1	23.4	7.0
111	Lehigh	128	21.3	32.8	35.9	28.9	2.3
112	Toledo	128	21.3	39.8	35.9	22.7	1.6
113	Michigan	149	21.3	35.6	38.9	24.8	0.7
114	UConn	149	21.3	31.5	35.6	27.5	5.4
115	Northwestern	149	21.3	27.5	34.9	32.2	5.4
116	Abilene Christian	170	21.3	34.1	31.2	31.2	3.5
117	Georgia Southern	127	21.2	32.3	33.9	30.7	3.2
118	Youngstown State	127	21.2	29.1	37.8	24.4	8.7
119	Fresno State	148	21.1	27.7	44.6	25.7	2.0
120	Clemson	148	21.1	31.8	34.5	25.0	8.8
121	East Texas A&M	147	21.0	34.0	34.0	26.5	5.4
122	Drake	126	21.0	39.7	28.6	26.2	5.6
123	Chadron St	21	21.0	23.8	57.1	14.3	4.8
124	San José State	147	21.0	27.2	36.7	33.3	2.7
125	Buffalo	145	20.7	31.7	35.2	28.3	4.8
126	Illinois	145	20.7	33.8	39.3	21.4	5.5
127	Utah State	145	20.7	38.6	35.9	22.1	3.4
128	SMU	145	20.7	39.3	31.7	23.4	4.8
129	Tulsa	124	20.7	25.8	34.7	29.8	9.7
130	Alabama A&M	124	20.7	29.8	36.3	27.4	6.5
131	New Mexico	144	20.6	32.6	31.3	27.1	9.0
132	San Diego State	123	20.5	30.9	38.2	25.2	5.7
133	Marshall	123	20.5	38.2	35.8	24.4	1.6
134	Eastern Michigan	143	20.4	34.3	28.7	31.5	5.6
135	California	143	20.4	28.7	37.1	27.3	7.0
136	Pennsylvania	102	20.4	25.5	41.2	30.4	2.9
137	Morgan State	122	20.3	28.7	32.0	32.0	7.4
138	Old Dominion	122	20.3	41.8	32.0	23.8	2.5
139	Bryant	142	20.3	36.6	33.8	26.8	2.8
140	Kennesaw State	142	20.3	31.0	39.4	26.8	2.8
141	Bethune-Cookman	101	20.2	27.7	47.5	23.8	1.0
142	Yale	101	20.2	23.8	37.6	30.7	7.9
143	Princeton	101	20.2	33.7	32.7	27.7	5.9
144	Fordham	141	20.1	32.6	30.5	29.1	7.8
145	Minnesota	141	20.1	34.0	35.5	28.4	2.1
146	Georgetown	141	20.1	27.0	30.5	37.6	5.0
147	McKendree	20	20.0	25.0	35.0	35.0	5.0
148	Sacred Heart	120	20.0	24.2	36.7	33.3	5.8
149	Furman	140	20.0	35.7	34.3	28.6	1.4
150	New Mexico State	120	20.0	29.2	26.7	40.8	3.3
151	Edward Waters	20	20.0	40.0	30.0	25.0	5.0
152	Brown	100	20.0	23.0	44.0	27.0	6.0
153	UAB	120	20.0	30.8	31.7	30.8	6.7
154	Lafayette	159	19.9	34.6	30.2	30.8	4.4
155	Florida International	139	19.9	27.3	38.1	28.1	6.5
156	Middle Tennessee	139	19.9	36.0	33.1	27.3	3.6
157	Southern Miss	119	19.8	28.6	40.3	27.7	3.4
158	South Carolina State	119	19.8	24.4	35.3	37.8	2.5
159	Gardner-Webb	138	19.7	31.9	39.9	19.6	8.7
160	Michigan State	138	19.7	30.4	31.2	29.0	8.0
161	Houston	138	19.7	28.3	32.6	32.6	6.5
162	UC Davis	118	19.7	32.2	37.3	28.0	2.5
163	Missouri State	137	19.6	38.7	36.5	21.9	2.9
164	South Alabama	137	19.6	27.7	33.6	29.9	8.8
165	Eastern Illinois	117	19.5	29.1	34.2	32.5	4.3
166	Western Michigan	136	19.4	27.2	34.6	33.1	5.1
167	McNeese	136	19.4	26.5	36.8	27.9	8.8
168	Georgia State	135	19.3	27.4	31.9	36.3	4.4
169	Colorado State	135	19.3	24.4	41.5	26.7	7.4
170	Auburn	135	19.3	31.1	36.3	27.4	5.2
171	South Dakota	135	19.3	30.4	43.0	25.2	0.7
172	Miami (OH)	135	19.3	37.8	33.3	23.7	5.2
173	Wagner	134	19.1	25.4	41.0	29.9	3.7
174	Kansas State	134	19.1	28.4	36.6	28.4	6.7
175	Sacramento State	134	19.1	24.6	41.0	26.1	8.2
176	Richmond	134	19.1	28.4	33.6	33.6	4.5
177	Bucknell	153	19.1	35.9	30.7	28.8	4.6
178	Saginaw Valley State	19	19.0	31.6	42.1	26.3	0.0
179	Texas Southern	95	19.0	32.6	36.8	28.4	2.1
180	Kentucky State	19	19.0	31.6	26.3	36.8	5.3
181	UCLA	133	19.0	34.6	30.8	25.6	9.0
182	Florida	114	19.0	33.3	43.9	20.2	2.6
183	Pittsburgh	133	19.0	30.1	35.3	26.3	8.3
184	William & Mary	132	18.9	27.3	34.8	33.3	4.5
185	Chattanooga	94	18.8	34.0	42.6	18.1	5.3
186	Troy	131	18.7	30.5	25.2	34.4	9.2
187	Temple	130	18.6	33.8	33.1	28.5	4.6
188	Washington State	130	18.6	30.0	36.9	25.4	7.7
189	Central Connecticut	148	18.5	30.4	45.3	22.3	2.0
190	UT Martin	148	18.5	33.1	30.4	33.1	3.4
191	Maryland	129	18.4	28.7	34.1	33.3	3.9
192	Grambling	129	18.4	31.0	38.8	26.4	3.9
193	Duquesne	147	18.4	27.9	39.5	25.2	7.5
194	Samford	110	18.3	26.4	40.9	30.9	1.8
195	Iowa	110	18.3	30.0	35.5	30.0	4.5
196	Prairie View A&M	110	18.3	38.2	34.5	22.7	4.5
197	Butler	127	18.1	22.0	33.9	37.8	6.3
198	Lincoln (PA)	18	18.0	33.3	22.2	44.4	0.0
199	Virginia Tech	108	18.0	35.2	29.6	28.7	6.5
200	New Hampshire	144	18.0	23.6	41.0	26.4	9.0
201	Lindenwood	126	18.0	28.6	38.1	26.2	7.1
202	Northern Michigan	18	18.0	5.6	50.0	33.3	11.1
203	Stanford	126	18.0	35.7	27.0	29.4	7.9
204	Davidson	126	18.0	32.5	33.3	26.2	7.9
205	Mississippi Valley State	54	18.0	24.1	44.4	25.9	5.6
206	UAlbany	108	18.0	25.0	43.5	22.2	9.3
207	Western Illinois	126	18.0	29.4	38.1	25.4	7.1
208	Norfolk State	126	18.0	31.7	44.4	16.7	7.1
209	Colorado	125	17.9	25.6	40.0	31.2	3.2
210	UL Monroe	125	17.9	36.0	32.8	26.4	4.8
211	Utah Tech	125	17.9	24.0	35.2	35.2	5.6
212	Central Michigan	125	17.9	32.8	34.4	25.6	7.2
213	Charlotte	124	17.7	33.9	25.8	33.1	7.3
214	Akron	124	17.7	33.9	37.1	23.4	5.6
215	Liberty	124	17.7	29.0	34.7	28.2	8.1
216	Northern Colorado	124	17.7	25.8	40.3	29.0	4.0
217	Coastal Carolina	106	17.7	22.6	44.3	28.3	4.7
218	Wake Forest	106	17.7	38.7	26.4	31.1	2.8
219	Kentucky	88	17.6	20.5	43.2	31.8	4.5
220	Dayton	123	17.6	33.3	22.0	33.3	11.4
221	Northern Iowa	123	17.6	26.0	33.3	37.4	3.3
222	Houston Christian	123	17.6	27.6	35.0	30.9	6.5
223	Weber State	123	17.6	31.7	35.0	31.7	1.6
224	Morehead State	140	17.5	32.9	43.6	22.9	0.7
225	Southern	104	17.3	26.9	32.7	34.6	5.8
226	Holy Cross	121	17.3	28.1	37.2	26.4	8.3
227	Stephen F. Austin	121	17.3	32.2	33.1	28.1	6.6
228	Long Island University	103	17.2	27.2	35.0	33.0	4.9
229	Towson	120	17.1	27.5	32.5	31.7	8.3
230	UTSA	119	17.0	24.4	42.9	28.6	4.2
231	Greensboro College	17	17.0	17.6	41.2	35.3	5.9
232	Maine	119	17.0	27.7	42.0	21.8	8.4
233	Massachusetts	101	16.8	29.7	36.6	31.7	2.0
234	Cal Poly	101	16.8	34.7	31.7	30.7	3.0
235	Florida A&M	84	16.8	26.2	34.5	34.5	4.8
236	Columbia	84	16.8	28.6	33.3	28.6	9.5
237	Campbell	134	16.8	20.9	43.3	30.6	5.2
238	Wisconsin	117	16.7	30.8	35.0	27.4	6.8
239	Mercyhurst	117	16.7	23.1	30.8	35.0	11.1
240	Marist	117	16.7	25.6	39.3	25.6	9.4
241	Merrimack	117	16.7	21.4	38.5	33.3	6.8
242	Rice	116	16.6	21.6	39.7	31.9	6.9
243	Louisiana Tech	99	16.5	29.3	36.4	30.3	4.0
244	Texas	99	16.5	25.3	41.4	30.3	3.0
245	West Virginia	115	16.4	30.4	38.3	24.3	7.0
246	Nevada	115	16.4	35.7	27.0	29.6	7.8
247	San Diego	115	16.4	26.1	36.5	33.9	3.5
248	Hampton	131	16.4	29.0	33.6	31.3	6.1
249	Howard	114	16.3	28.9	34.2	31.6	5.3
250	Virginia St	16	16.0	31.3	50.0	18.8	0.0
251	Bowling Green	112	16.0	38.4	29.5	29.5	2.7
252	Oklahoma State	112	16.0	27.7	30.4	35.7	6.3
253	Eastern Washington	111	15.9	27.9	36.0	28.8	7.2
254	UTEP	95	15.8	26.3	34.7	32.6	6.3
255	South Carolina	95	15.8	32.6	28.4	28.4	10.5
256	Lamar	78	15.6	35.9	32.1	29.5	2.6
257	Valparaiso	93	15.5	29.0	36.6	33.3	1.1
258	Portland State	108	15.4	28.7	36.1	31.5	3.7
259	North Carolina	77	15.4	33.8	29.9	27.3	9.1
260	Alcorn State	92	15.3	35.9	32.6	27.2	4.3
261	Sam Houston	107	15.3	32.7	37.4	24.3	4.7
262	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	76	15.2	22.4	34.2	39.5	3.9
263	North Carolina A&T	104	14.9	28.8	28.8	40.4	1.9
264	Wofford	74	14.8	37.8	25.7	32.4	4.1
265	The Citadel	74	14.8	27.0	31.1	32.4	9.5
266	Nicholls	102	14.6	34.3	29.4	29.4	6.9
267	Indiana State	87	14.5	26.4	43.7	26.4	3.4
268	Stonehill	99	14.1	22.2	26.3	37.4	14.1
269	Eastern Kentucky	99	14.1	29.3	37.4	29.3	4.0
270	Northeastern State	14	14.0	21.4	50.0	14.3	14.3
271	Tennessee State	97	13.9	26.8	36.1	36.1	1.0
272	VMI	95	13.6	26.3	38.9	33.7	1.1
273	Ball State	93	13.3	24.7	36.6	32.3	6.5
274	Charleston Southern	106	13.3	25.5	35.8	34.0	4.7
275	Northern Illinois	92	13.1	25.0	27.2	33.7	14.1
276	Pace	13	13.0	53.8	23.1	15.4	7.7
277	Savannah St	13	13.0	23.1	46.2	30.8	0.0
278	Louisiana	77	12.8	32.5	28.6	35.1	3.9
279	St. Francis (PA)	75	12.5	37.3	32.0	22.7	8.0
280	Bentley	12	12.0	8.3	41.7	33.3	16.7
281	Robert Morris	60	12.0	25.0	33.3	40.0	1.7
282	Miles College	12	12.0	33.3	25.0	41.7	0.0
283	Thomas More College	24	12.0	20.8	41.7	29.2	8.3
284	Kent State	83	11.9	28.9	28.9	32.5	9.6
285	Lincoln (CA)	23	11.5	26.1	34.8	30.4	8.7
286	Hanover College	11	11.0	27.3	18.2	54.5	0.0
287	Northwestern State	73	10.4	23.3	39.7	31.5	5.5
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	American International	10	10.0	30.0	20.0	40.0	10.0
292	Lane College	9	9.0	33.3	44.4	22.2	0.0
293	ERSKINE	9	9.0	44.4	22.2	22.2	11.1
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