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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	296	32.9	37.2	32.1	24.3	6.4
3	Allen	29	29.0	41.4	41.4	13.8	3.4
4	North Dakota State	248	27.6	36.3	36.3	23.8	3.2
5	North Texas	248	27.6	35.9	36.7	22.2	4.8
6	Indiana	248	27.6	34.7	35.5	27.4	2.4
7	Missouri	220	27.5	29.5	37.3	27.3	5.5
8	Mercer	189	27.0	34.4	39.2	25.4	1.1
9	Tennessee	241	26.8	33.6	40.7	22.0	3.3
10	USC	214	26.8	40.2	30.8	24.3	4.7
11	Alabama State	187	26.7	40.1	35.3	23.0	1.6
12	Florida State	208	26.0	32.7	33.2	27.9	6.3
13	Arkansas	233	25.9	38.6	36.1	23.2	2.1
14	Montana State	206	25.8	32.5	40.3	23.8	3.4
15	Rutgers	230	25.6	30.9	37.4	22.2	9.6
16	Utah	204	25.5	24.0	42.2	27.9	5.9
17	Baylor	229	25.4	31.4	37.1	22.7	8.7
18	Ole Miss	228	25.3	28.5	42.1	24.6	4.8
19	Jackson State	202	25.3	31.7	32.7	32.2	3.5
20	SE Louisiana	202	25.3	32.2	38.6	25.7	3.5
21	Georgia	200	25.0	28.0	41.0	27.0	4.0
22	Oregon	198	24.8	33.8	30.3	28.3	7.6
23	Washington	197	24.6	35.5	35.0	25.9	3.6
24	Memphis	220	24.4	36.8	36.4	22.3	4.5
25	East Carolina	171	24.4	25.1	38.0	33.3	3.5
26	Harvard	171	24.4	35.7	32.2	25.7	6.4
27	Delaware	194	24.3	29.9	34.0	29.4	6.7
28	Western Carolina	194	24.3	38.7	30.9	24.7	5.7
29	North Alabama	216	24.0	28.7	36.6	29.6	4.6
30	Texas State	191	23.9	19.9	41.4	32.5	6.3
31	Texas A&M	167	23.9	40.1	32.3	24.6	3.0
32	Virginia	214	23.8	32.2	28.5	34.6	4.2
33	Central Arkansas	214	23.8	31.8	36.9	26.2	5.1
34	Ohio	190	23.8	33.2	38.4	24.2	4.2
35	Air Force	190	23.8	29.5	35.8	26.3	8.4
36	Idaho	213	23.7	33.3	33.8	26.8	6.1
37	Tarleton State	213	23.7	34.3	34.3	25.8	5.6
38	St. Thomas (MN)	213	23.7	32.4	40.4	22.1	5.2
39	Idaho State	213	23.7	35.7	34.3	26.3	3.8
40	North Carolina Central	213	23.7	33.8	36.2	25.8	4.2
41	Ohio State	188	23.5	33.5	38.3	23.9	3.7
42	Tennessee Tech	188	23.5	36.2	39.4	21.3	3.2
43	West Georgia	211	23.4	31.8	29.4	33.2	5.7
44	Stony Brook	211	23.4	28.9	35.1	28.9	7.1
45	Georgia Tech	211	23.4	37.4	34.6	25.6	1.9
46	Notre Dame	164	23.4	41.5	34.8	20.1	3.7
47	Miami	187	23.4	31.0	37.4	26.2	5.3
48	Vanderbilt	186	23.3	36.6	36.6	23.7	3.2
49	Texas Tech	186	23.3	34.4	31.2	31.7	2.7
50	Incarnate Word	209	23.2	26.8	36.8	27.8	8.6
51	BYU	185	23.1	36.8	31.9	22.7	7.6
52	Presbyterian	208	23.1	38.0	36.5	20.7	4.8
53	South Florida	208	23.1	34.1	31.3	30.3	4.3
54	Southern Illinois	208	23.1	33.7	33.7	27.9	4.8
55	Cincinnati	207	23.0	38.6	36.7	19.8	4.8
56	TCU	184	23.0	33.7	31.5	29.9	4.9
57	Cornell	161	23.0	28.6	41.6	24.8	5.0
58	Duke	161	23.0	32.9	37.3	22.4	7.5
59	South Dakota State	161	23.0	32.3	39.1	25.5	3.1
60	Florida Atlantic	183	22.9	30.1	27.3	26.2	16.4
61	James Madison	183	22.9	28.4	38.3	31.1	2.2
62	Alabama	183	22.9	32.2	29.5	31.1	7.1
63	Western Kentucky	205	22.8	34.6	33.2	29.3	2.9
64	Delaware State	203	22.6	33.5	40.9	19.2	6.4
65	North Dakota	203	22.6	32.5	38.4	24.6	4.4
66	Northern Arizona	180	22.5	37.8	31.1	23.3	7.8
67	Iowa State	180	22.5	30.0	41.1	22.8	6.1
68	Mississippi State	202	22.4	31.2	34.7	28.2	5.9
69	Southeast Missouri State	202	22.4	27.2	35.6	32.7	4.5
70	Navy	157	22.4	31.2	36.3	26.1	6.4
71	App State	179	22.4	27.9	39.7	24.0	8.4
72	Clemson	179	22.4	34.1	34.6	22.3	8.9
73	East Tennessee State	201	22.3	36.8	31.8	25.4	6.0
74	Jacksonville State	156	22.3	31.4	33.3	28.2	7.1
75	Dartmouth	156	22.3	28.8	36.5	32.7	1.9
76	UNLV	178	22.3	37.6	36.0	22.5	3.9
77	Youngstown State	178	22.3	30.3	39.3	23.6	6.7
78	Illinois State	200	22.2	32.0	39.5	23.5	4.5
79	UC Davis	177	22.1	32.8	41.8	23.2	2.3
80	NC State	199	22.1	34.2	35.7	24.1	6.0
81	Austin Peay	199	22.1	34.2	34.7	28.1	3.0
82	Elizabeth City State	22	22.0	27.3	36.4	22.7	13.6
83	Arkansas State	176	22.0	30.1	33.0	29.5	6.8
84	Hawai'i	198	22.0	18.7	41.4	35.4	4.5
85	Bowie State	22	22.0	27.3	45.5	27.3	0.0
86	Arizona State	198	22.0	34.8	31.8	25.3	8.1
87	Southern Connecticut State	22	22.0	31.8	31.8	36.4	0.0
88	Kansas	198	22.0	33.3	38.9	20.2	7.6
89	Rhode Island	198	22.0	34.3	38.4	24.7	2.5
90	Penn State	175	21.9	30.3	33.1	28.0	8.6
91	Southern Utah	174	21.8	27.6	42.5	24.1	5.7
92	Illinois	195	21.7	30.8	39.0	24.6	5.6
93	Nebraska	195	21.7	32.8	40.0	24.1	3.1
94	Montana	195	21.7	36.9	29.2	27.7	6.2
95	San José State	173	21.6	28.9	37.6	31.2	2.3
96	Colgate	173	21.6	30.1	32.9	32.4	4.6
97	Lehigh	172	21.5	32.0	36.0	29.1	2.9
98	Arizona	172	21.5	33.1	37.2	21.5	8.1
99	UT Rio Grande Valley	172	21.5	43.6	30.8	23.8	1.7
100	Louisville	172	21.5	33.7	36.0	27.9	2.3
101	Boise State	193	21.4	28.0	34.2	30.1	7.8
102	Tulane	150	21.4	38.0	29.3	30.0	2.7
103	South Carolina State	171	21.4	28.1	35.1	34.5	2.3
104	Murray State	171	21.4	31.0	35.1	25.7	8.2
105	Georgia Southern	171	21.4	32.7	35.1	29.2	2.9
106	Boston College	192	21.3	30.2	36.5	27.6	5.7
107	LSU	149	21.3	32.2	39.6	24.2	4.0
108	Elon	191	21.2	37.2	34.6	25.1	3.1
109	Purdue	191	21.2	30.4	37.2	25.7	6.8
110	Oregon State	169	21.1	32.5	39.6	24.9	3.0
111	UConn	190	21.1	30.0	35.8	29.5	4.7
112	Chadron St	21	21.0	23.8	57.1	14.3	4.8
113	Abilene Christian	189	21.0	36.5	30.2	29.6	3.7
114	Marshall	147	21.0	38.1	35.4	24.5	2.0
115	Michigan	188	20.9	34.6	38.3	26.1	1.1
116	Old Dominion	167	20.9	38.3	34.1	25.2	2.4
117	Tulsa	146	20.9	26.7	33.6	30.1	9.6
118	Mississippi Valley State	104	20.8	32.7	34.6	26.9	5.8
119	Pittsburgh	187	20.8	31.0	36.4	25.1	7.5
120	Oklahoma	187	20.8	29.9	38.0	28.3	3.7
121	Army	166	20.8	18.7	34.3	31.3	15.7
122	Northwestern	166	20.8	27.7	33.1	33.7	5.4
123	Stetson	166	20.8	28.3	33.7	27.7	10.2
124	Pennsylvania	145	20.7	26.9	40.0	30.3	2.8
125	Gardner-Webb	186	20.7	33.3	35.5	23.7	7.5
126	Toledo	165	20.6	37.6	33.9	26.7	1.8
127	Brown	144	20.6	21.5	43.1	27.8	7.6
128	Bethune-Cookman	144	20.6	28.5	44.4	25.0	2.1
129	Villanova	144	20.6	32.6	35.4	25.7	6.3
130	Houston	185	20.6	32.4	30.8	30.8	5.9
131	Syracuse	185	20.6	30.3	40.0	22.7	7.0
132	San Diego State	164	20.5	32.3	39.6	23.2	4.9
133	Drake	164	20.5	35.4	30.5	29.3	4.9
134	Yale	143	20.4	25.9	40.6	27.3	6.3
135	Stephen F. Austin	183	20.3	26.8	36.6	30.6	6.0
136	New Mexico	183	20.3	32.8	32.8	25.1	9.3
137	UAB	142	20.3	30.3	32.4	31.0	6.3
138	Morgan State	141	20.1	30.5	29.8	33.3	6.4
139	Sacred Heart	141	20.1	24.1	35.5	34.8	5.7
140	Florida International	161	20.1	28.6	36.6	28.0	6.8
141	East Texas A&M	181	20.1	34.3	35.4	24.9	5.5
142	Edward Waters	20	20.0	40.0	30.0	25.0	5.0
143	Southern Miss	140	20.0	29.3	39.3	27.1	4.3
144	Eastern Michigan	160	20.0	35.0	28.8	31.3	5.0
145	McKendree	20	20.0	25.0	35.0	35.0	5.0
146	UCF	160	20.0	26.9	38.1	25.0	10.0
147	Sacramento State	179	19.9	26.8	36.3	29.6	7.3
148	South Alabama	179	19.9	25.7	33.5	31.8	8.9
149	William & Mary	179	19.9	25.1	38.0	31.3	5.6
150	Utah State	159	19.9	39.0	35.2	22.6	3.1
151	Kennesaw State	159	19.9	31.4	39.6	25.8	3.1
152	New Haven	139	19.9	38.8	31.7	26.6	2.9
153	Bryant	178	19.8	33.7	36.0	27.0	3.4
154	Georgia State	158	19.8	25.3	34.2	34.8	5.7
155	California	177	19.7	30.5	36.2	26.6	6.8
156	Georgetown	177	19.7	28.8	28.8	37.9	4.5
157	Lafayette	177	19.7	32.8	31.1	31.6	4.5
158	Wyoming	157	19.6	33.8	35.7	26.8	3.8
159	Princeton	137	19.6	32.1	37.2	24.1	6.6
160	Fresno State	176	19.6	27.3	42.6	28.4	1.7
161	Buffalo	176	19.6	34.7	35.2	26.1	4.0
162	Missouri State	156	19.5	39.1	34.0	24.4	2.6
163	Michigan State	175	19.4	30.9	32.6	28.6	6.9
164	Western Michigan	175	19.4	28.0	32.6	33.1	6.3
165	Auburn	175	19.4	28.6	39.4	26.3	5.7
166	Chattanooga	136	19.4	33.1	37.5	22.8	6.6
167	Miami (OH)	155	19.4	38.1	34.2	23.2	4.5
168	Middle Tennessee	155	19.4	35.5	32.3	28.4	3.9
169	UT Martin	174	19.3	32.2	31.0	33.9	2.9
170	McNeese	174	19.3	26.4	39.1	26.4	8.0
171	SMU	173	19.2	37.6	34.1	23.7	4.0
172	Fordham	172	19.1	29.7	30.2	33.7	6.4
173	Richmond	152	19.0	27.6	35.5	32.2	4.6
174	Lindenwood	171	19.0	31.0	36.3	26.3	6.4
175	UTSA	171	19.0	27.5	40.4	26.9	5.3
176	Kentucky State	19	19.0	31.6	26.3	36.8	5.3
177	Bucknell	171	19.0	36.8	29.8	29.2	4.1
178	Saginaw Valley State	19	19.0	31.6	42.1	26.3	0.0
179	Prairie View A&M	152	19.0	34.2	35.5	25.0	5.3
180	Washington State	170	18.9	32.4	36.5	25.3	5.9
181	South Dakota	170	18.9	28.2	42.9	27.1	1.2
182	Samford	151	18.9	24.5	41.1	31.1	3.3
183	New Mexico State	132	18.9	29.5	25.8	41.7	3.0
184	Minnesota	169	18.8	35.5	33.1	29.6	1.8
185	Colorado State	150	18.8	24.0	42.7	26.7	6.7
186	Long Island University	150	18.8	28.7	35.3	30.7	5.3
187	Eastern Illinois	150	18.8	32.7	34.7	29.3	3.3
188	Liberty	150	18.8	29.3	36.0	27.3	7.3
189	Louisiana Tech	131	18.7	32.8	38.2	26.0	3.1
190	Utah Tech	167	18.6	23.4	35.9	33.5	7.2
191	Northern Colorado	167	18.6	26.9	40.1	27.5	4.8
192	Troy	167	18.6	28.7	26.9	35.3	8.4
193	Akron	167	18.6	32.3	40.1	22.8	4.8
194	Texas Southern	111	18.5	31.5	35.1	29.7	3.6
195	Kansas State	166	18.4	27.7	36.1	28.9	7.2
196	New Hampshire	166	18.4	23.5	41.6	26.5	8.4
197	Kentucky	129	18.4	20.9	44.2	31.0	3.9
198	Wagner	165	18.3	27.3	39.4	30.3	3.0
199	Temple	165	18.3	32.7	36.4	26.1	4.8
200	Duquesne	165	18.3	28.5	37.6	26.7	7.3
201	Florida	128	18.3	34.4	43.8	19.5	2.3
202	Virginia Tech	146	18.3	32.2	32.9	29.5	5.5
203	Texas	146	18.3	31.5	35.6	30.8	2.1
204	Davidson	164	18.2	29.9	35.4	28.0	6.7
205	San Diego	164	18.2	28.7	34.1	32.3	4.9
206	Butler	145	18.1	23.4	34.5	36.6	5.5
207	UCLA	145	18.1	35.2	31.7	24.1	9.0
208	Central Connecticut	163	18.1	29.4	43.6	25.2	1.8
209	Furman	163	18.1	36.2	31.9	30.1	1.8
210	Central Michigan	163	18.1	32.5	35.0	25.8	6.7
211	Northern Michigan	18	18.0	5.6	50.0	33.3	11.1
212	Maine	162	18.0	27.2	44.4	21.6	6.8
213	Lincoln (PA)	18	18.0	33.3	22.2	44.4	0.0
214	Morehead State	180	18.0	36.7	40.0	22.2	1.1
215	Dayton	162	18.0	33.3	25.3	29.0	12.3
216	Hampton	162	18.0	27.2	34.6	31.5	6.8
217	Southern	143	17.9	23.1	34.3	36.4	6.3
218	Iowa	125	17.9	28.0	37.6	29.6	4.8
219	Wake Forest	142	17.8	40.1	23.9	31.0	4.2
220	Norfolk State	159	17.7	35.2	42.1	16.4	6.3
221	Alabama A&M	141	17.6	31.9	36.2	26.2	5.7
222	Coastal Carolina	123	17.6	24.4	41.5	30.1	4.1
223	Colorado	158	17.6	24.7	41.1	31.0	3.2
224	Maryland	140	17.5	30.0	32.9	32.9	4.3
225	Campbell	157	17.4	21.7	43.3	29.9	5.1
226	Mercyhurst	139	17.4	27.3	31.7	31.7	9.4
227	Alcorn State	139	17.4	32.4	37.4	26.6	3.6
228	UL Monroe	156	17.3	33.3	34.0	26.9	5.8
229	Towson	155	17.2	28.4	33.5	31.0	7.1
230	West Virginia	155	17.2	28.4	38.7	23.9	9.0
231	Stanford	155	17.2	36.1	26.5	30.3	7.1
232	Grambling	155	17.2	29.0	38.7	27.7	4.5
233	Charlotte	137	17.1	33.6	26.3	32.8	7.3
234	Weber State	154	17.1	30.5	35.7	31.8	1.9
235	Florida A&M	119	17.0	26.1	37.8	31.9	4.2
236	Greensboro College	17	17.0	17.6	41.2	35.3	5.9
237	Merrimack	136	17.0	19.9	39.7	33.1	7.4
238	Cal Poly	136	17.0	39.7	30.1	27.2	2.9
239	Western Illinois	135	16.9	28.9	39.3	25.2	6.7
240	UAlbany	134	16.8	26.1	42.5	22.4	9.0
241	North Carolina	117	16.7	32.5	33.3	25.6	8.5
242	Lamar	117	16.7	34.2	35.0	24.8	6.0
243	Holy Cross	150	16.7	26.0	38.0	29.3	6.7
244	Columbia	116	16.6	25.0	36.2	29.3	9.5
245	Marist	149	16.6	27.5	38.9	25.5	8.1
246	Nicholls	149	16.6	32.2	28.9	34.2	4.7
247	Bowling Green	148	16.4	33.1	31.1	33.1	2.7
248	Rice	148	16.4	20.9	39.9	31.1	8.1
249	Portland State	148	16.4	33.1	33.8	29.7	3.4
250	Sam Houston	131	16.4	35.1	35.1	22.9	6.1
251	Houston Christian	147	16.3	28.6	36.7	29.3	5.4
252	Northern Iowa	147	16.3	27.2	33.3	36.7	2.7
253	Eastern Washington	147	16.3	28.6	37.4	27.2	6.8
254	Wisconsin	129	16.1	29.5	35.7	27.1	7.8
255	Nevada	129	16.1	38.0	25.6	29.5	7.0
256	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	112	16.0	22.3	35.7	38.4	3.6
257	The Citadel	112	16.0	33.0	31.3	27.7	8.0
258	Virginia St	16	16.0	31.3	50.0	18.8	0.0
259	Massachusetts	128	16.0	28.1	39.1	29.7	3.1
260	Valparaiso	127	15.9	30.7	33.9	33.1	2.4
261	UTEP	111	15.9	27.9	33.3	29.7	9.0
262	Oklahoma State	142	15.8	26.8	28.9	38.0	6.3
263	South Carolina	126	15.8	32.5	27.8	29.4	10.3
264	Howard	126	15.8	27.8	36.5	31.0	4.8
265	Eastern Kentucky	139	15.4	29.5	37.4	30.2	2.9
266	Louisiana	120	15.0	32.5	28.3	35.0	4.2
267	North Carolina A&T	131	14.6	30.5	28.2	39.7	1.5
268	St. Francis (PA)	115	14.4	36.5	33.9	23.5	6.1
269	Stonehill	129	14.3	20.9	32.6	34.9	11.6
270	Charleston Southern	142	14.2	24.6	35.9	34.5	4.9
271	Wofford	99	14.1	34.3	26.3	35.4	4.0
272	Northeastern State	14	14.0	21.4	50.0	14.3	14.3
273	Tennessee State	125	13.9	27.2	34.4	35.2	3.2
274	VMI	123	13.7	29.3	39.0	30.1	1.6
275	Indiana State	109	13.6	24.8	43.1	29.4	2.8
276	Ball State	119	13.2	22.7	36.1	34.5	6.7
277	Northern Illinois	118	13.1	22.9	28.0	35.6	13.6
278	Pace	13	13.0	53.8	23.1	15.4	7.7
279	Savannah St	13	13.0	23.1	46.2	30.8	0.0
280	Robert Morris	89	12.7	20.2	41.6	33.7	4.5
281	Kent State	110	12.2	28.2	30.9	30.9	10.0
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	96	10.7	27.1	37.5	31.3	4.2
287	Morehouse College	10	10.0	20.0	40.0	30.0	10.0
288	Fayetteville State	10	10.0	20.0	20.0	60.0	0.0
289	American International	10	10.0	30.0	20.0	40.0	10.0
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