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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	Miami	343	28.6	39.9	31.5	25.4	3.2
2	Clark Atlanta	28	28.0	25.0	46.4	25.0	3.6
3	McKendree	27	27.0	33.3	33.3	29.6	3.7
4	Syracuse	322	26.8	30.4	33.9	29.2	6.2
5	Texas State	322	26.8	34.5	38.2	22.7	4.7
6	Sioux Falls	26	26.0	26.9	23.1	42.3	7.7
7	Arkansas	309	25.8	38.5	35.6	21.7	4.2
8	Eastern Washington	251	25.1	28.7	35.5	31.9	4.0
9	USC	301	25.1	37.5	35.9	23.3	3.3
10	Texas Tech	300	25.0	31.7	30.7	33.0	4.7
11	Ole Miss	300	25.0	35.0	37.7	22.0	5.3
12	Indiana	300	25.0	37.0	37.7	21.3	4.0
13	Oregon	323	24.8	31.3	39.9	25.4	3.4
14	Tennessee	296	24.7	32.8	34.1	29.7	3.4
15	Western Carolina	296	24.7	34.5	33.4	28.0	4.1
16	Penn State	320	24.6	38.4	33.1	23.4	5.0
17	Monmouth	294	24.5	36.4	32.0	23.1	8.5
18	Boise State	311	23.9	32.5	36.0	26.7	4.8
19	UCF	286	23.8	40.6	32.2	22.4	4.9
20	App State	261	23.7	35.6	35.2	23.8	5.4
21	Delaware	260	23.6	30.4	30.8	30.4	8.5
22	Clemson	307	23.6	32.6	35.8	28.0	3.6
23	Alabama A&M	259	23.5	29.3	39.0	24.7	7.0
24	Harvard	188	23.5	28.7	35.1	27.7	8.5
25	TCU	282	23.5	36.2	33.7	23.8	6.4
26	Liberty	258	23.5	32.6	38.4	25.6	3.5
27	Idaho State	280	23.3	36.4	34.6	25.0	3.9
28	Montana State	280	23.3	31.4	37.1	28.6	2.5
29	Texas	303	23.3	28.7	39.9	26.7	4.6
30	Memphis	279	23.3	30.5	38.0	27.2	4.3
31	South Carolina State	209	23.2	34.0	38.8	23.4	3.8
32	North Dakota State	278	23.2	26.6	39.9	28.1	5.4
33	Abilene Christian	324	23.1	34.0	33.0	29.0	4.0
34	North Texas	277	23.1	36.5	34.3	22.0	7.2
35	SMU	300	23.1	35.3	35.3	26.3	3.0
36	Georgia	300	23.1	33.3	37.3	23.0	6.3
37	Jacksonville State	299	23.0	32.8	40.8	22.7	3.7
38	LSU	276	23.0	34.8	29.7	31.5	4.0
39	Davidson	253	23.0	30.0	28.9	31.2	9.9
40	Tulane	299	23.0	32.1	36.1	28.4	3.3
41	Army	275	22.9	26.2	37.8	27.3	8.7
42	Cornell	206	22.9	36.9	30.6	26.2	6.3
43	Western Illinois	274	22.8	31.4	36.9	25.5	6.2
44	Washington State	274	22.8	35.0	39.4	20.8	4.4
45	Ohio State	274	22.8	34.7	32.5	25.9	6.9
46	Georgia Tech	273	22.8	29.3	41.4	24.2	5.1
47	Brown	227	22.7	23.3	37.4	29.5	9.7
48	Arizona State	293	22.5	32.4	35.2	27.0	5.5
49	UC Davis	269	22.4	33.8	41.6	24.2	0.4
50	Montana	291	22.4	30.9	39.5	24.1	5.5
51	New Mexico	268	22.3	34.3	40.7	20.5	4.5
52	Cincinnati	268	22.3	29.9	40.3	25.4	4.5
53	South Alabama	267	22.3	37.8	34.8	23.2	4.1
54	Yale	200	22.2	30.0	33.5	31.5	5.0
55	William & Mary	222	22.2	35.1	34.7	25.2	5.0
56	Baylor	266	22.2	34.2	30.5	27.4	7.9
57	BYU	266	22.2	35.7	39.9	17.7	6.8
58	Iowa State	288	22.2	30.6	35.4	28.1	5.9
59	Alabama	265	22.1	32.5	34.7	29.8	3.0
60	Southeast Missouri State	265	22.1	29.4	37.7	27.5	4.9
61	Rutgers	264	22.0	33.3	34.5	27.3	4.9
62	North Carolina	264	22.0	32.6	37.1	25.8	4.5
63	South Dakota State	263	21.9	36.9	33.5	27.8	1.9
64	UAB	263	21.9	34.6	34.2	26.2	4.9
65	East Carolina	263	21.9	33.5	34.2	28.9	3.4
66	Louisville	263	21.9	31.9	43.3	21.7	3.0
67	Kansas	262	21.8	29.8	36.6	29.0	4.6
68	UTSA	262	21.8	25.2	38.6	32.4	3.8
69	Washington	262	21.8	34.0	40.8	21.0	4.2
70	Texas A&M	261	21.8	33.3	36.0	28.0	2.7
71	Stony Brook	195	21.7	25.1	37.4	30.3	7.2
72	Utah State	260	21.7	34.6	34.6	25.4	5.4
73	Sacramento State	238	21.6	30.3	38.7	28.2	2.5
74	South Carolina	259	21.6	31.3	36.7	27.4	4.2
75	West Virginia	259	21.6	31.3	32.0	27.4	9.3
76	UNLV	280	21.5	36.4	31.8	26.8	5.0
77	South Dakota	257	21.4	40.9	35.8	21.8	1.6
78	Pittsburgh	257	21.4	35.0	36.2	24.5	4.3
79	Oregon State	257	21.4	26.1	35.8	28.8	8.9
80	Auburn	257	21.4	35.8	36.6	24.1	3.5
81	Arkansas State	257	21.4	26.8	37.7	29.2	6.2
82	Louisiana	278	21.4	35.3	34.2	24.8	5.8
83	Mercyhurst	171	21.4	33.9	32.2	24.0	9.9
84	Incarnate Word	235	21.4	35.7	32.3	25.5	6.4
85	Notre Dame	256	21.3	31.3	41.8	19.9	7.0
86	Missouri	256	21.3	24.2	38.7	33.2	3.9
87	Youngstown State	256	21.3	21.5	40.6	32.0	5.9
88	Northern Illinois	254	21.2	28.3	36.2	30.7	4.7
89	Illinois State	254	21.2	33.1	34.6	29.1	3.2
90	Eastern Michigan	254	21.2	28.7	32.7	32.7	5.9
91	Ohio	275	21.2	34.2	36.7	26.5	2.2
92	Nebraska	253	21.1	33.6	34.0	29.6	2.8
93	Lafayette	253	21.1	32.0	34.0	27.3	6.7
94	James Madison	252	21.0	32.9	36.1	27.0	4.0
95	Colorado	252	21.0	35.3	36.9	23.8	4.0
96	Missouri State	252	21.0	38.5	36.1	23.0	2.4
97	Wake Forest	251	20.9	31.5	35.5	26.7	6.4
98	Bucknell	230	20.9	30.9	34.3	29.1	5.7
99	Pennsylvania	209	20.9	34.0	33.0	26.8	6.2
100	Maryland	250	20.8	33.2	32.8	28.4	5.6
101	Kansas State	250	20.8	36.4	32.4	25.2	6.0
102	Georgia Southern	249	20.8	33.3	32.1	30.5	4.0
103	South Florida	249	20.8	31.7	34.1	28.5	5.6
104	Stephen F. Austin	228	20.7	37.3	35.1	23.7	3.9
105	Oklahoma State	248	20.7	35.9	33.1	23.4	7.7
106	Hampton	246	20.5	23.2	36.2	34.6	6.1
107	Tarleton State	266	20.5	31.2	42.5	23.3	3.0
108	Portland State	225	20.5	28.4	38.2	28.9	4.4
109	East Tennessee State	225	20.5	32.9	34.2	26.7	6.2
110	Georgetown	184	20.4	36.4	32.6	26.6	4.3
111	Troy	245	20.4	31.0	32.7	33.1	3.3
112	Southern Utah	243	20.3	27.2	37.9	32.5	2.5
113	Old Dominion	243	20.3	33.3	32.1	31.7	2.9
114	Illinois	243	20.3	30.0	37.9	27.2	4.5
115	Hawai'i	243	20.3	25.5	41.6	27.2	5.8
116	Butler	243	20.3	29.6	35.8	30.9	3.7
117	Weber State	242	20.2	28.5	38.8	26.4	5.8
118	Northern Arizona	201	20.1	38.3	35.8	22.9	3.0
119	NC State	241	20.1	36.5	35.7	23.7	4.1
120	San José State	241	20.1	32.0	40.7	24.5	2.9
121	Ball State	240	20.0	35.4	26.7	32.1	5.8
122	Bowling Green	240	20.0	35.8	32.9	25.8	5.4
123	Mercer	240	20.0	37.1	36.7	22.9	3.3
124	Western Kentucky	259	19.9	31.7	31.3	29.7	7.3
125	Georgia State	239	19.9	32.2	38.9	24.7	4.2
126	Florida	239	19.9	41.0	33.1	23.4	2.5
127	Jackson State	239	19.9	36.8	34.3	23.0	5.9
128	Bryant	139	19.9	32.4	36.7	24.5	6.5
129	SE Louisiana	238	19.8	30.7	33.6	28.6	7.1
130	Nevada	257	19.8	31.1	32.7	30.4	5.8
131	Virginia	237	19.8	31.2	34.2	28.3	6.3
132	UConn	237	19.8	30.0	40.1	27.0	3.0
133	Gardner-Webb	236	19.7	33.9	29.7	26.7	9.3
134	Minnesota	235	19.6	32.3	33.2	30.2	4.3
135	Western Michigan	235	19.6	35.3	34.9	22.1	7.7
136	North Dakota	234	19.5	33.3	31.2	31.2	4.3
137	Florida Atlantic	234	19.5	28.2	41.0	23.5	7.3
138	Massachusetts	233	19.4	29.6	33.9	30.5	6.0
139	Tulsa	233	19.4	33.9	29.2	31.8	5.2
140	North Carolina Central	213	19.4	37.1	33.3	25.4	4.2
141	Louisiana Tech	232	19.3	28.9	33.2	33.2	4.7
142	Duquesne	212	19.3	28.8	33.0	29.2	9.0
143	Boston College	231	19.3	26.8	34.2	31.6	7.4
144	California	231	19.3	38.1	29.9	28.1	3.9
145	Marshall	250	19.2	30.8	39.2	26.0	4.0
146	Richmond	192	19.2	26.0	39.6	29.7	4.7
147	Presbyterian	211	19.2	37.0	34.6	23.7	4.7
148	West Georgia	153	19.1	37.9	37.3	19.6	5.2
149	Lehigh	172	19.1	26.2	37.2	33.1	3.5
150	Columbia	191	19.1	31.9	34.6	28.8	4.7
151	Samford	191	19.1	25.1	44.5	27.2	3.1
152	Buffalo	229	19.1	27.1	40.2	26.2	6.1
153	Eastern Kentucky	228	19.0	22.8	43.0	31.1	3.1
154	McNeese	227	18.9	35.2	35.7	24.7	4.4
155	Southern Illinois	227	18.9	30.0	34.8	31.7	3.5
156	Toledo	226	18.8	32.7	33.6	27.4	6.2
157	Mississippi State	225	18.8	32.4	32.0	26.2	9.3
158	Michigan State	225	18.8	36.4	31.1	27.1	5.3
159	Lamar	225	18.8	32.9	35.1	26.7	5.3
160	Wisconsin	225	18.8	28.4	40.0	26.2	5.3
161	Dartmouth	187	18.7	25.1	39.6	31.0	4.3
162	Coastal Carolina	224	18.7	29.9	37.9	28.6	3.6
163	Kentucky	224	18.7	36.2	36.2	21.9	5.8
164	Oklahoma	224	18.7	27.7	36.2	29.5	6.3
165	Nicholls	224	18.7	26.8	39.3	28.1	5.8
166	New Mexico State	222	18.5	29.3	33.8	34.2	2.7
167	Stanford	222	18.5	23.9	40.1	25.7	10.4
168	Virginia Tech	222	18.5	36.5	30.6	28.4	4.5
169	Eastern Illinois	222	18.5	29.7	37.8	27.5	5.0
170	Chattanooga	221	18.4	30.8	37.1	29.9	2.3
171	Howard	184	18.4	28.8	37.5	27.7	6.0
172	Florida A&M	201	18.3	36.8	31.8	29.4	2.0
173	Fresno State	219	18.3	32.9	36.1	27.4	3.7
174	Lindenwood	219	18.3	36.5	30.6	31.5	1.4
175	Arizona	219	18.3	34.2	27.4	34.2	4.1
176	Navy	199	18.1	27.1	40.7	25.6	6.5
177	Sam Houston	217	18.1	25.3	38.2	30.9	5.5
178	Stetson	180	18.0	23.9	38.9	30.0	7.2
179	Air Force	216	18.0	17.1	36.6	36.1	10.2
180	Catawba	18	18.0	33.3	33.3	33.3	0.0
181	Dayton	198	18.0	25.3	31.8	35.4	7.6
182	Edinboro University	18	18.0	5.6	55.6	33.3	5.6
183	Holy Cross	215	17.9	28.8	37.2	30.2	3.7
184	Idaho	197	17.9	37.6	38.1	21.3	3.0
185	North Alabama	197	17.9	37.6	35.5	22.3	4.6
186	San Diego State	214	17.8	29.4	31.3	31.3	7.9
187	Florida International	214	17.8	39.3	32.7	21.0	7.0
188	Colorado State	214	17.8	29.4	37.4	25.7	7.5
189	Tennessee State	231	17.8	31.6	36.4	28.6	3.5
190	Rice	213	17.8	29.1	39.0	28.6	3.3
191	Michigan	213	17.8	22.5	36.6	35.2	5.6
192	UCLA	212	17.7	29.7	34.4	32.1	3.8
193	Vanderbilt	212	17.7	31.6	33.0	31.6	3.8
194	Central Connecticut	194	17.6	25.3	39.7	30.9	4.1
195	Central Michigan	211	17.6	39.8	25.6	26.5	8.1
196	Drake	158	17.6	27.8	38.0	31.0	3.2
197	UAlbany	193	17.5	34.2	32.1	29.0	4.7
198	Northern Iowa	193	17.5	32.1	38.3	23.8	5.7
199	Southern	175	17.5	27.4	34.3	34.3	4.0
200	Central Arkansas	175	17.5	31.4	43.4	22.9	2.3
201	Towson	192	17.5	31.3	39.6	25.5	3.6
202	Akron	209	17.4	32.5	36.8	28.2	2.4
203	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	174	17.4	36.2	34.5	27.6	1.7
204	Middle Tennessee	208	17.3	34.1	30.8	29.3	5.8
205	Furman	173	17.3	26.0	35.8	34.7	3.5
206	Austin Peay	189	17.2	29.1	38.1	29.1	3.7
207	Maine	204	17.0	31.9	36.8	27.5	3.9
208	Virginia St	17	17.0	29.4	29.4	41.2	0.0
209	UT Martin	220	16.9	35.9	28.6	30.5	5.0
210	Campbell	203	16.9	26.1	36.9	32.5	4.4
211	Duke	203	16.9	32.5	41.9	23.2	2.5
212	Elon	203	16.9	35.5	36.5	22.7	5.4
213	The Citadel	186	16.9	23.1	34.4	34.9	7.5
214	San Diego	186	16.9	34.9	32.3	28.5	4.3
215	Rhode Island	186	16.9	36.0	30.6	29.6	3.8
216	Long Island University	169	16.9	31.4	34.3	27.8	6.5
217	Colgate	184	16.7	28.3	38.6	26.1	7.1
218	Iowa	199	16.6	32.7	34.7	31.2	1.5
219	Robert Morris	182	16.5	34.1	39.0	22.5	4.4
220	Wyoming	198	16.5	29.3	29.3	33.8	7.6
221	Miami (OH)	214	16.5	33.2	40.7	23.4	2.8
222	Mississippi Valley State	197	16.4	29.4	34.0	29.9	6.6
223	Utah	197	16.4	34.0	32.5	28.9	4.6
224	Sacred Heart	180	16.4	27.2	41.7	26.7	4.4
225	Villanova	196	16.3	29.6	40.3	25.5	4.6
226	UTEP	196	16.3	29.1	34.7	32.1	4.1
227	New Hampshire	212	16.3	28.8	37.7	26.4	7.1
228	Merrimack	163	16.3	30.7	32.5	33.1	3.7
229	Charlotte	195	16.3	35.4	34.9	24.1	5.6
230	Texas A&M-Commerce	145	16.1	25.5	31.7	37.2	5.5
231	Upper Iowa University	16	16.0	6.3	43.8	31.3	18.8
232	Prairie View A&M	160	16.0	31.9	35.0	30.0	3.1
233	Indiana State	191	15.9	28.3	32.5	31.9	7.3
234	Alcorn State	158	15.8	24.1	41.8	31.0	3.2
235	Wagner	172	15.6	29.1	33.1	31.4	6.4
236	Tennessee Tech	187	15.6	31.0	35.3	29.4	3.7
237	Temple	187	15.6	29.9	32.6	31.6	5.9
238	Marist	171	15.5	28.7	36.8	26.3	8.2
239	Florida State	186	15.5	28.0	33.9	26.3	11.8
240	Northwestern	186	15.5	30.1	34.9	30.1	4.8
241	Princeton	139	15.4	25.2	32.4	36.0	6.5
242	Southern Miss	185	15.4	40.0	31.4	21.1	7.6
243	Delaware State	167	15.2	31.1	34.1	28.7	6.0
244	Purdue	182	15.2	39.6	31.3	26.4	2.7
245	Murray State	181	15.1	29.8	29.3	33.1	7.7
246	Houston	181	15.1	34.3	33.1	26.0	6.6
247	North Carolina A&T	180	15.0	28.3	34.4	29.4	7.8
248	Tuskegee	30	15.0	53.3	26.7	16.7	3.3
249	Western Oregon	30	15.0	26.7	43.3	26.7	3.3
250	Winston-Salem	15	15.0	46.7	20.0	33.3	0.0
251	Wofford	179	14.9	36.3	32.4	25.1	6.1
252	UL Monroe	178	14.8	25.8	36.0	29.2	9.0
253	Northern Colorado	178	14.8	22.5	39.3	32.0	6.2
254	Houston Christian	162	14.7	29.6	31.5	35.8	3.1
255	Cal Poly	162	14.7	24.7	41.4	29.0	4.9
256	Fordham	147	14.7	28.6	38.1	23.8	9.5
257	Grambling	147	14.7	29.3	40.8	27.2	2.7
258	Texas Southern	101	14.4	28.7	33.7	35.6	2.0
259	Bethune-Cookman	157	14.3	26.8	38.2	27.4	7.6
260	Charleston Southern	171	14.3	30.4	40.4	24.0	5.3
261	Morgan State	85	14.2	27.1	34.1	32.9	5.9
262	St. Thomas (MN)	154	14.0	35.7	31.8	26.6	5.8
263	Black Hills State	14	14.0	28.6	42.9	21.4	7.1
264	Kentucky State	14	14.0	35.7	28.6	35.7	0.0
265	Stonehill	153	13.9	23.5	39.2	28.8	8.5
266	Norfolk State	139	13.9	26.6	37.4	31.7	4.3
267	St. Francis (PA)	138	13.8	34.1	31.9	29.7	4.3
268	Utah Tech	137	13.7	32.1	35.0	29.9	2.9
269	Kennesaw State	163	13.6	27.0	27.0	41.7	4.3
270	Alabama State	148	13.5	31.8	35.8	29.7	2.7
271	Central State (OH)	13	13.0	15.4	53.8	23.1	7.7
272	Central Washington	13	13.0	15.4	30.8	53.8	0.0
273	Miles College	13	13.0	23.1	46.2	30.8	0.0
274	Morehead State	156	13.0	32.7	32.7	29.5	5.1
275	North Greenville	13	13.0	38.5	30.8	23.1	7.7
276	Roosevelt	13	13.0	38.5	46.2	15.4	0.0
277	Shorter	12	12.0	33.3	8.3	50.0	8.3
278	Kent State	143	11.9	33.6	38.5	21.7	5.6
279	Valparaiso	131	11.9	36.6	28.2	32.1	3.1
280	VMI	136	11.3	27.9	33.1	31.6	7.4
281	Virginia Union	11	11.0	27.3	27.3	36.4	9.1
282	Northern State	11	11.0	27.3	9.1	63.6	0.0
283	Northwestern State	124	10.3	29.8	31.5	35.5	3.2
284	Lincoln (CA)	31	10.3	25.8	35.5	38.7	0.0
285	Lane College	10	10.0	50.0	20.0	10.0	20.0
286	Hanover College	8	8.0	25.0	12.5	50.0	12.5
287	St. Anselm	8	8.0	25.0	50.0	25.0	0.0
288	West Virginia Wesleyan	7	7.0	28.6	28.6	28.6	14.3
289	UVA Wise	6	6.0	16.7	16.7	66.7	0.0
290	Augustana University (SD)	6	6.0	33.3	16.7	50.0	0.0
291	Savannah St	1	1.0	0.0	100.0	0.0	0.0