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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	Washington	64	32.0	31.3	34.4	29.7	4.7
2	Indiana	95	31.7	41.1	35.8	22.1	1.1
3	Rutgers	94	31.3	40.4	31.9	17.0	10.6
4	Utah	93	31.0	21.5	40.9	34.4	3.2
5	Texas Tech	93	31.0	45.2	29.0	24.7	1.1
6	Missouri	91	30.3	28.6	34.1	30.8	6.6
7	Monmouth	60	30.0	55.0	18.3	23.3	3.3
8	Tennessee Tech	60	30.0	38.3	36.7	21.7	3.3
9	Tennessee	89	29.7	31.5	43.8	24.7	0.0
10	Allen	29	29.0	41.4	41.4	13.8	3.4
11	UT Rio Grande Valley	57	28.5	50.9	28.1	19.3	1.8
12	Nebraska	57	28.5	36.8	33.3	26.3	3.5
13	Virginia	85	28.3	35.3	23.5	36.5	4.7
14	Ole Miss	83	27.7	32.5	42.2	22.9	2.4
15	App State	83	27.7	31.3	36.1	27.7	4.8
16	North Texas	55	27.5	29.1	47.3	20.0	3.6
17	TCU	55	27.5	34.5	32.7	29.1	3.6
18	Syracuse	82	27.3	29.3	46.3	19.5	4.9
19	Navy	82	27.3	35.4	34.1	26.8	3.7
20	Georgia	82	27.3	26.8	39.0	28.0	6.1
21	Baylor	53	26.5	26.4	41.5	22.6	9.4
22	Oklahoma	79	26.3	32.9	36.7	26.6	3.8
23	South Dakota State	52	26.0	38.5	40.4	15.4	5.8
24	East Carolina	78	26.0	24.4	38.5	34.6	2.6
25	Miami	78	26.0	35.9	42.3	19.2	2.6
26	Minnesota	78	26.0	33.3	35.9	28.2	2.6
27	Florida State	51	25.5	33.3	27.5	29.4	9.8
28	Boston College	51	25.5	31.4	31.4	33.3	3.9
29	BYU	51	25.5	39.2	35.3	21.6	3.9
30	USC	51	25.5	35.3	35.3	21.6	7.8
31	Oregon	76	25.3	43.4	25.0	27.6	3.9
32	Air Force	50	25.0	28.0	32.0	28.0	12.0
33	Auburn	75	25.0	29.3	40.0	24.0	6.7
34	Florida Atlantic	75	25.0	34.7	29.3	25.3	10.7
35	McNeese	75	25.0	36.0	36.0	24.0	4.0
36	Fresno State	74	24.7	24.3	44.6	28.4	2.7
37	UAB	74	24.7	40.5	36.5	18.9	4.1
38	North Dakota State	49	24.5	38.8	38.8	18.4	4.1
39	Southern Utah	49	24.5	30.6	40.8	24.5	4.1
40	Texas A&M	73	24.3	39.7	39.7	16.4	4.1
41	Western Kentucky	73	24.3	35.6	31.5	31.5	1.4
42	Delaware	73	24.3	27.4	42.5	21.9	8.2
43	Elon	72	24.0	38.9	30.6	25.0	5.6
44	Memphis	48	24.0	29.2	41.7	25.0	4.2
45	Georgetown	48	24.0	27.1	31.3	37.5	4.2
46	Kansas	72	24.0	38.9	40.3	12.5	8.3
47	UConn	72	24.0	37.5	29.2	29.2	4.2
48	UL Monroe	24	24.0	25.0	45.8	20.8	8.3
49	Texas State	71	23.7	25.4	36.6	29.6	8.5
50	Penn State	71	23.7	42.3	33.8	16.9	7.0
51	Purdue	71	23.7	32.4	32.4	28.2	7.0
52	Northern Iowa	47	23.5	34.0	31.9	34.0	0.0
53	Michigan State	47	23.5	29.8	40.4	25.5	4.3
54	Colgate	47	23.5	29.8	36.2	29.8	4.3
55	Boise State	47	23.5	25.5	44.7	25.5	4.3
56	Florida	70	23.3	22.9	47.1	28.6	1.4
57	Illinois	70	23.3	31.4	40.0	22.9	5.7
58	Toledo	70	23.3	35.7	37.1	25.7	1.4
59	Vanderbilt	70	23.3	31.4	40.0	25.7	2.9
60	West Georgia	46	23.0	30.4	26.1	32.6	10.9
61	Tulane	69	23.0	39.1	24.6	31.9	4.3
62	Tulsa	46	23.0	32.6	28.3	26.1	13.0
63	SMU	46	23.0	41.3	30.4	26.1	2.2
64	Idaho State	46	23.0	45.7	28.3	21.7	4.3
65	Georgia Tech	46	23.0	21.7	43.5	32.6	2.2
66	Michigan	69	23.0	36.2	37.7	24.6	1.4
67	Duke	69	23.0	34.8	40.6	21.7	2.9
68	Army	46	23.0	23.9	26.1	34.8	15.2
69	Arkansas	68	22.7	36.8	36.8	26.5	0.0
70	Mississippi State	68	22.7	26.5	39.7	30.9	2.9
71	Mercer	45	22.5	28.9	42.2	26.7	2.2
72	Eastern Illinois	45	22.5	40.0	28.9	28.9	2.2
73	Eastern Michigan	45	22.5	37.8	33.3	22.2	6.7
74	Rice	45	22.5	20.0	48.9	24.4	6.7
75	South Carolina State	67	22.3	23.9	34.3	40.3	1.5
76	Southern Illinois	67	22.3	37.3	35.8	22.4	4.5
77	Arizona State	67	22.3	38.8	35.8	16.4	9.0
78	Bowie State	22	22.0	27.3	45.5	27.3	0.0
79	Colorado State	44	22.0	27.3	47.7	18.2	6.8
80	Mercyhurst	44	22.0	20.5	34.1	36.4	9.1
81	Montana State	44	22.0	27.3	45.5	20.5	6.8
82	Incarnate Word	66	22.0	33.3	34.8	25.8	6.1
83	Jackson State	66	22.0	27.3	37.9	31.8	3.0
84	NC State	66	22.0	37.9	33.3	22.7	6.1
85	UNLV	66	22.0	43.9	33.3	18.2	4.5
86	East Tennessee State	65	21.7	43.1	30.8	20.0	6.2
87	UCF	43	21.5	27.9	34.9	27.9	9.3
88	San Diego State	43	21.5	20.9	37.2	30.2	11.6
89	Iowa State	85	21.3	28.2	38.8	29.4	3.5
90	James Madison	42	21.0	26.2	35.7	33.3	4.8
91	Houston Christian	42	21.0	38.1	28.6	28.6	4.8
92	Charlotte	63	21.0	38.1	25.4	30.2	6.3
93	Gardner-Webb	42	21.0	23.8	50.0	19.0	7.1
94	Cal Poly	63	21.0	33.3	36.5	27.0	3.2
95	Chadron St	21	21.0	23.8	57.1	14.3	4.8
96	Alabama State	42	21.0	40.5	21.4	38.1	0.0
97	New Mexico	42	21.0	23.8	42.9	21.4	11.9
98	Texas	62	20.7	29.0	40.3	21.0	9.7
99	Austin Peay	62	20.7	29.0	33.9	33.9	3.2
100	Iowa	62	20.7	21.0	32.3	40.3	6.5
101	Idaho	41	20.5	29.3	31.7	31.7	7.3
102	Hawai'i	82	20.5	15.9	46.3	31.7	6.1
103	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	41	20.5	29.3	36.6	24.4	9.8
104	Notre Dame	41	20.5	31.7	36.6	26.8	4.9
105	Tarleton State	61	20.3	32.8	27.9	32.8	6.6
106	Temple	61	20.3	34.4	31.1	32.8	1.6
107	Florida International	61	20.3	29.5	36.1	27.9	6.6
108	Maryland	61	20.3	32.8	39.3	23.0	4.9
109	Lindenwood	61	20.3	36.1	34.4	24.6	4.9
110	Louisville	40	20.0	30.0	37.5	30.0	2.5
111	McKendree	20	20.0	25.0	35.0	35.0	5.0
112	Delaware State	40	20.0	20.0	47.5	22.5	10.0
113	Drake	40	20.0	37.5	20.0	35.0	7.5
114	UTSA	60	20.0	21.7	45.0	28.3	5.0
115	Valparaiso	20	20.0	35.0	40.0	25.0	0.0
116	New Haven	40	20.0	37.5	35.0	25.0	2.5
117	South Alabama	60	20.0	35.0	33.3	21.7	10.0
118	Georgia Southern	39	19.5	30.8	41.0	28.2	0.0
119	Houston	39	19.5	28.2	30.8	35.9	5.1
120	Kentucky	58	19.3	29.3	37.9	31.0	1.7
121	Abilene Christian	58	19.3	24.1	27.6	44.8	3.4
122	Bethune-Cookman	58	19.3	37.9	41.4	17.2	3.4
123	Utah State	58	19.3	39.7	41.4	17.2	1.7
124	Western Carolina	58	19.3	27.6	34.5	29.3	8.6
125	West Liberty	19	19.0	21.1	42.1	26.3	10.5
126	West Virginia	57	19.0	29.8	45.6	19.3	3.5
127	Virginia Tech	57	19.0	24.6	35.1	35.1	5.3
128	Wisconsin	38	19.0	21.1	36.8	36.8	5.3
129	Southern Miss	57	19.0	24.6	42.1	31.6	1.8
130	SE Louisiana	38	19.0	34.2	28.9	36.8	0.0
131	Rhode Island	57	19.0	40.4	36.8	17.5	5.3
132	Pittsburgh	57	19.0	29.8	36.8	28.1	5.3
133	Miles College	19	19.0	15.8	47.4	36.8	0.0
134	Bryant	38	19.0	31.6	31.6	36.8	0.0
135	California	38	19.0	36.8	34.2	23.7	5.3
136	Alabama	38	19.0	36.8	31.6	23.7	7.9
137	Coastal Carolina	57	19.0	33.3	40.4	22.8	3.5
138	Kentucky State	19	19.0	31.6	26.3	36.8	5.3
139	Lehigh	38	19.0	34.2	34.2	28.9	2.6
140	Butler	37	18.5	10.8	35.1	51.4	2.7
141	New Hampshire	37	18.5	18.9	40.5	37.8	2.7
142	St. Thomas (MN)	37	18.5	27.0	40.5	27.0	5.4
143	San José State	36	18.0	25.0	38.9	36.1	0.0
144	Oregon State	36	18.0	41.7	22.2	27.8	8.3
145	Northern Michigan	18	18.0	5.6	50.0	33.3	11.1
146	Youngstown State	36	18.0	19.4	38.9	27.8	13.9
147	Chattanooga	36	18.0	36.1	30.6	27.8	5.6
148	Cincinnati	54	18.0	44.4	38.9	13.0	3.7
149	LSU	53	17.7	26.4	43.4	30.2	0.0
150	Washington State	53	17.7	28.3	32.1	30.2	9.4
151	UCLA	53	17.7	43.4	26.4	17.0	13.2
152	Presbyterian	53	17.7	28.3	34.0	28.3	9.4
153	Northwestern	35	17.5	22.9	45.7	25.7	5.7
154	Murray State	35	17.5	34.3	40.0	17.1	8.6
155	South Carolina	52	17.3	38.5	32.7	21.2	7.7
156	South Dakota	34	17.0	17.6	50.0	29.4	2.9
157	North Alabama	34	17.0	23.5	35.3	41.2	0.0
158	Wake Forest	51	17.0	35.3	29.4	31.4	3.9
159	Middle Tennessee	34	17.0	32.4	41.2	23.5	2.9
160	Bucknell	34	17.0	26.5	35.3	32.4	5.9
161	Akron	34	17.0	23.5	41.2	26.5	8.8
162	Arizona	34	17.0	35.3	29.4	26.5	8.8
163	North Carolina Central	67	16.8	28.4	41.8	26.9	3.0
164	North Dakota	50	16.7	32.0	40.0	24.0	4.0
165	Sam Houston	50	16.7	36.0	40.0	16.0	6.0
166	William & Mary	50	16.7	36.0	38.0	24.0	2.0
167	Stony Brook	50	16.7	26.0	36.0	34.0	4.0
168	Arkansas State	50	16.7	28.0	38.0	28.0	6.0
169	Campbell	50	16.7	14.0	54.0	24.0	8.0
170	Colorado	50	16.7	20.0	40.0	34.0	6.0
171	Louisiana Tech	50	16.7	24.0	38.0	36.0	2.0
172	Fordham	33	16.5	27.3	30.3	39.4	3.0
173	Weber State	33	16.5	21.2	36.4	39.4	3.0
174	Prairie View A&M	33	16.5	39.4	15.2	39.4	6.1
175	Oklahoma State	33	16.5	21.2	27.3	45.5	6.1
176	Maine	49	16.3	22.4	46.9	20.4	10.2
177	Lamar	32	16.0	21.9	50.0	28.1	0.0
178	Indiana State	32	16.0	21.9	59.4	15.6	3.1
179	Grambling	48	16.0	27.1	41.7	27.1	4.2
180	Clemson	48	16.0	22.9	35.4	33.3	8.3
181	Central Arkansas	32	16.0	40.6	34.4	21.9	3.1
182	Northern Illinois	32	16.0	18.8	21.9	37.5	21.9
183	Ohio State	48	16.0	39.6	37.5	18.8	4.2
184	Sacramento State	32	16.0	40.6	31.3	21.9	6.3
185	Sacred Heart	16	16.0	6.3	43.8	43.8	6.3
186	Southeast Missouri State	32	16.0	21.9	31.3	37.5	9.4
187	Stanford	48	16.0	29.2	25.0	35.4	10.4
188	Stephen F. Austin	48	16.0	29.2	31.3	33.3	6.3
189	Wyoming	32	16.0	31.3	18.8	40.6	9.4
190	UTEP	47	15.7	29.8	36.2	29.8	4.3
191	Troy	47	15.7	25.5	29.8	40.4	4.3
192	North Carolina	47	15.7	38.3	25.5	31.9	4.3
193	UAlbany	31	15.5	32.3	38.7	19.4	9.7
194	UC Davis	31	15.5	25.8	41.9	29.0	3.2
195	Tennessee State	31	15.5	29.0	41.9	29.0	0.0
196	Buffalo	31	15.5	32.3	41.9	19.4	6.5
197	Alabama A&M	31	15.5	32.3	51.6	12.9	3.2
198	Georgia State	31	15.5	38.7	25.8	22.6	12.9
199	Howard	46	15.3	30.4	32.6	30.4	6.5
200	Liberty	46	15.3	30.4	23.9	37.0	8.7
201	Kennesaw State	46	15.3	28.3	34.8	32.6	4.3
202	Northern Colorado	46	15.3	21.7	43.5	26.1	8.7
203	Old Dominion	45	15.0	37.8	35.6	24.4	2.2
204	Nevada	30	15.0	40.0	30.0	23.3	6.7
205	San Diego	45	15.0	28.9	37.8	31.1	2.2
206	Texas Southern	30	15.0	30.0	36.7	33.3	0.0
207	UT Martin	45	15.0	28.9	31.1	35.6	4.4
208	Kansas State	60	15.0	21.7	41.7	28.3	8.3
209	Jacksonville State	45	15.0	33.3	26.7	31.1	8.9
210	Marshall	30	15.0	40.0	23.3	33.3	3.3
211	Florida A&M	30	15.0	30.0	33.3	33.3	3.3
212	Lafayette	44	14.7	40.9	29.5	25.0	4.5
213	South Florida	44	14.7	38.6	13.6	43.2	4.5
214	Norfolk State	29	14.5	24.1	51.7	20.7	3.4
215	Merrimack	29	14.5	20.7	37.9	34.5	6.9
216	Kent State	43	14.3	30.2	25.6	34.9	9.3
217	Ohio	43	14.3	23.3	44.2	25.6	7.0
218	Northeastern State	14	14.0	21.4	50.0	14.3	14.3
219	Southern	42	14.0	23.8	38.1	26.2	11.9
220	Stetson	28	14.0	17.9	42.9	32.1	7.1
221	Utah Tech	42	14.0	31.0	26.2	38.1	4.8
222	Western Oregon	14	14.0	28.6	42.9	21.4	7.1
223	Marist	28	14.0	17.9	39.3	32.1	10.7
224	Eastern Washington	42	14.0	26.2	33.3	31.0	9.5
225	Furman	41	13.7	43.9	24.4	31.7	0.0
226	Central Michigan	41	13.7	29.3	26.8	34.1	9.8
227	Central Connecticut	27	13.5	25.9	37.0	33.3	3.7
228	East Texas A&M	27	13.5	33.3	22.2	33.3	11.1
229	Missouri State	27	13.5	40.7	37.0	14.8	7.4
230	Davidson	40	13.3	32.5	30.0	30.0	7.5
231	Thomas More College	13	13.0	15.4	38.5	38.5	7.7
232	Richmond	39	13.0	15.4	33.3	41.0	10.3
233	Robert Morris	26	13.0	34.6	38.5	26.9	0.0
234	Nicholls	26	13.0	38.5	26.9	34.6	0.0
235	North Carolina A&T	38	12.7	26.3	23.7	47.4	2.6
236	Hampton	38	12.7	26.3	34.2	31.6	7.9
237	Massachusetts	25	12.5	20.0	64.0	12.0	4.0
238	Northern Arizona	25	12.5	48.0	32.0	8.0	12.0
239	Bowling Green	37	12.3	35.1	29.7	32.4	2.7
240	Bentley	12	12.0	8.3	41.7	33.3	16.7
241	Louisiana	36	12.0	36.1	25.0	33.3	5.6
242	Samford	24	12.0	29.2	33.3	37.5	0.0
243	Wagner	24	12.0	25.0	41.7	29.2	4.2
244	Stonehill	35	11.7	28.6	31.4	22.9	17.1
245	Ball State	35	11.7	28.6	28.6	34.3	8.6
246	Alcorn State	23	11.5	26.1	34.8	34.8	4.3
247	Duquesne	23	11.5	26.1	47.8	17.4	8.7
248	Holy Cross	23	11.5	17.4	43.5	34.8	4.3
249	New Mexico State	23	11.5	52.2	26.1	21.7	0.0
250	The Citadel	23	11.5	26.1	34.8	34.8	4.3
251	Illinois State	34	11.3	44.1	23.5	29.4	2.9
252	Hanover College	11	11.0	27.3	18.2	54.5	0.0
253	Lincoln (CA)	11	11.0	54.5	27.3	9.1	9.1
254	Mississippi Valley State	22	11.0	18.2	59.1	18.2	4.5
255	Charleston Southern	33	11.0	21.2	33.3	39.4	6.1
256	Towson	33	11.0	30.3	24.2	36.4	9.1
257	VMI	32	10.7	25.0	34.4	37.5	3.1
258	Miami (OH)	21	10.5	52.4	33.3	14.3	0.0
259	Morehead State	31	10.3	25.8	48.4	22.6	3.2
260	Morehouse College	10	10.0	20.0	40.0	30.0	10.0
261	Fayetteville State	10	10.0	20.0	20.0	60.0	0.0
262	Villanova	10	10.0	30.0	10.0	50.0	10.0
263	Western Michigan	20	10.0	30.0	35.0	35.0	0.0
264	Wofford	30	10.0	43.3	23.3	26.7	6.7
265	Upper Iowa University	10	10.0	30.0	30.0	40.0	0.0
266	St. Francis (PA)	19	9.5	42.1	36.8	21.1	0.0
267	Morgan State	28	9.3	32.1	35.7	21.4	10.7
268	ERSKINE	9	9.0	44.4	22.2	22.2	11.1
269	Eastern Kentucky	18	9.0	33.3	33.3	33.3	0.0
270	Dayton	9	9.0	44.4	11.1	44.4	0.0
271	Portland State	36	9.0	36.1	33.3	30.6	0.0
272	Montana	17	8.5	41.2	23.5	29.4	5.9
273	Western Illinois	8	8.0	12.5	37.5	50.0	0.0
274	Northwestern State	20	6.7	15.0	45.0	30.0	10.0
275	Tuskegee	5	5.0	20.0	40.0	40.0	0.0
276	Elizabeth City State	5	5.0	0.0	60.0	20.0	20.0
277	Sul Ross State	8	4.0	12.5	50.0	37.5	0.0
278	Long Island University	2	2.0	0.0	50.0	50.0	0.0
279	Ferrum	1	1.0	0.0	100.0	0.0	0.0