| Rank | Team | 1st Down | 2nd Down | 3rd Down | 4th Down | Total |
|---|
| 1 | Ohio State | 5.10 | 6.56 | 4.54 | 1.11 | 5.25 |
| 2 | Wake Forest | 5.94 | 5.05 | 6.62 | 3.55 | 5.74 |
| 3 | Oregon | 5.11 | 6.24 | 5.98 | 8.10 | 5.79 |
| 4 | San Diego State | 7.12 | 4.99 | 5.63 | 2.43 | 5.82 |
| 5 | Texas Tech | 6.13 | 5.57 | 6.12 | 4.50 | 5.85 |
| 6 | Texas A&M | 6.79 | 6.36 | 4.43 | 3.63 | 5.98 |
| 7 | Louisville | 7.48 | 6.19 | 4.47 | 1.82 | 6.01 |
| 8 | Wyoming | 5.49 | 6.87 | 5.72 | 8.22 | 6.10 |
| 9 | Arizona | 5.48 | 7.33 | 5.34 | 7.12 | 6.13 |
| 10 | Indiana | 7.05 | 5.33 | 5.78 | 7.67 | 6.18 |
| 11 | Toledo | 7.21 | 7.03 | 4.71 | 4.33 | 6.28 |
| 12 | Iowa | 6.88 | 7.09 | 5.43 | 0.00 | 6.38 |
| 13 | Nebraska | 6.79 | 5.79 | 6.65 | 4.00 | 6.39 |
| 14 | James Madison | 6.61 | 6.71 | 5.86 | 5.09 | 6.40 |
| 15 | Old Dominion | 7.14 | 5.61 | 6.38 | 7.33 | 6.41 |
| 16 | California | 8.06 | 5.42 | 5.49 | 3.50 | 6.43 |
| 17 | Ole Miss | 7.85 | 5.98 | 5.22 | 4.60 | 6.44 |
| 18 | Washington | 5.36 | 6.35 | 7.38 | 10.50 | 6.46 |
| 19 | Fresno State | 6.22 | 7.32 | 6.49 | 1.67 | 6.52 |
| 20 | Michigan | 6.45 | 6.33 | 6.68 | 8.64 | 6.54 |
| 21 | Georgia | 6.60 | 8.20 | 4.83 | 4.27 | 6.57 |
| 22 | Western Kentucky | 7.32 | 7.23 | 5.68 | 0.15 | 6.63 |
| 23 | Boise State | 6.17 | 8.15 | 5.87 | 5.07 | 6.66 |
| 24 | North Texas | 6.53 | 6.43 | 6.45 | 10.41 | 6.67 |
| 25 | Miami (OH) | 5.75 | 6.52 | 8.22 | 11.40 | 6.69 |
| 26 | Oklahoma | 8.02 | 5.95 | 6.25 | 4.67 | 6.70 |
| 27 | Notre Dame | 6.88 | 5.78 | 7.42 | 8.05 | 6.72 |
| 28 | Missouri | 6.31 | 4.94 | 9.17 | 11.22 | 6.72 |
| 29 | Washington State | 8.36 | 5.73 | 5.74 | 5.15 | 6.73 |
| 30 | Arizona State | 6.88 | 6.74 | 6.73 | 5.38 | 6.73 |
| 31 | Miami | 6.73 | 7.09 | 5.99 | 10.25 | 6.76 |
| 32 | Northern Illinois | 6.85 | 6.95 | 6.39 | 7.07 | 6.78 |
| 33 | Penn State | 7.02 | 6.46 | 7.26 | 4.76 | 6.78 |
| 34 | Alabama | 6.67 | 6.17 | 7.63 | 6.89 | 6.78 |
| 35 | Illinois | 7.29 | 6.68 | 6.46 | 5.00 | 6.81 |
| 36 | Houston | 6.14 | 8.08 | 5.80 | 17.00 | 6.90 |
| 37 | Utah State | 6.54 | 7.93 | 6.41 | 6.60 | 6.93 |
| 38 | Buffalo | 7.92 | 5.98 | 6.67 | 9.00 | 6.99 |
| 39 | LSU | 6.55 | 6.75 | 7.94 | 7.15 | 6.99 |
| 40 | Utah | 6.83 | 6.53 | 8.81 | 1.07 | 7.00 |
| 41 | Western Michigan | 6.81 | 8.53 | 5.15 | 5.90 | 7.01 |
| 42 | Texas | 7.29 | 7.67 | 6.04 | 4.55 | 7.02 |
| 43 | North Carolina | 7.71 | 6.16 | 6.80 | 10.27 | 7.04 |
| 44 | Clemson | 7.60 | 7.69 | 5.72 | 5.50 | 7.04 |
| 45 | Iowa State | 5.84 | 7.93 | 8.08 | 3.83 | 7.07 |
| 46 | Baylor | 8.75 | 6.36 | 5.49 | 4.10 | 7.07 |
| 47 | New Mexico State | 7.86 | 6.08 | 7.40 | 6.90 | 7.10 |
| 48 | Central Michigan | 7.34 | 6.69 | 7.53 | 4.29 | 7.11 |
| 49 | UCF | 8.71 | 6.17 | 5.77 | 8.23 | 7.12 |
| 50 | Kansas State | 7.14 | 6.98 | 7.90 | 4.50 | 7.14 |
| 51 | Liberty | 6.61 | 7.37 | 7.66 | 5.50 | 7.14 |
| 52 | Louisiana Tech | 6.35 | 7.59 | 6.83 | 13.50 | 7.15 |
| 53 | BYU | 8.70 | 6.26 | 6.74 | 5.00 | 7.17 |
| 54 | Tulsa | 7.57 | 5.86 | 7.77 | 15.25 | 7.18 |
| 55 | Vanderbilt | 7.18 | 7.45 | 6.50 | 10.83 | 7.21 |
| 56 | UTEP | 8.76 | 6.65 | 5.82 | 7.50 | 7.22 |
| 57 | East Carolina | 7.90 | 6.41 | 6.71 | 10.35 | 7.26 |
| 58 | Northwestern | 6.69 | 7.03 | 8.67 | 5.00 | 7.29 |
| 59 | South Alabama | 7.03 | 6.86 | 8.42 | 6.69 | 7.35 |
| 60 | App State | 7.29 | 6.98 | 8.14 | 6.40 | 7.38 |
| 61 | Kansas | 6.80 | 6.44 | 8.53 | 11.44 | 7.39 |
| 62 | South Carolina | 8.95 | 6.69 | 6.36 | 6.46 | 7.40 |
| 63 | UCLA | 6.96 | 7.32 | 8.47 | 6.00 | 7.42 |
| 64 | Army | 6.78 | 7.29 | 8.72 | 6.95 | 7.43 |
| 65 | Virginia | 8.71 | 6.55 | 6.36 | 10.67 | 7.43 |
| 66 | Florida International | 8.74 | 7.39 | 6.23 | 3.20 | 7.43 |
| 67 | UConn | 7.51 | 7.43 | 6.09 | 12.57 | 7.46 |
| 68 | USC | 5.73 | 9.31 | 8.35 | 3.50 | 7.46 |
| 69 | South Florida | 7.15 | 8.17 | 7.15 | 6.00 | 7.48 |
| 70 | TCU | 7.83 | 7.01 | 8.10 | 5.64 | 7.54 |
| 71 | Florida Atlantic | 8.84 | 6.90 | 6.80 | 4.62 | 7.55 |
| 72 | Cincinnati | 7.65 | 7.68 | 7.23 | 7.73 | 7.55 |
| 73 | Kent State | 7.89 | 7.23 | 7.68 | 5.33 | 7.55 |
| 74 | UL Monroe | 8.43 | 6.87 | 7.40 | 6.53 | 7.56 |
| 75 | Kennesaw State | 9.03 | 7.10 | 5.81 | 6.75 | 7.58 |
| 76 | Florida State | 8.77 | 7.62 | 5.63 | 10.11 | 7.58 |
| 77 | UNLV | 7.57 | 7.13 | 7.67 | 9.50 | 7.62 |
| 78 | Bowling Green | 8.51 | 7.38 | 7.21 | 3.71 | 7.62 |
| 79 | Michigan State | 8.25 | 6.86 | 7.97 | 5.58 | 7.65 |
| 80 | Coastal Carolina | 9.26 | 7.74 | 5.31 | 3.47 | 7.66 |
| 81 | Auburn | 7.57 | 8.46 | 7.30 | 5.57 | 7.69 |
| 82 | Southern Miss | 8.28 | 6.60 | 8.25 | 7.83 | 7.70 |
| 83 | Arkansas State | 7.80 | 8.31 | 7.43 | 1.56 | 7.70 |
| 84 | Texas State | 8.32 | 7.58 | 7.23 | 5.23 | 7.72 |
| 85 | Tulane | 9.09 | 7.16 | 7.00 | 3.12 | 7.73 |
| 86 | Pittsburgh | 8.96 | 6.15 | 8.75 | 4.58 | 7.75 |
| 87 | Hawai'i | 8.59 | 7.89 | 6.36 | 7.23 | 7.76 |
| 88 | Georgia Tech | 7.20 | 7.75 | 8.45 | 12.50 | 7.77 |
| 89 | Oregon State | 7.26 | 9.49 | 6.84 | 2.88 | 7.77 |
| 90 | Nevada | 8.70 | 7.17 | 6.91 | 11.00 | 7.78 |
| 91 | Mississippi State | 8.66 | 7.74 | 6.81 | 5.71 | 7.79 |
| 92 | New Mexico | 8.16 | 6.77 | 8.78 | 4.57 | 7.80 |
| 93 | Wisconsin | 8.44 | 7.31 | 7.57 | 7.00 | 7.81 |
| 94 | SMU | 7.76 | 8.37 | 7.21 | 7.57 | 7.81 |
| 95 | Eastern Michigan | 10.25 | 6.39 | 6.45 | 4.86 | 7.81 |
| 96 | Tennessee | 7.58 | 8.24 | 7.75 | 7.45 | 7.84 |
| 97 | Missouri State | 9.25 | 6.93 | 7.12 | 4.33 | 7.85 |
| 98 | Virginia Tech | 8.27 | 6.33 | 8.84 | 11.50 | 7.90 |
| 99 | Troy | 8.42 | 8.28 | 7.03 | 6.55 | 7.90 |
| 100 | Stanford | 8.34 | 7.66 | 7.24 | 12.67 | 7.95 |
| 101 | Ball State | 8.86 | 6.84 | 8.25 | 6.64 | 7.97 |
| 102 | Maryland | 8.54 | 7.08 | 9.10 | 4.88 | 7.98 |
| 103 | Memphis | 9.14 | 8.01 | 7.02 | 4.25 | 8.00 |
| 104 | Akron | 8.90 | 8.49 | 6.25 | 1.50 | 8.00 |
| 105 | Colorado | 8.67 | 7.97 | 6.89 | 9.44 | 8.01 |
| 106 | Syracuse | 9.21 | 6.66 | 7.92 | 9.36 | 8.04 |
| 107 | Louisiana | 9.25 | 5.54 | 9.04 | 4.00 | 8.07 |
| 108 | Ohio | 9.51 | 6.81 | 6.43 | 13.07 | 8.09 |
| 109 | NC State | 8.58 | 7.58 | 8.13 | 10.00 | 8.16 |
| 110 | Georgia Southern | 9.79 | 7.30 | 7.03 | 6.88 | 8.16 |
| 111 | Boston College | 8.36 | 8.35 | 7.31 | 11.50 | 8.16 |
| 112 | Delaware | 8.02 | 8.45 | 7.99 | 10.55 | 8.23 |
| 113 | Minnesota | 9.46 | 7.42 | 8.18 | 1.33 | 8.27 |
| 114 | Charlotte | 9.06 | 7.83 | 8.93 | 1.88 | 8.34 |
| 115 | Rice | 8.98 | 7.53 | 8.16 | 12.11 | 8.36 |
| 116 | Temple | 8.73 | 8.58 | 7.63 | 10.67 | 8.47 |
| 117 | UTSA | 9.40 | 7.75 | 7.66 | 10.82 | 8.52 |
| 118 | Colorado State | 7.49 | 9.43 | 8.08 | 13.88 | 8.52 |
| 119 | Jacksonville State | 8.79 | 9.36 | 6.40 | 12.62 | 8.54 |
| 120 | Florida | 9.81 | 7.30 | 7.85 | 10.00 | 8.56 |
| 121 | Massachusetts | 8.33 | 10.29 | 6.43 | 13.60 | 8.56 |
| 122 | Kentucky | 9.28 | 8.46 | 7.55 | 9.38 | 8.64 |
| 123 | Georgia State | 9.20 | 8.74 | 8.21 | 5.00 | 8.72 |
| 124 | San José State | 9.24 | 7.39 | 9.08 | 15.00 | 8.75 |
| 125 | Duke | 9.37 | 7.77 | 9.72 | 5.23 | 8.76 |
| 126 | West Virginia | 8.93 | 7.09 | 10.02 | 14.31 | 8.77 |
| 127 | Navy | 8.45 | 8.71 | 9.04 | 10.19 | 8.77 |
| 128 | Middle Tennessee | 9.86 | 7.55 | 9.22 | 2.11 | 8.78 |
| 129 | Rutgers | 9.71 | 8.52 | 7.41 | 12.44 | 8.88 |
| 130 | Arkansas | 8.35 | 10.09 | 7.52 | 22.83 | 9.02 |
| 131 | Oklahoma State | 10.08 | 7.91 | 9.48 | 6.82 | 9.12 |
| 132 | Sam Houston | 10.48 | 8.98 | 8.61 | 5.73 | 9.44 |
| 133 | Marshall | 9.49 | 8.33 | 11.34 | 3.09 | 9.48 |
| 134 | Purdue | 10.99 | 9.28 | 7.63 | 10.44 | 9.70 |
| 135 | Air Force | 10.91 | 8.10 | 9.80 | 12.50 | 9.84 |
| 136 | UAB | 11.51 | 8.91 | 11.63 | 5.60 | 10.52 |