What Does First Downs Per Game Measure?
First downs per game is total first downs divided by games played. This table ranks college football teams for the selected season and displays the applicable minimum qualifier where one is used.
College Football Team First Downs Per Game Rankings
| Team | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UNT | 25.5 | 25.0 | 25.3 | 24.0 | 25.7 | 25.3 | 25.7 |
| 1 |  | 25.5 | 18.0 | 23.3 | 24.8 | 25.1 | 25.0 | 26.0 |
| 3 |  | 25.4 | 29.0 | 30.3 | 26.2 | 25.3 | 26.7 | 22.8 |
| 4 |  | 25.2 | 21.0 | 23.7 | 24.6 | 24.7 | 25.9 | 24.2 |
| 5 |  | 24.8 | 25.0 | 24.3 | 22.8 | 24.2 | 24.6 | 25.0 |
| 5 | FAU | 24.8 | 21.0 | 30.0 | 25.6 | 24.0 | 25.0 | 24.5 |
| 7 |  | 24.2 | 16.0 | 21.7 | 23.2 | 23.5 | 25.5 | 22.5 |
| 8 |  | 24.1 | 23.0 | 23.7 | 21.6 | 24.0 | 25.7 | 21.8 |
| 8 |  | 24.1 | 27.0 | 28.7 | 24.8 | 24.4 | 24.9 | 22.8 |
| 10 |  | 23.8 | 17.0 | 19.3 | 21.2 | 22.9 | 25.2 | 21.3 |
| 10 | USF | 23.8 | 30.0 | 25.7 | 25.2 | 25.5 | 23.7 | 23.8 |
| 12 |  | 23.7 | 21.0 | 21.7 | 21.8 | 23.4 | 24.6 | 22.7 |
| 13 |  | 23.4 | 14.0 | 21.7 | 24.4 | 23.5 | 21.1 | 26.0 |
| 14 |  | 23.3 | 15.0 | 20.0 | 19.8 | 22.1 | 21.7 | 25.4 |
| 14 | ECU | 23.3 | 28.0 | 22.3 | 24.4 | 24.7 | 23.6 | 23.0 |
| 14 |  | 23.3 | 27.0 | 21.3 | 21.0 | 22.4 | 24.6 | 21.4 |
| 17 |  | 23.1 | 26.0 | 20.7 | 20.2 | 23.4 | 23.0 | 23.3 |
| 17 | UNLV | 23.1 | 22.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 24.1 | 25.0 | 21.8 |
| 19 | TXST | 22.9 | 26.0 | 25.3 | 23.6 | 22.7 | 24.6 | 21.0 |
| 20 | DEL | 22.8 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 21.0 | 23.5 | 24.1 | 21.2 |
| 21 |  | 22.7 | 19.0 | 25.7 | 22.4 | 21.8 | 22.8 | 22.6 |
| 21 | MEM | 22.7 | 18.0 | 21.7 | 22.8 | 23.3 | 24.8 | 20.9 |
| 23 |  | 22.6 | 17.0 | 21.3 | 23.8 | 22.8 | 22.1 | 23.6 |
| 24 |  | 22.5 | 18.0 | 22.3 | 21.8 | 21.5 | 23.4 | 21.0 |
| 24 | ODU | 22.5 | 27.0 | 26.3 | 25.0 | 23.6 | 25.3 | 20.0 |
| 24 | JMU | 22.5 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 21.8 | 22.7 | 23.6 | 21.4 |
| 24 |  | 22.5 | 19.0 | 21.3 | 21.8 | 22.5 | 22.0 | 23.4 |
| 24 |  | 22.5 | 24.0 | 20.0 | 21.0 | 22.9 | 22.0 | 23.2 |
| 24 |  | 22.5 | 18.0 | 22.0 | 20.6 | 22.0 | 21.6 | 23.4 |
| 30 |  | 22.3 | 24.0 | 23.3 | 20.8 | 21.7 | 22.7 | 21.8 |
| 31 |  | 22.2 | 27.0 | 21.3 | 22.6 | 21.5 | 24.1 | 19.8 |
| 31 | ARST | 22.2 | 23.0 | 25.0 | 24.2 | 22.4 | 23.4 | 20.7 |
| 31 | TLSA | 22.2 | 19.0 | 22.7 | 24.0 | 21.6 | 21.8 | 22.5 |
| 34 |  | 22.1 | 23.0 | 27.7 | 21.6 | 22.4 | 22.9 | 21.4 |
| 34 | GASO | 22.1 | 31.0 | 22.7 | 23.0 | 22.6 | 23.0 | 21.3 |
| 34 |  | 22.1 | 29.0 | 24.0 | 24.2 | 22.3 | 21.7 | 22.5 |
| 37 | UAB | 22.0 | 19.0 | 24.0 | 22.6 | 21.7 | 24.0 | 20.0 |
| 37 | AF | 22.0 | 22.0 | 19.7 | 20.6 | 21.8 | 20.0 | 24.0 |
| 39 | TULN | 21.9 | 22.0 | 23.0 | 21.4 | 21.9 | 22.9 | 21.0 |
| 39 |  | 21.9 | 14.0 | 19.7 | 20.2 | 21.4 | 23.7 | 20.0 |
| 39 |  | 21.9 | 17.0 | 23.0 | 21.2 | 21.9 | 23.5 | 20.1 |
| 42 |  | 21.8 | 28.0 | 26.0 | 24.6 | 22.5 | 23.6 | 20.0 |
| 42 |  | 21.8 | 18.0 | 24.7 | 25.4 | 21.6 | 23.7 | 19.5 |
| 44 |  | 21.6 | 22.0 | 22.3 | 23.4 | 22.1 | 21.3 | 22.2 |
| 44 | USM | 21.6 | 20.0 | 21.3 | 21.4 | 21.7 | 21.0 | 22.6 |
| 44 |  | 21.6 | 25.0 | 24.0 | 21.6 | 20.7 | 23.1 | 19.5 |
| 44 | OHIO | 21.6 | 27.0 | 19.7 | 20.6 | 21.4 | 23.3 | 19.7 |
| 48 | KENN | 21.5 | 23.0 | 24.7 | 25.4 | 23.4 | 22.3 | 20.9 |
| 49 | WKU | 21.4 | 21.0 | 21.3 | 21.8 | 20.8 | 24.2 | 19.0 |
| 50 | MRSH | 21.3 | 18.0 | 21.7 | 22.4 | 23.6 | 20.8 | 21.7 |
| 51 |  | 21.2 | 18.0 | 17.3 | 18.0 | 21.7 | 25.2 | 17.7 |
| 51 | JXST | 21.2 | 19.0 | 22.0 | 21.4 | 22.4 | 21.0 | 21.4 |
| 51 |  | 21.2 | 31.0 | 24.7 | 22.4 | 21.5 | 21.3 | 21.0 |
| 51 |  | 21.2 | 14.0 | 19.0 | 21.0 | 20.3 | 22.4 | 19.4 |
| 55 | APP | 21.1 | 23.0 | 17.0 | 19.4 | 20.1 | 21.4 | 20.7 |
| 55 |  | 21.1 | 12.0 | 17.7 | 18.4 | 20.8 | 19.6 | 22.8 |
| 55 |  | 21.1 | 17.0 | 19.0 | 20.4 | 20.6 | 21.8 | 20.3 |
| 58 |  | 21.0 | 25.0 | 22.3 | 22.2 | 22.7 | 20.1 | 22.4 |
| 59 |  | 20.8 | 11.0 | 16.7 | 20.8 | 20.3 | 20.7 | 20.8 |
| 59 |  | 20.8 | 20.0 | 25.0 | 22.8 | 19.7 | 20.1 | 21.6 |
| 59 |  | 20.8 | 20.0 | 23.0 | 22.0 | 19.9 | 22.1 | 19.0 |
| 62 |  | 20.7 | 23.0 | 24.3 | 20.2 | 20.3 | 21.7 | 19.5 |
| 63 | USU | 20.6 | 22.0 | 24.0 | 22.0 | 21.9 | 20.6 | 20.7 |
| 63 | USA | 20.6 | 22.0 | 24.0 | 22.4 | 20.5 | 20.8 | 20.3 |
| 63 | FIU | 20.6 | 24.0 | 21.7 | 22.2 | 20.4 | 20.5 | 20.7 |
| 63 |  | 20.6 | 26.0 | 20.7 | 19.6 | 19.3 | 23.0 | 17.2 |
| 67 | MOST | 20.5 | 21.0 | 24.3 | 22.2 | 21.4 | 21.3 | 19.7 |
| 67 | HAW | 20.5 | 14.0 | 15.3 | 17.4 | 20.1 | 20.8 | 20.0 |
| 69 |  | 20.4 | 27.0 | 18.7 | 19.4 | 20.5 | 22.4 | 17.2 |
| 69 |  | 20.4 | 17.0 | 19.7 | 18.8 | 19.7 | 21.0 | 19.7 |
| 69 | ORST | 20.4 | 17.0 | 20.7 | 20.0 | 19.6 | 22.7 | 17.2 |
| 72 | EMU | 20.3 | 21.0 | 22.3 | 20.2 | 20.3 | 19.5 | 21.0 |
| 72 | NMSU | 20.3 | 24.0 | 25.0 | 23.0 | 20.6 | 21.3 | 19.3 |
| 72 |  | 20.3 | 14.0 | 17.0 | 17.8 | 19.3 | 21.6 | 18.8 |
| 72 | LIB | 20.3 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 23.6 | 20.2 | 21.2 | 19.5 |
| 72 |  | 20.3 | 11.0 | 20.3 | 20.2 | 21.3 | 22.8 | 17.6 |
| 77 |  | 20.2 | 9.0 | 20.3 | 20.2 | 21.1 | 21.0 | 19.4 |
| 78 | SJSU | 20.1 | 14.0 | 15.7 | 19.2 | 20.6 | 20.2 | 20.0 |
| 78 | AKR | 20.1 | 20.0 | 26.0 | 24.0 | 21.5 | 22.3 | 17.8 |
| 80 |  | 19.9 | 27.0 | 21.0 | 19.2 | 19.4 | 20.2 | 19.7 |
| 81 |  | 19.7 | 10.0 | 17.7 | 18.6 | 20.1 | 22.7 | 15.4 |
| 81 |  | 19.7 | 19.0 | 18.3 | 17.2 | 19.5 | 20.5 | 18.4 |
| 83 |  | 19.6 | 23.0 | 20.7 | 18.8 | 19.0 | 19.7 | 19.5 |
| 83 | MTSU | 19.6 | 20.0 | 21.3 | 20.0 | 20.8 | 18.2 | 21.0 |
| 83 |  | 19.6 | 26.0 | 18.0 | 17.6 | 19.2 | 20.1 | 18.5 |
| 83 | UNM | 19.6 | 16.0 | 16.3 | 17.2 | 19.4 | 19.7 | 19.5 |
| 83 |  | 19.6 | 15.0 | 20.7 | 21.0 | 20.6 | 19.8 | 19.3 |
| 83 |  | 19.6 | 17.0 | 16.7 | 18.8 | 20.9 | 18.3 | 22.5 |
| 89 | WSU | 19.5 | 22.0 | 20.0 | 19.2 | 19.2 | 19.0 | 20.0 |
| 90 |  | 19.4 | 12.0 | 16.7 | 15.8 | 18.5 | 18.7 | 20.2 |
| 90 |  | 19.4 | 19.0 | 19.7 | 17.6 | 19.3 | 20.4 | 18.0 |
| 92 |  | 19.3 | 16.0 | 14.3 | 15.0 | 17.9 | 20.4 | 17.6 |
| 93 | LT | 19.2 | 20.0 | 19.0 | 21.6 | 21.1 | 21.0 | 17.0 |
| 94 |  | 19.0 | 26.0 | 18.3 | 17.6 | 18.0 | 21.7 | 15.2 |
| 94 |  | 19.0 | 27.0 | 22.3 | 19.6 | 18.3 | 18.6 | 19.5 |
| 94 |  | 19.0 | 19.0 | 18.7 | 20.2 | 18.9 | 21.3 | 15.4 |
| 97 |  | 18.9 | 6.0 | 15.3 | 17.2 | 19.2 | 20.6 | 16.6 |
| 97 | FRES | 18.9 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 16.0 | 18.6 | 20.4 | 17.2 |
| 97 |  | 18.9 | 18.0 | 20.3 | 20.0 | 20.7 | 20.0 | 17.5 |
| 97 | UL | 18.9 | 17.0 | 20.0 | 20.2 | 18.5 | 22.2 | 16.1 |