| Rank | Team | 1st Down | 2nd Down | 3rd Down | 4th Down | Total |
|---|
| 1 | Ohio State | 4.64 | 4.43 | 3.03 | 2.18 | 4.10 |
| 2 | Toledo | 4.77 | 4.73 | 2.93 | 3.23 | 4.30 |
| 3 | Wake Forest | 5.38 | 3.21 | 4.87 | 1.35 | 4.44 |
| 4 | Texas Tech | 4.71 | 4.42 | 4.52 | 3.04 | 4.50 |
| 5 | San Diego State | 4.79 | 4.51 | 4.56 | 1.65 | 4.52 |
| 6 | Oklahoma | 4.48 | 4.55 | 4.66 | 4.61 | 4.55 |
| 7 | Oregon | 4.74 | 4.96 | 4.36 | 2.88 | 4.65 |
| 8 | Louisville | 4.98 | 5.36 | 3.69 | 1.45 | 4.68 |
| 9 | Michigan | 5.04 | 4.07 | 5.00 | 4.37 | 4.69 |
| 10 | James Madison | 4.85 | 5.31 | 4.16 | 1.80 | 4.75 |
| 11 | Miami | 4.67 | 4.90 | 5.16 | 5.33 | 4.87 |
| 12 | Texas | 5.59 | 4.66 | 4.59 | 0.28 | 4.89 |
| 13 | Buffalo | 5.11 | 4.91 | 4.61 | 4.19 | 4.90 |
| 14 | Houston | 4.32 | 5.16 | 4.92 | 9.65 | 4.90 |
| 15 | Indiana | 5.31 | 4.78 | 4.52 | 3.79 | 4.91 |
| 16 | Georgia | 4.78 | 5.55 | 4.76 | 3.40 | 4.99 |
| 17 | Pittsburgh | 5.83 | 3.68 | 5.64 | 3.82 | 5.04 |
| 18 | Arizona | 4.48 | 6.00 | 4.53 | 5.62 | 5.04 |
| 19 | Washington | 4.11 | 5.60 | 5.61 | 7.00 | 5.04 |
| 20 | Texas A&M | 5.17 | 5.23 | 4.50 | 6.00 | 5.07 |
| 21 | Wyoming | 4.97 | 5.67 | 4.24 | 6.92 | 5.09 |
| 22 | Arizona State | 5.09 | 5.25 | 4.66 | 6.21 | 5.10 |
| 23 | Western Michigan | 5.54 | 5.20 | 4.56 | -1.30 | 5.10 |
| 24 | Tulsa | 5.82 | 4.24 | 5.16 | 4.81 | 5.13 |
| 25 | UTEP | 6.33 | 4.77 | 3.66 | 2.50 | 5.13 |
| 26 | Nebraska | 5.33 | 4.79 | 5.56 | 2.95 | 5.13 |
| 27 | UCF | 5.69 | 4.54 | 4.80 | 5.67 | 5.14 |
| 28 | Utah | 5.12 | 5.90 | 5.03 | 0.67 | 5.14 |
| 29 | Notre Dame | 4.99 | 5.10 | 5.71 | 4.14 | 5.15 |
| 30 | Northern Illinois | 5.11 | 4.70 | 5.85 | 5.78 | 5.15 |
| 31 | Kansas State | 5.04 | 5.52 | 5.29 | 3.54 | 5.19 |
| 32 | Kennesaw State | 5.96 | 4.62 | 4.55 | 4.96 | 5.21 |
| 33 | Florida State | 5.31 | 5.16 | 5.08 | 5.24 | 5.21 |
| 34 | Iowa | 5.66 | 5.30 | 4.74 | 1.33 | 5.22 |
| 35 | Kentucky | 4.88 | 5.76 | 5.29 | 5.26 | 5.27 |
| 36 | Missouri | 5.28 | 4.33 | 5.95 | 12.40 | 5.27 |
| 37 | BYU | 6.09 | 4.78 | 4.43 | 4.76 | 5.28 |
| 38 | North Carolina | 6.49 | 3.57 | 4.97 | 7.81 | 5.28 |
| 39 | Minnesota | 6.22 | 4.49 | 4.52 | 6.25 | 5.29 |
| 40 | Penn State | 5.08 | 5.20 | 5.98 | 4.70 | 5.30 |
| 41 | Ole Miss | 5.96 | 5.15 | 4.62 | 2.64 | 5.30 |
| 42 | California | 5.97 | 5.02 | 4.57 | 4.71 | 5.34 |
| 43 | East Carolina | 6.08 | 4.67 | 5.03 | 4.83 | 5.34 |
| 44 | LSU | 4.55 | 5.90 | 6.26 | 4.27 | 5.35 |
| 45 | Clemson | 5.46 | 5.56 | 5.14 | 3.32 | 5.35 |
| 46 | Rice | 5.03 | 4.90 | 6.70 | 5.25 | 5.37 |
| 47 | Auburn | 5.40 | 5.57 | 5.16 | 4.76 | 5.38 |
| 48 | App State | 4.94 | 5.49 | 6.24 | 4.81 | 5.38 |
| 49 | Washington State | 5.98 | 5.11 | 5.07 | 2.39 | 5.39 |
| 50 | TCU | 4.63 | 5.74 | 6.62 | 4.25 | 5.39 |
| 51 | Old Dominion | 5.31 | 5.34 | 5.93 | 4.45 | 5.42 |
| 52 | Southern Miss | 5.33 | 4.90 | 6.79 | 4.75 | 5.49 |
| 53 | Alabama | 4.79 | 6.85 | 4.91 | 4.88 | 5.50 |
| 54 | South Carolina | 5.61 | 5.30 | 5.35 | 8.31 | 5.52 |
| 55 | Miami (OH) | 5.51 | 4.78 | 6.71 | 5.62 | 5.52 |
| 56 | Utah State | 5.47 | 6.61 | 4.14 | 4.25 | 5.52 |
| 57 | New Mexico State | 6.08 | 5.11 | 5.43 | 2.07 | 5.52 |
| 58 | Vanderbilt | 5.34 | 5.10 | 6.11 | 11.23 | 5.56 |
| 59 | Nevada | 7.10 | 4.53 | 4.31 | 2.24 | 5.57 |
| 60 | SMU | 5.88 | 5.70 | 5.19 | 3.63 | 5.58 |
| 61 | Boise State | 4.89 | 7.20 | 4.83 | 4.29 | 5.58 |
| 62 | Baylor | 6.72 | 4.92 | 4.15 | 4.54 | 5.60 |
| 63 | North Texas | 5.49 | 5.77 | 5.00 | 9.55 | 5.61 |
| 64 | Western Kentucky | 6.27 | 5.40 | 5.47 | 0.24 | 5.62 |
| 65 | Army | 5.69 | 5.47 | 5.69 | 5.81 | 5.62 |
| 66 | Central Michigan | 5.37 | 5.58 | 6.58 | 3.22 | 5.63 |
| 67 | Florida | 6.11 | 4.76 | 6.13 | 4.50 | 5.63 |
| 68 | UConn | 5.84 | 6.03 | 4.40 | 6.52 | 5.64 |
| 69 | Cincinnati | 5.77 | 6.00 | 4.79 | 5.61 | 5.64 |
| 70 | UL Monroe | 6.11 | 5.35 | 6.05 | 1.24 | 5.65 |
| 71 | Virginia | 6.13 | 5.68 | 4.59 | 6.05 | 5.66 |
| 72 | Illinois | 5.53 | 6.00 | 5.54 | 4.84 | 5.67 |
| 73 | Tennessee | 5.07 | 6.03 | 6.19 | 8.33 | 5.68 |
| 74 | Kansas | 5.62 | 5.45 | 5.33 | 11.13 | 5.69 |
| 75 | Wisconsin | 6.26 | 5.35 | 5.63 | 1.64 | 5.71 |
| 76 | Louisiana Tech | 5.27 | 6.14 | 5.98 | 5.39 | 5.72 |
| 77 | Fresno State | 5.59 | 6.18 | 5.61 | 3.14 | 5.72 |
| 78 | South Alabama | 5.61 | 4.78 | 7.44 | 5.90 | 5.72 |
| 79 | Florida Atlantic | 6.43 | 5.09 | 5.94 | 2.52 | 5.73 |
| 80 | Virginia Tech | 6.46 | 4.58 | 6.48 | 0.11 | 5.74 |
| 81 | Maryland | 6.30 | 5.38 | 5.77 | 3.32 | 5.77 |
| 82 | UCLA | 5.12 | 5.77 | 7.33 | 4.89 | 5.77 |
| 83 | South Florida | 6.02 | 5.75 | 5.42 | 5.42 | 5.79 |
| 84 | Northwestern | 6.06 | 5.22 | 6.45 | 3.00 | 5.80 |
| 85 | Troy | 6.19 | 5.91 | 4.91 | 6.35 | 5.82 |
| 86 | Liberty | 6.33 | 5.55 | 5.76 | 1.93 | 5.83 |
| 87 | USC | 4.86 | 7.68 | 5.48 | 3.29 | 5.86 |
| 88 | New Mexico | 6.09 | 5.39 | 6.44 | 3.75 | 5.86 |
| 89 | Bowling Green | 6.26 | 5.91 | 5.15 | 4.24 | 5.87 |
| 90 | Memphis | 6.24 | 6.40 | 4.78 | 3.10 | 5.88 |
| 91 | Texas State | 6.29 | 6.47 | 4.24 | 4.10 | 5.88 |
| 92 | Tulane | 6.10 | 5.48 | 6.80 | 2.89 | 5.92 |
| 93 | Temple | 6.41 | 5.74 | 5.07 | 8.38 | 5.98 |
| 94 | Coastal Carolina | 7.05 | 5.83 | 4.50 | 4.17 | 6.02 |
| 95 | NC State | 5.57 | 5.50 | 7.55 | 7.47 | 6.02 |
| 96 | Arkansas State | 6.29 | 5.83 | 5.95 | 4.29 | 6.02 |
| 97 | San José State | 6.31 | 5.13 | 6.71 | 6.57 | 6.03 |
| 98 | Ball State | 6.05 | 5.67 | 6.93 | 5.16 | 6.07 |
| 99 | Michigan State | 6.46 | 5.89 | 5.66 | 5.44 | 6.09 |
| 100 | Iowa State | 5.48 | 6.46 | 7.26 | 3.26 | 6.10 |
| 101 | West Virginia | 6.49 | 5.12 | 6.56 | 8.35 | 6.13 |
| 102 | Kent State | 6.28 | 6.22 | 6.12 | 1.42 | 6.14 |
| 103 | Akron | 6.03 | 7.04 | 5.60 | -1.08 | 6.14 |
| 104 | Mississippi State | 6.60 | 6.12 | 5.38 | 2.64 | 6.14 |
| 105 | Georgia Tech | 6.64 | 6.10 | 5.38 | 4.00 | 6.14 |
| 106 | Louisiana | 6.34 | 6.00 | 6.71 | 1.67 | 6.18 |
| 107 | Hawai'i | 6.31 | 6.64 | 5.18 | 5.90 | 6.18 |
| 108 | Colorado | 6.64 | 6.48 | 4.77 | 5.56 | 6.19 |
| 109 | Jacksonville State | 6.26 | 6.22 | 5.67 | 7.90 | 6.19 |
| 110 | Missouri State | 7.33 | 4.99 | 5.79 | 4.00 | 6.21 |
| 111 | Navy | 5.99 | 6.26 | 6.22 | 9.61 | 6.28 |
| 112 | Stanford | 6.68 | 6.83 | 4.96 | 3.78 | 6.31 |
| 113 | Charlotte | 6.73 | 5.99 | 6.80 | 1.70 | 6.33 |
| 114 | Massachusetts | 6.46 | 6.57 | 5.38 | 8.63 | 6.33 |
| 115 | Oregon State | 5.99 | 7.29 | 5.74 | 4.83 | 6.34 |
| 116 | Delaware | 5.80 | 7.23 | 5.79 | 9.07 | 6.34 |
| 117 | Purdue | 7.22 | 6.00 | 4.89 | 6.11 | 6.36 |
| 118 | Duke | 6.65 | 6.05 | 6.38 | 5.50 | 6.37 |
| 119 | Florida International | 6.76 | 6.67 | 5.81 | 3.38 | 6.41 |
| 120 | Middle Tennessee | 7.37 | 5.10 | 6.63 | 3.40 | 6.41 |
| 121 | Boston College | 6.58 | 6.50 | 6.12 | 6.26 | 6.44 |
| 122 | Ohio | 7.36 | 5.34 | 5.30 | 10.86 | 6.46 |
| 123 | Syracuse | 6.51 | 6.39 | 6.68 | 5.61 | 6.48 |
| 124 | UAB | 6.63 | 6.04 | 7.29 | 4.81 | 6.50 |
| 125 | Arkansas | 6.07 | 7.58 | 5.36 | 10.57 | 6.54 |
| 126 | UNLV | 6.44 | 6.45 | 6.36 | 8.00 | 6.58 |
| 127 | Colorado State | 5.51 | 7.67 | 7.01 | 7.43 | 6.60 |
| 128 | UTSA | 6.63 | 6.72 | 6.46 | 6.20 | 6.61 |
| 129 | Eastern Michigan | 7.90 | 5.75 | 5.63 | 4.18 | 6.63 |
| 130 | Georgia State | 6.48 | 6.97 | 6.95 | 4.63 | 6.67 |
| 131 | Oklahoma State | 6.77 | 6.43 | 7.22 | 5.19 | 6.71 |
| 132 | Marshall | 6.96 | 6.03 | 8.61 | 3.43 | 6.93 |
| 133 | Sam Houston | 7.73 | 6.99 | 5.94 | 3.29 | 7.05 |
| 134 | Georgia Southern | 7.26 | 7.02 | 7.30 | 6.88 | 7.18 |
| 135 | Rutgers | 7.99 | 7.40 | 7.55 | 4.58 | 7.65 |
| 136 | Air Force | 8.19 | 7.35 | 8.24 | 10.58 | 7.98 |