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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	Monmouth	173	34.6	42.2	26.6	23.1	8.1
2	Adrian	33	33.0	24.2	27.3	24.2	24.2
3	Missouri	154	30.8	31.8	34.4	29.9	3.9
4	Rutgers	150	30.0	37.3	35.3	20.7	6.7
5	USC	149	29.8	43.0	28.9	22.1	6.0
6	Florida State	149	29.8	32.9	34.2	24.8	8.1
7	North Dakota State	146	29.2	40.4	37.0	19.2	3.4
8	Indiana	145	29.0	38.6	35.2	24.8	1.4
9	Allen	29	29.0	41.4	41.4	13.8	3.4
10	Oregon	142	28.4	32.4	33.1	26.1	8.5
11	Ole Miss	140	28.0	29.3	43.6	24.3	2.9
12	Alabama State	111	27.8	38.7	33.3	27.0	0.9
13	Tennessee	138	27.6	33.3	38.4	25.4	2.2
14	Utah	109	27.3	21.1	41.3	33.0	4.6
15	Texas Tech	107	26.8	36.4	33.6	28.0	1.9
16	SE Louisiana	133	26.6	33.8	36.8	27.1	2.3
17	North Texas	133	26.6	33.8	39.9	21.8	3.8
18	Arkansas	133	26.6	39.1	36.1	24.1	0.8
19	Baylor	158	26.3	32.9	39.2	20.9	7.0
20	Virginia	156	26.0	29.5	31.4	32.7	5.8
21	West Georgia	156	26.0	31.4	30.1	34.0	4.5
22	Tennessee Tech	103	25.8	36.9	37.9	23.3	1.9
23	Central Arkansas	154	25.7	35.7	32.5	24.7	7.1
24	Harvard	77	25.7	37.7	32.5	20.8	9.1
25	Vanderbilt	128	25.6	37.5	39.8	21.1	1.6
26	Washington	128	25.6	33.6	36.7	25.8	3.9
27	Jackson State	127	25.4	34.6	32.3	30.7	2.4
28	Memphis	152	25.3	34.9	38.8	22.4	3.9
29	Idaho State	152	25.3	38.8	30.9	27.6	2.6
30	South Dakota State	101	25.3	34.7	38.6	22.8	4.0
31	Georgia	126	25.2	27.0	41.3	27.8	4.0
32	Delaware	126	25.2	27.8	35.7	29.4	7.1
33	Idaho	125	25.0	30.4	31.2	31.2	7.2
34	Dartmouth	74	24.7	32.4	33.8	32.4	1.4
35	Stetson	123	24.6	30.9	35.0	26.0	8.1
36	Nebraska	123	24.6	33.3	39.0	24.4	3.3
37	Penn State	122	24.4	36.9	30.3	23.0	9.8
38	Western Carolina	121	24.2	42.1	29.8	22.3	5.8
39	Oklahoma	120	24.0	32.5	38.3	25.8	3.3
40	Notre Dame	96	24.0	40.6	36.5	20.8	2.1
41	Texas A&M	96	24.0	42.7	35.4	19.8	2.1
42	Southeast Missouri State	120	24.0	25.8	37.5	32.5	4.2
43	UT Rio Grande Valley	120	24.0	44.2	33.3	21.7	0.8
44	BYU	120	24.0	40.8	30.8	21.7	6.7
45	Alabama	119	23.8	34.5	27.7	31.9	5.9
46	Miami	119	23.8	31.1	40.3	24.4	4.2
47	Southern Illinois	119	23.8	37.0	32.8	26.9	3.4
48	Purdue	119	23.8	32.8	35.3	25.2	6.7
49	NC State	142	23.7	36.6	35.9	21.8	5.6
50	Syracuse	142	23.7	28.9	43.7	21.1	6.3
51	St. Thomas (MN)	118	23.6	28.8	39.8	27.1	4.2
52	North Alabama	118	23.6	29.7	38.1	28.8	2.5
53	North Dakota	118	23.6	38.1	39.0	20.3	2.5
54	Ohio State	118	23.6	35.6	39.8	21.2	2.5
55	Cincinnati	118	23.6	41.5	37.3	15.3	5.9
56	Delaware State	141	23.5	31.9	40.4	20.6	7.1
57	LSU	94	23.5	30.9	38.3	25.5	5.3
58	Florida Atlantic	117	23.4	30.8	28.2	29.9	11.1
59	TCU	117	23.4	33.3	29.1	31.6	6.0
60	North Carolina Central	140	23.3	32.9	35.7	28.6	2.9
61	Mercer	93	23.3	30.1	43.0	25.8	1.1
62	Jacksonville State	93	23.3	31.2	33.3	29.0	6.5
63	East Carolina	93	23.3	23.7	38.7	34.4	3.2
64	Colgate	93	23.3	33.3	30.1	33.3	3.2
65	Duke	116	23.2	32.8	39.7	22.4	5.2
66	Air Force	116	23.2	28.4	36.2	27.6	7.8
67	Incarnate Word	139	23.2	30.2	35.3	27.3	7.2
68	Stony Brook	139	23.2	29.5	38.1	28.1	4.3
69	Western Kentucky	139	23.2	37.4	31.7	29.5	1.4
70	Navy	92	23.0	28.3	39.1	28.3	4.3
71	Presbyterian	115	23.0	37.4	34.8	22.6	5.2
72	Cornell	69	23.0	33.3	37.7	23.2	5.8
73	Texas State	114	22.8	22.8	41.2	30.7	5.3
74	Old Dominion	91	22.8	44.0	30.8	23.1	2.2
75	Ohio	136	22.7	33.8	39.7	22.8	3.7
76	Rhode Island	136	22.7	39.7	34.6	22.8	2.9
77	Kansas	136	22.7	40.4	37.5	14.7	7.4
78	Louisville	113	22.6	32.7	33.6	31.0	2.7
79	Arizona	113	22.6	33.6	38.9	21.2	6.2
80	Arizona State	113	22.6	36.3	36.3	19.5	8.0
81	Boise State	113	22.6	28.3	37.2	30.1	4.4
82	Boston College	113	22.6	32.7	37.2	26.5	3.5
83	Oregon State	113	22.6	32.7	36.3	29.2	1.8
84	New Mexico	113	22.6	32.7	33.6	26.5	7.1
85	Southern Utah	113	22.6	32.7	38.1	22.1	7.1
86	Villanova	90	22.5	36.7	33.3	25.6	4.4
87	Elon	135	22.5	37.8	35.6	22.2	4.4
88	Northern Arizona	112	22.4	36.6	34.8	21.4	7.1
89	East Tennessee State	134	22.3	37.3	29.9	27.6	5.2
90	Wyoming	89	22.3	38.2	33.7	24.7	3.4
91	Arkansas State	111	22.2	32.4	31.5	28.8	6.3
92	Iowa State	111	22.2	24.3	40.5	27.0	8.1
93	UNLV	111	22.2	37.8	33.3	24.3	4.5
94	Montana State	110	22.0	27.3	40.9	28.2	3.6
95	Lehigh	110	22.0	34.5	38.2	24.5	2.7
96	Bowie State	22	22.0	27.3	45.5	27.3	0.0
97	Elizabeth City State	22	22.0	27.3	36.4	22.7	13.6
98	Mississippi State	131	21.8	29.8	36.6	28.2	5.3
99	Eastern Michigan	109	21.8	36.7	28.4	30.3	4.6
100	Southern Miss	87	21.8	28.7	39.1	28.7	3.4
101	UConn	130	21.7	31.5	33.8	28.5	6.2
102	Austin Peay	130	21.7	30.8	36.2	30.0	3.1
103	Georgia Tech	108	21.6	32.4	39.8	25.0	1.9
104	Utah State	108	21.6	38.0	38.9	21.3	1.9
105	SMU	108	21.6	39.8	32.4	22.2	4.6
106	Minnesota	108	21.6	32.4	38.9	26.9	1.9
107	Tulane	86	21.5	36.0	25.6	34.9	3.5
108	App State	86	21.5	27.9	41.9	25.6	4.7
109	Eastern Illinois	86	21.5	31.4	38.4	26.7	3.5
110	Army	107	21.4	20.6	32.7	30.8	15.9
111	Michigan	107	21.4	36.4	36.4	26.2	0.9
112	Hawai'i	128	21.3	16.4	40.6	37.5	5.5
113	UAB	85	21.3	36.5	30.6	25.9	7.1
114	Murray State	106	21.2	30.2	34.0	29.2	6.6
115	James Madison	106	21.2	28.3	38.7	29.2	3.8
116	Lafayette	126	21.0	34.9	33.3	27.8	4.0
117	Colorado State	105	21.0	27.6	41.0	23.8	7.6
118	Chadron St	21	21.0	23.8	57.1	14.3	4.8
119	San José State	105	21.0	29.5	38.1	31.4	1.0
120	Tarleton State	104	20.8	37.5	26.9	28.8	6.7
121	Furman	104	20.8	35.6	36.5	26.9	1.0
122	Georgetown	124	20.7	25.8	32.3	37.1	4.8
123	Abilene Christian	124	20.7	34.7	28.2	33.1	4.0
124	California	124	20.7	29.0	37.9	26.6	6.5
125	Tulsa	103	20.6	24.3	35.9	30.1	9.7
126	Michigan State	103	20.6	29.1	35.0	26.2	7.8
127	Northwestern	103	20.6	29.1	30.1	34.0	6.8
128	New Haven	82	20.5	39.0	30.5	26.8	3.7
129	Bucknell	123	20.5	39.0	28.5	28.5	4.1
130	Fresno State	123	20.5	29.3	42.3	26.8	1.6
131	Youngstown State	82	20.5	26.8	40.2	24.4	8.5
132	Illinois State	102	20.4	36.3	30.4	27.5	4.9
133	East Texas A&M	102	20.4	32.4	38.2	24.5	4.9
134	San Diego State	102	20.4	28.4	37.3	27.5	6.9
135	South Carolina State	102	20.4	24.5	36.3	36.3	2.9
136	South Alabama	122	20.3	28.7	32.0	30.3	9.0
137	Illinois	122	20.3	33.6	41.8	20.5	4.1
138	Fordham	122	20.3	31.1	31.1	29.5	8.2
139	Clemson	101	20.2	32.7	35.6	22.8	8.9
140	Bethune-Cookman	101	20.2	27.7	47.5	23.8	1.0
141	Richmond	101	20.2	29.7	29.7	36.6	4.0
142	Wagner	101	20.2	21.8	44.6	31.7	2.0
143	Princeton	60	20.0	33.3	31.7	30.0	5.0
144	Sacred Heart	80	20.0	17.5	42.5	36.3	3.8
145	Montana	100	20.0	41.0	29.0	23.0	7.0
146	South Dakota	100	20.0	29.0	43.0	26.0	1.0
147	Toledo	80	20.0	40.0	33.8	23.8	2.5
148	Auburn	100	20.0	32.0	40.0	22.0	6.0
149	Edward Waters	20	20.0	40.0	30.0	25.0	5.0
150	Gardner-Webb	100	20.0	33.0	39.0	18.0	10.0
151	McKendree	20	20.0	25.0	35.0	35.0	5.0
152	Bryant	119	19.8	35.3	31.9	29.4	3.4
153	UCF	99	19.8	28.3	36.4	24.2	11.1
154	Missouri State	99	19.8	41.4	33.3	21.2	4.0
155	South Florida	98	19.6	32.7	27.6	33.7	6.1
156	Charlotte	98	19.6	34.7	28.6	31.6	5.1
157	Florida International	98	19.6	28.6	35.7	26.5	9.2
158	Georgia Southern	78	19.5	35.9	33.3	29.5	1.3
159	Drake	78	19.5	39.7	23.1	30.8	6.4
160	UC Davis	97	19.4	33.0	38.1	25.8	3.1
161	Norfolk State	116	19.3	31.9	44.8	17.2	6.0
162	Buffalo	116	19.3	29.3	35.3	30.2	5.2
163	Iowa	77	19.3	28.6	35.1	31.2	5.2
164	Texas Southern	77	19.3	32.5	39.0	26.0	2.6
165	Prairie View A&M	96	19.2	39.6	32.3	24.0	4.2
166	Kennesaw State	96	19.2	29.2	41.7	26.0	3.1
167	Kansas State	115	19.2	30.4	36.5	27.0	6.1
168	McNeese	114	19.0	28.1	34.2	28.9	8.8
169	Kentucky State	19	19.0	31.6	26.3	36.8	5.3
170	Saginaw Valley State	19	19.0	31.6	42.1	26.3	0.0
171	Pittsburgh	95	19.0	32.6	34.7	25.3	7.4
172	New Mexico State	76	19.0	28.9	19.7	47.4	3.9
173	Mississippi Valley State	38	19.0	26.3	44.7	23.7	5.3
174	Texas	76	19.0	28.9	46.1	21.1	3.9
175	William & Mary	114	19.0	26.3	36.0	33.3	4.4
176	Wisconsin	95	19.0	30.5	36.8	26.3	6.3
177	Duquesne	113	18.8	31.0	37.2	22.1	9.7
178	Middle Tennessee	94	18.8	30.9	39.4	25.5	4.3
179	Washington State	94	18.8	26.6	35.1	29.8	8.5
180	Massachusetts	75	18.8	32.0	37.3	29.3	1.3
181	Maryland	93	18.6	31.2	35.5	29.0	4.3
182	Alabama A&M	93	18.6	33.3	33.3	26.9	6.5
183	Northern Iowa	93	18.6	28.0	31.2	39.8	1.1
184	Troy	93	18.6	28.0	25.8	37.6	8.6
185	Central Michigan	111	18.5	31.5	36.0	24.3	8.1
186	Florida	74	18.5	27.0	44.6	24.3	4.1
187	Grambling	92	18.4	31.5	38.0	26.1	4.3
188	Houston Christian	92	18.4	23.9	39.1	28.3	8.7
189	Dayton	92	18.4	32.6	21.7	33.7	12.0
190	Southern	92	18.4	27.2	32.6	33.7	6.5
191	Morgan State	92	18.4	31.5	28.3	31.5	8.7
192	Pennsylvania	55	18.3	25.5	41.8	27.3	5.5
193	Colorado	110	18.3	26.4	39.1	30.9	3.6
194	Howard	91	18.2	31.9	33.0	29.7	5.5
195	Mercyhurst	91	18.2	23.1	28.6	36.3	12.1
196	Sacramento State	91	18.2	25.3	40.7	27.5	6.6
197	Samford	91	18.2	30.8	36.3	30.8	2.2
198	Wake Forest	91	18.2	37.4	23.1	35.2	3.3
199	Western Michigan	109	18.2	22.9	37.6	33.9	5.5
200	Northern Michigan	18	18.0	5.6	50.0	33.3	11.1
201	Morehead State	108	18.0	35.2	41.7	22.2	0.9
202	New Hampshire	108	18.0	23.1	40.7	28.7	7.4
203	UCLA	90	18.0	36.7	31.1	23.3	8.9
204	Virginia Tech	90	18.0	33.3	27.8	34.4	4.4
205	Lincoln (PA)	18	18.0	33.3	22.2	44.4	0.0
206	Lindenwood	108	18.0	29.6	38.0	25.9	6.5
207	Miami (OH)	89	17.8	47.2	28.1	19.1	5.6
208	Cal Poly	89	17.8	33.7	31.5	31.5	3.4
209	UAlbany	89	17.8	19.1	48.3	21.3	11.2
210	Stanford	89	17.8	33.7	28.1	29.2	9.0
211	Utah Tech	106	17.7	24.5	35.8	34.0	5.7
212	Columbia	53	17.7	22.6	39.6	30.2	7.5
213	Central Connecticut	106	17.7	31.1	42.5	23.6	2.8
214	Bowling Green	88	17.6	39.8	28.4	29.5	2.3
215	UL Monroe	88	17.6	33.0	34.1	30.7	2.3
216	UT Martin	105	17.5	32.4	33.3	30.5	3.8
217	Holy Cross	105	17.5	29.5	37.1	25.7	7.6
218	Butler	87	17.4	25.3	32.2	37.9	4.6
219	Campbell	104	17.3	17.3	47.1	28.8	6.7
220	Davidson	86	17.2	29.1	32.6	29.1	9.3
221	UTSA	86	17.2	20.9	43.0	31.4	4.7
222	Rice	103	17.2	21.4	41.7	30.1	6.8
223	UTEP	68	17.0	22.1	36.8	35.3	5.9
224	Temple	85	17.0	30.6	30.6	35.3	3.5
225	Houston	85	17.0	28.2	28.2	37.6	5.9
226	Indiana State	68	17.0	23.5	50.0	23.5	2.9
227	Greensboro College	17	17.0	17.6	41.2	35.3	5.9
228	Yale	51	17.0	21.6	41.2	27.5	9.8
229	San Diego	101	16.8	26.7	36.6	32.7	4.0
230	Nevada	84	16.8	38.1	25.0	28.6	8.3
231	Georgia State	84	16.8	26.2	31.0	35.7	7.1
232	Merrimack	84	16.8	19.0	41.7	33.3	6.0
233	Western Illinois	84	16.8	23.8	41.7	26.2	8.3
234	Chattanooga	67	16.8	38.8	38.8	17.9	4.5
235	Liberty	83	16.6	27.7	30.1	34.9	7.2
236	Marshall	66	16.5	42.4	27.3	28.8	1.5
237	Hampton	99	16.5	26.3	38.4	31.3	4.0
238	Coastal Carolina	66	16.5	21.2	45.5	28.8	4.5
239	Stephen F. Austin	99	16.5	30.3	34.3	29.3	6.1
240	Valparaiso	66	16.5	31.8	39.4	28.8	0.0
241	Oklahoma State	82	16.4	29.3	31.7	34.1	4.9
242	Akron	82	16.4	30.5	36.6	25.6	7.3
243	Marist	82	16.4	25.6	36.6	24.4	13.4
244	Long Island University	82	16.4	29.3	31.7	32.9	6.1
245	Maine	98	16.3	24.5	41.8	24.5	9.2
246	West Virginia	98	16.3	30.6	38.8	24.5	6.1
247	Weber State	81	16.2	33.3	33.3	32.1	1.2
248	Towson	97	16.2	27.8	33.0	29.9	9.3
249	Virginia St	16	16.0	31.3	50.0	18.8	0.0
250	Brown	48	16.0	25.0	47.9	18.8	8.3
251	Eastern Washington	96	16.0	29.2	33.3	31.3	6.3
252	Kentucky	63	15.8	15.9	46.0	33.3	4.8
253	South Carolina	63	15.8	36.5	27.0	28.6	7.9
254	Florida A&M	47	15.7	23.4	38.3	34.0	4.3
255	Northern Colorado	77	15.4	22.1	44.2	26.0	6.5
256	North Carolina A&T	91	15.2	29.7	27.5	40.7	2.2
257	Nicholls	91	15.2	36.3	28.6	28.6	6.6
258	North Carolina	60	15.0	33.3	31.7	26.7	8.3
259	Tennessee State	75	15.0	29.3	37.3	33.3	0.0
260	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	60	15.0	20.0	33.3	43.3	3.3
261	Portland State	89	14.8	27.0	40.4	30.3	2.2
262	Stonehill	88	14.7	20.5	27.3	37.5	14.8
263	Sam Houston	73	14.6	28.8	42.5	20.5	6.8
264	Ball State	73	14.6	27.4	30.1	34.2	8.2
265	Alcorn State	58	14.5	34.5	37.9	24.1	3.4
266	The Citadel	58	14.5	24.1	34.5	36.2	5.2
267	Northeastern State	14	14.0	21.4	50.0	14.3	14.3
268	Lamar	41	13.7	41.5	34.1	22.0	2.4
269	VMI	68	13.6	19.1	39.7	39.7	1.5
270	Louisiana	54	13.5	37.0	25.9	33.3	3.7
271	Louisiana Tech	54	13.5	29.6	42.6	22.2	5.6
272	Eastern Kentucky	67	13.4	29.9	31.3	32.8	6.0
273	St. Francis (PA)	66	13.2	39.4	30.3	24.2	6.1
274	Savannah St	13	13.0	23.1	46.2	30.8	0.0
275	Pace	13	13.0	53.8	23.1	15.4	7.7
276	Charleston Southern	78	13.0	26.9	37.2	33.3	2.6
277	Northern Illinois	62	12.4	21.0	29.0	33.9	16.1
278	Miles College	12	12.0	33.3	25.0	41.7	0.0
279	Thomas More College	24	12.0	20.8	41.7	29.2	8.3
280	Bentley	12	12.0	8.3	41.7	33.3	16.7
281	Lincoln (CA)	12	12.0	16.7	41.7	33.3	8.3
282	Kent State	58	11.6	31.0	24.1	34.5	10.3
283	Wofford	34	11.3	38.2	23.5	29.4	8.8
284	Hanover College	11	11.0	27.3	18.2	54.5	0.0
285	Robert Morris	32	10.7	18.8	37.5	43.8	0.0
286	Morehouse College	10	10.0	20.0	40.0	30.0	10.0
287	Upper Iowa University	10	10.0	30.0	30.0	40.0	0.0
288	Fayetteville State	10	10.0	20.0	20.0	60.0	0.0
289	American International	10	10.0	30.0	20.0	40.0	10.0
290	ERSKINE	9	9.0	44.4	22.2	22.2	11.1
291	Lane College	9	9.0	33.3	44.4	22.2	0.0
292	Northwestern State	45	9.0	26.7	37.8	28.9	6.7
293	Ferrum	8	8.0	25.0	62.5	12.5	0.0
294	Central State (OH)	7	7.0	14.3	28.6	57.1	0.0
295	Tuskegee	5	5.0	20.0	40.0	40.0	0.0
296	Sul Ross State	8	4.0	12.5	50.0	37.5	0.0