2019 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. Ranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/13/2020

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 UCF 1 10 12 7 29 29.0
2 LSU 7 69 116 10 195 27.9
3 Ohio State 6 73 77 16 166 27.7
4 San Jose State 2 11 35 8 54 27.0
5 East Carolina 3 20 43 13 76 25.3
6 Pittsburgh 2 12 31 7 50 25.0
6 Louisiana Tech 1 4 19 2 25 25.0
8 Texas 4 33 51 14 98 24.5
9 Oklahoma State 3 33 30 10 73 24.3
10 Louisiana-Lafayette 2 18 24 5 47 23.5
11 Tulsa 4 37 44 12 93 23.3
11 Alabama 3 27 35 8 70 23.3
13 Oklahoma 4 41 46 5 92 23.0
13 USC 4 23 56 13 92 23.0
15 Texas Tech 3 19 40 9 68 22.7
16 Minnesota 4 27 56 5 88 22.0
16 Hawai'i 3 18 42 6 66 22.0
16 Clemson 2 13 21 10 44 22.0
16 Buffalo 1 12 9 1 22 22.0
16 UNLV 1 5 13 4 22 22.0
21 Iowa State 5 28 71 10 109 21.8
22 Florida 3 13 44 8 65 21.7
23 North Carolina 2 16 25 2 43 21.5
24 Memphis 4 36 44 5 85 21.3
25 Washington 3 21 39 3 63 21.0
25 SMU 2 11 25 6 42 21.0
25 Colorado State 2 8 33 1 42 21.0
25 Coastal Carolina 1 7 13 1 21 21.0
29 Kansas 3 27 27 8 62 20.7
29 Virginia 3 12 47 3 62 20.7
31 Michigan 6 45 62 14 121 20.2
32 Mississippi 4 47 25 8 80 20.0
32 Stanford 3 23 34 3 60 20.0
32 Washington State 3 6 48 6 60 20.0
32 UAB 1 5 13 2 20 20.0
32 Miami (Florida) 1 4 11 5 20 20.0
32 Troy 1 3 15 2 20 20.0
38 Wisconsin 6 64 48 7 119 19.8
38 Penn State 5 51 45 3 99 19.8
40 Temple 3 18 34 7 59 19.7
41 Louisiana-Monroe 2 19 18 2 39 19.5
41 Florida Atlantic 2 13 23 3 39 19.5
43 Connecticut 3 27 24 7 58 19.3
44 Houston 5 46 41 9 96 19.2
45 Tulane 4 38 34 4 76 19.0
45 New Mexico 3 32 20 5 57 19.0
45 Colorado 3 22 28 7 57 19.0
45 Indiana 3 19 34 4 57 19.0
49 South Carolina 5 27 56 11 94 18.8
50 Navy 3 42 13 1 56 18.7
51 Georgia 5 34 51 8 93 18.6
51 Texas A&M 5 25 59 9 93 18.6
53 Purdue 4 16 51 6 73 18.3
54 Auburn 6 41 54 13 108 18.0
54 Nebraska 4 46 21 5 72 18.0
54 Cincinnati 4 34 33 5 72 18.0
54 Kansas State 4 23 43 6 72 18.0
54 Louisville 2 22 12 2 36 18.0
54 Oregon State 2 13 20 3 36 18.0
60 Iowa 4 18 46 7 71 17.8
61 Mississippi State 3 18 26 9 53 17.7
62 Kentucky 2 18 15 2 35 17.5
62 Charlotte 2 15 13 7 35 17.5
64 Baylor 4 24 34 11 69 17.3
65 Illinois 4 28 32 8 68 17.0
65 TCU 3 24 21 6 51 17.0
65 UCLA 3 20 26 5 51 17.0
65 West Virginia 3 12 32 7 51 17.0
65 Air Force 2 19 14 1 34 17.0
65 Boise State 1 5 12 0 17 17.0
71 Tennessee 3 19 21 10 50 16.7
72 Utah 2 15 13 5 33 16.5
72 Fresno State 2 5 24 4 33 16.5
74 Oregon 3 21 24 4 49 16.3
75 Northwestern 4 27 25 10 62 15.5
76 Vanderbilt 3 20 18 8 46 15.3
76 Arkansas 3 15 23 8 46 15.3
78 Arizona State 2 13 14 3 30 15.0
78 Rice 2 12 15 3 30 15.0
78 BYU 2 10 19 1 30 15.0
78 Southern Mississippi 1 5 9 1 15 15.0
82 Michigan State 4 18 31 10 59 14.8
83 Notre Dame 3 12 27 5 44 14.7
84 Kent State 2 12 12 5 29 14.5
84 Arizona 2 11 13 5 29 14.5
86 Marshall 3 20 15 7 42 14.0
86 Florida State 3 15 25 2 42 14.0
86 Middle Tennessee 2 9 18 1 28 14.0
86 Bowling Green 1 7 7 0 14 14.0
86 New Mexico State 1 7 7 0 14 14.0
86 UTSA 1 6 7 1 14 14.0
86 Northern Illinois 1 4 10 0 14 14.0
86 Arkansas State 1 4 8 2 14 14.0
94 Wyoming 2 14 13 0 27 13.5
95 Maryland 4 27 15 10 52 13.0
95 Missouri 2 7 16 3 26 13.0
95 Georgia State 1 7 5 1 13 13.0
95 North Carolina State 1 4 6 3 13 13.0
99 Army 3 25 9 4 38 12.7
100 Utah State 3 10 25 2 37 12.3
101 South Florida 5 34 22 4 60 12.0
101 Rutgers 5 31 22 7 60 12.0
101 South Alabama 2 12 6 6 24 12.0
101 Nevada 1 5 6 1 12 12.0
101 Virginia Tech 1 5 5 2 12 12.0
106 Georgia Southern 3 24 6 5 35 11.7
106 Miami (Ohio) 3 15 15 5 35 11.7
108 Texas State 1 5 6 0 11 11.0
109 Duke 2 8 9 4 21 10.5
110 Georgia Tech 2 14 6 0 20 10.0
110 Syracuse 1 3 5 2 10 10.0
112 Boston College 3 22 7 0 29 9.7
113 California 2 8 8 2 18 9.0
114 Wake Forest 1 3 2 0 5 5.0
115 Central Michigan 1 1 2 0 3 3.0