2019 National Leaders First Downs - Games in November Only through 01/13/2020
| Name | G | Rush | Pass | Penalty | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington State | 4 | 17 | 90 | 11 | 118 | 29.5 |
| 2 | East Carolina | 4 | 29 | 75 | 14 | 118 | 29.5 |
| 3 | BYU | 5 | 49 | 74 | 7 | 130 | 26.0 |
| 4 | LSU | 4 | 40 | 73 | 7 | 120 | 30.0 |
| 4 | Troy | 5 | 37 | 73 | 11 | 121 | 24.2 |
| 6 | Hawaii | 5 | 53 | 69 | 5 | 127 | 25.4 |
| 7 | USC | 4 | 24 | 67 | 15 | 106 | 26.5 |
| 8 | San Jose State | 4 | 25 | 64 | 8 | 97 | 24.3 |
| 9 | Utah State | 5 | 46 | 62 | 7 | 115 | 23.0 |
| 10 | Purdue | 4 | 21 | 61 | 12 | 94 | 23.5 |
| 10 | Notre Dame | 5 | 44 | 61 | 10 | 115 | 23.0 |
| 10 | Texas Tech | 4 | 25 | 61 | 4 | 90 | 22.5 |
| 13 | Wake Forest | 5 | 37 | 60 | 9 | 106 | 21.2 |
| 14 | Clemson | 4 | 46 | 59 | 6 | 111 | 27.8 |
| 14 | Florida | 4 | 24 | 59 | 12 | 95 | 23.8 |
| 16 | Oregon State | 5 | 42 | 58 | 8 | 108 | 21.6 |
| 17 | Colorado State | 4 | 19 | 57 | 4 | 80 | 20.0 |
| 18 | SMU | 4 | 30 | 56 | 7 | 93 | 23.3 |
| 18 | Minnesota | 4 | 26 | 56 | 6 | 88 | 22.0 |
| 20 | Liberty | 4 | 39 | 55 | 7 | 101 | 25.3 |
| 20 | Louisiana | 5 | 65 | 55 | 5 | 125 | 25.0 |
| 20 | Louisiana-Monroe | 5 | 58 | 55 | 6 | 119 | 23.8 |
| 20 | Iowa State | 4 | 23 | 55 | 8 | 86 | 21.5 |
| 20 | Stanford | 4 | 19 | 55 | 6 | 80 | 20.0 |
| 25 | Ohio State | 4 | 62 | 54 | 10 | 126 | 31.5 |
| 25 | North Carolina | 4 | 40 | 54 | 6 | 100 | 25.0 |
| 25 | UCLA | 4 | 34 | 54 | 5 | 93 | 23.3 |
| 25 | Virginia | 4 | 28 | 54 | 10 | 92 | 23.0 |
| 29 | UTEP | 5 | 37 | 52 | 6 | 95 | 19.0 |
| 30 | Indiana | 4 | 33 | 51 | 9 | 93 | 23.3 |
| 30 | Michigan State | 4 | 30 | 51 | 10 | 91 | 22.8 |
| 30 | Texas State | 5 | 26 | 51 | 10 | 87 | 17.4 |
| 33 | Arkansas State | 4 | 24 | 50 | 4 | 78 | 19.5 |
| 33 | UTSA | 5 | 38 | 50 | 5 | 93 | 18.6 |
| 35 | Oregon | 4 | 37 | 49 | 9 | 95 | 23.8 |
| 35 | Boise State | 5 | 51 | 49 | 8 | 108 | 21.6 |
| 35 | Western Kentucky | 4 | 30 | 49 | 2 | 81 | 20.3 |
| 35 | Old Dominion | 4 | 21 | 49 | 11 | 81 | 20.3 |
| 35 | West Virginia | 4 | 18 | 49 | 6 | 73 | 18.3 |
| 40 | Alabama | 4 | 39 | 48 | 10 | 97 | 24.3 |
| 40 | Texas | 4 | 38 | 48 | 4 | 90 | 22.5 |
| 40 | North Texas | 4 | 18 | 48 | 4 | 70 | 17.5 |
| 43 | Auburn | 4 | 43 | 47 | 9 | 99 | 24.8 |
| 43 | Tulsa | 4 | 27 | 47 | 11 | 85 | 21.3 |
| 45 | Memphis | 4 | 51 | 46 | 10 | 107 | 26.8 |
| 45 | Louisiana Tech | 4 | 35 | 46 | 14 | 95 | 23.8 |
| 45 | Toledo | 4 | 39 | 46 | 5 | 90 | 22.5 |
| 45 | Michigan | 4 | 28 | 46 | 10 | 84 | 21.0 |
| 45 | Temple | 4 | 25 | 46 | 7 | 78 | 19.5 |
| 45 | Fresno State | 5 | 36 | 46 | 9 | 91 | 18.2 |
| 51 | Kansas State | 5 | 48 | 45 | 9 | 102 | 20.4 |
| 52 | Oklahoma | 4 | 62 | 44 | 4 | 110 | 27.5 |
| 52 | Middle Tennessee State | 4 | 31 | 44 | 7 | 82 | 20.5 |
| 52 | Pittsburgh | 4 | 25 | 44 | 6 | 75 | 18.8 |
| 52 | Washington | 4 | 25 | 44 | 5 | 74 | 18.5 |
| 56 | Ball State | 4 | 53 | 43 | 7 | 103 | 25.8 |
| 56 | Florida Atlantic | 4 | 43 | 43 | 7 | 93 | 23.3 |
| 56 | Nevada | 4 | 30 | 43 | 6 | 79 | 19.8 |
| 56 | Tennessee | 4 | 23 | 43 | 9 | 75 | 18.8 |
| 60 | Arizona State | 4 | 31 | 42 | 9 | 82 | 20.5 |
| 60 | NC State | 5 | 46 | 42 | 10 | 98 | 19.6 |
| 60 | TCU | 5 | 45 | 42 | 9 | 96 | 19.2 |
| 60 | San Diego State | 4 | 29 | 42 | 4 | 75 | 18.8 |
| 60 | Georgia | 5 | 40 | 42 | 9 | 91 | 18.2 |
| 60 | South Carolina | 4 | 24 | 42 | 5 | 71 | 17.8 |
| 66 | Ohio | 4 | 50 | 41 | 6 | 97 | 24.3 |
| 66 | Baylor | 4 | 38 | 41 | 12 | 91 | 22.8 |
| 66 | UCF | 4 | 44 | 41 | 3 | 88 | 22.0 |
| 69 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 31 | 40 | 7 | 78 | 19.5 |
| 69 | FIU | 4 | 20 | 40 | 10 | 70 | 17.5 |
| 69 | Kansas | 4 | 25 | 40 | 4 | 69 | 17.3 |
| 72 | Central Michigan | 3 | 38 | 39 | 10 | 87 | 29.0 |
| 72 | Coastal Carolina | 5 | 62 | 39 | 7 | 108 | 21.6 |
| 72 | Appalachian State | 4 | 41 | 39 | 6 | 86 | 21.5 |
| 72 | Southern Miss | 4 | 24 | 39 | 8 | 71 | 17.8 |
| 76 | Kent State | 4 | 46 | 38 | 7 | 91 | 22.8 |
| 76 | Syracuse | 4 | 46 | 38 | 4 | 88 | 22.0 |
| 76 | Arizona | 4 | 29 | 38 | 14 | 81 | 20.3 |
| 76 | Texas A&M | 4 | 33 | 38 | 7 | 78 | 19.5 |
| 76 | Miami (FL) | 4 | 28 | 38 | 9 | 75 | 18.8 |
| 76 | Virginia Tech | 5 | 44 | 38 | 10 | 92 | 18.4 |
| 82 | Charlotte | 4 | 52 | 37 | 7 | 96 | 24.0 |
| 82 | Nebraska | 4 | 48 | 37 | 8 | 93 | 23.3 |
| 82 | South Alabama | 4 | 40 | 37 | 6 | 83 | 20.8 |
| 82 | Utah | 4 | 40 | 37 | 6 | 83 | 20.8 |
| 82 | Colorado | 4 | 36 | 37 | 9 | 82 | 20.5 |
| 82 | Penn State | 4 | 39 | 37 | 2 | 78 | 19.5 |
| 88 | Wisconsin | 4 | 61 | 36 | 3 | 100 | 25.0 |
| 88 | Tulane | 4 | 49 | 36 | 4 | 89 | 22.3 |
| 88 | New Mexico State | 4 | 32 | 36 | 8 | 76 | 19.0 |
| 91 | Georgia State | 4 | 41 | 35 | 6 | 82 | 20.5 |
| 91 | Florida State | 4 | 23 | 35 | 4 | 62 | 15.5 |
| 93 | Buffalo | 4 | 55 | 34 | 4 | 93 | 23.3 |
| 93 | Connecticut | 4 | 28 | 34 | 7 | 69 | 17.3 |
| 93 | Iowa | 4 | 24 | 34 | 3 | 61 | 15.3 |
| 96 | Ole Miss | 4 | 56 | 33 | 8 | 97 | 24.3 |
| 96 | Cincinnati | 5 | 55 | 33 | 7 | 95 | 19.0 |
| 96 | Missouri | 4 | 23 | 33 | 6 | 62 | 15.5 |
| 96 | Illinois | 4 | 22 | 33 | 4 | 59 | 14.8 |
| 100 | Louisville | 4 | 39 | 32 | 6 | 77 | 19.3 |
| 101 | California | 4 | 42 | 31 | 11 | 84 | 21.0 |
| 101 | Oklahoma State | 4 | 37 | 31 | 10 | 78 | 19.5 |
| 103 | New Mexico | 4 | 41 | 30 | 2 | 73 | 18.3 |
| 103 | UNLV | 4 | 35 | 30 | 8 | 73 | 18.3 |
| 103 | Wyoming | 4 | 35 | 30 | 5 | 70 | 17.5 |
| 103 | Houston | 4 | 33 | 30 | 4 | 67 | 16.8 |
| 107 | Northwestern | 5 | 51 | 29 | 8 | 88 | 17.6 |
| 107 | Rice | 4 | 34 | 29 | 5 | 68 | 17.0 |
| 107 | Northern Illinois | 4 | 33 | 29 | 5 | 67 | 16.8 |
| 107 | UAB | 5 | 42 | 29 | 5 | 76 | 15.2 |
| 107 | Vanderbilt | 5 | 35 | 29 | 8 | 72 | 14.4 |
| 112 | Western Michigan | 3 | 35 | 28 | 4 | 67 | 22.3 |
| 113 | Marshall | 4 | 41 | 27 | 8 | 76 | 19.0 |
| 114 | Boston College | 4 | 64 | 26 | 1 | 91 | 22.8 |
| 114 | Bowling Green | 4 | 32 | 26 | 5 | 63 | 15.8 |
| 114 | Duke | 4 | 27 | 26 | 3 | 56 | 14.0 |
| 114 | Massachusetts | 4 | 19 | 26 | 4 | 49 | 12.3 |
| 118 | Miami (OH) | 4 | 32 | 25 | 3 | 60 | 15.0 |
| 119 | Georgia Southern | 4 | 48 | 24 | 9 | 81 | 20.3 |
| 119 | Akron | 4 | 12 | 24 | 3 | 39 | 9.8 |
| 121 | Mississippi State | 4 | 53 | 22 | 4 | 79 | 19.8 |
| 121 | Arkansas | 4 | 28 | 22 | 7 | 57 | 14.3 |
| 123 | USF | 4 | 30 | 21 | 7 | 58 | 14.5 |
| 123 | Georgia Tech | 5 | 33 | 21 | 9 | 63 | 12.6 |
| 125 | Air Force | 4 | 54 | 18 | 2 | 74 | 18.5 |
| 126 | Navy | 4 | 70 | 16 | 6 | 92 | 23.0 |
| 126 | Maryland | 4 | 32 | 16 | 8 | 56 | 14.0 |
| 126 | Rutgers | 4 | 28 | 16 | 5 | 49 | 12.3 |
| 129 | Army | 4 | 80 | 14 | 6 | 100 | 25.0 |
| 130 | Kentucky | 4 | 70 | 7 | 6 | 83 | 20.8 |