2020 National Leaders First Downs - All Games through 01/11/2021

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Army 12 191 22 20 233 19.4
2 Georgia Southern 13 162 49 13 224 17.2
3 Appalachian State 12 159 96 26 281 23.4
4 Liberty 11 149 105 20 274 24.9
5 North Carolina 12 143 150 24 317 26.4
5 Coastal Carolina 12 143 121 15 279 23.3
7 Tulane 12 137 103 18 258 21.5
8 Virginia Tech 11 134 93 19 246 22.4
9 Alabama 13 132 210 23 365 28.1
10 Notre Dame 12 130 131 30 291 24.3
11 UCF 10 123 144 16 283 28.3
12 Mississippi 10 122 137 17 276 27.6
13 UTSA 12 121 115 26 262 21.8
14 BYU 12 120 164 24 308 25.7
14 Louisiana-Lafayette 11 120 95 16 231 21.0
16 Iowa State 12 118 136 19 273 22.8
17 North Texas 10 117 117 14 248 24.8
18 Oklahoma State 11 114 116 30 260 23.6
19 Texas A&M 10 111 107 16 234 23.4
20 Auburn 11 110 104 13 227 20.6
20 Kentucky 11 110 64 17 191 17.4
22 Marshall 10 104 96 21 221 22.1
23 TCU 10 101 75 19 195 19.5
24 Clemson 12 100 175 20 295 24.6
24 Navy 10 100 36 7 143 14.3
26 Penn State 9 99 109 15 223 24.8
26 Miami (Florida) 11 99 126 27 252 22.9
26 Louisville 11 99 115 16 230 20.9
26 Florida State 9 99 71 15 185 20.6
26 Georgia Tech 10 99 85 15 199 19.9
31 Air Force 6 98 23 7 128 21.3
31 Georgia 10 98 100 11 209 20.9
33 Cincinnati 10 97 112 10 219 21.9
33 Western Kentucky 12 97 89 10 196 16.3
35 Oklahoma 11 96 156 22 274 24.9
36 SMU 10 95 127 29 251 25.1
36 Memphis 11 95 135 30 260 23.6
36 Virginia 10 95 116 25 236 23.6
39 Duke 11 93 118 26 237 21.5
40 Nebraska 8 91 68 12 171 21.4
40 Georgia State 10 91 100 16 207 20.7
42 UCLA 7 90 68 14 172 24.6
42 Texas 10 90 113 21 224 22.4
42 North Carolina State 12 90 146 31 267 22.3
45 Texas State 12 89 123 34 246 20.5
45 Tennessee 10 89 94 19 202 20.2
47 Ohio State 8 88 91 20 199 24.9
47 Arkansas 10 88 100 19 207 20.7
49 Florida 12 87 202 27 316 26.3
49 Buffalo 7 87 52 16 155 22.1
51 South Alabama 11 84 110 24 218 19.8
51 South Carolina 10 84 94 17 195 19.5
51 Florida Atlantic 9 84 65 12 161 17.9
54 Wake Forest 9 83 109 19 211 23.4
54 Tulsa 9 83 105 11 199 22.1
54 Boston College 11 83 133 24 240 21.8
54 San Diego State 8 83 62 7 152 19.0
54 Southern Mississippi 10 83 93 12 188 18.8
59 Texas Tech 10 82 118 14 214 21.4
60 Ball State 8 81 98 16 195 24.4
61 East Carolina 9 80 91 27 198 22.0
62 UAB 9 79 81 14 174 19.3
63 LSU 10 77 145 12 234 23.4
63 Middle Tennessee 9 77 86 19 182 20.2
63 Illinois 8 77 53 13 143 17.9
66 South Florida 9 76 97 15 188 20.9
67 Missouri 10 75 130 17 222 22.2
68 West Virginia 10 74 125 20 219 21.9
68 Hawai'i 9 74 92 17 183 20.3
68 Louisiana Tech 10 74 103 22 199 19.9
71 Arkansas State 11 73 170 26 269 24.5
71 Pittsburgh 11 73 124 30 227 20.6
73 Kansas State 10 72 67 16 155 15.5
74 New Mexico 7 71 64 17 152 21.7
74 Minnesota 7 71 66 14 151 21.6
74 Northwestern 9 71 97 15 183 20.3
77 Oregon State 7 70 75 10 155 22.1
77 Wisconsin 7 70 56 11 137 19.6
77 Rutgers 9 70 83 18 171 19.0
80 Houston 8 69 103 11 183 22.9
81 Vanderbilt 9 68 96 18 182 20.2
81 Iowa 8 68 82 9 159 19.9
81 Wyoming 6 68 36 7 111 18.5
84 Troy 11 67 157 16 240 21.8
85 Central Michigan 6 65 49 3 117 19.5
86 Oregon 7 64 76 11 151 21.6
87 Western Michigan 6 62 66 13 141 23.5
87 Nevada 9 62 115 17 194 21.6
89 Kent State 4 61 56 12 129 32.3
89 Toledo 6 61 84 16 161 26.8
89 UTEP 8 61 71 17 149 18.6
92 Baylor 9 60 86 19 165 18.3
93 Kansas 9 59 67 17 143 15.9
94 Indiana 8 56 86 20 162 20.3
95 Colorado 6 55 53 12 120 20.0
96 Temple 7 54 80 12 146 20.9
96 UNLV 6 54 53 6 113 18.8
98 Syracuse 11 53 80 12 145 13.2
99 Charlotte 6 51 59 9 119 19.8
100 Arizona 5 50 44 12 106 21.2
100 Boise State 7 50 72 6 128 18.3
102 Utah 5 48 49 5 102 20.4
103 Fresno State 6 46 91 9 146 24.3
103 San Jose State 8 46 98 20 164 20.5
105 Rice 5 45 52 11 108 21.6
106 Eastern Michigan 6 44 75 12 131 21.8
106 Northern Illinois 6 44 66 17 127 21.2
106 Louisiana-Monroe 10 44 107 14 165 16.5
109 Arizona State 4 43 30 8 81 20.3
109 Bowling Green 5 43 28 7 78 15.6
111 Akron 6 42 40 13 95 15.8
112 Washington 4 41 40 6 87 21.8
112 Mississippi State 11 41 150 17 208 18.9
114 Stanford 6 38 83 11 132 22.0
114 Utah State 6 38 34 10 82 13.7
116 USC 6 37 88 10 135 22.5
117 Purdue 6 36 87 14 137 22.8
117 Michigan 6 36 71 9 116 19.3
117 Maryland 5 36 53 3 92 18.4
120 Florida International 5 34 30 5 69 13.8
121 Ohio 3 30 15 7 52 17.3
122 Colorado State 4 29 35 5 69 17.3
122 Michigan State 7 29 72 12 113 16.1
124 Washington State 4 24 47 7 78 19.5
124 California 4 24 37 12 73 18.3
126 Miami (Ohio) 3 18 32 6 56 18.7
127 Massachusetts 4 14 22 5 41 10.3