2020 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. Ranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/11/2021

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Virginia Tech 5 57 45 10 112 22.4
2 North Carolina 4 51 38 8 97 24.3
3 Alabama 5 45 91 9 145 29.0
3 Ohio State 4 45 45 6 96 24.0
5 Iowa State 5 41 57 13 111 22.2
6 Oklahoma State 5 39 63 20 122 24.4
7 Virginia 4 38 47 12 97 24.3
8 Coastal Carolina 3 37 28 4 69 23.0
8 Nebraska 3 37 24 4 65 21.7
10 Oklahoma 4 36 54 7 97 24.3
10 Kentucky 4 36 17 8 61 15.3
12 Florida State 4 35 33 5 73 18.3
13 Mississippi 3 33 49 5 87 29.0
14 Duke 4 31 38 13 82 20.5
14 Arkansas 4 31 34 10 75 18.8
16 Wake Forest 3 30 38 9 77 25.7
16 Clemson 4 30 61 11 102 25.5
16 Appalachian State 2 30 10 1 41 20.5
19 Texas A&M 3 29 41 6 76 25.3
20 Florida 4 28 67 10 105 26.3
20 TCU 3 28 35 7 70 23.3
20 Georgia Tech 3 28 15 4 47 15.7
23 UCLA 2 27 25 2 54 27.0
23 UCF 3 27 38 9 74 24.7
25 Kansas 3 25 24 5 54 18.0
25 Auburn 4 25 39 5 69 17.3
25 Syracuse 5 25 45 6 76 15.2
28 Notre Dame 4 24 52 13 89 22.3
29 Penn State 3 23 38 5 66 22.0
29 North Carolina State 3 23 36 7 66 22.0
29 LSU 3 23 31 5 59 19.7
29 Wisconsin 3 23 27 1 51 17.0
33 South Carolina 3 22 27 3 52 17.3
34 Kansas State 3 21 18 4 43 14.3
35 East Carolina 2 20 19 11 50 25.0
35 Tennessee 4 20 37 9 66 16.5
37 Boston College 3 19 36 10 65 21.7
37 San Diego State 2 19 24 0 43 21.5
37 Liberty 2 19 19 5 43 21.5
37 Miami (Florida) 3 19 28 7 54 18.0
37 Georgia Southern 2 19 12 2 33 16.5
42 Texas 2 18 23 7 48 24.0
42 Texas State 3 18 26 10 54 18.0
42 Georgia 3 18 29 4 51 17.0
42 Illinois 2 18 16 0 34 17.0
42 Louisiana-Lafayette 2 18 14 1 33 16.5
47 SMU 2 17 18 12 47 23.5
47 UTSA 2 17 22 5 44 22.0
47 Louisville 2 17 23 3 43 21.5
47 Western Kentucky 2 17 15 4 36 18.0
47 Mississippi State 4 17 42 4 63 15.8
47 Georgia State 2 17 12 2 31 15.5
47 Michigan State 4 17 30 2 49 12.3
54 Arkansas State 2 16 20 3 39 19.5
54 Texas Tech 3 16 36 5 57 19.0
54 Navy 2 16 3 1 20 10.0
57 Northwestern 2 15 19 3 37 18.5
57 South Florida 3 15 27 5 47 15.7
59 Houston 2 14 24 3 41 20.5
59 Baylor 3 14 40 4 58 19.3
59 South Alabama 2 14 16 5 35 17.5
59 Air Force 1 14 3 0 17 17.0
59 Missouri 3 14 29 4 47 15.7
64 Rutgers 2 13 22 6 41 20.5
64 Tulane 1 13 3 2 18 18.0
64 UAB 2 13 16 2 31 15.5
67 Tulsa 1 12 9 1 22 22.0
67 Arizona State 1 12 5 3 20 20.0
67 Pittsburgh 4 12 43 11 66 16.5
67 Oregon 2 12 19 2 33 16.5
71 Arizona 1 11 12 3 26 26.0
71 Washington State 2 11 24 5 40 20.0
71 Vanderbilt 2 11 23 4 38 19.0
71 Cincinnati 2 11 20 2 33 16.5
75 Oregon State 1 10 15 0 25 25.0
75 Minnesota 1 10 8 1 19 19.0
75 West Virginia 2 10 24 3 37 18.5
75 Maryland 2 10 19 1 30 15.0
79 Purdue 2 9 25 5 39 19.5
79 Southern Mississippi 1 9 9 1 19 19.0
79 Army 1 9 6 3 18 18.0
82 BYU 1 8 12 1 21 21.0
82 Colorado 1 8 8 4 20 20.0
82 Louisiana Tech 1 8 9 2 19 19.0
82 Louisiana-Monroe 2 8 13 3 24 12.0
86 Nevada 1 7 14 3 24 24.0
86 New Mexico 1 7 14 2 23 23.0
86 Iowa 1 7 11 2 20 20.0
86 Troy 2 7 28 2 37 18.5
86 UNLV 1 7 9 0 16 16.0
86 Florida International 1 7 7 2 16 16.0
92 Hawai'i 1 6 14 2 22 22.0
92 Ball State 1 6 11 4 21 21.0
92 Utah 1 6 10 1 17 17.0
95 California 1 5 10 3 18 18.0
95 Stanford 1 5 8 3 16 16.0
95 Boise State 2 5 19 3 27 13.5
98 USC 1 4 17 4 25 25.0
98 UTEP 1 4 8 2 14 14.0
100 Massachusetts 1 3 7 2 12 12.0
101 Indiana 1 2 17 0 19 19.0
101 Memphis 1 2 10 3 15 15.0
103 Michigan 1 1 15 1 17 17.0