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