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