2020 National Leaders First Downs - Games in August/September Only through 01/11/2021

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Texas State 4 38 41 10 89 22.3
2 Appalachian State 3 44 28 14 86 28.7
3 SMU 3 39 36 8 83 27.7
4 Miami (Florida) 3 29 36 12 77 25.7
5 UTEP 4 28 36 7 71 17.8
6 Georgia Tech 3 37 31 2 70 23.3
7 Tulane 3 41 22 4 67 22.3
8 Army 3 52 8 6 66 22.0
9 UTSA 3 27 32 6 65 21.7
9 UAB 3 24 36 5 65 21.7
11 Pittsburgh 3 27 31 5 63 21.0
12 South Alabama 3 23 32 7 62 20.7
13 Louisville 3 24 33 4 61 20.3
14 BYU 2 28 29 3 60 30.0
14 UCF 2 24 33 3 60 30.0
14 Southern Mississippi 3 21 34 5 60 20.0
17 Texas Tech 2 17 38 4 59 29.5
18 Liberty 2 33 19 6 58 29.0
18 North Texas 2 28 27 3 58 29.0
18 Louisiana Tech 2 23 27 8 58 29.0
21 Marshall 2 32 19 5 56 28.0
22 Texas 2 20 34 1 55 27.5
22 Oklahoma 2 15 36 4 55 27.5
22 Louisiana-Lafayette 3 22 31 2 55 18.3
22 Middle Tennessee 3 21 27 7 55 18.3
26 Duke 3 15 35 4 54 18.0
27 West Virginia 2 24 23 6 53 26.5
28 Arkansas State 2 14 30 7 51 25.5
29 Wake Forest 2 18 22 7 47 23.5
30 Notre Dame 2 27 17 1 45 22.5
31 Florida State 2 20 22 2 44 22.0
32 North Carolina State 2 23 20 0 43 21.5
32 Kansas 2 19 18 6 43 21.5
32 Clemson 2 16 26 1 43 21.5
32 Boston College 2 14 25 4 43 21.5
36 Georgia Southern 2 27 10 4 41 20.5
37 Coastal Carolina 2 23 14 3 40 20.0
37 Louisiana-Monroe 3 7 30 3 40 13.3
39 Syracuse 3 16 19 4 39 13.0
40 Oklahoma State 2 20 13 5 38 19.0
40 Cincinnati 2 17 19 2 38 19.0
40 Troy 2 16 21 1 38 19.0
43 Florida 1 9 21 2 32 32.0
43 Iowa State 2 16 15 1 32 16.0
45 South Florida 2 18 12 1 31 15.5
45 Western Kentucky 2 15 12 4 31 15.5
45 Kansas State 2 9 18 4 31 15.5
48 Memphis 1 13 15 1 29 29.0
48 Mississippi 1 13 15 1 29 29.0
50 TCU 1 10 16 1 27 27.0
51 Georgia State 1 13 11 2 26 26.0
52 East Carolina 1 11 11 3 25 25.0
52 Virginia 1 10 14 1 25 25.0
52 LSU 1 8 16 1 25 25.0
55 Baylor 1 14 7 3 24 24.0
55 Mississippi State 1 2 22 0 24 24.0
55 Navy 2 17 7 0 24 12.0
58 North Carolina 1 7 14 2 23 23.0
59 Virginia Tech 1 13 8 1 22 22.0
59 Alabama 1 7 15 0 22 22.0
59 South Carolina 1 5 15 2 22 22.0
62 Kentucky 1 10 10 1 21 21.0
62 Tennessee 1 6 13 2 21 21.0
64 Missouri 1 8 11 1 20 20.0
65 Georgia 1 8 10 1 19 19.0
66 Texas A&M 1 7 8 2 17 17.0
66 Vanderbilt 1 6 9 2 17 17.0
68 Florida International 1 7 7 2 16 16.0
68 Charlotte 1 6 7 3 16 16.0
68 Auburn 1 4 10 2 16 16.0
71 Tulsa 1 5 6 4 15 15.0
71 Arkansas 1 4 8 3 15 15.0