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

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Alabama 5 50 86 12 148 29.6
2 Mississippi 5 62 67 11 140 28.0
2 North Carolina 5 62 65 13 140 28.0
4 Clemson 5 44 82 12 138 27.6
5 BYU 5 45 67 14 126 25.2
6 UCF 4 56 65 4 125 31.3
7 Virginia 5 51 56 17 124 24.8
8 Virginia Tech 5 74 38 10 122 24.4
9 Arkansas State 5 25 81 13 119 23.8
10 Auburn 5 61 50 4 115 23.0
11 Boston College 5 36 61 13 110 22.0
12 Memphis 4 37 53 16 106 26.5
13 Oklahoma 4 35 58 11 104 26.0
14 Troy 4 22 72 9 103 25.8
15 Notre Dame 4 53 37 12 102 25.5
16 Texas A&M 4 43 49 7 99 24.8
16 UTSA 5 40 46 13 99 19.8
18 Coastal Carolina 4 49 46 3 98 24.5
18 Temple 4 28 60 10 98 24.5
20 Houston 4 36 54 7 97 24.3
20 LSU 4 29 64 4 97 24.3
22 Iowa State 4 40 49 7 96 24.0
23 Duke 4 39 47 9 95 23.8
24 SMU 4 30 52 11 93 23.3
25 Arkansas 4 33 51 8 92 23.0
25 West Virginia 4 31 53 8 92 23.0
27 Liberty 4 49 36 6 91 22.8
28 Wake Forest 4 43 40 7 90 22.5
29 Georgia 4 43 40 6 89 22.3
30 Tulane 4 42 38 8 88 22.0
30 Navy 5 58 24 6 88 17.6
32 Oklahoma State 3 38 42 7 87 29.0
32 North Carolina State 4 22 50 15 87 21.8
32 Louisiana Tech 5 28 49 10 87 17.4
35 Middle Tennessee 4 37 41 8 86 21.5
35 East Carolina 4 33 41 12 86 21.5
37 Army 4 68 8 9 85 21.3
37 Charlotte 4 37 42 6 85 21.3
39 Florida State 4 47 32 5 84 21.0
40 TCU 4 37 35 11 83 20.8
40 Louisville 4 33 43 7 83 20.8
42 Missouri 4 31 48 3 82 20.5
42 Western Kentucky 5 38 40 4 82 16.4
44 North Texas 3 33 45 3 81 27.0
45 South Carolina 4 34 38 8 80 20.0
46 South Florida 4 30 40 9 79 19.8
46 Texas 4 29 36 14 79 19.8
48 Texas Tech 4 31 41 6 78 19.5
48 Texas State 4 28 36 14 78 19.5
48 Pittsburgh 4 18 45 15 78 19.5
51 Kentucky 5 46 25 6 77 15.4
52 UAB 4 39 29 7 75 18.8
53 Georgia State 4 33 32 9 74 18.5
54 Tennessee 4 35 32 6 73 18.3
55 Air Force 3 56 9 5 70 23.3
55 Louisiana-Monroe 4 19 45 6 70 17.5
57 Mississippi State 4 15 50 4 69 17.3
58 Louisiana-Lafayette 3 38 24 5 67 22.3
58 Cincinnati 3 33 31 3 67 22.3
58 Tulsa 3 30 33 4 67 22.3
61 Georgia Southern 4 47 16 3 66 16.5
62 Florida 3 19 39 7 65 21.7
63 Kansas State 4 26 30 6 62 15.5
63 Georgia Tech 4 26 27 9 62 15.5
65 Marshall 3 25 29 7 61 20.3
66 South Alabama 3 25 25 10 60 20.0
67 Vanderbilt 3 22 30 4 56 18.7
68 Syracuse 4 19 32 3 54 13.5
69 Miami (Florida) 3 22 24 7 53 17.7
70 Ohio State 2 23 24 5 52 26.0
70 Southern Mississippi 3 25 25 2 52 17.3
70 Baylor 3 13 30 9 52 17.3
70 Kansas 4 20 27 5 52 13.0
74 San Diego State 2 31 17 3 51 25.5
74 Florida Atlantic 3 27 20 4 51 17.0
76 Purdue 2 13 32 5 50 25.0
77 Northwestern 2 26 21 2 49 24.5
78 Appalachian State 2 28 16 4 48 24.0
78 Boise State 2 23 25 0 48 24.0
78 Rice 2 23 23 2 48 24.0
81 Penn State 2 17 25 5 47 23.5
81 Nevada 2 15 30 2 47 23.5
83 Michigan 2 15 29 2 46 23.0
83 Fresno State 2 15 27 4 46 23.0
85 Minnesota 2 23 17 5 45 22.5
86 Wyoming 2 26 13 4 43 21.5
86 Michigan State 2 8 27 8 43 21.5
88 Maryland 2 16 24 2 42 21.0
88 San Jose State 2 6 30 6 42 21.0
90 Hawai'i 2 24 13 2 39 19.5
90 Iowa 2 16 21 2 39 19.5
92 UTEP 2 13 20 5 38 19.0
93 Indiana 2 12 18 6 36 18.0
94 Rutgers 2 14 17 4 35 17.5
94 Illinois 2 13 16 6 35 17.5
96 UNLV 2 16 16 1 33 16.5
97 Wisconsin 1 11 9 3 23 23.0
97 New Mexico 1 7 14 2 23 23.0
97 Utah State 2 13 8 2 23 11.5
100 Colorado State 1 9 11 1 21 21.0
100 Florida International 2 13 7 1 21 10.5
102 Nebraska 1 11 6 0 17 17.0
103 Massachusetts 1 4 5 1 10 10.0