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

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Alabama 5 54 85 7 146 29.2
2 Florida 4 24 71 9 104 26.0
3 Stanford 3 24 50 2 76 25.3
4 San Jose State 4 26 48 9 83 20.8
5 Ball State 4 34 47 7 88 22.0
6 USC 3 13 45 6 64 21.3
7 BYU 3 26 43 3 72 24.0
8 Ohio State 4 44 41 10 95 23.8
8 Missouri 3 19 41 10 70 23.3
10 Notre Dame 3 20 40 8 68 22.7
11 LSU 3 30 39 5 74 24.7
11 Oklahoma State 3 27 39 6 72 24.0
13 Fresno State 2 11 38 4 53 26.5
14 Troy 2 14 37 3 54 27.0
14 Miami (Florida) 3 25 37 4 66 22.0
16 Iowa State 3 29 36 6 71 23.7
16 Clemson 3 26 36 3 65 21.7
18 Texas A&M 3 37 35 4 76 25.3
18 Coastal Carolina 3 34 35 6 75 25.0
20 Memphis 3 22 34 8 64 21.3
20 Mississippi State 3 16 34 8 58 19.3
22 Toledo 2 21 33 5 59 29.5
22 North Texas 3 33 33 7 73 24.3
22 Tulsa 3 29 33 2 64 21.3
22 Oklahoma 3 24 33 4 61 20.3
22 Nevada 3 20 33 6 59 19.7
27 North Carolina 3 42 32 6 80 26.7
27 UCLA 3 38 32 6 76 25.3
27 Houston 2 12 32 2 46 23.0
30 Utah 3 32 31 3 66 22.0
30 Wake Forest 2 10 31 3 44 22.0
30 Tennessee 3 24 31 6 61 20.3
33 Penn State 3 37 30 5 72 24.0
33 Northwestern 3 30 30 7 67 22.3
33 North Carolina State 2 8 30 5 43 21.5
36 Wisconsin 4 33 29 5 67 16.8
37 Oregon State 3 34 28 7 69 23.0
37 Nebraska 3 31 28 5 64 21.3
37 Oregon 3 20 28 4 52 17.3
40 Mississippi 2 24 27 1 52 26.0
40 Hawai'i 3 25 27 5 57 19.0
40 Louisiana Tech 3 23 27 4 54 18.0
43 Eastern Michigan 2 19 26 4 49 24.5
43 Florida Atlantic 3 23 26 5 54 18.0
45 Georgia 2 19 25 3 47 23.5
45 Arizona State 3 31 25 5 61 20.3
45 Michigan State 2 6 25 3 34 17.0
48 Western Michigan 2 29 24 4 57 28.5
48 Texas 2 25 24 3 52 26.0
48 Virginia 2 17 24 2 43 21.5
48 Colorado 3 23 24 6 53 17.7
52 Northern Illinois 2 15 23 8 46 23.0
52 Buffalo 3 34 23 9 66 22.0
52 West Virginia 2 9 23 3 35 17.5
55 Washington State 2 11 22 4 37 18.5
55 Auburn 3 26 22 5 53 17.7
57 Georgia Tech 2 20 21 3 44 22.0
57 San Diego State 2 18 21 1 40 20.0
57 Iowa 2 13 21 1 35 17.5
60 Cincinnati 2 11 20 2 33 16.5
60 Illinois 3 26 20 0 46 15.3
60 Marshall 3 23 20 2 45 15.0
63 Tulane 2 22 19 3 44 22.0
63 Appalachian State 3 35 19 4 58 19.3
63 Minnesota 2 14 19 4 37 18.5
66 Boston College 1 4 18 1 23 23.0
67 Virginia Tech 2 19 17 2 38 19.0
67 Baylor 2 11 17 3 31 15.5
67 Boise State 2 10 17 3 30 15.0
70 Indiana 2 18 16 7 41 20.5
70 UAB 2 16 16 2 34 17.0
70 Rutgers 3 23 16 6 45 15.0
73 Arkansas 2 27 15 5 47 23.5
73 Purdue 1 1 15 3 19 19.0
73 Western Kentucky 2 19 15 1 35 17.5
73 Central Michigan 2 17 15 0 32 16.0
77 UCF 1 12 14 2 28 28.0
77 Arkansas State 1 4 14 2 20 20.0
77 Rice 2 15 14 8 37 18.5
80 UNLV 1 11 13 2 26 26.0
80 Kentucky 2 24 13 6 43 21.5
80 Arizona 2 24 13 4 41 20.5
83 Georgia State 1 13 12 2 27 27.0
83 TCU 2 22 12 2 36 18.0
85 Liberty 1 14 11 1 26 26.0
85 New Mexico 2 25 11 4 40 20.0
85 Duke 2 23 11 5 39 19.5
85 Georgia Southern 3 37 11 3 51 17.0
85 Akron 2 11 11 3 25 12.5
90 UTSA 1 13 10 4 27 27.0
90 Southern Mississippi 1 12 10 0 22 22.0
90 Louisiana-Lafayette 2 26 10 5 41 20.5
90 Washington 1 8 10 1 19 19.0
90 Charlotte 1 8 10 0 18 18.0
90 Louisiana-Monroe 1 8 10 0 18 18.0
90 California 1 5 10 3 18 18.0
90 Air Force 2 24 10 1 35 17.5
90 South Alabama 1 7 10 0 17 17.0
99 Kansas State 1 13 9 2 24 24.0
99 Maryland 1 8 9 1 18 18.0
101 Pittsburgh 1 14 8 6 28 28.0
101 UTEP 1 16 8 3 27 27.0
101 Louisville 1 10 8 1 19 19.0
101 Vanderbilt 1 7 8 1 16 16.0
101 Utah State 1 4 8 2 14 14.0
106 Colorado State 1 7 7 1 15 15.0
106 Syracuse 1 7 7 1 15 15.0
108 Florida State 1 16 6 2 24 24.0
108 South Carolina 1 14 6 1 21 21.0
110 Kansas 1 7 5 2 14 14.0
110 Bowling Green 1 8 5 0 13 13.0
110 Wyoming 2 14 5 2 21 10.5
113 Texas Tech 1 11 4 2 17 17.0
114 Army 3 38 3 4 45 15.0
115 Navy 2 14 2 1 17 8.5