2020 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. FBS (I-A) Teams Only through 01/11/2021

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Alabama 13 132 210 23 365 28.1
2 Florida 12 87 202 27 316 26.3
3 Notre Dame 12 130 131 30 291 24.3
4 North Carolina 11 129 134 23 286 26.0
5 UCF 10 123 144 16 283 28.3
5 BYU 11 108 153 22 283 25.7
7 Clemson 11 95 165 19 279 25.4
8 Mississippi 10 122 137 17 276 27.6
9 Iowa State 12 118 136 19 273 22.8
10 North Carolina State 12 90 146 31 267 22.3
11 Oklahoma State 11 114 116 30 260 23.6
12 Coastal Carolina 11 133 111 14 258 23.5
12 Tulane 12 137 103 18 258 21.5
14 Miami (Florida) 11 99 126 27 252 22.9
15 Appalachian State 11 137 89 24 250 22.7
16 Oklahoma 10 89 137 21 247 24.7
17 Virginia Tech 11 134 93 19 246 22.4
17 Texas State 12 89 123 34 246 20.5
19 Arkansas State 10 66 154 24 244 24.4
20 Boston College 11 83 133 24 240 21.8
21 UTSA 11 110 103 24 237 21.5
21 Duke 11 93 118 26 237 21.5
23 Memphis 10 81 125 29 235 23.5
24 Texas A&M 10 111 107 16 234 23.4
24 LSU 10 77 145 12 234 23.4
26 Louisiana-Lafayette 11 120 95 16 231 21.0
27 Liberty 9 125 86 19 230 25.6
27 Louisville 11 99 115 16 230 20.9
29 SMU 9 82 117 28 227 25.2
29 Auburn 11 110 104 13 227 20.6
31 Texas 10 90 113 21 224 22.4
32 Penn State 9 99 109 15 223 24.8
33 Missouri 10 75 130 17 222 22.2
34 South Alabama 11 84 110 24 218 19.8
35 North Texas 9 102 102 11 215 23.9
36 Virginia 9 88 102 23 213 23.7
36 Troy 10 58 140 15 213 21.3
38 Georgia 10 98 100 11 209 20.9
39 Mississippi State 11 41 150 17 208 18.9
40 Georgia State 10 91 100 16 207 20.7
40 Arkansas 10 88 100 19 207 20.7
40 Pittsburgh 10 64 114 29 207 20.7
43 Georgia Southern 12 148 46 10 204 17.0
44 Tennessee 10 89 94 19 202 20.2
45 Ohio State 8 88 91 20 199 24.9
45 Tulsa 9 83 105 11 199 22.1
45 Georgia Tech 10 99 85 15 199 19.9
48 East Carolina 9 80 91 27 198 22.0
49 Ball State 8 81 98 16 195 24.4
49 Cincinnati 9 84 102 9 195 21.7
49 TCU 10 101 75 19 195 19.5
49 South Carolina 10 84 94 17 195 19.5
53 Nevada 9 62 115 17 194 21.6
54 Kentucky 11 110 64 17 191 17.4
55 West Virginia 9 57 114 17 188 20.9
56 Marshall 9 84 84 19 187 20.8
57 Houston 8 69 103 11 183 22.9
57 Hawai'i 9 74 92 17 183 20.3
57 Northwestern 9 71 97 15 183 20.3
60 Wake Forest 8 65 98 19 182 22.8
60 Middle Tennessee 9 77 86 19 182 20.2
60 Vanderbilt 9 68 96 18 182 20.2
60 Western Kentucky 11 91 82 9 182 16.5
64 Texas Tech 9 70 96 13 179 19.9
65 UCLA 7 90 68 14 172 24.6
65 Army 9 142 15 15 172 19.1
67 Nebraska 8 91 68 12 171 21.4
67 Rutgers 9 70 83 18 171 19.0
69 South Florida 8 63 90 15 168 21.0
70 Louisiana Tech 9 64 88 15 167 18.6
71 Southern Mississippi 9 69 85 11 165 18.3
71 Baylor 9 60 86 19 165 18.3
71 Louisiana-Monroe 10 44 107 14 165 16.5
74 San Jose State 8 46 98 20 164 20.5
75 Indiana 8 56 86 20 162 20.3
76 Toledo 6 61 84 16 161 26.8
76 Florida Atlantic 9 84 65 12 161 17.9
78 Iowa 8 68 82 9 159 19.9
79 Buffalo 7 87 52 16 155 22.1
79 Oregon State 7 70 75 10 155 22.1
79 Kansas State 10 72 67 16 155 15.5
82 Florida State 8 81 61 12 154 19.3
83 New Mexico 7 71 64 17 152 21.7
83 San Diego State 8 83 62 7 152 19.0
85 Minnesota 7 71 66 14 151 21.6
85 Oregon 7 64 76 11 151 21.6
87 Fresno State 6 46 91 9 146 24.3
87 Temple 7 54 80 12 146 20.9
89 UAB 8 69 65 11 145 18.1
89 Syracuse 11 53 80 12 145 13.2
91 Illinois 8 77 53 13 143 17.9
91 Kansas 9 59 67 17 143 15.9
91 Navy 10 100 36 7 143 14.3
94 Western Michigan 6 62 66 13 141 23.5
95 Purdue 6 36 87 14 137 22.8
95 Wisconsin 7 70 56 11 137 19.6
97 USC 6 37 88 10 135 22.5
98 Stanford 6 38 83 11 132 22.0
99 Eastern Michigan 6 44 75 12 131 21.8
100 Kent State 4 61 56 12 129 32.3
101 Air Force 6 98 23 7 128 21.3
101 Boise State 7 50 72 6 128 18.3
103 Northern Illinois 6 44 66 17 127 21.2
104 Colorado 6 55 53 12 120 20.0
105 Charlotte 6 51 59 9 119 19.8
106 Central Michigan 6 65 49 3 117 19.5
107 Michigan 6 36 71 9 116 19.3
108 UNLV 6 54 53 6 113 18.8
108 UTEP 6 47 54 12 113 18.8
108 Michigan State 7 29 72 12 113 16.1
111 Wyoming 6 68 36 7 111 18.5
112 Rice 5 45 52 11 108 21.6
113 Arizona 5 50 44 12 106 21.2
114 Utah 5 48 49 5 102 20.4
115 Akron 6 42 40 13 95 15.8
116 Maryland 5 36 53 3 92 18.4
117 Washington 4 41 40 6 87 21.8
118 Utah State 6 38 34 10 82 13.7
119 Arizona State 4 43 30 8 81 20.3
120 Washington State 4 24 47 7 78 19.5
120 Bowling Green 5 43 28 7 78 15.6
122 California 4 24 37 12 73 18.3
123 Colorado State 4 29 35 5 69 17.3
124 Florida International 4 31 27 5 63 15.8
125 Miami (Ohio) 3 18 32 6 56 18.7
126 Ohio 3 30 15 7 52 17.3
127 Massachusetts 4 14 22 5 41 10.3