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