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