2020 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. FBS non-Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 01/11/2021

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 BYU 11 108 153 22 283 25.7
2 Tulane 12 137 103 18 258 21.5
3 UCF 9 109 129 14 252 28.0
4 Appalachian State 11 137 89 24 250 22.7
5 Coastal Carolina 10 120 107 12 239 23.9
6 UTSA 11 110 103 24 237 21.5
7 Memphis 10 81 125 29 235 23.5
8 SMU 9 82 117 28 227 25.2
9 Texas State 11 81 113 31 225 20.5
10 Arkansas State 9 58 139 21 218 24.2
10 South Alabama 11 84 110 24 218 19.8
12 Louisiana-Lafayette 10 112 89 16 217 21.7
13 North Texas 9 102 102 11 215 23.9
14 Troy 10 58 140 15 213 21.3
15 Georgia State 10 91 100 16 207 20.7
16 Georgia Southern 12 148 46 10 204 17.0
17 East Carolina 9 80 91 27 198 22.0
18 Ball State 8 81 98 16 195 24.4
19 Nevada 9 62 115 17 194 21.6
20 Marshall 9 84 84 19 187 20.8
21 Houston 8 69 103 11 183 22.9
21 Hawai'i 9 74 92 17 183 20.3
23 Middle Tennessee 9 77 86 19 182 20.2
24 Cincinnati 8 78 93 8 179 22.4
25 Western Kentucky 10 83 79 8 170 17.0
26 Southern Mississippi 9 69 85 11 165 18.3
26 Louisiana-Monroe 10 44 107 14 165 16.5
28 San Jose State 8 46 98 20 164 20.5
29 Toledo 6 61 84 16 161 26.8
29 Florida Atlantic 9 84 65 12 161 17.9
31 Liberty 6 86 63 11 160 26.7
32 Tulsa 7 70 81 6 157 22.4
32 South Florida 7 58 85 14 157 22.4
34 Army 8 131 13 12 156 19.5
35 Buffalo 7 87 52 16 155 22.1
36 New Mexico 7 71 64 17 152 21.7
36 Louisiana Tech 8 59 78 15 152 19.0
38 Fresno State 6 46 91 9 146 24.3
38 Temple 7 54 80 12 146 20.9
40 Navy 10 100 36 7 143 14.3
41 San Diego State 7 78 59 5 142 20.3
42 Western Michigan 6 62 66 13 141 23.5
43 Eastern Michigan 6 44 75 12 131 21.8
43 UAB 7 65 56 10 131 18.7
45 Kent State 4 61 56 12 129 32.3
46 Air Force 6 98 23 7 128 21.3
46 Boise State 7 50 72 6 128 18.3
48 Northern Illinois 6 44 66 17 127 21.2
49 Central Michigan 6 65 49 3 117 19.5
50 UNLV 6 54 53 6 113 18.8
51 Wyoming 6 68 36 7 111 18.5
52 Rice 5 45 52 11 108 21.6
53 UTEP 5 43 46 10 99 19.8
54 Charlotte 5 42 49 6 97 19.4
55 Akron 6 42 40 13 95 15.8
56 Utah State 6 38 34 10 82 13.7
57 Bowling Green 5 43 28 7 78 15.6
58 Colorado State 4 29 35 5 69 17.3
59 Florida International 4 31 27 5 63 15.8
60 Miami (Ohio) 3 18 32 6 56 18.7
61 Ohio 3 30 15 7 52 17.3
62 Massachusetts 4 14 22 5 41 10.3
63 Texas 1 7 21 0 28 28.0
64 Miami (Florida) 1 13 9 3 25 25.0
65 Virginia Tech 1 10 12 2 24 24.0
66 Georgia Tech 1 11 12 0 23 23.0
66 Kansas 1 11 9 3 23 23.0
66 Boston College 1 7 12 4 23 23.0
69 Louisville 1 10 12 0 22 22.0
70 Notre Dame 1 16 5 0 21 21.0
70 Kansas State 1 6 12 3 21 21.0
72 North Carolina State 1 14 5 0 19 19.0
72 Syracuse 1 8 10 1 19 19.0
72 Colorado 1 8 7 4 19 19.0
72 Georgia 1 4 13 2 19 19.0
72 West Virginia 1 3 14 2 19 19.0
77 Iowa State 1 10 7 1 18 18.0
77 Oklahoma State 1 10 6 2 18 18.0
79 Mississippi State 1 7 9 0 16 16.0
79 Duke 1 7 8 1 16 16.0
81 TCU 1 9 5 1 15 15.0