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