2021 National Leaders First Downs - All Games through 01/10/2022

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Western Kentucky 14 94 264 28 386 27.6
2 Ohio State 13 118 215 15 348 26.8
3 Virginia 12 83 213 23 319 26.6
4 Mississippi 13 161 156 22 339 26.1
5 Pittsburgh 14 128 208 27 363 25.9
5 Kent State 14 197 135 30 362 25.9
7 Mississippi State 13 70 236 29 335 25.8
7 USC 12 112 166 31 309 25.8
9 Wake Forest 14 117 193 45 355 25.4
10 SMU 12 116 165 18 299 24.9
11 Western Michigan 13 152 141 29 322 24.8
12 Miami (Florida) 12 99 153 42 294 24.5
13 Utah 14 157 148 36 341 24.4
14 Alabama 15 129 214 22 365 24.3
14 Tennessee 13 164 124 28 316 24.3
14 Fresno State 13 103 184 29 316 24.3
17 Purdue 13 66 221 25 312 24.0
18 North Carolina 13 151 131 29 311 23.9
19 Coastal Carolina 13 153 145 12 310 23.8
19 Buffalo 12 139 118 28 285 23.8
21 Utah State 14 114 178 40 332 23.7
22 Oklahoma State 14 139 157 35 331 23.6
23 Maryland 13 123 165 17 305 23.5
23 UCLA 12 146 117 19 282 23.5
25 Marshall 13 130 158 16 304 23.4
26 North Texas 13 167 108 26 301 23.2
27 Northern Illinois 14 182 115 26 323 23.1
27 Oregon State 13 165 116 19 300 23.1
27 BYU 13 141 141 18 300 23.1
27 Central Michigan 13 132 151 17 300 23.1
31 Oregon 14 162 135 24 321 22.9
31 UTSA 14 135 154 32 321 22.9
33 Kentucky 13 140 137 20 297 22.8
34 Appalachian State 14 144 151 23 318 22.7
34 Liberty 13 135 133 27 295 22.7
36 Georgia 15 150 162 27 339 22.6
36 Tulsa 13 126 138 30 294 22.6
38 Memphis 12 89 150 31 270 22.5
39 Oklahoma 13 111 159 21 291 22.4
39 Notre Dame 13 92 167 32 291 22.4
41 Florida 13 125 148 16 289 22.2
41 Eastern Michigan 13 91 169 29 289 22.2
41 Nevada 13 68 194 27 289 22.2
44 Charlotte 12 98 138 29 265 22.1
45 Boise State 12 105 137 22 264 22.0
45 East Carolina 12 102 141 21 264 22.0
47 Michigan 14 164 121 21 306 21.9
48 Arkansas 13 161 104 18 283 21.8
48 Duke 12 111 131 20 262 21.8
48 New Mexico State 12 84 148 30 262 21.8
51 Missouri 13 119 138 25 282 21.7
51 Nebraska 12 109 134 17 260 21.7
53 Houston 14 98 182 23 303 21.6
53 Georgia State 13 166 100 15 281 21.6
53 Miami (Ohio) 13 101 155 25 281 21.6
53 Arkansas State 12 61 163 35 259 21.6
57 Air Force 13 225 44 11 280 21.5
57 Iowa State 13 94 164 22 280 21.5
59 Louisiana-Lafayette 14 150 133 17 300 21.4
59 West Virginia 13 108 148 22 278 21.4
59 North Carolina State 12 79 155 23 257 21.4
62 Colorado State 12 93 150 12 255 21.3
63 Louisville 13 121 133 21 275 21.2
64 TCU 12 115 118 19 252 21.0
65 Auburn 13 110 142 20 272 20.9
65 Texas A&M 12 116 119 16 251 20.9
65 Louisiana Tech 12 81 139 31 251 20.9
68 Toledo 13 131 114 25 270 20.8
68 Michigan State 13 110 137 23 270 20.8
70 Arizona 12 97 119 32 248 20.7
71 Baylor 14 156 120 13 289 20.6
71 Texas 12 120 114 13 247 20.6
73 Florida State 12 108 108 30 246 20.5
74 Old Dominion 13 128 115 22 265 20.4
75 Penn State 13 91 158 15 264 20.3
75 South Florida 12 120 107 17 244 20.3
77 Washington State 13 98 145 20 263 20.2
77 Hawai'i 13 96 144 23 263 20.2
77 UCF 13 122 121 19 262 20.2
77 Ohio 12 118 97 27 242 20.2
81 Arizona State 13 140 107 14 261 20.1
81 Wisconsin 13 137 104 20 261 20.1
83 Army 13 205 41 14 260 20.0
83 Texas State 12 106 109 25 240 20.0
83 Florida Atlantic 12 101 116 23 240 20.0
86 Cincinnati 14 122 141 15 278 19.9
87 Minnesota 13 146 92 20 258 19.8
87 Clemson 13 114 117 27 258 19.8
87 Middle Tennessee 13 101 136 21 258 19.8
90 Rice 12 79 125 31 235 19.6
91 Texas Tech 13 106 130 18 254 19.5
91 Syracuse 12 133 81 20 234 19.5
91 Tulane 12 106 110 18 234 19.5
94 LSU 13 91 140 21 252 19.4
95 Boston College 12 121 87 23 231 19.3
96 California 12 102 111 16 229 19.1
96 South Alabama 12 78 131 20 229 19.1
98 Ball State 13 95 128 24 247 19.0
99 Virginia Tech 13 124 101 20 245 18.8
99 Georgia Tech 12 101 104 21 226 18.8
99 Akron 12 87 124 14 225 18.8
102 San Diego State 14 121 111 29 261 18.6
102 Louisiana-Monroe 12 90 103 30 223 18.6
104 Wyoming 13 132 96 13 241 18.5
105 Troy 12 71 126 22 219 18.3
106 UTEP 13 85 123 29 237 18.2
107 Kansas State 13 111 109 14 234 18.0
107 Georgia Southern 12 118 80 18 216 18.0
107 Washington 12 79 115 22 216 18.0
110 UAB 13 118 100 15 233 17.9
111 South Carolina 13 104 105 22 231 17.8
112 Vanderbilt 12 85 103 24 212 17.7
113 Illinois 12 102 88 21 211 17.6
114 Rutgers 13 122 89 16 227 17.5
115 Northwestern 12 110 85 13 208 17.3
116 Indiana 12 87 96 23 206 17.2
117 Navy 12 160 27 15 202 16.8
117 Stanford 12 57 116 28 201 16.8
119 Iowa 14 86 124 24 234 16.7
119 San Jose State 12 77 110 13 200 16.7
121 Massachusetts 12 91 81 24 196 16.3
121 Kansas 12 85 99 11 195 16.3
123 Florida International 12 63 117 14 194 16.2
124 Southern Mississippi 12 95 74 23 192 16.0
125 Bowling Green 12 69 104 15 188 15.7
126 UNLV 12 70 100 16 186 15.5
127 Temple 12 72 89 16 177 14.8
128 Connecticut 12 71 78 26 175 14.6
129 Colorado 12 91 62 20 173 14.4
130 New Mexico 12 87 58 20 165 13.8