2021 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. Conference Teams Only through 01/10/2022

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Wake Forest 10 87 143 33 263 26.3
2 Oklahoma State 10 104 113 30 247 24.7
3 Miami (Florida) 8 58 104 29 191 23.9
4 USC 9 78 129 27 234 26.0
4 Arizona 9 77 89 27 193 21.4
6 Mississippi State 8 49 152 26 227 28.4
7 Utah State 9 78 109 25 212 23.6
8 North Carolina 9 107 80 24 211 23.4
8 Arkansas State 8 38 102 24 164 20.5
10 Utah 10 127 102 23 252 25.2
11 Charlotte 8 63 102 22 187 23.4
11 Memphis 8 55 109 22 186 23.3
11 Stanford 9 42 92 22 156 17.3
14 Fresno State 8 59 105 21 185 23.1
14 Louisiana Tech 8 54 87 21 162 20.3
16 Western Kentucky 9 60 177 20 257 28.6
16 Georgia 10 103 114 20 237 23.7
16 Ohio 8 90 64 20 174 21.8
19 Western Michigan 8 102 91 19 212 26.5
19 Buffalo 8 96 84 19 199 24.9
19 Northern Illinois 9 125 72 19 216 24.0
19 UTSA 9 94 93 19 206 22.9
19 Tulsa 8 76 76 19 171 21.4
19 Georgia Tech 8 65 77 19 161 20.1
19 Florida State 8 64 76 19 159 19.9
19 Texas State 8 67 70 19 156 19.5
19 Rice 8 48 89 19 156 19.5
19 Iowa 10 63 88 19 170 17.0
29 Pittsburgh 9 77 135 18 230 25.6
29 UCLA 9 115 93 18 226 25.1
29 Boston College 8 72 55 18 145 18.1
32 Nevada 8 42 128 17 187 23.4
32 Iowa State 9 66 118 17 201 22.3
32 Michigan 10 108 95 17 220 22.0
32 West Virginia 9 76 105 17 198 22.0
32 Minnesota 9 99 72 17 188 20.9
32 Louisiana-Monroe 8 65 72 17 154 19.3
32 San Diego State 9 64 75 17 156 17.3
32 South Carolina 8 55 62 17 134 16.8
32 Colorado 9 63 51 17 131 14.6
32 Indiana 9 58 56 17 131 14.6
42 Virginia 8 49 156 16 221 27.6
42 Purdue 9 40 158 16 214 23.8
42 Eastern Michigan 8 43 118 16 177 22.1
42 Duke 8 65 81 16 162 20.3
42 Clemson 8 70 68 16 154 19.3
42 Michigan State 9 65 89 16 170 18.9
48 Kent State 9 127 97 15 239 26.6
48 Alabama 10 75 145 15 235 23.5
48 Oregon State 9 122 74 15 211 23.4
48 Maryland 9 74 115 15 204 22.7
48 North Texas 8 113 51 15 179 22.4
48 Toledo 8 89 75 15 179 22.4
48 Houston 9 64 121 15 200 22.2
48 Texas A&M 8 69 79 15 163 20.4
48 Missouri 8 73 70 15 158 19.8
48 LSU 8 60 81 15 156 19.5
48 Hawai'i 8 50 85 15 150 18.8
48 Florida Atlantic 8 62 71 15 148 18.5
48 UTEP 8 51 80 15 146 18.3
48 Southern Mississippi 8 63 48 15 126 15.8
48 New Mexico 8 56 23 15 94 11.8
63 East Carolina 8 80 97 14 191 23.9
63 Boise State 8 76 93 14 183 22.9
63 Louisville 8 78 76 14 168 21.0
63 Oklahoma 9 69 105 14 188 20.9
63 North Carolina State 8 50 102 14 166 20.8
63 Auburn 8 60 89 14 163 20.4
63 UNLV 8 45 72 14 131 16.4
63 Washington 9 60 72 14 146 16.2
71 SMU 8 67 111 13 191 23.9
71 Marshall 8 78 95 13 186 23.3
71 Oregon 10 117 91 13 221 22.1
71 Nebraska 9 76 100 13 189 21.0
71 Appalachian State 9 82 92 13 187 20.8
71 Old Dominion 8 76 75 13 164 20.5
71 Wisconsin 9 102 69 13 184 20.4
71 South Alabama 8 51 96 13 160 20.0
71 Texas Tech 9 69 91 13 173 19.2
71 Syracuse 8 89 51 13 153 19.1
71 Middle Tennessee 8 61 77 13 151 18.9
71 Illinois 9 74 58 13 145 16.1
71 Vanderbilt 8 54 54 13 121 15.1
84 Ohio State 9 76 150 12 238 26.4
84 Mississippi 8 90 95 12 197 24.6
84 Tennessee 8 95 75 12 182 22.8
84 Miami (Ohio) 8 62 103 12 177 22.1
84 Arkansas 8 84 71 12 167 20.9
84 Washington State 9 73 100 12 185 20.6
84 Navy 8 118 18 12 148 18.5
84 Georgia Southern 8 78 54 12 144 18.0
84 Troy 8 46 82 12 140 17.5
84 Rutgers 9 81 56 12 149 16.6
94 Georgia State 8 112 67 11 190 23.8
94 Baylor 10 98 91 11 200 20.0
94 Ball State 8 65 79 11 155 19.4
94 Virginia Tech 8 83 53 11 147 18.4
98 Colorado State 8 64 103 10 177 22.1
98 Kentucky 8 86 75 10 171 21.4
98 South Florida 8 82 76 10 168 21.0
98 Florida 8 65 92 10 167 20.9
98 Louisiana-Lafayette 9 103 72 10 185 20.6
98 TCU 9 84 81 10 175 19.4
98 Penn State 9 56 107 10 173 19.2
98 California 9 74 83 10 167 18.6
98 UAB 8 73 58 10 141 17.6
98 Kansas State 9 64 78 10 152 16.9
98 UCF 8 59 60 10 129 16.1
109 Air Force 8 150 19 9 178 22.3
109 Texas 9 88 87 9 184 20.4
109 Arizona State 9 95 74 9 178 19.8
109 Bowling Green 8 54 70 9 133 16.6
109 Northwestern 9 71 66 9 146 16.2
109 Temple 8 45 57 9 111 13.9
115 Central Michigan 8 83 92 8 183 22.9
115 Tulane 8 67 65 8 140 17.5
115 Kansas 9 64 74 8 146 16.2
115 Florida International 8 40 75 8 123 15.4
119 Cincinnati 9 81 96 7 184 20.4
119 Akron 8 60 79 7 146 18.3
121 Coastal Carolina 8 89 87 6 182 22.8
121 Wyoming 8 73 58 6 137 17.1
121 San Jose State 8 54 73 6 133 16.6
124 Liberty 2 15 27 4 46 23.0
125 Massachusetts 4 45 16 3 64 16.0
126 New Mexico State 1 10 18 2 30 30.0
126 Connecticut 2 14 7 2 23 11.5
128 Army 3 55 8 1 64 21.3