2021 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. Ranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/10/2022

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Alabama 5 49 74 7 130 26.0
2 Georgia 6 58 57 13 128 21.3
3 Mississippi State 5 25 84 15 124 24.8
4 Ohio State 4 30 84 5 119 29.8
5 Utah 5 46 46 14 106 21.2
6 Oklahoma State 4 41 55 9 105 26.3
6 Iowa State 5 28 64 13 105 21.0
8 Virginia 4 29 68 6 103 25.8
9 Louisville 5 45 45 11 101 20.2
9 Penn State 5 33 63 5 101 20.2
11 Purdue 4 13 80 7 100 25.0
12 Nebraska 5 37 55 7 99 19.8
13 Tennessee 5 36 52 10 98 19.6
14 North Carolina 4 48 40 9 97 24.3
15 Auburn 5 31 50 13 94 18.8
16 Miami (Florida) 4 22 55 15 92 23.0
17 Texas 5 34 52 4 90 18.0
18 Michigan 4 39 41 8 88 22.0
18 Boise State 4 36 43 9 88 22.0
20 Oregon 4 40 38 7 85 21.3
21 Tulsa 4 31 42 10 83 20.8
21 Arizona 4 29 42 12 83 20.8
23 South Florida 4 36 38 8 82 20.5
23 Washington State 4 27 48 7 82 20.5
23 Baylor 5 48 27 7 82 16.4
26 Syracuse 4 41 31 9 81 20.3
27 Maryland 4 32 43 5 80 20.0
28 USC 3 30 47 2 79 26.3
29 LSU 4 29 39 10 78 19.5
30 Wake Forest 3 15 49 11 75 25.0
30 Rutgers 4 31 36 8 75 18.8
30 Indiana 5 34 33 8 75 15.0
33 Tulane 4 32 35 5 72 18.0
34 New Mexico State 4 20 45 6 71 17.8
35 Arkansas 3 34 29 5 68 22.7
35 Clemson 4 28 31 9 68 17.0
37 Oregon State 3 28 35 4 67 22.3
37 Florida 3 26 35 6 67 22.3
39 Oklahoma 3 25 33 7 65 21.7
39 Florida State 4 23 38 4 65 16.3
41 Texas Tech 4 20 33 10 63 15.8
42 Pittsburgh 3 26 30 6 62 20.7
43 TCU 3 22 36 3 61 20.3
43 Georgia Tech 4 24 31 6 61 15.3
45 Mississippi 3 33 23 4 60 20.0
45 Texas A&M 3 21 31 8 60 20.0
47 Missouri 3 28 25 6 59 19.7
48 BYU 3 28 29 1 58 19.3
49 Michigan State 3 19 35 3 57 19.0
50 North Carolina State 2 16 33 7 56 28.0
51 Georgia Southern 3 27 20 6 53 17.7
51 West Virginia 3 20 26 7 53 17.7
53 UCLA 2 20 26 6 52 26.0
54 Northwestern 3 20 27 3 50 16.7
55 Navy 3 32 10 7 49 16.3
56 Liberty 2 25 18 4 47 23.5
56 Minnesota 2 23 20 4 47 23.5
56 Fresno State 2 13 27 7 47 23.5
56 Kansas State 3 17 26 4 47 15.7
60 Utah State 2 10 30 6 46 23.0
60 Notre Dame 2 4 39 3 46 23.0
60 Vanderbilt 3 21 20 5 46 15.3
63 Boston College 3 19 20 6 45 15.0
63 Stanford 3 16 23 6 45 15.0
65 Western Michigan 2 11 27 6 44 22.0
65 Wisconsin 3 17 24 3 44 14.7
67 Cincinnati 3 18 24 1 43 14.3
68 Arizona State 2 17 23 0 40 20.0
68 Kentucky 2 15 21 4 40 20.0
70 Air Force 2 26 8 4 38 19.0
70 Duke 2 18 17 3 38 19.0
70 Colorado State 2 13 24 1 38 19.0
70 Kansas 3 16 19 3 38 12.7
74 East Carolina 2 11 22 4 37 18.5
74 South Carolina 3 11 23 3 37 12.3
76 Iowa 2 8 22 5 35 17.5
76 Hawai'i 2 6 24 5 35 17.5
78 UAB 2 20 12 2 34 17.0
78 Virginia Tech 2 13 17 4 34 17.0
78 Rice 2 7 18 9 34 17.0
81 SMU 2 13 15 5 33 16.5
81 Appalachian State 2 12 15 6 33 16.5
83 Louisiana-Monroe 2 13 13 6 32 16.0
84 Army 1 21 5 5 31 31.0
84 Western Kentucky 1 6 22 3 31 31.0
86 San Diego State 2 14 11 4 29 14.5
86 Texas State 2 12 13 4 29 14.5
88 New Mexico 2 15 9 4 28 14.0
88 Colorado 2 14 13 1 28 14.0
88 San Jose State 2 11 15 2 28 14.0
91 Louisiana Tech 1 9 14 3 26 26.0
91 UNLV 2 9 15 2 26 13.0
91 Washington 2 7 16 3 26 13.0
94 Memphis 1 7 11 6 24 24.0
94 Temple 2 11 12 1 24 12.0
96 California 1 10 12 1 23 23.0
96 Connecticut 2 7 12 4 23 11.5
98 Wyoming 1 13 9 0 22 22.0
98 Houston 1 7 13 2 22 22.0
98 Arkansas State 1 7 9 6 22 22.0
98 Troy 1 2 19 1 22 22.0
102 UTSA 1 6 9 6 21 21.0
103 Georgia State 1 16 3 1 20 20.0
104 Nevada 1 1 17 1 19 19.0
105 Miami (Ohio) 1 9 6 2 17 17.0
105 Old Dominion 1 8 9 0 17 17.0
105 Kent State 1 8 7 2 17 17.0
105 Akron 1 5 8 4 17 17.0
109 Ohio 1 5 7 4 16 16.0
109 Toledo 1 4 9 3 16 16.0
111 South Alabama 1 3 11 1 15 15.0
112 UCF 1 5 6 3 14 14.0
113 Marshall 1 8 5 0 13 13.0
114 Northern Illinois 1 6 3 2 11 11.0
114 Massachusetts 1 4 6 1 11 11.0
114 Southern Mississippi 1 3 7 1 11 11.0
114 Illinois 1 1 10 0 11 11.0