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