2021 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. FBS (I-A) Teams Only through 01/10/2022

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Air Force 12 204 41 11 256 21.3
2 Army 12 179 39 12 230 19.2
3 Kent State 13 172 130 29 331 25.5
4 Northern Illinois 13 167 103 23 293 22.5
5 Georgia State 13 166 100 15 281 21.6
6 Michigan 14 164 121 21 306 21.9
7 Navy 12 160 27 15 202 16.8
8 Tennessee 12 154 114 24 292 24.3
9 Oregon 13 152 123 20 295 22.7
10 Oregon State 12 151 107 19 277 23.1
11 North Texas 12 150 98 24 272 22.7
12 Utah 13 147 133 33 313 24.1
13 UCLA 12 146 117 19 282 23.5
13 Arkansas 12 146 95 17 258 21.5
13 Minnesota 13 146 92 20 258 19.8
16 Louisiana-Lafayette 13 144 120 16 280 21.5
17 Mississippi 12 142 146 21 309 25.8
18 Georgia 14 141 150 26 317 22.6
19 Coastal Carolina 12 140 131 11 282 23.5
20 Western Michigan 12 138 133 27 298 24.8
21 Wisconsin 13 137 104 20 261 20.1
22 Oklahoma State 13 136 145 34 315 24.2
23 Baylor 13 135 109 12 256 19.7
24 North Carolina 12 134 119 28 281 23.4
25 Kentucky 12 133 125 19 277 23.1
26 Appalachian State 13 132 140 22 294 22.6
27 BYU 12 131 124 17 272 22.7
28 UTSA 13 130 139 32 301 23.2
29 Arizona State 12 128 101 10 239 19.9
30 Wyoming 12 126 86 12 224 18.7
31 Liberty 12 123 120 25 268 22.3
32 Syracuse 11 122 71 17 210 19.1
33 Buffalo 11 121 110 24 255 23.2
34 Alabama 14 120 202 20 342 24.4
34 Texas 12 120 114 13 247 20.6
36 Toledo 12 119 106 24 249 20.8
37 Ohio State 13 118 215 15 348 26.8
38 Tulsa 12 117 129 29 275 22.9
38 Virginia Tech 12 117 89 19 225 18.8
40 Cincinnati 13 116 130 15 261 20.1
41 Central Michigan 12 115 142 15 272 22.7
41 Marshall 12 115 136 15 266 22.2
43 Pittsburgh 13 113 188 27 328 25.2
43 Florida 12 113 131 15 259 21.6
43 Louisville 12 113 123 21 257 21.4
43 UAB 12 113 86 15 214 17.8
47 USC 12 112 166 31 309 25.8
47 Ohio 11 112 89 26 227 20.6
49 Missouri 12 111 120 25 256 21.3
49 Boston College 11 111 74 21 206 18.7
51 Wake Forest 13 110 180 43 333 25.6
51 South Florida 11 110 99 17 226 20.5
51 Rutgers 12 110 77 15 202 16.8
54 Old Dominion 12 109 105 19 233 19.4
55 San Diego State 13 108 103 26 237 18.2
56 SMU 11 107 149 16 272 24.7
57 Maryland 12 106 151 16 273 22.8
57 TCU 11 106 105 15 226 20.5
59 Utah State 13 105 166 38 309 23.8
59 Boise State 12 105 137 22 264 22.0
59 UCF 12 105 101 18 224 18.7
62 Duke 11 103 117 18 238 21.6
63 Illinois 12 102 88 21 211 17.6
64 Clemson 12 100 106 25 231 19.3
64 Georgia Southern 11 100 73 18 191 17.4
66 Oklahoma 12 99 142 19 260 21.7
66 Texas Tech 12 99 126 18 243 20.3
68 Florida State 11 98 101 26 225 20.5
69 East Carolina 11 97 133 20 250 22.7
69 Auburn 12 97 136 18 251 20.9
69 Texas A&M 11 97 114 16 227 20.6
72 Northwestern 11 95 82 13 190 17.3
73 Fresno State 12 94 169 28 291 24.3
73 West Virginia 12 94 134 21 249 20.8
73 Michigan State 12 94 128 22 244 20.3
73 Texas State 11 94 96 24 214 19.5
73 Kansas State 12 94 102 14 210 17.5
78 Houston 13 93 166 19 278 21.4
78 Middle Tennessee 12 93 125 21 239 19.9
78 Georgia Tech 11 93 92 21 206 18.7
81 Notre Dame 13 92 167 32 291 22.4
82 South Carolina 12 91 96 21 208 17.3
83 Miami (Ohio) 12 89 142 23 254 21.2
83 Arizona 11 89 109 31 229 20.8
83 Nebraska 11 89 120 17 226 20.5
86 Western Kentucky 13 88 246 27 361 27.8
86 Ball State 12 88 120 21 229 19.1
86 Tulane 11 88 98 16 202 18.4
86 California 11 88 98 14 200 18.2
90 Iowa State 12 87 155 21 263 21.9
90 Washington State 12 87 130 19 236 19.7
92 Colorado State 11 86 129 12 227 20.6
92 Florida Atlantic 11 86 101 21 208 18.9
92 Iowa 14 86 124 24 234 16.7
95 Penn State 12 85 145 14 244 20.3
96 Hawai'i 12 84 132 22 238 19.8
96 LSU 12 84 131 20 235 19.6
98 Miami (Florida) 11 83 141 39 263 23.9
98 Louisiana-Monroe 11 83 96 27 206 18.7
100 Charlotte 11 82 132 27 241 21.9
100 Southern Mississippi 11 82 66 22 170 15.5
102 Kansas 11 81 92 10 183 16.6
103 Vanderbilt 11 80 88 21 189 17.2
103 New Mexico 11 80 49 20 149 13.5
105 Akron 11 78 109 14 201 18.3
105 Massachusetts 10 78 66 16 160 16.0
107 New Mexico State 11 77 132 29 238 21.6
108 Indiana 11 76 89 21 186 16.9
109 Memphis 11 75 136 27 238 21.6
109 Washington 11 75 101 19 195 17.7
109 Colorado 11 75 57 19 151 13.7
112 Virginia 11 74 200 23 297 27.0
112 Eastern Michigan 12 74 163 25 262 21.8
114 North Carolina State 11 72 140 20 232 21.1
114 Louisiana Tech 11 72 125 29 226 20.5
116 UTEP 12 71 116 26 213 17.8
116 San Jose State 11 71 97 12 180 16.4
118 Purdue 13 66 221 25 312 24.0
119 Mississippi State 12 65 218 29 312 26.0
120 South Alabama 11 64 125 18 207 18.8
120 Temple 11 64 79 12 155 14.1
122 Rice 11 63 113 28 204 18.5
123 Nevada 12 61 175 27 263 21.9
123 Troy 11 61 112 18 191 17.4
125 Connecticut 10 60 61 21 142 14.2
126 UNLV 11 59 94 16 169 15.4
126 Bowling Green 11 59 93 14 166 15.1
128 Stanford 12 57 116 28 201 16.8
129 Florida International 11 53 105 14 172 15.6
130 Arkansas State 11 52 151 31 234 21.3