2021 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. FBS Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 01/10/2022

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Ohio State 11 89 194 15 298 27.1
2 Georgia 13 130 140 24 294 22.6
3 Wake Forest 11 98 156 37 291 26.5
4 Utah 11 137 113 27 277 25.2
5 Oregon 12 142 116 16 274 22.8
6 Pittsburgh 11 91 156 21 268 24.4
7 Mississippi State 10 54 183 27 264 26.4
7 Purdue 11 51 189 24 264 24.0
9 Alabama 11 83 163 17 263 23.9
10 Michigan 12 131 106 19 256 21.3
11 Virginia 9 56 175 21 252 28.0
12 West Virginia 12 94 134 21 249 20.8
13 Mississippi 10 115 118 15 248 24.8
13 Maryland 11 96 137 15 248 22.5
15 Oklahoma State 10 104 113 30 247 24.7
16 UCLA 10 127 100 18 245 24.5
17 Miami (Florida) 10 70 132 36 238 23.8
18 Oklahoma 11 92 127 17 236 21.5
18 Iowa State 11 76 140 20 236 21.5
20 USC 9 78 129 27 234 26.0
21 Tennessee 10 117 96 20 233 23.3
22 Minnesota 11 125 84 18 227 20.6
23 Oregon State 10 127 84 15 226 22.6
24 North Carolina 10 112 89 24 225 22.5
25 Kentucky 10 115 95 14 224 22.4
25 Notre Dame 10 70 129 25 224 22.4
27 Michigan State 11 84 115 19 218 19.8
28 Duke 10 90 108 17 215 21.5
29 Arkansas 10 121 79 13 213 21.3
30 Baylor 11 108 92 12 212 19.3
30 Penn State 11 69 130 13 212 19.3
32 Louisville 10 93 98 19 210 21.0
33 Nebraska 10 80 113 14 207 20.7
34 TCU 10 100 92 14 206 20.6
35 Clemson 11 92 91 22 205 18.6
36 Wisconsin 10 109 77 15 201 20.1
36 Iowa 12 74 105 22 201 16.8
38 Texas 10 94 94 11 199 19.9
39 Texas Tech 10 82 102 13 197 19.7
40 LSU 10 73 102 20 195 19.5
41 Arizona 9 77 89 27 193 21.4
42 Arizona State 10 102 80 9 191 19.1
43 Stanford 11 52 111 27 190 17.3
44 Kansas State 11 80 96 13 189 17.2
45 Florida 9 74 103 11 188 20.9
46 Auburn 9 70 101 16 187 20.8
47 Washington State 9 73 100 12 185 20.6
48 California 10 80 91 12 183 18.3
49 North Carolina State 9 52 115 15 182 20.2
50 Florida State 9 73 85 23 181 20.1
50 Rutgers 11 97 69 15 181 16.5
52 Missouri 9 77 87 16 180 20.0
52 Virginia Tech 10 95 70 15 180 18.0
54 Texas A&M 9 75 87 15 177 19.7
55 South Carolina 10 76 78 19 173 17.3
56 Georgia Tech 9 72 79 19 170 18.9
57 Boston College 9 88 62 18 168 18.7
57 Northwestern 10 80 77 11 168 16.8
59 Syracuse 9 94 59 14 167 18.6
59 Kansas 10 74 84 9 167 16.7
61 Illinois 10 78 70 17 165 16.5
61 Washington 10 65 84 16 165 16.5
63 BYU 7 85 69 9 163 23.3
64 Colorado 11 75 57 19 151 13.7
65 Vanderbilt 9 67 64 13 144 16.0
66 Indiana 9 58 56 17 131 14.6
67 Army 3 46 12 7 65 21.7
68 Kent State 3 28 25 10 63 21.0
69 Central Michigan 3 21 34 5 60 20.0
70 Western Kentucky 2 15 37 3 55 27.5
70 Fresno State 2 13 36 6 55 27.5
72 Utah State 2 20 25 7 52 26.0
73 Liberty 2 28 17 5 50 25.0
74 Massachusetts 3 15 22 8 45 15.0
75 Western Michigan 2 11 27 6 44 22.0
76 Tulsa 2 11 26 6 43 21.5
77 UCF 2 22 16 4 42 21.0
77 Hawai'i 2 11 25 6 42 21.0
77 Connecticut 3 15 22 5 42 14.0
80 Louisiana Tech 2 11 24 5 40 20.0
81 Tulane 2 15 20 3 38 19.0
82 Ohio 2 17 18 2 37 18.5
82 Charlotte 2 12 22 3 37 18.5
84 Georgia State 2 23 11 2 36 18.0
85 South Florida 2 15 15 5 35 17.5
86 Cincinnati 2 16 15 3 34 17.0
86 Houston 2 13 19 2 34 17.0
88 San Diego State 2 22 7 4 33 16.5
88 Nevada 2 10 21 2 33 16.5
88 Rice 2 9 18 6 33 16.5
91 Colorado State 2 12 20 0 32 16.0
92 Louisiana-Monroe 2 10 14 6 30 15.0
93 SMU 1 19 10 0 29 29.0
93 Akron 2 7 18 4 29 14.5
95 Coastal Carolina 1 13 12 2 27 27.0
96 UTSA 1 10 14 2 26 26.0
96 Northern Illinois 2 15 9 2 26 13.0
98 Temple 2 11 12 2 25 12.5
99 Florida Atlantic 1 5 13 5 23 23.0
99 New Mexico State 2 8 13 2 23 11.5
99 Bowling Green 2 5 14 4 23 11.5
102 Louisiana-Lafayette 1 6 15 1 22 22.0
103 North Texas 1 12 8 1 21 21.0
103 Troy 1 8 10 3 21 21.0
103 Ball State 1 5 12 4 21 21.0
106 Middle Tennessee 1 9 11 0 20 20.0
106 Miami (Ohio) 1 6 12 2 20 20.0
108 Appalachian State 1 11 8 0 19 19.0
108 Boise State 1 6 12 1 19 19.0
108 Buffalo 1 6 11 2 19 19.0
108 Texas State 1 5 10 4 19 19.0
112 Air Force 1 11 7 0 18 18.0
112 San Jose State 1 3 14 1 18 18.0
112 UNLV 2 9 7 2 18 9.0
115 Old Dominion 1 8 9 0 17 17.0
116 Arkansas State 1 5 9 1 15 15.0
117 South Alabama 1 6 6 1 13 13.0
118 East Carolina 1 6 5 1 12 12.0
118 Memphis 1 5 6 1 12 12.0
120 UAB 1 8 1 2 11 11.0
120 Georgia Southern 1 5 3 3 11 11.0
120 Southern Mississippi 1 3 7 1 11 11.0
123 Florida International 1 2 6 2 10 10.0
124 New Mexico 1 7 2 0 9 9.0
125 Eastern Michigan 1 0 2 1 3 3.0