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