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

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Western Kentucky 11 73 209 24 306 27.8
2 Appalachian State 12 121 132 22 275 22.9
2 UTSA 12 120 125 30 275 22.9
4 Kent State 10 144 105 19 268 26.8
5 Northern Illinois 11 152 94 21 267 24.3
6 Marshall 12 115 136 15 266 22.2
7 Eastern Michigan 11 74 161 24 259 23.5
8 Louisiana-Lafayette 12 138 105 15 258 21.5
9 Utah State 11 85 141 31 257 23.4
10 Coastal Carolina 11 127 119 9 255 23.2
11 Western Michigan 10 127 106 21 254 25.4
12 North Texas 11 138 90 23 251 22.8
13 Toledo 12 119 106 24 249 20.8
14 Georgia State 11 143 89 13 245 22.3
14 Boise State 11 99 125 21 245 22.3
16 Houston 11 80 147 17 244 22.2
17 SMU 10 88 139 16 243 24.3
18 East Carolina 10 91 128 19 238 23.8
18 Air Force 11 193 34 11 238 21.6
20 Buffalo 10 115 99 22 236 23.6
20 Fresno State 10 81 133 22 236 23.6
22 Miami (Ohio) 11 83 130 21 234 21.3
23 Tulsa 10 106 103 23 232 23.2
24 Nevada 10 51 154 25 230 23.0
25 Cincinnati 11 100 115 12 227 20.6
26 Memphis 10 70 130 26 226 22.6
27 Wyoming 12 126 86 12 224 18.7
28 Arkansas State 10 47 142 30 219 21.9
28 Middle Tennessee 11 84 114 21 219 19.9
30 Liberty 10 95 103 20 218 21.8
31 Old Dominion 11 101 96 19 216 19.6
32 New Mexico State 9 69 119 27 215 23.9
33 UTEP 12 71 116 26 213 17.8
34 Central Michigan 9 94 108 10 212 23.6
35 Ball State 11 83 108 17 208 18.9
36 Charlotte 9 70 110 24 204 22.7
36 San Diego State 11 86 96 22 204 18.5
38 UAB 11 105 85 13 203 18.5
39 Navy 12 160 27 15 202 16.8
40 Hawai'i 10 73 107 16 196 19.6
41 Colorado State 9 74 109 12 195 21.7
41 Texas State 10 89 86 20 195 19.5
43 South Alabama 10 58 119 17 194 19.4
44 South Florida 9 95 84 12 191 21.2
45 Ohio 9 95 71 24 190 21.1
46 Louisiana Tech 9 61 101 24 186 20.7
47 Florida Atlantic 10 81 88 16 185 18.5
48 UCF 10 83 85 14 182 18.2
49 Georgia Southern 10 95 70 15 180 18.0
50 Louisiana-Monroe 9 73 82 21 176 19.6
51 Akron 9 71 91 10 172 19.1
52 Rice 9 54 95 22 171 19.0
53 Troy 10 53 102 15 170 17.0
54 Army 9 133 27 5 165 18.3
55 Tulane 9 73 78 13 164 18.2
56 San Jose State 10 68 83 11 162 16.2
56 Florida International 10 51 99 12 162 16.2
58 Southern Mississippi 10 79 59 21 159 15.9
59 UNLV 9 50 87 14 151 16.8
60 Bowling Green 9 54 79 10 143 15.9
61 New Mexico 10 73 47 20 140 14.0
62 Temple 9 53 67 10 130 14.4
63 Massachusetts 7 63 44 8 115 16.4
64 BYU 5 46 55 8 109 21.8
65 Connecticut 7 45 39 16 100 14.3
66 Alabama 3 37 39 3 79 26.3
67 Missouri 3 34 33 9 76 25.3
68 USC 3 34 37 4 75 25.0
69 Florida 3 39 28 4 71 23.7
70 Oklahoma State 3 32 32 4 68 22.7
71 Notre Dame 3 22 38 7 67 22.3
72 Auburn 3 27 35 2 64 21.3
73 Mississippi 2 27 28 6 61 30.5
74 Pittsburgh 2 22 32 6 60 30.0
74 Wisconsin 3 28 27 5 60 20.0
76 Tennessee 2 37 18 4 59 29.5
77 North Carolina 2 22 30 4 56 28.0
78 Indiana 2 18 33 4 55 27.5
79 Kentucky 2 18 30 5 53 26.5
80 Oregon State 2 24 23 4 51 25.5
80 Washington State 3 14 30 7 51 17.0
82 Michigan 2 33 15 2 50 25.0
82 Ohio State 2 29 21 0 50 25.0
82 Texas A&M 2 22 27 1 50 25.0
82 North Carolina State 2 20 25 5 50 25.0
86 Arizona State 2 26 21 1 48 24.0
86 Texas 2 26 20 2 48 24.0
86 Purdue 2 15 32 1 48 24.0
86 Mississippi State 2 11 35 2 48 24.0
90 Louisville 2 20 25 2 47 23.5
91 Illinois 2 24 18 4 46 23.0
91 Texas Tech 2 17 24 5 46 23.0
93 Arkansas 2 25 16 4 45 22.5
93 Virginia Tech 2 22 19 4 45 22.5
93 Virginia 2 18 25 2 45 22.5
93 Vanderbilt 2 13 24 8 45 22.5
97 Baylor 2 27 17 0 44 22.0
97 Florida State 2 25 16 3 44 22.0
99 Syracuse 2 28 12 3 43 21.5
100 Wake Forest 2 12 24 6 42 21.0
101 LSU 2 11 29 0 40 20.0
102 Boston College 2 23 12 3 38 19.0
103 UCLA 2 19 17 1 37 18.5
104 Georgia Tech 2 21 13 2 36 18.0
104 Arizona 2 12 20 4 36 18.0
104 Utah 2 10 20 6 36 18.0
107 South Carolina 2 15 18 2 35 17.5
108 Iowa 2 12 19 2 33 16.5
109 Penn State 1 16 15 1 32 32.0
110 Minnesota 2 21 8 2 31 15.5
111 Washington 1 10 17 3 30 30.0
112 Iowa State 1 11 15 1 27 27.0
113 Michigan State 1 10 13 3 26 26.0
113 Clemson 1 8 15 3 26 26.0
115 Miami (Florida) 1 13 9 3 25 25.0
115 Maryland 1 10 14 1 25 25.0
117 Oklahoma 1 7 15 2 24 24.0
118 Duke 1 13 9 1 23 23.0
118 Georgia 1 11 10 2 23 23.0
120 Northwestern 1 15 5 2 22 22.0
121 Kansas State 1 14 6 1 21 21.0
121 Rutgers 1 13 8 0 21 21.0
121 Oregon 1 10 7 4 21 21.0
124 TCU 1 6 13 1 20 20.0
125 Nebraska 1 9 7 3 19 19.0
126 California 1 8 7 2 17 17.0
127 Kansas 1 7 8 1 16 16.0
128 Stanford 1 5 5 1 11 11.0