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