2022 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. Conference Teams Only through 01/09/2023

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Utah 10 126 110 28 264 26.4
2 USC 10 97 135 19 251 25.1
3 Washington 9 79 151 14 244 27.1
4 UTSA 9 96 128 14 238 26.4
5 Oregon 9 114 113 10 237 26.3
6 UCLA 9 118 106 11 235 26.1
7 Texas Tech 9 100 119 15 234 26.0
8 Purdue 10 75 132 26 233 23.3
9 Michigan 10 131 83 13 227 22.7
10 North Carolina 9 78 133 15 226 25.1
11 Arizona 9 76 131 16 223 24.8
11 TCU 10 97 106 20 223 22.3
13 Wake Forest 8 71 129 21 221 27.6
13 Georgia 9 92 116 13 221 24.6
15 UCF 9 101 109 8 218 24.2
16 LSU 9 84 104 24 212 23.6
17 Texas 9 99 96 16 211 23.4
17 Kansas State 10 93 105 13 211 21.1
19 Baylor 9 96 101 13 210 23.3
20 Oklahoma 9 103 95 11 209 23.2
21 Ohio State 9 80 111 16 207 23.0
22 Tennessee 8 82 93 28 203 25.4
22 Houston 8 56 139 8 203 25.4
24 Clemson 9 92 90 19 201 22.3
25 SMU 8 78 100 21 199 24.9
25 Akron 8 59 118 22 199 24.9
27 Arizona State 9 65 117 16 198 22.0
28 Alabama 8 71 106 20 197 24.6
29 Oregon State 9 106 76 14 196 21.8
29 Toledo 9 83 95 18 196 21.8
29 Penn State 9 72 106 18 196 21.8
32 Georgia Southern 8 56 116 23 195 24.4
32 Oklahoma State 9 71 108 16 195 21.7
34 Western Kentucky 8 67 118 9 194 24.3
35 Mississippi 8 104 74 15 193 24.1
35 Coastal Carolina 9 78 95 20 193 21.4
35 Washington State 9 61 112 20 193 21.4
38 Kent State 8 97 85 10 192 24.0
38 Tulane 9 93 90 9 192 21.3
38 West Virginia 9 76 94 22 192 21.3
41 Illinois 9 82 93 16 191 21.2
42 Maryland 9 69 100 19 188 20.9
42 Fresno State 9 68 109 11 188 20.9
42 Stanford 9 64 100 24 188 20.9
45 North Texas 9 79 96 11 186 20.7
46 Florida State 8 82 85 18 185 23.1
47 James Madison 8 82 96 6 184 23.0
47 Boise State 9 98 80 6 184 20.4
49 Ohio 9 71 107 5 183 20.3
50 UAB 8 97 70 15 182 22.8
50 Memphis 8 61 105 16 182 22.8
52 Arkansas 8 104 65 12 181 22.6
52 Middle Tennessee 8 52 104 25 181 22.6
54 Iowa State 9 51 112 13 176 19.6
55 Georgia State 8 90 73 12 175 21.9
55 UTEP 8 86 76 13 175 21.9
57 East Carolina 8 61 102 11 174 21.8
58 Minnesota 9 98 66 9 173 19.2
59 Duke 8 80 75 16 171 21.4
59 Buffalo 8 78 76 17 171 21.4
61 Texas A&M 8 67 79 24 170 21.3
61 Troy 9 72 81 17 170 18.9
63 Florida Atlantic 8 65 84 20 169 21.1
64 South Florida 8 79 76 13 168 21.0
64 Michigan State 9 53 96 19 168 18.7
66 Appalachian State 8 73 81 13 167 20.9
66 Kansas 9 65 91 11 167 18.6
68 Louisiana-Lafayette 8 78 79 9 166 20.8
68 Ball State 8 58 88 20 166 20.8
70 Florida 8 68 88 9 165 20.6
70 South Alabama 8 67 93 5 165 20.6
70 San Jose State 8 49 94 22 165 20.6
73 Pittsburgh 8 86 70 8 164 20.5
73 Utah State 8 72 75 17 164 20.5
73 California 9 47 103 14 164 18.2
76 Air Force 8 140 16 7 163 20.4
77 Eastern Michigan 8 69 77 16 162 20.3
77 Charlotte 8 53 93 16 162 20.3
77 Mississippi State 8 43 101 18 162 20.3
80 Temple 8 25 122 13 160 20.0
81 Louisiana Tech 8 60 81 17 158 19.8
81 North Carolina State 8 55 80 23 158 19.8
81 Northwestern 9 75 70 13 158 17.6
84 Northern Illinois 8 80 68 8 156 19.5
85 Marshall 8 84 56 15 155 19.4
85 Hawai'i 8 68 75 12 155 19.4
85 Indiana 9 56 77 22 155 17.2
88 Tulsa 8 57 78 19 154 19.3
89 Navy 8 122 20 10 152 19.0
89 Rice 8 68 73 11 152 19.0
91 Louisville 8 64 75 12 151 18.9
92 Wisconsin 9 65 70 13 148 16.4
93 Georgia Tech 8 60 72 15 147 18.4
93 Louisiana-Monroe 8 57 70 20 147 18.4
93 Miami (Florida) 8 54 78 15 147 18.4
93 Colorado 9 63 68 16 147 16.3
97 Southern Mississippi 8 61 70 15 146 18.3
97 Western Michigan 8 60 65 21 146 18.3
99 South Carolina 8 56 75 14 145 18.1
100 Syracuse 8 54 76 14 144 18.0
101 Cincinnati 8 55 84 4 143 17.9
102 Bowling Green 8 55 75 12 142 17.8
103 Miami (Ohio) 8 63 61 16 140 17.5
104 Central Michigan 8 61 60 18 139 17.4
105 Kentucky 8 61 61 16 138 17.3
106 Auburn 8 81 49 6 136 17.0
106 Nebraska 9 41 79 16 136 15.1
108 Missouri 8 55 70 10 135 16.9
108 San Diego State 8 50 79 6 135 16.9
110 Iowa 9 52 73 9 134 14.9
111 Vanderbilt 8 60 55 18 133 16.6
111 UNLV 8 52 69 12 133 16.6
111 Nevada 8 49 70 14 133 16.6
111 Boston College 8 42 80 11 133 16.6
115 Florida International 8 49 74 9 132 16.5
116 Texas State 8 45 70 16 131 16.4
117 Old Dominion 8 38 78 10 126 15.8
118 Virginia 7 47 63 14 124 17.7
118 Wyoming 8 73 45 6 124 15.5
118 Arkansas State 8 32 84 8 124 15.5
121 Colorado State 8 50 61 10 121 15.1
122 Rutgers 9 46 64 6 116 12.9
123 Virginia Tech 7 41 53 17 111 15.9
124 Liberty 4 45 48 6 99 24.8
125 New Mexico 8 55 30 11 96 12.0
126 Massachusetts 4 23 24 7 54 13.5
127 Connecticut 3 33 12 6 51 17.0
128 New Mexico State 2 15 16 11 42 21.0
129 Army 2 30 2 2 34 17.0
130 BYU 2 13 11 1 25 12.5
131 Notre Dame 1 10 14 0 24 24.0