2022 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. FBS Teams With Non-Winning Record Only through 01/09/2023
| Name | G | Rush | Pass | Penalty | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington | 7 | 58 | 126 | 12 | 196 | 28.0 |
| 2 | Western Kentucky | 8 | 66 | 119 | 15 | 200 | 25.0 |
| 3 | Ohio | 9 | 69 | 110 | 8 | 187 | 20.8 |
| 4 | South Alabama | 8 | 78 | 98 | 11 | 187 | 23.4 |
| 5 | UTSA | 7 | 75 | 95 | 10 | 180 | 25.7 |
| 6 | Houston | 7 | 57 | 94 | 11 | 162 | 23.1 |
| 6 | Eastern Michigan | 9 | 86 | 94 | 23 | 203 | 22.6 |
| 8 | Middle Tennessee State | 7 | 46 | 89 | 17 | 152 | 21.7 |
| 9 | Georgia Southern | 6 | 55 | 88 | 19 | 162 | 27.0 |
| 10 | Oklahoma State | 7 | 61 | 87 | 15 | 163 | 23.3 |
| 10 | UTEP | 8 | 71 | 87 | 15 | 173 | 21.6 |
| 12 | USC | 6 | 58 | 86 | 13 | 157 | 26.2 |
| 12 | San Jose State | 7 | 43 | 86 | 17 | 146 | 20.9 |
| 14 | Ball State | 7 | 60 | 84 | 12 | 156 | 22.3 |
| 15 | Oklahoma | 7 | 88 | 81 | 11 | 180 | 25.7 |
| 16 | North Carolina | 6 | 54 | 80 | 9 | 143 | 23.8 |
| 17 | James Madison | 6 | 66 | 79 | 4 | 149 | 24.8 |
| 17 | Akron | 6 | 46 | 79 | 10 | 135 | 22.5 |
| 19 | Georgia | 6 | 63 | 78 | 9 | 150 | 25.0 |
| 19 | Charlotte | 6 | 38 | 78 | 16 | 132 | 22.0 |
| 21 | Maryland | 5 | 47 | 73 | 11 | 131 | 26.2 |
| 22 | Toledo | 7 | 68 | 71 | 22 | 161 | 23.0 |
| 22 | Buffalo | 7 | 66 | 71 | 15 | 152 | 21.7 |
| 24 | Florida State | 6 | 65 | 70 | 15 | 150 | 25.0 |
| 24 | Coastal Carolina | 6 | 62 | 70 | 15 | 147 | 24.5 |
| 24 | Memphis | 6 | 48 | 70 | 9 | 127 | 21.2 |
| 24 | Duke | 8 | 78 | 70 | 21 | 169 | 21.1 |
| 24 | Cincinnati | 6 | 41 | 70 | 6 | 117 | 19.5 |
| 29 | Alabama | 5 | 56 | 67 | 14 | 137 | 27.4 |
| 30 | Texas | 6 | 80 | 66 | 10 | 156 | 26.0 |
| 30 | Michigan | 7 | 103 | 66 | 7 | 176 | 25.1 |
| 30 | Mississippi State | 4 | 22 | 66 | 7 | 95 | 23.8 |
| 30 | Penn State | 6 | 57 | 66 | 10 | 133 | 22.2 |
| 30 | TCU | 6 | 51 | 66 | 8 | 125 | 20.8 |
| 30 | Louisiana Tech | 6 | 40 | 66 | 14 | 120 | 20.0 |
| 30 | Texas State | 7 | 50 | 66 | 12 | 128 | 18.3 |
| 30 | FIU | 7 | 40 | 66 | 8 | 114 | 16.3 |
| 38 | UCLA | 6 | 93 | 65 | 5 | 163 | 27.2 |
| 38 | North Texas | 6 | 63 | 65 | 7 | 135 | 22.5 |
| 40 | Fresno State | 5 | 40 | 64 | 10 | 114 | 22.8 |
| 41 | East Carolina | 4 | 27 | 63 | 6 | 96 | 24.0 |
| 42 | Pittsburgh | 6 | 69 | 62 | 8 | 139 | 23.2 |
| 42 | Nebraska | 5 | 43 | 62 | 11 | 116 | 23.2 |
| 44 | UNLV | 6 | 48 | 61 | 11 | 120 | 20.0 |
| 44 | Northern Illinois | 7 | 55 | 61 | 11 | 127 | 18.1 |
| 44 | Old Dominion | 6 | 26 | 61 | 9 | 96 | 16.0 |
| 47 | Texas Tech | 5 | 62 | 60 | 5 | 127 | 25.4 |
| 47 | Rice | 6 | 55 | 60 | 11 | 126 | 21.0 |
| 49 | Washington State | 5 | 41 | 59 | 9 | 109 | 21.8 |
| 50 | Georgia State | 6 | 83 | 58 | 12 | 153 | 25.5 |
| 50 | West Virginia | 5 | 47 | 58 | 17 | 122 | 24.4 |
| 50 | Kansas State | 6 | 64 | 58 | 11 | 133 | 22.2 |
| 50 | Temple | 5 | 24 | 58 | 7 | 89 | 17.8 |
| 54 | Tennessee | 5 | 63 | 56 | 17 | 136 | 27.2 |
| 54 | Troy | 6 | 55 | 56 | 10 | 121 | 20.2 |
| 56 | Baylor | 5 | 58 | 55 | 12 | 125 | 25.0 |
| 56 | Boise State | 6 | 59 | 55 | 8 | 122 | 20.3 |
| 58 | Arizona | 3 | 27 | 54 | 5 | 86 | 28.7 |
| 58 | Utah | 5 | 74 | 54 | 12 | 140 | 28.0 |
| 58 | Wake Forest | 4 | 35 | 54 | 9 | 98 | 24.5 |
| 58 | Ohio State | 5 | 48 | 54 | 11 | 113 | 22.6 |
| 58 | Liberty | 5 | 44 | 54 | 13 | 111 | 22.2 |
| 63 | Kent State | 5 | 57 | 53 | 8 | 118 | 23.6 |
| 63 | Iowa State | 4 | 24 | 53 | 6 | 83 | 20.8 |
| 63 | Southern Miss | 7 | 59 | 53 | 13 | 125 | 17.9 |
| 66 | UCF | 5 | 62 | 52 | 10 | 124 | 24.8 |
| 66 | UAB | 7 | 95 | 52 | 16 | 163 | 23.3 |
| 66 | Florida Atlantic | 5 | 48 | 52 | 16 | 116 | 23.2 |
| 66 | Utah State | 5 | 45 | 52 | 15 | 112 | 22.4 |
| 66 | Marshall | 7 | 85 | 52 | 13 | 150 | 21.4 |
| 66 | Louisiana | 5 | 47 | 52 | 4 | 103 | 20.6 |
| 66 | Western Michigan | 6 | 52 | 52 | 15 | 119 | 19.8 |
| 66 | New Mexico State | 8 | 61 | 52 | 18 | 131 | 16.4 |
| 74 | Oregon State | 5 | 62 | 51 | 10 | 123 | 24.6 |
| 75 | Michigan State | 4 | 42 | 50 | 14 | 106 | 26.5 |
| 76 | Illinois | 5 | 50 | 49 | 8 | 107 | 21.4 |
| 76 | San Diego State | 5 | 36 | 49 | 5 | 90 | 18.0 |
| 76 | Arkansas State | 5 | 26 | 49 | 7 | 82 | 16.4 |
| 79 | Oregon | 4 | 49 | 48 | 7 | 104 | 26.0 |
| 79 | California | 4 | 27 | 48 | 15 | 90 | 22.5 |
| 79 | Kentucky | 5 | 27 | 48 | 11 | 86 | 17.2 |
| 82 | Arizona State | 3 | 24 | 47 | 8 | 79 | 26.3 |
| 82 | Purdue | 4 | 42 | 47 | 7 | 96 | 24.0 |
| 82 | SMU | 4 | 39 | 47 | 7 | 93 | 23.3 |
| 82 | Miami (OH) | 7 | 61 | 47 | 13 | 121 | 17.3 |
| 86 | Hawaii | 5 | 43 | 46 | 9 | 98 | 19.6 |
| 86 | South Carolina | 6 | 47 | 46 | 9 | 102 | 17.0 |
| 88 | LSU | 4 | 46 | 45 | 10 | 101 | 25.3 |
| 88 | Appalachian State | 5 | 60 | 45 | 12 | 117 | 23.4 |
| 90 | Tulsa | 4 | 32 | 44 | 8 | 84 | 21.0 |
| 90 | Bowling Green | 5 | 42 | 44 | 8 | 94 | 18.8 |
| 92 | BYU | 4 | 46 | 43 | 9 | 98 | 24.5 |
| 92 | Virginia Tech | 5 | 29 | 43 | 14 | 86 | 17.2 |
| 94 | Ole Miss | 5 | 85 | 42 | 8 | 135 | 27.0 |
| 94 | Syracuse | 3 | 25 | 42 | 6 | 73 | 24.3 |
| 94 | Clemson | 4 | 43 | 42 | 8 | 93 | 23.3 |
| 97 | Notre Dame | 5 | 49 | 40 | 4 | 93 | 18.6 |
| 97 | Louisiana-Monroe | 5 | 40 | 40 | 13 | 93 | 18.6 |
| 97 | Central Michigan | 5 | 41 | 40 | 11 | 92 | 18.4 |
| 100 | Arkansas | 4 | 54 | 39 | 5 | 98 | 24.5 |
| 100 | Miami (FL) | 4 | 39 | 39 | 10 | 88 | 22.0 |
| 100 | Kansas | 4 | 22 | 39 | 6 | 67 | 16.8 |
| 103 | Missouri | 4 | 40 | 38 | 5 | 83 | 20.8 |
| 103 | Nevada | 4 | 30 | 38 | 5 | 73 | 18.3 |
| 103 | Iowa | 5 | 38 | 38 | 8 | 84 | 16.8 |
| 106 | Minnesota | 5 | 79 | 37 | 6 | 122 | 24.4 |
| 107 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 39 | 36 | 8 | 83 | 20.8 |
| 107 | Florida | 4 | 35 | 36 | 7 | 78 | 19.5 |
| 107 | Connecticut | 6 | 62 | 36 | 8 | 106 | 17.7 |
| 107 | Texas A&M | 5 | 31 | 36 | 9 | 76 | 15.2 |
| 111 | Louisville | 3 | 33 | 35 | 7 | 75 | 25.0 |
| 112 | Stanford | 2 | 12 | 34 | 4 | 50 | 25.0 |
| 112 | Rutgers | 5 | 47 | 34 | 4 | 85 | 17.0 |
| 112 | Massachusetts | 5 | 35 | 34 | 9 | 78 | 15.6 |
| 115 | NC State | 3 | 30 | 33 | 8 | 71 | 23.7 |
| 116 | Wyoming | 5 | 56 | 31 | 3 | 90 | 18.0 |
| 117 | Boston College | 3 | 16 | 29 | 3 | 48 | 16.0 |
| 118 | Tulane | 3 | 41 | 28 | 5 | 74 | 24.7 |
| 118 | Wisconsin | 3 | 33 | 28 | 4 | 65 | 21.7 |
| 118 | Colorado State | 4 | 27 | 28 | 4 | 59 | 14.8 |
| 121 | Northwestern | 2 | 17 | 25 | 0 | 42 | 21.0 |
| 121 | Georgia Tech | 3 | 23 | 25 | 10 | 58 | 19.3 |
| 121 | Virginia | 3 | 25 | 25 | 7 | 57 | 19.0 |
| 121 | Colorado | 3 | 25 | 25 | 6 | 56 | 18.7 |
| 125 | USF | 3 | 41 | 24 | 2 | 67 | 22.3 |
| 126 | Air Force | 9 | 174 | 21 | 5 | 200 | 22.2 |
| 126 | Indiana | 3 | 17 | 21 | 5 | 43 | 14.3 |
| 128 | New Mexico | 4 | 38 | 13 | 10 | 61 | 15.3 |
| 129 | Auburn | 2 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 33 | 16.5 |
| 130 | Army | 5 | 80 | 5 | 7 | 92 | 18.4 |
| 131 | Navy | 3 | 42 | 2 | 3 | 47 | 15.7 |