2022 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/09/2023

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Middle Tennessee 13 74 152 37 263 20.2
2 Georgia Southern 13 100 191 35 326 25.1
3 Toledo 13 125 138 32 295 22.7
4 New Mexico State 13 95 91 31 217 16.7
5 Florida Atlantic 12 108 126 30 264 22.0
5 Eastern Michigan 13 119 128 30 277 21.3
5 San Jose State 11 64 132 30 226 20.5
8 SMU 11 105 139 29 273 24.8
8 Tulsa 11 82 130 29 241 21.9
8 Coastal Carolina 12 106 121 29 256 21.3
11 Purdue 11 91 135 28 254 23.1
11 Utah State 12 111 113 28 252 21.0
11 Indiana 9 64 96 28 188 20.9
11 Troy 14 101 143 28 272 19.4
15 Louisiana Tech 11 82 110 27 219 19.9
16 UAB 12 140 101 26 267 22.3
16 Duke 12 121 117 26 264 22.0
16 Ball State 11 91 122 26 239 21.7
16 Central Michigan 11 89 106 26 221 20.1
16 Miami (Ohio) 13 100 96 26 222 17.1
21 Appalachian State 11 115 111 25 251 22.8
21 East Carolina 12 95 150 25 270 22.5
21 North Carolina State 11 85 116 25 226 20.5
21 Western Michigan 11 80 85 25 190 17.3
25 West Virginia 8 78 86 24 188 23.5
25 Buffalo 13 120 143 24 287 22.1
25 Charlotte 11 77 133 24 234 21.3
28 Wake Forest 11 88 163 23 274 24.9
28 Florida State 11 125 117 23 265 24.1
28 Baylor 10 107 105 23 235 23.5
28 Akron 11 75 153 23 251 22.8
28 Liberty 13 112 131 23 266 20.5
28 Virginia 9 69 85 23 177 19.7
28 Southern Mississippi 11 92 91 23 206 18.7
35 Mississippi State 10 55 166 22 243 24.3
35 Clemson 10 105 103 22 230 23.0
35 BYU 11 107 122 22 251 22.8
35 North Texas 14 131 152 22 305 21.8
35 Texas State 11 74 103 22 199 18.1
40 Texas Tech 10 107 140 21 268 26.8
40 Western Kentucky 13 105 190 21 316 24.3
40 UTEP 12 112 119 21 252 21.0
40 Rice 12 104 123 21 248 20.7
44 Tennessee 7 85 77 20 182 26.0
44 Miami (Florida) 9 84 113 20 217 24.1
44 Georgia State 11 131 101 20 252 22.9
44 Penn State 10 89 120 20 229 22.9
44 Michigan State 8 66 92 20 178 22.3
44 Illinois 11 103 113 20 236 21.5
44 Nebraska 11 81 107 20 208 18.9
44 Wisconsin 12 96 107 20 223 18.6
52 Utah 8 108 85 19 212 26.5
52 Ohio State 9 87 113 19 219 24.3
52 Memphis 11 99 139 19 257 23.4
52 Louisville 10 94 97 19 210 21.0
52 Louisiana-Monroe 9 71 81 19 171 19.0
52 Temple 12 47 155 19 221 18.4
52 Nevada 11 79 91 19 189 17.2
52 New Mexico 10 86 45 19 150 15.0
52 Massachusetts 11 81 61 19 161 14.6
61 LSU 9 109 106 18 233 25.9
61 USC 7 69 93 18 180 25.7
61 Tulane 12 128 123 18 269 22.4
61 Oklahoma State 10 81 125 18 224 22.4
61 Fresno State 12 94 150 18 262 21.8
61 Northwestern 10 79 102 18 199 19.9
61 Bowling Green 11 73 113 18 204 18.5
61 South Carolina 9 69 74 18 161 17.9
61 Virginia Tech 10 64 89 18 171 17.1
70 North Carolina 10 93 145 17 255 25.5
70 Houston 12 85 182 17 284 23.7
70 Hawai'i 11 89 104 17 210 19.1
70 Florida International 12 72 125 17 214 17.8
70 Old Dominion 12 55 120 17 192 16.0
75 Alabama 8 86 97 16 199 24.9
75 Marshall 11 129 91 16 236 21.5
75 South Florida 11 108 96 16 220 20.0
75 Northern Illinois 12 106 103 16 225 18.8
75 Texas A&M 8 53 72 16 141 17.6
80 Oregon 8 101 102 15 218 27.3
80 Mississippi 9 140 83 15 238 26.4
80 UTSA 12 120 178 15 313 26.1
80 UCF 12 141 133 15 289 24.1
80 Syracuse 9 83 115 15 213 23.7
80 South Alabama 11 99 141 15 255 23.2
80 California 6 40 72 15 127 21.2
80 Kansas 10 82 113 15 210 21.0
80 Georgia Tech 8 62 74 15 151 18.9
80 Arkansas State 10 60 103 15 178 17.8
80 Kentucky 9 54 87 15 156 17.3
80 Connecticut 11 112 57 15 184 16.7
92 Washington 9 86 158 14 258 28.7
92 Oklahoma 9 105 105 14 224 24.9
92 TCU 10 95 116 14 225 22.5
92 Minnesota 12 152 99 14 265 22.1
92 Notre Dame 9 99 83 14 196 21.8
92 Arizona State 7 57 81 14 152 21.7
92 Iowa State 9 56 123 14 193 21.4
92 Louisiana-Lafayette 11 88 114 14 216 19.6
92 Vanderbilt 8 66 70 14 150 18.8
92 Navy 11 149 30 14 193 17.5
92 Colorado State 11 60 87 14 161 14.6
103 Arkansas 9 111 99 13 223 24.8
103 Texas 9 107 98 13 218 24.2
103 Kent State 10 126 102 13 241 24.1
103 Ohio 13 104 158 13 275 21.2
103 Kansas State 9 96 79 13 188 20.9
103 Maryland 10 72 122 13 207 20.7
103 UNLV 10 72 95 13 180 18.0
103 Boston College 9 51 98 13 162 18.0
111 UCLA 8 113 89 12 214 26.8
111 Oregon State 8 94 86 12 192 24.0
111 Washington State 7 53 74 12 139 19.9
111 Wyoming 12 109 75 12 196 16.3
115 Pittsburgh 11 125 95 11 231 21.0
115 Boise State 11 112 97 11 220 20.0
115 Iowa 11 64 81 11 156 14.2
118 Georgia 8 84 101 10 195 24.4
118 James Madison 11 117 122 10 249 22.6
118 Cincinnati 12 74 139 10 223 18.6
121 Arizona 6 50 94 9 153 25.5
121 Michigan 11 144 104 9 257 23.4
121 Stanford 5 27 73 9 109 21.8
121 Air Force 13 224 32 9 265 20.4
121 Missouri 9 76 92 9 177 19.7
121 Army 11 159 24 9 192 17.5
127 Florida 6 46 56 8 110 18.3
127 San Diego State 11 77 90 8 175 15.9
129 Rutgers 9 78 67 7 152 16.9
129 Colorado 5 40 31 7 78 15.6
131 Auburn 7 74 51 4 129 18.4