2022 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. FCS (I-AA) Teams Only through 01/09/2023
| Name | G | Rush | Pass | Penalty | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marshall | 2 | 32 | 22 | 0 | 54 | 27.0 |
| 2 | Appalachian State | 2 | 28 | 21 | 1 | 50 | 25.0 |
| 3 | New Mexico State | 2 | 15 | 22 | 5 | 42 | 21.0 |
| 4 | Oregon | 1 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 40 | 40.0 |
| 4 | Army | 2 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 20.0 |
| 6 | Arkansas State | 1 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 34 | 34.0 |
| 6 | Minnesota | 1 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 34 | 34.0 |
| 8 | Florida State | 1 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 33 | 33.0 |
| 8 | Rutgers | 1 | 22 | 11 | 0 | 33 | 33.0 |
| 8 | Fresno State | 1 | 11 | 21 | 1 | 33 | 33.0 |
| 11 | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 32 | 32.0 |
| 11 | West Virginia | 1 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 32 | 32.0 |
| 11 | North Texas | 1 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 32 | 32.0 |
| 11 | Washington | 1 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 32 | 32.0 |
| 11 | North Carolina State | 1 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 32 | 32.0 |
| 11 | Ohio | 1 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 32 | 32.0 |
| 17 | Miami (Florida) | 1 | 14 | 17 | 0 | 31 | 31.0 |
| 17 | Utah | 1 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 31 | 31.0 |
| 17 | Oregon State | 1 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 31 | 31.0 |
| 17 | Tulane | 1 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 31 | 31.0 |
| 17 | Nevada | 1 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 31 | 31.0 |
| 22 | BYU | 1 | 12 | 17 | 1 | 30 | 30.0 |
| 23 | UCF | 1 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 29 | 29.0 |
| 23 | Kent State | 1 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 29 | 29.0 |
| 23 | Central Michigan | 1 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 29 | 29.0 |
| 23 | North Carolina | 1 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 29 | 29.0 |
| 23 | Baylor | 1 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 29 | 29.0 |
| 23 | Virginia | 1 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 29 | 29.0 |
| 23 | Virginia Tech | 1 | 8 | 20 | 1 | 29 | 29.0 |
| 23 | Texas Tech | 1 | 7 | 21 | 1 | 29 | 29.0 |
| 23 | Tulsa | 1 | 7 | 20 | 2 | 29 | 29.0 |
| 32 | Memphis | 1 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 32 | Purdue | 1 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 32 | East Carolina | 1 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 32 | Texas State | 1 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 32 | UCLA | 1 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 32 | TCU | 1 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 38 | Connecticut | 1 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 38 | New Mexico | 1 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 38 | Alabama | 1 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 38 | Tennessee | 1 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 38 | Bowling Green | 1 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 38 | Florida International | 1 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 38 | Mississippi State | 1 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 45 | Nebraska | 1 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 45 | Rice | 1 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 45 | Ball State | 1 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 45 | Syracuse | 1 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 45 | Georgia Southern | 1 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 45 | Iowa State | 1 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 45 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 45 | Kentucky | 1 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 45 | Troy | 1 | 3 | 20 | 3 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 54 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 54 | James Madison | 1 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 54 | Louisiana Tech | 1 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 54 | Mississippi | 1 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 54 | Buffalo | 1 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 54 | UAB | 1 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 54 | Georgia | 1 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 61 | Arizona State | 1 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 61 | South Alabama | 1 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 61 | California | 1 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 61 | Cincinnati | 1 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 61 | Northwestern | 1 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 61 | Wake Forest | 1 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 67 | Air Force | 1 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 67 | Louisiana-Monroe | 1 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 67 | LSU | 1 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 67 | Arizona | 1 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 67 | Middle Tennessee | 1 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 67 | UNLV | 1 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 67 | Eastern Michigan | 1 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 67 | Texas A&M | 1 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 67 | SMU | 1 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 76 | Auburn | 1 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 76 | Arkansas | 1 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 76 | Clemson | 1 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 76 | Charlotte | 1 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 76 | Boston College | 1 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 81 | Toledo | 1 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 81 | Kansas | 1 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 81 | Indiana | 1 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 81 | Miami (Ohio) | 1 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 81 | South Carolina | 1 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 81 | Southern Mississippi | 1 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 81 | Illinois | 1 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 81 | UTSA | 1 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 89 | Duke | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 89 | Washington State | 1 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 89 | Boise State | 1 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 89 | Florida | 1 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 89 | South Florida | 1 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 89 | Coastal Carolina | 1 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 89 | Stanford | 1 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 96 | Kansas State | 1 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 96 | San Diego State | 1 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 96 | Northern Illinois | 1 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 96 | Akron | 1 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 96 | Western Kentucky | 1 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 101 | Wyoming | 1 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 101 | Wisconsin | 1 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 101 | Temple | 1 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 101 | Utah State | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 101 | Missouri | 1 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 101 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 1 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 107 | Navy | 1 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 107 | Vanderbilt | 1 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 107 | San Jose State | 1 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 110 | Massachusetts | 1 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 110 | Georgia Tech | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 112 | Liberty | 1 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 113 | Hawai'i | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 114 | Western Michigan | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 115 | Iowa | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 115 | Colorado State | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |