2022 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. FBS Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 01/09/2023

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Utah 12 151 131 30 312 26.0
2 Michigan 11 138 96 18 252 22.9
3 Mississippi 10 136 99 16 251 25.1
4 Oklahoma 11 134 120 13 267 24.3
5 Oregon 11 131 133 16 280 25.5
6 Georgia 13 129 172 16 317 24.4
7 UCLA 10 124 119 11 254 25.4
7 TCU 13 124 123 21 268 20.6
7 Minnesota 11 124 81 11 216 19.6
10 Arkansas 9 122 75 13 210 23.3
11 Oregon State 10 117 86 17 220 22.0
12 Texas Tech 11 116 143 22 281 25.5
13 Pittsburgh 11 114 105 12 231 21.0
14 Clemson 11 112 115 25 252 22.9
15 Florida State 11 110 127 22 259 23.5
15 Kansas State 12 110 122 15 247 20.6
17 Texas 11 106 124 25 255 23.2
18 LSU 11 102 135 28 265 24.1
19 Notre Dame 9 100 82 15 197 21.9
20 Duke 10 98 94 23 215 21.5
20 Illinois 11 98 110 20 228 20.7
22 USC 10 97 135 19 251 25.1
22 Florida 11 97 113 13 223 20.3
24 Baylor 9 96 101 13 210 23.3
25 West Virginia 11 95 117 35 247 22.5
26 Tennessee 10 93 118 32 243 24.3
27 Washington 11 91 186 16 293 26.6
28 Auburn 9 89 63 7 159 17.7
29 Purdue 12 86 159 29 274 22.8
29 Penn State 11 86 125 19 230 20.9
29 Wisconsin 11 86 87 18 191 17.4
32 Wake Forest 10 85 153 26 264 26.4
32 North Carolina 10 85 144 17 246 24.6
32 Ohio State 10 85 128 18 231 23.1
35 Alabama 10 84 126 20 230 23.0
36 Oklahoma State 11 83 129 23 235 21.4
37 Colorado 11 81 83 17 181 16.5
38 Northwestern 10 80 90 17 187 18.7
39 Arizona 10 79 144 19 242 24.2
40 Kansas 11 78 130 13 221 20.1
41 Texas A&M 9 74 86 26 186 20.7
41 Maryland 10 74 112 19 205 20.5
41 Kentucky 10 74 74 17 165 16.5
44 Louisville 9 73 83 14 170 18.9
45 Syracuse 10 72 101 21 194 19.4
46 Georgia Tech 10 70 88 17 175 17.5
47 Arizona State 10 69 125 17 211 21.1
48 Missouri 10 68 87 15 170 17.0
49 Washington State 10 65 117 21 203 20.3
49 Miami (Florida) 9 65 90 19 174 19.3
51 Stanford 9 64 100 24 188 20.9
51 Vanderbilt 9 64 62 18 144 16.0
53 North Carolina State 10 63 96 27 186 18.6
54 Iowa 11 59 85 11 155 14.1
55 Iowa State 10 58 124 15 197 19.7
55 Michigan State 10 58 111 20 189 18.9
55 South Carolina 9 58 86 15 159 17.7
58 Mississippi State 10 56 133 21 210 21.0
58 Indiana 9 56 77 22 155 17.2
58 Rutgers 10 56 69 8 133 13.3
61 Nebraska 10 52 86 19 157 15.7
62 Virginia 8 51 67 18 136 17.0
63 California 9 47 103 14 164 18.2
63 Boston College 9 47 93 12 152 16.9
65 Virginia Tech 8 42 63 20 125 15.6
66 BYU 4 40 46 13 99 24.8
66 Air Force 2 40 4 1 45 22.5
68 UCF 3 35 20 8 63 21.0
69 Fresno State 3 28 38 8 74 24.7
70 Kent State 3 25 25 3 53 17.7
71 Appalachian State 2 24 23 11 58 29.0
72 Liberty 3 23 31 5 59 19.7
73 South Florida 2 22 12 0 34 17.0
74 Georgia State 2 21 10 6 37 18.5
74 Connecticut 4 21 13 3 37 9.3
76 Western Kentucky 2 18 27 4 49 24.5
76 Tulane 2 18 14 2 34 17.0
78 Eastern Michigan 1 17 8 0 25 25.0
78 New Mexico State 3 17 16 3 36 12.0
80 Houston 2 16 23 3 42 21.0
81 Cincinnati 3 15 32 3 50 16.7
81 Miami (Ohio) 2 15 11 4 30 15.0
83 Tulsa 1 14 9 3 26 26.0
83 Army 1 14 5 0 19 19.0
83 Hawai'i 2 14 17 2 33 16.5
86 SMU 2 13 35 9 57 28.5
86 Central Michigan 2 13 34 4 51 25.5
86 Charlotte 2 13 25 7 45 22.5
86 Northern Illinois 2 13 14 4 31 15.5
86 San Diego State 2 13 7 3 23 11.5
91 Old Dominion 2 11 18 5 34 17.0
92 UTSA 1 10 15 4 29 29.0
92 Florida Atlantic 1 10 8 3 21 21.0
92 Louisiana-Lafayette 1 10 7 1 18 18.0
92 Western Michigan 2 10 16 3 29 14.5
92 Temple 2 10 13 2 25 12.5
97 Georgia Southern 1 9 21 4 34 34.0
97 Akron 2 9 23 5 37 18.5
97 Buffalo 1 9 6 3 18 18.0
97 Colorado State 2 9 18 1 28 14.0
97 Ohio 2 9 17 2 28 14.0
97 Louisiana-Monroe 2 9 13 1 23 11.5
97 Wyoming 1 9 0 1 10 10.0
104 Troy 1 8 12 0 20 20.0
104 Bowling Green 2 8 12 2 22 11.0
106 South Alabama 1 7 13 2 22 22.0
106 UNLV 1 7 9 1 17 17.0
106 Boise State 1 7 8 2 17 17.0
106 Texas State 1 7 8 2 17 17.0
106 Massachusetts 1 7 2 1 10 10.0
111 Middle Tennessee 1 6 8 0 14 14.0
111 Rice 1 6 7 1 14 14.0
111 Toledo 1 6 7 0 13 13.0
111 Memphis 1 6 5 2 13 13.0
115 Ball State 1 5 12 0 17 17.0
115 Louisiana Tech 2 5 23 5 33 16.5
115 Nevada 1 5 4 1 10 10.0
115 James Madison 1 5 3 1 9 9.0
119 UTEP 1 4 19 3 26 26.0
119 San Jose State 1 4 15 2 21 21.0
119 East Carolina 1 4 12 2 18 18.0
119 Arkansas State 1 4 9 2 15 15.0
119 Utah State 1 4 3 0 7 7.0
124 UAB 1 3 8 1 12 12.0
125 Southern Mississippi 1 2 9 1 12 12.0
126 New Mexico 1 0 2 0 2 2.0