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

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 UTSA 12 121 176 15 312 26.0
2 Western Kentucky 11 89 169 18 276 25.1
3 Toledo 12 114 130 30 274 22.8
4 North Texas 13 115 142 16 273 21.0
5 Georgia Southern 11 81 156 29 266 24.2
6 Houston 11 78 171 15 264 24.0
7 Coastal Carolina 12 109 125 29 263 21.9
8 Memphis 11 94 139 19 252 22.9
9 SMU 10 102 126 23 251 25.1
10 UCF 10 112 124 12 248 24.8
10 East Carolina 11 86 138 24 248 22.5
12 South Alabama 11 90 141 15 246 22.4
13 Buffalo 11 100 123 21 244 22.2
14 UAB 11 130 88 24 242 22.0
15 Tulane 11 116 107 15 238 21.6
16 Boise State 12 126 103 8 237 19.8
17 Utah State 11 103 106 25 234 21.3
18 Ohio 11 89 132 10 231 21.0
19 Georgia State 10 117 95 17 229 22.9
19 Eastern Michigan 11 94 108 27 229 20.8
21 UTEP 11 108 100 18 226 20.5
21 Middle Tennessee 11 59 133 34 226 20.5
21 Troy 12 90 111 25 226 18.8
24 Rice 11 90 112 20 222 20.2
25 Louisiana-Lafayette 11 98 106 15 219 19.9
26 Akron 9 63 132 23 218 24.2
26 Marshall 11 120 79 19 218 19.8
28 James Madison 9 96 111 8 215 23.9
29 Ball State 10 78 110 25 213 21.3
30 Florida Atlantic 10 81 106 24 211 21.1
31 San Jose State 10 61 119 25 205 20.5
32 Fresno State 10 71 116 15 202 20.2
32 Tulsa 10 70 107 25 202 20.2
34 Southern Mississippi 11 90 89 21 200 18.2
35 Hawai'i 10 84 98 16 198 19.8
36 Air Force 10 163 26 8 197 19.7
37 Navy 11 148 31 15 194 17.6
38 Liberty 9 86 90 17 193 21.4
39 Kent State 8 97 85 10 192 24.0
40 Charlotte 9 59 111 18 188 20.9
41 Florida International 11 66 109 12 187 17.0
42 South Florida 9 85 82 13 180 20.0
42 Wyoming 11 94 73 13 180 16.4
44 Temple 9 29 133 16 178 19.8
45 Bowling Green 10 65 98 14 177 17.7
46 Northern Illinois 9 86 79 10 175 19.4
46 Louisiana Tech 9 65 90 20 175 19.4
48 UNLV 10 73 85 14 172 17.2
49 Miami (Ohio) 10 76 74 21 171 17.1
50 Cincinnati 9 62 99 7 168 18.7
51 Appalachian State 8 73 81 13 167 20.9
51 Louisiana-Monroe 9 67 77 23 167 18.6
51 Texas State 10 59 89 19 167 16.7
54 Nevada 10 68 80 16 164 16.4
54 San Diego State 10 63 93 8 164 16.4
56 Central Michigan 9 67 71 23 161 17.9
57 Western Michigan 9 68 69 22 159 17.7
58 Old Dominion 10 44 102 12 158 15.8
59 Arkansas State 10 44 102 11 157 15.7
60 BYU 8 70 76 10 156 19.5
61 Army 9 121 22 10 153 17.0
62 Massachusetts 10 77 55 18 150 15.0
63 Connecticut 8 82 46 18 146 18.3
64 New Mexico State 8 63 53 23 139 17.4
65 Colorado State 9 53 71 13 137 15.2
66 New Mexico 10 74 39 18 131 13.1
67 USC 4 41 60 7 108 27.0
68 Louisville 4 43 42 9 94 23.5
69 Notre Dame 4 39 41 4 84 21.0
70 Arkansas 3 35 40 4 79 26.3
71 Ohio State 3 28 43 7 78 26.0
72 Michigan 3 39 34 1 74 24.7
73 North Carolina 3 26 34 10 70 23.3
74 South Carolina 3 28 32 7 67 22.3
75 Tennessee 2 28 25 7 60 30.0
76 LSU 2 26 29 4 59 29.5
76 Mississippi State 2 9 45 5 59 29.5
78 Maryland 3 19 38 1 58 19.3
79 Baylor 3 25 24 7 56 18.7
80 Indiana 2 15 31 9 55 27.5
81 Missouri 2 26 24 3 53 26.5
81 Alabama 2 24 24 5 53 26.5
83 Mississippi 2 28 18 6 52 26.0
83 UCLA 2 23 26 3 52 26.0
83 Michigan State 2 22 22 8 52 26.0
86 Miami (Florida) 2 21 23 6 50 25.0
87 Vanderbilt 2 24 22 3 49 24.5
88 Penn State 2 17 28 3 48 24.0
89 North Carolina State 2 20 25 2 47 23.5
89 Duke 2 20 23 4 47 23.5
91 Clemson 2 22 19 5 46 23.0
92 Syracuse 2 17 24 3 44 22.0
93 Oklahoma 2 21 18 4 43 21.5
93 Texas 2 18 23 2 43 21.5
93 California 2 12 21 10 43 21.5
96 Wake Forest 2 15 23 4 42 21.0
97 Stanford 2 10 31 0 41 20.5
98 Oregon State 2 18 18 4 40 20.0
99 Virginia Tech 2 21 16 1 38 19.0
99 Kentucky 2 9 25 4 38 19.0
101 Auburn 2 20 15 1 36 18.0
102 Texas Tech 1 13 17 5 35 35.0
103 Washington State 2 11 21 2 34 17.0
104 Nebraska 1 17 16 0 33 33.0
105 Minnesota 1 22 9 0 31 31.0
106 Georgia 1 13 14 2 29 29.0
106 Washington 1 8 19 2 29 29.0
108 Oklahoma State 1 9 17 2 28 28.0
108 Boston College 2 12 15 1 28 14.0
110 Illinois 1 13 11 2 26 26.0
110 Virginia 1 12 11 3 26 26.0
112 Kansas 1 14 7 4 25 25.0
112 Arizona 1 9 15 1 25 25.0
112 Wisconsin 1 9 13 3 25 25.0
112 Texas A&M 2 13 10 2 25 12.5
116 Oregon 1 13 9 2 24 24.0
117 Pittsburgh 1 15 7 1 23 23.0
117 Florida State 1 11 9 3 23 23.0
119 Utah 1 11 10 1 22 22.0
119 Georgia Tech 1 8 13 1 22 22.0
119 Iowa State 1 5 17 0 22 22.0
122 TCU 1 9 11 1 21 21.0
122 Purdue 1 9 8 4 21 21.0
124 Arizona State 1 6 10 2 18 18.0
125 Florida 1 10 3 4 17 17.0
125 Northwestern 1 6 11 0 17 17.0
127 Kansas State 1 8 7 0 15 15.0
127 Iowa 1 7 6 2 15 15.0
129 Rutgers 1 8 3 1 12 12.0
130 Colorado 1 5 2 1 8 8.0