2023 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games vs. FBS (I-A) Teams Only through 01/08/2024

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Utah 12 55 123 16 194 16.2
2 James Madison 12 62 134 15 211 17.6
3 Ohio 12 63 90 20 173 14.4
3 UCLA 12 63 121 25 209 17.4
5 Penn State 12 64 97 15 176 14.7
6 Nebraska 12 66 117 16 199 16.6
7 East Carolina 11 67 111 23 201 18.3
8 Air Force 12 69 100 13 182 15.2
9 Texas A&M 12 70 114 18 202 16.8
10 Texas 14 72 156 20 248 17.7
10 Ball State 11 72 109 23 204 18.5
12 Clemson 12 73 89 19 181 15.1
13 Jacksonville State 12 74 132 24 230 19.2
14 Louisville 13 75 118 21 214 16.5
15 Notre Dame 12 76 95 24 195 16.3
16 South Alabama 12 77 90 23 190 15.8
16 North Carolina State 12 77 118 16 211 17.6
18 Kansas State 12 78 118 16 212 17.7
19 Oregon 13 79 137 29 245 18.8
20 Tennessee 12 80 116 29 225 18.8
21 Miami (Florida) 12 81 110 24 215 17.9
21 Navy 11 81 105 17 203 18.5
23 Michigan 15 82 105 12 199 13.3
23 Florida 11 82 106 18 206 18.7
25 Ohio State 12 84 88 19 191 15.9
25 Army 10 84 85 10 179 17.9
25 Wake Forest 11 84 114 13 211 19.2
28 Purdue 12 86 125 28 239 19.9
29 Missouri 12 87 110 23 220 18.3
29 Arizona 12 87 128 23 238 19.8
29 Arizona State 11 87 136 17 240 21.8
32 Georgia 13 88 106 15 209 16.1
32 Akron 11 88 86 24 198 18.0
32 Washington State 11 88 115 21 224 20.4
32 Georgia State 12 88 138 24 250 20.8
32 Tulsa 11 88 133 14 235 21.4
37 SMU 13 89 116 18 223 17.2
37 Marshall 12 89 112 21 222 18.5
37 Connecticut 11 89 133 24 246 22.4
40 Alabama 13 91 107 19 217 16.7
40 Buffalo 11 91 88 9 188 17.1
40 Troy 13 91 122 18 231 17.8
40 Middle Tennessee 11 91 126 21 238 21.6
44 Tulane 13 92 137 18 247 19.0
44 Mississippi State 11 92 99 19 210 19.1
46 UTSA 13 93 133 20 246 18.9
46 Rice 12 93 125 23 241 20.1
48 Boise State 13 94 139 12 245 18.8
48 Kentucky 12 94 138 18 250 20.8
48 Vanderbilt 11 94 145 16 255 23.2
51 Oklahoma 13 95 141 24 260 20.0
51 Iowa State 12 95 123 23 241 20.1
51 Southern Mississippi 11 95 121 13 229 20.8
51 Baylor 11 95 128 8 231 21.0
55 Wisconsin 13 96 128 17 241 18.5
55 Wyoming 12 96 129 13 238 19.8
55 Charlotte 11 96 100 25 221 20.1
55 Oregon State 12 96 128 24 248 20.7
59 Iowa 14 97 117 16 230 16.4
59 Boston College 12 97 110 19 226 18.8
59 Arkansas 11 97 93 18 208 18.9
59 California 12 97 142 10 249 20.8
59 Georgia Southern 12 97 137 16 250 20.8
59 Memphis 12 97 141 19 257 21.4
59 TCU 11 97 115 26 238 21.6
66 Minnesota 13 98 126 16 240 18.5
66 Sam Houston State 11 98 106 10 214 19.5
66 Western Michigan 11 98 109 25 232 21.1
66 Old Dominion 12 98 149 27 274 22.8
70 Central Michigan 11 99 100 19 218 19.8
70 New Mexico 11 99 101 30 230 20.9
70 Nevada 11 99 115 21 235 21.4
73 Virginia Tech 13 100 98 22 220 16.9
73 Auburn 12 100 101 10 211 17.6
73 South Florida 12 100 126 24 250 20.8
73 Pittsburgh 11 100 105 28 233 21.2
77 Cincinnati 11 101 99 23 223 20.3
77 Kent State 11 101 106 20 227 20.6
77 Michigan State 11 101 116 26 243 22.1
80 UNLV 13 102 130 30 262 20.2
80 Mississippi 12 102 128 20 250 20.8
80 Maryland 12 102 121 29 252 21.0
80 Indiana 11 102 122 20 244 22.2
84 Texas State 12 103 126 35 264 22.0
85 Miami (Ohio) 13 104 114 23 241 18.5
85 Toledo 13 104 112 28 244 18.8
85 Texas Tech 12 104 124 21 249 20.8
85 Duke 12 104 132 14 250 20.8
85 Illinois 12 104 131 33 268 22.3
85 Florida Atlantic 11 104 127 15 246 22.4
85 North Carolina 12 104 142 25 271 22.6
92 Liberty 14 105 148 31 284 20.3
93 West Virginia 12 106 127 15 248 20.7
93 Kansas 12 106 126 25 257 21.4
93 South Carolina 11 106 116 17 239 21.7
93 BYU 11 106 122 16 244 22.2
97 Florida State 13 107 101 27 235 18.1
97 Northern Illinois 12 107 97 17 221 18.4
97 San Diego State 11 107 109 12 228 20.7
100 LSU 12 108 137 13 258 21.5
100 Colorado State 11 108 128 23 259 23.5
102 Fresno State 12 109 120 17 246 20.5
102 Florida International 11 109 123 14 246 22.4
104 Northwestern 12 110 98 13 221 18.4
104 Coastal Carolina 12 110 114 25 249 20.8
104 Virginia 11 110 114 20 244 22.2
107 Colorado 12 111 159 25 295 24.6
108 UTEP 11 112 81 18 211 19.2
109 Rutgers 12 113 97 23 233 19.4
109 Oklahoma State 13 113 134 14 261 20.1
109 Hawai'i 12 113 108 25 246 20.5
112 Louisiana-Monroe 11 114 144 23 281 25.5
113 Stanford 11 116 146 18 280 25.5
114 Bowling Green 12 117 91 18 226 18.8
114 San Jose State 12 117 115 12 244 20.3
114 Arkansas State 12 117 125 32 274 22.8
117 Eastern Michigan 12 119 120 29 268 22.3
117 Syracuse 12 119 125 27 271 22.6
117 Houston 12 119 143 12 274 22.8
120 UAB 11 120 127 23 270 24.5
121 Louisiana Tech 11 121 81 27 229 20.8
121 New Mexico State 14 121 149 28 298 21.3
121 Massachusetts 11 121 95 31 247 22.5
124 Western Kentucky 12 122 116 14 252 21.0
125 Temple 11 123 123 16 262 23.8
126 Washington 15 124 168 40 332 22.1
127 Appalachian State 13 126 114 19 259 19.9
128 USC 13 127 134 34 295 22.7
129 UCF 12 134 119 19 272 22.7
130 Louisiana-Lafayette 12 138 119 18 275 22.9
131 Georgia Tech 12 141 113 19 273 22.8
132 North Texas 11 142 108 11 261 23.7
133 Utah State 12 144 101 32 277 23.1