2023 National Leaders First Downs - All Games through 01/08/2024

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Oregon 14 139 211 22 372 26.6
2 Georgia 14 148 193 22 363 25.9
3 LSU 13 128 182 26 336 25.8
4 Oklahoma 13 130 174 28 332 25.5
5 TCU 12 108 180 13 301 25.1
6 Liberty 14 207 114 27 348 24.9
7 North Texas 12 126 157 14 297 24.8
8 North Carolina 13 138 156 26 320 24.6
9 Texas State 13 141 149 22 312 24.0
10 SMU 14 135 165 34 334 23.9
11 Appalachian State 14 122 181 30 333 23.8
11 Kansas State 13 143 145 22 310 23.8
11 UAB 12 120 143 22 285 23.8
14 Mississippi 13 133 154 18 305 23.5
15 Clemson 13 134 148 22 304 23.4
16 Washington 15 97 218 34 349 23.3
16 New Mexico 12 122 123 34 279 23.3
18 Arizona 13 106 173 22 301 23.2
18 Georgia Southern 13 95 180 26 301 23.2
20 Texas 14 128 180 15 323 23.1
20 UCF 13 147 132 21 300 23.1
20 South Florida 13 138 134 28 300 23.1
23 Memphis 13 103 174 19 296 22.8
24 UTSA 13 133 146 16 295 22.7
25 South Alabama 13 124 154 16 294 22.6
25 USC 13 88 183 23 294 22.6
27 Penn State 13 136 134 22 292 22.5
27 Washington State 12 78 169 23 270 22.5
29 West Virginia 13 159 102 29 290 22.3
29 Georgia Tech 13 143 123 24 290 22.3
29 Cincinnati 12 138 118 11 267 22.3
32 Jacksonville State 13 164 102 23 289 22.2
32 Texas A&M 13 111 150 28 289 22.2
34 Texas Tech 13 130 135 21 286 22.0
34 Miami (Florida) 13 112 150 24 286 22.0
36 Tennessee 13 140 134 10 284 21.8
36 Missouri 13 123 140 21 284 21.8
36 Utah State 13 121 134 29 284 21.8
39 Florida 12 97 143 20 260 21.7
40 Oklahoma State 14 98 186 19 303 21.6
40 Boise State 14 151 130 21 302 21.6
42 Boston College 13 161 98 21 280 21.5
42 UCLA 13 130 133 17 280 21.5
42 Oregon State 13 122 143 14 279 21.5
42 Kansas 13 122 134 23 279 21.5
42 California 13 113 132 34 279 21.5
47 Troy 14 107 159 32 298 21.3
48 James Madison 13 93 165 18 276 21.2
48 Coastal Carolina 13 98 144 33 275 21.2
48 Ohio State 13 91 161 23 275 21.2
48 Fresno State 13 80 174 21 275 21.2
48 Colorado 12 70 153 31 254 21.2
53 Notre Dame 13 120 141 12 273 21.0
53 Maryland 13 93 156 24 273 21.0
53 Virginia 12 101 127 24 252 21.0
56 Louisville 14 128 141 23 292 20.9
56 Ohio 13 114 127 31 272 20.9
58 San Jose State 13 119 126 25 270 20.8
59 Colorado State 12 63 165 20 248 20.7
60 Temple 12 63 155 29 247 20.6
61 New Mexico State 15 148 138 22 308 20.5
61 UNLV 14 115 144 28 287 20.5
61 Louisiana-Lafayette 13 115 128 23 266 20.5
61 Purdue 12 107 118 21 246 20.5
65 Toledo 14 117 144 25 286 20.4
65 Illinois 12 77 148 20 245 20.4
67 Louisiana Tech 12 83 132 28 243 20.3
68 Western Kentucky 13 72 169 22 263 20.2
68 Southern Mississippi 12 112 100 30 242 20.2
70 Wisconsin 13 113 133 15 261 20.1
71 Alabama 14 138 124 18 280 20.0
71 Wake Forest 12 105 106 29 240 20.0
73 Michigan 15 121 159 18 298 19.9
74 Virginia Tech 13 131 109 18 258 19.8
74 Arkansas State 13 101 130 26 257 19.8
74 Baylor 12 87 139 12 238 19.8
74 Tulsa 12 106 116 15 237 19.8
74 Western Michigan 12 103 107 27 237 19.8
74 Indiana 12 89 122 26 237 19.8
80 Air Force 13 189 43 24 256 19.7
81 Florida State 14 96 151 27 274 19.6
81 Stanford 12 82 121 32 235 19.6
83 Georgia State 13 126 106 22 254 19.5
84 Hawai'i 13 70 154 27 251 19.3
84 Middle Tennessee 12 82 126 24 232 19.3
86 Houston 12 84 128 18 230 19.2
87 Rice 13 83 140 25 248 19.1
88 Central Michigan 12 110 90 27 227 18.9
89 Northern Illinois 13 106 114 25 245 18.8
89 Utah 13 132 93 19 244 18.8
89 Duke 13 98 117 29 244 18.8
89 Arizona State 12 90 110 25 225 18.8
93 Tulane 14 118 130 12 260 18.6
93 Wyoming 13 115 103 24 242 18.6
95 Auburn 13 131 88 22 241 18.5
95 North Carolina State 13 103 116 22 241 18.5
97 Marshall 13 81 127 30 238 18.3
97 UTEP 12 89 101 29 219 18.3
97 Sam Houston State 12 69 126 24 219 18.3
100 Minnesota 13 123 90 24 237 18.2
101 Ball State 12 112 84 21 217 18.1
101 South Carolina 12 62 139 16 217 18.1
103 Connecticut 12 97 100 19 216 18.0
103 Florida Atlantic 12 76 116 24 216 18.0
105 Syracuse 13 115 94 24 233 17.9
105 Massachusetts 12 92 101 22 215 17.9
107 Rutgers 13 126 84 17 227 17.5
108 Arkansas 12 95 97 16 208 17.3
108 Buffalo 12 89 101 18 208 17.3
110 San Diego State 12 97 97 12 206 17.2
111 Kentucky 13 74 122 25 221 17.0
111 Vanderbilt 12 69 108 27 204 17.0
113 Northwestern 13 84 116 20 220 16.9
113 Charlotte 12 88 92 23 203 16.9
115 BYU 12 70 113 18 201 16.8
116 Bowling Green 13 102 100 15 217 16.7
116 Nevada 12 86 84 30 200 16.7
116 Akron 12 85 97 18 200 16.7
119 Mississippi State 12 79 106 14 199 16.6
119 Michigan State 12 74 103 22 199 16.6
121 Old Dominion 13 102 95 18 215 16.5
121 Nebraska 12 114 66 18 198 16.5
123 Iowa State 13 68 132 12 212 16.3
123 Pittsburgh 12 73 101 21 195 16.3
125 Army 12 138 45 11 194 16.2
126 Eastern Michigan 13 91 89 26 206 15.8
126 Louisiana-Monroe 12 86 87 17 190 15.8
128 Miami (Ohio) 14 97 95 23 215 15.4
128 Florida International 12 64 109 12 185 15.4
130 East Carolina 12 77 91 13 181 15.1
131 Kent State 12 76 89 15 180 15.0
132 Navy 12 122 48 4 174 14.5
133 Iowa 14 83 75 23 181 12.9