2023 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. Conference Teams Only through 01/08/2024

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Oregon 10 97 147 16 260 26.0
2 Liberty 9 152 72 18 242 26.9
3 Texas 10 99 133 8 240 24.0
4 TCU 9 75 140 12 227 25.2
5 Washington 10 72 132 21 225 22.5
6 Oklahoma 9 89 115 20 224 24.9
7 Georgia 9 89 123 11 223 24.8
8 Kansas State 9 103 100 18 221 24.6
9 Oklahoma State 10 69 136 15 220 22.0
10 SMU 9 93 107 17 217 24.1
11 West Virginia 9 116 73 24 213 23.7
12 Arizona 9 75 122 15 212 23.6
13 Appalachian State 9 69 119 20 208 23.1
14 Texas State 8 96 95 15 206 25.8
15 LSU 8 78 109 17 204 25.5
16 North Texas 8 77 115 11 203 25.4
16 Michigan 10 84 106 13 203 20.3
18 North Carolina 8 82 99 19 200 25.0
18 Troy 9 66 110 24 200 22.2
20 Oregon State 9 87 100 12 199 22.1
20 USC 9 62 121 16 199 22.1
22 Boise State 9 107 79 12 198 22.0
23 Ohio State 9 68 113 16 197 21.9
24 UTSA 8 87 94 14 195 24.4
24 UCF 9 94 85 16 195 21.7
26 UCLA 9 84 97 13 194 21.6
27 New Mexico State 9 91 90 12 193 21.4
27 California 9 74 91 28 193 21.4
29 New Mexico 8 88 83 21 192 24.0
30 South Florida 8 79 93 19 191 23.9
31 UAB 8 84 87 19 190 23.8
31 Washington State 9 52 120 18 190 21.1
33 South Alabama 8 71 107 9 187 23.4
33 Memphis 8 58 113 16 187 23.4
33 Cincinnati 9 103 77 7 187 20.8
36 Clemson 8 74 95 16 185 23.1
36 UNLV 9 77 95 13 185 20.6
38 Texas Tech 9 89 82 12 183 20.3
38 Alabama 9 82 91 10 183 20.3
40 Utah State 8 82 80 20 182 22.8
40 Penn State 9 83 86 13 182 20.2
42 Georgia Southern 8 56 107 18 181 22.6
42 Louisville 9 68 96 17 181 20.1
44 Maryland 9 52 112 16 180 20.0
45 Mississippi 8 86 80 13 179 22.4
45 Missouri 8 72 94 13 179 22.4
45 Kansas 9 83 82 14 179 19.9
45 Illinois 9 52 111 16 179 19.9
49 Arizona State 9 69 88 20 177 19.7
49 Colorado 9 55 102 20 177 19.7
51 Florida 8 62 99 15 176 22.0
51 Purdue 9 86 78 12 176 19.6
51 Toledo 9 72 90 14 176 19.6
51 Baylor 9 60 108 8 176 19.6
55 Utah 9 90 69 16 175 19.4
56 Southern Mississippi 8 88 65 21 174 21.8
56 James Madison 8 61 105 8 174 21.8
56 Wisconsin 9 77 84 13 174 19.3
59 Florida State 9 59 99 15 173 19.2
59 Stanford 9 59 91 23 173 19.2
61 Virginia 8 66 90 16 172 21.5
61 Coastal Carolina 8 66 85 21 172 21.5
61 Louisiana Tech 8 56 99 17 172 21.5
61 Tulane 9 80 85 7 172 19.1
65 Louisiana-Lafayette 8 72 85 14 171 21.4
65 Indiana 9 72 80 19 171 19.0
67 Ohio 8 70 79 21 170 21.3
68 Air Force 8 127 28 13 168 21.0
68 Boston College 8 89 68 11 168 21.0
68 Sam Houston State 8 48 104 16 168 21.0
71 Temple 8 41 108 18 167 20.9
72 Jacksonville State 8 92 62 12 166 20.8
72 Georgia Tech 8 83 68 15 166 20.8
72 Tennessee 8 76 84 6 166 20.8
75 Miami (Florida) 8 59 92 14 165 20.6
76 Western Michigan 8 69 73 22 164 20.5
77 San Jose State 8 81 74 8 163 20.4
77 Texas A&M 8 71 79 13 163 20.4
77 Colorado State 8 52 96 15 163 20.4
80 Virginia Tech 8 89 63 10 162 20.3
81 Middle Tennessee 8 55 83 19 157 19.6
81 Hawai'i 8 46 98 13 157 19.6
81 Houston 9 57 89 11 157 17.4
84 Central Michigan 8 76 67 13 156 19.5
85 Tulsa 8 64 82 9 155 19.4
85 Western Kentucky 8 43 103 9 155 19.4
87 Arkansas State 8 63 77 14 154 19.3
87 BYU 9 59 81 14 154 17.1
89 Wyoming 8 69 69 14 152 19.0
90 Georgia State 8 78 58 15 151 18.9
90 Fresno State 8 47 95 9 151 18.9
90 Iowa State 9 51 91 9 151 16.8
93 Ball State 8 86 49 15 150 18.8
94 Northern Illinois 8 67 68 14 149 18.6
94 Wake Forest 8 63 63 23 149 18.6
94 Rice 8 52 86 11 149 18.6
97 Rutgers 9 75 62 11 148 16.4
98 Eastern Michigan 8 64 64 19 147 18.4
99 Minnesota 9 64 67 14 145 16.1
100 Auburn 8 84 48 12 144 18.0
100 Northwestern 9 51 80 13 144 16.0
102 Michigan State 9 56 71 16 143 15.9
103 UTEP 8 57 67 18 142 17.8
104 Florida Atlantic 8 54 74 13 141 17.6
104 Marshall 8 51 74 16 141 17.6
106 Charlotte 8 62 61 17 140 17.5
106 Nevada 8 62 57 21 140 17.5
106 South Carolina 8 45 85 10 140 17.5
106 Nebraska 9 78 47 15 140 15.6
110 North Carolina State 8 58 68 13 139 17.4
111 Old Dominion 8 64 63 11 138 17.3
111 Kentucky 8 47 72 19 138 17.3
113 San Diego State 8 66 64 7 137 17.1
114 Duke 8 55 61 18 134 16.8
114 Miami (Ohio) 9 55 63 16 134 14.9
116 Buffalo 8 63 57 10 130 16.3
116 Akron 8 50 65 15 130 16.3
118 Louisiana-Monroe 8 47 71 11 129 16.1
119 Pittsburgh 8 41 71 12 124 15.5
119 Iowa 10 53 55 16 124 12.4
121 Arkansas 8 53 58 12 123 15.4
122 Florida International 8 44 68 9 121 15.1
122 Vanderbilt 8 41 60 20 121 15.1
124 Bowling Green 8 61 52 7 120 15.0
124 Kent State 8 46 63 11 120 15.0
124 East Carolina 8 42 66 12 120 15.0
127 Navy 8 90 24 3 117 14.6
127 Mississippi State 8 46 64 7 117 14.6
129 Syracuse 8 70 37 9 116 14.5
130 Massachusetts 2 15 18 4 37 18.5
131 Connecticut 1 13 9 2 24 24.0
132 Army 1 12 6 1 19 19.0