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

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