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

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