2023 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. FBS Teams With Winning Record Only through 01/08/2024
| Name | G | Rush | Pass | Penalty | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington | 9 | 58 | 133 | 18 | 209 | 23.2 |
| 2 | Texas | 9 | 89 | 119 | 10 | 218 | 24.2 |
| 3 | Miami (FL) | 10 | 74 | 116 | 24 | 214 | 21.4 |
| 3 | Virginia | 11 | 88 | 116 | 21 | 225 | 20.5 |
| 5 | Oklahoma State | 8 | 54 | 108 | 7 | 169 | 21.1 |
| 6 | Oregon | 7 | 55 | 105 | 10 | 170 | 24.3 |
| 7 | LSU | 7 | 59 | 99 | 18 | 176 | 25.1 |
| 7 | USC | 8 | 53 | 99 | 19 | 171 | 21.4 |
| 7 | Troy | 8 | 49 | 99 | 16 | 164 | 20.5 |
| 10 | Clemson | 8 | 76 | 96 | 15 | 187 | 23.4 |
| 10 | TCU | 7 | 59 | 96 | 8 | 163 | 23.3 |
| 10 | Georgia Southern | 7 | 46 | 96 | 14 | 156 | 22.3 |
| 13 | Ohio State | 8 | 51 | 93 | 14 | 158 | 19.8 |
| 14 | Georgia | 7 | 82 | 92 | 12 | 186 | 26.6 |
| 14 | Iowa State | 8 | 32 | 92 | 5 | 129 | 16.1 |
| 16 | Louisville | 10 | 92 | 91 | 13 | 196 | 19.6 |
| 17 | Ole Miss | 7 | 66 | 89 | 5 | 160 | 22.9 |
| 17 | Memphis | 6 | 39 | 89 | 6 | 134 | 22.3 |
| 19 | Oklahoma | 7 | 73 | 85 | 10 | 168 | 24.0 |
| 19 | Appalachian State | 7 | 60 | 85 | 17 | 162 | 23.1 |
| 21 | Georgia Tech | 8 | 79 | 84 | 13 | 176 | 22.0 |
| 22 | Alabama | 9 | 81 | 83 | 14 | 178 | 19.8 |
| 23 | Penn State | 8 | 74 | 82 | 12 | 168 | 21.0 |
| 24 | Kansas State | 8 | 80 | 81 | 14 | 175 | 21.9 |
| 24 | Boise State | 8 | 79 | 81 | 13 | 173 | 21.6 |
| 24 | Coastal Carolina | 7 | 47 | 81 | 17 | 145 | 20.7 |
| 24 | South Carolina | 8 | 38 | 81 | 10 | 129 | 16.1 |
| 28 | UCF | 8 | 79 | 80 | 14 | 173 | 21.6 |
| 28 | San Jose State | 8 | 64 | 80 | 18 | 162 | 20.3 |
| 28 | Utah State | 7 | 46 | 80 | 14 | 140 | 20.0 |
| 28 | Temple | 6 | 23 | 80 | 15 | 118 | 19.7 |
| 28 | Oregon State | 7 | 47 | 80 | 6 | 133 | 19.0 |
| 28 | Baylor | 7 | 37 | 80 | 9 | 126 | 18.0 |
| 34 | James Madison | 6 | 45 | 78 | 6 | 129 | 21.5 |
| 34 | Illinois | 7 | 44 | 78 | 14 | 136 | 19.4 |
| 36 | Missouri | 7 | 64 | 77 | 11 | 152 | 21.7 |
| 36 | Florida | 7 | 45 | 77 | 11 | 133 | 19.0 |
| 38 | Arizona | 6 | 48 | 76 | 13 | 137 | 22.8 |
| 38 | Michigan | 9 | 74 | 76 | 5 | 155 | 17.2 |
| 40 | California | 7 | 47 | 75 | 21 | 143 | 20.4 |
| 40 | UNLV | 7 | 41 | 75 | 16 | 132 | 18.9 |
| 40 | Florida State | 8 | 54 | 75 | 13 | 142 | 17.8 |
| 43 | Texas A&M | 6 | 41 | 74 | 16 | 131 | 21.8 |
| 43 | Marshall | 8 | 39 | 74 | 14 | 127 | 15.9 |
| 45 | New Mexico | 7 | 70 | 73 | 11 | 154 | 22.0 |
| 45 | NC State | 8 | 46 | 73 | 17 | 136 | 17.0 |
| 47 | Western Kentucky | 6 | 35 | 72 | 12 | 119 | 19.8 |
| 48 | Washington State | 6 | 30 | 71 | 9 | 110 | 18.3 |
| 49 | North Carolina | 7 | 79 | 70 | 17 | 166 | 23.7 |
| 50 | Houston | 6 | 36 | 69 | 9 | 114 | 19.0 |
| 50 | Kansas | 7 | 48 | 69 | 13 | 130 | 18.6 |
| 52 | Stanford | 7 | 46 | 68 | 18 | 132 | 18.9 |
| 53 | Fresno State | 5 | 26 | 66 | 5 | 97 | 19.4 |
| 53 | San Diego State | 7 | 54 | 66 | 6 | 126 | 18.0 |
| 55 | Texas Tech | 6 | 53 | 65 | 12 | 130 | 21.7 |
| 55 | BYU | 7 | 48 | 65 | 9 | 122 | 17.4 |
| 57 | Colorado | 6 | 33 | 64 | 14 | 111 | 18.5 |
| 58 | Notre Dame | 7 | 52 | 63 | 6 | 121 | 17.3 |
| 59 | UTEP | 7 | 42 | 62 | 18 | 122 | 17.4 |
| 59 | Arkansas State | 7 | 42 | 62 | 11 | 115 | 16.4 |
| 59 | Pittsburgh | 8 | 41 | 62 | 13 | 116 | 14.5 |
| 62 | Maryland | 5 | 28 | 61 | 12 | 101 | 20.2 |
| 62 | Tennessee | 7 | 71 | 61 | 8 | 140 | 20.0 |
| 62 | Middle Tennessee State | 6 | 36 | 61 | 14 | 111 | 18.5 |
| 62 | Arizona State | 8 | 62 | 61 | 17 | 140 | 17.5 |
| 62 | Wyoming | 8 | 61 | 61 | 18 | 140 | 17.5 |
| 67 | Purdue | 7 | 64 | 60 | 7 | 131 | 18.7 |
| 67 | Duke | 8 | 67 | 60 | 9 | 136 | 17.0 |
| 67 | Indiana | 7 | 45 | 60 | 11 | 116 | 16.6 |
| 67 | Northwestern | 7 | 42 | 60 | 10 | 112 | 16.0 |
| 71 | Connecticut | 7 | 39 | 59 | 12 | 110 | 15.7 |
| 72 | Boston College | 7 | 71 | 58 | 6 | 135 | 19.3 |
| 72 | Hawaii | 6 | 35 | 58 | 12 | 105 | 17.5 |
| 72 | Rutgers | 9 | 68 | 58 | 13 | 139 | 15.4 |
| 75 | North Texas | 4 | 31 | 56 | 6 | 93 | 23.3 |
| 76 | Liberty | 6 | 83 | 55 | 12 | 150 | 25.0 |
| 76 | Colorado State | 4 | 16 | 55 | 6 | 77 | 19.3 |
| 76 | Louisiana Tech | 5 | 30 | 55 | 10 | 95 | 19.0 |
| 76 | Florida Atlantic | 5 | 26 | 55 | 5 | 86 | 17.2 |
| 76 | Kentucky | 6 | 31 | 55 | 8 | 94 | 15.7 |
| 81 | UAB | 5 | 49 | 54 | 10 | 113 | 22.6 |
| 82 | Toledo | 6 | 46 | 53 | 7 | 106 | 17.7 |
| 82 | Sam Houston State | 5 | 25 | 53 | 9 | 87 | 17.4 |
| 84 | Wake Forest | 7 | 53 | 52 | 17 | 122 | 17.4 |
| 84 | Rice | 6 | 25 | 52 | 10 | 87 | 14.5 |
| 86 | South Alabama | 5 | 34 | 51 | 12 | 97 | 19.4 |
| 86 | UCLA | 6 | 55 | 51 | 6 | 112 | 18.7 |
| 86 | Utah | 7 | 56 | 51 | 12 | 119 | 17.0 |
| 86 | Vanderbilt | 6 | 31 | 51 | 18 | 100 | 16.7 |
| 86 | Tulane | 6 | 38 | 51 | 6 | 95 | 15.8 |
| 91 | Cincinnati | 6 | 66 | 50 | 9 | 125 | 20.8 |
| 91 | Southern Miss | 6 | 57 | 50 | 17 | 124 | 20.7 |
| 91 | Wisconsin | 5 | 38 | 50 | 6 | 94 | 18.8 |
| 91 | Old Dominion | 7 | 63 | 50 | 9 | 122 | 17.4 |
| 95 | UTSA | 4 | 42 | 49 | 6 | 97 | 24.3 |
| 95 | Michigan State | 7 | 47 | 49 | 14 | 110 | 15.7 |
| 97 | SMU | 4 | 32 | 47 | 9 | 88 | 22.0 |
| 97 | New Mexico State | 5 | 49 | 47 | 7 | 103 | 20.6 |
| 99 | Nevada | 6 | 35 | 46 | 15 | 96 | 16.0 |
| 100 | Tulsa | 5 | 41 | 45 | 6 | 92 | 18.4 |
| 101 | Virginia Tech | 6 | 64 | 44 | 7 | 115 | 19.2 |
| 101 | Charlotte | 5 | 36 | 44 | 12 | 92 | 18.4 |
| 101 | Kent State | 5 | 29 | 44 | 6 | 79 | 15.8 |
| 104 | Bowling Green | 6 | 42 | 43 | 10 | 95 | 15.8 |
| 104 | Mississippi State | 6 | 36 | 43 | 5 | 84 | 14.0 |
| 106 | Buffalo | 6 | 46 | 42 | 11 | 99 | 16.5 |
| 107 | Louisiana | 5 | 43 | 41 | 8 | 92 | 18.4 |
| 107 | Western Michigan | 6 | 45 | 41 | 11 | 97 | 16.2 |
| 109 | Ball State | 6 | 53 | 40 | 8 | 101 | 16.8 |
| 109 | Massachusetts | 5 | 36 | 40 | 7 | 83 | 16.6 |
| 109 | Arkansas | 5 | 29 | 40 | 9 | 78 | 15.6 |
| 109 | Louisiana-Monroe | 6 | 40 | 40 | 12 | 92 | 15.3 |
| 113 | Akron | 5 | 33 | 39 | 8 | 80 | 16.0 |
| 113 | Auburn | 7 | 56 | 39 | 14 | 109 | 15.6 |
| 115 | Jacksonville State | 4 | 43 | 38 | 4 | 85 | 21.3 |
| 115 | Texas State | 4 | 34 | 38 | 4 | 76 | 19.0 |
| 117 | Georgia State | 5 | 38 | 37 | 9 | 84 | 16.8 |
| 117 | FIU | 4 | 17 | 37 | 5 | 59 | 14.8 |
| 119 | East Carolina | 5 | 31 | 36 | 4 | 71 | 14.2 |
| 120 | Minnesota | 7 | 57 | 35 | 10 | 102 | 14.6 |
| 121 | Ohio | 4 | 28 | 34 | 10 | 72 | 18.0 |
| 122 | USF | 4 | 48 | 33 | 6 | 87 | 21.8 |
| 122 | Nebraska | 6 | 55 | 33 | 6 | 94 | 15.7 |
| 122 | Miami (OH) | 6 | 41 | 33 | 11 | 85 | 14.2 |
| 125 | West Virginia | 5 | 47 | 32 | 11 | 90 | 18.0 |
| 126 | Northern Illinois | 3 | 20 | 31 | 6 | 57 | 19.0 |
| 126 | Syracuse | 7 | 39 | 31 | 10 | 80 | 11.4 |
| 128 | Central Michigan | 5 | 43 | 30 | 11 | 84 | 16.8 |
| 129 | Iowa | 7 | 42 | 27 | 6 | 75 | 10.7 |
| 130 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 25 | 21 | 7 | 53 | 13.3 |
| 131 | Army | 6 | 71 | 20 | 6 | 97 | 16.2 |
| 132 | Navy | 5 | 46 | 16 | 4 | 66 | 13.2 |
| 133 | Air Force | 5 | 82 | 15 | 6 | 103 | 20.6 |