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

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Temple 9 43 115 19 177 19.7
2 Baylor 9 55 104 9 168 18.7
3 Louisiana Tech 9 58 103 19 180 20.0
4 Hawai'i 8 33 100 18 151 18.9
5 TCU 7 57 99 9 165 23.6
6 Sam Houston State 9 46 93 14 153 17.0
7 UAB 8 62 92 16 170 21.3
7 Colorado State 7 35 92 12 139 19.9
9 Virginia 9 66 91 20 177 19.7
10 Colorado 8 50 90 18 158 19.8
11 Georgia Southern 7 42 89 14 145 20.7
12 Washington State 7 39 88 13 140 20.0
12 Vanderbilt 10 53 88 22 163 16.3
14 New Mexico 8 73 87 25 185 23.1
14 North Texas 7 56 87 8 151 21.6
16 Middle Tennessee 8 51 86 18 155 19.4
17 Stanford 9 60 84 18 162 18.0
18 Massachusetts 9 60 83 18 161 17.9
18 Kent State 11 62 83 15 160 14.5
20 Indiana 9 69 82 19 170 18.9
20 Illinois 7 34 82 10 126 18.0
22 Cincinnati 9 105 81 9 195 21.7
22 Arizona State 9 64 81 16 161 17.9
24 Utah State 7 46 80 14 140 20.0
24 UTEP 9 54 80 25 159 17.7
26 Florida 7 44 79 8 131 18.7
26 Houston 8 55 79 9 143 17.9
28 Louisiana-Monroe 10 62 78 16 156 15.6
29 California 7 49 77 19 145 20.7
30 Tulsa 8 62 76 9 147 18.4
30 Akron 10 70 76 15 161 16.1
32 Florida Atlantic 8 42 75 11 128 16.0
33 Texas A&M 6 41 74 16 131 21.8
33 Connecticut 9 65 74 17 156 17.3
33 Nevada 10 66 74 23 163 16.3
36 East Carolina 10 61 73 11 145 14.5
37 South Alabama 6 39 72 12 123 20.5
37 Louisiana-Lafayette 7 49 72 9 130 18.6
39 UCF 7 65 71 11 147 21.0
39 Southern Mississippi 9 80 71 20 171 19.0
39 Purdue 8 62 71 15 148 18.5
39 Buffalo 9 71 71 17 159 17.7
39 Pittsburgh 9 47 71 17 135 15.0
44 South Carolina 7 35 70 10 115 16.4
45 Georgia Tech 6 56 69 9 134 22.3
45 Miami (Florida) 6 42 69 15 126 21.0
45 Iowa State 6 26 69 4 99 16.5
45 Rice 7 31 69 13 113 16.1
49 Wisconsin 6 35 68 6 109 18.2
49 Charlotte 9 63 68 18 149 16.6
51 BYU 7 46 67 12 125 17.9
51 Florida International 8 38 67 9 114 14.3
53 Texas Tech 6 51 66 11 128 21.3
53 Marshall 7 31 66 11 108 15.4
55 San Diego State 8 59 65 10 134 16.8
55 Arkansas State 7 31 65 16 112 16.0
57 Appalachian State 5 43 64 10 117 23.4
57 Maryland 5 25 64 10 99 19.8
57 Western Michigan 8 55 64 14 133 16.6
60 Wake Forest 8 62 63 20 145 18.1
61 USC 5 32 62 10 104 20.8
61 San Jose State 6 41 62 17 120 20.0
61 Northern Illinois 6 38 62 11 111 18.5
64 Boise State 6 59 61 10 130 21.7
64 Mississippi State 7 41 61 5 107 15.3
66 Arkansas 8 51 60 10 121 15.1
67 Western Kentucky 5 28 59 10 97 19.4
67 Coastal Carolina 5 27 59 9 95 19.0
67 Ball State 8 55 59 13 127 15.9
70 North Carolina 5 46 57 8 111 22.2
70 Michigan State 8 52 57 16 125 15.6
72 Kentucky 6 28 56 11 95 15.8
73 UNLV 5 28 55 15 98 19.6
74 Clemson 4 33 54 7 94 23.5
75 Oregon State 5 36 53 8 97 19.4
76 Central Michigan 7 53 52 17 122 17.4
77 Texas State 5 55 51 10 116 23.2
77 South Florida 6 71 51 10 132 22.0
79 Memphis 3 12 49 5 66 22.0
79 Boston College 6 57 49 6 112 18.7
79 Virginia Tech 6 42 49 10 101 16.8
82 UCLA 5 40 48 5 93 18.6
83 Kansas State 4 35 47 7 89 22.3
84 Minnesota 7 52 46 10 108 15.4
85 Rutgers 6 35 45 8 88 14.7
86 LSU 3 25 44 9 78 26.0
86 Duke 5 37 44 9 90 18.0
88 Arizona 3 24 43 11 78 26.0
88 Georgia State 6 53 43 7 103 17.2
88 Bowling Green 6 36 43 7 86 14.3
91 Fresno State 4 22 42 2 66 16.5
91 Old Dominion 7 62 42 9 113 16.1
91 Oklahoma State 4 17 42 1 60 15.0
94 Louisville 4 34 41 8 83 20.8
95 New Mexico State 5 45 40 8 93 18.6
96 UTSA 4 32 39 2 73 18.3
96 Auburn 7 56 39 14 109 15.6
98 Tennessee 4 28 38 1 67 16.8
98 Nebraska 7 61 38 10 109 15.6
98 Eastern Michigan 7 47 38 12 97 13.9
101 Troy 3 8 37 7 52 17.3
102 Utah 5 38 36 9 83 16.6
103 SMU 3 23 35 7 65 21.7
103 West Virginia 4 44 35 5 84 21.0
105 Jacksonville State 4 39 34 8 81 20.3
105 Kansas 4 29 34 4 67 16.8
105 North Carolina State 4 22 34 8 64 16.0
108 Ohio 3 20 33 7 60 20.0
108 Toledo 3 17 33 8 58 19.3
110 Oklahoma 3 28 32 3 63 21.0
110 Northwestern 5 32 32 5 69 13.8
112 Wyoming 4 24 31 4 59 14.8
112 Navy 7 61 31 4 96 13.7
112 Syracuse 7 39 31 10 80 11.4
115 James Madison 2 10 29 2 41 20.5
115 Penn State 3 19 29 5 53 17.7
115 Notre Dame 3 20 29 3 52 17.3
118 Oregon 2 17 28 4 49 24.5
118 Texas 2 17 28 3 48 24.0
120 Tulane 3 17 26 3 46 15.3
121 Missouri 2 17 25 2 44 22.0
121 Army 6 59 25 5 89 14.8
123 Air Force 4 41 20 13 74 18.5
124 Mississippi 2 15 18 2 35 17.5
124 Ohio State 2 12 18 4 34 17.0
124 Miami (Ohio) 3 16 18 3 37 12.3
127 Alabama 2 20 14 1 35 17.5
128 Washington 1 2 13 2 17 17.0
128 Iowa 4 15 13 3 31 7.8
130 Georgia 1 7 10 2 19 19.0
131 Liberty 1 7 7 1 15 15.0
132 Florida State 1 4 6 1 11 11.0