2023 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. Ranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/08/2024

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Texas 6 59 88 8 155 25.8
2 Georgia 5 57 61 10 128 25.6
3 Alabama 6 60 53 10 123 20.5
4 Washington 5 31 78 10 119 23.8
5 Oklahoma 5 50 57 6 113 22.6
6 USC 5 35 59 17 111 22.2
7 Missouri 5 47 55 7 109 21.8
8 Texas A&M 5 34 60 11 105 21.0
9 LSU 4 36 54 13 103 25.8
10 Florida 5 39 53 9 101 20.2
11 Kansas State 5 44 49 6 99 19.8
12 Mississippi 4 42 53 2 97 24.3
12 Iowa State 6 26 67 4 97 16.2
14 Kentucky 6 31 55 8 94 15.7
15 TCU 4 33 52 6 91 22.8
16 Oklahoma State 4 26 57 4 87 21.8
17 Texas Tech 4 35 39 12 86 21.5
18 Georgia Tech 4 40 39 5 84 21.0
19 UCF 4 38 35 8 81 20.3
19 Penn State 4 35 39 7 81 20.3
21 Stanford 4 29 41 9 79 19.8
22 Oregon 3 25 46 6 77 25.7
22 Arizona State 4 41 29 7 77 19.3
22 Michigan 5 36 39 2 77 15.4
25 Tennessee 4 39 33 3 75 18.8
25 Ohio State 4 20 45 10 75 18.8
27 Kansas 4 29 39 6 74 18.5
28 Oregon State 4 24 44 4 72 18.0
28 BYU 4 24 42 6 72 18.0
30 Miami (Florida) 4 29 36 6 71 17.8
31 Duke 5 36 27 7 70 14.0
32 Notre Dame 4 26 39 3 68 17.0
32 Arkansas 4 25 35 8 68 17.0
34 Clemson 3 25 33 7 65 21.7
35 Boston College 3 33 28 2 63 21.0
35 Auburn 4 38 17 8 63 15.8
37 Cincinnati 3 36 24 2 62 20.7
38 Florida State 4 24 31 6 61 15.3
38 Michigan State 5 25 29 7 61 12.2
40 South Carolina 4 20 34 6 60 15.0
41 Vanderbilt 4 19 28 12 59 14.8
42 West Virginia 3 33 21 4 58 19.3
42 Indiana 4 19 33 6 58 14.5
44 Illinois 3 10 39 8 57 19.0
44 Mississippi State 4 23 30 4 57 14.3
46 Utah 3 24 28 4 56 18.7
47 Washington State 3 13 38 4 55 18.3
47 Wake Forest 4 23 23 9 55 13.8
47 North Carolina State 4 17 28 10 55 13.8
50 Wisconsin 3 17 33 4 54 18.0
51 Tulsa 3 23 24 6 53 17.7
51 Virginia 3 20 27 6 53 17.7
53 Middle Tennessee 3 20 27 5 52 17.3
53 Maryland 3 11 34 7 52 17.3
53 Rutgers 4 20 27 5 52 13.0
56 Houston 3 16 30 3 49 16.3
57 Virginia Tech 3 22 21 5 48 16.0
58 Memphis 2 10 33 3 46 23.0
58 Purdue 3 23 20 3 46 15.3
60 Louisville 3 18 23 4 45 15.0
61 New Mexico State 2 20 20 4 44 22.0
61 California 2 12 26 6 44 22.0
61 Arizona 2 12 25 7 44 22.0
64 North Carolina 2 14 22 4 40 20.0
64 Pittsburgh 3 14 21 5 40 13.3
66 Western Kentucky 2 12 24 3 39 19.5
66 Baylor 2 11 25 3 39 19.5
68 UNLV 2 10 19 9 38 19.0
69 Louisiana Tech 2 8 21 6 35 17.5
70 Connecticut 2 13 14 5 32 16.0
70 Minnesota 3 18 12 2 32 10.7
72 Tulane 2 8 21 2 31 15.5
72 Colorado 2 8 17 6 31 15.5
74 Bowling Green 2 17 10 2 29 14.5
74 Massachusetts 2 12 15 2 29 14.5
76 East Carolina 2 12 14 1 27 13.5
77 Navy 2 20 5 1 26 13.0
77 Syracuse 2 12 12 2 26 13.0
77 UTEP 2 4 18 4 26 13.0
80 Charlotte 1 10 10 4 24 24.0
80 Northwestern 2 12 10 2 24 12.0
82 Marshall 1 6 15 1 22 22.0
82 Buffalo 1 5 12 5 22 22.0
82 SMU 1 4 13 5 22 22.0
82 Iowa 3 13 9 0 22 7.3
86 Boise State 1 8 10 3 21 21.0
87 Jacksonville State 1 9 10 1 20 20.0
87 UAB 1 7 13 0 20 20.0
87 Florida Atlantic 1 6 11 3 20 20.0
87 Rice 2 8 11 1 20 10.0
87 Nebraska 2 6 14 0 20 10.0
92 Louisiana-Monroe 1 10 5 4 19 19.0
92 Utah State 1 5 12 2 19 19.0
92 Sam Houston State 1 4 12 3 19 19.0
95 South Alabama 1 11 6 1 18 18.0
95 North Texas 1 8 9 1 18 18.0
95 Southern Mississippi 1 8 8 2 18 18.0
98 Old Dominion 1 9 7 1 17 17.0
98 UCLA 1 8 9 0 17 17.0
98 Wyoming 1 8 7 2 17 17.0
98 Georgia State 1 6 10 1 17 17.0
102 UTSA 1 5 11 0 16 16.0
103 Liberty 1 7 7 1 15 15.0
103 Hawai'i 1 4 7 4 15 15.0
103 Troy 1 2 10 3 15 15.0
106 South Florida 1 10 4 0 14 14.0
106 Nevada 1 7 4 3 14 14.0
106 Central Michigan 1 6 5 3 14 14.0
109 Ball State 1 3 9 1 13 13.0
110 Army 1 10 2 0 12 12.0
110 Temple 1 2 6 4 12 12.0
112 Florida International 1 4 6 1 11 11.0
113 Arkansas State 1 3 5 2 10 10.0
114 Western Michigan 1 5 3 0 8 8.0