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