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

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Appalachian State 14 122 181 30 333 23.8
2 Georgia Southern 13 95 180 26 301 23.2
3 Fresno State 13 80 174 21 275 21.2
4 Oregon 11 114 165 16 295 26.8
4 James Madison 13 93 165 18 276 21.2
4 Colorado State 12 63 165 20 248 20.7
7 SMU 13 131 152 29 312 24.0
8 Texas State 13 141 149 22 312 24.0
8 Troy 13 105 149 29 283 21.8
8 Temple 11 61 149 25 235 21.4
11 North Texas 11 118 148 13 279 25.4
11 Arizona 11 94 148 15 257 23.4
11 South Alabama 12 113 148 15 276 23.0
14 Hawai'i 12 66 147 23 236 19.7
15 Western Kentucky 11 60 145 19 224 20.4
16 Coastal Carolina 13 98 144 33 275 21.2
16 Toledo 14 117 144 25 286 20.4
18 Memphis 11 93 141 16 250 22.7
19 Washington 10 66 140 24 230 23.0
20 Colorado 10 62 136 25 223 22.3
21 UTSA 12 128 135 16 279 23.3
22 North Carolina 11 124 134 22 280 25.5
23 Georgia 9 91 132 12 235 26.1
24 Washington State 9 65 131 19 215 23.9
25 UAB 11 113 130 22 265 24.1
25 South Florida 12 128 130 28 286 23.8
27 Oklahoma State 10 72 129 15 216 21.6
27 Rice 11 75 129 24 228 20.7
29 TCU 8 75 128 7 210 26.3
29 LSU 9 92 128 13 233 25.9
29 Louisiana-Lafayette 13 115 128 23 266 20.5
32 Ohio 13 114 127 31 272 20.9
33 San Jose State 13 119 126 25 270 20.8
34 UNLV 12 105 125 19 249 20.8
34 Arkansas State 12 98 125 24 247 20.6
36 USC 8 53 124 6 183 22.9
36 UCLA 12 122 124 17 263 21.9
38 New Mexico 12 122 123 34 279 23.3
39 Utah State 12 116 122 27 265 22.1
39 Maryland 10 82 122 17 221 22.1
41 Michigan 10 85 120 16 221 22.1
41 Boise State 13 143 120 18 281 21.6
41 Florida State 10 72 120 21 213 21.3
44 Louisville 11 110 118 19 247 22.5
44 New Mexico State 13 128 118 18 264 20.3
46 Oklahoma 8 80 117 22 219 27.4
47 Ohio State 9 71 116 13 200 22.2
48 Clemson 10 109 115 15 239 23.9
49 Miami (Florida) 9 83 114 18 215 23.9
49 Baylor 10 76 114 9 199 19.9
49 Northern Illinois 13 106 114 25 245 18.8
49 Sam Houston State 11 65 114 21 200 18.2
53 Marshall 12 75 112 29 216 18.0
54 Louisiana Tech 10 75 111 22 208 20.8
55 Illinois 9 67 109 12 188 20.9
55 Tulane 12 110 109 10 229 19.1
57 Liberty 13 200 107 26 333 25.6
58 California 11 101 106 28 235 21.4
58 Northwestern 11 72 106 18 196 17.8
60 South Carolina 8 42 105 10 157 19.6
60 Florida Atlantic 11 70 105 21 196 17.8
62 Western Michigan 11 98 104 27 229 20.8
63 Florida International 11 60 103 11 174 15.8
64 Notre Dame 9 94 102 9 205 22.8
65 Tennessee 9 101 101 7 209 23.2
65 Mississippi 9 91 101 16 208 23.1
67 Virginia 9 81 100 18 199 22.1
67 Wisconsin 10 96 100 11 207 20.7
69 Oregon State 9 98 99 10 207 23.0
69 Middle Tennessee 9 62 99 19 180 20.0
71 Purdue 9 84 98 18 200 22.2
71 Houston 9 68 98 15 181 20.1
73 UCF 9 109 97 13 219 24.3
73 San Diego State 12 97 97 12 206 17.2
73 Akron 12 85 97 18 200 16.7
76 Kansas State 8 99 96 16 211 26.4
76 Texas Tech 9 95 96 9 200 22.2
76 Georgia State 12 120 96 21 237 19.8
76 Wyoming 12 107 96 22 225 18.8
80 Penn State 9 101 95 15 211 23.4
80 Kansas 9 93 95 17 205 22.8
80 Miami (Ohio) 14 97 95 23 215 15.4
83 Cincinnati 9 102 94 9 205 22.8
84 Jacksonville State 12 155 92 22 269 22.4
84 Texas 8 69 92 7 168 21.0
84 Southern Mississippi 11 104 92 28 224 20.4
84 Tulsa 9 83 92 9 184 20.4
88 Texas A&M 8 77 90 17 184 23.0
88 Florida 7 58 90 11 159 22.7
88 Duke 8 62 90 22 174 21.8
88 Bowling Green 11 85 90 13 188 17.1
92 Indiana 8 70 89 20 179 22.4
92 Buffalo 11 84 89 13 186 16.9
92 Eastern Michigan 13 91 89 26 206 15.8
92 Kent State 12 76 89 15 180 15.0
96 Virginia Tech 10 109 88 13 210 21.0
96 North Carolina State 9 86 88 12 186 20.7
96 Old Dominion 12 93 88 17 198 16.5
99 Massachusetts 10 80 86 20 186 18.6
99 Connecticut 10 84 86 14 184 18.4
101 Missouri 8 76 85 14 175 21.9
101 Central Michigan 11 104 85 24 213 19.4
103 Georgia Tech 9 103 84 19 206 22.9
104 Wake Forest 8 82 83 20 185 23.1
104 UTEP 10 85 83 25 193 19.3
106 Syracuse 11 103 82 22 207 18.8
106 Charlotte 11 78 82 19 179 16.3
106 Louisiana-Monroe 11 76 82 13 171 15.5
109 West Virginia 10 126 81 25 232 23.2
109 Arizona State 8 49 81 18 148 18.5
111 Stanford 8 53 80 23 156 19.5
111 Vanderbilt 8 50 80 15 145 18.1
111 Pittsburgh 9 59 80 16 155 17.2
111 Nevada 11 79 80 27 186 16.9
115 Minnesota 10 105 78 22 205 20.5
116 East Carolina 10 65 77 12 154 15.4
117 Mississippi State 8 56 76 10 142 17.8
118 Ball State 11 109 75 20 204 18.5
119 Michigan State 7 49 74 15 138 19.7
120 Auburn 9 93 71 14 178 19.8
120 Alabama 8 78 71 8 157 19.6
120 BYU 8 46 71 12 129 16.1
123 Boston College 10 128 70 19 217 21.7
124 Kentucky 7 43 67 17 127 18.1
125 Iowa 11 70 66 23 159 14.5
126 Utah 10 108 65 15 188 18.8
126 Iowa State 7 42 65 8 115 16.4
128 Arkansas 8 70 62 8 140 17.5
129 Rutgers 9 106 57 12 175 19.4
130 Nebraska 10 108 52 18 178 17.8
131 Air Force 13 189 43 24 256 19.7
131 Army 11 128 43 11 182 16.5
131 Navy 10 102 43 3 148 14.8