2023 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. FCS (I-AA) Teams Only through 01/08/2024
| Name | G | Rush | Pass | Penalty | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oregon | 1 | 14 | 21 | 3 | 38 | 38.0 |
| 1 | Clemson | 1 | 15 | 21 | 1 | 37 | 37.0 |
| 3 | Syracuse | 1 | 14 | 20 | 0 | 34 | 34.0 |
| 3 | Toledo | 1 | 9 | 20 | 5 | 34 | 34.0 |
| 3 | Mississippi | 1 | 11 | 20 | 1 | 32 | 32.0 |
| 3 | Colorado State | 1 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 7 | Washington State | 1 | 10 | 19 | 4 | 33 | 33.0 |
| 7 | South Carolina | 1 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 9 | Indiana | 1 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 33 | 33.0 |
| 10 | Cincinnati | 1 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 30 | 30.0 |
| 10 | Georgia | 1 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 12 | Kansas State | 1 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 12 | Bowling Green | 1 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 12 | BYU | 1 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 15 | Miami (Florida) | 1 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 32 | 32.0 |
| 15 | Notre Dame | 1 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 15 | Western Kentucky | 1 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 15 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 19 | LSU | 1 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 34 | 34.0 |
| 19 | Texas State | 1 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 34 | 34.0 |
| 19 | UAB | 1 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 31 | 31.0 |
| 19 | UCF | 1 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 31 | 31.0 |
| 19 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 30 | 30.0 |
| 19 | Georgia Southern | 1 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 29 | 29.0 |
| 19 | Memphis | 1 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 19 | Florida State | 1 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 19 | Southern Mississippi | 1 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 19 | Buffalo | 1 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 19 | Ohio State | 1 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 19 | Kentucky | 1 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 31 | Florida | 1 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 33 | 33.0 |
| 31 | Maryland | 1 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 30 | 30.0 |
| 31 | New Mexico State | 1 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 31 | North Texas | 1 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 31 | Kansas | 1 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 31 | North Carolina State | 1 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 31 | Mississippi State | 1 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 31 | TCU | 1 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 31 | Michigan State | 1 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 31 | Marshall | 1 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 31 | Middle Tennessee | 1 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 31 | Northern Illinois | 1 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 43 | Penn State | 1 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 34 | 34.0 |
| 43 | West Virginia | 1 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 30 | 30.0 |
| 43 | Louisville | 1 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 29 | 29.0 |
| 43 | Duke | 1 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 29 | 29.0 |
| 43 | Georgia Tech | 1 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 43 | SMU | 1 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 43 | North Carolina | 1 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 43 | Wake Forest | 1 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 43 | Appalachian State | 1 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 43 | Boise State | 1 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 43 | Arkansas | 1 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 43 | Old Dominion | 1 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 55 | Temple | 1 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 55 | Virginia | 1 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 55 | Sam Houston State | 1 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 55 | Auburn | 1 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 55 | San Jose State | 1 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 55 | New Mexico | 1 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 55 | South Florida | 1 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 55 | South Alabama | 1 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 55 | Arizona | 1 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 55 | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 55 | Fresno State | 1 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 55 | Tulane | 1 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 67 | Rutgers | 1 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 67 | Texas A&M | 1 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 67 | Connecticut | 1 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 67 | East Carolina | 1 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 67 | Akron | 1 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 72 | Miami (Ohio) | 1 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 72 | Texas Tech | 1 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 72 | Tulsa | 1 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 72 | Troy | 1 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 72 | Vanderbilt | 1 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 72 | Oregon State | 1 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 72 | Missouri | 1 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 72 | Alabama | 1 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 72 | UNLV | 1 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 72 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 1 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 72 | Wyoming | 1 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 72 | Hawai'i | 1 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 72 | Army | 2 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 34 | 17.0 |
| 72 | Florida International | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 86 | Western Michigan | 1 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 29 | 29.0 |
| 86 | Baylor | 1 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 86 | Arkansas State | 1 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 86 | Coastal Carolina | 1 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 86 | UCLA | 1 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 86 | James Madison | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 86 | Northwestern | 1 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 86 | Stanford | 1 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 86 | Arizona State | 1 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 86 | Eastern Michigan | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 96 | Ball State | 1 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 96 | Jacksonville State | 1 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 96 | Rice | 1 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 96 | Boston College | 1 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 96 | Utah State | 1 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 96 | Utah | 1 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 96 | Louisiana Tech | 1 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 96 | Georgia State | 1 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 96 | Tennessee | 1 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 96 | Nevada | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 106 | Kent State | 1 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 106 | Navy | 1 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 108 | California | 1 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 108 | Charlotte | 1 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 108 | Central Michigan | 1 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 108 | Massachusetts | 1 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 112 | UTEP | 1 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 112 | Louisiana-Monroe | 1 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 112 | Ohio | 1 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 112 | San Diego State | 1 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 112 | Iowa State | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 117 | Air Force | 1 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 24.0 |