2023 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. FBS Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 01/08/2024

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Washington 13 88 180 28 296 22.8
2 Oklahoma State 12 84 163 18 265 22.1
3 Oregon 11 104 160 17 281 25.5
4 Texas 12 114 158 14 286 23.8
5 TCU 10 86 155 13 254 25.4
6 Arizona 11 83 150 19 252 22.9
7 Georgia 11 124 145 14 283 25.7
8 LSU 10 91 140 22 253 25.3
9 Colorado 11 65 138 27 230 20.9
10 North Carolina 11 107 137 23 267 24.3
11 USC 10 65 136 17 218 21.8
12 Maryland 11 65 132 18 215 19.5
13 Washington State 10 60 129 18 207 20.7
14 Oklahoma 10 99 127 21 247 24.7
15 Florida State 12 75 125 22 222 18.5
16 Illinois 10 56 124 18 198 19.8
17 Louisville 12 103 123 20 246 20.5
18 Michigan 12 99 122 13 234 19.5
19 Florida 10 69 120 17 206 20.6
20 Kansas State 11 123 119 20 262 23.8
21 Ohio State 10 74 118 17 209 20.9
22 Penn State 11 100 115 15 230 20.9
22 Baylor 10 66 115 9 190 19.0
24 Missouri 10 88 114 16 218 21.8
25 Clemson 10 100 111 17 228 22.8
25 California 11 86 111 30 227 20.6
25 Miami (Florida) 10 71 111 21 203 20.3
25 Wisconsin 11 91 111 14 216 19.6
29 Purdue 11 100 109 18 227 20.6
30 Mississippi 10 108 107 13 228 22.8
30 Texas Tech 11 108 107 19 234 21.3
32 Texas A&M 10 83 106 20 209 20.9
32 Virginia 10 83 106 20 209 20.9
34 Alabama 11 102 105 11 218 19.8
34 South Carolina 10 54 105 13 172 17.2
36 Notre Dame 10 84 103 10 197 19.7
36 Iowa State 10 58 103 9 170 17.0
38 Northwestern 11 64 102 16 182 16.5
39 Tennessee 10 111 101 8 220 22.0
40 Oregon State 9 87 100 12 199 22.1
41 UCLA 9 84 97 13 194 21.6
42 UCF 10 101 96 17 214 21.4
43 Kansas 10 95 94 17 206 20.6
44 Georgia Tech 11 123 93 19 235 21.4
44 Indiana 10 75 93 22 190 19.0
46 Arizona State 10 79 92 21 192 19.2
47 Stanford 9 59 91 23 173 19.2
47 BYU 10 63 91 17 171 17.1
49 West Virginia 12 142 90 28 260 21.7
50 Houston 9 57 89 11 157 17.4
50 Kentucky 10 57 89 20 166 16.6
52 Cincinnati 10 112 87 8 207 20.7
53 Utah 12 117 86 18 221 18.4
54 Virginia Tech 10 100 84 15 199 19.9
55 Pittsburgh 10 55 80 19 154 15.4
56 Michigan State 10 60 79 19 158 15.8
57 North Carolina State 9 66 76 14 156 17.3
58 Vanderbilt 9 47 75 20 142 15.8
59 Wake Forest 9 78 74 26 178 19.8
59 Minnesota 10 74 74 16 164 16.4
61 Duke 9 68 73 18 159 17.7
62 Mississippi State 9 51 72 10 133 14.8
63 Arkansas 9 62 69 13 144 16.0
64 Boston College 8 89 68 11 168 21.0
65 Rutgers 11 97 67 15 179 16.3
66 Auburn 10 94 65 17 176 17.6
67 Iowa 12 66 61 17 144 12.0
68 Nebraska 10 88 52 15 155 15.5
69 Syracuse 9 84 44 16 144 16.0
70 SMU 3 23 35 7 65 21.7
70 Hawai'i 3 10 35 9 54 18.0
72 Fresno State 2 14 34 3 51 25.5
73 Colorado State 2 7 33 2 42 21.0
74 UNLV 3 18 31 10 59 19.7
75 Memphis 2 15 28 1 44 22.0
76 Bowling Green 3 21 27 5 53 17.7
77 Western Michigan 3 15 26 3 44 14.7
78 Boise State 3 28 25 5 58 19.3
78 Connecticut 4 24 25 7 56 14.0
80 Marshall 2 14 23 4 41 20.5
80 Temple 2 6 23 4 33 16.5
82 UTSA 2 16 22 0 38 19.0
82 Troy 2 7 22 5 34 17.0
82 Rice 2 8 22 2 32 16.0
85 Ball State 2 6 21 4 31 15.5
86 Florida Atlantic 2 13 20 7 40 20.0
86 San Diego State 2 12 20 3 35 17.5
86 UTEP 2 9 20 2 31 15.5
89 San Jose State 2 16 19 8 43 21.5
90 Tulsa 2 17 18 4 39 19.5
90 Northern Illinois 2 10 18 5 33 16.5
92 Middle Tennessee 2 10 17 2 29 14.5
93 Appalachian State 1 11 16 3 30 30.0
93 Akron 2 22 16 2 40 20.0
93 South Florida 2 19 16 0 35 17.5
93 Kent State 2 9 16 4 29 14.5
97 Georgia Southern 1 5 15 3 23 23.0
97 Wyoming 2 19 15 7 41 20.5
97 Texas State 1 5 15 0 20 20.0
97 Tulane 2 16 15 3 34 17.0
97 Charlotte 2 9 15 2 26 13.0
102 Coastal Carolina 1 5 14 2 21 21.0
102 Miami (Ohio) 2 8 14 3 25 12.5
104 UAB 1 7 13 0 20 20.0
105 Utah State 1 5 12 2 19 19.0
105 Southern Mississippi 2 13 12 3 28 14.0
105 Nevada 2 9 12 5 26 13.0
108 Toledo 1 11 11 5 27 27.0
108 Sam Houston State 2 5 11 2 18 9.0
110 Georgia State 1 6 10 1 17 17.0
110 Louisiana Tech 1 6 10 1 17 17.0
110 Old Dominion 2 20 10 3 33 16.5
110 Army 3 28 10 2 40 13.3
114 Western Kentucky 1 5 9 1 15 15.0
114 Florida International 1 4 9 1 14 14.0
116 Ohio 1 8 8 2 18 18.0
116 James Madison 1 7 8 3 18 18.0
116 New Mexico 1 6 8 4 18 18.0
116 Buffalo 1 5 8 1 14 14.0
120 New Mexico State 1 13 7 3 23 23.0
120 Jacksonville State 1 12 7 4 23 23.0
120 Liberty 1 7 7 1 15 15.0
120 Louisiana-Monroe 2 15 7 5 27 13.5
120 Massachusetts 2 11 7 2 20 10.0
125 South Alabama 1 11 6 1 18 18.0
125 Louisiana-Lafayette 1 8 6 1 15 15.0
127 Central Michigan 1 9 5 5 19 19.0
127 East Carolina 1 7 5 0 12 12.0
127 Arkansas State 1 3 5 2 10 10.0
127 North Texas 1 4 5 0 9 9.0
131 Eastern Michigan 1 6 2 1 9 9.0