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

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Liberty 13 200 107 26 333 25.6
2 Appalachian State 12 102 153 25 280 23.3
3 North Texas 10 109 139 13 261 26.1
4 Texas State 11 119 120 19 258 23.5
5 UTSA 11 117 124 16 257 23.4
5 New Mexico State 13 123 118 16 257 19.8
7 South Alabama 11 101 137 15 253 23.0
8 Georgia Southern 11 77 151 21 249 22.6
9 Utah State 11 100 115 27 242 22.0
10 South Florida 10 112 107 22 241 24.1
10 SMU 10 102 118 21 241 24.1
10 Jacksonville State 11 138 88 15 241 21.9
13 Troy 11 86 128 25 239 21.7
14 New Mexico 10 106 104 27 237 23.7
15 Ohio 11 93 115 28 236 21.5
15 James Madison 11 75 149 12 236 21.5
17 UAB 10 96 116 22 234 23.4
18 Air Force 12 170 41 21 232 19.3
19 Louisiana-Lafayette 11 98 113 20 231 21.0
19 Coastal Carolina 11 80 122 29 231 21.0
21 Memphis 10 75 132 18 225 22.5
21 Toledo 12 97 113 15 225 18.8
23 Boise State 10 116 93 13 222 22.2
23 Arkansas State 11 83 117 22 222 20.2
23 Western Kentucky 11 58 145 19 222 20.2
26 Georgia State 11 108 89 20 217 19.7
27 UNLV 10 88 104 16 208 20.8
28 Tulane 11 94 104 9 207 18.8
29 Louisiana Tech 10 67 115 23 205 20.5
30 San Jose State 10 91 96 16 203 20.3
30 Fresno State 10 59 129 15 203 20.3
32 Northern Illinois 10 91 83 19 193 19.3
33 Rice 10 61 111 19 191 19.1
34 Southern Mississippi 9 93 74 22 189 21.0
34 Central Michigan 10 90 80 19 189 18.9
36 Temple 9 43 121 23 187 20.8
37 Middle Tennessee 9 65 96 22 183 20.3
38 Wyoming 10 86 79 17 182 18.2
39 Colorado State 9 53 112 16 181 20.1
39 Eastern Michigan 11 78 79 24 181 16.5
41 Hawai'i 9 53 110 15 178 19.8
42 Massachusetts 9 70 89 18 177 19.7
43 Marshall 10 60 91 25 176 17.6
44 Sam Houston State 9 54 104 16 174 19.3
45 Tulsa 9 74 89 9 172 19.1
46 Buffalo 10 76 79 16 171 17.1
47 Old Dominion 10 81 73 13 167 16.7
48 Western Michigan 8 69 73 22 164 20.5
49 UTEP 9 62 77 24 163 18.1
50 Miami (Ohio) 11 73 72 17 162 14.7
51 Ball State 9 89 56 15 160 17.8
51 Nevada 9 71 65 24 160 17.8
53 Charlotte 9 66 72 20 158 17.6
53 Florida International 10 57 91 10 158 15.8
55 Navy 11 110 42 4 156 14.2
56 Florida Atlantic 9 56 85 13 154 17.1
57 San Diego State 9 72 73 8 153 17.0
58 East Carolina 10 58 76 12 146 14.6
59 Louisiana-Monroe 9 56 76 12 144 16.0
60 Akron 9 56 71 16 143 15.9
61 Bowling Green 9 73 57 9 139 15.4
62 Connecticut 7 59 65 12 136 19.4
63 Kent State 9 53 67 11 131 14.6
64 Army 7 87 26 7 120 17.1
65 Boston College 4 59 23 6 88 22.0
66 Oklahoma 3 31 47 7 85 28.3
67 USC 3 23 47 6 76 25.3
68 Minnesota 3 49 16 8 73 24.3
68 Houston 3 27 39 7 73 24.3
70 UCLA 3 32 28 4 64 21.3
70 Michigan 3 22 37 5 64 21.3
72 Virginia Tech 3 31 25 3 59 19.7
72 North Carolina State 3 24 27 8 59 19.7
74 Oregon State 3 22 34 1 57 19.0
75 Duke 3 18 32 6 56 18.7
76 UCF 2 29 22 4 55 27.5
76 Texas A&M 2 15 34 6 55 27.5
76 Syracuse 3 17 30 8 55 18.3
79 Oregon 2 21 30 2 53 26.5
79 Georgia 2 18 31 4 53 26.5
79 Washington 2 9 38 6 53 26.5
82 Miami (Florida) 2 24 24 3 51 25.5
83 Notre Dame 2 26 23 1 50 25.0
84 LSU 2 19 28 2 49 24.5
85 Illinois 2 21 24 2 47 23.5
85 Tennessee 2 20 26 1 47 23.5
87 Kansas 2 15 27 4 46 23.0
88 Wisconsin 2 22 22 1 45 22.5
88 Mississippi 2 14 27 4 45 22.5
90 Stanford 2 13 22 9 44 22.0
91 Nebraska 2 26 14 3 43 21.5
91 Arkansas 2 25 16 2 43 21.5
91 Missouri 2 23 17 3 43 21.5
91 Mississippi State 2 18 21 4 43 21.5
91 Ohio State 2 11 29 3 43 21.5
96 Alabama 2 23 10 7 40 20.0
97 Auburn 2 22 12 5 39 19.5
97 Clemson 2 19 16 4 39 19.5
97 Wake Forest 2 17 20 2 39 19.5
100 Vanderbilt 2 9 24 5 38 19.0
101 Iowa 2 17 14 6 37 18.5
101 Texas 2 14 22 1 37 18.5
103 Kentucky 2 12 19 4 35 17.5
104 Iowa State 2 6 25 1 32 16.0
105 Cincinnati 1 13 14 3 30 30.0
105 Washington State 1 8 21 1 30 30.0
107 California 1 13 16 0 29 29.0
108 Penn State 1 17 7 4 28 28.0
108 Maryland 1 15 11 2 28 28.0
110 North Carolina 1 18 7 2 27 27.0
110 Georgia Tech 1 6 18 3 27 27.0
112 Arizona 1 12 12 2 26 26.0
112 Florida State 1 12 12 2 26 26.0
112 Texas Tech 1 7 19 0 26 26.0
115 TCU 1 13 12 0 25 25.0
116 Colorado 1 5 15 4 24 24.0
117 Baylor 1 4 16 2 22 22.0
118 Florida 1 9 10 2 21 21.0
119 Rutgers 1 12 7 1 20 20.0
119 Kansas State 1 9 10 1 20 20.0
119 Michigan State 1 6 11 3 20 20.0
119 South Carolina 1 4 15 1 20 20.0
123 Purdue 1 7 9 3 19 19.0
124 Louisville 1 10 6 1 17 17.0
124 Northwestern 1 10 6 1 17 17.0
126 Virginia 1 5 10 1 16 16.0
127 Arizona State 1 3 10 2 15 15.0
128 Oklahoma State 1 6 8 0 14 14.0
128 Indiana 1 2 11 1 14 14.0
130 BYU 1 6 6 0 12 12.0
131 Pittsburgh 1 3 7 1 11 11.0