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