2024 National Leaders First Downs - All Games through 12/30/2024

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Army 14 230 44 18 292 20.9
2 Jacksonville State 14 179 106 33 318 22.7
3 UNLV 14 166 106 24 296 21.1
4 UCF 12 162 103 18 283 23.6
5 Liberty 11 160 86 20 266 24.2
5 Air Force 12 160 39 17 216 18.0
7 Ohio 14 156 122 30 308 22.0
8 Tennessee 13 151 135 18 304 23.4
9 New Mexico 12 149 125 24 298 24.8
9 Arkansas 13 149 150 15 314 24.2
11 Navy 13 148 62 11 221 17.0
12 Texas State 12 147 148 18 313 26.1
12 Penn State 14 147 162 17 326 23.3
12 Tulane 14 147 119 25 291 20.8
15 Boise State 13 145 140 19 304 23.4
16 West Virginia 13 141 128 25 294 22.6
17 Arizona State 13 140 125 21 286 22.0
18 Clemson 14 139 170 28 337 24.1
19 Northern Illinois 13 137 115 27 279 21.5
19 Missouri 13 137 120 19 276 21.2
21 Marshall 13 136 101 21 258 19.8
22 Miami (Florida) 13 134 194 23 351 27.0
23 Oregon State 12 133 110 25 268 22.3
23 Kansas 12 133 108 17 258 21.5
23 Kansas State 13 133 120 11 264 20.3
26 SMU 14 132 159 27 318 22.7
27 South Alabama 13 131 134 16 281 21.6
28 Indiana 13 130 155 21 306 23.5
28 James Madison 13 130 122 17 269 20.7
30 Rutgers 13 129 131 33 293 22.5
31 Texas 14 128 165 24 317 22.6
32 BYU 13 127 141 21 289 22.2
33 Georgia Tech 13 126 138 17 281 21.6
33 Texas A&M 13 126 132 21 279 21.5
35 Oregon 13 125 162 21 308 23.7
35 South Carolina 12 125 114 21 260 21.7
35 North Carolina 13 125 122 26 273 21.0
38 Texas Tech 13 124 174 21 319 24.5
38 Notre Dame 13 124 123 23 270 20.8
40 Sam Houston State 13 123 104 18 245 18.8
41 Memphis 13 122 150 28 300 23.1
41 Iowa State 14 122 160 35 317 22.6
41 Western Michigan 13 122 113 18 253 19.5
44 Connecticut 13 121 115 32 268 20.6
45 Mississippi 12 120 158 17 295 24.6
45 Oklahoma 13 120 100 27 247 19.0
47 Alabama 12 119 120 17 256 21.3
48 Washington State 13 118 154 26 298 22.9
48 Massachusetts 12 118 92 26 236 19.7
50 Iowa 13 117 82 18 217 16.7
51 Old Dominion 12 116 106 14 236 19.7
52 Kentucky 12 115 91 27 233 19.4
52 Boston College 13 115 112 24 251 19.3
54 Baylor 12 114 134 20 268 22.3
54 Louisiana-Lafayette 14 114 150 26 290 20.7
54 Nevada 13 114 117 22 253 19.5
57 East Carolina 13 113 151 22 286 22.0
57 Arkansas State 13 113 144 27 284 21.8
57 Florida 13 113 119 18 250 19.2
60 Ohio State 13 112 149 11 272 20.9
61 Virginia Tech 12 111 96 25 232 19.3
61 New Mexico State 12 111 87 34 232 19.3
63 Georgia Southern 13 109 139 35 283 21.8
63 Nebraska 13 109 137 37 283 21.8
63 Coastal Carolina 13 109 103 23 235 18.1
66 Utah State 12 108 140 22 270 22.5
66 Cincinnati 12 108 140 17 265 22.1
66 Auburn 12 108 127 17 252 21.0
66 Buffalo 12 108 98 17 223 18.6
70 South Florida 13 106 130 29 265 20.4
71 Troy 12 105 121 18 244 20.3
71 Vanderbilt 13 105 106 25 236 18.2
71 Central Michigan 12 105 83 28 216 18.0
74 Appalachian State 11 104 134 24 262 23.8
74 Wisconsin 12 104 98 23 225 18.8
74 Michigan 12 104 81 12 197 16.4
77 Louisville 12 103 138 20 261 21.8
77 Colorado State 13 103 113 17 233 17.9
79 Pittsburgh 13 102 158 41 301 23.2
79 Eastern Michigan 12 102 129 27 258 21.5
79 Florida Atlantic 12 102 112 20 234 19.5
82 USC 13 100 182 21 303 23.3
82 TCU 13 100 175 18 293 22.5
82 UAB 12 100 137 23 260 21.7
85 Illinois 12 99 119 25 243 20.3
85 Bowling Green 13 99 142 17 258 19.8
85 Virginia 12 99 116 19 234 19.5
85 Michigan State 12 99 110 17 226 18.8
85 Louisiana-Monroe 12 99 67 19 185 15.4
90 UTSA 13 98 158 24 280 21.5
91 Georgia 13 97 172 21 290 22.3
91 Washington 12 97 137 14 248 20.7
93 North Carolina State 13 95 137 30 262 20.2
94 Mississippi State 12 94 122 28 244 20.3
95 Wake Forest 12 93 136 32 261 21.8
95 Louisiana Tech 13 93 126 14 233 17.9
97 California 13 92 155 25 272 20.9
98 Tulsa 12 91 122 34 247 20.6
99 Western Kentucky 14 89 161 20 270 19.3
99 Stanford 12 89 112 22 223 18.6
101 Houston 12 88 77 16 181 15.1
102 Ball State 12 86 134 23 243 20.3
102 Wyoming 12 86 97 25 208 17.3
102 UTEP 12 86 95 19 200 16.7
105 Syracuse 13 84 231 23 338 26.0
105 Southern Mississippi 12 84 75 26 185 15.4
107 North Texas 12 83 172 32 287 23.9
107 Georgia State 12 83 142 24 249 20.8
107 Minnesota 12 83 132 27 242 20.2
107 San Diego State 12 83 114 25 222 18.5
107 Miami (Ohio) 14 83 136 17 236 16.9
112 Oklahoma State 12 81 145 19 245 20.4
112 Toledo 13 81 144 32 257 19.8
112 Utah 12 81 103 15 199 16.6
115 Kennesaw State 12 79 70 15 164 13.7
116 Florida International 12 77 119 19 215 17.9
116 Charlotte 12 77 104 25 206 17.2
118 Northwestern 12 76 100 16 192 16.0
119 Maryland 12 75 157 26 258 21.5
120 LSU 12 74 183 29 286 23.8
120 Arizona 12 74 130 18 222 18.5
120 Rice 12 74 125 21 220 18.3
120 Akron 12 74 117 25 216 18.0
124 Fresno State 13 73 141 31 245 18.8
125 San Jose State 13 71 180 33 284 21.8
125 Hawai'i 12 71 150 28 249 20.8
127 Purdue 12 65 99 11 175 14.6
128 Florida State 12 64 103 15 182 15.2
129 Colorado 13 63 171 31 265 20.4
130 UCLA 12 62 136 18 216 18.0
131 Kent State 12 61 70 25 156 13.0
132 Duke 12 59 126 27 212 17.7
133 Middle Tennessee 12 57 137 24 218 18.2
134 Temple 12 55 116 16 187 15.6