2024 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. Conference Teams Only through 01/02/2025

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Army 10 168 35 8 211 21.1
2 Jacksonville State 9 137 60 22 219 24.3
3 Liberty 8 111 59 15 185 23.1
4 Texas State 8 110 92 9 211 26.4
5 UCF 9 106 85 16 207 23.0
5 Tulane 9 106 78 16 200 22.2
5 Air Force 7 106 20 11 137 19.6
5 Navy 9 106 40 6 152 16.9
9 BYU 10 105 102 16 223 22.3
10 Oregon 11 104 129 17 250 22.7
11 Ohio 9 102 78 18 198 22.0
12 Kansas 9 101 83 13 197 21.9
13 Arizona State 10 98 99 16 213 21.3
13 Marshall 9 98 68 15 181 20.1
15 Penn State 10 96 116 14 226 22.6
15 Baylor 10 96 114 14 224 22.4
15 UNLV 8 96 67 16 179 22.4
15 Kansas State 10 96 96 10 202 20.2
19 West Virginia 9 95 87 15 197 21.9
20 Clemson 9 94 112 21 227 25.2
21 Old Dominion 8 90 76 9 175 21.9
22 Iowa State 10 89 120 26 235 23.5
23 New Mexico 7 87 75 10 172 24.6
23 Boise State 8 87 87 13 187 23.4
23 South Alabama 8 87 75 9 171 21.4
26 Texas Tech 9 86 117 17 220 24.4
27 Memphis 8 84 100 15 199 24.9
28 Cincinnati 9 83 99 16 198 22.0
28 Tennessee 8 83 72 16 171 21.4
30 Miami (Florida) 8 82 116 15 213 26.6
31 James Madison 8 81 74 11 166 20.8
32 Arkansas State 8 80 91 16 187 23.4
32 Boston College 8 80 63 15 158 19.8
34 Appalachian State 8 79 94 18 191 23.9
34 SMU 9 79 110 16 205 22.8
34 Indiana 9 79 110 15 204 22.7
34 Rutgers 9 79 90 24 193 21.4
34 Georgia Tech 8 79 73 7 159 19.9
39 Buffalo 8 78 73 13 164 20.5
39 Western Michigan 8 78 75 9 162 20.3
39 Ohio State 10 78 106 7 191 19.1
39 Sam Houston State 8 78 64 9 151 18.9
39 Michigan 9 78 57 11 146 16.2
39 Iowa 9 78 46 11 135 15.0
45 Arkansas 8 77 85 10 172 21.5
45 Missouri 8 77 63 11 151 18.9
47 Nebraska 9 76 89 23 188 20.9
47 New Mexico State 8 76 65 22 163 20.4
47 Illinois 9 76 85 21 182 20.2
50 Texas 9 74 105 17 196 21.8
50 Texas A&M 8 74 74 12 160 20.0
52 TCU 9 73 118 12 203 22.6
52 Troy 8 73 86 11 170 21.3
52 Northern Illinois 8 73 73 20 166 20.8
52 North Carolina 8 73 75 13 161 20.1
52 Michigan State 9 73 82 13 168 18.7
57 Utah State 7 72 88 16 176 25.1
57 Louisiana-Lafayette 9 72 97 17 186 20.7
57 Central Michigan 8 72 38 17 127 15.9
60 Alabama 8 71 83 10 164 20.5
60 Virginia Tech 8 71 67 17 155 19.4
60 Wisconsin 9 71 71 16 158 17.6
60 Louisiana-Monroe 8 71 50 13 134 16.8
64 Georgia Southern 8 70 87 18 175 21.9
64 Eastern Michigan 8 70 91 13 174 21.8
64 East Carolina 8 70 89 11 170 21.3
64 Auburn 8 70 86 9 165 20.6
64 Louisiana Tech 8 70 83 8 161 20.1
64 Kentucky 8 70 54 20 144 18.0
64 Houston 9 70 51 12 133 14.8
71 Washington 9 69 99 11 179 19.9
72 Western Kentucky 9 68 106 11 185 20.6
73 South Carolina 8 67 76 18 161 20.1
73 Oklahoma 8 67 52 19 138 17.3
75 Florida 8 66 70 12 148 18.5
75 Southern Mississippi 8 66 43 18 127 15.9
77 Mississippi State 8 65 78 17 160 20.0
77 Bowling Green 8 65 79 10 154 19.3
77 Coastal Carolina 8 65 64 10 139 17.4
80 Wake Forest 8 64 80 18 162 20.3
80 Florida Atlantic 8 64 82 9 155 19.4
80 UTEP 8 64 61 16 141 17.6
83 USC 9 63 123 11 197 21.9
83 Mississippi 8 63 90 12 165 20.6
85 North Texas 8 62 111 20 193 24.1
85 Utah 10 62 78 10 150 15.0
87 Ball State 8 61 96 17 174 21.8
87 Stanford 8 61 75 13 149 18.6
89 North Carolina State 8 60 90 22 172 21.5
89 Louisville 8 60 93 14 167 20.9
89 Oklahoma State 9 60 104 13 177 19.7
92 Georgia 9 59 112 15 186 20.7
92 Charlotte 8 59 65 20 144 18.0
94 UAB 8 58 93 15 166 20.8
94 Minnesota 9 58 102 21 181 20.1
94 South Florida 8 58 85 16 159 19.9
94 Virginia 8 58 84 13 155 19.4
94 Arizona 10 58 110 14 182 18.2
99 Tulsa 8 57 77 30 164 20.5
99 Vanderbilt 8 57 61 16 134 16.8
99 Kennesaw State 8 57 48 9 114 14.3
102 UTSA 8 56 103 17 176 22.0
102 Colorado State 7 56 64 9 129 18.4
102 Miami (Ohio) 9 56 84 10 150 16.7
105 Wyoming 7 55 64 16 135 19.3
106 Florida International 8 54 77 13 144 18.0
107 Nevada 7 53 75 10 138 19.7
108 Georgia State 8 52 94 16 162 20.3
108 San Diego State 7 52 68 14 134 19.1
108 UCLA 9 52 96 12 160 17.8
111 Colorado 10 51 129 25 205 20.5
112 California 8 50 100 18 168 21.0
112 Akron 8 50 89 18 157 19.6
114 Rice 8 49 98 16 163 20.4
114 Toledo 8 49 92 17 158 19.8
116 LSU 8 48 116 21 185 23.1
117 Northwestern 9 47 72 12 131 14.6
118 Hawai'i 7 46 85 20 151 21.6
118 Pittsburgh 8 46 92 26 164 20.5
118 Maryland 9 46 113 24 183 20.3
121 Syracuse 8 45 136 13 194 24.3
122 Kent State 8 44 51 16 111 13.9
123 Duke 8 41 78 19 138 17.3
123 Purdue 9 41 79 10 130 14.4
125 Fresno State 7 39 75 17 131 18.7
125 Middle Tennessee 8 39 97 13 149 18.6
125 Florida State 8 39 68 10 117 14.6
128 San Jose State 7 36 89 12 137 19.6
129 Temple 8 29 81 14 124 15.5
130 Washington State 1 12 7 1 20 20.0
131 Connecticut 1 11 9 2 22 22.0
131 Massachusetts 1 11 8 3 22 22.0
133 Oregon State 1 10 14 3 27 27.0