2024 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. Non-Conference Teams Only through 01/20/2025

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Notre Dame 16 147 150 29 326 20.4
2 Washington State 12 106 147 25 278 23.2
3 Connecticut 12 110 106 30 246 20.5
4 Oregon State 11 123 96 22 241 21.9
5 Massachusetts 11 107 84 23 214 19.5
6 Texas 7 64 83 11 158 22.6
7 Mississippi 5 66 86 5 157 31.4
8 San Jose State 6 35 91 21 147 24.5
9 Syracuse 5 39 95 10 144 28.8
10 Arkansas 5 72 65 5 142 28.4
11 Penn State 6 72 61 8 141 23.5
11 Boise State 6 65 67 9 141 23.5
11 Ohio State 6 57 77 7 141 23.5
14 Miami (Florida) 5 52 78 8 138 27.6
15 Pittsburgh 5 56 66 15 137 27.4
16 Tennessee 5 68 63 2 133 26.6
17 Texas State 5 47 69 12 128 25.6
18 New Mexico 5 62 50 14 126 25.2
19 Missouri 5 60 57 8 125 25.0
20 Georgia Tech 5 47 65 10 122 24.4
21 LSU 5 31 81 9 121 24.2
22 Georgia 5 43 69 8 120 24.0
23 South Carolina 5 67 49 3 119 23.8
23 Texas A&M 5 52 58 9 119 23.8
25 UNLV 6 70 39 8 117 19.5
26 East Carolina 5 43 62 11 116 23.2
26 North Texas 5 25 77 14 116 23.2
28 Nevada 6 61 42 12 115 19.2
29 SMU 5 54 49 11 114 22.8
29 Fresno State 6 34 66 14 114 19.0
31 Northern Illinois 5 64 42 7 113 22.6
32 North Carolina 5 52 47 13 112 22.4
33 Ohio 5 54 44 12 110 22.0
33 Clemson 5 45 58 7 110 22.0
33 South Alabama 5 44 59 7 110 22.0
36 Oklahoma 5 53 48 8 109 21.8
36 Louisville 5 50 53 6 109 21.8
38 Georgia Southern 5 39 52 17 108 21.6
39 Alabama 5 55 44 8 107 21.4
40 USC 4 37 59 10 106 26.5
40 South Florida 5 48 45 13 106 21.2
42 California 5 42 55 7 104 20.8
42 UTSA 5 42 55 7 104 20.8
42 Louisiana-Lafayette 5 42 53 9 104 20.8
42 Bowling Green 5 34 63 7 104 20.8
42 Colorado State 6 47 49 8 104 17.3
47 James Madison 5 49 48 6 103 20.6
48 Arizona State 4 57 36 9 102 25.5
48 Indiana 4 51 45 6 102 25.5
48 Vanderbilt 5 48 45 9 102 20.4
48 Florida 5 47 49 6 102 20.4
52 Memphis 5 38 50 13 101 20.2
53 Rutgers 4 50 41 9 100 25.0
54 Texas Tech 4 38 57 4 99 24.8
54 Wake Forest 4 29 56 14 99 24.8
54 Jacksonville State 5 42 46 11 99 19.8
54 Toledo 5 32 52 15 99 19.8
58 Hawai'i 5 25 65 8 98 19.6
59 West Virginia 4 46 41 10 97 24.3
59 Arkansas State 5 33 53 11 97 19.4
61 Coastal Carolina 5 44 39 13 96 19.2
62 Nebraska 4 33 48 14 95 23.8
63 UAB 4 42 44 8 94 23.5
63 Sam Houston State 5 45 40 9 94 18.8
63 Utah State 5 36 52 6 94 18.8
66 Boston College 5 35 49 9 93 18.6
67 Liberty 4 54 31 7 92 23.0
68 Western Michigan 5 44 38 9 91 18.2
68 Tulane 5 41 41 9 91 18.2
68 Duke 5 19 63 9 91 18.2
71 Washington 4 35 51 4 90 22.5
71 TCU 4 27 57 6 90 22.5
71 North Carolina State 5 35 47 8 90 18.0
74 Kentucky 4 45 37 7 89 22.3
74 Central Michigan 4 33 45 11 89 22.3
76 San Diego State 5 31 46 11 88 17.6
77 Auburn 4 38 41 8 87 21.8
77 Georgia State 4 31 48 8 87 21.8
79 Virginia Tech 5 44 34 8 86 17.2
79 Miami (Ohio) 5 27 52 7 86 17.2
81 Western Kentucky 5 21 55 9 85 17.0
82 Minnesota 4 36 41 7 84 21.0
82 Eastern Michigan 4 32 38 14 84 21.0
82 Mississippi State 4 29 44 11 84 21.0
85 Tulsa 4 34 45 4 83 20.8
85 Illinois 4 34 42 7 83 20.8
87 Iowa 4 39 36 7 82 20.5
87 Iowa State 4 33 40 9 82 20.5
89 Army 4 62 9 10 81 20.3
90 Virginia 4 41 32 6 79 19.8
90 Florida Atlantic 4 38 30 11 79 19.8
90 Air Force 5 54 19 6 79 15.8
93 Marshall 4 38 33 6 77 19.3
93 Buffalo 5 42 30 5 77 15.4
95 UCF 3 56 18 2 76 25.3
96 Maryland 3 29 44 2 75 25.0
96 Baylor 3 22 43 10 75 25.0
98 Troy 4 32 35 7 74 18.5
98 Stanford 4 28 37 9 74 18.5
100 Oregon 3 23 46 4 73 24.3
100 Wyoming 5 31 33 9 73 14.6
102 Louisiana Tech 5 23 43 6 72 14.4
103 Appalachian State 3 25 40 6 71 23.7
103 Florida International 4 23 42 6 71 17.8
105 Navy 4 42 22 5 69 17.3
105 New Mexico State 4 35 22 12 69 17.3
105 Ball State 4 25 38 6 69 17.3
105 Middle Tennessee 4 18 40 11 69 17.3
109 Oklahoma State 3 21 41 6 68 22.7
110 Wisconsin 3 33 27 7 67 22.3
110 Cincinnati 3 25 41 1 67 22.3
112 BYU 3 22 39 5 66 22.0
113 Florida State 4 25 35 5 65 16.3
114 Michigan 4 32 29 3 64 16.0
115 Temple 4 26 35 2 63 15.8
116 Kansas State 3 37 24 1 62 20.7
116 Charlotte 4 18 39 5 62 15.5
118 Kansas 3 32 25 4 61 20.3
118 Northwestern 3 29 28 4 61 20.3
118 Old Dominion 4 26 30 5 61 15.3
121 Colorado 3 12 42 6 60 20.0
122 Akron 4 24 28 7 59 14.8
122 UTEP 4 22 34 3 59 14.8
124 Michigan State 3 26 28 4 58 19.3
124 Southern Mississippi 4 18 32 8 58 14.5
126 Rice 4 25 27 5 57 14.3
127 UCLA 3 10 40 6 56 18.7
128 Louisiana-Monroe 4 28 17 6 51 12.8
129 Kennesaw State 4 22 22 6 50 12.5
130 Utah 2 19 25 5 49 24.5
131 Houston 3 18 26 4 48 16.0
132 Purdue 3 24 20 1 45 15.0
132 Kent State 4 17 19 9 45 11.3
134 Arizona 2 16 20 4 40 20.0