2024 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. Non-Conference Teams Only through 11/08/2024

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Oregon State 8 104 69 17 190 23.8
2 Connecticut 9 86 79 25 190 21.1
3 Massachusetts 9 81 74 19 174 19.3
4 Notre Dame 8 80 72 12 164 20.5
5 Washington State 8 73 93 18 184 23.0
6 UNLV 5 61 36 8 105 21.0
6 Nevada 6 61 42 12 115 19.2
8 Mississippi 4 57 68 5 130 32.5
9 UCF 3 56 18 2 76 25.3
10 Northern Illinois 4 54 32 3 89 22.3
11 Missouri 4 53 43 6 102 25.5
12 SMU 4 47 38 7 92 23.0
13 Arkansas 3 45 46 5 96 32.0
13 Tennessee 3 45 44 1 90 30.0
13 Indiana 3 45 35 5 85 28.3
13 North Carolina 4 45 44 13 102 25.5
17 New Mexico 4 44 42 13 99 24.8
17 South Florida 4 44 35 12 91 22.8
17 Boise State 4 44 41 5 90 22.5
20 Rutgers 3 42 30 8 80 26.7
20 Arizona State 3 42 26 5 73 24.3
20 Sam Houston State 4 42 30 7 79 19.8
23 Texas 4 41 50 4 95 23.8
23 Oklahoma 4 41 36 5 82 20.5
23 Ohio 4 41 33 8 82 20.5
26 Penn State 3 40 40 2 82 27.3
26 Virginia Tech 4 40 29 8 77 19.3
26 Colorado State 5 40 38 7 85 17.0
29 Vanderbilt 4 39 38 5 82 20.5
30 James Madison 4 38 41 5 84 21.0
30 Florida Atlantic 4 38 30 11 79 19.8
30 Marshall 4 38 33 6 77 19.3
30 Air Force 4 38 13 5 56 14.0
34 Miami (Florida) 4 37 70 7 114 28.5
34 Texas State 4 37 56 9 102 25.5
34 Coastal Carolina 4 37 34 10 81 20.3
34 Tulane 4 37 36 7 80 20.0
34 Navy 3 37 17 4 58 19.3
39 Pittsburgh 4 36 59 12 107 26.8
39 West Virginia 3 36 27 9 72 24.0
39 Western Michigan 4 36 29 5 70 17.5
42 Louisiana-Lafayette 4 35 47 9 91 22.8
42 Texas A&M 3 35 26 6 67 22.3
44 Virginia 3 34 26 4 64 21.3
44 Tulsa 4 34 45 4 83 20.8
44 Jacksonville State 4 34 37 10 81 20.3
47 Ohio State 3 33 41 3 77 25.7
47 Central Michigan 4 33 45 11 89 22.3
47 Wisconsin 3 33 27 7 67 22.3
50 Eastern Michigan 4 32 38 14 84 21.0
50 Alabama 3 32 25 6 63 21.0
50 UTSA 4 32 43 6 81 20.3
50 Kansas 3 32 25 4 61 20.3
50 Troy 4 32 35 7 74 18.5
50 Boston College 4 32 35 6 73 18.3
56 UAB 3 31 34 6 71 23.7
56 Georgia State 4 31 48 8 87 21.8
56 Iowa 3 31 29 4 64 21.3
56 California 4 31 46 6 83 20.8
56 Memphis 4 31 40 12 83 20.8
56 Bowling Green 4 31 46 5 82 20.5
56 San Diego State 5 31 46 11 88 17.6
63 Liberty 2 30 21 3 54 27.0
63 East Carolina 4 30 53 11 94 23.5
63 South Alabama 4 30 49 6 85 21.3
63 Toledo 4 30 38 14 82 20.5
63 Buffalo 4 30 25 4 59 14.8
68 Texas Tech 3 29 44 3 76 25.3
68 Maryland 3 29 44 2 75 25.0
68 Wake Forest 4 29 56 14 99 24.8
68 South Carolina 2 29 15 1 45 22.5
68 Mississippi State 4 29 44 11 84 21.0
68 Northwestern 3 29 28 4 61 20.3
68 Army 2 29 7 4 40 20.0
68 New Mexico State 3 29 17 11 57 19.0
68 Utah State 4 29 41 3 73 18.3
77 Nebraska 3 28 34 12 74 24.7
77 Louisville 3 28 40 3 71 23.7
77 Washington 3 28 38 3 69 23.0
80 Georgia Southern 4 27 41 17 85 21.3
81 LSU 4 26 67 8 101 25.3
81 Fresno State 4 26 46 10 82 20.5
81 Arkansas State 4 26 43 8 77 19.3
81 Michigan State 3 26 28 4 58 19.3
81 Michigan 3 26 24 1 51 17.0
81 Temple 4 26 35 2 63 15.8
81 Old Dominion 4 26 30 5 61 15.3
88 Appalachian State 3 25 40 6 71 23.7
88 Georgia Tech 3 25 41 4 70 23.3
88 Cincinnati 3 25 41 1 67 22.3
88 Minnesota 3 25 30 6 61 20.3
88 Auburn 3 25 28 8 61 20.3
88 Hawai'i 5 25 65 8 98 19.6
88 Ball State 4 25 38 6 69 17.3
88 Rice 4 25 27 5 57 14.3
96 Kansas State 2 24 14 1 39 19.5
96 North Carolina State 4 24 38 7 69 17.3
96 Purdue 3 24 20 1 45 15.0
96 Akron 4 24 28 7 59 14.8
96 Louisiana-Monroe 3 24 12 6 42 14.0
101 Syracuse 3 23 61 7 91 30.3
101 Oregon 3 23 46 4 73 24.3
101 Kentucky 2 23 18 3 44 22.0
101 Illinois 3 23 34 4 61 20.3
101 Iowa State 3 23 31 4 58 19.3
101 Florida 3 23 30 5 58 19.3
101 Florida International 4 23 42 6 71 17.8
108 BYU 3 22 39 5 66 22.0
108 Wyoming 4 22 22 7 51 12.8
108 Kennesaw State 4 22 22 6 50 12.5
111 North Texas 4 21 61 12 94 23.5
111 Oklahoma State 3 21 41 6 68 22.7
111 Stanford 3 21 25 7 53 17.7
114 TCU 3 20 45 5 70 23.3
115 Utah 2 19 25 5 49 24.5
116 Georgia 2 18 26 2 46 23.0
116 Baylor 2 18 20 6 44 22.0
116 Duke 4 18 48 8 74 18.5
116 Western Kentucky 4 18 44 9 71 17.8
116 Middle Tennessee 4 18 40 11 69 17.3
116 Miami (Ohio) 4 18 43 7 68 17.0
116 Houston 3 18 26 4 48 16.0
116 Charlotte 4 18 39 5 62 15.5
116 Southern Mississippi 4 18 32 8 58 14.5
125 USC 2 17 31 4 52 26.0
125 Kent State 4 17 19 9 45 11.3
127 Arizona 2 16 20 4 40 20.0
127 UTEP 3 16 26 2 44 14.7
129 Clemson 2 15 22 4 41 20.5
129 Louisiana Tech 3 15 27 3 45 15.0
131 San Jose State 3 13 46 9 68 22.7
132 Colorado 3 12 42 6 60 20.0
133 UCLA 2 7 24 5 36 18.0
134 Florida State 1 3 8 0 11 11.0