2024 National Leaders First Downs - Games Lost Only through 12/30/2024

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Middle Tennessee 9 42 105 17 164 18.2
2 Mississippi State 10 75 104 20 199 19.9
2 Oklahoma State 9 60 104 13 177 19.7
4 Ball State 9 53 103 17 173 19.2
5 UAB 9 66 102 17 185 20.6
5 Georgia State 9 57 102 16 175 19.4
7 Utah State 8 61 100 11 172 21.5
8 Maryland 8 41 96 21 158 19.8
9 Nevada 10 75 95 20 190 19.0
10 Arizona 8 41 91 13 145 18.1
11 Wake Forest 8 55 89 23 167 20.9
12 San Diego State 9 60 85 19 164 18.2
13 Tulsa 9 67 84 30 181 20.1
13 Purdue 11 54 84 11 149 13.5
15 USC 6 45 83 7 135 22.5
15 Florida State 10 49 83 13 145 14.5
17 Florida Atlantic 9 63 82 16 161 17.9
18 Fresno State 7 26 81 18 125 17.9
19 San Jose State 6 34 79 16 129 21.5
20 North Texas 6 43 78 20 141 23.5
20 Florida International 8 50 78 11 139 17.4
20 Akron 8 36 78 12 126 15.8
23 New Mexico 7 77 77 19 173 24.7
23 Cincinnati 7 69 77 9 155 22.1
23 Troy 8 56 77 13 146 18.3
23 Temple 9 37 77 14 128 14.2
27 Stanford 9 68 76 14 158 17.6
27 Louisiana Tech 8 46 76 9 131 16.4
29 Appalachian State 6 59 75 19 153 25.5
29 West Virginia 7 72 75 16 163 23.3
29 California 7 47 75 16 138 19.7
29 Auburn 7 46 75 11 132 18.9
29 Hawai'i 7 33 75 14 122 17.4
34 Massachusetts 10 97 74 21 192 19.2
35 Pittsburgh 6 49 73 22 144 24.0
36 South Alabama 6 52 72 7 131 21.8
36 Georgia Tech 6 43 72 9 124 20.7
36 North Carolina 7 51 72 11 134 19.1
36 Rice 8 43 72 13 128 16.0
40 Eastern Michigan 7 55 71 12 138 19.7
40 Oregon State 7 52 71 15 138 19.7
40 UTEP 9 61 71 12 144 16.0
43 UCF 8 82 70 12 164 20.5
43 UTSA 6 33 70 9 112 18.7
43 Kent State 12 61 70 25 156 13.0
46 Arkansas 6 57 69 5 131 21.8
46 North Carolina State 7 48 69 19 136 19.4
46 Bowling Green 6 34 69 10 113 18.8
49 Texas Tech 5 49 68 9 126 25.2
49 UCLA 7 35 68 10 113 16.1
51 TCU 4 17 67 11 95 23.8
51 Old Dominion 7 59 67 9 135 19.3
53 Southern Mississippi 11 80 65 24 169 15.4
53 Wyoming 9 53 65 19 137 15.2
53 Northwestern 8 43 65 13 121 15.1
56 South Florida 6 25 64 14 103 17.2
57 Texas State 5 53 63 5 121 24.2
57 Rutgers 6 55 63 13 131 21.8
57 Kansas 7 71 63 10 144 20.6
60 Washington State 5 41 62 4 107 21.4
60 Toledo 5 28 62 10 100 20.0
60 Michigan State 7 48 62 4 114 16.3
63 New Mexico State 9 84 61 28 173 19.2
64 Virginia 7 52 60 13 125 17.9
64 Utah 7 38 60 6 104 14.9
66 Washington 6 49 59 6 114 19.0
66 Boston College 6 41 59 12 112 18.7
68 LSU 4 23 58 7 88 22.0
69 Arkansas State 5 37 57 8 102 20.4
69 Nebraska 6 50 57 11 118 19.7
71 Charlotte 7 45 56 11 112 16.0
71 Miami (Ohio) 5 16 56 6 78 15.6
71 Houston 8 53 56 11 120 15.0
74 Oklahoma 7 61 55 20 136 19.4
75 Texas A&M 5 42 53 8 103 20.6
75 Western Kentucky 6 31 53 8 92 15.3
77 Northern Illinois 5 46 52 12 110 22.0
77 Louisville 4 27 52 6 85 21.3
77 Virginia Tech 6 52 52 16 120 20.0
77 Kennesaw State 10 64 52 10 126 12.6
81 Syracuse 3 12 51 4 67 22.3
81 Georgia Southern 5 35 51 17 103 20.6
81 Western Michigan 7 50 51 10 111 15.9
84 Coastal Carolina 7 42 50 12 104 14.9
85 East Carolina 5 33 49 12 94 18.8
85 Kentucky 8 68 49 18 135 16.9
87 Colorado State 5 33 48 10 91 18.2
87 Minnesota 5 30 48 7 85 17.0
89 Vanderbilt 6 42 47 11 100 16.7
89 Wisconsin 7 44 47 13 104 14.9
91 Clemson 4 35 46 5 86 21.5
92 Central Michigan 8 71 44 18 133 16.6
93 Iowa State 3 21 43 5 69 23.0
93 Colorado 4 11 43 5 59 14.8
95 Florida 5 40 42 9 91 18.2
96 Jacksonville State 5 38 41 11 90 18.0
96 Tulane 5 29 41 10 80 16.0
98 Duke 3 12 40 10 62 20.7
98 Kansas State 4 28 40 5 73 18.3
98 Connecticut 4 18 40 4 62 15.5
98 Louisiana-Monroe 7 58 40 7 105 15.0
102 Baylor 4 24 39 6 69 17.3
103 Memphis 2 17 38 4 59 29.5
103 Miami (Florida) 3 28 38 6 72 24.0
103 James Madison 4 44 38 2 84 21.0
103 Michigan 5 33 38 6 77 15.4
107 SMU 3 25 37 5 67 22.3
108 Buffalo 4 29 36 1 66 16.5
108 Iowa 5 26 36 6 68 13.6
110 Louisiana-Lafayette 4 24 32 12 68 17.0
111 Mississippi 3 27 30 3 60 20.0
111 Illinois 3 19 30 6 55 18.3
111 Alabama 3 19 30 4 53 17.7
114 BYU 2 19 28 3 50 25.0
115 Ohio State 2 9 27 2 38 19.0
115 Air Force 7 74 27 10 111 15.9
117 Ohio 3 26 26 10 62 20.7
117 South Carolina 3 27 26 7 60 20.0
117 Sam Houston State 3 22 26 2 50 16.7
120 Georgia 2 12 25 4 41 20.5
120 Texas 2 7 25 8 40 20.0
122 Liberty 3 37 24 6 67 22.3
123 UNLV 3 24 23 2 49 16.3
123 Marshall 3 21 23 4 48 16.0
125 Arizona State 2 14 20 6 40 20.0
125 Tennessee 3 29 20 4 53 17.7
127 Penn State 2 22 18 3 43 21.5
127 Missouri 3 26 18 4 48 16.0
129 Indiana 2 16 13 4 33 16.5
130 Boise State 1 9 9 1 19 19.0
130 Notre Dame 1 7 9 1 17 17.0
132 Navy 3 25 8 4 37 12.3
133 Army 2 20 2 6 28 14.0