2024 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. Ranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 12/30/2024

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Kansas 6 62 56 7 125 20.8
2 Georgia 6 40 68 10 118 19.7
3 Oklahoma 6 51 43 16 110 18.3
4 Mississippi State 6 39 53 9 101 16.8
5 Kentucky 5 46 32 13 91 18.2
5 Florida 5 44 39 8 91 18.2
7 Vanderbilt 5 35 43 12 90 18.0
8 Alabama 4 34 46 6 86 21.5
9 Penn State 4 47 32 6 85 21.3
9 Oregon 4 41 39 5 85 21.3
9 Arkansas 4 39 42 4 85 21.3
12 South Carolina 4 38 40 6 84 21.0
13 Georgia Tech 4 34 44 5 83 20.8
13 Louisville 4 31 44 8 83 20.8
15 UCF 4 41 36 5 82 20.5
16 Ohio State 4 30 47 4 81 20.3
17 Nebraska 4 32 38 10 80 20.0
18 Purdue 6 36 37 6 79 13.2
19 Clemson 4 24 43 8 75 18.8
20 Kansas State 4 35 36 3 74 18.5
21 Michigan 5 30 36 7 73 14.6
22 Texas A&M 4 29 37 5 71 17.8
23 Texas Tech 3 23 38 9 70 23.3
23 Pittsburgh 3 18 41 11 70 23.3
23 LSU 3 16 43 11 70 23.3
23 Stanford 4 31 32 7 70 17.5
27 California 4 27 33 9 69 17.3
28 SMU 3 25 37 5 67 22.3
29 West Virginia 3 28 34 4 66 22.0
29 Texas 3 20 35 11 66 22.0
29 Florida State 5 22 38 6 66 13.2
32 BYU 3 23 35 7 65 21.7
33 Virginia Tech 3 24 30 8 62 20.7
33 Northwestern 3 18 38 6 62 20.7
33 Michigan State 4 21 38 3 62 15.5
36 Boston College 3 28 24 9 61 20.3
36 Utah 4 22 34 5 61 15.3
38 Syracuse 2 15 36 9 60 30.0
38 Cincinnati 3 32 24 4 60 20.0
40 Boise State 3 31 25 3 59 19.7
40 Auburn 3 21 32 6 59 19.7
42 Tennessee 3 30 20 8 58 19.3
43 Baylor 3 18 35 4 57 19.0
44 Arizona 3 19 29 8 56 18.7
44 South Florida 3 15 31 10 56 18.7
46 Utah State 2 14 37 2 53 26.5
46 Navy 3 35 15 3 53 17.7
46 Oregon State 3 17 31 5 53 17.7
49 North Carolina State 3 14 29 9 52 17.3
50 Nevada 3 14 30 7 51 17.0
50 Maryland 3 14 28 9 51 17.0
52 North Texas 2 16 29 5 50 25.0
53 Miami (Florida) 2 21 24 4 49 24.5
53 UNLV 3 24 23 2 49 16.3
53 Virginia 3 21 21 7 49 16.3
53 Wake Forest 3 15 25 9 49 16.3
53 UTSA 3 13 30 6 49 16.3
58 Oklahoma State 3 24 24 0 48 16.0
58 Wisconsin 3 24 19 5 48 16.0
60 Iowa State 2 20 19 8 47 23.5
60 Duke 2 8 31 8 47 23.5
60 Washington 3 21 22 4 47 15.7
63 USC 2 18 25 2 45 22.5
63 Washington State 2 14 29 2 45 22.5
65 Georgia Southern 2 13 22 9 44 22.0
65 Iowa 3 20 21 3 44 14.7
67 Houston 3 23 16 3 42 14.0
68 UCLA 3 15 19 7 41 13.7
69 Notre Dame 2 17 21 2 40 20.0
70 Arizona State 2 22 15 2 39 19.5
70 Minnesota 2 16 22 1 39 19.5
72 Rice 2 11 24 3 38 19.0
73 Mississippi 2 13 21 2 36 18.0
74 Missouri 2 21 12 2 35 17.5
74 Illinois 2 11 19 5 35 17.5
76 UAB 2 9 23 2 34 17.0
76 San Jose State 2 9 22 3 34 17.0
76 Wyoming 3 15 14 5 34 11.3
79 Indiana 2 16 13 4 33 16.5
79 Hawai'i 2 10 18 5 33 16.5
81 Tulane 2 14 15 3 32 16.0
82 Middle Tennessee 2 8 20 3 31 15.5
83 Rutgers 1 14 13 3 30 30.0
84 Colorado State 2 8 15 5 28 14.0
85 Massachusetts 2 14 11 2 27 13.5
86 Ohio 1 12 9 5 26 26.0
86 Charlotte 2 12 12 2 26 13.0
86 San Diego State 2 11 13 2 26 13.0
89 Appalachian State 1 9 11 4 24 24.0
89 Fresno State 1 4 16 4 24 24.0
89 TCU 1 2 19 3 24 24.0
92 Texas State 1 8 13 0 21 21.0
93 East Carolina 1 5 12 3 20 20.0
93 Bowling Green 1 4 15 1 20 20.0
93 Akron 2 8 10 2 20 10.0
96 Central Michigan 1 8 8 3 19 19.0
97 Marshall 1 8 7 3 18 18.0
98 Tulsa 1 10 5 2 17 17.0
98 Miami (Ohio) 1 8 6 3 17 17.0
98 Troy 1 6 8 3 17 17.0
98 Old Dominion 1 4 12 1 17 17.0
102 Northern Illinois 1 9 6 1 16 16.0
102 Connecticut 1 5 10 1 16 16.0
102 Florida Atlantic 1 4 11 1 16 16.0
105 Army 1 11 0 4 15 15.0
105 Air Force 1 8 5 2 15 15.0
105 UTEP 1 6 8 1 15 15.0
108 Kent State 2 8 3 3 14 7.0
109 Florida International 1 5 7 1 13 13.0
110 Arkansas State 1 4 8 0 12 12.0
110 Temple 1 0 12 0 12 12.0
112 Louisiana Tech 1 4 7 0 11 11.0
113 Western Kentucky 1 3 6 1 10 10.0
114 Buffalo 1 6 3 0 9 9.0
114 Ball State 1 2 6 1 9 9.0
114 Colorado 1 2 5 2 9 9.0
117 Louisiana-Monroe 1 3 3 1 7 7.0
118 Western Michigan 1 0 5 1 6 6.0