2024 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. Ranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/20/2025

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Ohio State 7 53 81 7 141 20.1
2 Georgia 7 45 77 12 134 19.1
3 Penn State 6 68 47 11 126 21.0
4 Kansas 6 62 56 7 125 20.8
5 Oklahoma 6 51 43 16 110 18.3
6 South Carolina 5 47 51 6 104 20.8
7 Texas 5 30 58 15 103 20.6
8 Mississippi State 6 39 53 9 101 16.8
9 Oregon 5 43 52 5 100 20.0
10 Notre Dame 5 40 48 8 96 19.2
11 Kentucky 5 46 32 13 91 18.2
11 Florida 5 44 39 8 91 18.2
13 Vanderbilt 5 35 43 12 90 18.0
14 Alabama 4 34 46 6 86 21.5
14 Michigan 6 36 41 9 86 14.3
16 Arkansas 4 39 42 4 85 21.3
17 Boise State 4 38 39 6 83 20.8
17 Georgia Tech 4 34 44 5 83 20.8
17 Louisville 4 31 44 8 83 20.8
20 UCF 4 41 36 5 82 20.5
21 Nebraska 4 32 38 10 80 20.0
22 Purdue 6 36 37 6 79 13.2
23 Clemson 4 24 43 8 75 18.8
24 Kansas State 4 35 36 3 74 18.5
25 Texas A&M 4 29 37 5 71 17.8
26 Texas Tech 3 23 38 9 70 23.3
26 Pittsburgh 3 18 41 11 70 23.3
26 LSU 3 16 43 11 70 23.3
26 Stanford 4 31 32 7 70 17.5
30 California 4 27 33 9 69 17.3
31 Arizona State 3 37 25 6 68 22.7
32 SMU 3 25 37 5 67 22.3
33 West Virginia 3 28 34 4 66 22.0
33 Florida State 5 22 38 6 66 13.2
35 BYU 3 23 35 7 65 21.7
36 Duke 3 9 46 9 64 21.3
37 Virginia Tech 3 24 30 8 62 20.7
37 Northwestern 3 18 38 6 62 20.7
37 Michigan State 4 21 38 3 62 15.5
40 Boston College 3 28 24 9 61 20.3
40 Utah 4 22 34 5 61 15.3
42 Syracuse 2 15 36 9 60 30.0
42 Cincinnati 3 32 24 4 60 20.0
44 Auburn 3 21 32 6 59 19.7
45 Tennessee 3 30 20 8 58 19.3
46 Illinois 3 22 27 8 57 19.0
46 Baylor 3 18 35 4 57 19.0
48 Arizona 3 19 29 8 56 18.7
48 South Florida 3 15 31 10 56 18.7
50 Utah State 2 14 37 2 53 26.5
50 Navy 3 35 15 3 53 17.7
50 Oregon State 3 17 31 5 53 17.7
53 North Carolina State 3 14 29 9 52 17.3
54 Nevada 3 14 30 7 51 17.0
54 Maryland 3 14 28 9 51 17.0
56 North Texas 2 16 29 5 50 25.0
57 Miami (Florida) 2 21 24 4 49 24.5
57 UNLV 3 24 23 2 49 16.3
57 Virginia 3 21 21 7 49 16.3
57 Wake Forest 3 15 25 9 49 16.3
57 UTSA 3 13 30 6 49 16.3
62 Oklahoma State 3 24 24 0 48 16.0
62 Wisconsin 3 24 19 5 48 16.0
64 Iowa State 2 20 19 8 47 23.5
64 Washington 3 21 22 4 47 15.7
66 USC 2 18 25 2 45 22.5
66 Washington State 2 14 29 2 45 22.5
68 Georgia Southern 2 13 22 9 44 22.0
68 Iowa 3 20 21 3 44 14.7
70 Houston 3 23 16 3 42 14.0
71 UCLA 3 15 19 7 41 13.7
72 Minnesota 2 16 22 1 39 19.5
73 Rice 2 11 24 3 38 19.0
74 Mississippi 2 13 21 2 36 18.0
75 Missouri 2 21 12 2 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