2024 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 12/21/2024

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Jacksonville State 14 179 106 33 318 22.7
2 Miami (Florida) 11 113 170 19 302 27.5
3 Memphis 13 122 150 28 300 23.1
4 New Mexico 12 149 125 24 298 24.8
5 Texas State 11 139 135 18 292 26.5
6 Ohio 13 144 113 25 282 21.7
7 South Alabama 13 131 134 16 281 21.6
8 Louisiana-Lafayette 13 107 144 26 277 21.3
9 Indiana 11 114 142 17 273 24.8
10 Iowa State 12 102 141 27 270 22.5
11 James Madison 13 130 122 17 269 20.7
12 Liberty 11 160 86 20 266 24.2
13 North Carolina 12 118 119 26 263 21.9
14 Clemson 10 115 127 20 262 26.2
15 Western Kentucky 13 86 155 19 260 20.0
16 Mississippi 10 107 137 15 259 25.9
16 Tulane 12 133 104 22 259 21.6
18 Eastern Michigan 12 102 129 27 258 21.5
19 Colorado 12 61 166 29 256 21.3
20 Washington State 11 104 125 24 253 23.0
21 Arkansas State 11 102 126 24 252 22.9
22 Texas 11 108 130 13 251 22.8
22 SMU 11 107 122 22 251 22.8
22 Army 12 197 42 12 251 20.9
25 Syracuse 10 59 179 12 250 25.0
26 TCU 11 91 144 14 249 22.6
26 Georgia State 12 83 142 24 249 20.8
28 UNLV 11 142 83 22 247 22.5
28 Arizona State 11 118 110 19 247 22.5
28 Western Michigan 12 122 108 17 247 20.6
31 Tennessee 10 121 115 10 246 24.6
32 Boise State 10 114 115 16 245 24.5
32 Sam Houston State 13 123 104 18 245 18.8
34 East Carolina 11 95 130 19 244 22.2
35 Rutgers 11 107 107 29 243 22.1
36 Penn State 10 100 130 11 241 24.1
37 Marshall 12 128 94 18 240 20.0
37 Toledo 12 79 130 31 240 20.0
39 Northern Illinois 11 118 99 22 239 21.7
39 Georgia Southern 11 96 117 26 239 21.7
41 Appalachian State 10 95 123 20 238 23.8
42 North Texas 10 67 143 27 237 23.7
43 Ball State 11 84 128 22 234 21.3
44 USC 10 73 145 15 233 23.3
45 Connecticut 11 104 98 30 232 21.1
45 New Mexico State 12 111 87 34 232 19.3
47 Notre Dame 11 107 102 21 230 20.9
47 Tulsa 11 81 117 32 230 20.9
49 West Virginia 10 113 94 21 228 22.8
50 Troy 11 99 113 15 227 20.6
51 Texas Tech 9 92 123 11 226 25.1
51 UAB 10 91 114 21 226 22.6
53 BYU 10 104 106 14 224 22.4
54 Oregon 9 84 123 16 223 24.8
55 Louisiana Tech 12 89 119 14 222 18.5
56 San Jose State 10 50 146 25 221 22.1
57 Coastal Carolina 12 102 98 20 220 18.3
58 Old Dominion 11 112 94 13 219 19.9
59 Missouri 10 109 94 15 218 21.8
59 Florida Atlantic 11 98 101 19 218 19.8
61 Utah State 10 94 103 20 217 21.7
62 LSU 9 58 140 18 216 24.0
62 Hawai'i 10 61 132 23 216 21.6
62 Bowling Green 11 92 110 14 216 19.6
65 Oregon State 9 116 79 20 215 23.9
66 Buffalo 11 102 95 17 214 19.5
67 Wake Forest 9 78 111 23 212 23.6
68 Baylor 9 96 99 16 211 23.4
69 Arkansas 8 98 100 11 209 26.1
69 Massachusetts 10 104 81 24 209 20.9
71 UTSA 9 75 116 17 208 23.1
71 Illinois 10 88 100 20 208 20.8
73 Maryland 9 61 129 17 207 23.0
74 Cincinnati 9 76 116 13 205 22.8
75 Fresno State 11 63 115 26 204 18.5
76 California 9 65 122 16 203 22.6
76 Minnesota 10 67 110 26 203 20.3
78 Nevada 10 100 87 15 202 20.2
78 Florida International 11 72 112 18 202 18.4
80 UCF 8 121 67 13 201 25.1
80 Washington 9 76 115 10 201 22.3
80 Pittsburgh 9 64 110 27 201 22.3
80 Air Force 11 152 34 15 201 18.3
80 Miami (Ohio) 12 66 121 14 201 16.8
85 Oklahoma State 9 57 121 19 197 21.9
85 Central Michigan 11 97 75 25 197 17.9
87 San Diego State 10 72 101 23 196 19.6
87 Akron 10 66 107 23 196 19.6
89 South Florida 9 87 89 18 194 21.6
90 Auburn 9 87 95 11 193 21.4
91 Ohio State 9 82 102 7 191 21.2
92 North Carolina State 9 70 99 20 189 21.0
93 Middle Tennessee 10 49 117 21 187 18.7
94 Colorado State 10 88 87 11 186 18.6
95 Virginia 9 78 95 12 185 20.6
95 UTEP 11 80 87 18 185 16.8
95 Southern Mississippi 12 84 75 26 185 15.4
98 Texas A&M 8 89 81 14 184 23.0
99 Nebraska 8 72 85 25 182 22.8
99 Rice 10 63 101 18 182 18.2
101 Charlotte 10 65 92 23 180 18.0
102 Louisville 8 72 94 12 178 22.3
102 Louisiana-Monroe 11 96 64 18 178 16.2
104 Wisconsin 9 80 79 18 177 19.7
105 South Carolina 8 87 74 15 176 22.0
106 UCLA 9 47 117 11 175 19.4
106 Temple 11 55 104 16 175 15.9
108 Georgia Tech 8 82 84 8 174 21.8
108 Wyoming 9 71 83 20 174 19.3
110 Iowa 10 97 61 15 173 17.3
111 Georgia 7 57 104 11 172 24.6
112 Alabama 8 85 74 11 170 21.3
112 Virginia Tech 9 87 66 17 170 18.9
112 Boston College 9 84 74 12 170 18.9
115 Kansas State 8 85 74 8 167 20.9
116 Arizona 9 55 101 10 166 18.4
117 Duke 10 51 95 19 165 16.5
118 Michigan State 8 78 72 14 164 20.5
118 Kennesaw State 12 79 70 15 164 13.7
120 Florida 8 69 80 10 159 19.9
121 Navy 9 108 42 7 157 17.4
122 Stanford 8 58 80 15 153 19.1
123 Mississippi State 6 55 69 19 143 23.8
124 Kentucky 7 69 59 14 142 20.3
124 Kent State 10 53 67 22 142 14.2
126 Houston 9 65 61 13 139 15.4
127 Utah 8 59 69 10 138 17.3
128 Kansas 6 71 52 10 133 22.2
129 Northwestern 9 58 62 10 130 14.4
130 Vanderbilt 7 61 56 9 126 18.0
131 Michigan 7 74 45 5 124 17.7
132 Florida State 7 42 65 9 116 16.6
133 Oklahoma 6 57 45 8 110 18.3
134 Purdue 6 29 62 5 96 16.0