2024 National Leaders First Downs - Games in October Only through 11/23/2024

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Jacksonville State 4 70 27 13 110 27.5
2 Texas State 4 53 43 7 103 25.8
3 Utah State 4 29 64 7 100 25.0
4 Oregon 4 41 50 4 95 23.8
5 Oregon State 4 38 44 12 94 23.5
6 Clemson 3 39 44 10 93 31.0
6 Arkansas State 4 31 55 7 93 23.3
8 Tulane 4 50 36 6 92 23.0
8 Western Michigan 4 40 46 6 92 23.0
10 Northern Illinois 4 47 34 8 89 22.3
10 West Virginia 4 45 36 8 89 22.3
12 Miami (Florida) 3 40 41 7 88 29.3
12 San Jose State 4 25 55 8 88 22.0
14 Old Dominion 4 43 39 5 87 21.8
14 Wisconsin 4 42 40 5 87 21.8
14 Louisiana-Lafayette 4 34 48 5 87 21.8
14 Louisville 4 30 51 6 87 21.8
14 California 4 21 56 10 87 21.8
19 North Texas 3 22 54 10 86 28.7
19 USC 4 25 55 6 86 21.5
21 Georgia Tech 4 40 42 3 85 21.3
22 Wake Forest 4 36 37 11 84 21.0
22 Ball State 4 35 41 8 84 21.0
22 Hawai'i 4 28 43 13 84 21.0
22 Arizona 4 27 48 9 84 21.0
22 Toledo 4 19 56 9 84 21.0
27 Bowling Green 4 36 40 7 83 20.8
27 Vanderbilt 4 33 42 8 83 20.8
29 Appalachian State 3 31 42 9 82 27.3
29 Syracuse 3 19 53 10 82 27.3
29 UNLV 4 39 39 4 82 20.5
29 Alabama 4 33 43 6 82 20.5
33 Rutgers 4 33 39 9 81 20.3
34 Nevada 4 42 31 7 80 20.0
34 Virginia 4 27 44 9 80 20.0
36 Iowa State 3 35 35 9 79 26.3
36 Louisiana Tech 4 28 48 3 79 19.8
38 James Madison 4 36 38 4 78 19.5
39 BYU 3 42 29 5 76 25.3
40 Colorado State 4 39 33 3 75 18.8
41 New Mexico 3 35 36 3 74 24.7
41 UTSA 3 23 47 4 74 24.7
43 Charlotte 4 35 28 10 73 18.3
44 Sam Houston State 4 33 33 6 72 18.0
45 Liberty 3 43 23 5 71 23.7
45 Indiana 3 30 36 5 71 23.7
45 Boise State 3 30 35 6 71 23.7
45 Maryland 3 14 50 7 71 23.7
45 UCF 4 38 29 4 71 17.8
50 SMU 3 33 29 8 70 23.3
50 Eastern Michigan 3 25 40 5 70 23.3
50 Missouri 4 40 25 5 70 17.5
50 Stanford 4 29 37 4 70 17.5
54 Southern Mississippi 4 33 25 11 69 17.3
55 Army 3 53 13 2 68 22.7
55 Texas Tech 3 32 33 3 68 22.7
55 Arkansas 3 24 41 3 68 22.7
55 Washington State 3 23 35 10 68 22.7
55 Penn State 3 20 43 5 68 22.7
55 Minnesota 3 19 36 13 68 22.7
55 Miami (Ohio) 4 23 40 5 68 17.0
62 Notre Dame 3 37 28 2 67 22.3
62 Western Kentucky 3 32 32 3 67 22.3
62 Kansas 3 29 31 7 67 22.3
62 North Carolina 3 27 35 5 67 22.3
62 Baylor 3 27 34 6 67 22.3
62 LSU 3 11 45 11 67 22.3
62 UTEP 4 36 24 7 67 16.8
69 Colorado 3 17 42 7 66 22.0
70 South Alabama 3 38 23 3 64 21.3
70 Buffalo 3 31 33 0 64 21.3
70 Illinois 3 27 31 6 64 21.3
70 Cincinnati 3 25 34 5 64 21.3
74 Kansas State 3 30 32 1 63 21.0
74 Georgia 3 19 40 4 63 21.0
74 Mississippi State 3 18 36 9 63 21.0
77 Auburn 3 32 26 4 62 20.7
77 Ohio 3 30 26 6 62 20.7
77 Georgia State 3 23 33 6 62 20.7
77 Wyoming 3 23 31 8 62 20.7
77 Georgia Southern 3 22 36 4 62 20.7
77 Washington 3 19 41 2 62 20.7
83 Arizona State 3 35 21 5 61 20.3
83 Michigan State 3 32 25 4 61 20.3
83 Memphis 3 26 29 6 61 20.3
83 Oklahoma 3 25 26 10 61 20.3
83 North Carolina State 3 14 40 7 61 20.3
83 Florida International 4 25 31 5 61 15.3
89 Marshall 3 33 21 6 60 20.0
89 Fresno State 3 23 33 4 60 20.0
91 Temple 3 16 37 6 59 19.7
91 Kennesaw State 4 35 21 3 59 14.8
93 New Mexico State 3 30 19 9 58 19.3
93 TCU 3 21 33 4 58 19.3
93 Oklahoma State 3 20 35 3 58 19.3
96 South Carolina 3 23 29 5 57 19.0
96 Mississippi 3 22 30 5 57 19.0
96 UAB 3 19 33 5 57 19.0
96 East Carolina 3 19 33 5 57 19.0
96 Connecticut 3 17 31 9 57 19.0
101 Navy 3 36 15 5 56 18.7
101 Florida 3 23 29 4 56 18.7
101 Texas 3 17 32 7 56 18.7
101 San Diego State 3 16 36 4 56 18.7
101 Troy 3 16 35 5 56 18.7
101 UCLA 3 13 41 2 56 18.7
101 Iowa 4 27 25 4 56 14.0
108 Houston 3 30 20 5 55 18.3
108 Tennessee 3 22 25 8 55 18.3
108 Akron 3 18 31 6 55 18.3
108 Tulsa 3 18 25 12 55 18.3
112 Air Force 3 35 16 3 54 18.0
112 Michigan 3 26 24 4 54 18.0
112 Ohio State 3 23 30 1 54 18.0
112 Texas A&M 3 23 28 3 54 18.0
116 Nebraska 3 25 23 5 53 17.7
116 Boston College 3 24 25 4 53 17.7
116 Kentucky 3 24 22 7 53 17.7
119 Middle Tennessee 3 12 33 6 51 17.0
120 Kent State 3 21 22 7 50 16.7
120 Pittsburgh 3 17 26 7 50 16.7
122 Massachusetts 3 24 22 3 49 16.3
122 Virginia Tech 3 24 22 3 49 16.3
122 Duke 3 15 27 7 49 16.3
125 Central Michigan 3 30 12 6 48 16.0
126 Purdue 3 23 22 2 47 15.7
126 Louisiana-Monroe 3 22 19 6 47 15.7
126 Rice 3 12 26 9 47 15.7
126 Northwestern 4 21 23 3 47 11.8
130 Utah 3 19 24 3 46 15.3
131 Coastal Carolina 3 18 21 6 45 15.0
132 Florida State 3 17 22 5 44 14.7
133 Florida Atlantic 2 14 20 2 36 18.0
134 South Florida 2 7 18 5 30 15.0