2024 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. FBS (I-A) Teams Only through 09/14/2024

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Mississippi 2 31 34 2 67 33.5
2 Arkansas 2 33 24 5 62 31.0
3 UCF 2 41 16 2 59 29.5
4 Louisville 1 11 16 2 29 29.0
5 Miami (Florida) 2 17 37 2 56 28.0
6 Tennessee 2 31 23 0 54 27.0
6 Ohio State 2 24 29 1 54 27.0
8 Pittsburgh 3 24 46 9 79 26.3
9 Nebraska 2 21 21 10 52 26.0
9 New Mexico 2 20 25 7 52 26.0
9 USC 2 17 31 4 52 26.0
9 Syracuse 2 13 39 0 52 26.0
9 Rutgers 1 12 10 4 26 26.0
14 Missouri 2 26 22 2 50 25.0
14 TCU 2 13 34 3 50 25.0
16 Texas Tech 2 21 26 2 49 24.5
16 Appalachian State 2 15 30 4 49 24.5
18 Arizona State 3 42 26 5 73 24.3
19 South Florida 2 29 13 6 48 24.0
19 Indiana 2 18 26 4 48 24.0
21 Maryland 3 29 37 5 71 23.7
22 Texas State 2 17 25 5 47 23.5
22 South Alabama 2 15 29 3 47 23.5
22 Georgia Southern 2 14 26 7 47 23.5
22 LSU 2 11 31 5 47 23.5
26 Texas 3 28 40 1 69 23.0
26 North Carolina 2 24 15 7 46 23.0
26 Ohio 2 21 20 5 46 23.0
26 Wake Forest 2 10 30 6 46 23.0
30 Oklahoma State 2 11 29 5 45 22.5
31 Texas A&M 2 27 11 6 44 22.0
31 Coastal Carolina 2 23 17 4 44 22.0
31 Wisconsin 2 21 20 3 44 22.0
31 Memphis 2 17 18 9 44 22.0
31 Washington 2 16 26 2 44 22.0
31 Georgia State 2 15 25 4 44 22.0
37 Eastern Michigan 3 25 31 9 65 21.7
38 Auburn 2 20 17 6 43 21.5
38 Vanderbilt 2 19 20 4 43 21.5
38 Washington State 2 19 16 8 43 21.5
41 Alabama 3 32 25 6 63 21.0
41 Virginia Tech 3 31 24 8 63 21.0
41 Oregon State 2 22 17 3 42 21.0
41 Penn State 2 21 21 0 42 21.0
41 Boise State 2 19 22 1 42 21.0
41 Oregon 2 16 22 4 42 21.0
41 East Carolina 2 15 23 4 42 21.0
41 Army 1 19 1 1 21 21.0
41 Louisiana-Lafayette 1 13 7 1 21 21.0
50 Notre Dame 3 31 27 4 62 20.7
51 Iowa 2 25 14 2 41 20.5
51 West Virginia 2 20 16 5 41 20.5
51 Central Michigan 2 19 18 4 41 20.5
51 Michigan State 2 17 18 6 41 20.5
51 Cincinnati 2 15 26 0 41 20.5
51 Clemson 2 15 22 4 41 20.5
51 Arkansas State 2 14 21 6 41 20.5
51 Virginia 2 11 27 3 41 20.5
51 North Texas 2 7 30 4 41 20.5
60 Kansas State 2 24 13 3 40 20.0
60 Western Kentucky 2 14 24 2 40 20.0
60 UAB 2 14 23 3 40 20.0
60 SMU 2 13 23 4 40 20.0
60 Duke 2 9 27 4 40 20.0
60 Bowling Green 1 4 15 1 20 20.0
66 Georgia Tech 3 27 30 2 59 19.7
66 Jacksonville State 3 21 29 9 59 19.7
68 California 2 18 18 3 39 19.5
68 Northwestern 2 16 20 3 39 19.5
68 BYU 2 12 25 2 39 19.5
68 Mississippi State 2 10 26 3 39 19.5
68 Middle Tennessee 2 7 30 2 39 19.5
73 Massachusetts 3 25 26 7 58 19.3
74 Florida Atlantic 3 23 26 8 57 19.0
74 Utah 2 17 16 5 38 19.0
74 Arizona 2 14 23 1 38 19.0
74 Tulsa 2 14 20 4 38 19.0
74 Toledo 2 13 18 7 38 19.0
74 Fresno State 2 11 22 5 38 19.0
74 Colorado 2 7 26 5 38 19.0
81 Oklahoma 3 25 26 5 56 18.7
82 Liberty 2 18 17 2 37 18.5
82 Tulane 2 11 21 5 37 18.5
84 Kentucky 3 33 16 6 55 18.3
85 Sam Houston State 3 24 26 4 54 18.0
85 Florida 2 13 18 5 36 18.0
85 Louisiana-Monroe 1 12 4 2 18 18.0
88 Kansas 2 18 16 1 35 17.5
88 UCLA 2 9 17 9 35 17.5
90 Nevada 4 30 28 10 68 17.0
90 Michigan 3 26 24 1 51 17.0
90 Boston College 2 16 16 2 34 17.0
90 Minnesota 2 14 15 5 34 17.0
90 Illinois 2 13 20 1 34 17.0
90 Navy 1 12 5 0 17 17.0
90 Stanford 1 7 6 4 17 17.0
97 Troy 3 21 24 5 50 16.7
97 Florida International 3 19 27 4 50 16.7
99 San Jose State 2 6 25 2 33 16.5
99 Hawai'i 2 6 22 5 33 16.5
101 South Carolina 3 26 17 6 49 16.3
102 Houston 3 18 26 4 48 16.0
102 Baylor 2 15 13 4 32 16.0
102 Miami (Ohio) 2 2 28 2 32 16.0
102 Northern Illinois 1 9 6 1 16 16.0
106 UTSA 3 14 30 3 47 15.7
107 UNLV 2 19 8 4 31 15.5
107 Georgia 2 13 18 0 31 15.5
109 Old Dominion 3 17 24 4 45 15.0
109 UTEP 2 13 16 1 30 15.0
109 North Carolina State 2 11 16 3 30 15.0
109 Charlotte 2 8 20 2 30 15.0
109 James Madison 1 7 7 1 15 15.0
109 Iowa State 1 4 9 2 15 15.0
115 Temple 3 15 26 3 44 14.7
115 Florida State 3 12 30 2 44 14.7
117 New Mexico State 2 11 9 8 28 14.0
117 Connecticut 2 10 16 2 28 14.0
117 Colorado State 2 8 15 5 28 14.0
120 Akron 2 14 10 2 26 13.0
120 Southern Mississippi 2 6 18 2 26 13.0
122 Kennesaw State 3 15 16 6 37 12.3
123 Buffalo 2 13 9 2 24 12.0
123 Utah State 2 10 14 0 24 12.0
123 Marshall 1 5 6 1 12 12.0
123 Louisiana Tech 1 3 9 0 12 12.0
127 Air Force 2 19 2 2 23 11.5
127 Kent State 2 10 10 3 23 11.5
127 San Diego State 2 8 12 3 23 11.5
127 Rice 2 6 14 3 23 11.5
131 Wyoming 2 9 8 3 20 10.0
132 Western Michigan 2 6 12 1 19 9.5
133 Ball State 1 2 6 1 9 9.0
134 Purdue 1 3 3 0 6 6.0