2024 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. FBS (I-A) Teams Only through 01/20/2025

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Army 13 210 40 16 266 20.5
2 Jacksonville State 14 179 106 33 318 22.7
3 Penn State 16 168 177 22 367 22.9
4 Arizona State 14 155 135 25 315 22.5
5 Liberty 11 149 81 19 249 22.6
5 Air Force 11 149 36 16 201 18.3
7 Notre Dame 16 147 150 29 326 20.4
8 Ohio 13 144 114 28 286 22.0
9 Texas State 12 143 148 18 309 25.8
10 UCF 11 141 97 18 256 23.3
10 UNLV 13 141 100 22 263 20.2
12 New Mexico 11 140 118 21 279 25.4
13 Texas 16 138 188 28 354 22.1
14 Arkansas 12 137 128 15 280 23.3
14 Boise State 13 137 142 22 301 23.2
14 Tennessee 12 137 114 17 268 22.3
17 Ohio State 16 135 183 14 332 20.8
17 Tulane 13 135 108 23 266 20.5
17 Navy 12 135 55 11 201 16.8
20 West Virginia 12 125 117 21 263 21.9
21 Clemson 13 124 159 27 310 23.8
21 South Alabama 12 124 122 13 259 21.6
21 Missouri 12 124 107 15 246 20.5
21 Marshall 12 124 88 19 231 19.3
25 Northern Illinois 12 123 99 27 249 20.8
25 Sam Houston State 13 123 104 18 245 18.8
27 Miami (Florida) 12 121 178 21 320 26.7
27 James Madison 12 121 116 17 254 21.2
29 Oregon 13 120 151 21 292 22.5
30 Kansas 11 119 99 14 232 21.1
31 South Carolina 12 118 109 19 246 20.5
31 Kansas State 12 118 115 11 244 20.3
33 Memphis 12 117 140 26 283 23.6
33 Iowa State 13 117 148 34 299 23.0
33 BYU 12 117 127 18 262 21.8
36 Texas Tech 12 116 156 20 292 24.3
36 Old Dominion 12 116 106 14 236 19.7
38 Mississippi 12 115 155 15 285 23.8
38 Virginia Tech 13 115 101 25 241 18.5
40 SMU 13 114 149 27 290 22.3
41 Georgia Tech 12 113 123 15 251 20.9
42 Indiana 12 112 141 20 273 22.8
43 Texas A&M 12 111 120 19 250 20.8
43 North Carolina 12 111 113 23 247 20.6
43 Iowa 12 111 67 16 194 16.2
46 Alabama 12 110 115 17 242 20.2
46 Connecticut 12 110 103 29 242 20.2
46 Michigan 13 110 86 14 210 16.2
49 Washington State 12 109 142 26 277 23.1
49 Baylor 12 109 146 20 275 22.9
49 Oregon State 11 109 106 24 239 21.7
52 Rutgers 12 108 124 32 264 22.0
53 Louisiana-Lafayette 13 107 134 25 266 20.5
53 Buffalo 12 107 94 17 218 18.2
55 Arkansas State 12 105 130 25 260 21.7
55 East Carolina 12 105 131 19 255 21.3
55 Western Michigan 12 105 102 16 223 18.6
58 Florida 12 104 107 17 228 19.0
58 Oklahoma 12 104 90 27 221 18.4
60 Auburn 11 103 116 15 234 21.3
60 Boston College 12 103 104 22 229 19.1
62 Nebraska 12 102 124 35 261 21.8
62 Kentucky 11 102 75 24 201 18.3
64 Central Michigan 11 101 70 23 194 17.6
65 USC 13 100 182 21 303 23.3
65 Georgia Southern 12 100 131 31 262 21.8
65 Louisville 12 100 133 20 253 21.1
65 Illinois 12 100 113 25 238 19.8
69 Utah State 11 98 129 20 247 22.5
69 Cincinnati 11 98 125 16 239 21.7
69 New Mexico State 11 98 83 31 212 19.3
69 Nevada 12 98 108 20 226 18.8
69 Coastal Carolina 12 98 95 19 212 17.7
74 Massachusetts 10 97 74 21 192 19.2
75 Eastern Michigan 11 95 122 22 239 21.7
75 South Florida 12 95 122 28 245 20.4
77 Appalachian State 10 94 124 22 240 24.0
77 Troy 11 94 110 16 220 20.0
77 Vanderbilt 12 94 100 24 218 18.2
80 TCU 12 92 162 17 271 22.6
80 Georgia 13 92 166 21 279 21.5
80 Washington 12 92 138 14 244 20.3
80 Wisconsin 11 92 91 19 202 18.4
84 Colorado State 12 91 104 17 212 17.7
85 Pittsburgh 12 90 145 38 273 22.8
85 Michigan State 11 90 99 15 204 18.5
85 Louisiana-Monroe 11 90 62 16 168 15.3
88 Virginia 11 89 106 19 214 19.5
89 Louisiana Tech 12 88 116 13 217 18.1
89 Houston 12 88 77 16 181 15.1
91 Bowling Green 12 87 132 17 236 19.7
92 California 12 86 146 24 256 21.3
92 Western Kentucky 13 86 144 15 245 18.8
92 Florida Atlantic 11 86 101 18 205 18.6
95 Mississippi State 11 85 113 27 225 20.5
95 North Carolina State 12 85 120 29 234 19.5
97 Wake Forest 11 84 121 30 235 21.4
98 UAB 11 83 126 20 229 20.8
98 Minnesota 12 83 128 27 238 19.8
98 Miami (Ohio) 14 83 136 17 236 16.9
101 North Texas 12 82 173 29 284 23.7
101 Stanford 11 82 99 20 201 18.3
103 UTSA 12 80 145 21 246 20.5
103 Southern Mississippi 11 80 65 24 169 15.4
105 Ball State 11 77 121 20 218 19.8
105 UTEP 11 77 88 18 183 16.6
107 Wyoming 11 76 92 24 192 17.5
108 Syracuse 12 75 209 22 306 25.5
108 Tulsa 11 75 107 34 216 19.6
110 Georgia State 11 74 130 23 227 20.6
111 Florida International 11 73 104 17 194 17.6
111 Charlotte 11 73 91 23 187 17.0
113 LSU 12 72 185 25 282 23.5
113 Kennesaw State 11 72 64 15 151 13.7
115 Oklahoma State 11 71 133 18 222 20.2
115 San Diego State 11 71 106 22 199 18.1
115 Utah 11 71 90 12 173 15.7
118 Toledo 12 70 132 28 230 19.2
119 Maryland 11 69 138 26 233 21.2
120 Arizona 11 67 122 15 204 18.5
120 Akron 11 67 104 21 192 17.5
122 San Jose State 12 66 164 29 259 21.6
123 Fresno State 12 64 130 29 223 18.6
124 Northwestern 11 63 92 15 170 15.5
125 UCLA 12 62 136 18 216 18.0
126 Rice 11 61 114 21 196 17.8
127 Colorado 12 58 155 30 243 20.3
127 Hawai'i 10 58 117 26 201 20.1
127 Duke 12 58 127 27 212 17.7
130 Kent State 11 57 62 21 140 12.7
131 Florida State 11 56 92 14 162 14.7
132 Temple 12 55 116 16 187 15.6
133 Purdue 11 54 84 11 149 13.5
134 Middle Tennessee 11 53 124 21 198 18.0