2024 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. FBS (I-A) Teams Only through 12/30/2024

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Pittsburgh 12 90 145 38 273 22.8
2 Nebraska 12 102 124 35 261 21.8
3 Iowa State 13 117 148 34 299 23.0
3 Tulsa 11 75 107 34 216 19.6
5 Jacksonville State 14 179 106 33 318 22.7
6 Rutgers 12 108 124 32 264 22.0
7 Georgia Southern 12 100 131 31 262 21.8
7 New Mexico State 11 98 83 31 212 19.3
9 Wake Forest 11 84 121 30 235 21.4
9 Colorado 12 58 155 30 243 20.3
11 San Jose State 12 66 164 29 259 21.6
11 Connecticut 12 110 103 29 242 20.2
11 North Carolina State 12 85 120 29 234 19.5
11 Fresno State 12 64 130 29 223 18.6
15 Ohio 13 144 114 28 286 22.0
15 South Florida 12 95 122 28 245 20.4
15 Toledo 12 70 132 28 230 19.2
18 Clemson 13 124 159 27 310 23.8
18 North Texas 11 78 157 27 262 23.8
18 SMU 13 113 149 27 289 22.2
18 Northern Illinois 12 123 99 27 249 20.8
18 Mississippi State 11 85 113 27 225 20.5
18 Oklahoma 12 104 90 27 221 18.4
24 Memphis 12 117 140 26 283 23.6
24 Washington State 12 109 142 26 277 23.1
24 Maryland 11 69 138 26 233 21.2
24 Hawai'i 10 58 117 26 201 20.1
24 Minnesota 11 72 117 26 215 19.5
24 Duke 11 57 112 26 195 17.7
30 Arkansas State 12 105 130 25 260 21.7
30 Louisiana-Lafayette 13 107 134 25 266 20.5
30 Virginia Tech 12 111 96 25 232 19.3
33 LSU 11 67 171 24 262 23.8
33 Texas 14 128 165 24 317 22.6
33 Oregon State 11 109 106 24 239 21.7
33 California 12 86 146 24 256 21.3
33 Kentucky 11 102 75 24 201 18.3
33 Vanderbilt 12 94 100 24 218 18.2
33 Wyoming 11 76 92 24 192 17.5
33 Southern Mississippi 11 80 65 24 169 15.4
41 Notre Dame 13 124 123 23 270 20.8
41 North Carolina 12 111 113 23 247 20.6
41 Georgia State 11 74 130 23 227 20.6
41 Tulane 13 135 108 23 266 20.5
41 Central Michigan 11 101 70 23 194 17.6
41 Charlotte 11 73 91 23 187 17.0
47 Syracuse 12 75 209 22 306 25.5
47 Appalachian State 10 94 124 22 240 24.0
47 Eastern Michigan 11 95 122 22 239 21.7
47 UNLV 13 141 100 22 263 20.2
47 Illinois 11 89 105 22 216 19.6
47 Boston College 12 103 104 22 229 19.1
47 San Diego State 11 71 106 22 199 18.1
54 Miami (Florida) 12 121 178 21 320 26.7
54 New Mexico 11 140 118 21 279 25.4
54 USC 13 100 182 21 303 23.3
54 Oregon 12 118 138 21 277 23.1
54 Arizona State 13 140 125 21 286 22.0
54 West Virginia 12 125 117 21 263 21.9
54 UTSA 12 80 145 21 246 20.5
54 Massachusetts 10 97 74 21 192 19.2
54 Middle Tennessee 11 53 124 21 198 18.0
54 Rice 11 61 114 21 196 17.8
54 Akron 11 67 104 21 192 17.5
54 Kent State 11 57 62 21 140 12.7
66 Texas Tech 12 116 156 20 292 24.3
66 Indiana 12 112 141 20 273 22.8
66 Utah State 11 98 129 20 247 22.5
66 Louisville 11 93 125 20 238 21.6
66 UAB 11 83 126 20 229 20.8
66 Ball State 11 77 121 20 218 19.8
66 Nevada 12 98 108 20 226 18.8
66 Stanford 11 82 99 20 201 18.3
74 Boise State 12 130 128 19 277 23.1
74 Georgia 12 87 157 19 263 21.9
74 East Carolina 12 105 131 19 255 21.3
74 Texas A&M 12 111 120 19 250 20.8
74 South Carolina 11 109 98 19 226 20.5
74 Virginia 11 89 106 19 214 19.5
74 Marshall 12 124 88 19 231 19.3
74 Wisconsin 11 92 91 19 202 18.4
74 Coastal Carolina 12 98 95 19 212 17.7
83 UCF 11 141 97 18 256 23.3
83 BYU 12 117 127 18 262 21.8
83 Oklahoma State 11 71 133 18 222 20.2
83 Sam Houston State 13 123 104 18 245 18.8
83 Florida Atlantic 11 86 101 18 205 18.6
83 UCLA 12 62 136 18 216 18.0
83 UTEP 11 77 88 18 183 16.6
90 Liberty 10 144 77 17 238 23.8
90 Penn State 14 147 162 17 326 23.3
90 TCU 12 92 162 17 271 22.6
90 Tennessee 12 137 114 17 268 22.3
90 James Madison 12 121 116 17 254 21.2
90 Bowling Green 12 87 132 17 236 19.7
90 Florida 12 104 107 17 228 19.0
90 Colorado State 12 91 104 17 212 17.7
90 Florida International 11 73 104 17 194 17.6
90 Miami (Ohio) 14 83 136 17 236 16.9
100 Baylor 11 105 123 16 244 22.2
100 Cincinnati 11 98 125 16 239 21.7
100 Alabama 11 103 108 16 227 20.6
100 Army 13 210 40 16 266 20.5
100 Troy 11 94 110 16 220 20.0
100 Western Michigan 12 105 102 16 223 18.6
100 Air Force 11 149 36 16 201 18.3
100 Buffalo 11 95 89 16 200 18.2
100 Iowa 12 111 67 16 194 16.2
100 Temple 12 55 116 16 187 15.6
100 Louisiana-Monroe 11 90 62 16 168 15.3
100 Houston 12 88 77 16 181 15.1
112 Texas State 11 133 135 15 283 25.7
112 Mississippi 11 106 137 15 258 23.5
112 Arkansas 12 137 128 15 280 23.3
112 Auburn 11 103 116 15 234 21.3
112 Georgia Tech 12 113 123 15 251 20.9
112 Missouri 12 124 107 15 246 20.5
112 Western Kentucky 13 86 144 15 245 18.8
112 Michigan State 11 90 99 15 204 18.5
112 Arizona 11 67 122 15 204 18.5
112 Northwestern 11 63 92 15 170 15.5
112 Kennesaw State 11 72 64 15 151 13.7
123 Kansas 11 119 99 14 232 21.1
123 Old Dominion 12 116 106 14 236 19.7
123 Florida State 11 56 92 14 162 14.7
126 South Alabama 12 124 122 13 259 21.6
126 Washington 11 85 125 13 223 20.3
126 Louisiana Tech 12 88 116 13 217 18.1
129 Michigan 12 104 81 12 197 16.4
129 Utah 11 71 90 12 173 15.7
131 Ohio State 13 112 149 11 272 20.9
131 Kansas State 12 118 115 11 244 20.3
131 Navy 12 135 55 11 201 16.8
131 Purdue 11 54 84 11 149 13.5