2024 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. FBS Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 12/14/2024

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Miami (Florida) 9 90 131 17 238 26.4
2 New Mexico 3 38 33 8 79 26.3
3 Toledo 1 9 14 3 26 26.0
4 San Jose State 3 14 50 11 75 25.0
4 James Madison 1 10 11 4 25 25.0
6 Texas Tech 10 94 132 18 244 24.4
7 Syracuse 8 45 136 13 194 24.3
8 Appalachian State 1 9 11 4 24 24.0
8 Louisiana-Lafayette 1 8 15 1 24 24.0
10 Clemson 11 109 128 25 262 23.8
11 Oregon 11 111 131 19 261 23.7
12 LSU 10 59 150 24 233 23.3
13 TCU 11 85 150 16 251 22.8
13 Arkansas 9 92 103 10 205 22.8
15 Iowa State 11 93 129 28 250 22.7
15 UCF 10 117 92 18 227 22.7
15 Indiana 9 79 110 15 204 22.7
18 Penn State 11 107 126 14 247 22.5
19 SMU 11 102 124 20 246 22.4
19 Baylor 10 96 114 14 224 22.4
21 Boise State 3 33 28 6 67 22.3
22 USC 10 68 139 14 221 22.1
23 Mississippi 9 81 103 14 198 22.0
23 Georgia State 2 15 25 4 44 22.0
23 South Florida 2 15 20 9 44 22.0
23 UAB 1 5 14 3 22 22.0
27 Cincinnati 10 90 113 16 219 21.9
28 Rutgers 10 88 103 27 218 21.8
29 Arizona State 11 121 102 16 239 21.7
29 BYU 10 100 103 14 217 21.7
31 West Virginia 11 115 103 20 238 21.6
32 Kansas 10 111 90 14 215 21.5
32 Texas 10 83 115 17 215 21.5
34 California 10 64 129 21 214 21.4
34 Tennessee 9 94 83 16 193 21.4
36 Pittsburgh 10 62 118 32 212 21.2
37 Colorado 10 52 135 24 211 21.1
37 Louisville 9 75 98 17 190 21.1
37 Notre Dame 8 81 74 14 169 21.1
40 Nebraska 10 86 96 28 210 21.0
40 Washington State 3 31 23 9 63 21.0
40 Texas State 1 8 13 0 21 21.0
43 Georgia 11 72 140 17 229 20.8
43 Georgia Tech 9 91 87 9 187 20.8
43 Oregon State 4 43 33 7 83 20.8
46 Maryland 10 57 123 24 204 20.4
47 Wake Forest 9 66 94 23 183 20.3
48 Kansas State 10 96 96 10 202 20.2
48 Alabama 9 81 91 10 182 20.2
48 North Carolina State 9 62 96 24 182 20.2
51 South Carolina 9 80 83 18 181 20.1
51 Auburn 9 75 93 13 181 20.1
53 Washington 10 78 111 11 200 20.0
53 Texas A&M 8 74 74 12 160 20.0
53 Ohio 2 20 14 6 40 20.0
53 Northern Illinois 1 11 8 1 20 20.0
57 North Carolina 9 82 81 16 179 19.9
58 Oklahoma State 10 62 119 17 198 19.8
58 Mississippi State 9 69 90 19 178 19.8
60 Illinois 10 81 94 21 196 19.6
61 Minnesota 10 64 108 23 195 19.5
62 Missouri 9 86 75 12 173 19.2
62 Virginia 9 66 92 15 173 19.2
64 Boston College 10 93 79 18 190 19.0
64 Virginia Tech 10 88 82 20 190 19.0
64 Ohio State 9 71 94 6 171 19.0
64 Tulsa 1 8 9 2 19 19.0
64 Central Michigan 1 8 8 3 19 19.0
64 Jacksonville State 1 7 9 3 19 19.0
64 Florida Atlantic 1 7 6 6 19 19.0
64 Memphis 1 5 11 3 19 19.0
72 Michigan State 10 82 94 13 189 18.9
73 Bowling Green 2 11 24 2 37 18.5
73 Tulane 2 11 21 5 37 18.5
75 Florida 11 91 95 16 202 18.4
75 Stanford 9 68 81 17 166 18.4
77 Fresno State 3 10 36 9 55 18.3
78 Arizona 10 58 110 14 182 18.2
79 UNLV 4 36 30 6 72 18.0
79 Middle Tennessee 2 10 19 7 36 18.0
81 UCLA 10 56 108 13 177 17.7
82 Wisconsin 10 79 78 18 175 17.5
82 Air Force 2 26 7 2 35 17.5
82 Hawai'i 2 9 22 4 35 17.5
85 Kentucky 9 79 57 21 157 17.4
86 Duke 9 45 91 20 156 17.3
86 Massachusetts 3 28 20 4 52 17.3
88 Vanderbilt 9 68 69 17 154 17.1
89 Oklahoma 9 71 62 20 153 17.0
89 Eastern Michigan 1 9 4 4 17 17.0
89 Georgia Southern 1 4 7 6 17 17.0
92 Colorado State 3 19 24 7 50 16.7
93 Miami (Ohio) 2 2 28 2 32 16.0
93 South Alabama 1 8 8 0 16 16.0
95 Michigan 10 82 66 11 159 15.9
96 Connecticut 4 18 40 4 62 15.5
97 Nevada 3 25 15 6 46 15.3
98 Florida State 9 46 78 13 137 15.2
99 Iowa 10 87 53 11 151 15.1
99 Houston 10 75 61 15 151 15.1
101 Utah 10 62 78 10 150 15.0
101 Northwestern 10 54 82 14 150 15.0
101 Utah State 3 17 25 3 45 15.0
101 Marshall 2 13 13 4 30 15.0
101 Western Kentucky 2 12 16 2 30 15.0
106 San Diego State 3 13 27 4 44 14.7
107 Arkansas State 2 8 18 3 29 14.5
108 Purdue 10 51 81 11 143 14.3
109 Wyoming 3 18 19 5 42 14.0
109 Old Dominion 2 12 15 1 28 14.0
109 Louisiana Tech 2 7 18 3 28 14.0
109 UTSA 1 4 9 1 14 14.0
109 Coastal Carolina 1 3 9 2 14 14.0
114 UTEP 2 11 15 1 27 13.5
115 Charlotte 2 8 15 3 26 13.0
115 Florida International 1 5 7 1 13 13.0
115 Temple 1 5 7 1 13 13.0
115 North Texas 1 5 6 2 13 13.0
119 Ball State 2 9 15 1 25 12.5
120 New Mexico State 1 6 5 1 12 12.0
120 Sam Houston State 1 1 10 1 12 12.0
122 Akron 3 17 15 3 35 11.7
123 Troy 1 4 6 0 10 10.0
124 Kent State 3 13 11 5 29 9.7
125 Western Michigan 2 6 12 1 19 9.5
126 Buffalo 1 6 3 0 9 9.0
126 Rice 1 3 3 3 9 9.0
128 Louisiana-Monroe 2 7 8 1 16 8.0
129 Southern Mississippi 1 1 5 1 7 7.0