2024 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. FBS Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 01/10/2025

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 New Mexico 3 38 33 8 79 26.3
2 Miami (Florida) 10 105 139 18 262 26.2
3 San Jose State 3 14 50 11 75 25.0
3 James Madison 1 10 11 4 25 25.0
5 Syracuse 9 55 152 15 222 24.7
6 Texas Tech 11 103 145 19 267 24.3
7 Appalachian State 1 9 11 4 24 24.0
8 Clemson 12 113 143 26 282 23.5
9 Baylor 11 100 137 18 255 23.2
10 Oregon 12 113 144 19 276 23.0
10 LSU 11 64 164 25 253 23.0
12 Iowa State 12 103 138 33 274 22.8
12 TCU 11 85 150 16 251 22.8
12 Boise State 4 40 42 9 91 22.8
15 UCF 10 117 92 18 227 22.7
15 Indiana 9 79 110 15 204 22.7
17 Arkansas 10 104 111 10 225 22.5
17 Mississippi 10 90 121 14 225 22.5
19 USC 11 77 151 18 246 22.4
20 Arizona State 12 136 112 20 268 22.3
20 SMU 12 108 135 24 267 22.3
22 Penn State 12 118 132 15 265 22.1
23 Georgia State 2 15 25 4 44 22.0
23 South Florida 2 15 20 9 44 22.0
23 East Carolina 1 13 9 0 22 22.0
23 UAB 1 5 14 3 22 22.0
27 Cincinnati 10 90 113 16 219 21.9
28 Washington State 4 37 39 11 87 21.8
29 BYU 11 111 111 17 239 21.7
30 West Virginia 11 115 103 20 238 21.6
30 Rutgers 11 96 114 28 238 21.6
32 Kansas 10 111 90 14 215 21.5
32 Toledo 2 11 28 4 43 21.5
34 Texas 13 106 148 24 278 21.4
34 California 10 64 129 21 214 21.4
36 Pittsburgh 10 62 118 32 212 21.2
37 Georgia Tech 10 101 97 13 211 21.1
38 Nebraska 11 91 110 30 231 21.0
38 Tennessee 10 106 87 17 210 21.0
38 Texas State 1 8 13 0 21 21.0
41 Georgia 11 72 140 17 229 20.8
41 Oregon State 4 43 33 7 83 20.8
43 Notre Dame 11 107 101 18 226 20.5
43 Kansas State 11 109 106 10 225 20.5
43 Louisville 10 82 106 17 205 20.5
46 Maryland 10 57 123 24 204 20.4
46 Texas A&M 9 82 88 14 184 20.4
48 Wake Forest 9 66 94 23 183 20.3
49 North Carolina State 9 62 96 24 182 20.2
50 Washington 11 85 124 12 221 20.1
50 South Carolina 10 89 94 18 201 20.1
50 Auburn 9 75 93 13 181 20.1
53 Colorado 11 54 140 26 220 20.0
53 Ohio 2 20 14 6 40 20.0
53 Northern Illinois 1 11 8 1 20 20.0
56 North Carolina 9 82 81 16 179 19.9
57 Illinois 11 92 102 24 218 19.8
57 Minnesota 11 75 119 24 218 19.8
57 Oklahoma State 10 62 119 17 198 19.8
57 Mississippi State 9 69 90 19 178 19.8
61 Alabama 10 88 98 11 197 19.7
62 Missouri 10 93 89 14 196 19.6
63 Ohio State 12 91 132 10 233 19.4
64 Virginia 9 66 92 15 173 19.2
65 Boston College 11 96 93 21 210 19.1
66 Tulsa 1 8 9 2 19 19.0
66 Central Michigan 1 8 8 3 19 19.0
66 Jacksonville State 1 7 9 3 19 19.0
66 Florida Atlantic 1 7 6 6 19 19.0
70 Michigan State 10 82 94 13 189 18.9
71 Louisiana-Lafayette 2 15 21 1 37 18.5
71 Memphis 2 12 21 4 37 18.5
71 Bowling Green 2 11 24 2 37 18.5
74 Florida 11 91 95 16 202 18.4
74 Stanford 9 68 81 17 166 18.4
76 Fresno State 3 10 36 9 55 18.3
77 Arizona 10 58 110 14 182 18.2
78 Virginia Tech 11 92 87 20 199 18.1
79 Middle Tennessee 2 10 19 7 36 18.0
80 UCLA 10 56 108 13 177 17.7
81 Wisconsin 10 79 78 18 175 17.5
81 Air Force 2 26 7 2 35 17.5
81 Hawai'i 2 9 22 4 35 17.5
84 Vanderbilt 10 77 76 21 174 17.4
84 Kentucky 9 79 57 21 157 17.4
86 Duke 10 46 106 21 173 17.3
86 Massachusetts 3 28 20 4 52 17.3
88 Oklahoma 9 71 62 20 153 17.0
88 Eastern Michigan 1 9 4 4 17 17.0
88 Georgia Southern 1 4 7 6 17 17.0
91 UNLV 5 45 33 6 84 16.8
92 Colorado State 3 19 24 7 50 16.7
93 Connecticut 5 30 47 5 82 16.4
94 Tulane 3 15 26 7 48 16.0
94 Miami (Ohio) 2 2 28 2 32 16.0
94 South Alabama 1 8 8 0 16 16.0
97 Michigan 11 88 71 13 172 15.6
98 Iowa 11 95 60 14 169 15.4
99 Nevada 3 25 15 6 46 15.3
100 Florida State 9 46 78 13 137 15.2
101 Houston 10 75 61 15 151 15.1
102 Utah 10 62 78 10 150 15.0
102 Northwestern 10 54 82 14 150 15.0
102 Utah State 3 17 25 3 45 15.0
102 Marshall 2 13 13 4 30 15.0
102 Western Kentucky 2 12 16 2 30 15.0
107 San Diego State 3 13 27 4 44 14.7
108 Arkansas State 2 8 18 3 29 14.5
109 Purdue 10 51 81 11 143 14.3
110 Wyoming 3 18 19 5 42 14.0
110 Old Dominion 2 12 15 1 28 14.0
110 Louisiana Tech 2 7 18 3 28 14.0
110 UTSA 1 4 9 1 14 14.0
110 Coastal Carolina 1 3 9 2 14 14.0
115 UTEP 2 11 15 1 27 13.5
116 Charlotte 2 8 15 3 26 13.0
116 Florida International 1 5 7 1 13 13.0
116 Temple 1 5 7 1 13 13.0
116 North Texas 1 5 6 2 13 13.0
120 Ball State 2 9 15 1 25 12.5
121 New Mexico State 1 6 5 1 12 12.0
121 Sam Houston State 1 1 10 1 12 12.0
123 Akron 3 17 15 3 35 11.7
124 Navy 1 5 5 1 11 11.0
125 Troy 1 4 6 0 10 10.0
126 Kent State 3 13 11 5 29 9.7
127 Western Michigan 2 6 12 1 19 9.5
128 Buffalo 1 6 3 0 9 9.0
128 Rice 1 3 3 3 9 9.0
130 Louisiana-Monroe 2 7 8 1 16 8.0
131 Southern Mississippi 1 1 5 1 7 7.0