2024 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. FBS Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 12/21/2024

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Clemson 12 113 143 26 282 23.5
2 SMU 12 108 135 24 267 22.3
3 Penn State 12 118 132 15 265 22.1
4 Oregon 11 111 131 19 261 23.7
5 TCU 11 85 150 16 251 22.8
6 Iowa State 11 93 129 28 250 22.7
7 Texas Tech 10 94 132 18 244 24.4
8 Texas 11 96 125 20 241 21.9
9 Arizona State 11 121 102 16 239 21.7
10 Miami (Florida) 9 90 131 17 238 26.4
10 West Virginia 11 115 103 20 238 21.6
12 LSU 10 59 150 24 233 23.3
13 Georgia 11 72 140 17 229 20.8
14 UCF 10 117 92 18 227 22.7
15 Baylor 10 96 114 14 224 22.4
16 USC 10 68 139 14 221 22.1
17 Cincinnati 10 90 113 16 219 21.9
18 Rutgers 10 88 103 27 218 21.8
19 BYU 10 100 103 14 217 21.7
20 Kansas 10 111 90 14 215 21.5
21 California 10 64 129 21 214 21.4
22 Pittsburgh 10 62 118 32 212 21.2
23 Colorado 10 52 135 24 211 21.1
24 Tennessee 10 106 87 17 210 21.0
24 Nebraska 10 86 96 28 210 21.0
26 Arkansas 9 92 103 10 205 22.8
27 Indiana 9 79 110 15 204 22.7
27 Maryland 10 57 123 24 204 20.4
29 Kansas State 10 96 96 10 202 20.2
29 Florida 11 91 95 16 202 18.4
31 Washington 10 78 111 11 200 20.0
32 Mississippi 9 81 103 14 198 22.0
32 Oklahoma State 10 62 119 17 198 19.8
34 Illinois 10 81 94 21 196 19.6
35 Ohio State 10 79 108 8 195 19.5
35 Minnesota 10 64 108 23 195 19.5
37 Syracuse 8 45 136 13 194 24.3
38 Louisville 9 75 98 17 190 21.1
38 Boston College 10 93 79 18 190 19.0
38 Virginia Tech 10 88 82 20 190 19.0
41 Notre Dame 9 89 85 15 189 21.0
41 Michigan State 10 82 94 13 189 18.9
43 Georgia Tech 9 91 87 9 187 20.8
44 Wake Forest 9 66 94 23 183 20.3
45 Alabama 9 81 91 10 182 20.2
45 North Carolina State 9 62 96 24 182 20.2
45 Arizona 10 58 110 14 182 18.2
48 South Carolina 9 80 83 18 181 20.1
48 Auburn 9 75 93 13 181 20.1
50 North Carolina 9 82 81 16 179 19.9
51 Mississippi State 9 69 90 19 178 19.8
52 UCLA 10 56 108 13 177 17.7
53 Wisconsin 10 79 78 18 175 17.5
54 Missouri 9 86 75 12 173 19.2
54 Virginia 9 66 92 15 173 19.2
56 Stanford 9 68 81 17 166 18.4
57 Texas A&M 8 74 74 12 160 20.0
58 Michigan 10 82 66 11 159 15.9
59 Kentucky 9 79 57 21 157 17.4
60 Duke 9 45 91 20 156 17.3
61 Vanderbilt 9 68 69 17 154 17.1
62 Oklahoma 9 71 62 20 153 17.0
63 Iowa 10 87 53 11 151 15.1
63 Houston 10 75 61 15 151 15.1
65 Utah 10 62 78 10 150 15.0
65 Northwestern 10 54 82 14 150 15.0
67 Purdue 10 51 81 11 143 14.3
68 Florida State 9 46 78 13 137 15.2
69 UNLV 5 45 33 6 84 16.8
70 Oregon State 4 43 33 7 83 20.8
71 New Mexico 3 38 33 8 79 26.3
72 San Jose State 3 14 50 11 75 25.0
73 Boise State 3 33 28 6 67 22.3
74 Washington State 3 31 23 9 63 21.0
75 Connecticut 4 18 40 4 62 15.5
76 Fresno State 3 10 36 9 55 18.3
77 Massachusetts 3 28 20 4 52 17.3
78 Colorado State 3 19 24 7 50 16.7
79 Tulane 3 15 26 7 48 16.0
80 Nevada 3 25 15 6 46 15.3
81 Utah State 3 17 25 3 45 15.0
82 Georgia State 2 15 25 4 44 22.0
82 South Florida 2 15 20 9 44 22.0
82 San Diego State 3 13 27 4 44 14.7
85 Wyoming 3 18 19 5 42 14.0
86 Ohio 2 20 14 6 40 20.0
87 Memphis 2 12 21 4 37 18.5
87 Bowling Green 2 11 24 2 37 18.5
89 Middle Tennessee 2 10 19 7 36 18.0
90 Air Force 2 26 7 2 35 17.5
90 Hawai'i 2 9 22 4 35 17.5
90 Akron 3 17 15 3 35 11.7
93 Miami (Ohio) 2 2 28 2 32 16.0
94 Marshall 2 13 13 4 30 15.0
94 Western Kentucky 2 12 16 2 30 15.0
96 Arkansas State 2 8 18 3 29 14.5
96 Kent State 3 13 11 5 29 9.7
98 Old Dominion 2 12 15 1 28 14.0
98 Louisiana Tech 2 7 18 3 28 14.0
100 UTEP 2 11 15 1 27 13.5
101 Toledo 1 9 14 3 26 26.0
101 Charlotte 2 8 15 3 26 13.0
103 James Madison 1 10 11 4 25 25.0
103 Ball State 2 9 15 1 25 12.5
105 Appalachian State 1 9 11 4 24 24.0
105 Louisiana-Lafayette 1 8 15 1 24 24.0
107 UAB 1 5 14 3 22 22.0
108 Texas State 1 8 13 0 21 21.0
109 Northern Illinois 1 11 8 1 20 20.0
110 Tulsa 1 8 9 2 19 19.0
110 Central Michigan 1 8 8 3 19 19.0
110 Jacksonville State 1 7 9 3 19 19.0
110 Florida Atlantic 1 7 6 6 19 19.0
110 Western Michigan 2 6 12 1 19 9.5
115 Eastern Michigan 1 9 4 4 17 17.0
115 Georgia Southern 1 4 7 6 17 17.0
117 South Alabama 1 8 8 0 16 16.0
117 Louisiana-Monroe 2 7 8 1 16 8.0
119 UTSA 1 4 9 1 14 14.0
119 Coastal Carolina 1 3 9 2 14 14.0
121 Florida International 1 5 7 1 13 13.0
121 Temple 1 5 7 1 13 13.0
121 North Texas 1 5 6 2 13 13.0
124 New Mexico State 1 6 5 1 12 12.0
124 Sam Houston State 1 1 10 1 12 12.0
126 Troy 1 4 6 0 10 10.0
127 Buffalo 1 6 3 0 9 9.0
127 Rice 1 3 3 3 9 9.0
129 Southern Mississippi 1 1 5 1 7 7.0