2024 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. FBS Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 01/20/2025

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Clemson 12 113 143 26 282 23.5
2 Texas 13 106 148 24 278 21.4
3 Oregon 12 113 144 19 276 23.0
4 Iowa State 12 103 138 33 274 22.8
5 Arizona State 12 136 112 20 268 22.3
6 Texas Tech 11 103 145 19 267 24.3
6 SMU 12 108 135 24 267 22.3
8 Penn State 12 118 132 15 265 22.1
9 Miami (Florida) 10 105 139 18 262 26.2
10 Baylor 11 100 137 18 255 23.2
11 LSU 11 64 164 25 253 23.0
12 TCU 11 85 150 16 251 22.8
13 USC 11 77 151 18 246 22.4
14 Notre Dame 12 112 112 21 245 20.4
15 BYU 11 111 111 17 239 21.7
16 West Virginia 11 115 103 20 238 21.6
16 Rutgers 11 96 114 28 238 21.6
18 Ohio State 12 91 132 10 233 19.4
19 Nebraska 11 91 110 30 231 21.0
20 Georgia 11 72 140 17 229 20.8
21 UCF 10 117 92 18 227 22.7
22 Arkansas 10 104 111 10 225 22.5
22 Mississippi 10 90 121 14 225 22.5
22 Kansas State 11 109 106 10 225 20.5
25 Syracuse 9 55 152 15 222 24.7
26 Washington 11 85 124 12 221 20.1
27 Colorado 11 54 140 26 220 20.0
28 Cincinnati 10 90 113 16 219 21.9
29 Illinois 11 92 102 24 218 19.8
29 Minnesota 11 75 119 24 218 19.8
31 Kansas 10 111 90 14 215 21.5
32 California 10 64 129 21 214 21.4
33 Pittsburgh 10 62 118 32 212 21.2
34 Georgia Tech 10 101 97 13 211 21.1
35 Tennessee 10 106 87 17 210 21.0
35 Boston College 11 96 93 21 210 19.1
37 Louisville 10 82 106 17 205 20.5
38 Indiana 9 79 110 15 204 22.7
38 Maryland 10 57 123 24 204 20.4
40 Florida 11 91 95 16 202 18.4
41 South Carolina 10 89 94 18 201 20.1
42 Virginia Tech 11 92 87 20 199 18.1
43 Oklahoma State 10 62 119 17 198 19.8
44 Alabama 10 88 98 11 197 19.7
45 Missouri 10 93 89 14 196 19.6
46 Michigan State 10 82 94 13 189 18.9
47 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
49 Arizona 10 58 110 14 182 18.2
51 Auburn 9 75 93 13 181 20.1
52 North Carolina 9 82 81 16 179 19.9
53 Mississippi State 9 69 90 19 178 19.8
54 UCLA 10 56 108 13 177 17.7
55 Wisconsin 10 79 78 18 175 17.5
56 Vanderbilt 10 77 76 21 174 17.4
57 Virginia 9 66 92 15 173 19.2
57 Duke 10 46 106 21 173 17.3
59 Michigan 11 88 71 13 172 15.6
60 Iowa 11 95 60 14 169 15.4
61 Stanford 9 68 81 17 166 18.4
62 Kentucky 9 79 57 21 157 17.4
63 Oklahoma 9 71 62 20 153 17.0
64 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 Boise State 4 40 42 9 91 22.8
70 Washington State 4 37 39 11 87 21.8
71 UNLV 5 45 33 6 84 16.8
72 Oregon State 4 43 33 7 83 20.8
73 Connecticut 5 30 47 5 82 16.4
74 New Mexico 3 38 33 8 79 26.3
75 San Jose State 3 14 50 11 75 25.0
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 Toledo 2 11 28 4 43 21.5
86 Wyoming 3 18 19 5 42 14.0
87 Ohio 2 20 14 6 40 20.0
88 Louisiana-Lafayette 2 15 21 1 37 18.5
88 Memphis 2 12 21 4 37 18.5
88 Bowling Green 2 11 24 2 37 18.5
91 Middle Tennessee 2 10 19 7 36 18.0
92 Air Force 2 26 7 2 35 17.5
92 Hawai'i 2 9 22 4 35 17.5
92 Akron 3 17 15 3 35 11.7
95 Miami (Ohio) 2 2 28 2 32 16.0
96 Marshall 2 13 13 4 30 15.0
96 Western Kentucky 2 12 16 2 30 15.0
98 Arkansas State 2 8 18 3 29 14.5
98 Kent State 3 13 11 5 29 9.7
100 Old Dominion 2 12 15 1 28 14.0
100 Louisiana Tech 2 7 18 3 28 14.0
102 UTEP 2 11 15 1 27 13.5
103 Charlotte 2 8 15 3 26 13.0
104 James Madison 1 10 11 4 25 25.0
104 Ball State 2 9 15 1 25 12.5
106 Appalachian State 1 9 11 4 24 24.0
107 East Carolina 1 13 9 0 22 22.0
107 UAB 1 5 14 3 22 22.0
109 Texas State 1 8 13 0 21 21.0
110 Northern Illinois 1 11 8 1 20 20.0
111 Tulsa 1 8 9 2 19 19.0
111 Central Michigan 1 8 8 3 19 19.0
111 Jacksonville State 1 7 9 3 19 19.0
111 Florida Atlantic 1 7 6 6 19 19.0
111 Western Michigan 2 6 12 1 19 9.5
116 Eastern Michigan 1 9 4 4 17 17.0
116 Georgia Southern 1 4 7 6 17 17.0
118 South Alabama 1 8 8 0 16 16.0
118 Louisiana-Monroe 2 7 8 1 16 8.0
120 UTSA 1 4 9 1 14 14.0
120 Coastal Carolina 1 3 9 2 14 14.0
122 Florida International 1 5 7 1 13 13.0
122 Temple 1 5 7 1 13 13.0
122 North Texas 1 5 6 2 13 13.0
125 New Mexico State 1 6 5 1 12 12.0
125 Sam Houston State 1 1 10 1 12 12.0
127 Navy 1 5 5 1 11 11.0
128 Troy 1 4 6 0 10 10.0
129 Buffalo 1 6 3 0 9 9.0
129 Rice 1 3 3 3 9 9.0
131 Southern Mississippi 1 1 5 1 7 7.0