2024 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. FBS Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 01/02/2025

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 LSU 11 64 164 25 253 23.0
2 Syracuse 9 55 152 15 222 24.7
3 USC 11 77 151 18 246 22.4
4 TCU 11 85 150 16 251 22.8
5 Texas Tech 11 103 145 19 267 24.3
6 Oregon 12 113 144 19 276 23.0
7 Clemson 12 113 143 26 282 23.5
8 Georgia 11 72 140 17 229 20.8
8 Colorado 11 54 140 26 220 20.0
10 Miami (Florida) 10 105 139 18 262 26.2
11 Iowa State 12 103 138 33 274 22.8
11 Texas 12 99 138 21 258 21.5
13 Baylor 11 100 137 18 255 23.2
14 SMU 12 108 135 24 267 22.3
15 Penn State 12 118 132 15 265 22.1
16 California 10 64 129 21 214 21.4
17 Washington 11 85 124 12 221 20.1
18 Maryland 10 57 123 24 204 20.4
19 Mississippi 10 90 121 14 225 22.5
20 Ohio State 11 86 120 9 215 19.5
21 Oklahoma State 10 62 119 17 198 19.8
22 Pittsburgh 10 62 118 32 212 21.2
23 Rutgers 11 96 114 28 238 21.6
24 Cincinnati 10 90 113 16 219 21.9
25 Arizona State 12 136 112 20 268 22.3
26 Arkansas 10 104 111 10 225 22.5
26 BYU 11 111 111 17 239 21.7
28 Indiana 9 79 110 15 204 22.7
28 Nebraska 11 91 110 30 231 21.0
28 Arizona 10 58 110 14 182 18.2
31 Minnesota 10 64 108 23 195 19.5
31 UCLA 10 56 108 13 177 17.7
33 Kansas State 11 109 106 10 225 20.5
33 Louisville 10 82 106 17 205 20.5
33 Duke 10 46 106 21 173 17.3
36 West Virginia 11 115 103 20 238 21.6
37 Illinois 11 92 102 24 218 19.8
38 Alabama 10 88 98 11 197 19.7
39 Georgia Tech 10 101 97 13 211 21.1
40 North Carolina State 9 62 96 24 182 20.2
41 Florida 11 91 95 16 202 18.4
42 Wake Forest 9 66 94 23 183 20.3
42 South Carolina 10 89 94 18 201 20.1
42 Michigan State 10 82 94 13 189 18.9
45 Auburn 9 75 93 13 181 20.1
45 Boston College 11 96 93 21 210 19.1
47 UCF 10 117 92 18 227 22.7
47 Virginia 9 66 92 15 173 19.2
49 Kansas 10 111 90 14 215 21.5
49 Notre Dame 10 97 90 16 203 20.3
49 Mississippi State 9 69 90 19 178 19.8
52 Missouri 10 93 89 14 196 19.6
53 Texas A&M 9 82 88 14 184 20.4
54 Tennessee 10 106 87 17 210 21.0
55 Virginia Tech 10 88 82 20 190 19.0
55 Northwestern 10 54 82 14 150 15.0
57 North Carolina 9 82 81 16 179 19.9
57 Stanford 9 68 81 17 166 18.4
57 Purdue 10 51 81 11 143 14.3
60 Wisconsin 10 79 78 18 175 17.5
60 Florida State 9 46 78 13 137 15.2
60 Utah 10 62 78 10 150 15.0
63 Vanderbilt 10 77 76 21 174 17.4
64 Michigan 11 88 71 13 172 15.6
65 Oklahoma 9 71 62 20 153 17.0
66 Houston 10 75 61 15 151 15.1
67 Iowa 11 95 60 14 169 15.4
68 Kentucky 9 79 57 21 157 17.4
69 San Jose State 3 14 50 11 75 25.0
70 Connecticut 5 30 47 5 82 16.4
71 Boise State 4 40 42 9 91 22.8
72 Washington State 4 37 39 11 87 21.8
73 Fresno State 3 10 36 9 55 18.3
74 New Mexico 3 38 33 8 79 26.3
74 Oregon State 4 43 33 7 83 20.8
74 UNLV 5 45 33 6 84 16.8
77 Toledo 2 11 28 4 43 21.5
77 Miami (Ohio) 2 2 28 2 32 16.0
79 San Diego State 3 13 27 4 44 14.7
80 Tulane 3 15 26 7 48 16.0
81 Georgia State 2 15 25 4 44 22.0
81 Utah State 3 17 25 3 45 15.0
83 Bowling Green 2 11 24 2 37 18.5
83 Colorado State 3 19 24 7 50 16.7
85 Hawai'i 2 9 22 4 35 17.5
86 Louisiana-Lafayette 2 15 21 1 37 18.5
86 Memphis 2 12 21 4 37 18.5
88 South Florida 2 15 20 9 44 22.0
88 Massachusetts 3 28 20 4 52 17.3
90 Middle Tennessee 2 10 19 7 36 18.0
90 Wyoming 3 18 19 5 42 14.0
92 Arkansas State 2 8 18 3 29 14.5
92 Louisiana Tech 2 7 18 3 28 14.0
94 Western Kentucky 2 12 16 2 30 15.0
95 Nevada 3 25 15 6 46 15.3
95 Old Dominion 2 12 15 1 28 14.0
95 UTEP 2 11 15 1 27 13.5
95 Charlotte 2 8 15 3 26 13.0
95 Ball State 2 9 15 1 25 12.5
95 Akron 3 17 15 3 35 11.7
101 UAB 1 5 14 3 22 22.0
101 Ohio 2 20 14 6 40 20.0
103 Texas State 1 8 13 0 21 21.0
103 Marshall 2 13 13 4 30 15.0
105 Western Michigan 2 6 12 1 19 9.5
106 James Madison 1 10 11 4 25 25.0
106 Appalachian State 1 9 11 4 24 24.0
106 Kent State 3 13 11 5 29 9.7
109 Sam Houston State 1 1 10 1 12 12.0
110 East Carolina 1 13 9 0 22 22.0
110 Tulsa 1 8 9 2 19 19.0
110 Jacksonville State 1 7 9 3 19 19.0
110 UTSA 1 4 9 1 14 14.0
110 Coastal Carolina 1 3 9 2 14 14.0
115 Northern Illinois 1 11 8 1 20 20.0
115 Central Michigan 1 8 8 3 19 19.0
115 South Alabama 1 8 8 0 16 16.0
115 Louisiana-Monroe 2 7 8 1 16 8.0
119 Air Force 2 26 7 2 35 17.5
119 Georgia Southern 1 4 7 6 17 17.0
119 Florida International 1 5 7 1 13 13.0
119 Temple 1 5 7 1 13 13.0
123 Florida Atlantic 1 7 6 6 19 19.0
123 North Texas 1 5 6 2 13 13.0
123 Troy 1 4 6 0 10 10.0
126 New Mexico State 1 6 5 1 12 12.0
126 Navy 1 5 5 1 11 11.0
126 Southern Mississippi 1 1 5 1 7 7.0
129 Eastern Michigan 1 9 4 4 17 17.0
130 Buffalo 1 6 3 0 9 9.0
130 Rice 1 3 3 3 9 9.0