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 Iowa State 12 103 138 33 274 22.8
2 Pittsburgh 10 62 118 32 212 21.2
3 Nebraska 11 91 110 30 231 21.0
4 Rutgers 11 96 114 28 238 21.6
5 Clemson 12 113 143 26 282 23.5
5 Colorado 11 54 140 26 220 20.0
7 LSU 11 64 164 25 253 23.0
8 SMU 12 108 135 24 267 22.3
8 Texas 13 106 148 24 278 21.4
8 Maryland 10 57 123 24 204 20.4
8 North Carolina State 9 62 96 24 182 20.2
8 Illinois 11 92 102 24 218 19.8
8 Minnesota 11 75 119 24 218 19.8
14 Wake Forest 9 66 94 23 183 20.3
15 California 10 64 129 21 214 21.4
15 Notre Dame 12 112 112 21 245 20.4
15 Boston College 11 96 93 21 210 19.1
15 Vanderbilt 10 77 76 21 174 17.4
15 Kentucky 9 79 57 21 157 17.4
15 Duke 10 46 106 21 173 17.3
21 Arizona State 12 136 112 20 268 22.3
21 West Virginia 11 115 103 20 238 21.6
21 Virginia Tech 11 92 87 20 199 18.1
21 Oklahoma 9 71 62 20 153 17.0
25 Texas Tech 11 103 145 19 267 24.3
25 Oregon 12 113 144 19 276 23.0
25 Mississippi State 9 69 90 19 178 19.8
28 Miami (Florida) 10 105 139 18 262 26.2
28 Baylor 11 100 137 18 255 23.2
28 UCF 10 117 92 18 227 22.7
28 USC 11 77 151 18 246 22.4
28 South Carolina 10 89 94 18 201 20.1
28 Wisconsin 10 79 78 18 175 17.5
34 BYU 11 111 111 17 239 21.7
34 Tennessee 10 106 87 17 210 21.0
34 Georgia 11 72 140 17 229 20.8
34 Louisville 10 82 106 17 205 20.5
34 Oklahoma State 10 62 119 17 198 19.8
34 Stanford 9 68 81 17 166 18.4
40 TCU 11 85 150 16 251 22.8
40 Cincinnati 10 90 113 16 219 21.9
40 North Carolina 9 82 81 16 179 19.9
40 Florida 11 91 95 16 202 18.4
44 Syracuse 9 55 152 15 222 24.7
44 Indiana 9 79 110 15 204 22.7
44 Penn State 12 118 132 15 265 22.1
44 Virginia 9 66 92 15 173 19.2
44 Houston 10 75 61 15 151 15.1
49 Mississippi 10 90 121 14 225 22.5
49 Kansas 10 111 90 14 215 21.5
49 Texas A&M 9 82 88 14 184 20.4
49 Missouri 10 93 89 14 196 19.6
49 Arizona 10 58 110 14 182 18.2
49 Iowa 11 95 60 14 169 15.4
49 Northwestern 10 54 82 14 150 15.0
56 Georgia Tech 10 101 97 13 211 21.1
56 Auburn 9 75 93 13 181 20.1
56 Michigan State 10 82 94 13 189 18.9
56 UCLA 10 56 108 13 177 17.7
56 Michigan 11 88 71 13 172 15.6
56 Florida State 9 46 78 13 137 15.2
62 Washington 11 85 124 12 221 20.1
63 San Jose State 3 14 50 11 75 25.0
63 Washington State 4 37 39 11 87 21.8
63 Alabama 10 88 98 11 197 19.7
63 Purdue 10 51 81 11 143 14.3
67 Arkansas 10 104 111 10 225 22.5
67 Kansas State 11 109 106 10 225 20.5
67 Ohio State 12 91 132 10 233 19.4
67 Utah 10 62 78 10 150 15.0
71 Boise State 4 40 42 9 91 22.8
71 South Florida 2 15 20 9 44 22.0
71 Fresno State 3 10 36 9 55 18.3
74 New Mexico 3 38 33 8 79 26.3
75 Oregon State 4 43 33 7 83 20.8
75 Middle Tennessee 2 10 19 7 36 18.0
75 Colorado State 3 19 24 7 50 16.7
75 Tulane 3 15 26 7 48 16.0
79 Ohio 2 20 14 6 40 20.0
79 Florida Atlantic 1 7 6 6 19 19.0
79 Georgia Southern 1 4 7 6 17 17.0
79 UNLV 5 45 33 6 84 16.8
79 Nevada 3 25 15 6 46 15.3
84 Connecticut 5 30 47 5 82 16.4
84 Wyoming 3 18 19 5 42 14.0
84 Kent State 3 13 11 5 29 9.7
87 James Madison 1 10 11 4 25 25.0
87 Appalachian State 1 9 11 4 24 24.0
87 Georgia State 2 15 25 4 44 22.0
87 Toledo 2 11 28 4 43 21.5
87 Memphis 2 12 21 4 37 18.5
87 Hawai'i 2 9 22 4 35 17.5
87 Massachusetts 3 28 20 4 52 17.3
87 Eastern Michigan 1 9 4 4 17 17.0
87 Marshall 2 13 13 4 30 15.0
87 San Diego State 3 13 27 4 44 14.7
97 UAB 1 5 14 3 22 22.0
97 Central Michigan 1 8 8 3 19 19.0
97 Jacksonville State 1 7 9 3 19 19.0
97 Utah State 3 17 25 3 45 15.0
97 Arkansas State 2 8 18 3 29 14.5
97 Louisiana Tech 2 7 18 3 28 14.0
97 Charlotte 2 8 15 3 26 13.0
97 Akron 3 17 15 3 35 11.7
97 Rice 1 3 3 3 9 9.0
106 Tulsa 1 8 9 2 19 19.0
106 Bowling Green 2 11 24 2 37 18.5
106 Air Force 2 26 7 2 35 17.5
106 Miami (Ohio) 2 2 28 2 32 16.0
106 Western Kentucky 2 12 16 2 30 15.0
106 Coastal Carolina 1 3 9 2 14 14.0
106 North Texas 1 5 6 2 13 13.0
113 Northern Illinois 1 11 8 1 20 20.0
113 Louisiana-Lafayette 2 15 21 1 37 18.5
113 Old Dominion 2 12 15 1 28 14.0
113 UTSA 1 4 9 1 14 14.0
113 UTEP 2 11 15 1 27 13.5
113 Florida International 1 5 7 1 13 13.0
113 Temple 1 5 7 1 13 13.0
113 Ball State 2 9 15 1 25 12.5
113 New Mexico State 1 6 5 1 12 12.0
113 Sam Houston State 1 1 10 1 12 12.0
113 Navy 1 5 5 1 11 11.0
113 Western Michigan 2 6 12 1 19 9.5
113 Louisiana-Monroe 2 7 8 1 16 8.0
113 Southern Mississippi 1 1 5 1 7 7.0
127 East Carolina 1 13 9 0 22 22.0
127 Texas State 1 8 13 0 21 21.0
127 South Alabama 1 8 8 0 16 16.0
127 Troy 1 4 6 0 10 10.0
127 Buffalo 1 6 3 0 9 9.0