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

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Jacksonville State 13 172 97 30 299 23.0
2 Texas State 11 135 135 18 288 26.2
3 North Texas 11 77 167 27 271 24.6
4 Army 13 210 40 16 266 20.5
5 Liberty 11 149 81 19 249 22.6
6 Memphis 10 105 119 22 246 24.6
6 Ohio 11 124 100 22 246 22.4
8 Georgia Southern 11 96 124 25 245 22.3
9 South Alabama 11 116 114 13 243 22.1
10 East Carolina 11 92 122 19 233 21.2
10 Sam Houston State 12 122 94 17 233 19.4
12 UTSA 11 76 136 20 232 21.1
13 Arkansas State 10 97 112 22 231 23.1
14 Northern Illinois 11 112 91 26 229 20.8
14 James Madison 11 111 105 13 229 20.8
14 Louisiana 11 92 113 24 229 20.8
17 Eastern Michigan 10 86 118 18 222 22.2
18 Tulane 10 120 82 16 218 21.8
19 Appalachian State 9 85 113 18 216 24.0
20 Western Kentucky 11 74 128 13 215 19.5
21 Boise State 9 97 100 13 210 23.3
21 Troy 10 90 104 16 210 21.0
23 Buffalo 11 101 91 17 209 19.0
24 Old Dominion 10 104 91 13 208 20.8
25 UAB 10 78 112 17 207 20.7
26 Western Michigan 10 99 90 15 204 20.4
26 Miami (OH) 12 81 108 15 204 17.0
28 Utah State 8 81 104 17 202 25.3
29 Marshall 10 111 75 15 201 20.1
29 USF 10 80 102 19 201 20.1
31 New Mexico 8 102 85 13 200 25.0
31 New Mexico State 10 92 78 30 200 20.0
33 Bowling Green 10 76 108 15 199 19.9
34 Coastal Carolina 11 95 86 17 198 18.0
35 Tulsa 10 67 98 32 197 19.7
36 Ball State 9 68 106 19 193 21.4
37 Washington State 8 72 103 15 190 23.8
37 Navy 11 130 50 10 190 17.3
39 Louisiana Tech 10 81 98 10 189 18.9
40 Toledo 10 59 104 24 187 18.7
40 Rice 10 58 111 18 187 18.7
42 Florida Atlantic 10 79 95 12 186 18.6
43 San Jose State 9 52 114 18 184 20.4
44 Georgia State 9 59 105 19 183 20.3
45 FIU 10 68 97 16 181 18.1
46 Nevada 9 73 93 14 180 20.0
47 UNLV 8 96 67 16 179 22.4
48 Central Michigan 10 93 62 20 175 17.5
49 Temple 11 50 109 15 174 15.8
50 Fresno State 9 54 94 20 168 18.7
51 Hawaii 8 49 95 22 166 20.8
51 Air Force 9 123 29 14 166 18.4
53 Colorado State 9 72 80 10 162 18.0
53 Middle Tennessee State 9 43 105 14 162 18.0
53 Southern Miss 10 79 60 23 162 16.2
56 Charlotte 9 65 76 20 161 17.9
57 Connecticut 7 80 56 24 160 22.9
58 Akron 8 50 89 18 157 19.6
59 Oregon State 7 66 73 17 156 22.3
59 UTEP 9 66 73 17 156 17.3
61 San Diego State 8 58 79 18 155 19.4
62 Louisiana-Monroe 9 83 54 15 152 16.9
63 Kennesaw State 11 72 64 15 151 13.7
64 Wyoming 8 58 73 19 150 18.8
65 Massachusetts 7 69 54 17 140 20.0
66 Kent State 8 44 51 16 111 13.9
67 Penn State 4 50 45 7 102 25.5
68 Ohio State 4 44 51 4 99 24.8
69 Syracuse 3 20 57 7 84 28.0
70 Notre Dame 4 35 38 8 81 20.3
71 Texas 3 32 40 4 76 25.3
72 Indiana 3 33 31 5 69 23.0
73 Oklahoma 3 33 28 7 68 22.7
73 North Carolina 3 29 32 7 68 22.7
75 Texas A&M 3 29 32 5 66 22.0
76 Pittsburgh 2 28 27 6 61 30.5
77 Ole Miss 2 25 34 1 60 30.0
78 Tennessee 2 31 27 0 58 29.0
78 Miami (FL) 2 16 39 3 58 29.0
80 USC 2 23 31 3 57 28.5
81 Arkansas 2 33 17 5 55 27.5
82 Auburn 2 28 23 2 53 26.5
83 Wake Forest 2 18 27 7 52 26.0
83 NC State 3 23 24 5 52 17.3
85 Missouri 2 31 18 1 50 25.0
85 Georgia 2 20 26 4 50 25.0
87 Louisville 2 18 27 3 48 24.0
88 Arizona State 2 19 23 5 47 23.5
88 Mississippi State 2 16 23 8 47 23.5
90 South Carolina 2 29 15 1 45 22.5
90 Alabama 2 22 17 6 45 22.5
92 Kentucky 2 23 18 3 44 22.0
92 Vanderbilt 2 17 24 3 44 22.0
94 Virginia Tech 2 23 14 5 42 21.0
94 California 2 22 17 3 42 21.0
96 Virginia 2 23 14 4 41 20.5
97 Georgia Tech 2 12 26 2 40 20.0
98 Duke 2 12 21 6 39 19.5
98 UCLA 2 6 28 5 39 19.5
100 Michigan 2 22 15 1 38 19.0
101 Stanford 2 14 18 3 35 17.5
102 Nebraska 1 11 14 5 30 30.0
102 Houston 2 13 16 1 30 15.0
104 UCF 1 24 5 0 29 29.0
104 Maryland 1 12 15 2 29 29.0
104 LSU 1 8 21 0 29 29.0
107 Clemson 1 11 16 1 28 28.0
108 Wisconsin 1 13 13 1 27 27.0
109 Florida 1 13 12 1 26 26.0
109 Rutgers 1 12 10 4 26 26.0
111 Iowa 1 16 7 2 25 25.0
111 Iowa State 1 14 10 1 25 25.0
111 Texas Tech 1 13 11 1 25 25.0
111 West Virginia 1 10 14 1 25 25.0
111 Florida State 2 10 14 1 25 12.5
116 Oklahoma State 1 9 14 1 24 24.0
117 Utah 1 9 12 2 23 23.0
117 Washington 1 7 14 2 23 23.0
117 BYU 1 6 16 1 23 23.0
117 SMU 1 6 14 3 23 23.0
117 Colorado 1 4 15 4 23 23.0
122 Arizona 1 9 12 1 22 22.0
123 Northwestern 1 9 10 1 20 20.0
123 Baylor 1 9 9 2 20 20.0
123 Cincinnati 1 8 12 0 20 20.0
123 Illinois 1 8 11 1 20 20.0
123 Minnesota 1 8 9 3 20 20.0
123 TCU 1 7 12 1 20 20.0
129 Kansas State 1 9 9 1 19 19.0
129 Boston College 1 7 11 1 19 19.0
131 Kansas 1 8 9 0 17 17.0
132 Oregon 1 7 7 2 16 16.0
133 Michigan State 1 8 5 2 15 15.0
134 Purdue 1 3 3 0 6 6.0