2024 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. FBS non-Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 11/08/2024

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Memphis 8 77 93 19 189 23.6
2 Appalachian State 7 67 91 16 174 24.9
3 Jacksonville State 7 97 55 20 172 24.6
3 Eastern Michigan 7 62 93 17 172 24.6
5 New Mexico 7 85 76 9 170 24.3
6 North Texas 6 38 110 15 163 27.2
6 South Alabama 7 79 74 10 163 23.3
6 Sam Houston State 8 91 59 13 163 20.4
9 East Carolina 8 57 87 17 161 20.1
10 Georgia Southern 7 60 84 15 159 22.7
11 Texas State 6 68 73 13 154 25.7
12 Northern Illinois 7 75 58 17 150 21.4
13 Army 7 117 25 5 147 21.0
14 Old Dominion 7 67 68 11 146 20.9
15 UTSA 7 42 89 13 144 20.6
16 Rice 8 43 83 16 142 17.8
17 Tulane 6 78 53 9 140 23.3
18 Tulsa 7 49 67 23 139 19.9
19 Troy 7 59 63 14 136 19.4
20 Liberty 6 75 52 7 134 22.3
20 Western Michigan 6 64 60 10 134 22.3
22 Ball State 6 50 69 14 133 22.2
23 Louisiana-Lafayette 6 54 64 12 130 21.7
24 Toledo 7 36 77 16 129 18.4
25 Boise State 5 54 66 8 128 25.6
25 Navy 7 83 37 8 128 18.3
25 Central Michigan 7 67 46 15 128 18.3
28 Utah State 5 38 80 8 126 25.2
28 Ohio 6 62 54 10 126 21.0
28 Wyoming 6 50 61 15 126 21.0
31 Bowling Green 6 52 61 12 125 20.8
31 New Mexico State 7 56 44 25 125 17.9
31 Florida Atlantic 7 50 67 8 125 17.9
34 Nevada 6 57 55 12 124 20.7
34 Coastal Carolina 7 58 54 12 124 17.7
36 Miami (Ohio) 7 45 66 12 123 17.6
37 James Madison 6 55 62 5 122 20.3
37 Temple 7 34 80 8 122 17.4
39 San Jose State 6 31 80 10 121 20.2
40 Washington State 5 45 65 10 120 24.0
40 UAB 6 44 68 8 120 20.0
40 UTEP 7 54 54 12 120 17.1
43 Buffalo 7 54 59 6 119 17.0
43 Florida International 7 45 62 12 119 17.0
45 Connecticut 5 62 37 19 118 23.6
45 Fresno State 6 39 65 14 118 19.7
47 Arkansas State 5 41 66 10 117 23.4
48 Western Kentucky 5 46 61 6 113 22.6
49 Louisiana Tech 6 41 66 5 112 18.7
50 Charlotte 6 49 46 12 107 17.8
51 Hawai'i 5 34 54 18 106 21.2
52 Oregon State 4 47 46 12 105 26.3
53 Southern Mississippi 6 46 42 16 104 17.3
54 Middle Tennessee 6 24 68 10 102 17.0
55 Marshall 5 57 36 7 100 20.0
56 Air Force 6 64 26 9 99 16.5
57 Georgia State 5 31 58 9 98 19.6
58 Kennesaw State 7 50 37 9 96 13.7
59 Louisiana-Monroe 6 52 32 11 95 15.8
60 South Florida 5 38 45 11 94 18.8
60 San Diego State 5 35 47 12 94 18.8
62 Massachusetts 5 43 39 10 92 18.4
62 Akron 5 23 60 9 92 18.4
64 Colorado State 5 45 35 2 82 16.4
65 Ohio State 3 33 41 3 77 25.7
66 Texas 3 32 40 4 76 25.3
66 Kent State 5 30 35 11 76 15.2
68 UNLV 3 33 27 6 66 22.0
69 Penn State 2 29 30 2 61 30.5
69 Notre Dame 3 26 28 7 61 20.3
71 Mississippi 2 25 34 1 60 30.0
72 Syracuse 2 14 39 6 59 29.5
73 North Carolina 2 22 29 7 58 29.0
73 Miami (Florida) 2 16 39 3 58 29.0
75 Indiana 2 27 21 4 52 26.0
75 Wake Forest 2 18 27 7 52 26.0
77 Missouri 2 31 18 1 50 25.0
78 Louisville 2 18 27 3 48 24.0
79 Arizona State 2 19 23 5 47 23.5
79 Mississippi State 2 16 23 8 47 23.5
81 South Carolina 2 29 15 1 45 22.5
81 Alabama 2 22 17 6 45 22.5
83 Kentucky 2 23 18 3 44 22.0
83 Vanderbilt 2 17 24 3 44 22.0
85 Virginia Tech 2 23 14 5 42 21.0
86 Oklahoma 2 21 16 4 41 20.5
87 Georgia Tech 2 12 26 2 40 20.0
88 Duke 2 12 21 6 39 19.5
89 Michigan 2 22 15 1 38 19.0
89 Texas A&M 2 20 14 4 38 19.0
91 Tennessee 1 20 12 0 32 32.0
92 Pittsburgh 1 8 20 3 31 31.0
92 North Carolina State 2 12 15 4 31 15.5
94 Nebraska 1 11 14 5 30 30.0
94 Houston 2 13 16 1 30 15.0
96 UCF 1 24 5 0 29 29.0
96 Arkansas 1 18 6 5 29 29.0
96 Maryland 1 12 15 2 29 29.0
96 LSU 1 8 21 0 29 29.0
100 USC 1 12 15 1 28 28.0
100 Clemson 1 11 16 1 28 28.0
102 Auburn 1 15 10 2 27 27.0
102 Wisconsin 1 13 13 1 27 27.0
104 Virginia 1 16 8 2 26 26.0
104 Rutgers 1 12 10 4 26 26.0
106 Iowa 1 16 7 2 25 25.0
106 Iowa State 1 14 10 1 25 25.0
106 Texas Tech 1 13 11 1 25 25.0
109 Oklahoma State 1 9 14 1 24 24.0
110 Utah 1 9 12 2 23 23.0
110 Washington 1 7 14 2 23 23.0
110 BYU 1 6 16 1 23 23.0
110 Colorado 1 4 15 4 23 23.0
114 Arizona 1 9 12 1 22 22.0
114 SMU 1 5 14 3 22 22.0
116 California 1 11 8 2 21 21.0
117 Northwestern 1 9 10 1 20 20.0
117 Baylor 1 9 9 2 20 20.0
117 Cincinnati 1 8 12 0 20 20.0
117 Illinois 1 8 11 1 20 20.0
117 Minnesota 1 8 9 3 20 20.0
122 Kansas State 1 9 9 1 19 19.0
122 Boston College 1 7 11 1 19 19.0
122 UCLA 1 3 12 4 19 19.0
125 Kansas 1 8 9 0 17 17.0
126 Oregon 1 7 7 2 16 16.0
127 Michigan State 1 8 5 2 15 15.0
128 Stanford 1 7 6 1 14 14.0
129 Florida State 1 3 8 0 11 11.0
130 Purdue 1 3 3 0 6 6.0