2024 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. FBS non-Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 12/21/2024

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Jacksonville State 13 172 97 30 299 23.0
2 Texas State 10 125 122 15 262 26.2
3 North Texas 10 73 151 25 249 24.9
4 Memphis 10 105 119 22 246 24.6
4 Ohio 11 124 100 22 246 22.4
6 Georgia Southern 11 96 124 25 245 22.3
7 South Alabama 11 116 114 13 243 22.1
8 Army 12 188 38 14 240 20.0
9 Liberty 10 144 77 17 238 23.8
10 East Carolina 11 92 122 19 233 21.2
10 Sam Houston State 12 122 94 17 233 19.4
12 James Madison 11 111 105 13 229 20.8
12 Louisiana-Lafayette 11 92 113 24 229 20.8
14 Eastern Michigan 10 86 118 18 222 22.2
15 Tulane 10 120 82 16 218 21.8
16 Appalachian State 9 85 113 18 216 24.0
17 Western Kentucky 11 74 128 13 215 19.5
18 Arkansas State 9 90 102 19 211 23.4
19 Boise State 9 97 100 13 210 23.3
19 Troy 10 90 104 16 210 21.0
21 UTSA 10 66 124 19 209 20.9
22 Old Dominion 10 104 91 13 208 20.8
23 UAB 10 78 112 17 207 20.7
24 Northern Illinois 10 102 81 22 205 20.5
25 Western Michigan 10 99 90 15 204 20.4
26 Utah State 8 81 104 17 202 25.3
27 Marshall 10 111 75 15 201 20.1
28 New Mexico 8 102 85 13 200 25.0
28 New Mexico State 10 92 78 30 200 20.0
30 Tulsa 10 67 98 32 197 19.7
31 Ball State 9 68 106 19 193 21.4
32 Buffalo 10 89 86 16 191 19.1
33 Washington State 8 72 103 15 190 23.8
33 Navy 11 130 50 10 190 17.3
35 Toledo 10 59 104 24 187 18.7
35 Rice 10 58 111 18 187 18.7
37 South Florida 9 76 92 18 186 20.7
37 Florida Atlantic 10 79 95 12 186 18.6
37 Miami (Ohio) 11 72 99 15 186 16.9
40 Georgia State 9 59 105 19 183 20.3
40 Coastal Carolina 10 88 81 14 183 18.3
42 Florida International 10 68 97 16 181 18.1
43 Nevada 9 73 93 14 180 20.0
44 UNLV 8 96 67 16 179 22.4
45 Louisiana Tech 9 77 91 10 178 19.8
46 Bowling Green 9 73 91 13 177 19.7
47 Central Michigan 10 93 62 20 175 17.5
48 Temple 11 50 109 15 174 15.8
49 Hawai'i 8 49 95 22 166 20.8
49 Air Force 9 123 29 14 166 18.4
51 Middle Tennessee 9 43 105 14 162 18.0
51 Southern Mississippi 10 79 60 23 162 16.2
53 Charlotte 9 65 76 20 161 17.9
54 Connecticut 7 80 56 24 160 22.9
55 Akron 8 50 89 18 157 19.6
56 Oregon State 7 66 73 17 156 22.3
56 UTEP 9 66 73 17 156 17.3
58 San Diego State 8 58 79 18 155 19.4
58 San Jose State 8 40 102 13 155 19.4
60 Louisiana-Monroe 9 83 54 15 152 16.9
61 Fresno State 8 48 84 19 151 18.9
61 Kennesaw State 11 72 64 15 151 13.7
63 Wyoming 8 58 73 19 150 18.8
64 Colorado State 8 65 69 9 143 17.9
65 Massachusetts 7 69 54 17 140 20.0
66 Kent State 8 44 51 16 111 13.9
67 Syracuse 3 20 57 7 84 28.0
68 Notre Dame 4 35 38 8 81 20.3
69 Ohio State 3 33 41 3 77 25.7
70 Texas 3 32 40 4 76 25.3
71 Indiana 3 33 31 5 69 23.0
72 Texas A&M 3 29 32 5 66 22.0
73 Penn State 2 29 30 2 61 30.5
74 Mississippi 2 25 34 1 60 30.0
75 Tennessee 2 31 27 0 58 29.0
75 North Carolina 2 22 29 7 58 29.0
75 Miami (Florida) 2 16 39 3 58 29.0
78 USC 2 23 31 3 57 28.5
79 Arkansas 2 33 17 5 55 27.5
80 Auburn 2 28 23 2 53 26.5
81 Wake Forest 2 18 27 7 52 26.0
82 Missouri 2 31 18 1 50 25.0
83 Louisville 2 18 27 3 48 24.0
84 Arizona State 2 19 23 5 47 23.5
84 Mississippi State 2 16 23 8 47 23.5
86 South Carolina 2 29 15 1 45 22.5
86 Alabama 2 22 17 6 45 22.5
88 Kentucky 2 23 18 3 44 22.0
88 Vanderbilt 2 17 24 3 44 22.0
90 Virginia Tech 2 23 14 5 42 21.0
90 California 2 22 17 3 42 21.0
92 Virginia 2 23 14 4 41 20.5
92 Oklahoma 2 21 16 4 41 20.5
94 Georgia Tech 2 12 26 2 40 20.0
95 Duke 2 12 21 6 39 19.5
95 UCLA 2 6 28 5 39 19.5
97 Michigan 2 22 15 1 38 19.0
98 Stanford 2 14 18 3 35 17.5
99 Georgia 1 15 17 2 34 34.0
100 Pittsburgh 1 8 20 3 31 31.0
100 North Carolina State 2 12 15 4 31 15.5
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 Colorado 1 4 15 4 23 23.0
121 Arizona 1 9 12 1 22 22.0
121 SMU 1 5 14 3 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
128 Kansas State 1 9 9 1 19 19.0
128 Boston College 1 7 11 1 19 19.0
130 Kansas 1 8 9 0 17 17.0
131 Oregon 1 7 7 2 16 16.0
132 Michigan State 1 8 5 2 15 15.0
133 Purdue 1 3 3 0 6 6.0