2024 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. FBS non-Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 12/30/2024

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Army 13 210 40 16 266 20.5
2 Jacksonville State 13 172 97 30 299 23.0
3 Liberty 10 144 77 17 238 23.8
4 Navy 11 130 50 10 190 17.3
5 Texas State 10 125 122 15 262 26.2
6 Ohio 11 124 100 22 246 22.4
7 Air Force 9 123 29 14 166 18.4
8 Sam Houston State 12 122 94 17 233 19.4
9 Tulane 10 120 82 16 218 21.8
10 South Alabama 11 116 114 13 243 22.1
11 Northern Illinois 11 112 91 26 229 20.8
12 James Madison 11 111 105 13 229 20.8
12 Marshall 10 111 75 15 201 20.1
14 Memphis 10 105 119 22 246 24.6
15 Old Dominion 10 104 91 13 208 20.8
16 New Mexico 8 102 85 13 200 25.0
17 Western Michigan 10 99 90 15 204 20.4
18 Boise State 9 97 100 13 210 23.3
18 Arkansas State 10 97 112 22 231 23.1
20 UNLV 8 96 67 16 179 22.4
20 Georgia Southern 11 96 124 25 245 22.3
22 Coastal Carolina 11 95 86 17 198 18.0
23 Central Michigan 10 93 62 20 175 17.5
24 East Carolina 11 92 122 19 233 21.2
24 Louisiana-Lafayette 11 92 113 24 229 20.8
24 New Mexico State 10 92 78 30 200 20.0
27 Troy 10 90 104 16 210 21.0
28 Buffalo 10 89 86 16 191 19.1
29 Eastern Michigan 10 86 118 18 222 22.2
30 Appalachian State 9 85 113 18 216 24.0
31 Louisiana-Monroe 9 83 54 15 152 16.9
32 Utah State 8 81 104 17 202 25.3
32 Louisiana Tech 10 81 98 10 189 18.9
32 Miami (Ohio) 12 81 108 15 204 17.0
35 Connecticut 7 80 56 24 160 22.9
35 South Florida 10 80 102 19 201 20.1
37 Florida Atlantic 10 79 95 12 186 18.6
37 Southern Mississippi 10 79 60 23 162 16.2
39 UAB 10 78 112 17 207 20.7
40 UTSA 11 76 136 20 232 21.1
40 Bowling Green 10 76 108 15 199 19.9
42 Western Kentucky 11 74 128 13 215 19.5
43 North Texas 10 73 151 25 249 24.9
43 Nevada 9 73 93 14 180 20.0
45 Washington State 8 72 103 15 190 23.8
45 Colorado State 9 72 80 10 162 18.0
45 Kennesaw State 11 72 64 15 151 13.7
48 Massachusetts 7 69 54 17 140 20.0
49 Ball State 9 68 106 19 193 21.4
49 Florida International 10 68 97 16 181 18.1
51 Tulsa 10 67 98 32 197 19.7
52 Oregon State 7 66 73 17 156 22.3
52 UTEP 9 66 73 17 156 17.3
54 Charlotte 9 65 76 20 161 17.9
55 Georgia State 9 59 105 19 183 20.3
55 Toledo 10 59 104 24 187 18.7
57 San Diego State 8 58 79 18 155 19.4
57 Wyoming 8 58 73 19 150 18.8
57 Rice 10 58 111 18 187 18.7
60 Fresno State 9 54 94 20 168 18.7
61 San Jose State 9 52 114 18 184 20.4
62 Akron 8 50 89 18 157 19.6
62 Temple 11 50 109 15 174 15.8
64 Hawai'i 8 49 95 22 166 20.8
65 Kent State 8 44 51 16 111 13.9
66 Middle Tennessee 9 43 105 14 162 18.0
67 Notre Dame 4 35 38 8 81 20.3
68 Arkansas 2 33 17 5 55 27.5
68 Ohio State 3 33 41 3 77 25.7
68 Indiana 3 33 31 5 69 23.0
68 Oklahoma 3 33 28 7 68 22.7
72 Texas 3 32 40 4 76 25.3
73 Tennessee 2 31 27 0 58 29.0
73 Missouri 2 31 18 1 50 25.0
75 Penn State 2 29 30 2 61 30.5
75 North Carolina 3 29 32 7 68 22.7
75 South Carolina 2 29 15 1 45 22.5
75 Texas A&M 3 29 32 5 66 22.0
79 Pittsburgh 2 28 27 6 61 30.5
79 Auburn 2 28 23 2 53 26.5
81 Mississippi 2 25 34 1 60 30.0
82 UCF 1 24 5 0 29 29.0
83 USC 2 23 31 3 57 28.5
83 Kentucky 2 23 18 3 44 22.0
83 Virginia Tech 2 23 14 5 42 21.0
83 Virginia 2 23 14 4 41 20.5
83 North Carolina State 3 23 24 5 52 17.3
88 Alabama 2 22 17 6 45 22.5
88 California 2 22 17 3 42 21.0
88 Michigan 2 22 15 1 38 19.0
91 Syracuse 3 20 57 7 84 28.0
92 Arizona State 2 19 23 5 47 23.5
93 Wake Forest 2 18 27 7 52 26.0
93 Louisville 2 18 27 3 48 24.0
95 Vanderbilt 2 17 24 3 44 22.0
96 Miami (Florida) 2 16 39 3 58 29.0
96 Iowa 1 16 7 2 25 25.0
96 Mississippi State 2 16 23 8 47 23.5
99 Georgia 1 15 17 2 34 34.0
100 Iowa State 1 14 10 1 25 25.0
100 Stanford 2 14 18 3 35 17.5
102 Wisconsin 1 13 13 1 27 27.0
102 Florida 1 13 12 1 26 26.0
102 Texas Tech 1 13 11 1 25 25.0
102 Houston 2 13 16 1 30 15.0
106 Maryland 1 12 15 2 29 29.0
106 Rutgers 1 12 10 4 26 26.0
106 Georgia Tech 2 12 26 2 40 20.0
106 Duke 2 12 21 6 39 19.5
110 Nebraska 1 11 14 5 30 30.0
110 Clemson 1 11 16 1 28 28.0
112 West Virginia 1 10 14 1 25 25.0
112 Florida State 2 10 14 1 25 12.5
114 Oklahoma State 1 9 14 1 24 24.0
114 Utah 1 9 12 2 23 23.0
114 Arizona 1 9 12 1 22 22.0
114 Northwestern 1 9 10 1 20 20.0
114 Baylor 1 9 9 2 20 20.0
114 Kansas State 1 9 9 1 19 19.0
120 LSU 1 8 21 0 29 29.0
120 Cincinnati 1 8 12 0 20 20.0
120 Illinois 1 8 11 1 20 20.0
120 Minnesota 1 8 9 3 20 20.0
120 Kansas 1 8 9 0 17 17.0
120 Michigan State 1 8 5 2 15 15.0
126 Washington 1 7 14 2 23 23.0
126 TCU 1 7 12 1 20 20.0
126 Boston College 1 7 11 1 19 19.0
126 Oregon 1 7 7 2 16 16.0
130 BYU 1 6 16 1 23 23.0
130 UCLA 2 6 28 5 39 19.5
132 SMU 1 5 14 3 22 22.0
133 Colorado 1 4 15 4 23 23.0
134 Purdue 1 3 3 0 6 6.0