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