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