2024 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. FBS non-Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 11/23/2024

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Tulsa 9 61 87 31 179 19.9
2 Jacksonville State 10 138 78 26 242 24.2
3 North Texas 9 63 143 25 231 25.7
3 New Mexico State 9 80 62 25 167 18.6
5 Connecticut 6 69 47 22 138 23.0
5 Georgia Southern 9 70 107 22 199 22.1
7 Southern Mississippi 9 75 51 21 147 16.3
8 Memphis 9 93 107 20 220 24.4
8 Louisiana-Lafayette 9 79 98 20 197 21.9
8 Hawai'i 7 44 73 20 137 19.6
11 East Carolina 10 84 111 19 214 21.4
11 Fresno State 8 48 85 19 152 19.0
11 Wyoming 8 58 73 19 150 18.8
11 Central Michigan 9 84 57 19 160 17.8
11 Toledo 9 48 90 19 157 17.4
16 Eastern Michigan 9 75 114 18 207 23.0
16 UTSA 9 61 114 18 193 21.4
16 Georgia State 8 51 95 18 164 20.5
16 Northern Illinois 9 92 73 18 183 20.3
20 Appalachian State 8 75 99 17 191 23.9
20 Ball State 8 64 91 17 172 21.5
20 South Florida 8 70 81 17 168 21.0
20 Akron 7 41 81 17 139 19.9
20 San Diego State 7 50 64 17 131 18.7
20 Rice 9 51 92 17 160 17.8
26 Oregon State 6 64 63 16 143 23.8
27 Washington State 7 67 93 15 175 25.0
27 Liberty 9 133 72 15 220 24.4
27 Arkansas State 8 81 89 15 185 23.1
27 Troy 9 77 94 15 186 20.7
27 Ohio 8 80 69 15 164 20.5
27 UTEP 8 60 67 15 142 17.8
27 Charlotte 8 59 68 15 142 17.8
27 Miami (Ohio) 9 61 83 15 159 17.7
27 Louisiana-Monroe 8 72 45 15 132 16.5
27 Kent State 7 39 47 15 101 14.4
37 Utah State 7 66 98 14 178 25.4
37 Sam Houston State 10 114 72 14 200 20.0
37 Massachusetts 6 58 46 14 118 19.7
37 Buffalo 9 74 77 14 165 18.3
37 Florida International 9 62 83 14 159 17.7
37 Coastal Carolina 9 71 71 14 156 17.3
37 Kennesaw State 10 68 61 14 143 14.3
44 Texas State 9 110 111 13 234 26.0
44 Boise State 8 85 93 13 191 23.9
44 Tulane 8 106 67 13 186 23.3
44 UNLV 6 71 54 13 138 23.0
44 Bowling Green 8 68 80 13 161 20.1
44 UAB 9 69 98 13 180 20.0
44 Nevada 8 68 77 13 158 19.8
44 San Jose State 8 40 102 13 155 19.4
44 Temple 10 47 98 13 158 15.8
53 Air Force 8 106 27 12 145 18.1
53 Middle Tennessee 8 37 96 12 145 18.1
55 South Alabama 9 94 94 11 199 22.1
55 James Madison 9 85 92 11 188 20.9
55 Army 9 147 27 11 185 20.6
55 Old Dominion 9 87 87 11 185 20.6
55 Western Michigan 8 76 76 11 163 20.4
55 Florida Atlantic 9 68 85 11 164 18.2
61 New Mexico 7 85 76 9 170 24.3
61 Marshall 8 88 62 9 159 19.9
61 Navy 9 106 39 9 154 17.1
64 Mississippi State 2 16 23 8 47 23.5
64 Notre Dame 4 35 38 8 81 20.3
64 Western Kentucky 8 59 94 8 161 20.1
64 Louisiana Tech 8 64 77 8 149 18.6
68 North Carolina 2 22 29 7 58 29.0
68 Syracuse 3 20 57 7 84 28.0
68 Wake Forest 2 18 27 7 52 26.0
71 Alabama 2 22 17 6 45 22.5
71 Duke 2 12 21 6 39 19.5
73 Nebraska 1 11 14 5 30 30.0
73 Arkansas 2 33 17 5 55 27.5
73 Arizona State 2 19 23 5 47 23.5
73 Texas A&M 3 29 32 5 66 22.0
73 Virginia Tech 2 23 14 5 42 21.0
73 Colorado State 7 62 54 5 121 17.3
79 Indiana 2 27 21 4 52 26.0
79 Rutgers 1 12 10 4 26 26.0
79 Texas 3 32 40 4 76 25.3
79 Colorado 1 4 15 4 23 23.0
79 Virginia 2 23 14 4 41 20.5
79 Oklahoma 2 21 16 4 41 20.5
79 UCLA 1 3 12 4 19 19.0
79 North Carolina State 2 12 15 4 31 15.5
87 Pittsburgh 1 8 20 3 31 31.0
87 Miami (Florida) 2 16 39 3 58 29.0
87 Ohio State 3 33 41 3 77 25.7
87 Louisville 2 18 27 3 48 24.0
87 Kentucky 2 23 18 3 44 22.0
87 Vanderbilt 2 17 24 3 44 22.0
87 SMU 1 5 14 3 22 22.0
87 Minnesota 1 8 9 3 20 20.0
95 Georgia 1 15 17 2 34 34.0
95 Penn State 2 29 30 2 61 30.5
95 Maryland 1 12 15 2 29 29.0
95 Auburn 2 28 23 2 53 26.5
95 Iowa 1 16 7 2 25 25.0
95 Utah 1 9 12 2 23 23.0
95 Washington 1 7 14 2 23 23.0
95 California 1 11 8 2 21 21.0
95 Georgia Tech 2 12 26 2 40 20.0
95 Baylor 1 9 9 2 20 20.0
95 Oregon 1 7 7 2 16 16.0
95 Michigan State 1 8 5 2 15 15.0
107 Mississippi 2 25 34 1 60 30.0
107 USC 1 12 15 1 28 28.0
107 Clemson 1 11 16 1 28 28.0
107 Wisconsin 1 13 13 1 27 27.0
107 Missouri 2 31 18 1 50 25.0
107 Iowa State 1 14 10 1 25 25.0
107 Texas Tech 1 13 11 1 25 25.0
107 Oklahoma State 1 9 14 1 24 24.0
107 BYU 1 6 16 1 23 23.0
107 South Carolina 2 29 15 1 45 22.5
107 Arizona 1 9 12 1 22 22.0
107 Northwestern 1 9 10 1 20 20.0
107 Illinois 1 8 11 1 20 20.0
107 Michigan 2 22 15 1 38 19.0
107 Kansas State 1 9 9 1 19 19.0
107 Boston College 1 7 11 1 19 19.0
107 Houston 2 13 16 1 30 15.0
107 Stanford 1 7 6 1 14 14.0
107 Florida State 2 10 14 1 25 12.5
126 Tennessee 2 31 27 0 58 29.0
126 UCF 1 24 5 0 29 29.0
126 LSU 1 8 21 0 29 29.0
126 Cincinnati 1 8 12 0 20 20.0
126 Kansas 1 8 9 0 17 17.0
126 Purdue 1 3 3 0 6 6.0