2019 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. FBS (I-A) Teams Only through 01/13/2020

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 SMU 13 119 162 41 322 24.8
2 Michigan 13 108 141 37 286 22.0
3 Clemson 14 153 176 36 365 26.1
3 East Carolina 10 67 129 36 232 23.2
5 California 12 91 95 34 220 18.3
6 Ohio State 14 192 172 33 397 28.4
7 UCF 12 134 126 31 291 24.3
7 Kent State 12 128 108 31 267 22.3
7 Oklahoma State 12 128 101 31 260 21.7
10 Memphis 13 126 148 30 304 23.4
10 Baylor 13 110 138 30 278 21.4
12 Florida 11 70 149 29 248 22.5
12 Utah 13 137 113 29 279 21.5
14 Central Michigan 13 110 143 28 281 21.6
15 Indiana 12 100 151 27 278 23.2
15 Michigan State 13 99 148 27 274 21.1
15 Virginia 13 81 163 27 271 20.8
15 Northwestern 12 109 76 27 212 17.7
15 Rice 12 79 98 27 204 17.0
20 Louisiana Tech 12 109 149 26 284 23.7
20 USC 13 92 183 26 301 23.2
20 Liberty 11 81 134 26 241 21.9
20 Pittsburgh 12 80 142 26 248 20.7
20 Florida International 12 88 121 26 235 19.6
20 Miami (Florida) 12 71 130 26 227 18.9
26 Texas 13 130 170 25 325 25.0
26 Tulsa 12 103 135 25 263 21.9
26 Marshall 12 127 84 25 236 19.7
26 Tennessee 12 79 115 25 219 18.3
26 Arkansas 11 68 100 25 193 17.5
31 Troy 11 90 156 24 270 24.5
31 Ball State 11 120 119 24 263 23.9
31 Eastern Michigan 12 86 154 24 264 22.0
31 San Jose State 11 54 159 24 237 21.5
31 Florida State 12 96 130 24 250 20.8
31 North Carolina State 11 90 113 24 227 20.6
31 Missouri 11 100 102 24 226 20.5
31 Stanford 12 70 143 24 237 19.8
31 Virginia Tech 11 98 94 24 216 19.6
31 Vanderbilt 11 77 73 24 174 15.8
41 LSU 14 139 225 23 387 27.6
41 Alabama 12 114 158 23 295 24.6
41 Texas Tech 11 86 154 23 263 23.9
41 Florida Atlantic 13 119 161 23 303 23.3
41 Ohio 12 136 115 23 274 22.8
41 Arkansas State 12 88 154 23 265 22.1
41 Notre Dame 13 114 135 23 272 20.9
41 Georgia 13 116 131 23 270 20.8
41 New Mexico 11 111 91 23 225 20.5
41 Syracuse 11 93 104 23 220 20.0
41 Houston 11 100 90 23 213 19.4
41 Temple 12 84 124 23 231 19.3
41 South Alabama 11 87 77 23 187 17.0
54 Washington State 12 50 238 22 310 25.8
54 Boise State 13 127 147 22 296 22.8
54 Mississippi 11 128 97 22 247 22.5
54 Oregon 13 114 154 22 290 22.3
54 Western Michigan 12 126 118 22 266 22.2
54 Mississippi State 12 127 105 22 254 21.2
54 Colorado State 11 68 143 22 233 21.2
54 Purdue 12 61 164 22 247 20.6
54 UNLV 11 94 89 22 205 18.6
54 Old Dominion 11 65 96 22 183 16.6
64 Iowa State 12 80 171 21 272 22.7
64 UCLA 12 111 137 21 269 22.4
64 Colorado 12 109 127 21 257 21.4
64 Cincinnati 14 159 110 21 290 20.7
64 Western Kentucky 12 85 139 21 245 20.4
64 Charlotte 12 116 106 21 243 20.3
64 Middle Tennessee 11 88 107 21 216 19.6
64 West Virginia 11 60 118 21 199 18.1
64 Texas State 11 57 109 21 187 17.0
73 Wake Forest 12 107 148 20 275 22.9
73 Arizona 11 94 129 20 243 22.1
73 Auburn 12 119 112 20 251 20.9
73 Nebraska 12 128 102 20 250 20.8
73 Kentucky 12 150 66 20 236 19.7
73 Kansas State 12 96 105 20 221 18.4
73 Duke 11 90 83 20 193 17.5
73 Maryland 11 80 77 20 177 16.1
73 Massachusetts 11 69 86 20 175 15.9
73 Miami (Ohio) 13 88 94 20 202 15.5
83 Hawai'i 14 118 207 19 344 24.6
83 Louisiana-Monroe 11 107 122 19 248 22.5
83 TCU 11 116 97 19 232 21.1
83 Texas A&M 12 101 132 19 252 21.0
83 Appalachian State 13 138 113 19 270 20.8
83 South Carolina 11 70 114 19 203 18.5
83 Arizona State 12 84 115 19 218 18.2
83 UAB 13 99 117 19 235 18.1
83 Wyoming 12 116 79 19 214 17.8
83 Georgia Southern 12 144 44 19 207 17.3
83 Georgia Tech 11 89 59 19 167 15.2
94 Louisiana-Lafayette 13 161 138 18 317 24.4
94 San Diego State 12 104 123 18 245 20.4
94 Connecticut 11 76 104 18 198 18.0
94 Illinois 13 97 111 18 226 17.4
98 North Carolina 12 118 159 17 294 24.5
98 Minnesota 12 126 134 17 277 23.1
98 Toledo 11 117 104 17 238 21.6
98 Louisville 12 117 106 17 240 20.0
98 Southern Mississippi 12 69 144 17 230 19.2
98 Nevada 12 80 129 17 226 18.8
98 Fresno State 11 76 109 17 202 18.4
105 Oklahoma 13 148 156 16 320 24.6
105 Georgia State 12 150 110 16 276 23.0
105 Buffalo 12 158 81 16 255 21.3
105 Utah State 12 102 136 16 254 21.2
105 Washington 12 98 123 16 237 19.8
105 South Florida 11 95 71 16 182 16.5
111 Tulane 12 151 107 15 273 22.8
111 North Texas 11 78 134 15 227 20.6
111 Northern Illinois 11 87 102 15 204 18.5
111 Kansas 11 86 103 15 204 18.5
111 New Mexico State 11 80 105 15 200 18.2
111 UTEP 11 83 97 15 195 17.7
117 BYU 12 95 158 14 267 22.3
117 Oregon State 11 94 132 14 240 21.8
117 Coastal Carolina 11 115 106 14 235 21.4
117 Penn State 12 110 116 14 240 20.0
117 Iowa 13 99 135 14 248 19.1
117 Rutgers 12 78 68 14 160 13.3
123 UTSA 11 84 91 13 188 17.1
123 Akron 12 51 91 13 155 12.9
125 Wisconsin 14 174 134 12 320 22.9
125 Navy 12 205 37 12 254 21.2
125 Army 11 166 35 12 213 19.4
125 Bowling Green 11 83 72 12 167 15.2
129 Boston College 12 155 89 9 253 21.1
130 Air Force 12 205 51 6 262 21.8