2020 National Leaders First Downs - All Games through 01/11/2021

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Texas State 12 89 123 34 246 20.5
2 North Carolina State 12 90 146 31 267 22.3
3 Notre Dame 12 130 131 30 291 24.3
3 Oklahoma State 11 114 116 30 260 23.6
3 Memphis 11 95 135 30 260 23.6
3 Pittsburgh 11 73 124 30 227 20.6
7 SMU 10 95 127 29 251 25.1
8 Florida 12 87 202 27 316 26.3
8 Miami (Florida) 11 99 126 27 252 22.9
8 East Carolina 9 80 91 27 198 22.0
11 Arkansas State 11 73 170 26 269 24.5
11 Appalachian State 12 159 96 26 281 23.4
11 UTSA 12 121 115 26 262 21.8
11 Duke 11 93 118 26 237 21.5
15 Virginia 10 95 116 25 236 23.6
16 North Carolina 12 143 150 24 317 26.4
16 BYU 12 120 164 24 308 25.7
16 Boston College 11 83 133 24 240 21.8
16 South Alabama 11 84 110 24 218 19.8
20 Alabama 13 132 210 23 365 28.1
21 Oklahoma 11 96 156 22 274 24.9
21 Louisiana Tech 10 74 103 22 199 19.9
23 Texas 10 90 113 21 224 22.4
23 Marshall 10 104 96 21 221 22.1
25 Liberty 11 149 105 20 274 24.9
25 Ohio State 8 88 91 20 199 24.9
25 Clemson 12 100 175 20 295 24.6
25 West Virginia 10 74 125 20 219 21.9
25 San Jose State 8 46 98 20 164 20.5
25 Indiana 8 56 86 20 162 20.3
25 Army 12 191 22 20 233 19.4
32 Wake Forest 9 83 109 19 211 23.4
32 Iowa State 12 118 136 19 273 22.8
32 Virginia Tech 11 134 93 19 246 22.4
32 Arkansas 10 88 100 19 207 20.7
32 Tennessee 10 89 94 19 202 20.2
32 Middle Tennessee 9 77 86 19 182 20.2
32 TCU 10 101 75 19 195 19.5
32 Baylor 9 60 86 19 165 18.3
40 Tulane 12 137 103 18 258 21.5
40 Vanderbilt 9 68 96 18 182 20.2
40 Rutgers 9 70 83 18 171 19.0
43 Mississippi 10 122 137 17 276 27.6
43 Missouri 10 75 130 17 222 22.2
43 New Mexico 7 71 64 17 152 21.7
43 Nevada 9 62 115 17 194 21.6
43 Northern Illinois 6 44 66 17 127 21.2
43 Hawai'i 9 74 92 17 183 20.3
43 South Carolina 10 84 94 17 195 19.5
43 Mississippi State 11 41 150 17 208 18.9
43 UTEP 8 61 71 17 149 18.6
43 Kentucky 11 110 64 17 191 17.4
43 Kansas 9 59 67 17 143 15.9
54 UCF 10 123 144 16 283 28.3
54 Toledo 6 61 84 16 161 26.8
54 Ball State 8 81 98 16 195 24.4
54 Texas A&M 10 111 107 16 234 23.4
54 Buffalo 7 87 52 16 155 22.1
54 Troy 11 67 157 16 240 21.8
54 Louisiana-Lafayette 11 120 95 16 231 21.0
54 Louisville 11 99 115 16 230 20.9
54 Georgia State 10 91 100 16 207 20.7
54 Kansas State 10 72 67 16 155 15.5
64 Penn State 9 99 109 15 223 24.8
64 Coastal Carolina 12 143 121 15 279 23.3
64 South Florida 9 76 97 15 188 20.9
64 Florida State 9 99 71 15 185 20.6
64 Northwestern 9 71 97 15 183 20.3
64 Georgia Tech 10 99 85 15 199 19.9
70 North Texas 10 117 117 14 248 24.8
70 UCLA 7 90 68 14 172 24.6
70 Purdue 6 36 87 14 137 22.8
70 Minnesota 7 71 66 14 151 21.6
70 Texas Tech 10 82 118 14 214 21.4
70 UAB 9 79 81 14 174 19.3
70 Louisiana-Monroe 10 44 107 14 165 16.5
77 Western Michigan 6 62 66 13 141 23.5
77 Auburn 11 110 104 13 227 20.6
77 Illinois 8 77 53 13 143 17.9
77 Georgia Southern 13 162 49 13 224 17.2
77 Akron 6 42 40 13 95 15.8
82 Kent State 4 61 56 12 129 32.3
82 LSU 10 77 145 12 234 23.4
82 Eastern Michigan 6 44 75 12 131 21.8
82 Nebraska 8 91 68 12 171 21.4
82 Arizona 5 50 44 12 106 21.2
82 Temple 7 54 80 12 146 20.9
82 Colorado 6 55 53 12 120 20.0
82 Southern Mississippi 10 83 93 12 188 18.8
82 California 4 24 37 12 73 18.3
82 Florida Atlantic 9 84 65 12 161 17.9
82 Michigan State 7 29 72 12 113 16.1
82 Syracuse 11 53 80 12 145 13.2
94 Houston 8 69 103 11 183 22.9
94 Tulsa 9 83 105 11 199 22.1
94 Stanford 6 38 83 11 132 22.0
94 Oregon 7 64 76 11 151 21.6
94 Rice 5 45 52 11 108 21.6
94 Georgia 10 98 100 11 209 20.9
94 Wisconsin 7 70 56 11 137 19.6
101 USC 6 37 88 10 135 22.5
101 Oregon State 7 70 75 10 155 22.1
101 Cincinnati 10 97 112 10 219 21.9
101 Western Kentucky 12 97 89 10 196 16.3
101 Utah State 6 38 34 10 82 13.7
106 Fresno State 6 46 91 9 146 24.3
106 Iowa 8 68 82 9 159 19.9
106 Charlotte 6 51 59 9 119 19.8
106 Michigan 6 36 71 9 116 19.3
110 Arizona State 4 43 30 8 81 20.3
111 Air Force 6 98 23 7 128 21.3
111 Washington State 4 24 47 7 78 19.5
111 San Diego State 8 83 62 7 152 19.0
111 Wyoming 6 68 36 7 111 18.5
111 Ohio 3 30 15 7 52 17.3
111 Bowling Green 5 43 28 7 78 15.6
111 Navy 10 100 36 7 143 14.3
118 Washington 4 41 40 6 87 21.8
118 UNLV 6 54 53 6 113 18.8
118 Miami (Ohio) 3 18 32 6 56 18.7
118 Boise State 7 50 72 6 128 18.3
122 Utah 5 48 49 5 102 20.4
122 Colorado State 4 29 35 5 69 17.3
122 Florida International 5 34 30 5 69 13.8
122 Massachusetts 4 14 22 5 41 10.3
126 Central Michigan 6 65 49 3 117 19.5
126 Maryland 5 36 53 3 92 18.4