2020 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/11/2021

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Memphis 10 93 125 27 245 24.5
2 Appalachian State 10 129 86 25 240 24.0
3 North Carolina State 9 67 110 24 201 22.3
3 Texas State 9 71 97 24 192 21.3
5 BYU 11 112 152 23 287 26.1
5 Arkansas State 9 57 150 23 230 25.6
7 Marshall 10 104 96 21 221 22.1
7 UTSA 10 104 93 21 218 21.8
9 Miami (Florida) 8 80 98 20 198 24.8
9 San Jose State 8 46 98 20 164 20.5
9 Indiana 7 54 69 20 143 20.4
9 Louisiana Tech 9 66 94 20 180 20.0
13 Pittsburgh 7 61 81 19 161 23.0
13 South Alabama 9 70 94 19 183 20.3
13 Middle Tennessee 9 77 86 19 182 20.2
16 Florida 8 59 135 17 211 26.4
16 SMU 8 78 109 17 204 25.5
16 Notre Dame 8 106 79 17 202 25.3
16 West Virginia 8 64 101 17 182 22.8
16 Northern Illinois 6 44 66 17 127 21.2
16 Army 11 182 16 17 215 19.5
22 North Carolina 8 92 112 16 220 27.5
22 Toledo 6 61 84 16 161 26.8
22 Buffalo 7 87 52 16 155 22.1
22 Tulane 11 124 100 16 240 21.8
22 East Carolina 7 60 72 16 148 21.1
27 Liberty 9 130 86 15 231 25.7
27 Oklahoma 7 60 102 15 177 25.3
27 Louisiana-Lafayette 9 102 81 15 198 22.0
27 New Mexico 6 64 50 15 129 21.5
27 Hawai'i 8 68 78 15 161 20.1
27 UTEP 7 57 63 15 135 19.3
27 Baylor 6 46 46 15 107 17.8
34 Alabama 8 87 119 14 220 27.5
34 Ohio State 4 43 46 14 103 25.8
34 North Texas 10 117 117 14 248 24.8
34 Troy 9 60 129 14 203 22.6
34 Georgia State 8 74 88 14 176 22.0
34 Texas 8 72 90 14 176 22.0
34 Boston College 8 64 97 14 175 21.9
34 Nevada 8 55 101 14 170 21.3
34 Vanderbilt 7 57 73 14 144 20.6
34 South Carolina 7 62 67 14 143 20.4
44 Missouri 7 61 101 13 175 25.0
44 Western Michigan 6 62 66 13 141 23.5
44 Virginia 6 57 69 13 139 23.2
44 Duke 7 62 80 13 155 22.1
44 Minnesota 6 61 58 13 132 22.0
44 Louisville 9 82 92 13 187 20.8
44 Mississippi State 7 24 108 13 145 20.7
44 Illinois 6 59 37 13 109 18.2
44 Akron 6 42 40 13 95 15.8
53 Kent State 4 61 56 12 129 32.3
53 Mississippi 7 89 88 12 189 27.0
53 Ball State 7 75 87 12 174 24.9
53 UCLA 5 63 43 12 118 23.6
53 Eastern Michigan 6 44 75 12 131 21.8
53 Northwestern 7 56 78 12 146 20.9
53 Temple 7 54 80 12 146 20.9
53 UAB 7 66 65 12 143 20.4
53 Rutgers 7 57 61 12 130 18.6
53 Florida Atlantic 9 84 65 12 161 17.9
53 TCU 7 73 40 12 125 17.9
53 Kansas State 7 51 49 12 112 16.0
53 Kansas 6 34 43 12 89 14.8
66 Coastal Carolina 9 106 93 11 210 23.3
66 Georgia Tech 7 71 70 11 152 21.7
66 Rice 5 45 52 11 108 21.6
66 Southern Mississippi 9 74 84 11 169 18.8
66 Louisiana-Monroe 8 36 94 11 141 17.6
66 Georgia Southern 11 143 37 11 191 17.4
72 Penn State 6 76 71 10 157 26.2
72 South Florida 6 61 70 10 141 23.5
72 Oklahoma State 6 75 53 10 138 23.0
72 Tennessee 6 69 57 10 136 22.7
72 Texas A&M 7 82 66 10 158 22.6
72 Florida State 5 64 38 10 112 22.4
72 Wake Forest 6 53 71 10 134 22.3
72 Tulsa 8 71 96 10 177 22.1
72 Oregon State 6 60 60 10 130 21.7
72 Wisconsin 4 47 29 10 86 21.5
72 Michigan State 3 12 42 10 64 21.3
72 Utah State 6 38 34 10 82 13.7
84 Purdue 4 27 62 9 98 24.5
84 Fresno State 6 46 91 9 146 24.3
84 Clemson 8 70 114 9 193 24.1
84 Oregon 5 52 57 9 118 23.6
84 Texas Tech 7 66 82 9 157 22.4
84 Virginia Tech 6 77 48 9 134 22.3
84 Arkansas 6 57 66 9 132 22.0
84 Arizona 4 39 32 9 80 20.0
84 Charlotte 6 51 59 9 119 19.8
84 Kentucky 7 74 47 9 130 18.6
84 California 3 19 27 9 55 18.3
95 Houston 6 55 79 8 142 23.7
95 Cincinnati 8 86 92 8 186 23.3
95 Stanford 5 33 75 8 116 23.2
95 Auburn 7 85 65 8 158 22.6
95 Nebraska 5 54 44 8 106 21.2
95 Colorado 5 47 45 8 100 20.0
95 Michigan 5 35 56 8 99 19.8
102 UCF 7 96 106 7 209 29.9
102 LSU 7 54 114 7 175 25.0
102 Georgia 7 80 71 7 158 22.6
102 Air Force 5 84 20 7 111 22.2
102 Iowa 7 61 71 7 139 19.9
102 Wyoming 6 68 36 7 111 18.5
102 San Diego State 6 64 38 7 109 18.2
102 Ohio 3 30 15 7 52 17.3
102 Bowling Green 5 43 28 7 78 15.6
111 Iowa State 7 77 79 6 162 23.1
111 USC 5 33 71 6 110 22.0
111 Washington 4 41 40 6 87 21.8
111 UNLV 5 47 44 6 97 19.4
111 Miami (Ohio) 3 18 32 6 56 18.7
111 Western Kentucky 10 80 74 6 160 16.0
111 Navy 8 84 33 6 123 15.4
111 Syracuse 6 28 35 6 69 11.5
119 Arizona State 3 31 25 5 61 20.3
119 Colorado State 4 29 35 5 69 17.3
121 Utah 4 42 39 4 85 21.3
122 Boise State 5 45 53 3 101 20.2
122 Central Michigan 6 65 49 3 117 19.5
122 Florida International 4 27 23 3 53 13.3
122 Massachusetts 3 11 15 3 29 9.7
126 Maryland 3 26 34 2 62 20.7
126 Washington State 2 13 23 2 38 19.0