2020 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. FBS (I-A) Teams Only through 01/11/2021

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Georgia Southern 12 148 46 10 204 17.0
2 Army 9 142 15 15 172 19.1
3 Appalachian State 11 137 89 24 250 22.7
3 Tulane 12 137 103 18 258 21.5
5 Virginia Tech 11 134 93 19 246 22.4
6 Coastal Carolina 11 133 111 14 258 23.5
7 Alabama 13 132 210 23 365 28.1
8 Notre Dame 12 130 131 30 291 24.3
9 North Carolina 11 129 134 23 286 26.0
10 Liberty 9 125 86 19 230 25.6
11 UCF 10 123 144 16 283 28.3
12 Mississippi 10 122 137 17 276 27.6
13 Louisiana-Lafayette 11 120 95 16 231 21.0
14 Iowa State 12 118 136 19 273 22.8
15 Oklahoma State 11 114 116 30 260 23.6
16 Texas A&M 10 111 107 16 234 23.4
17 UTSA 11 110 103 24 237 21.5
17 Auburn 11 110 104 13 227 20.6
17 Kentucky 11 110 64 17 191 17.4
20 BYU 11 108 153 22 283 25.7
21 North Texas 9 102 102 11 215 23.9
22 TCU 10 101 75 19 195 19.5
23 Navy 10 100 36 7 143 14.3
24 Penn State 9 99 109 15 223 24.8
24 Miami (Florida) 11 99 126 27 252 22.9
24 Louisville 11 99 115 16 230 20.9
24 Georgia Tech 10 99 85 15 199 19.9
28 Air Force 6 98 23 7 128 21.3
28 Georgia 10 98 100 11 209 20.9
30 Clemson 11 95 165 19 279 25.4
31 Duke 11 93 118 26 237 21.5
32 Nebraska 8 91 68 12 171 21.4
32 Georgia State 10 91 100 16 207 20.7
32 Western Kentucky 11 91 82 9 182 16.5
35 UCLA 7 90 68 14 172 24.6
35 Texas 10 90 113 21 224 22.4
35 North Carolina State 12 90 146 31 267 22.3
38 Oklahoma 10 89 137 21 247 24.7
38 Texas State 12 89 123 34 246 20.5
38 Tennessee 10 89 94 19 202 20.2
41 Ohio State 8 88 91 20 199 24.9
41 Virginia 9 88 102 23 213 23.7
41 Arkansas 10 88 100 19 207 20.7
44 Florida 12 87 202 27 316 26.3
44 Buffalo 7 87 52 16 155 22.1
46 Cincinnati 9 84 102 9 195 21.7
46 Marshall 9 84 84 19 187 20.8
46 South Alabama 11 84 110 24 218 19.8
46 South Carolina 10 84 94 17 195 19.5
46 Florida Atlantic 9 84 65 12 161 17.9
51 Tulsa 9 83 105 11 199 22.1
51 Boston College 11 83 133 24 240 21.8
51 San Diego State 8 83 62 7 152 19.0
54 SMU 9 82 117 28 227 25.2
55 Ball State 8 81 98 16 195 24.4
55 Memphis 10 81 125 29 235 23.5
55 Florida State 8 81 61 12 154 19.3
58 East Carolina 9 80 91 27 198 22.0
59 LSU 10 77 145 12 234 23.4
59 Middle Tennessee 9 77 86 19 182 20.2
59 Illinois 8 77 53 13 143 17.9
62 Missouri 10 75 130 17 222 22.2
63 Hawai'i 9 74 92 17 183 20.3
64 Kansas State 10 72 67 16 155 15.5
65 New Mexico 7 71 64 17 152 21.7
65 Minnesota 7 71 66 14 151 21.6
65 Northwestern 9 71 97 15 183 20.3
68 Oregon State 7 70 75 10 155 22.1
68 Texas Tech 9 70 96 13 179 19.9
68 Wisconsin 7 70 56 11 137 19.6
68 Rutgers 9 70 83 18 171 19.0
72 Houston 8 69 103 11 183 22.9
72 Southern Mississippi 9 69 85 11 165 18.3
72 UAB 8 69 65 11 145 18.1
75 Vanderbilt 9 68 96 18 182 20.2
75 Iowa 8 68 82 9 159 19.9
75 Wyoming 6 68 36 7 111 18.5
78 Arkansas State 10 66 154 24 244 24.4
79 Wake Forest 8 65 98 19 182 22.8
79 Central Michigan 6 65 49 3 117 19.5
81 Oregon 7 64 76 11 151 21.6
81 Pittsburgh 10 64 114 29 207 20.7
81 Louisiana Tech 9 64 88 15 167 18.6
84 South Florida 8 63 90 15 168 21.0
85 Western Michigan 6 62 66 13 141 23.5
85 Nevada 9 62 115 17 194 21.6
87 Kent State 4 61 56 12 129 32.3
87 Toledo 6 61 84 16 161 26.8
89 Baylor 9 60 86 19 165 18.3
90 Kansas 9 59 67 17 143 15.9
91 Troy 10 58 140 15 213 21.3
92 West Virginia 9 57 114 17 188 20.9
93 Indiana 8 56 86 20 162 20.3
94 Colorado 6 55 53 12 120 20.0
95 Temple 7 54 80 12 146 20.9
95 UNLV 6 54 53 6 113 18.8
97 Syracuse 11 53 80 12 145 13.2
98 Charlotte 6 51 59 9 119 19.8
99 Arizona 5 50 44 12 106 21.2
99 Boise State 7 50 72 6 128 18.3
101 Utah 5 48 49 5 102 20.4
102 UTEP 6 47 54 12 113 18.8
103 Fresno State 6 46 91 9 146 24.3
103 San Jose State 8 46 98 20 164 20.5
105 Rice 5 45 52 11 108 21.6
106 Eastern Michigan 6 44 75 12 131 21.8
106 Northern Illinois 6 44 66 17 127 21.2
106 Louisiana-Monroe 10 44 107 14 165 16.5
109 Arizona State 4 43 30 8 81 20.3
109 Bowling Green 5 43 28 7 78 15.6
111 Akron 6 42 40 13 95 15.8
112 Washington 4 41 40 6 87 21.8
112 Mississippi State 11 41 150 17 208 18.9
114 Stanford 6 38 83 11 132 22.0
114 Utah State 6 38 34 10 82 13.7
116 USC 6 37 88 10 135 22.5
117 Purdue 6 36 87 14 137 22.8
117 Michigan 6 36 71 9 116 19.3
117 Maryland 5 36 53 3 92 18.4
120 Florida International 4 31 27 5 63 15.8
121 Ohio 3 30 15 7 52 17.3
122 Colorado State 4 29 35 5 69 17.3
122 Michigan State 7 29 72 12 113 16.1
124 Washington State 4 24 47 7 78 19.5
124 California 4 24 37 12 73 18.3
126 Miami (Ohio) 3 18 32 6 56 18.7
127 Massachusetts 4 14 22 5 41 10.3