2021 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. Non-Conference Teams Only through 01/10/2022

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 BYU 13 141 141 18 300 23.1
2 Notre Dame 13 92 167 32 291 22.4
3 Liberty 11 120 106 23 249 22.6
4 New Mexico State 11 74 130 28 232 21.1
5 Army 10 150 33 13 196 19.6
6 Connecticut 10 57 71 24 152 15.2
7 Mississippi 5 71 61 10 142 28.4
8 Tennessee 5 69 49 16 134 26.8
9 UCF 5 63 61 9 133 26.6
9 Pittsburgh 5 51 73 9 133 26.6
11 Massachusetts 8 46 65 21 132 16.5
12 Appalachian State 5 62 59 10 131 26.2
12 Fresno State 5 44 79 8 131 26.2
14 Alabama 5 54 69 7 130 26.0
15 Western Kentucky 5 34 87 8 129 25.8
16 Coastal Carolina 5 64 58 6 128 25.6
17 Kentucky 5 54 62 10 126 25.2
18 Missouri 5 46 68 10 124 24.8
19 Kent State 5 70 38 15 123 24.6
19 Tulsa 5 50 62 11 123 24.6
21 Florida 5 60 56 6 122 24.4
21 North Texas 5 54 57 11 122 24.4
23 Utah State 5 36 69 15 120 24.0
24 Marshall 5 52 63 3 118 23.6
25 Central Michigan 5 49 59 9 117 23.4
26 Arkansas 5 77 33 6 116 23.2
27 Louisiana-Lafayette 5 47 61 7 115 23.0
27 UTSA 5 41 61 13 115 23.0
29 Hawai'i 5 46 59 8 113 22.6
30 Eastern Michigan 5 48 51 13 112 22.4
31 Ohio State 4 42 65 3 110 27.5
31 Western Michigan 5 50 50 10 110 22.0
33 Auburn 5 50 53 6 109 21.8
34 SMU 4 49 54 5 108 27.0
34 Mississippi State 5 21 84 3 108 21.6
36 Northern Illinois 5 57 43 7 107 21.4
36 Louisville 5 43 57 7 107 21.4
36 Middle Tennessee 5 40 59 8 107 21.4
39 San Diego State 5 57 36 12 105 21.0
40 Wyoming 5 59 38 7 104 20.8
40 Clemson 5 44 49 11 104 20.8
40 Miami (Ohio) 5 39 52 13 104 20.8
43 Oklahoma 4 42 54 7 103 25.8
43 Miami (Florida) 4 41 49 13 103 25.8
43 Houston 5 34 61 8 103 20.6
46 Air Force 5 75 25 2 102 20.4
46 Georgia 5 47 48 7 102 20.4
46 Nevada 5 26 66 10 102 20.4
49 Maryland 4 49 50 2 101 25.3
49 Old Dominion 5 52 40 9 101 20.2
51 Duke 4 46 50 4 100 25.0
51 Michigan State 4 45 48 7 100 25.0
51 Oregon 4 45 44 11 100 25.0
51 North Carolina 4 44 51 5 100 25.0
55 Virginia 4 34 57 7 98 24.5
55 Purdue 4 26 63 9 98 24.5
55 Virginia Tech 5 41 48 9 98 19.6
58 South Carolina 5 49 43 5 97 19.4
59 LSU 5 31 59 6 96 19.2
60 Arkansas State 4 23 61 11 95 23.8
61 Tulane 4 39 45 10 94 23.5
61 Cincinnati 5 41 45 8 94 18.8
63 Florida Atlantic 4 39 45 8 92 23.0
63 Wake Forest 4 30 50 12 92 23.0
63 UAB 5 45 42 5 92 18.4
63 Ball State 5 30 49 13 92 18.4
67 Penn State 4 35 51 5 91 22.8
67 Vanderbilt 4 31 49 11 91 22.8
67 North Carolina State 4 29 53 9 91 22.8
67 Georgia State 5 54 33 4 91 18.2
67 Toledo 5 42 39 10 91 18.2
67 UTEP 5 34 43 14 91 18.2
73 Baylor 4 58 29 2 89 22.3
73 Oregon State 4 43 42 4 89 22.3
73 Utah 4 30 46 13 89 22.3
73 Louisiana Tech 4 27 52 10 89 22.3
77 Texas A&M 4 47 40 1 88 22.0
78 Florida State 4 44 32 11 87 21.8
79 Michigan 4 56 26 4 86 21.5
79 Boston College 4 49 32 5 86 21.5
79 Buffalo 4 43 34 9 86 21.5
82 Texas State 4 39 39 6 84 21.0
82 Oklahoma State 4 35 44 5 84 21.0
82 Memphis 4 34 41 9 84 21.0
85 Arizona State 4 45 33 5 83 20.8
86 Kansas State 4 47 31 4 82 20.5
87 Syracuse 4 44 30 7 81 20.3
87 Texas Tech 4 37 39 5 81 20.3
87 Boise State 4 29 44 8 81 20.3
90 West Virginia 4 32 43 5 80 20.0
91 Rice 4 31 36 12 79 19.8
91 Iowa State 4 28 46 5 79 19.8
91 Akron 4 27 45 7 79 19.8
91 Troy 4 25 44 10 79 19.8
95 Rutgers 4 41 33 4 78 19.5
95 Charlotte 4 35 36 7 78 19.5
95 Colorado State 4 29 47 2 78 19.5
95 Washington State 4 25 45 8 78 19.5
99 TCU 3 31 37 9 77 25.7
99 Wisconsin 4 35 35 7 77 19.3
101 South Florida 4 38 31 7 76 19.0
102 USC 3 34 37 4 75 25.0
102 Indiana 3 29 40 6 75 25.0
104 East Carolina 4 22 44 7 73 18.3
105 Georgia Southern 4 40 26 6 72 18.0
106 Nebraska 3 33 34 4 71 23.7
106 New Mexico 4 31 35 5 71 17.8
106 Florida International 4 23 42 6 71 17.8
109 Washington 3 19 43 8 70 23.3
109 Minnesota 4 47 20 3 70 17.5
111 South Alabama 4 27 35 7 69 17.3
111 Louisiana-Monroe 4 25 31 13 69 17.3
113 Ohio 4 28 33 7 68 17.0
114 San Jose State 4 23 37 7 67 16.8
115 Illinois 3 28 30 8 66 22.0
115 Southern Mississippi 4 32 26 8 66 16.5
115 Temple 4 27 32 7 66 16.5
118 Georgia Tech 4 36 27 2 65 16.3
119 Iowa 4 23 36 5 64 16.0
120 Texas 3 32 27 4 63 21.0
121 Northwestern 3 39 19 4 62 20.7
121 California 3 28 28 6 62 20.7
123 UCLA 3 31 24 1 56 18.7
124 Arizona 3 20 30 5 55 18.3
124 UNLV 4 25 28 2 55 13.8
124 Bowling Green 4 15 34 6 55 13.8
127 Navy 4 42 9 3 54 13.5
128 Kansas 3 21 25 3 49 16.3
129 Stanford 3 15 24 6 45 15.0
130 Colorado 3 28 11 3 42 14.0