2021 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. FBS Teams With Non-Winning Record Only through 01/10/2022

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Virginia 6 35 121 15 171 28.5
2 Western Kentucky 6 42 118 16 176 29.3
3 Wake Forest 9 90 117 29 236 26.2
4 Houston 8 63 107 10 180 22.5
5 Pittsburgh 7 68 106 13 187 26.7
6 Arkansas State 6 34 100 13 147 24.5
7 SMU 7 74 98 8 180 25.7
8 Nevada 6 32 97 13 142 23.7
9 Mississippi State 5 32 95 10 137 27.4
10 Coastal Carolina 9 114 94 9 217 24.1
11 Notre Dame 8 72 93 20 185 23.1
12 Duke 8 80 91 14 185 23.1
13 Charlotte 7 46 90 18 154 22.0
14 Eastern Michigan 5 37 88 13 138 27.6
14 Miami (Ohio) 7 57 88 14 159 22.7
16 Maryland 6 59 85 6 150 25.0
17 Middle Tennessee 7 59 83 12 154 22.0
18 North Carolina State 7 49 82 11 142 20.3
19 South Alabama 7 51 80 11 142 20.3
20 Tulsa 7 78 78 14 170 24.3
20 UTEP 8 49 78 13 140 17.5
22 Central Michigan 6 70 77 8 155 25.8
22 Buffalo 7 81 77 22 180 25.7
22 Miami (Florida) 6 48 77 21 146 24.3
25 Purdue 5 35 76 6 117 23.4
26 Mississippi 5 63 73 9 145 29.0
26 Fresno State 5 43 73 13 129 25.8
26 Louisiana-Lafayette 8 94 73 9 176 22.0
29 Utah State 6 50 72 22 144 24.0
30 Marshall 6 65 71 9 145 24.2
31 UCLA 8 110 70 10 190 23.8
32 Kentucky 7 86 69 11 166 23.7
32 Oklahoma 6 54 69 9 132 22.0
34 Georgia State 9 129 67 11 207 23.0
35 East Carolina 5 60 66 7 133 26.6
35 Florida 6 62 66 6 134 22.3
35 UTSA 7 69 66 15 150 21.4
35 Texas A&M 6 55 66 5 126 21.0
35 Akron 7 53 66 6 125 17.9
40 Texas Tech 5 49 65 5 119 23.8
41 USC 5 51 64 12 127 25.4
41 New Mexico State 5 46 64 13 123 24.6
41 Alabama 5 35 64 6 105 21.0
41 UCF 8 74 64 11 149 18.6
45 Ohio State 4 43 61 3 107 26.8
45 Clemson 6 51 61 14 126 21.0
45 Florida International 6 30 61 9 100 16.7
48 Penn State 5 42 60 7 109 21.8
49 Iowa State 5 49 59 5 113 22.6
50 BYU 5 60 58 9 127 25.4
50 Liberty 6 63 58 13 134 22.3
50 Louisiana Tech 5 36 58 9 103 20.6
53 Texas State 6 52 57 15 124 20.7
54 Western Michigan 5 61 56 16 133 26.6
54 Northern Illinois 6 84 56 9 149 24.8
54 Washington 5 42 56 9 107 21.4
57 Georgia 5 50 55 9 114 22.8
58 Florida State 6 65 54 17 136 22.7
58 Washington State 5 41 54 6 101 20.2
58 Boston College 8 92 54 15 161 20.1
58 Troy 5 32 54 7 93 18.6
62 Baylor 5 56 53 3 112 22.4
62 Colorado State 4 32 53 4 89 22.3
62 Appalachian State 5 52 53 4 109 21.8
62 Louisville 5 48 53 8 109 21.8
62 Florida Atlantic 5 47 53 9 109 21.8
62 Cincinnati 5 48 53 5 106 21.2
62 Iowa 6 44 53 10 107 17.8
62 California 6 44 53 8 105 17.5
70 Oregon State 6 86 52 11 149 24.8
70 Old Dominion 5 54 52 13 119 23.8
70 South Carolina 6 57 52 10 119 19.8
70 Virginia Tech 7 73 52 11 136 19.4
70 Hawai'i 5 39 52 6 97 19.4
75 Vanderbilt 5 41 51 14 106 21.2
75 Toledo 6 64 51 11 126 21.0
75 Louisiana-Monroe 5 42 51 11 104 20.8
75 Rice 5 35 51 10 96 19.2
79 San Jose State 5 32 49 3 84 16.8
79 Bowling Green 5 25 49 4 78 15.6
81 North Carolina 5 60 48 11 119 23.8
81 Memphis 4 34 48 6 88 22.0
81 Minnesota 7 83 48 7 138 19.7
81 UAB 6 54 48 10 112 18.7
85 Arkansas 6 68 47 7 122 20.3
85 Kansas State 6 49 47 7 103 17.2
85 Temple 6 34 47 6 87 14.5
88 Arizona State 6 81 46 7 134 22.3
88 Wyoming 7 81 46 9 136 19.4
90 Oregon 5 64 45 6 115 23.0
90 Georgia Tech 5 49 45 11 105 21.0
92 Utah 4 52 44 7 103 25.8
93 Tennessee 5 87 43 9 139 27.8
93 Oklahoma State 4 52 43 13 108 27.0
93 Ohio 6 64 43 8 115 19.2
96 West Virginia 4 43 42 8 93 23.3
96 Kansas 4 33 42 4 79 19.8
96 Stanford 4 20 42 14 76 19.0
99 Missouri 4 33 41 9 83 20.8
99 Illinois 5 41 41 6 88 17.6
101 Kent State 4 62 39 8 109 27.3
101 Texas 4 51 39 7 97 24.3
101 Michigan 5 60 39 9 108 21.6
101 Northwestern 5 47 39 10 96 19.2
101 San Diego State 6 51 39 14 104 17.3
106 Wisconsin 4 57 36 3 96 24.0
106 TCU 4 48 36 9 93 23.3
108 North Texas 5 74 35 6 115 23.0
108 Syracuse 6 67 35 5 107 17.8
108 Southern Mississippi 6 55 35 10 100 16.7
111 Michigan State 4 30 33 5 68 17.0
112 LSU 3 23 32 3 58 19.3
112 Georgia Southern 5 44 32 8 84 16.8
114 Arizona 4 38 31 10 79 19.8
115 Auburn 2 20 30 1 51 25.5
115 UNLV 3 21 30 3 54 18.0
117 Rutgers 5 61 26 2 89 17.8
118 Nebraska 3 35 25 6 66 22.0
118 Massachusetts 4 38 25 8 71 17.8
120 Boise State 2 25 22 3 50 25.0
121 South Florida 3 48 20 4 72 24.0
121 Tulane 2 24 20 0 44 22.0
121 Colorado 4 17 20 8 45 11.3
124 Ball State 2 16 19 3 38 19.0
125 Army 5 71 18 5 94 18.8
126 Connecticut 2 18 17 3 38 19.0
127 New Mexico 3 30 16 7 53 17.7
128 Air Force 6 111 15 5 131 21.8
129 Indiana 1 7 7 4 18 18.0
130 Navy 2 32 5 2 39 19.5