2021 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/10/2022

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Wake Forest 11 102 144 34 280 25.5
1 Utah State 12 104 148 34 286 23.8
3 USC 9 82 119 29 230 25.6
3 Notre Dame 11 88 128 29 245 22.3
3 Eastern Michigan 13 91 169 29 289 22.2
3 Charlotte 12 98 138 29 265 22.1
3 Arkansas State 11 54 154 29 237 21.5
3 UTEP 13 85 123 29 237 18.2
9 Kent State 13 189 128 28 345 26.5
9 Buffalo 12 139 118 28 285 23.8
9 Louisiana Tech 11 72 125 28 225 20.5
12 Miami (Florida) 8 77 98 27 202 25.3
13 North Texas 13 167 108 26 301 23.2
13 UTSA 13 129 145 26 300 23.1
13 Oklahoma State 10 98 102 26 226 22.6
13 Florida State 8 85 70 26 181 22.6
13 Nevada 12 67 177 26 270 22.5
18 Western Kentucky 13 88 242 25 355 27.3
18 Memphis 11 82 139 25 246 22.4
18 San Diego State 12 107 100 25 232 19.3
21 Northern Illinois 13 176 112 24 312 24.0
21 New Mexico State 8 64 103 24 191 23.9
21 Louisiana-Monroe 10 77 90 24 191 19.1
21 Ball State 13 95 128 24 247 19.0
25 Western Michigan 11 141 114 23 278 25.3
25 Liberty 11 110 115 23 248 22.5
25 Miami (Ohio) 12 92 149 23 264 22.0
25 Ohio 11 113 90 23 226 20.5
25 Florida Atlantic 12 101 116 23 240 20.0
25 Massachusetts 11 87 75 23 185 16.8
31 Utah 9 111 102 22 235 26.1
31 Fresno State 11 90 157 22 269 24.5
31 Toledo 12 127 105 22 254 21.2
31 Old Dominion 12 120 106 22 248 20.7
31 Rice 10 72 107 22 201 20.1
31 Stanford 9 41 93 22 156 17.3
31 Southern Mississippi 11 92 67 22 181 16.5
31 Connecticut 10 64 66 22 152 15.2
39 Pittsburgh 11 102 178 21 301 27.4
39 Houston 13 91 169 21 281 21.6
39 Texas State 10 94 96 21 211 21.1
39 Middle Tennessee 13 101 136 21 258 19.8
39 Illinois 11 101 78 21 200 18.2
39 Troy 11 69 107 21 197 17.9
45 North Carolina 9 103 91 20 214 23.8
45 Tulsa 9 95 96 20 211 23.4
45 Michigan State 10 91 102 20 213 21.3
45 Arizona 8 68 77 20 165 20.6
49 Missouri 10 91 113 19 223 22.3
49 South Alabama 11 75 120 19 214 19.5
49 South Carolina 10 93 82 19 194 19.4
49 Washington 10 72 99 19 190 19.0
49 Vanderbilt 9 64 83 19 166 18.4
49 Iowa 12 78 102 19 199 16.6
49 Colorado 10 77 49 19 145 14.5
56 Mississippi 10 128 133 18 279 27.9
56 Tennessee 8 128 72 18 218 27.3
56 Purdue 9 53 141 18 212 23.6
56 Clemson 9 86 86 18 190 21.1
56 Hawai'i 11 90 120 18 228 20.7
61 Virginia 8 54 145 17 216 27.0
61 BYU 10 113 112 17 242 24.2
61 Appalachian State 12 132 136 17 285 23.8
61 Oregon 10 122 97 17 236 23.6
61 Central Michigan 13 132 151 17 300 23.1
61 East Carolina 10 91 119 17 227 22.7
61 Duke 10 93 114 17 224 22.4
61 Wisconsin 10 120 80 17 217 21.7
61 Louisiana-Lafayette 14 150 133 17 300 21.4
61 Boston College 9 102 67 17 186 20.7
71 Marshall 12 122 153 16 291 24.3
71 Kentucky 11 125 116 16 257 23.4
71 TCU 9 93 82 16 191 21.2
71 UCF 12 117 115 16 248 20.7
71 North Carolina State 10 63 122 16 201 20.1
71 Minnesota 11 123 72 16 211 19.2
71 Virginia Tech 11 111 84 16 211 19.2
71 New Mexico 10 72 49 16 137 13.7
79 Alabama 10 80 140 15 235 23.5
79 Oregon State 10 137 81 15 233 23.3
79 West Virginia 10 88 122 15 225 22.5
79 Georgia Tech 8 77 73 15 165 20.6
79 California 11 92 99 15 206 18.7
79 Indiana 7 53 63 15 131 18.7
79 Bowling Green 12 69 104 15 188 15.7
79 Temple 10 61 77 15 153 15.3
87 Mississippi State 8 45 152 14 211 26.4
87 Georgia 9 92 105 14 211 23.4
87 Oklahoma 10 86 126 14 226 22.6
87 Georgia State 12 150 97 14 261 21.8
87 Cincinnati 11 104 117 14 235 21.4
87 Arizona State 11 123 84 14 221 20.1
87 Florida International 12 63 117 14 194 16.2
87 UNLV 10 61 85 14 160 16.0
95 SMU 10 103 150 13 266 26.6
95 UCLA 10 126 91 13 230 23.0
95 Boise State 8 69 94 13 176 22.0
95 Michigan 10 125 80 13 218 21.8
95 Arkansas 10 127 75 13 215 21.5
95 Tulane 8 74 75 13 162 20.3
95 Washington State 9 71 97 13 181 20.1
95 Wyoming 12 119 87 13 219 18.3
95 UAB 11 98 88 13 199 18.1
104 Maryland 9 91 122 12 225 25.0
104 Coastal Carolina 13 153 145 12 310 23.8
104 Georgia Southern 9 91 60 12 163 18.1
107 Colorado State 10 80 126 11 217 21.7
107 LSU 9 62 101 11 174 19.3
107 Syracuse 8 92 50 11 153 19.1
107 San Jose State 10 66 95 11 172 17.2
111 Ohio State 9 88 131 10 229 25.4
111 Nebraska 7 72 79 10 161 23.0
111 Florida 10 99 113 10 222 22.2
111 Louisville 8 76 88 10 174 21.8
111 Penn State 8 58 95 10 163 20.4
111 Akron 11 82 116 10 208 18.9
111 Kansas State 10 94 83 10 187 18.7
111 Northwestern 9 90 58 10 158 17.6
119 Texas 7 86 62 9 157 22.4
119 Iowa State 8 66 100 9 175 21.9
119 South Florida 8 84 69 9 162 20.3
119 Army 12 184 36 9 229 19.1
123 Texas A&M 9 95 88 8 191 21.2
123 Texas Tech 9 86 97 8 191 21.2
123 Kansas 9 69 80 8 157 17.4
123 Navy 9 128 17 8 153 17.0
123 Rutgers 9 91 53 8 152 16.9
128 Auburn 8 79 92 7 178 22.3
128 Air Force 11 199 36 7 242 22.0
130 Baylor 9 108 93 6 207 23.0