2021 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. FBS Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 01/10/2022

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Oregon 12 142 116 16 274 22.8
2 Utah 11 137 113 27 277 25.2
3 Michigan 12 131 106 19 256 21.3
4 Georgia 13 130 140 24 294 22.6
5 UCLA 10 127 100 18 245 24.5
5 Oregon State 10 127 84 15 226 22.6
7 Minnesota 11 125 84 18 227 20.6
8 Arkansas 10 121 79 13 213 21.3
9 Tennessee 10 117 96 20 233 23.3
10 Mississippi 10 115 118 15 248 24.8
10 Kentucky 10 115 95 14 224 22.4
12 North Carolina 10 112 89 24 225 22.5
13 Wisconsin 10 109 77 15 201 20.1
14 Baylor 11 108 92 12 212 19.3
15 Oklahoma State 10 104 113 30 247 24.7
16 Arizona State 10 102 80 9 191 19.1
17 TCU 10 100 92 14 206 20.6
18 Wake Forest 11 98 156 37 291 26.5
19 Rutgers 11 97 69 15 181 16.5
20 Maryland 11 96 137 15 248 22.5
21 Virginia Tech 10 95 70 15 180 18.0
22 West Virginia 12 94 134 21 249 20.8
22 Texas 10 94 94 11 199 19.9
22 Syracuse 9 94 59 14 167 18.6
25 Louisville 10 93 98 19 210 21.0
26 Oklahoma 11 92 127 17 236 21.5
26 Clemson 11 92 91 22 205 18.6
28 Pittsburgh 11 91 156 21 268 24.4
29 Duke 10 90 108 17 215 21.5
30 Ohio State 11 89 194 15 298 27.1
31 Boston College 9 88 62 18 168 18.7
32 BYU 7 85 69 9 163 23.3
33 Michigan State 11 84 115 19 218 19.8
34 Alabama 11 83 163 17 263 23.9
35 Texas Tech 10 82 102 13 197 19.7
36 Nebraska 10 80 113 14 207 20.7
36 California 10 80 91 12 183 18.3
36 Kansas State 11 80 96 13 189 17.2
36 Northwestern 10 80 77 11 168 16.8
40 USC 9 78 129 27 234 26.0
40 Illinois 10 78 70 17 165 16.5
42 Arizona 9 77 89 27 193 21.4
42 Missouri 9 77 87 16 180 20.0
44 Iowa State 11 76 140 20 236 21.5
44 South Carolina 10 76 78 19 173 17.3
46 Texas A&M 9 75 87 15 177 19.7
46 Colorado 11 75 57 19 151 13.7
48 Florida 9 74 103 11 188 20.9
48 Iowa 12 74 105 22 201 16.8
48 Kansas 10 74 84 9 167 16.7
51 Washington State 9 73 100 12 185 20.6
51 Florida State 9 73 85 23 181 20.1
51 LSU 10 73 102 20 195 19.5
54 Georgia Tech 9 72 79 19 170 18.9
55 Miami (Florida) 10 70 132 36 238 23.8
55 Notre Dame 10 70 129 25 224 22.4
55 Auburn 9 70 101 16 187 20.8
58 Penn State 11 69 130 13 212 19.3
59 Vanderbilt 9 67 64 13 144 16.0
60 Washington 10 65 84 16 165 16.5
61 Indiana 9 58 56 17 131 14.6
62 Virginia 9 56 175 21 252 28.0
63 Mississippi State 10 54 183 27 264 26.4
64 North Carolina State 9 52 115 15 182 20.2
64 Stanford 11 52 111 27 190 17.3
66 Purdue 11 51 189 24 264 24.0
67 Army 3 46 12 7 65 21.7
68 Liberty 2 28 17 5 50 25.0
68 Kent State 3 28 25 10 63 21.0
70 Georgia State 2 23 11 2 36 18.0
71 UCF 2 22 16 4 42 21.0
71 San Diego State 2 22 7 4 33 16.5
73 Central Michigan 3 21 34 5 60 20.0
74 Utah State 2 20 25 7 52 26.0
75 SMU 1 19 10 0 29 29.0
76 Ohio 2 17 18 2 37 18.5
77 Cincinnati 2 16 15 3 34 17.0
78 Western Kentucky 2 15 37 3 55 27.5
78 Tulane 2 15 20 3 38 19.0
78 South Florida 2 15 15 5 35 17.5
78 Massachusetts 3 15 22 8 45 15.0
78 Connecticut 3 15 22 5 42 14.0
78 Northern Illinois 2 15 9 2 26 13.0
84 Fresno State 2 13 36 6 55 27.5
84 Coastal Carolina 1 13 12 2 27 27.0
84 Houston 2 13 19 2 34 17.0
87 North Texas 1 12 8 1 21 21.0
87 Charlotte 2 12 22 3 37 18.5
87 Colorado State 2 12 20 0 32 16.0
90 Western Michigan 2 11 27 6 44 22.0
90 Tulsa 2 11 26 6 43 21.5
90 Hawai'i 2 11 25 6 42 21.0
90 Louisiana Tech 2 11 24 5 40 20.0
90 Appalachian State 1 11 8 0 19 19.0
90 Air Force 1 11 7 0 18 18.0
90 Temple 2 11 12 2 25 12.5
97 UTSA 1 10 14 2 26 26.0
97 Nevada 2 10 21 2 33 16.5
97 Louisiana-Monroe 2 10 14 6 30 15.0
100 Middle Tennessee 1 9 11 0 20 20.0
100 Rice 2 9 18 6 33 16.5
100 UNLV 2 9 7 2 18 9.0
103 Troy 1 8 10 3 21 21.0
103 Old Dominion 1 8 9 0 17 17.0
103 New Mexico State 2 8 13 2 23 11.5
103 UAB 1 8 1 2 11 11.0
107 Akron 2 7 18 4 29 14.5
107 New Mexico 1 7 2 0 9 9.0
109 Louisiana-Lafayette 1 6 15 1 22 22.0
109 Miami (Ohio) 1 6 12 2 20 20.0
109 Boise State 1 6 12 1 19 19.0
109 Buffalo 1 6 11 2 19 19.0
109 South Alabama 1 6 6 1 13 13.0
109 East Carolina 1 6 5 1 12 12.0
115 Florida Atlantic 1 5 13 5 23 23.0
115 Ball State 1 5 12 4 21 21.0
115 Texas State 1 5 10 4 19 19.0
115 Arkansas State 1 5 9 1 15 15.0
115 Memphis 1 5 6 1 12 12.0
115 Bowling Green 2 5 14 4 23 11.5
115 Georgia Southern 1 5 3 3 11 11.0
122 San Jose State 1 3 14 1 18 18.0
122 Southern Mississippi 1 3 7 1 11 11.0
124 Florida International 1 2 6 2 10 10.0
125 Eastern Michigan 1 0 2 1 3 3.0