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

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Utah State 11 85 141 31 257 23.4
2 UTSA 12 120 125 30 275 22.9
2 Arkansas State 10 47 142 30 219 21.9
4 New Mexico State 9 69 119 27 215 23.9
5 Memphis 10 70 130 26 226 22.6
5 UTEP 12 71 116 26 213 17.8
7 Nevada 10 51 154 25 230 23.0
8 Western Kentucky 11 73 209 24 306 27.8
8 Eastern Michigan 11 74 161 24 259 23.5
8 Charlotte 9 70 110 24 204 22.7
8 Ohio 9 95 71 24 190 21.1
8 Toledo 12 119 106 24 249 20.8
8 Louisiana Tech 9 61 101 24 186 20.7
14 Tulsa 10 106 103 23 232 23.2
14 North Texas 11 138 90 23 251 22.8
16 Buffalo 10 115 99 22 236 23.6
16 Fresno State 10 81 133 22 236 23.6
16 Appalachian State 12 121 132 22 275 22.9
16 Rice 9 54 95 22 171 19.0
16 San Diego State 11 86 96 22 204 18.5
21 Western Michigan 10 127 106 21 254 25.4
21 Northern Illinois 11 152 94 21 267 24.3
21 Boise State 11 99 125 21 245 22.3
21 Miami (Ohio) 11 83 130 21 234 21.3
21 Middle Tennessee 11 84 114 21 219 19.9
21 Louisiana-Monroe 9 73 82 21 176 19.6
21 Southern Mississippi 10 79 59 21 159 15.9
28 Liberty 10 95 103 20 218 21.8
28 Texas State 10 89 86 20 195 19.5
28 New Mexico 10 73 47 20 140 14.0
31 Kent State 10 144 105 19 268 26.8
31 East Carolina 10 91 128 19 238 23.8
31 Old Dominion 11 101 96 19 216 19.6
34 Houston 11 80 147 17 244 22.2
34 South Alabama 10 58 119 17 194 19.4
34 Ball State 11 83 108 17 208 18.9
37 SMU 10 88 139 16 243 24.3
37 Hawai'i 10 73 107 16 196 19.6
37 Florida Atlantic 10 81 88 16 185 18.5
37 Connecticut 7 45 39 16 100 14.3
41 Marshall 12 115 136 15 266 22.2
41 Louisiana-Lafayette 12 138 105 15 258 21.5
41 Georgia Southern 10 95 70 15 180 18.0
41 Troy 10 53 102 15 170 17.0
41 Navy 12 160 27 15 202 16.8
46 UCF 10 83 85 14 182 18.2
46 UNLV 9 50 87 14 151 16.8
48 Georgia State 11 143 89 13 245 22.3
48 UAB 11 105 85 13 203 18.5
48 Tulane 9 73 78 13 164 18.2
51 Colorado State 9 74 109 12 195 21.7
51 South Florida 9 95 84 12 191 21.2
51 Cincinnati 11 100 115 12 227 20.6
51 Wyoming 12 126 86 12 224 18.7
51 Florida International 10 51 99 12 162 16.2
56 Air Force 11 193 34 11 238 21.6
56 San Jose State 10 68 83 11 162 16.2
58 Central Michigan 9 94 108 10 212 23.6
58 Akron 9 71 91 10 172 19.1
58 Bowling Green 9 54 79 10 143 15.9
58 Temple 9 53 67 10 130 14.4
62 Missouri 3 34 33 9 76 25.3
62 Coastal Carolina 11 127 119 9 255 23.2
64 Vanderbilt 2 13 24 8 45 22.5
64 BYU 5 46 55 8 109 21.8
64 Massachusetts 7 63 44 8 115 16.4
67 Notre Dame 3 22 38 7 67 22.3
67 Washington State 3 14 30 7 51 17.0
69 Mississippi 2 27 28 6 61 30.5
69 Pittsburgh 2 22 32 6 60 30.0
69 Wake Forest 2 12 24 6 42 21.0
69 Utah 2 10 20 6 36 18.0
73 Kentucky 2 18 30 5 53 26.5
73 North Carolina State 2 20 25 5 50 25.0
73 Texas Tech 2 17 24 5 46 23.0
73 Wisconsin 3 28 27 5 60 20.0
73 Army 9 133 27 5 165 18.3
78 Tennessee 2 37 18 4 59 29.5
78 North Carolina 2 22 30 4 56 28.0
78 Indiana 2 18 33 4 55 27.5
78 Oregon State 2 24 23 4 51 25.5
78 USC 3 34 37 4 75 25.0
78 Florida 3 39 28 4 71 23.7
78 Illinois 2 24 18 4 46 23.0
78 Oklahoma State 3 32 32 4 68 22.7
78 Arkansas 2 25 16 4 45 22.5
78 Virginia Tech 2 22 19 4 45 22.5
78 Oregon 1 10 7 4 21 21.0
78 Arizona 2 12 20 4 36 18.0
90 Washington 1 10 17 3 30 30.0
90 Alabama 3 37 39 3 79 26.3
90 Michigan State 1 10 13 3 26 26.0
90 Clemson 1 8 15 3 26 26.0
90 Miami (Florida) 1 13 9 3 25 25.0
90 Florida State 2 25 16 3 44 22.0
90 Syracuse 2 28 12 3 43 21.5
90 Boston College 2 23 12 3 38 19.0
90 Nebraska 1 9 7 3 19 19.0
99 Michigan 2 33 15 2 50 25.0
99 Texas 2 26 20 2 48 24.0
99 Mississippi State 2 11 35 2 48 24.0
99 Oklahoma 1 7 15 2 24 24.0
99 Louisville 2 20 25 2 47 23.5
99 Georgia 1 11 10 2 23 23.0
99 Virginia 2 18 25 2 45 22.5
99 Northwestern 1 15 5 2 22 22.0
99 Auburn 3 27 35 2 64 21.3
99 Georgia Tech 2 21 13 2 36 18.0
99 South Carolina 2 15 18 2 35 17.5
99 California 1 8 7 2 17 17.0
99 Iowa 2 12 19 2 33 16.5
99 Minnesota 2 21 8 2 31 15.5
113 Penn State 1 16 15 1 32 32.0
113 Iowa State 1 11 15 1 27 27.0
113 Texas A&M 2 22 27 1 50 25.0
113 Maryland 1 10 14 1 25 25.0
113 Arizona State 2 26 21 1 48 24.0
113 Purdue 2 15 32 1 48 24.0
113 Duke 1 13 9 1 23 23.0
113 Kansas State 1 14 6 1 21 21.0
113 TCU 1 6 13 1 20 20.0
113 UCLA 2 19 17 1 37 18.5
113 Kansas 1 7 8 1 16 16.0
113 Stanford 1 5 5 1 11 11.0
125 Ohio State 2 29 21 0 50 25.0
125 Baylor 2 27 17 0 44 22.0
125 Rutgers 1 13 8 0 21 21.0
125 LSU 2 11 29 0 40 20.0