2022 National Leaders First Downs - All Games through 01/09/2023

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Tennessee 13 134 155 41 330 25.4
2 West Virginia 12 111 131 37 279 23.3
2 Middle Tennessee 13 74 152 37 263 20.2
4 SMU 13 122 174 35 331 25.5
4 Georgia Southern 13 100 191 35 326 25.1
6 Utah 14 175 156 34 365 26.1
6 Purdue 14 111 178 34 323 23.1
8 Clemson 14 143 144 33 320 22.9
8 Indiana 12 81 117 33 231 19.3
10 LSU 14 138 177 32 347 24.8
10 Toledo 14 131 145 32 308 22.0
10 North Carolina State 13 96 137 32 265 20.4
10 San Jose State 12 69 142 32 243 20.3
14 Wake Forest 13 107 192 31 330 25.4
14 Coastal Carolina 13 113 139 31 283 21.8
14 New Mexico State 13 95 91 31 217 16.7
17 Florida Atlantic 12 108 126 30 264 22.0
17 Tulsa 12 91 136 30 257 21.4
17 Eastern Michigan 13 119 128 30 277 21.3
17 Texas A&M 12 94 110 30 234 19.5
21 Louisiana Tech 12 84 120 29 233 19.4
22 Texas Tech 13 136 181 28 345 26.5
22 Mississippi State 13 70 198 28 296 22.8
22 Akron 12 78 168 28 274 22.8
22 Charlotte 12 81 146 28 255 21.3
22 Central Michigan 12 95 118 28 241 20.1
22 Michigan State 12 80 133 28 241 20.1
22 Utah State 13 115 116 28 259 19.9
22 Troy 14 101 143 28 272 19.4
30 North Carolina 14 124 194 27 345 24.6
30 Texas 13 124 147 27 298 22.9
30 East Carolina 13 104 163 27 294 22.6
30 Oklahoma State 13 100 162 27 289 22.2
30 Duke 13 128 127 27 282 21.7
30 UAB 13 143 109 27 279 21.5
36 USC 14 138 195 26 359 25.6
36 Florida State 13 146 143 26 315 24.2
36 Ball State 12 96 134 26 256 21.3
36 Stanford 12 78 145 26 249 20.8
36 South Carolina 13 95 126 26 247 19.0
36 Louisiana-Monroe 12 87 100 26 213 17.8
36 Miami (Ohio) 13 100 96 26 222 17.1
36 Western Michigan 12 84 90 26 200 16.7
44 Mississippi 13 176 127 25 328 25.2
44 Alabama 13 121 164 25 310 23.8
44 Ohio State 13 113 171 25 309 23.8
44 Appalachian State 12 125 125 25 275 22.9
44 Miami (Florida) 12 100 130 25 255 21.3
44 Washington State 13 84 148 25 257 19.8
44 Virginia 10 74 92 25 191 19.1
51 Western Kentucky 14 113 207 24 344 24.6
51 Baylor 13 134 137 24 295 22.7
51 Fresno State 14 110 175 24 309 22.1
51 Buffalo 13 120 143 24 287 22.1
51 BYU 13 122 139 24 285 21.9
51 Syracuse 13 101 139 24 264 20.3
51 California 12 68 139 24 231 19.3
51 Southern Mississippi 13 100 109 24 233 17.9
59 Arizona 12 97 170 23 290 24.2
59 Georgia State 12 138 105 23 266 22.2
59 Illinois 13 117 135 23 275 21.2
59 Liberty 13 112 131 23 266 20.5
59 Louisville 13 116 125 23 264 20.3
59 Texas State 12 79 110 23 212 17.7
59 Kentucky 13 90 116 23 229 17.6
59 Vanderbilt 12 94 93 23 210 17.5
67 Memphis 13 116 155 22 293 22.5
67 Oregon State 13 147 122 22 291 22.4
67 North Texas 14 131 152 22 305 21.8
67 Penn State 13 103 153 22 278 21.4
67 TCU 15 141 154 22 317 21.1
67 Arizona State 12 88 143 22 253 21.1
67 Rice 13 110 130 22 262 20.2
67 Virginia Tech 11 71 99 22 192 17.5
75 Oregon 13 165 158 21 344 26.5
75 UTEP 12 112 119 21 252 21.0
75 Wisconsin 13 103 110 21 234 18.0
75 Nebraska 12 84 111 21 216 18.0
75 Nevada 12 84 100 21 205 17.1
75 Connecticut 13 124 65 21 210 16.2
81 UCF 14 165 155 20 340 24.3
81 Tulane 14 146 137 20 303 21.6
81 Maryland 13 93 150 20 263 20.2
81 Northwestern 12 94 114 20 228 19.0
81 Bowling Green 13 81 125 20 226 17.4
86 Washington 13 113 222 19 354 27.2
86 UTSA 14 136 207 19 362 25.9
86 Georgia 15 148 204 19 371 24.7
86 Michigan 14 177 130 19 326 23.3
86 Notre Dame 13 139 123 19 281 21.6
86 Marshall 13 152 101 19 272 20.9
86 Iowa State 12 73 153 19 245 20.4
86 Hawai'i 13 105 120 19 244 18.8
86 Temple 12 47 155 19 221 18.4
86 Georgia Tech 12 86 107 19 212 17.7
86 Massachusetts 12 94 62 19 175 14.6
86 New Mexico 12 92 49 19 160 13.3
98 UCLA 13 158 158 18 334 25.7
98 Arkansas 13 167 126 18 311 23.9
98 Houston 13 94 194 18 306 23.5
98 Kansas 13 102 147 18 267 20.5
98 Florida 13 113 129 18 260 20.0
98 Missouri 13 101 122 18 241 18.5
98 Colorado 12 86 85 18 189 15.8
105 Oklahoma 13 155 138 17 310 23.8
105 South Alabama 13 108 167 17 292 22.5
105 Florida International 12 72 125 17 214 17.8
105 Navy 12 159 35 17 211 17.6
105 Arkansas State 12 66 123 17 206 17.2
105 Old Dominion 12 55 120 17 192 16.0
111 Kansas State 14 133 132 16 281 20.1
111 Louisiana-Lafayette 13 114 125 16 255 19.6
111 South Florida 12 113 105 16 234 19.5
111 Northern Illinois 12 106 103 16 225 18.8
111 UNLV 12 88 108 16 212 17.7
111 Boston College 12 65 121 16 202 16.8
117 Kent State 12 139 120 15 274 22.8
117 Wyoming 13 112 81 15 208 16.0
119 Minnesota 13 162 105 14 281 21.6
119 Pittsburgh 13 146 119 14 279 21.5
119 Ohio 14 110 167 14 291 20.8
119 Colorado State 12 66 95 14 175 14.6
119 Iowa 13 72 94 14 180 13.8
124 Boise State 14 140 121 13 274 19.6
125 San Diego State 13 88 106 12 206 15.8
126 James Madison 11 117 122 10 249 22.6
126 Cincinnati 13 86 146 10 242 18.6
126 Army 12 175 27 10 212 17.7
129 Air Force 13 224 32 9 265 20.4
129 Auburn 12 120 88 9 217 18.1
129 Rutgers 12 86 83 9 178 14.8