2022 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. FBS Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 01/09/2023

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Georgia Southern 1 9 21 4 34 34.0
2 Appalachian State 2 24 23 11 58 29.0
2 UTSA 1 10 15 4 29 29.0
4 SMU 2 13 35 9 57 28.5
5 Washington 11 91 186 16 293 26.6
6 Wake Forest 10 85 153 26 264 26.4
7 Utah 12 151 131 30 312 26.0
7 Tulsa 1 14 9 3 26 26.0
7 UTEP 1 4 19 3 26 26.0
10 Texas Tech 11 116 143 22 281 25.5
10 Oregon 11 131 133 16 280 25.5
10 Central Michigan 2 13 34 4 51 25.5
13 UCLA 10 124 119 11 254 25.4
14 Mississippi 10 136 99 16 251 25.1
14 USC 10 97 135 19 251 25.1
16 Eastern Michigan 1 17 8 0 25 25.0
17 BYU 4 40 46 13 99 24.8
18 Fresno State 3 28 38 8 74 24.7
19 North Carolina 10 85 144 17 246 24.6
20 Western Kentucky 2 18 27 4 49 24.5
21 Georgia 13 129 172 16 317 24.4
22 Oklahoma 11 134 120 13 267 24.3
22 Tennessee 10 93 118 32 243 24.3
24 Arizona 10 79 144 19 242 24.2
25 LSU 11 102 135 28 265 24.1
26 Florida State 11 110 127 22 259 23.5
27 Arkansas 9 122 75 13 210 23.3
27 Baylor 9 96 101 13 210 23.3
29 Texas 11 106 124 25 255 23.2
30 Ohio State 10 85 128 18 231 23.1
31 Alabama 10 84 126 20 230 23.0
32 Michigan 11 138 96 18 252 22.9
32 Clemson 11 112 115 25 252 22.9
34 Purdue 12 86 159 29 274 22.8
35 West Virginia 11 95 117 35 247 22.5
35 Air Force 2 40 4 1 45 22.5
35 Charlotte 2 13 25 7 45 22.5
38 Oregon State 10 117 86 17 220 22.0
38 South Alabama 1 7 13 2 22 22.0
40 Notre Dame 9 100 82 15 197 21.9
41 Duke 10 98 94 23 215 21.5
42 Oklahoma State 11 83 129 23 235 21.4
43 Arizona State 10 69 125 17 211 21.1
44 Pittsburgh 11 114 105 12 231 21.0
44 Mississippi State 10 56 133 21 210 21.0
44 UCF 3 35 20 8 63 21.0
44 Houston 2 16 23 3 42 21.0
44 Florida Atlantic 1 10 8 3 21 21.0
44 San Jose State 1 4 15 2 21 21.0
50 Penn State 11 86 125 19 230 20.9
50 Stanford 9 64 100 24 188 20.9
52 Illinois 11 98 110 20 228 20.7
52 Texas A&M 9 74 86 26 186 20.7
54 TCU 13 124 123 21 268 20.6
54 Kansas State 12 110 122 15 247 20.6
56 Maryland 10 74 112 19 205 20.5
57 Florida 11 97 113 13 223 20.3
57 Washington State 10 65 117 21 203 20.3
59 Kansas 11 78 130 13 221 20.1
60 Troy 1 8 12 0 20 20.0
61 Iowa State 10 58 124 15 197 19.7
61 Liberty 3 23 31 5 59 19.7
63 Minnesota 11 124 81 11 216 19.6
64 Syracuse 10 72 101 21 194 19.4
65 Miami (Florida) 9 65 90 19 174 19.3
66 Army 1 14 5 0 19 19.0
67 Michigan State 10 58 111 20 189 18.9
67 Louisville 9 73 83 14 170 18.9
69 Northwestern 10 80 90 17 187 18.7
70 North Carolina State 10 63 96 27 186 18.6
71 Georgia State 2 21 10 6 37 18.5
71 Akron 2 9 23 5 37 18.5
73 California 9 47 103 14 164 18.2
74 Louisiana-Lafayette 1 10 7 1 18 18.0
74 Buffalo 1 9 6 3 18 18.0
74 East Carolina 1 4 12 2 18 18.0
77 Auburn 9 89 63 7 159 17.7
77 South Carolina 9 58 86 15 159 17.7
77 Kent State 3 25 25 3 53 17.7
80 Georgia Tech 10 70 88 17 175 17.5
81 Wisconsin 11 86 87 18 191 17.4
82 Indiana 9 56 77 22 155 17.2
83 Missouri 10 68 87 15 170 17.0
83 Virginia 8 51 67 18 136 17.0
83 South Florida 2 22 12 0 34 17.0
83 Tulane 2 18 14 2 34 17.0
83 Old Dominion 2 11 18 5 34 17.0
83 UNLV 1 7 9 1 17 17.0
83 Boise State 1 7 8 2 17 17.0
83 Texas State 1 7 8 2 17 17.0
83 Ball State 1 5 12 0 17 17.0
92 Boston College 9 47 93 12 152 16.9
93 Cincinnati 3 15 32 3 50 16.7
94 Colorado 11 81 83 17 181 16.5
94 Kentucky 10 74 74 17 165 16.5
94 Hawai'i 2 14 17 2 33 16.5
94 Louisiana Tech 2 5 23 5 33 16.5
98 Vanderbilt 9 64 62 18 144 16.0
99 Nebraska 10 52 86 19 157 15.7
100 Virginia Tech 8 42 63 20 125 15.6
101 Northern Illinois 2 13 14 4 31 15.5
102 Miami (Ohio) 2 15 11 4 30 15.0
102 Arkansas State 1 4 9 2 15 15.0
104 Western Michigan 2 10 16 3 29 14.5
105 Iowa 11 59 85 11 155 14.1
106 Colorado State 2 9 18 1 28 14.0
106 Ohio 2 9 17 2 28 14.0
106 Middle Tennessee 1 6 8 0 14 14.0
106 Rice 1 6 7 1 14 14.0
110 Rutgers 10 56 69 8 133 13.3
111 Toledo 1 6 7 0 13 13.0
111 Memphis 1 6 5 2 13 13.0
113 Temple 2 10 13 2 25 12.5
114 New Mexico State 3 17 16 3 36 12.0
114 UAB 1 3 8 1 12 12.0
114 Southern Mississippi 1 2 9 1 12 12.0
117 San Diego State 2 13 7 3 23 11.5
117 Louisiana-Monroe 2 9 13 1 23 11.5
119 Bowling Green 2 8 12 2 22 11.0
120 Wyoming 1 9 0 1 10 10.0
120 Massachusetts 1 7 2 1 10 10.0
120 Nevada 1 5 4 1 10 10.0
123 Connecticut 4 21 13 3 37 9.3
124 James Madison 1 5 3 1 9 9.0
125 Utah State 1 4 3 0 7 7.0
126 New Mexico 1 0 2 0 2 2.0