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

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 UTSA 12 121 176 15 312 26.0
2 Houston 11 78 171 15 264 24.0
3 Western Kentucky 11 89 169 18 276 25.1
4 Georgia Southern 11 81 156 29 266 24.2
5 North Texas 13 115 142 16 273 21.0
6 South Alabama 11 90 141 15 246 22.4
7 Memphis 11 94 139 19 252 22.9
8 East Carolina 11 86 138 24 248 22.5
9 Middle Tennessee 11 59 133 34 226 20.5
9 Temple 9 29 133 16 178 19.8
11 Akron 9 63 132 23 218 24.2
11 Ohio 11 89 132 10 231 21.0
13 Toledo 12 114 130 30 274 22.8
14 SMU 10 102 126 23 251 25.1
15 Coastal Carolina 12 109 125 29 263 21.9
16 UCF 10 112 124 12 248 24.8
17 Buffalo 11 100 123 21 244 22.2
18 San Jose State 10 61 119 25 205 20.5
19 Fresno State 10 71 116 15 202 20.2
20 Rice 11 90 112 20 222 20.2
21 James Madison 9 96 111 8 215 23.9
21 Charlotte 9 59 111 18 188 20.9
21 Troy 12 90 111 25 226 18.8
24 Ball State 10 78 110 25 213 21.3
25 Florida International 11 66 109 12 187 17.0
26 Eastern Michigan 11 94 108 27 229 20.8
27 Tulane 11 116 107 15 238 21.6
27 Tulsa 10 70 107 25 202 20.2
29 Utah State 11 103 106 25 234 21.3
29 Florida Atlantic 10 81 106 24 211 21.1
29 Louisiana-Lafayette 11 98 106 15 219 19.9
32 Boise State 12 126 103 8 237 19.8
33 Old Dominion 10 44 102 12 158 15.8
33 Arkansas State 10 44 102 11 157 15.7
35 UTEP 11 108 100 18 226 20.5
36 Cincinnati 9 62 99 7 168 18.7
37 Hawai'i 10 84 98 16 198 19.8
37 Bowling Green 10 65 98 14 177 17.7
39 Georgia State 10 117 95 17 229 22.9
40 San Diego State 10 63 93 8 164 16.4
41 Liberty 9 86 90 17 193 21.4
41 Louisiana Tech 9 65 90 20 175 19.4
43 Southern Mississippi 11 90 89 21 200 18.2
43 Texas State 10 59 89 19 167 16.7
45 UAB 11 130 88 24 242 22.0
46 Kent State 8 97 85 10 192 24.0
46 UNLV 10 73 85 14 172 17.2
48 South Florida 9 85 82 13 180 20.0
49 Appalachian State 8 73 81 13 167 20.9
50 Nevada 10 68 80 16 164 16.4
51 Marshall 11 120 79 19 218 19.8
51 Northern Illinois 9 86 79 10 175 19.4
53 Louisiana-Monroe 9 67 77 23 167 18.6
54 BYU 8 70 76 10 156 19.5
55 Miami (Ohio) 10 76 74 21 171 17.1
56 Wyoming 11 94 73 13 180 16.4
57 Central Michigan 9 67 71 23 161 17.9
57 Colorado State 9 53 71 13 137 15.2
59 Western Michigan 9 68 69 22 159 17.7
60 USC 4 41 60 7 108 27.0
61 Massachusetts 10 77 55 18 150 15.0
62 New Mexico State 8 63 53 23 139 17.4
63 Connecticut 8 82 46 18 146 18.3
64 Mississippi State 2 9 45 5 59 29.5
65 Ohio State 3 28 43 7 78 26.0
66 Louisville 4 43 42 9 94 23.5
67 Notre Dame 4 39 41 4 84 21.0
68 Arkansas 3 35 40 4 79 26.3
69 New Mexico 10 74 39 18 131 13.1
70 Maryland 3 19 38 1 58 19.3
71 Michigan 3 39 34 1 74 24.7
71 North Carolina 3 26 34 10 70 23.3
73 South Carolina 3 28 32 7 67 22.3
74 Indiana 2 15 31 9 55 27.5
74 Stanford 2 10 31 0 41 20.5
74 Navy 11 148 31 15 194 17.6
77 LSU 2 26 29 4 59 29.5
78 Penn State 2 17 28 3 48 24.0
79 UCLA 2 23 26 3 52 26.0
79 Air Force 10 163 26 8 197 19.7
81 Tennessee 2 28 25 7 60 30.0
81 North Carolina State 2 20 25 2 47 23.5
81 Kentucky 2 9 25 4 38 19.0
84 Missouri 2 26 24 3 53 26.5
84 Alabama 2 24 24 5 53 26.5
84 Syracuse 2 17 24 3 44 22.0
84 Baylor 3 25 24 7 56 18.7
88 Miami (Florida) 2 21 23 6 50 25.0
88 Duke 2 20 23 4 47 23.5
88 Texas 2 18 23 2 43 21.5
88 Wake Forest 2 15 23 4 42 21.0
92 Michigan State 2 22 22 8 52 26.0
92 Vanderbilt 2 24 22 3 49 24.5
92 Army 9 121 22 10 153 17.0
95 California 2 12 21 10 43 21.5
95 Washington State 2 11 21 2 34 17.0
97 Washington 1 8 19 2 29 29.0
97 Clemson 2 22 19 5 46 23.0
99 Mississippi 2 28 18 6 52 26.0
99 Oklahoma 2 21 18 4 43 21.5
99 Oregon State 2 18 18 4 40 20.0
102 Texas Tech 1 13 17 5 35 35.0
102 Oklahoma State 1 9 17 2 28 28.0
102 Iowa State 1 5 17 0 22 22.0
105 Nebraska 1 17 16 0 33 33.0
105 Virginia Tech 2 21 16 1 38 19.0
107 Arizona 1 9 15 1 25 25.0
107 Auburn 2 20 15 1 36 18.0
107 Boston College 2 12 15 1 28 14.0
110 Georgia 1 13 14 2 29 29.0
111 Wisconsin 1 9 13 3 25 25.0
111 Georgia Tech 1 8 13 1 22 22.0
113 Illinois 1 13 11 2 26 26.0
113 Virginia 1 12 11 3 26 26.0
113 TCU 1 9 11 1 21 21.0
113 Northwestern 1 6 11 0 17 17.0
117 Utah 1 11 10 1 22 22.0
117 Arizona State 1 6 10 2 18 18.0
117 Texas A&M 2 13 10 2 25 12.5
120 Minnesota 1 22 9 0 31 31.0
120 Oregon 1 13 9 2 24 24.0
120 Florida State 1 11 9 3 23 23.0
123 Purdue 1 9 8 4 21 21.0
124 Kansas 1 14 7 4 25 25.0
124 Pittsburgh 1 15 7 1 23 23.0
124 Kansas State 1 8 7 0 15 15.0
127 Iowa 1 7 6 2 15 15.0
128 Florida 1 10 3 4 17 17.0
128 Rutgers 1 8 3 1 12 12.0
130 Colorado 1 5 2 1 8 8.0