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