2023 National Leaders First Downs - Games Won Only through 01/08/2024

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Liberty 13 200 107 26 333 25.6
2 Air Force 9 148 23 11 182 20.2
3 Georgia 13 141 183 20 344 26.5
4 Jacksonville State 9 125 68 15 208 23.1
5 Oregon 12 122 183 18 323 26.9
6 Michigan 15 121 159 18 298 19.9
7 Mississippi 11 118 136 16 270 24.5
7 Alabama 12 118 110 17 245 20.4
9 Penn State 10 117 105 17 239 23.9
10 West Virginia 9 115 67 24 206 22.9
11 SMU 11 112 130 27 269 24.5
11 Tennessee 9 112 96 9 217 24.1
13 Texas 12 111 152 12 275 22.9
14 Kansas State 9 108 98 15 221 24.6
15 Missouri 11 106 115 19 240 21.8
16 Boston College 7 104 49 15 168 24.0
17 LSU 10 103 138 17 258 25.8
17 New Mexico State 10 103 98 14 215 21.5
19 Oklahoma 10 102 142 25 269 26.9
20 UTSA 9 101 107 14 222 24.7
20 Clemson 9 101 94 15 210 23.3
20 Tulane 11 101 104 9 214 19.5
23 Notre Dame 10 100 112 9 221 22.1
23 Toledo 11 100 111 17 228 20.7
25 Troy 11 99 122 25 246 22.4
26 Washington 14 95 205 32 332 23.7
27 Ohio 10 94 94 24 212 21.2
27 Louisville 10 94 100 15 209 20.9
27 Utah 8 94 57 10 161 20.1
30 Kansas 9 93 100 19 212 23.6
31 North Carolina 8 92 99 18 209 26.1
31 Boise State 8 92 69 11 172 21.5
31 Florida State 13 92 145 26 263 20.2
34 Memphis 10 91 125 14 230 23.0
34 Wyoming 9 91 72 20 183 20.3
34 Rutgers 7 91 39 9 139 19.9
37 UCLA 8 90 85 12 187 23.4
38 Virginia Tech 7 89 60 8 157 22.4
39 Georgia Tech 7 87 54 15 156 22.3
39 UNLV 9 87 89 13 189 21.0
41 Texas State 8 86 98 12 196 24.5
41 Oregon State 8 86 90 6 182 22.8
43 South Alabama 7 85 82 4 171 24.4
44 James Madison 11 83 136 16 235 21.4
45 UCF 6 82 61 10 153 25.5
45 Arizona 10 82 130 11 223 22.3
47 Oklahoma State 10 81 144 18 243 24.3
47 North Carolina State 9 81 82 14 177 19.7
47 Miami (Ohio) 11 81 77 20 178 16.2
50 Appalachian State 9 79 117 20 216 24.0
50 Texas Tech 7 79 69 10 158 22.6
50 Ohio State 11 79 143 19 241 21.9
50 Army 6 79 20 6 105 17.5
54 Wisconsin 7 78 65 9 152 21.7
54 San Jose State 7 78 64 8 150 21.4
56 Syracuse 6 76 63 14 153 25.5
57 Utah State 6 75 54 15 144 24.0
57 Auburn 6 75 49 8 132 22.0
59 Georgia State 7 73 63 15 151 21.6
60 Coastal Carolina 8 71 85 24 180 22.5
60 Minnesota 6 71 44 14 129 21.5
62 North Texas 5 70 70 6 146 29.2
62 Arkansas State 6 70 65 10 145 24.2
62 Miami (Florida) 7 70 81 9 160 22.9
62 Texas A&M 7 70 76 12 158 22.6
66 Maryland 8 68 92 14 174 21.8
66 Northern Illinois 7 68 52 14 134 19.1
66 Iowa 10 68 62 20 150 15.0
69 South Florida 7 67 83 18 168 24.0
70 Louisiana-Lafayette 6 66 56 14 136 22.7
70 Bowling Green 7 66 57 8 131 18.7
72 California 6 64 55 15 134 22.3
73 Duke 8 61 73 20 154 19.3
73 Navy 5 61 17 0 78 15.6
75 UAB 4 58 51 6 115 28.8
75 Fresno State 9 58 132 19 209 23.2
77 Ball State 4 57 25 8 90 22.5
77 Central Michigan 5 57 38 10 105 21.0
79 USC 8 56 121 13 190 23.8
80 Georgia Southern 6 53 91 12 156 26.0
80 Florida 5 53 64 12 129 25.8
80 Nebraska 5 53 28 8 89 17.8
83 Rice 6 52 71 12 135 22.5
83 Northwestern 8 52 84 15 151 18.9
85 TCU 5 51 81 4 136 27.2
86 Marshall 6 50 61 19 130 21.7
87 New Mexico 4 49 36 9 94 23.5
88 Western Michigan 4 48 43 13 104 26.0
89 Kentucky 7 46 66 14 126 18.0
90 Purdue 4 45 47 6 98 24.5
91 Tulsa 4 44 40 6 90 22.5
91 Arkansas 4 44 37 6 87 21.8
91 Western Kentucky 8 44 110 12 166 20.8
91 Eastern Michigan 6 44 51 14 109 18.2
95 Illinois 5 43 66 10 119 23.8
95 Wake Forest 4 43 43 9 95 23.8
97 Iowa State 7 42 63 8 113 16.1
98 Old Dominion 6 40 53 9 102 17.0
99 Washington State 5 39 81 10 130 26.0
100 Mississippi State 5 38 45 9 92 18.4
100 San Diego State 4 38 32 2 72 18.0
102 Hawai'i 5 37 54 9 100 20.0
103 Virginia 3 35 36 4 75 25.0
103 UTEP 3 35 21 4 60 20.0
105 Florida Atlantic 4 34 41 13 88 22.0
106 Cincinnati 3 33 37 2 72 24.0
107 Southern Mississippi 3 32 29 10 71 23.7
107 Baylor 3 32 35 3 70 23.3
107 Connecticut 3 32 26 2 60 20.0
107 Massachusetts 3 32 18 4 54 18.0
111 Middle Tennessee 4 31 40 6 77 19.3
112 Houston 4 29 49 9 87 21.8
113 Colorado State 5 28 73 8 109 21.8
114 South Carolina 5 27 69 6 102 20.4
115 Arizona State 3 26 29 9 64 21.3
115 Pittsburgh 3 26 30 4 60 20.0
115 Florida International 4 26 42 3 71 17.8
118 Louisiana Tech 3 25 29 9 63 21.0
118 Charlotte 3 25 24 5 54 18.0
120 Louisiana-Monroe 2 24 9 1 34 17.0
120 BYU 5 24 46 6 76 15.2
122 Sam Houston State 3 23 33 10 66 22.0
123 Stanford 3 22 37 14 73 24.3
123 Michigan State 4 22 46 6 74 18.5
125 Colorado 4 20 63 13 96 24.0
125 Temple 3 20 40 10 70 23.3
125 Indiana 3 20 40 7 67 22.3
125 Nevada 2 20 10 7 37 18.5
129 Buffalo 3 18 30 1 49 16.3
130 Vanderbilt 2 16 20 5 41 20.5
130 East Carolina 2 16 18 2 36 18.0
132 Akron 2 15 21 3 39 19.5
133 Kent State 1 14 6 0 20 20.0