2023 National Leaders First Downs - Games in December/January Only through 01/08/2024

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Jacksonville State 1 18 13 0 31 31.0
2 Mississippi 1 11 19 0 30 30.0
3 South Alabama 1 14 13 2 29 29.0
3 Western Kentucky 1 6 18 5 29 29.0
5 Texas 2 20 33 3 56 28.0
6 Georgia 2 27 23 5 55 27.5
7 Northern Illinois 1 13 9 4 26 26.0
7 LSU 1 7 18 1 26 26.0
9 Liberty 2 26 21 3 50 25.0
9 Virginia Tech 1 18 6 1 25 25.0
9 Tennessee 1 17 6 2 25 25.0
12 Georgia State 1 15 8 1 24 24.0
12 Notre Dame 1 13 10 1 24 24.0
12 Texas Tech 1 11 12 1 24 24.0
12 Clemson 1 10 13 1 24 24.0
16 Wyoming 1 11 9 3 23 23.0
16 Oklahoma 1 10 12 1 23 23.0
16 Fresno State 1 4 17 2 23 23.0
19 Washington 3 17 45 6 68 22.7
20 Oregon 2 13 29 3 45 22.5
21 Appalachian State 2 20 22 2 44 22.0
21 Troy 2 17 22 5 44 22.0
21 Kansas State 1 13 8 1 22 22.0
21 Memphis 1 9 13 0 22 22.0
21 Miami (Florida) 1 8 9 5 22 22.0
21 Wisconsin 1 7 14 1 22 22.0
21 Kansas 1 7 13 2 22 22.0
21 Coastal Carolina 1 7 12 3 22 22.0
21 San Jose State 1 7 10 5 22 22.0
30 SMU 2 18 22 3 43 21.5
31 Oklahoma State 2 9 31 2 42 21.0
31 Georgia Tech 1 17 2 2 21 21.0
31 South Florida 1 9 12 0 21 21.0
31 Penn State 1 8 13 0 21 21.0
35 New Mexico State 2 20 18 2 40 20.0
35 Boston College 1 14 6 0 20 20.0
35 UTSA 1 9 11 0 20 20.0
35 North Carolina 1 8 9 3 20 20.0
35 Texas A&M 1 5 13 2 20 20.0
35 Auburn 1 4 12 4 20 20.0
41 UNLV 2 8 22 9 39 19.5
42 Boise State 2 20 13 5 38 19.0
42 Minnesota 1 15 2 2 19 19.0
42 Missouri 1 13 5 1 19 19.0
42 Duke 1 8 9 2 19 19.0
42 UCF 1 7 11 1 19 19.0
42 USC 1 3 15 1 19 19.0
42 Iowa State 1 2 17 0 19 19.0
49 Alabama 2 20 14 3 37 18.5
50 Air Force 1 17 1 0 18 18.0
50 UCLA 1 13 5 0 18 18.0
50 Ohio 1 8 8 2 18 18.0
50 Arkansas State 1 6 11 1 18 18.0
50 Utah State 1 6 9 3 18 18.0
50 Northwestern 1 4 12 2 18 18.0
56 Rutgers 1 11 4 2 17 17.0
56 North Carolina State 1 8 8 1 17 17.0
56 Navy 1 6 11 0 17 17.0
56 Bowling Green 1 5 11 1 17 17.0
56 Arizona 1 4 12 1 17 17.0
61 Louisville 2 19 10 3 32 16.0
61 West Virginia 1 7 7 2 16 16.0
61 Georgia Southern 1 5 10 1 16 16.0
61 James Madison 1 3 13 0 16 16.0
61 Rice 1 3 8 5 16 16.0
66 Toledo 2 6 22 3 31 15.5
67 Army 1 13 2 0 15 15.0
67 Maryland 1 7 7 1 15 15.0
67 Texas State 1 7 6 2 15 15.0
67 California 1 4 10 1 15 15.0
71 Michigan 3 18 25 1 44 14.7
72 Louisiana-Lafayette 1 6 7 1 14 14.0
73 Tulane 2 10 16 1 27 13.5
74 Utah 1 9 3 1 13 13.0
74 Marshall 1 2 8 3 13 13.0
76 Miami (Ohio) 2 17 5 3 25 12.5
77 Old Dominion 1 8 3 1 12 12.0
77 Ohio State 1 6 5 1 12 12.0
77 Kentucky 1 3 8 1 12 12.0
80 Florida State 2 12 8 3 23 11.5
81 Eastern Michigan 1 5 4 1 10 10.0
81 Oregon State 1 0 10 0 10 10.0
83 Iowa 2 11 7 0 18 9.0
83 Syracuse 1 3 4 2 9 9.0