2023 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. FBS Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 01/08/2024

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 West Virginia 12 142 90 28 260 21.7
2 Georgia 11 124 145 14 283 25.7
3 Kansas State 11 123 119 20 262 23.8
3 Georgia Tech 11 123 93 19 235 21.4
5 Utah 12 117 86 18 221 18.4
6 Texas 12 114 158 14 286 23.8
7 Cincinnati 10 112 87 8 207 20.7
8 Tennessee 10 111 101 8 220 22.0
9 Mississippi 10 108 107 13 228 22.8
9 Texas Tech 11 108 107 19 234 21.3
11 North Carolina 11 107 137 23 267 24.3
12 Oregon 11 104 160 17 281 25.5
13 Louisville 12 103 123 20 246 20.5
14 Alabama 11 102 105 11 218 19.8
15 UCF 10 101 96 17 214 21.4
16 Clemson 10 100 111 17 228 22.8
16 Penn State 11 100 115 15 230 20.9
16 Purdue 11 100 109 18 227 20.6
16 Virginia Tech 10 100 84 15 199 19.9
20 Oklahoma 10 99 127 21 247 24.7
20 Michigan 12 99 122 13 234 19.5
22 Rutgers 11 97 67 15 179 16.3
23 Kansas 10 95 94 17 206 20.6
24 Auburn 10 94 65 17 176 17.6
25 LSU 10 91 140 22 253 25.3
25 Wisconsin 11 91 111 14 216 19.6
27 Boston College 8 89 68 11 168 21.0
28 Washington 13 88 180 28 296 22.8
28 Missouri 10 88 114 16 218 21.8
28 Nebraska 10 88 52 15 155 15.5
31 Oregon State 9 87 100 12 199 22.1
32 TCU 10 86 155 13 254 25.4
32 California 11 86 111 30 227 20.6
34 Oklahoma State 12 84 163 18 265 22.1
34 UCLA 9 84 97 13 194 21.6
34 Notre Dame 10 84 103 10 197 19.7
34 Syracuse 9 84 44 16 144 16.0
38 Arizona 11 83 150 19 252 22.9
38 Texas A&M 10 83 106 20 209 20.9
38 Virginia 10 83 106 20 209 20.9
41 Arizona State 10 79 92 21 192 19.2
42 Wake Forest 9 78 74 26 178 19.8
43 Indiana 10 75 93 22 190 19.0
43 Florida State 12 75 125 22 222 18.5
45 Ohio State 10 74 118 17 209 20.9
45 Minnesota 10 74 74 16 164 16.4
47 Miami (Florida) 10 71 111 21 203 20.3
48 Florida 10 69 120 17 206 20.6
49 Duke 9 68 73 18 159 17.7
50 Baylor 10 66 115 9 190 19.0
50 North Carolina State 9 66 76 14 156 17.3
50 Iowa 12 66 61 17 144 12.0
53 USC 10 65 136 17 218 21.8
53 Colorado 11 65 138 27 230 20.9
53 Maryland 11 65 132 18 215 19.5
56 Northwestern 11 64 102 16 182 16.5
57 BYU 10 63 91 17 171 17.1
58 Arkansas 9 62 69 13 144 16.0
59 Washington State 10 60 129 18 207 20.7
59 Michigan State 10 60 79 19 158 15.8
61 Stanford 9 59 91 23 173 19.2
62 Iowa State 10 58 103 9 170 17.0
63 Houston 9 57 89 11 157 17.4
63 Kentucky 10 57 89 20 166 16.6
65 Illinois 10 56 124 18 198 19.8
66 Pittsburgh 10 55 80 19 154 15.4
67 South Carolina 10 54 105 13 172 17.2
68 Mississippi State 9 51 72 10 133 14.8
69 Vanderbilt 9 47 75 20 142 15.8
70 Boise State 3 28 25 5 58 19.3
70 Army 3 28 10 2 40 13.3
72 Connecticut 4 24 25 7 56 14.0
73 SMU 3 23 35 7 65 21.7
74 Akron 2 22 16 2 40 20.0
75 Bowling Green 3 21 27 5 53 17.7
76 Old Dominion 2 20 10 3 33 16.5
77 Wyoming 2 19 15 7 41 20.5
77 South Florida 2 19 16 0 35 17.5
79 UNLV 3 18 31 10 59 19.7
80 Tulsa 2 17 18 4 39 19.5
81 San Jose State 2 16 19 8 43 21.5
81 UTSA 2 16 22 0 38 19.0
81 Tulane 2 16 15 3 34 17.0
84 Memphis 2 15 28 1 44 22.0
84 Western Michigan 3 15 26 3 44 14.7
84 Louisiana-Monroe 2 15 7 5 27 13.5
87 Fresno State 2 14 34 3 51 25.5
87 Marshall 2 14 23 4 41 20.5
89 New Mexico State 1 13 7 3 23 23.0
89 Florida Atlantic 2 13 20 7 40 20.0
89 Southern Mississippi 2 13 12 3 28 14.0
92 Jacksonville State 1 12 7 4 23 23.0
92 San Diego State 2 12 20 3 35 17.5
94 Appalachian State 1 11 16 3 30 30.0
94 Toledo 1 11 11 5 27 27.0
94 South Alabama 1 11 6 1 18 18.0
94 Massachusetts 2 11 7 2 20 10.0
98 Hawai'i 3 10 35 9 54 18.0
98 Northern Illinois 2 10 18 5 33 16.5
98 Middle Tennessee 2 10 17 2 29 14.5
101 Central Michigan 1 9 5 5 19 19.0
101 UTEP 2 9 20 2 31 15.5
101 Kent State 2 9 16 4 29 14.5
101 Charlotte 2 9 15 2 26 13.0
101 Nevada 2 9 12 5 26 13.0
106 Ohio 1 8 8 2 18 18.0
106 Rice 2 8 22 2 32 16.0
106 Louisiana-Lafayette 1 8 6 1 15 15.0
106 Miami (Ohio) 2 8 14 3 25 12.5
110 Colorado State 2 7 33 2 42 21.0
110 UAB 1 7 13 0 20 20.0
110 James Madison 1 7 8 3 18 18.0
110 Troy 2 7 22 5 34 17.0
110 Liberty 1 7 7 1 15 15.0
110 East Carolina 1 7 5 0 12 12.0
116 New Mexico 1 6 8 4 18 18.0
116 Georgia State 1 6 10 1 17 17.0
116 Louisiana Tech 1 6 10 1 17 17.0
116 Temple 2 6 23 4 33 16.5
116 Ball State 2 6 21 4 31 15.5
116 Eastern Michigan 1 6 2 1 9 9.0
122 Georgia Southern 1 5 15 3 23 23.0
122 Coastal Carolina 1 5 14 2 21 21.0
122 Texas State 1 5 15 0 20 20.0
122 Utah State 1 5 12 2 19 19.0
122 Western Kentucky 1 5 9 1 15 15.0
122 Buffalo 1 5 8 1 14 14.0
122 Sam Houston State 2 5 11 2 18 9.0
129 Florida International 1 4 9 1 14 14.0
129 North Texas 1 4 5 0 9 9.0
131 Arkansas State 1 3 5 2 10 10.0