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

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Appalachian State 12 102 153 25 280 23.3
2 Georgia Southern 11 77 151 21 249 22.6
3 James Madison 11 75 149 12 236 21.5
4 Western Kentucky 11 58 145 19 222 20.2
5 North Texas 10 109 139 13 261 26.1
6 South Alabama 11 101 137 15 253 23.0
7 Memphis 10 75 132 18 225 22.5
8 Fresno State 10 59 129 15 203 20.3
9 Troy 11 86 128 25 239 21.7
10 UTSA 11 117 124 16 257 23.4
11 Coastal Carolina 11 80 122 29 231 21.0
12 Temple 9 43 121 23 187 20.8
13 Texas State 11 119 120 19 258 23.5
14 SMU 10 102 118 21 241 24.1
14 New Mexico State 13 123 118 16 257 19.8
16 Arkansas State 11 83 117 22 222 20.2
17 UAB 10 96 116 22 234 23.4
18 Utah State 11 100 115 27 242 22.0
18 Ohio 11 93 115 28 236 21.5
18 Louisiana Tech 10 67 115 23 205 20.5
21 Louisiana-Lafayette 11 98 113 20 231 21.0
21 Toledo 12 97 113 15 225 18.8
23 Colorado State 9 53 112 16 181 20.1
24 Rice 10 61 111 19 191 19.1
25 Hawai'i 9 53 110 15 178 19.8
26 Liberty 13 200 107 26 333 25.6
26 South Florida 10 112 107 22 241 24.1
28 New Mexico 10 106 104 27 237 23.7
28 UNLV 10 88 104 16 208 20.8
28 Sam Houston State 9 54 104 16 174 19.3
28 Tulane 11 94 104 9 207 18.8
32 San Jose State 10 91 96 16 203 20.3
32 Middle Tennessee 9 65 96 22 183 20.3
34 Boise State 10 116 93 13 222 22.2
35 Marshall 10 60 91 25 176 17.6
35 Florida International 10 57 91 10 158 15.8
37 Georgia State 11 108 89 20 217 19.7
37 Massachusetts 9 70 89 18 177 19.7
37 Tulsa 9 74 89 9 172 19.1
40 Jacksonville State 11 138 88 15 241 21.9
41 Florida Atlantic 9 56 85 13 154 17.1
42 Northern Illinois 10 91 83 19 193 19.3
43 Central Michigan 10 90 80 19 189 18.9
44 Wyoming 10 86 79 17 182 18.2
44 Buffalo 10 76 79 16 171 17.1
44 Eastern Michigan 11 78 79 24 181 16.5
47 UTEP 9 62 77 24 163 18.1
48 Louisiana-Monroe 9 56 76 12 144 16.0
48 East Carolina 10 58 76 12 146 14.6
50 Southern Mississippi 9 93 74 22 189 21.0
51 Western Michigan 8 69 73 22 164 20.5
51 San Diego State 9 72 73 8 153 17.0
51 Old Dominion 10 81 73 13 167 16.7
54 Charlotte 9 66 72 20 158 17.6
54 Miami (Ohio) 11 73 72 17 162 14.7
56 Akron 9 56 71 16 143 15.9
57 Kent State 9 53 67 11 131 14.6
58 Connecticut 7 59 65 12 136 19.4
58 Nevada 9 71 65 24 160 17.8
60 Bowling Green 9 73 57 9 139 15.4
61 Ball State 9 89 56 15 160 17.8
62 Oklahoma 3 31 47 7 85 28.3
62 USC 3 23 47 6 76 25.3
64 Navy 11 110 42 4 156 14.2
65 Air Force 12 170 41 21 232 19.3
66 Houston 3 27 39 7 73 24.3
67 Washington 2 9 38 6 53 26.5
68 Michigan 3 22 37 5 64 21.3
69 Texas A&M 2 15 34 6 55 27.5
69 Oregon State 3 22 34 1 57 19.0
71 Duke 3 18 32 6 56 18.7
72 Georgia 2 18 31 4 53 26.5
73 Oregon 2 21 30 2 53 26.5
73 Syracuse 3 17 30 8 55 18.3
75 Ohio State 2 11 29 3 43 21.5
76 LSU 2 19 28 2 49 24.5
76 UCLA 3 32 28 4 64 21.3
78 Kansas 2 15 27 4 46 23.0
78 Mississippi 2 14 27 4 45 22.5
78 North Carolina State 3 24 27 8 59 19.7
81 Tennessee 2 20 26 1 47 23.5
81 Army 7 87 26 7 120 17.1
83 Virginia Tech 3 31 25 3 59 19.7
83 Iowa State 2 6 25 1 32 16.0
85 Miami (Florida) 2 24 24 3 51 25.5
85 Illinois 2 21 24 2 47 23.5
85 Vanderbilt 2 9 24 5 38 19.0
88 Notre Dame 2 26 23 1 50 25.0
88 Boston College 4 59 23 6 88 22.0
90 UCF 2 29 22 4 55 27.5
90 Wisconsin 2 22 22 1 45 22.5
90 Stanford 2 13 22 9 44 22.0
90 Texas 2 14 22 1 37 18.5
94 Washington State 1 8 21 1 30 30.0
94 Mississippi State 2 18 21 4 43 21.5
96 Wake Forest 2 17 20 2 39 19.5
97 Texas Tech 1 7 19 0 26 26.0
97 Kentucky 2 12 19 4 35 17.5
99 Georgia Tech 1 6 18 3 27 27.0
100 Missouri 2 23 17 3 43 21.5
101 California 1 13 16 0 29 29.0
101 Minnesota 3 49 16 8 73 24.3
101 Baylor 1 4 16 2 22 22.0
101 Arkansas 2 25 16 2 43 21.5
101 Clemson 2 19 16 4 39 19.5
106 Colorado 1 5 15 4 24 24.0
106 South Carolina 1 4 15 1 20 20.0
108 Cincinnati 1 13 14 3 30 30.0
108 Nebraska 2 26 14 3 43 21.5
108 Iowa 2 17 14 6 37 18.5
111 Arizona 1 12 12 2 26 26.0
111 Florida State 1 12 12 2 26 26.0
111 TCU 1 13 12 0 25 25.0
111 Auburn 2 22 12 5 39 19.5
115 Maryland 1 15 11 2 28 28.0
115 Michigan State 1 6 11 3 20 20.0
115 Indiana 1 2 11 1 14 14.0
118 Florida 1 9 10 2 21 21.0
118 Alabama 2 23 10 7 40 20.0
118 Kansas State 1 9 10 1 20 20.0
118 Virginia 1 5 10 1 16 16.0
118 Arizona State 1 3 10 2 15 15.0
123 Purdue 1 7 9 3 19 19.0
124 Oklahoma State 1 6 8 0 14 14.0
125 Penn State 1 17 7 4 28 28.0
125 North Carolina 1 18 7 2 27 27.0
125 Rutgers 1 12 7 1 20 20.0
125 Pittsburgh 1 3 7 1 11 11.0
129 Louisville 1 10 6 1 17 17.0
129 Northwestern 1 10 6 1 17 17.0
129 BYU 1 6 6 0 12 12.0