2025 Sun Belt Conference Leaders First Downs - Games vs. FBS (I-A) Teams Only through 10/30/2025
| Name | G | Rush | Pass | Penalty | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Appalachian State | 7 | 50 | 91 | 18 | 159 | 22.7 |
| 2 | Georgia State | 7 | 42 | 79 | 14 | 135 | 19.3 |
| 3 | Arkansas State | 7 | 60 | 75 | 20 | 155 | 22.1 |
| 4 | Old Dominion | 7 | 64 | 72 | 12 | 148 | 21.1 |
| 4 | Troy | 7 | 48 | 72 | 11 | 131 | 18.7 |
| 6 | Georgia Southern | 7 | 57 | 69 | 18 | 144 | 20.6 |
| 7 | Texas State | 7 | 77 | 68 | 7 | 152 | 21.7 |
| 8 | Southern Miss | 7 | 60 | 66 | 24 | 150 | 21.4 |
| 9 | Marshall | 7 | 69 | 65 | 10 | 144 | 20.6 |
| 10 | James Madison | 7 | 89 | 60 | 12 | 161 | 23.0 |
| 11 | Louisiana-Monroe | 7 | 50 | 57 | 12 | 119 | 17.0 |
| 12 | South Alabama | 7 | 72 | 54 | 11 | 137 | 19.6 |
| 13 | Louisiana | 7 | 53 | 47 | 19 | 119 | 17.0 |
| 14 | Coastal Carolina | 7 | 58 | 45 | 10 | 113 | 16.1 |