2025 Big Ten Conference Leaders First Downs - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/19/2026

	Name	G	Rush	Pass	Penalty	Total	Total/G
1	Illinois	10	92	104	24	220	22.0
1	Northwestern	9	86	88	24	198	22.0
1	Minnesota	10	68	96	24	188	18.8
4	USC	8	76	105	17	198	24.8
5	UCLA	8	66	72	16	154	19.3
5	Maryland	10	58	115	16	189	18.9
5	Michigan State	8	60	75	16	151	18.9
8	Indiana	10	138	109	15	262	26.2
9	Rutgers	9	98	123	14	235	26.1
10	Washington	10	116	116	13	245	24.5
11	Oregon	9	102	101	12	215	23.9
12	Ohio State	10	99	139	10	248	24.8
12	Nebraska	9	78	102	10	190	21.1
12	Iowa	9	89	57	10	156	17.3
15	Michigan	9	108	88	9	205	22.8
15	Purdue	7	57	75	9	141	20.1
17	Penn State	9	97	85	8	190	21.1
18	Wisconsin	6	46	50	6	102	17.0