2025 Big Ten Conference Leaders First Downs - Games in October Only through 01/19/2026

	Name	G	Rush	Pass	Penalty	Total	Total/G
1	Washington	4	34	56	5	95	23.8
2	Northwestern	4	44	33	14	91	22.8
3	Michigan	4	42	34	3	79	19.8
4	UCLA	4	35	31	9	75	18.8
4	Purdue	4	31	42	2	75	18.8
6	Indiana	3	27	37	10	74	24.7
7	Nebraska	4	28	34	7	69	17.3
8	Michigan State	4	26	35	7	68	17.0
9	Illinois	3	17	38	11	66	22.0
10	Ohio State	3	21	43	0	64	21.3
11	Oregon	3	31	25	6	62	20.7
12	Rutgers	3	28	29	2	59	19.7
13	Minnesota	4	18	29	9	56	14.0
14	Maryland	3	18	30	6	54	18.0
15	Penn State	3	28	23	2	53	17.7
16	USC	2	15	26	6	47	23.5
17	Wisconsin	4	25	18	2	45	11.3
18	Iowa	3	26	15	1	42	14.0