2025 Big Ten Conference Leaders First Downs - Games vs. FBS Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 01/09/2026

	Name	G	Rush	Pass	Penalty	Total	Total/G
1	USC	10	77	130	23	230	23.0
2	Indiana	12	128	122	19	269	22.4
3	Oregon	13	122	139	20	281	21.6
4	Washington	10	89	111	15	215	21.5
5	Ohio State	12	95	148	14	257	21.4
5	Illinois	11	90	119	26	235	21.4
7	Rutgers	9	85	93	13	191	21.2
8	Michigan	11	104	89	14	207	18.8
8	Northwestern	9	78	70	21	169	18.8
10	Nebraska	11	95	93	15	203	18.5
11	Michigan State	10	69	91	24	184	18.4
12	Penn State	10	96	78	9	183	18.3
13	Purdue	9	57	88	14	159	17.7
14	Maryland	9	46	102	9	157	17.4
15	Iowa	11	93	77	15	185	16.8
16	UCLA	10	72	81	13	166	16.6
17	Minnesota	10	46	85	23	154	15.4
18	Wisconsin	10	66	53	6	125	12.5