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