2025 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games vs. Conference Teams Only through 01/09/2026

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Washington State 2 12 14 5 31 15.5
2 Oregon State 2 15 17 6 38 19.0
3 James Madison 9 39 66 20 125 13.9
4 Oklahoma 9 42 95 23 160 17.8
5 Toledo 8 45 50 14 109 13.6
5 Old Dominion 8 45 72 16 133 16.6
7 Ohio State 10 48 66 17 131 13.1
7 Indiana 11 48 104 8 160 14.5
7 Auburn 8 48 94 20 162 20.3
10 Louisville 8 50 84 13 147 18.4
10 Hawaii 8 50 84 18 152 19.0
12 SMU 8 51 98 16 165 20.6
13 Pittsburgh 8 52 85 13 150 18.8
14 Miami (FL) 8 53 70 15 138 17.3
14 Missouri 8 53 70 23 146 18.3
16 San Diego State 8 54 62 13 129 16.1
16 Washington 9 54 93 17 164 18.2
16 Wake Forest 8 54 71 22 147 18.4
16 Clemson 8 54 84 16 154 19.3
16 Stanford 8 54 99 12 165 20.6
21 Western Michigan 9 55 68 11 134 14.9
21 Delaware 8 55 90 18 163 20.4
23 Georgia 10 57 108 24 189 18.9
23 Western Kentucky 8 57 85 23 165 20.6
25 Texas Tech 10 58 68 16 142 14.2
25 Iowa State 9 58 96 10 164 18.2
25 Vanderbilt 8 58 109 10 177 22.1
28 Texas A&M 8 59 57 16 132 16.5
28 UTSA 8 59 74 16 149 18.6
28 Memphis 8 59 90 14 163 20.4
28 Middle Tennessee State 8 59 97 20 176 22.0
32 Miami (OH) 9 60 78 12 150 16.7
32 Michigan 9 60 92 13 165 18.3
32 Texas 8 60 107 16 183 22.9
35 Louisiana Tech 8 61 76 20 157 19.6
36 East Carolina 8 62 77 14 153 19.1
36 UTEP 8 62 91 22 175 21.9
36 USF 8 62 95 25 182 22.8
39 Arizona State 9 63 86 22 171 19.0
39 Air Force 8 63 105 10 178 22.3
41 Northwestern 9 64 86 9 159 17.7
41 New Mexico 8 64 83 13 160 20.0
41 Marshall 8 64 88 18 170 21.3
44 Kentucky 8 65 83 13 161 20.1
44 South Carolina 8 65 86 15 166 20.8
46 Iowa 9 66 71 15 152 16.9
46 Arkansas State 8 66 74 11 151 18.9
46 Louisiana-Monroe 8 66 74 19 159 19.9
46 Tulane 9 66 103 19 188 20.9
50 Alabama 10 67 87 17 171 17.1
50 Nevada 8 67 71 18 156 19.5
50 LSU 8 67 80 15 162 20.3
50 Florida 8 67 94 6 167 20.9
54 Fresno State 8 68 46 16 130 16.3
54 Bowling Green 8 68 58 20 146 18.3
54 Central Michigan 8 68 68 17 153 19.1
54 North Carolina 8 68 73 21 162 20.3
54 Missouri State 8 68 88 18 174 21.8
59 Akron 8 69 64 14 147 18.4
59 Georgia Tech 8 69 93 10 172 21.5
59 Virginia Tech 8 69 89 18 176 22.0
59 Illinois 9 69 121 9 199 22.1
59 Kent State 8 69 91 19 179 22.4
64 Ohio 8 70 62 9 141 17.6
64 Wisconsin 9 70 87 4 161 17.9
64 Navy 9 70 98 15 183 20.3
64 TCU 9 70 101 17 188 20.9
64 Utah State 8 70 93 8 171 21.4
64 NC State 9 70 117 17 204 22.7
70 San Jose State 8 71 78 17 166 20.8
70 New Mexico State 8 71 90 11 172 21.5
70 Oklahoma State 9 71 105 20 196 21.8
70 Syracuse 8 71 91 16 178 22.3
70 Duke 9 71 113 22 206 22.9
70 Texas State 8 71 93 22 186 23.3
76 Virginia 10 72 86 11 169 16.9
77 Wyoming 8 73 56 11 140 17.5
77 Boise State 9 73 65 22 160 17.8
77 Ball State 8 73 79 9 161 20.1
77 USC 9 73 85 23 181 20.1
77 Rice 8 73 83 19 175 21.9
82 Florida State 8 74 70 14 158 19.8
82 Jacksonville State 9 74 95 21 190 21.1
82 Boston College 8 74 88 15 177 22.1
85 Oregon 10 75 75 16 166 16.6
85 Buffalo 8 75 60 14 149 18.6
85 South Alabama 8 75 70 16 161 20.1
85 Appalachian State 9 75 122 19 216 24.0
89 FIU 8 76 79 10 165 20.6
89 UNLV 9 76 91 20 187 20.8
91 Minnesota 9 77 100 6 183 20.3
92 Houston 9 78 85 10 173 19.2
92 Army 9 78 93 5 176 19.6
92 Liberty 8 78 69 14 161 20.1
95 Penn State 9 80 79 16 175 19.4
96 California 8 81 68 16 165 20.6
97 Arizona 10 82 70 12 164 16.4
97 Eastern Michigan 8 82 57 12 151 18.9
97 Ole Miss 9 82 82 21 185 20.6
97 Louisiana 8 82 85 11 178 22.3
97 West Virginia 9 82 109 20 211 23.4
97 Mississippi State 8 82 89 23 194 24.3
103 Sam Houston State 8 83 92 18 193 24.1
104 Tennessee 8 84 87 19 190 23.8
104 Arkansas 8 84 82 27 193 24.1
106 BYU 10 85 92 14 191 19.1
106 Troy 9 85 83 11 179 19.9
106 Northern Illinois 8 85 70 11 166 20.8
106 Colorado State 8 85 82 14 181 22.6
106 Southern Miss 8 85 91 17 193 24.1
111 Kennesaw State 9 86 92 19 197 21.9
112 UAB 8 87 61 16 164 20.5
112 Michigan State 9 87 82 16 185 20.6
112 Georgia State 8 87 74 15 176 22.0
115 Nebraska 9 88 63 16 167 18.6
115 Temple 8 88 68 18 174 21.8
115 Rutgers 9 88 93 18 199 22.1
118 Kansas 9 89 85 13 187 20.8
118 Coastal Carolina 8 89 84 10 183 22.9
118 Baylor 9 89 93 27 209 23.2
121 UCF 9 90 80 8 178 19.8
121 Purdue 9 90 93 20 203 22.6
123 Utah 9 93 77 14 184 20.4
123 UCLA 9 93 81 17 191 21.2
125 Kansas State 10 95 94 17 206 20.6
126 Colorado 9 96 81 17 194 21.6
127 Tulsa 8 97 71 10 178 22.3
127 Georgia Southern 9 97 113 18 228 25.3
129 Massachusetts 8 98 64 13 175 21.9
130 Charlotte 8 100 93 13 206 25.8
131 Maryland 9 101 99 21 221 24.6
132 Florida Atlantic 8 105 69 15 189 23.6
133 Cincinnati 9 109 90 24 223 24.8
134 North Texas 9 120 70 7 197 21.9