2025 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games vs. FBS Teams With Winning Record Only through 12/22/2025
| Name | G | Rush | Pass | Penalty | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fresno State | 3 | 26 | 21 | 5 | 52 | 17.3 |
| 2 | Ohio | 3 | 28 | 28 | 4 | 60 | 20.0 |
| 3 | Nebraska | 5 | 51 | 29 | 8 | 88 | 17.6 |
| 4 | Hawaii | 4 | 33 | 32 | 9 | 74 | 18.5 |
| 4 | Connecticut | 3 | 34 | 32 | 7 | 73 | 24.3 |
| 6 | Texas Tech | 5 | 33 | 33 | 11 | 77 | 15.4 |
| 6 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 52 | 33 | 3 | 88 | 22.0 |
| 8 | Missouri | 4 | 27 | 34 | 9 | 70 | 17.5 |
| 9 | Texas A&M | 5 | 45 | 35 | 9 | 89 | 17.8 |
| 10 | Old Dominion | 4 | 40 | 38 | 7 | 85 | 21.3 |
| 11 | Wyoming | 5 | 54 | 39 | 6 | 99 | 19.8 |
| 11 | Utah | 4 | 39 | 39 | 5 | 83 | 20.8 |
| 11 | Central Michigan | 4 | 50 | 39 | 9 | 98 | 24.5 |
| 14 | Iowa | 6 | 45 | 40 | 11 | 96 | 16.0 |
| 14 | Toledo | 5 | 33 | 40 | 12 | 85 | 17.0 |
| 16 | North Texas | 5 | 63 | 41 | 7 | 111 | 22.2 |
| 17 | James Madison | 5 | 27 | 42 | 9 | 78 | 15.6 |
| 17 | Navy | 4 | 34 | 42 | 10 | 86 | 21.5 |
| 17 | Tulsa | 4 | 56 | 42 | 5 | 103 | 25.8 |
| 20 | Army | 4 | 42 | 43 | 4 | 89 | 22.3 |
| 21 | Marshall | 4 | 31 | 44 | 5 | 80 | 20.0 |
| 21 | Bowling Green | 5 | 45 | 44 | 11 | 100 | 20.0 |
| 21 | Ball State | 5 | 50 | 44 | 8 | 102 | 20.4 |
| 21 | UCF | 5 | 55 | 44 | 6 | 105 | 21.0 |
| 21 | Massachusetts | 5 | 68 | 44 | 4 | 116 | 23.2 |
| 21 | Kent State | 4 | 46 | 44 | 5 | 95 | 23.8 |
| 27 | Miami (OH) | 5 | 46 | 45 | 8 | 99 | 19.8 |
| 27 | Northern Illinois | 5 | 63 | 45 | 8 | 116 | 23.2 |
| 29 | Southern Miss | 4 | 33 | 46 | 6 | 85 | 21.3 |
| 30 | Houston | 4 | 37 | 47 | 5 | 89 | 22.3 |
| 31 | Penn State | 6 | 50 | 48 | 6 | 104 | 17.3 |
| 32 | Indiana | 6 | 23 | 49 | 5 | 77 | 12.8 |
| 32 | Kansas State | 5 | 52 | 49 | 8 | 109 | 21.8 |
| 32 | New Mexico | 4 | 36 | 49 | 7 | 92 | 23.0 |
| 32 | Tennessee | 4 | 38 | 49 | 10 | 97 | 24.3 |
| 32 | Akron | 4 | 45 | 49 | 5 | 99 | 24.8 |
| 37 | Ohio State | 7 | 39 | 50 | 10 | 99 | 14.1 |
| 37 | East Carolina | 4 | 31 | 50 | 8 | 89 | 22.3 |
| 37 | Coastal Carolina | 4 | 52 | 50 | 4 | 106 | 26.5 |
| 40 | Arizona | 6 | 55 | 51 | 9 | 115 | 19.2 |
| 41 | Boise State | 8 | 66 | 52 | 15 | 133 | 16.6 |
| 41 | UNLV | 5 | 32 | 52 | 7 | 91 | 18.2 |
| 43 | San Diego State | 6 | 40 | 53 | 7 | 100 | 16.7 |
| 43 | Texas | 5 | 30 | 53 | 9 | 92 | 18.4 |
| 43 | South Alabama | 5 | 47 | 53 | 8 | 108 | 21.6 |
| 43 | Temple | 6 | 74 | 53 | 10 | 137 | 22.8 |
| 47 | Louisiana | 6 | 68 | 54 | 6 | 128 | 21.3 |
| 48 | Troy | 7 | 64 | 56 | 10 | 130 | 18.6 |
| 48 | Nevada | 6 | 57 | 56 | 13 | 126 | 21.0 |
| 48 | Maryland | 5 | 64 | 56 | 10 | 130 | 26.0 |
| 51 | Minnesota | 5 | 33 | 57 | 3 | 93 | 18.6 |
| 51 | Buffalo | 6 | 62 | 57 | 7 | 126 | 21.0 |
| 51 | UTEP | 6 | 56 | 57 | 16 | 129 | 21.5 |
| 54 | Oregon | 6 | 42 | 58 | 18 | 118 | 19.7 |
| 54 | USC | 7 | 69 | 58 | 12 | 139 | 19.9 |
| 54 | Arizona State | 6 | 47 | 58 | 16 | 121 | 20.2 |
| 54 | San Jose State | 6 | 55 | 58 | 8 | 121 | 20.2 |
| 54 | FIU | 6 | 57 | 58 | 10 | 125 | 20.8 |
| 59 | California | 6 | 52 | 59 | 9 | 120 | 20.0 |
| 59 | Texas State | 5 | 45 | 59 | 8 | 112 | 22.4 |
| 61 | Michigan State | 7 | 57 | 60 | 13 | 130 | 18.6 |
| 61 | Vanderbilt | 5 | 37 | 60 | 8 | 105 | 21.0 |
| 61 | Arkansas State | 5 | 42 | 60 | 4 | 106 | 21.2 |
| 64 | Ole Miss | 6 | 47 | 61 | 15 | 123 | 20.5 |
| 65 | Louisiana-Monroe | 5 | 33 | 62 | 10 | 105 | 21.0 |
| 65 | Rice | 6 | 58 | 62 | 6 | 126 | 21.0 |
| 65 | UTSA | 5 | 36 | 62 | 12 | 110 | 22.0 |
| 68 | Wake Forest | 7 | 51 | 63 | 20 | 134 | 19.1 |
| 68 | Clemson | 6 | 45 | 63 | 10 | 118 | 19.7 |
| 68 | Memphis | 6 | 44 | 63 | 13 | 120 | 20.0 |
| 68 | Georgia State | 6 | 71 | 63 | 16 | 150 | 25.0 |
| 72 | Virginia | 7 | 51 | 64 | 7 | 122 | 17.4 |
| 72 | TCU | 6 | 46 | 64 | 11 | 121 | 20.2 |
| 72 | Baylor | 7 | 80 | 64 | 22 | 166 | 23.7 |
| 75 | Washington State | 8 | 64 | 65 | 7 | 136 | 17.0 |
| 75 | Air Force | 6 | 54 | 65 | 8 | 127 | 21.2 |
| 77 | Notre Dame | 7 | 45 | 66 | 21 | 132 | 18.9 |
| 77 | Pittsburgh | 6 | 44 | 66 | 10 | 120 | 20.0 |
| 77 | Georgia Tech | 6 | 55 | 66 | 9 | 130 | 21.7 |
| 77 | UAB | 6 | 57 | 66 | 12 | 135 | 22.5 |
| 77 | New Mexico State | 6 | 64 | 66 | 11 | 141 | 23.5 |
| 82 | Western Michigan | 8 | 61 | 67 | 16 | 144 | 18.0 |
| 82 | Delaware | 6 | 49 | 67 | 10 | 126 | 21.0 |
| 84 | Florida State | 7 | 58 | 68 | 11 | 137 | 19.6 |
| 84 | Middle Tennessee State | 6 | 51 | 68 | 13 | 132 | 22.0 |
| 84 | Cincinnati | 6 | 74 | 68 | 14 | 156 | 26.0 |
| 87 | Miami (FL) | 7 | 33 | 69 | 13 | 115 | 16.4 |
| 87 | Alabama | 8 | 53 | 69 | 11 | 133 | 16.6 |
| 89 | Florida Atlantic | 7 | 91 | 70 | 12 | 173 | 24.7 |
| 90 | Louisville | 7 | 46 | 71 | 13 | 130 | 18.6 |
| 90 | Appalachian State | 5 | 41 | 71 | 12 | 124 | 24.8 |
| 92 | Northwestern | 7 | 59 | 72 | 9 | 140 | 20.0 |
| 92 | Washington | 6 | 37 | 72 | 12 | 121 | 20.2 |
| 92 | Iowa State | 7 | 60 | 72 | 11 | 143 | 20.4 |
| 92 | North Carolina | 7 | 67 | 72 | 18 | 157 | 22.4 |
| 92 | USF | 6 | 65 | 72 | 13 | 150 | 25.0 |
| 97 | Georgia | 6 | 24 | 73 | 12 | 109 | 18.2 |
| 98 | Michigan | 7 | 50 | 74 | 11 | 135 | 19.3 |
| 98 | Oklahoma State | 6 | 54 | 74 | 15 | 143 | 23.8 |
| 100 | Liberty | 8 | 87 | 75 | 16 | 178 | 22.3 |
| 100 | Georgia Southern | 7 | 104 | 75 | 15 | 194 | 27.7 |
| 102 | LSU | 8 | 50 | 76 | 16 | 142 | 17.8 |
| 102 | Auburn | 6 | 38 | 76 | 18 | 132 | 22.0 |
| 102 | Charlotte | 5 | 65 | 76 | 11 | 152 | 30.4 |
| 105 | Kansas | 7 | 71 | 77 | 5 | 153 | 21.9 |
| 105 | Jacksonville State | 7 | 62 | 77 | 18 | 157 | 22.4 |
| 107 | Illinois | 6 | 51 | 78 | 8 | 137 | 22.8 |
| 107 | UCLA | 8 | 96 | 78 | 16 | 190 | 23.8 |
| 109 | Kentucky | 7 | 58 | 80 | 13 | 151 | 21.6 |
| 109 | Western Kentucky | 7 | 59 | 80 | 19 | 158 | 22.6 |
| 111 | Mississippi State | 8 | 81 | 81 | 24 | 186 | 23.3 |
| 112 | BYU | 8 | 71 | 82 | 12 | 165 | 20.6 |
| 112 | Tulane | 6 | 53 | 82 | 15 | 150 | 25.0 |
| 114 | Oklahoma | 8 | 37 | 84 | 18 | 139 | 17.4 |
| 114 | SMU | 7 | 40 | 84 | 18 | 142 | 20.3 |
| 114 | Missouri State | 7 | 59 | 84 | 18 | 161 | 23.0 |
| 117 | Oregon State | 8 | 65 | 85 | 12 | 162 | 20.3 |
| 117 | Kennesaw State | 9 | 87 | 85 | 18 | 190 | 21.1 |
| 119 | Louisiana Tech | 7 | 49 | 87 | 25 | 161 | 23.0 |
| 120 | Florida | 8 | 64 | 88 | 10 | 162 | 20.3 |
| 120 | Purdue | 8 | 78 | 88 | 18 | 184 | 23.0 |
| 122 | Colorado | 9 | 96 | 89 | 18 | 203 | 22.6 |
| 122 | Colorado State | 8 | 84 | 89 | 13 | 186 | 23.3 |
| 124 | South Carolina | 8 | 65 | 94 | 18 | 177 | 22.1 |
| 125 | Rutgers | 8 | 74 | 96 | 16 | 186 | 23.3 |
| 126 | Wisconsin | 10 | 72 | 97 | 8 | 177 | 17.7 |
| 126 | Syracuse | 9 | 83 | 97 | 17 | 197 | 21.9 |
| 126 | West Virginia | 8 | 69 | 97 | 25 | 191 | 23.9 |
| 129 | Stanford | 8 | 58 | 100 | 15 | 173 | 21.6 |
| 129 | Sam Houston State | 8 | 86 | 100 | 14 | 200 | 25.0 |
| 129 | Arkansas | 9 | 100 | 100 | 26 | 226 | 25.1 |
| 132 | Virginia Tech | 9 | 77 | 103 | 21 | 201 | 22.3 |
| 133 | Boston College | 8 | 69 | 104 | 19 | 192 | 24.0 |
| 134 | Utah State | 8 | 79 | 115 | 11 | 205 | 25.6 |
| 135 | NC State | 9 | 61 | 124 | 19 | 204 | 22.7 |
| 136 | Duke | 10 | 85 | 129 | 27 | 241 | 24.1 |