2025 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games vs. FBS Teams With Winning Record Only through 01/09/2026
| Name | G | Rush | Pass | Penalty | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ohio | 3 | 30 | 29 | 3 | 62 | 20.7 |
| 1 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 58 | 34 | 3 | 95 | 23.8 |
| 1 | Akron | 3 | 35 | 41 | 3 | 79 | 26.3 |
| 4 | Army | 6 | 57 | 60 | 4 | 121 | 20.2 |
| 4 | Massachusetts | 5 | 68 | 44 | 4 | 116 | 23.2 |
| 6 | Ball State | 4 | 38 | 36 | 5 | 79 | 19.8 |
| 6 | Utah | 5 | 50 | 45 | 5 | 100 | 20.0 |
| 6 | Kansas | 7 | 71 | 77 | 5 | 153 | 21.9 |
| 6 | Kent State | 4 | 46 | 44 | 5 | 95 | 23.8 |
| 10 | Fresno State | 4 | 29 | 30 | 6 | 65 | 16.3 |
| 10 | Minnesota | 7 | 55 | 74 | 6 | 135 | 19.3 |
| 10 | Wyoming | 5 | 54 | 39 | 6 | 99 | 19.8 |
| 10 | UCF | 5 | 55 | 44 | 6 | 105 | 21.0 |
| 10 | Houston | 5 | 42 | 58 | 6 | 106 | 21.2 |
| 10 | Northern Illinois | 4 | 51 | 37 | 6 | 94 | 23.5 |
| 16 | Indiana | 9 | 36 | 82 | 7 | 125 | 13.9 |
| 16 | Washington State | 8 | 64 | 65 | 7 | 136 | 17.0 |
| 16 | Wisconsin | 9 | 70 | 93 | 7 | 170 | 18.9 |
| 16 | Buffalo | 5 | 54 | 49 | 7 | 110 | 22.0 |
| 20 | Virginia | 8 | 56 | 71 | 8 | 135 | 16.9 |
| 20 | UNLV | 5 | 35 | 48 | 8 | 91 | 18.2 |
| 20 | San Jose State | 6 | 55 | 58 | 8 | 121 | 20.2 |
| 20 | Louisiana | 7 | 75 | 67 | 8 | 150 | 21.4 |
| 20 | Kansas State | 6 | 69 | 52 | 8 | 129 | 21.5 |
| 20 | Marshall | 6 | 46 | 77 | 8 | 131 | 21.8 |
| 20 | South Alabama | 6 | 64 | 62 | 8 | 134 | 22.3 |
| 20 | Connecticut | 4 | 50 | 38 | 8 | 96 | 24.0 |
| 28 | Missouri | 5 | 34 | 45 | 9 | 88 | 17.6 |
| 28 | San Diego State | 7 | 54 | 65 | 9 | 128 | 18.3 |
| 28 | Miami (OH) | 6 | 55 | 53 | 9 | 117 | 19.5 |
| 28 | Air Force | 7 | 65 | 68 | 9 | 142 | 20.3 |
| 28 | Arkansas State | 7 | 63 | 79 | 9 | 151 | 21.6 |
| 28 | Coastal Carolina | 6 | 69 | 64 | 9 | 142 | 23.7 |
| 28 | Tulsa | 5 | 69 | 44 | 9 | 122 | 24.4 |
| 35 | Texas A&M | 6 | 53 | 43 | 10 | 106 | 17.7 |
| 35 | Texas | 6 | 40 | 61 | 10 | 111 | 18.5 |
| 35 | Northwestern | 9 | 70 | 88 | 10 | 168 | 18.7 |
| 35 | Troy | 8 | 75 | 66 | 10 | 151 | 18.9 |
| 35 | Arizona | 7 | 60 | 63 | 10 | 133 | 19.0 |
| 35 | Old Dominion | 5 | 42 | 46 | 10 | 98 | 19.6 |
| 35 | Clemson | 7 | 55 | 73 | 10 | 138 | 19.7 |
| 35 | Florida | 8 | 64 | 88 | 10 | 162 | 20.3 |
| 35 | Vanderbilt | 6 | 44 | 70 | 10 | 124 | 20.7 |
| 35 | Delaware | 6 | 49 | 67 | 10 | 126 | 21.0 |
| 35 | New Mexico | 5 | 43 | 55 | 10 | 108 | 21.6 |
| 35 | Texas State | 6 | 57 | 70 | 10 | 137 | 22.8 |
| 35 | Maryland | 5 | 64 | 56 | 10 | 130 | 26.0 |
| 48 | Ohio State | 9 | 51 | 70 | 11 | 132 | 14.7 |
| 48 | Florida State | 7 | 58 | 68 | 11 | 137 | 19.6 |
| 48 | Bowling Green | 5 | 45 | 44 | 11 | 100 | 20.0 |
| 48 | Hawaii | 5 | 42 | 49 | 11 | 102 | 20.4 |
| 48 | Iowa State | 7 | 60 | 72 | 11 | 143 | 20.4 |
| 48 | California | 7 | 58 | 75 | 11 | 144 | 20.6 |
| 48 | Southern Miss | 7 | 63 | 78 | 11 | 152 | 21.7 |
| 48 | Illinois | 8 | 64 | 99 | 11 | 174 | 21.8 |
| 48 | North Texas | 8 | 107 | 58 | 11 | 176 | 22.0 |
| 48 | Georgia Tech | 7 | 62 | 83 | 11 | 156 | 22.3 |
| 48 | Central Michigan | 5 | 55 | 50 | 11 | 116 | 23.2 |
| 48 | New Mexico State | 6 | 64 | 66 | 11 | 141 | 23.5 |
| 48 | Utah State | 8 | 79 | 115 | 11 | 205 | 25.6 |
| 61 | James Madison | 7 | 39 | 57 | 12 | 108 | 15.4 |
| 61 | Alabama | 9 | 67 | 76 | 12 | 155 | 17.2 |
| 61 | Navy | 6 | 47 | 50 | 12 | 109 | 18.2 |
| 61 | Pittsburgh | 7 | 49 | 70 | 12 | 131 | 18.7 |
| 61 | Washington | 6 | 37 | 72 | 12 | 121 | 20.2 |
| 61 | Oregon State | 8 | 65 | 85 | 12 | 162 | 20.3 |
| 61 | Florida Atlantic | 7 | 91 | 70 | 12 | 173 | 24.7 |
| 68 | Texas Tech | 6 | 36 | 44 | 13 | 93 | 15.5 |
| 68 | Western Michigan | 6 | 50 | 44 | 13 | 107 | 17.8 |
| 68 | Penn State | 8 | 66 | 64 | 13 | 143 | 17.9 |
| 68 | Michigan State | 8 | 72 | 64 | 13 | 149 | 18.6 |
| 68 | Memphis | 6 | 43 | 63 | 13 | 119 | 19.8 |
| 68 | FIU | 8 | 76 | 81 | 13 | 170 | 21.3 |
| 68 | Kentucky | 7 | 58 | 80 | 13 | 151 | 21.6 |
| 68 | Nevada | 7 | 65 | 73 | 13 | 151 | 21.6 |
| 68 | UAB | 7 | 72 | 67 | 13 | 152 | 21.7 |
| 68 | Middle Tennessee State | 6 | 51 | 68 | 13 | 132 | 22.0 |
| 68 | Temple | 8 | 95 | 68 | 13 | 176 | 22.0 |
| 68 | Tennessee | 5 | 52 | 59 | 13 | 124 | 24.8 |
| 80 | Toledo | 5 | 39 | 40 | 14 | 93 | 18.6 |
| 80 | Louisville | 8 | 56 | 80 | 14 | 150 | 18.8 |
| 80 | Georgia | 7 | 32 | 86 | 14 | 132 | 18.9 |
| 80 | TCU | 7 | 51 | 75 | 14 | 140 | 20.0 |
| 80 | Rice | 8 | 78 | 79 | 14 | 171 | 21.4 |
| 80 | East Carolina | 7 | 60 | 78 | 14 | 152 | 21.7 |
| 80 | Louisiana-Monroe | 7 | 56 | 87 | 14 | 157 | 22.4 |
| 80 | Sam Houston State | 8 | 86 | 100 | 14 | 200 | 25.0 |
| 80 | Charlotte | 7 | 97 | 90 | 14 | 201 | 28.7 |
| 89 | Boise State | 8 | 66 | 52 | 15 | 133 | 16.6 |
| 89 | Iowa | 8 | 60 | 61 | 15 | 136 | 17.0 |
| 89 | Nebraska | 8 | 83 | 55 | 15 | 153 | 19.1 |
| 89 | BYU | 9 | 77 | 94 | 15 | 186 | 20.7 |
| 89 | Stanford | 8 | 58 | 100 | 15 | 173 | 21.6 |
| 89 | Oklahoma State | 6 | 54 | 74 | 15 | 143 | 23.8 |
| 89 | Appalachian State | 7 | 57 | 99 | 15 | 171 | 24.4 |
| 89 | Georgia Southern | 7 | 104 | 75 | 15 | 194 | 27.7 |
| 97 | Michigan | 9 | 65 | 89 | 16 | 170 | 18.9 |
| 97 | UTEP | 6 | 56 | 57 | 16 | 129 | 21.5 |
| 97 | Colorado State | 9 | 87 | 96 | 16 | 199 | 22.1 |
| 97 | Liberty | 8 | 87 | 75 | 16 | 178 | 22.3 |
| 97 | Cincinnati | 7 | 89 | 73 | 16 | 178 | 25.4 |
| 102 | Miami (FL) | 9 | 41 | 98 | 17 | 156 | 17.3 |
| 102 | Syracuse | 9 | 83 | 97 | 17 | 197 | 21.9 |
| 102 | USF | 7 | 73 | 85 | 17 | 175 | 25.0 |
| 105 | Oklahoma | 8 | 37 | 84 | 18 | 139 | 17.4 |
| 105 | USC | 10 | 92 | 88 | 18 | 198 | 19.8 |
| 105 | Arizona State | 8 | 69 | 79 | 18 | 166 | 20.8 |
| 105 | Kennesaw State | 9 | 87 | 85 | 18 | 190 | 21.1 |
| 105 | Auburn | 6 | 38 | 76 | 18 | 132 | 22.0 |
| 105 | South Carolina | 8 | 65 | 94 | 18 | 177 | 22.1 |
| 105 | North Carolina | 7 | 67 | 72 | 18 | 157 | 22.4 |
| 105 | Jacksonville State | 8 | 75 | 88 | 18 | 181 | 22.6 |
| 105 | Colorado | 9 | 96 | 89 | 18 | 203 | 22.6 |
| 105 | Missouri State | 7 | 59 | 84 | 18 | 161 | 23.0 |
| 105 | Rutgers | 8 | 78 | 99 | 18 | 195 | 24.4 |
| 116 | Oregon | 10 | 73 | 84 | 19 | 176 | 17.6 |
| 116 | NC State | 9 | 61 | 124 | 19 | 204 | 22.7 |
| 116 | UCLA | 10 | 120 | 93 | 19 | 232 | 23.2 |
| 116 | Boston College | 8 | 69 | 104 | 19 | 192 | 24.0 |
| 116 | Georgia State | 7 | 86 | 70 | 19 | 175 | 25.0 |
| 121 | Wake Forest | 7 | 51 | 63 | 20 | 134 | 19.1 |
| 121 | SMU | 8 | 51 | 97 | 20 | 168 | 21.0 |
| 121 | Tulane | 9 | 84 | 114 | 20 | 218 | 24.2 |
| 124 | Notre Dame | 7 | 45 | 66 | 21 | 132 | 18.9 |
| 124 | Virginia Tech | 9 | 77 | 103 | 21 | 201 | 22.3 |
| 124 | Western Kentucky | 8 | 64 | 94 | 21 | 179 | 22.4 |
| 127 | UTSA | 8 | 61 | 82 | 22 | 165 | 20.6 |
| 127 | Ole Miss | 8 | 66 | 86 | 22 | 174 | 21.8 |
| 127 | Purdue | 9 | 92 | 94 | 22 | 208 | 23.1 |
| 127 | Baylor | 7 | 80 | 64 | 22 | 166 | 23.7 |
| 131 | LSU | 9 | 60 | 91 | 23 | 174 | 19.3 |
| 132 | Louisiana Tech | 7 | 49 | 87 | 25 | 161 | 23.0 |
| 132 | West Virginia | 8 | 69 | 97 | 25 | 191 | 23.9 |
| 134 | Mississippi State | 9 | 91 | 92 | 26 | 209 | 23.2 |
| 134 | Arkansas | 9 | 100 | 100 | 26 | 226 | 25.1 |
| 136 | Duke | 11 | 94 | 141 | 28 | 263 | 23.9 |