2025 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games Won Only through 11/08/2025
| Name | G | Rush | Pass | Penalty | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 2 | Nevada | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 2 | Middle Tennessee State | 1 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 4 | Georgia State | 1 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 5 | Boston College | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 6 | Northern Illinois | 2 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 26 | 13.0 |
| 6 | Arkansas | 2 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 35 | 17.5 |
| 8 | Oregon State | 2 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 33 | 16.5 |
| 8 | Sam Houston State | 1 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 10 | Purdue | 2 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 33 | 16.5 |
| 10 | South Alabama | 2 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 40 | 20.0 |
| 12 | Penn State | 3 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 38 | 12.7 |
| 12 | Tulsa | 2 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 37 | 18.5 |
| 14 | UCF | 4 | 39 | 18 | 7 | 64 | 16.0 |
| 15 | Wisconsin | 3 | 15 | 20 | 1 | 36 | 12.0 |
| 15 | Akron | 4 | 35 | 20 | 10 | 65 | 16.3 |
| 17 | South Carolina | 3 | 21 | 21 | 4 | 46 | 15.3 |
| 18 | Bowling Green | 3 | 23 | 22 | 6 | 51 | 17.0 |
| 18 | UCLA | 3 | 25 | 22 | 5 | 52 | 17.3 |
| 20 | Eastern Michigan | 3 | 22 | 23 | 6 | 51 | 17.0 |
| 20 | Charlotte | 1 | 3 | 23 | 2 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 22 | UTEP | 2 | 9 | 25 | 5 | 39 | 19.5 |
| 22 | Colorado State | 2 | 9 | 25 | 11 | 45 | 22.5 |
| 24 | Florida | 3 | 12 | 26 | 2 | 40 | 13.3 |
| 24 | Texas State | 3 | 30 | 26 | 9 | 65 | 21.7 |
| 26 | Toledo | 5 | 20 | 27 | 8 | 55 | 11.0 |
| 26 | Florida State | 4 | 23 | 27 | 8 | 58 | 14.5 |
| 28 | Washington State | 4 | 29 | 28 | 4 | 61 | 15.3 |
| 29 | Virginia Tech | 3 | 9 | 30 | 6 | 45 | 15.0 |
| 29 | Mississippi State | 5 | 48 | 30 | 11 | 89 | 17.8 |
| 29 | Kent State | 3 | 21 | 30 | 9 | 60 | 20.0 |
| 32 | Buffalo | 5 | 39 | 31 | 8 | 78 | 15.6 |
| 33 | Louisiana-Monroe | 3 | 10 | 32 | 8 | 50 | 16.7 |
| 33 | Colorado | 3 | 23 | 32 | 6 | 61 | 20.3 |
| 35 | LSU | 5 | 34 | 34 | 10 | 78 | 15.6 |
| 35 | Rutgers | 5 | 39 | 34 | 5 | 78 | 15.6 |
| 37 | Michigan State | 3 | 12 | 35 | 2 | 49 | 16.3 |
| 38 | Auburn | 4 | 16 | 36 | 11 | 63 | 15.8 |
| 38 | Liberty | 4 | 27 | 36 | 2 | 65 | 16.3 |
| 38 | Kansas State | 4 | 33 | 36 | 4 | 73 | 18.3 |
| 41 | Western Michigan | 5 | 21 | 37 | 6 | 64 | 12.8 |
| 41 | Northwestern | 5 | 28 | 37 | 5 | 70 | 14.0 |
| 41 | Miami (OH) | 5 | 27 | 37 | 7 | 71 | 14.2 |
| 41 | Wyoming | 4 | 17 | 37 | 8 | 62 | 15.5 |
| 41 | Nebraska | 7 | 64 | 37 | 13 | 114 | 16.3 |
| 41 | Clemson | 4 | 25 | 37 | 7 | 69 | 17.3 |
| 41 | North Carolina | 4 | 24 | 37 | 9 | 70 | 17.5 |
| 41 | Maryland | 4 | 25 | 37 | 9 | 71 | 17.8 |
| 41 | Air Force | 3 | 25 | 37 | 4 | 66 | 22.0 |
| 50 | Kansas | 5 | 33 | 38 | 6 | 77 | 15.4 |
| 50 | New Mexico State | 3 | 15 | 38 | 5 | 58 | 19.3 |
| 52 | Missouri | 6 | 25 | 39 | 11 | 75 | 12.5 |
| 52 | Central Michigan | 5 | 26 | 39 | 14 | 79 | 15.8 |
| 52 | West Virginia | 4 | 19 | 39 | 11 | 69 | 17.3 |
| 52 | Florida Atlantic | 4 | 33 | 39 | 8 | 80 | 20.0 |
| 56 | Iowa | 6 | 32 | 40 | 6 | 78 | 13.0 |
| 56 | Boise State | 6 | 43 | 40 | 11 | 94 | 15.7 |
| 56 | UAB | 3 | 22 | 40 | 5 | 67 | 22.3 |
| 59 | Arizona | 6 | 33 | 41 | 8 | 82 | 13.7 |
| 59 | Marshall | 4 | 11 | 41 | 7 | 59 | 14.8 |
| 59 | Louisiana | 4 | 37 | 41 | 5 | 83 | 20.8 |
| 62 | Oregon | 8 | 59 | 42 | 4 | 105 | 13.1 |
| 62 | Utah State | 5 | 40 | 42 | 7 | 89 | 17.8 |
| 64 | Utah | 7 | 53 | 43 | 12 | 108 | 15.4 |
| 64 | Wake Forest | 6 | 38 | 43 | 14 | 95 | 15.8 |
| 64 | Kentucky | 4 | 26 | 43 | 3 | 72 | 18.0 |
| 64 | UTSA | 4 | 24 | 43 | 12 | 79 | 19.8 |
| 68 | East Carolina | 6 | 39 | 44 | 6 | 89 | 14.8 |
| 68 | Old Dominion | 6 | 36 | 44 | 15 | 95 | 15.8 |
| 68 | Arkansas State | 5 | 38 | 44 | 10 | 92 | 18.4 |
| 68 | Syracuse | 3 | 22 | 44 | 8 | 74 | 24.7 |
| 72 | Army | 5 | 32 | 45 | 2 | 79 | 15.8 |
| 73 | Rice | 5 | 32 | 46 | 14 | 92 | 18.4 |
| 73 | Ball State | 4 | 29 | 46 | 3 | 78 | 19.5 |
| 73 | San Jose State | 3 | 20 | 46 | 7 | 73 | 24.3 |
| 76 | Stanford | 3 | 16 | 47 | 5 | 68 | 22.7 |
| 77 | Oklahoma | 7 | 28 | 48 | 19 | 95 | 13.6 |
| 77 | California | 6 | 42 | 48 | 15 | 105 | 17.5 |
| 77 | Temple | 5 | 29 | 48 | 15 | 92 | 18.4 |
| 77 | FIU | 4 | 25 | 48 | 3 | 76 | 19.0 |
| 81 | Louisville | 7 | 48 | 49 | 11 | 108 | 15.4 |
| 81 | Minnesota | 6 | 42 | 49 | 5 | 96 | 16.0 |
| 81 | Ohio | 6 | 42 | 49 | 7 | 98 | 16.3 |
| 81 | Troy | 6 | 50 | 49 | 8 | 107 | 17.8 |
| 81 | Louisiana Tech | 5 | 35 | 49 | 11 | 95 | 19.0 |
| 86 | San Diego State | 7 | 31 | 50 | 12 | 93 | 13.3 |
| 86 | North Texas | 8 | 81 | 50 | 5 | 136 | 17.0 |
| 86 | Baylor | 5 | 38 | 50 | 11 | 99 | 19.8 |
| 89 | Georgia Southern | 4 | 32 | 51 | 6 | 89 | 22.3 |
| 90 | Appalachian State | 4 | 16 | 52 | 11 | 79 | 19.8 |
| 91 | Ohio State | 9 | 53 | 53 | 14 | 120 | 13.3 |
| 91 | Miami (FL) | 7 | 45 | 53 | 13 | 111 | 15.9 |
| 91 | Coastal Carolina | 6 | 55 | 53 | 7 | 115 | 19.2 |
| 94 | James Madison | 8 | 48 | 54 | 17 | 119 | 14.9 |
| 94 | Fresno State | 6 | 31 | 54 | 9 | 94 | 15.7 |
| 94 | Ole Miss | 9 | 72 | 54 | 20 | 146 | 16.2 |
| 94 | Hawaii | 7 | 48 | 54 | 18 | 120 | 17.1 |
| 98 | Arizona State | 6 | 45 | 55 | 11 | 111 | 18.5 |
| 99 | Pittsburgh | 7 | 35 | 56 | 8 | 99 | 14.1 |
| 99 | Jacksonville State | 6 | 41 | 56 | 14 | 111 | 18.5 |
| 101 | Houston | 8 | 57 | 57 | 10 | 124 | 15.5 |
| 102 | USC | 7 | 54 | 58 | 18 | 130 | 18.6 |
| 103 | Duke | 5 | 36 | 59 | 12 | 107 | 21.4 |
| 104 | Missouri State | 6 | 40 | 60 | 12 | 112 | 18.7 |
| 105 | Iowa State | 6 | 40 | 61 | 9 | 110 | 18.3 |
| 105 | NC State | 5 | 27 | 61 | 9 | 97 | 19.4 |
| 105 | Cincinnati | 7 | 63 | 61 | 22 | 146 | 20.9 |
| 108 | Connecticut | 7 | 69 | 62 | 9 | 140 | 20.0 |
| 109 | Alabama | 8 | 54 | 63 | 11 | 128 | 16.0 |
| 110 | Texas Tech | 9 | 45 | 64 | 14 | 123 | 13.7 |
| 110 | Michigan | 7 | 37 | 64 | 14 | 115 | 16.4 |
| 110 | New Mexico | 6 | 38 | 64 | 6 | 108 | 18.0 |
| 113 | Notre Dame | 7 | 45 | 65 | 17 | 127 | 18.1 |
| 113 | Western Kentucky | 7 | 50 | 65 | 24 | 139 | 19.9 |
| 115 | TCU | 6 | 43 | 66 | 13 | 122 | 20.3 |
| 116 | BYU | 8 | 63 | 67 | 15 | 145 | 18.1 |
| 117 | Tennessee | 6 | 50 | 68 | 12 | 130 | 21.7 |
| 117 | Delaware | 5 | 33 | 68 | 9 | 110 | 22.0 |
| 119 | Georgia | 8 | 47 | 69 | 16 | 132 | 16.5 |
| 119 | Tulane | 7 | 64 | 69 | 18 | 151 | 21.6 |
| 121 | Texas A&M | 9 | 63 | 72 | 21 | 156 | 17.3 |
| 121 | Southern Miss | 7 | 69 | 72 | 19 | 160 | 22.9 |
| 123 | Washington | 6 | 27 | 73 | 17 | 117 | 19.5 |
| 124 | UNLV | 7 | 69 | 74 | 22 | 165 | 23.6 |
| 125 | Indiana | 10 | 44 | 76 | 4 | 124 | 12.4 |
| 125 | Illinois | 6 | 33 | 76 | 8 | 117 | 19.5 |
| 127 | Kennesaw State | 7 | 51 | 77 | 17 | 145 | 20.7 |
| 128 | Georgia Tech | 8 | 64 | 79 | 15 | 158 | 19.8 |
| 129 | Virginia | 8 | 46 | 80 | 11 | 137 | 17.1 |
| 130 | Memphis | 8 | 51 | 81 | 12 | 144 | 18.0 |
| 131 | Navy | 7 | 49 | 82 | 10 | 141 | 20.1 |
| 132 | Texas | 7 | 32 | 85 | 11 | 128 | 18.3 |
| 132 | Vanderbilt | 8 | 52 | 85 | 15 | 152 | 19.0 |
| 134 | USF | 7 | 51 | 86 | 19 | 156 | 22.3 |
| 135 | SMU | 7 | 43 | 88 | 14 | 145 | 20.7 |