2025 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games Won Only through 11/29/2025
| Name | G | Rush | Pass | Penalty | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 2 | Georgia State | 1 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 3 | Boston College | 2 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 25 | 12.5 |
| 4 | Arkansas | 2 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 35 | 17.5 |
| 5 | Oregon State | 2 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 33 | 16.5 |
| 6 | Purdue | 2 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 33 | 16.5 |
| 7 | Nevada | 3 | 20 | 19 | 5 | 44 | 14.7 |
| 8 | UCLA | 3 | 25 | 22 | 5 | 52 | 17.3 |
| 9 | Charlotte | 1 | 3 | 23 | 2 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 10 | UCF | 5 | 44 | 25 | 7 | 76 | 15.2 |
| 10 | Akron | 5 | 45 | 25 | 10 | 80 | 16.0 |
| 10 | UTEP | 2 | 9 | 25 | 5 | 39 | 19.5 |
| 10 | Colorado State | 2 | 9 | 25 | 11 | 45 | 22.5 |
| 14 | Northern Illinois | 3 | 13 | 26 | 4 | 43 | 14.3 |
| 15 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 28 | 27 | 9 | 64 | 16.0 |
| 16 | South Carolina | 4 | 26 | 29 | 4 | 59 | 14.8 |
| 16 | Tulsa | 4 | 37 | 29 | 7 | 73 | 18.3 |
| 16 | Sam Houston State | 2 | 19 | 29 | 5 | 53 | 26.5 |
| 19 | Virginia Tech | 3 | 9 | 30 | 6 | 45 | 15.0 |
| 19 | Mississippi State | 5 | 48 | 30 | 11 | 89 | 17.8 |
| 21 | Buffalo | 5 | 39 | 31 | 8 | 78 | 15.6 |
| 21 | Bowling Green | 4 | 30 | 31 | 6 | 67 | 16.8 |
| 23 | Wisconsin | 4 | 21 | 32 | 2 | 55 | 13.8 |
| 23 | Louisiana-Monroe | 3 | 10 | 32 | 8 | 50 | 16.7 |
| 23 | Colorado | 3 | 23 | 32 | 6 | 61 | 20.3 |
| 26 | Florida State | 5 | 37 | 33 | 8 | 78 | 15.6 |
| 27 | Rutgers | 5 | 39 | 34 | 5 | 78 | 15.6 |
| 28 | Middle Tennessee State | 3 | 17 | 35 | 8 | 60 | 20.0 |
| 29 | Liberty | 4 | 27 | 36 | 2 | 65 | 16.3 |
| 29 | South Alabama | 4 | 28 | 36 | 9 | 73 | 18.3 |
| 31 | Wyoming | 4 | 17 | 37 | 8 | 62 | 15.5 |
| 31 | Florida | 4 | 24 | 37 | 3 | 64 | 16.0 |
| 31 | Nebraska | 7 | 64 | 37 | 13 | 114 | 16.3 |
| 31 | North Carolina | 4 | 24 | 37 | 9 | 70 | 17.5 |
| 31 | Maryland | 4 | 25 | 37 | 9 | 71 | 17.8 |
| 36 | Kansas | 5 | 33 | 38 | 6 | 77 | 15.4 |
| 37 | West Virginia | 4 | 19 | 39 | 11 | 69 | 17.3 |
| 37 | Florida Atlantic | 4 | 33 | 39 | 8 | 80 | 20.0 |
| 39 | Washington State | 6 | 38 | 42 | 9 | 89 | 14.8 |
| 40 | Penn State | 6 | 44 | 44 | 7 | 95 | 15.8 |
| 40 | Syracuse | 3 | 22 | 44 | 8 | 74 | 24.7 |
| 42 | New Mexico State | 4 | 26 | 45 | 7 | 78 | 19.5 |
| 43 | Rice | 5 | 32 | 46 | 14 | 92 | 18.4 |
| 43 | Ball State | 4 | 29 | 46 | 3 | 78 | 19.5 |
| 43 | UAB | 4 | 33 | 46 | 7 | 86 | 21.5 |
| 43 | San Jose State | 3 | 20 | 46 | 7 | 73 | 24.3 |
| 47 | Toledo | 8 | 42 | 48 | 13 | 103 | 12.9 |
| 47 | Northwestern | 6 | 31 | 48 | 6 | 85 | 14.2 |
| 47 | LSU | 7 | 45 | 48 | 15 | 108 | 15.4 |
| 47 | Auburn | 5 | 21 | 48 | 13 | 82 | 16.4 |
| 47 | Temple | 5 | 29 | 48 | 15 | 92 | 18.4 |
| 52 | Utah State | 6 | 44 | 50 | 7 | 101 | 16.8 |
| 52 | Kentucky | 5 | 34 | 50 | 3 | 87 | 17.4 |
| 52 | Baylor | 5 | 38 | 50 | 11 | 99 | 19.8 |
| 55 | Air Force | 4 | 27 | 52 | 4 | 83 | 20.8 |
| 56 | Louisville | 8 | 52 | 53 | 13 | 118 | 14.8 |
| 56 | Marshall | 5 | 17 | 53 | 10 | 80 | 16.0 |
| 56 | Coastal Carolina | 6 | 55 | 53 | 7 | 115 | 19.2 |
| 56 | Texas State | 6 | 58 | 53 | 15 | 126 | 21.0 |
| 56 | Kent State | 5 | 48 | 53 | 12 | 113 | 22.6 |
| 61 | Iowa | 8 | 47 | 54 | 10 | 111 | 13.9 |
| 61 | Kansas State | 6 | 50 | 54 | 10 | 114 | 19.0 |
| 63 | Minnesota | 7 | 47 | 55 | 5 | 107 | 15.3 |
| 64 | Western Michigan | 8 | 47 | 56 | 10 | 113 | 14.1 |
| 64 | Missouri | 8 | 42 | 56 | 19 | 117 | 14.6 |
| 66 | Army | 6 | 38 | 57 | 2 | 97 | 16.2 |
| 66 | California | 7 | 54 | 57 | 17 | 128 | 18.3 |
| 66 | Michigan State | 4 | 15 | 57 | 3 | 75 | 18.8 |
| 69 | Fresno State | 8 | 46 | 58 | 13 | 117 | 14.6 |
| 69 | Boise State | 8 | 54 | 58 | 21 | 133 | 16.6 |
| 69 | Central Michigan | 7 | 44 | 58 | 16 | 118 | 16.9 |
| 72 | Miami (OH) | 7 | 38 | 59 | 10 | 107 | 15.3 |
| 72 | Arkansas State | 6 | 45 | 59 | 11 | 115 | 19.2 |
| 74 | San Diego State | 9 | 52 | 60 | 14 | 126 | 14.0 |
| 75 | Arizona | 9 | 56 | 61 | 11 | 128 | 14.2 |
| 75 | UTSA | 6 | 32 | 61 | 14 | 107 | 17.8 |
| 75 | Stanford | 4 | 17 | 61 | 5 | 83 | 20.8 |
| 75 | Cincinnati | 7 | 63 | 61 | 22 | 146 | 20.9 |
| 79 | Wake Forest | 8 | 50 | 63 | 17 | 130 | 16.3 |
| 79 | Louisiana Tech | 7 | 58 | 63 | 18 | 139 | 19.9 |
| 81 | Appalachian State | 5 | 24 | 64 | 14 | 102 | 20.4 |
| 82 | Ohio | 8 | 59 | 65 | 10 | 134 | 16.8 |
| 82 | Hawaii | 8 | 50 | 65 | 21 | 136 | 17.0 |
| 84 | Ohio State | 12 | 64 | 66 | 19 | 149 | 12.4 |
| 84 | Old Dominion | 9 | 47 | 66 | 19 | 132 | 14.7 |
| 84 | Clemson | 7 | 41 | 66 | 10 | 117 | 16.7 |
| 87 | Pittsburgh | 8 | 43 | 67 | 10 | 120 | 15.0 |
| 87 | Missouri State | 7 | 47 | 67 | 15 | 129 | 18.4 |
| 87 | Louisiana | 6 | 61 | 67 | 8 | 136 | 22.7 |
| 90 | East Carolina | 8 | 56 | 68 | 10 | 134 | 16.8 |
| 91 | Ole Miss | 11 | 90 | 70 | 22 | 182 | 16.5 |
| 92 | Miami (FL) | 10 | 60 | 71 | 20 | 151 | 15.1 |
| 93 | Southern Miss | 7 | 69 | 72 | 19 | 160 | 22.9 |
| 94 | Oregon | 11 | 74 | 73 | 12 | 159 | 14.5 |
| 94 | Houston | 9 | 65 | 73 | 11 | 149 | 16.6 |
| 94 | Utah | 10 | 92 | 73 | 18 | 183 | 18.3 |
| 97 | Alabama | 10 | 61 | 74 | 15 | 150 | 15.0 |
| 97 | Arizona State | 8 | 54 | 74 | 15 | 143 | 17.9 |
| 99 | James Madison | 11 | 61 | 75 | 22 | 158 | 14.4 |
| 100 | Troy | 8 | 64 | 76 | 13 | 153 | 19.1 |
| 101 | Texas Tech | 11 | 52 | 77 | 16 | 145 | 13.2 |
| 101 | North Texas | 11 | 121 | 77 | 6 | 204 | 18.5 |
| 101 | Western Kentucky | 8 | 55 | 77 | 27 | 159 | 19.9 |
| 101 | FIU | 7 | 60 | 77 | 6 | 143 | 20.4 |
| 101 | Georgia Southern | 6 | 46 | 77 | 8 | 131 | 21.8 |
| 106 | USC | 9 | 70 | 78 | 19 | 167 | 18.6 |
| 106 | Delaware | 6 | 36 | 78 | 14 | 128 | 21.3 |
| 108 | Oklahoma | 10 | 41 | 79 | 26 | 146 | 14.6 |
| 109 | Texas A&M | 11 | 71 | 80 | 23 | 174 | 15.8 |
| 109 | Iowa State | 8 | 47 | 80 | 11 | 138 | 17.3 |
| 111 | Memphis | 8 | 51 | 81 | 12 | 144 | 18.0 |
| 111 | NC State | 7 | 44 | 81 | 13 | 138 | 19.7 |
| 111 | Jacksonville State | 8 | 64 | 81 | 19 | 164 | 20.5 |
| 114 | New Mexico | 9 | 66 | 84 | 11 | 161 | 17.9 |
| 114 | TCU | 8 | 56 | 84 | 16 | 156 | 19.5 |
| 116 | Michigan | 9 | 45 | 85 | 17 | 147 | 16.3 |
| 117 | Virginia | 10 | 55 | 87 | 12 | 154 | 15.4 |
| 117 | Washington | 8 | 33 | 87 | 21 | 141 | 17.6 |
| 117 | Notre Dame | 10 | 63 | 87 | 28 | 178 | 17.8 |
| 120 | Tennessee | 8 | 66 | 88 | 15 | 169 | 21.1 |
| 120 | Duke | 7 | 51 | 88 | 13 | 152 | 21.7 |
| 122 | Connecticut | 9 | 99 | 90 | 11 | 200 | 22.2 |
| 123 | Indiana | 12 | 53 | 91 | 4 | 148 | 12.3 |
| 124 | Georgia | 11 | 56 | 93 | 19 | 168 | 15.3 |
| 124 | SMU | 8 | 49 | 93 | 15 | 157 | 19.6 |
| 124 | Georgia Tech | 9 | 72 | 93 | 17 | 182 | 20.2 |
| 127 | BYU | 11 | 78 | 99 | 17 | 194 | 17.6 |
| 128 | Tulane | 10 | 78 | 101 | 25 | 204 | 20.4 |
| 128 | Kennesaw State | 9 | 71 | 101 | 22 | 194 | 21.6 |
| 130 | UNLV | 10 | 92 | 102 | 29 | 223 | 22.3 |
| 131 | Illinois | 8 | 39 | 103 | 12 | 154 | 19.3 |
| 131 | Navy | 9 | 63 | 103 | 16 | 182 | 20.2 |
| 133 | USF | 9 | 65 | 105 | 26 | 196 | 21.8 |
| 134 | Texas | 9 | 50 | 108 | 18 | 176 | 19.6 |
| 135 | Vanderbilt | 10 | 62 | 112 | 17 | 191 | 19.1 |