2025 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games Won Only through 12/22/2025
| Name | G | Rush | Pass | Penalty | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boston College | 2 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 25 | 12.5 |
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 1 | Wisconsin | 4 | 21 | 32 | 2 | 55 | 13.8 |
| 1 | Army | 6 | 38 | 57 | 2 | 97 | 16.2 |
| 1 | Liberty | 4 | 27 | 36 | 2 | 65 | 16.3 |
| 1 | Charlotte | 1 | 3 | 23 | 2 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 7 | Florida | 4 | 24 | 37 | 3 | 64 | 16.0 |
| 7 | Purdue | 2 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 33 | 16.5 |
| 7 | Kentucky | 5 | 34 | 50 | 3 | 87 | 17.4 |
| 7 | Michigan State | 4 | 15 | 57 | 3 | 75 | 18.8 |
| 7 | Ball State | 4 | 29 | 46 | 3 | 78 | 19.5 |
| 12 | Northern Illinois | 3 | 13 | 26 | 4 | 43 | 14.3 |
| 12 | South Carolina | 4 | 26 | 29 | 4 | 59 | 14.8 |
| 12 | Air Force | 4 | 27 | 52 | 4 | 83 | 20.8 |
| 15 | Nevada | 3 | 20 | 19 | 5 | 44 | 14.7 |
| 15 | Minnesota | 7 | 47 | 55 | 5 | 107 | 15.3 |
| 15 | Rutgers | 5 | 39 | 34 | 5 | 78 | 15.6 |
| 15 | UCLA | 3 | 25 | 22 | 5 | 52 | 17.3 |
| 15 | Arkansas | 2 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 35 | 17.5 |
| 15 | UTEP | 2 | 9 | 25 | 5 | 39 | 19.5 |
| 15 | Stanford | 4 | 17 | 61 | 5 | 83 | 20.8 |
| 15 | Sam Houston State | 2 | 19 | 29 | 5 | 53 | 26.5 |
| 23 | Northwestern | 6 | 31 | 48 | 6 | 85 | 14.2 |
| 23 | Virginia Tech | 3 | 9 | 30 | 6 | 45 | 15.0 |
| 23 | Kansas | 5 | 33 | 38 | 6 | 77 | 15.4 |
| 23 | Oregon State | 2 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 33 | 16.5 |
| 23 | Bowling Green | 4 | 30 | 31 | 6 | 67 | 16.8 |
| 23 | North Texas | 11 | 121 | 77 | 6 | 204 | 18.5 |
| 23 | Colorado | 3 | 23 | 32 | 6 | 61 | 20.3 |
| 23 | FIU | 7 | 60 | 77 | 6 | 143 | 20.4 |
| 23 | Georgia State | 1 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 32 | Indiana | 13 | 56 | 102 | 7 | 165 | 12.7 |
| 32 | UCF | 5 | 44 | 25 | 7 | 76 | 15.2 |
| 32 | Penn State | 6 | 44 | 44 | 7 | 95 | 15.8 |
| 32 | Utah State | 6 | 44 | 50 | 7 | 101 | 16.8 |
| 32 | Tulsa | 4 | 37 | 29 | 7 | 73 | 18.3 |
| 32 | Coastal Carolina | 6 | 55 | 53 | 7 | 115 | 19.2 |
| 32 | New Mexico State | 4 | 26 | 45 | 7 | 78 | 19.5 |
| 32 | UAB | 4 | 33 | 46 | 7 | 86 | 21.5 |
| 32 | San Jose State | 3 | 20 | 46 | 7 | 73 | 24.3 |
| 41 | Wyoming | 4 | 17 | 37 | 8 | 62 | 15.5 |
| 41 | Florida State | 5 | 37 | 33 | 8 | 78 | 15.6 |
| 41 | Buffalo | 5 | 39 | 31 | 8 | 78 | 15.6 |
| 41 | Louisiana-Monroe | 3 | 10 | 32 | 8 | 50 | 16.7 |
| 41 | Middle Tennessee State | 3 | 17 | 35 | 8 | 60 | 20.0 |
| 41 | Florida Atlantic | 4 | 33 | 39 | 8 | 80 | 20.0 |
| 41 | Georgia Southern | 6 | 46 | 77 | 8 | 131 | 21.8 |
| 41 | Louisiana | 6 | 61 | 67 | 8 | 136 | 22.7 |
| 41 | Syracuse | 3 | 22 | 44 | 8 | 74 | 24.7 |
| 50 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 28 | 27 | 9 | 64 | 16.0 |
| 50 | North Carolina | 4 | 24 | 37 | 9 | 70 | 17.5 |
| 50 | Maryland | 4 | 25 | 37 | 9 | 71 | 17.8 |
| 50 | South Alabama | 4 | 28 | 36 | 9 | 73 | 18.3 |
| 54 | Iowa | 8 | 47 | 54 | 10 | 111 | 13.9 |
| 54 | Pittsburgh | 8 | 43 | 67 | 10 | 120 | 15.0 |
| 54 | Miami (OH) | 7 | 38 | 59 | 10 | 107 | 15.3 |
| 54 | Marshall | 5 | 17 | 53 | 10 | 80 | 16.0 |
| 54 | Akron | 5 | 45 | 25 | 10 | 80 | 16.0 |
| 54 | Clemson | 7 | 41 | 66 | 10 | 117 | 16.7 |
| 54 | East Carolina | 8 | 56 | 68 | 10 | 134 | 16.8 |
| 54 | Ohio | 8 | 59 | 65 | 10 | 134 | 16.8 |
| 54 | Kansas State | 6 | 50 | 54 | 10 | 114 | 19.0 |
| 63 | Arizona | 9 | 56 | 61 | 11 | 128 | 14.2 |
| 63 | Houston | 9 | 65 | 73 | 11 | 149 | 16.6 |
| 63 | West Virginia | 4 | 19 | 39 | 11 | 69 | 17.3 |
| 63 | Iowa State | 8 | 47 | 80 | 11 | 138 | 17.3 |
| 63 | Mississippi State | 5 | 48 | 30 | 11 | 89 | 17.8 |
| 63 | New Mexico | 9 | 66 | 84 | 11 | 161 | 17.9 |
| 63 | Baylor | 5 | 38 | 50 | 11 | 99 | 19.8 |
| 63 | Connecticut | 9 | 99 | 90 | 11 | 200 | 22.2 |
| 63 | Colorado State | 2 | 9 | 25 | 11 | 45 | 22.5 |
| 72 | Washington State | 7 | 40 | 50 | 12 | 102 | 14.6 |
| 72 | Virginia | 10 | 55 | 87 | 12 | 154 | 15.4 |
| 72 | Memphis | 8 | 51 | 81 | 12 | 144 | 18.0 |
| 72 | Illinois | 8 | 39 | 103 | 12 | 154 | 19.3 |
| 72 | Kent State | 5 | 48 | 53 | 12 | 113 | 22.6 |
| 77 | Toledo | 8 | 41 | 50 | 13 | 104 | 13.0 |
| 77 | Fresno State | 8 | 46 | 58 | 13 | 117 | 14.6 |
| 77 | Louisville | 8 | 52 | 53 | 13 | 118 | 14.8 |
| 77 | Nebraska | 7 | 64 | 37 | 13 | 114 | 16.3 |
| 77 | Auburn | 5 | 21 | 48 | 13 | 82 | 16.4 |
| 77 | Troy | 8 | 64 | 76 | 13 | 153 | 19.1 |
| 83 | San Diego State | 9 | 52 | 60 | 14 | 126 | 14.0 |
| 83 | UTSA | 6 | 32 | 61 | 14 | 107 | 17.8 |
| 83 | Rice | 5 | 32 | 46 | 14 | 92 | 18.4 |
| 83 | Arkansas State | 7 | 54 | 70 | 14 | 138 | 19.7 |
| 83 | Appalachian State | 5 | 24 | 64 | 14 | 102 | 20.4 |
| 88 | Western Michigan | 10 | 61 | 73 | 15 | 149 | 14.9 |
| 88 | LSU | 7 | 45 | 48 | 15 | 108 | 15.4 |
| 88 | Arizona State | 8 | 54 | 74 | 15 | 143 | 17.9 |
| 88 | Temple | 5 | 29 | 48 | 15 | 92 | 18.4 |
| 88 | Missouri State | 7 | 47 | 67 | 15 | 129 | 18.4 |
| 88 | NC State | 8 | 53 | 87 | 15 | 155 | 19.4 |
| 88 | SMU | 8 | 49 | 93 | 15 | 157 | 19.6 |
| 88 | Texas State | 6 | 58 | 53 | 15 | 126 | 21.0 |
| 88 | Tennessee | 8 | 66 | 88 | 15 | 169 | 21.1 |
| 97 | Oregon | 12 | 84 | 82 | 16 | 182 | 15.2 |
| 97 | Central Michigan | 7 | 44 | 58 | 16 | 118 | 16.9 |
| 97 | TCU | 8 | 56 | 84 | 16 | 156 | 19.5 |
| 97 | Delaware | 7 | 42 | 90 | 16 | 148 | 21.1 |
| 101 | Texas Tech | 12 | 61 | 81 | 17 | 159 | 13.3 |
| 101 | Alabama | 11 | 65 | 86 | 17 | 168 | 15.3 |
| 101 | Wake Forest | 8 | 50 | 63 | 17 | 130 | 16.3 |
| 101 | Michigan | 9 | 45 | 85 | 17 | 147 | 16.3 |
| 101 | BYU | 11 | 78 | 99 | 17 | 194 | 17.6 |
| 101 | California | 7 | 54 | 57 | 17 | 128 | 18.3 |
| 101 | Vanderbilt | 10 | 62 | 112 | 17 | 191 | 19.1 |
| 101 | Navy | 10 | 69 | 107 | 17 | 193 | 19.3 |
| 101 | Georgia Tech | 9 | 72 | 93 | 17 | 182 | 20.2 |
| 110 | Utah | 10 | 92 | 73 | 18 | 183 | 18.3 |
| 110 | Texas | 9 | 50 | 108 | 18 | 176 | 19.6 |
| 110 | Louisiana Tech | 7 | 58 | 63 | 18 | 139 | 19.9 |
| 110 | Duke | 8 | 60 | 99 | 18 | 177 | 22.1 |
| 114 | Ohio State | 12 | 64 | 66 | 19 | 149 | 12.4 |
| 114 | Missouri | 8 | 42 | 56 | 19 | 117 | 14.6 |
| 114 | USC | 9 | 70 | 78 | 19 | 167 | 18.6 |
| 114 | Jacksonville State | 9 | 70 | 90 | 19 | 179 | 19.9 |
| 114 | Southern Miss | 7 | 69 | 72 | 19 | 160 | 22.9 |
| 119 | Georgia | 12 | 56 | 102 | 21 | 179 | 14.9 |
| 119 | Old Dominion | 10 | 55 | 75 | 21 | 151 | 15.1 |
| 119 | Hawaii | 8 | 50 | 65 | 21 | 136 | 17.0 |
| 119 | Boise State | 9 | 63 | 71 | 21 | 155 | 17.2 |
| 123 | Miami (FL) | 11 | 68 | 82 | 22 | 172 | 15.6 |
| 123 | Ole Miss | 12 | 95 | 85 | 22 | 202 | 16.8 |
| 123 | Cincinnati | 7 | 63 | 61 | 22 | 146 | 20.9 |
| 126 | Texas A&M | 11 | 71 | 80 | 23 | 174 | 15.8 |
| 126 | Washington | 9 | 37 | 97 | 23 | 157 | 17.4 |
| 126 | Kennesaw State | 10 | 84 | 106 | 23 | 213 | 21.3 |
| 129 | James Madison | 12 | 62 | 83 | 25 | 170 | 14.2 |
| 130 | Oklahoma | 10 | 41 | 79 | 26 | 146 | 14.6 |
| 130 | USF | 9 | 65 | 105 | 26 | 196 | 21.8 |
| 132 | Western Kentucky | 8 | 55 | 77 | 27 | 159 | 19.9 |
| 132 | Tulane | 11 | 86 | 116 | 27 | 229 | 20.8 |
| 134 | Notre Dame | 10 | 63 | 87 | 28 | 178 | 17.8 |
| 135 | UNLV | 10 | 92 | 102 | 29 | 223 | 22.3 |