2025 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games vs. Ranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 10/17/2025

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Nebraska 1 12 3 1 16 16.0
2 Arizona State 1 16 4 3 23 23.0
3 UCF 1 7 6 1 14 14.0
3 Texas Tech 1 6 6 4 16 16.0
3 Ohio State 1 10 6 0 16 16.0
3 UTEP 1 15 6 2 23 23.0
3 Florida Atlantic 1 14 6 4 24 24.0
8 Iowa State 1 12 7 1 20 20.0
8 Arizona 1 15 7 2 24 24.0
10 Indiana 1 5 8 1 14 14.0
10 Ole Miss 1 5 8 3 16 16.0
10 Troy 1 14 8 0 22 22.0
10 Old Dominion 1 19 8 3 30 30.0
14 Oklahoma 1 6 9 0 15 15.0
14 San Jose State 1 9 9 0 18 18.0
14 Syracuse 1 12 9 1 22 22.0
14 Tulane 1 13 9 1 23 23.0
14 Oklahoma State 1 14 9 1 24 24.0
14 UCLA 1 20 9 1 30 30.0
14 Louisiana 1 22 9 1 32 32.0
21 Iowa 1 6 10 2 18 18.0
21 East Carolina 1 8 10 2 20 20.0
21 Penn State 1 10 10 0 20 20.0
21 Charlotte 1 23 10 3 36 36.0
25 Northwestern 1 8 11 2 21 21.0
25 Missouri 1 8 11 3 22 22.0
25 Wake Forest 1 12 11 4 27 27.0
25 Houston 1 16 11 0 27 27.0
25 Wyoming 1 18 11 2 31 31.0
30 Bowling Green 1 5 12 1 18 18.0
30 Maryland 1 8 12 3 23 23.0
30 Texas A&M 1 9 12 2 23 23.0
30 Coastal Carolina 1 10 12 1 23 23.0
30 Washington State 1 11 12 2 25 25.0
30 Marshall 1 14 12 1 27 27.0
30 UAB 1 12 12 5 29 29.0
37 UTSA 1 4 13 0 17 17.0
37 Utah 1 7 13 0 20 20.0
37 Oregon 1 6 13 4 23 23.0
37 Cincinnati 1 10 13 0 23 23.0
37 Sam Houston State 1 13 13 0 26 26.0
37 Kennesaw State 1 13 13 2 28 28.0
37 Tulsa 1 15 13 0 28 28.0
37 North Texas 1 17 13 2 32 32.0
45 Louisville 2 13 14 2 29 14.5
45 Washington 1 7 14 1 22 22.0
45 Vanderbilt 1 10 14 1 25 25.0
45 Tennessee 1 9 14 5 28 28.0
45 LSU 1 10 14 4 28 28.0
45 Georgia Southern 1 13 14 1 28 28.0
51 Boise State 2 13 15 6 34 17.0
51 Louisiana Tech 1 6 15 6 27 27.0
51 Missouri State 1 8 15 4 27 27.0
51 USF 1 11 15 1 27 27.0
51 Ohio 1 12 15 1 28 28.0
56 Texas 2 9 16 2 27 13.5
56 Wisconsin 1 3 16 3 22 22.0
56 Massachusetts 1 15 16 0 31 31.0
59 Michigan State 2 20 17 5 42 21.0
60 Kentucky 2 23 18 5 46 23.0
60 Colorado 2 30 18 6 54 27.0
62 Miami (FL) 2 10 19 4 33 16.5
63 Temple 2 24 20 4 48 24.0
63 Kent State 2 28 20 2 50 25.0
63 Louisiana-Monroe 1 9 20 0 29 29.0
66 Minnesota 2 12 21 1 34 17.0
66 Stanford 2 21 21 5 47 23.5
66 Virginia Tech 2 27 21 3 51 25.5
69 Alabama 3 23 22 2 47 15.7
69 Clemson 2 17 22 4 43 21.5
69 Mississippi State 2 19 22 6 47 23.5
69 Akron 1 9 22 0 31 31.0
73 Purdue 2 21 23 5 49 24.5
74 West Virginia 2 26 25 5 56 28.0
75 Notre Dame 2 14 26 4 44 22.0
76 Florida State 3 25 30 4 59 19.7
76 NC State 2 14 30 4 48 24.0
76 Utah State 2 27 30 4 61 30.5
79 Georgia 2 12 31 5 48 24.0
79 South Carolina 3 32 31 10 73 24.3
81 Oregon State 2 24 34 1 59 29.5
82 Auburn 3 16 35 7 58 19.3
83 Michigan 3 25 39 5 69 23.0
84 Kansas 3 38 40 1 79 26.3
84 Georgia State 3 37 40 8 85 28.3
86 Illinois 3 31 44 2 77 25.7
87 Florida 5 29 50 7 86 17.2
87 Arkansas 4 48 50 7 105 26.3