2025 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games vs. Ranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 12/22/2025
| Name | G | Rush | Pass | Penalty | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clemson | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 1 | San Jose State | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 1 | Troy | 1 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 1 | New Mexico | 1 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 1 | UAB | 2 | 25 | 17 | 0 | 42 | 21.0 |
| 1 | Rice | 2 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 44 | 22.0 |
| 1 | California | 1 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 1 | Minnesota | 2 | 18 | 30 | 0 | 48 | 24.0 |
| 1 | Sam Houston State | 1 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Monroe | 1 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 29 | 29.0 |
| 1 | Massachusetts | 1 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 31 | 31.0 |
| 12 | Air Force | 1 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 12 | Iowa State | 2 | 14 | 22 | 1 | 37 | 18.5 |
| 12 | Utah | 2 | 19 | 22 | 1 | 42 | 21.0 |
| 12 | South Alabama | 2 | 23 | 19 | 1 | 43 | 21.5 |
| 12 | SMU | 1 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 12 | UCF | 2 | 21 | 25 | 1 | 47 | 23.5 |
| 12 | Florida Atlantic | 2 | 30 | 16 | 1 | 47 | 23.5 |
| 12 | Ohio | 1 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 12 | Oregon State | 2 | 24 | 34 | 1 | 59 | 29.5 |
| 12 | Central Michigan | 1 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 35 | 35.0 |
| 22 | North Carolina | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 22 | Nebraska | 2 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 36 | 18.0 |
| 22 | James Madison | 1 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 22 | Texas State | 1 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 22 | Army | 3 | 32 | 32 | 2 | 66 | 22.0 |
| 22 | UTEP | 1 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 22 | Coastal Carolina | 2 | 23 | 22 | 2 | 47 | 23.5 |
| 22 | Liberty | 1 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 22 | Arizona | 1 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 22 | Kent State | 2 | 28 | 20 | 2 | 50 | 25.0 |
| 22 | Illinois | 3 | 31 | 44 | 2 | 77 | 25.7 |
| 22 | Louisiana | 2 | 34 | 17 | 2 | 53 | 26.5 |
| 22 | TCU | 1 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 22 | Kennesaw State | 1 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 22 | Georgia Southern | 2 | 32 | 23 | 2 | 57 | 28.5 |
| 22 | Wyoming | 1 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 31 | 31.0 |
| 38 | Ohio State | 3 | 18 | 21 | 3 | 42 | 14.0 |
| 38 | Hawaii | 1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 38 | Boise State | 1 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 38 | Georgia Tech | 1 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 38 | Washington | 3 | 25 | 34 | 3 | 62 | 20.7 |
| 38 | Kansas | 4 | 46 | 37 | 3 | 86 | 21.5 |
| 38 | North Texas | 2 | 28 | 13 | 3 | 44 | 22.0 |
| 38 | Michigan | 3 | 32 | 34 | 3 | 69 | 23.0 |
| 38 | Houston | 2 | 23 | 22 | 3 | 48 | 24.0 |
| 38 | Maryland | 2 | 32 | 20 | 3 | 55 | 27.5 |
| 38 | Appalachian State | 1 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 32 | 32.0 |
| 49 | Indiana | 2 | 8 | 19 | 4 | 31 | 15.5 |
| 49 | Louisville | 3 | 25 | 19 | 4 | 48 | 16.0 |
| 49 | Memphis | 2 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 38 | 19.0 |
| 49 | Washington State | 4 | 39 | 34 | 4 | 77 | 19.3 |
| 49 | Miami (FL) | 2 | 15 | 20 | 4 | 39 | 19.5 |
| 49 | Florida State | 3 | 25 | 30 | 4 | 59 | 19.7 |
| 49 | Penn State | 3 | 28 | 30 | 4 | 62 | 20.7 |
| 49 | Florida | 5 | 42 | 58 | 4 | 104 | 20.8 |
| 49 | East Carolina | 2 | 13 | 27 | 4 | 44 | 22.0 |
| 49 | Navy | 2 | 20 | 21 | 4 | 45 | 22.5 |
| 49 | Marshall | 2 | 21 | 22 | 4 | 47 | 23.5 |
| 49 | Tulsa | 2 | 28 | 16 | 4 | 48 | 24.0 |
| 49 | Western Michigan | 1 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 49 | Missouri State | 1 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 49 | Old Dominion | 2 | 30 | 23 | 4 | 57 | 28.5 |
| 49 | Charlotte | 3 | 29 | 54 | 4 | 87 | 29.0 |
| 49 | Utah State | 2 | 27 | 30 | 4 | 61 | 30.5 |
| 66 | Alabama | 6 | 40 | 48 | 5 | 93 | 15.5 |
| 66 | Baylor | 2 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 41 | 20.5 |
| 66 | USC | 3 | 35 | 26 | 5 | 66 | 22.0 |
| 66 | Vanderbilt | 3 | 26 | 39 | 5 | 70 | 23.3 |
| 66 | USF | 3 | 30 | 39 | 5 | 74 | 24.7 |
| 66 | Boston College | 2 | 18 | 29 | 5 | 52 | 26.0 |
| 72 | Texas Tech | 3 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 44 | 14.7 |
| 72 | Texas A&M | 4 | 39 | 26 | 6 | 71 | 17.8 |
| 72 | Iowa | 3 | 25 | 27 | 6 | 58 | 19.3 |
| 72 | Wake Forest | 2 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 41 | 20.5 |
| 72 | Arizona State | 3 | 30 | 27 | 6 | 63 | 21.0 |
| 72 | Wisconsin | 5 | 38 | 61 | 6 | 105 | 21.0 |
| 72 | Syracuse | 3 | 32 | 28 | 6 | 66 | 22.0 |
| 72 | Northwestern | 4 | 38 | 49 | 6 | 93 | 23.3 |
| 72 | Michigan State | 3 | 35 | 30 | 6 | 71 | 23.7 |
| 72 | Tulane | 3 | 30 | 42 | 6 | 78 | 26.0 |
| 72 | NC State | 4 | 35 | 65 | 6 | 106 | 26.5 |
| 72 | Rutgers | 2 | 27 | 21 | 6 | 54 | 27.0 |
| 84 | BYU | 4 | 41 | 35 | 7 | 83 | 20.8 |
| 84 | Ole Miss | 4 | 34 | 45 | 7 | 86 | 21.5 |
| 84 | Kansas State | 3 | 36 | 28 | 7 | 71 | 23.7 |
| 84 | Stanford | 4 | 40 | 49 | 7 | 96 | 24.0 |
| 84 | Oklahoma State | 3 | 26 | 40 | 7 | 73 | 24.3 |
| 84 | Virginia Tech | 4 | 42 | 49 | 7 | 98 | 24.5 |
| 90 | Kentucky | 4 | 30 | 45 | 8 | 83 | 20.8 |
| 90 | Pittsburgh | 3 | 28 | 33 | 8 | 69 | 23.0 |
| 90 | Purdue | 5 | 59 | 54 | 8 | 121 | 24.2 |
| 90 | Cincinnati | 3 | 39 | 30 | 8 | 77 | 25.7 |
| 90 | UCLA | 4 | 51 | 44 | 8 | 103 | 25.8 |
| 90 | Georgia State | 3 | 40 | 35 | 8 | 83 | 27.7 |
| 90 | West Virginia | 3 | 36 | 44 | 8 | 88 | 29.3 |
| 97 | Missouri | 4 | 27 | 34 | 9 | 70 | 17.5 |
| 97 | Texas | 5 | 30 | 53 | 9 | 92 | 18.4 |
| 97 | LSU | 5 | 38 | 56 | 9 | 103 | 20.6 |
| 97 | Colorado | 4 | 52 | 34 | 9 | 95 | 23.8 |
| 101 | Georgia | 5 | 18 | 58 | 10 | 86 | 17.2 |
| 101 | Notre Dame | 4 | 30 | 40 | 10 | 80 | 20.0 |
| 101 | Temple | 5 | 57 | 44 | 10 | 111 | 22.2 |
| 101 | Tennessee | 4 | 38 | 49 | 10 | 97 | 24.3 |
| 101 | UTSA | 3 | 22 | 43 | 10 | 75 | 25.0 |
| 106 | Oklahoma | 6 | 30 | 61 | 11 | 102 | 17.0 |
| 106 | Duke | 4 | 34 | 45 | 11 | 90 | 22.5 |
| 108 | South Carolina | 6 | 48 | 70 | 12 | 130 | 21.7 |
| 108 | Oregon | 3 | 18 | 39 | 12 | 69 | 23.0 |
| 110 | Mississippi State | 5 | 53 | 53 | 15 | 121 | 24.2 |
| 111 | Auburn | 6 | 38 | 76 | 18 | 132 | 22.0 |
| 111 | Arkansas | 5 | 53 | 63 | 18 | 134 | 26.8 |