2025 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games vs. FCS (I-AA) Teams Only through 12/22/2025
| Name | G | Rush | Pass | Penalty | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alabama | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 1 | Florida | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 1 | Minnesota | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 1 | BYU | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 |
| 1 | Texas A&M | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 |
| 1 | Toledo | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 |
| 1 | Ole Miss | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6.0 |
| 1 | San Diego State | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6.0 |
| 1 | Oklahoma | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 |
| 11 | Indiana | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 |
| 11 | Central Michigan | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 11 | Coastal Carolina | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 11 | Ohio State | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 11 | Nebraska | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11.0 |
| 11 | Akron | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 11 | UCF | 1 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 18 | Kansas | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 |
| 18 | Louisiana-Monroe | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 18 | Mississippi State | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 18 | Temple | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 18 | Louisville | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 18 | Penn State | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 |
| 18 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 18 | Washington State | 1 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 26 | Vanderbilt | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 26 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 |
| 26 | Florida State | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 26 | LSU | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 26 | Arizona | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11.0 |
| 26 | Rutgers | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 26 | Old Dominion | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 26 | North Carolina | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 26 | Missouri | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 26 | Western Kentucky | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 26 | Texas State | 1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 37 | Fresno State | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 37 | Houston | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 37 | West Virginia | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 |
| 37 | North Texas | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 |
| 37 | Miami (OH) | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 37 | James Madison | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 37 | Northwestern | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 37 | Baylor | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 37 | Bowling Green | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 11.0 |
| 37 | California | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 37 | Boise State | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 37 | Tulsa | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 37 | Louisiana Tech | 1 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 50 | Buffalo | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 50 | Virginia | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 50 | Virginia Tech | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 |
| 50 | Iowa | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 50 | Marshall | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 50 | Tennessee | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 50 | Georgia | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 50 | Texas Tech | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 11.0 |
| 50 | Iowa State | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 |
| 50 | Utah | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 50 | Connecticut | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 50 | Wyoming | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 50 | Washington | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 50 | Memphis | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 50 | Louisiana | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 50 | Duke | 1 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 50 | Nevada | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 50 | Jacksonville State | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 50 | Southern Miss | 1 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 69 | Illinois | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 11.0 |
| 69 | Northern Illinois | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 |
| 69 | Arkansas | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 69 | NC State | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 69 | East Carolina | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 69 | Miami (FL) | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 69 | Kentucky | 1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 69 | Troy | 1 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 77 | Navy | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 77 | Appalachian State | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 77 | Utah State | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 77 | Maryland | 1 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 77 | Missouri State | 1 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 77 | Clemson | 1 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 77 | Kennesaw State | 1 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 77 | Army | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 77 | Oregon State | 1 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 77 | Georgia Southern | 1 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 77 | South Alabama | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 77 | Rice | 1 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 77 | Middle Tennessee State | 1 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 77 | Georgia State | 1 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 91 | Boston College | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 91 | South Carolina | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 91 | Liberty | 1 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 91 | Hawaii | 1 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 91 | Colorado State | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 91 | Kent State | 1 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 91 | Air Force | 1 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 98 | Michigan State | 1 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 98 | Ohio | 1 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 98 | FIU | 1 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 98 | Georgia Tech | 1 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 98 | Eastern Michigan | 1 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 98 | New Mexico | 1 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 98 | TCU | 1 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 105 | New Mexico State | 1 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 105 | Western Michigan | 1 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 105 | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 105 | Arizona State | 1 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 105 | Delaware | 1 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 110 | Wake Forest | 1 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 110 | SMU | 1 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 110 | Auburn | 1 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 110 | UTEP | 1 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 110 | Purdue | 1 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 110 | USF | 1 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 110 | San Jose State | 1 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 117 | Oregon | 1 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 117 | Arkansas State | 1 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 117 | Kansas State | 1 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 120 | Ball State | 1 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 120 | Syracuse | 1 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 120 | UAB | 1 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 123 | Massachusetts | 1 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 123 | UNLV | 1 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 30 | 30.0 |
| 125 | UTSA | 1 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 126 | Charlotte | 1 | 3 | 23 | 2 | 28 | 28.0 |