2025 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games vs. FBS Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 01/09/2026
| Name | G | Rush | Pass | Penalty | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Navy | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 2 | Army | 1 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 3 | Rice | 1 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 4 | North Texas | 1 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 4 | UTSA | 1 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 4 | Troy | 1 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 4 | Boise State | 1 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 8 | South Alabama | 1 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 9 | Western Kentucky | 1 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 9 | FIU | 1 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 11 | Middle Tennessee State | 1 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 11 | Texas State | 1 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 13 | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 13 | New Mexico State | 1 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 15 | Jacksonville State | 1 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 15 | UTEP | 1 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 17 | Southern Miss | 1 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 18 | Nevada | 1 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 18 | Eastern Michigan | 1 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 20 | Appalachian State | 1 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 20 | UNLV | 1 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 20 | Buffalo | 1 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 20 | Marshall | 1 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 24 | Georgia Southern | 1 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 25 | UAB | 1 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 29 | 29.0 |
| 26 | Akron | 1 | 9 | 22 | 0 | 31 | 31.0 |
| 27 | Louisiana | 1 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 32 | 32.0 |
| 28 | San Diego State | 2 | 11 | 23 | 2 | 36 | 18.0 |
| 29 | Bowling Green | 2 | 12 | 23 | 4 | 39 | 19.5 |
| 29 | Memphis | 2 | 14 | 22 | 3 | 39 | 19.5 |
| 31 | Western Michigan | 2 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 40 | 20.0 |
| 32 | San Jose State | 2 | 13 | 27 | 1 | 41 | 20.5 |
| 32 | Tulsa | 2 | 17 | 22 | 2 | 41 | 20.5 |
| 34 | Delaware | 2 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 42 | 21.0 |
| 35 | Northern Illinois | 2 | 21 | 19 | 4 | 44 | 22.0 |
| 36 | Charlotte | 2 | 23 | 20 | 2 | 45 | 22.5 |
| 36 | Colorado State | 2 | 25 | 19 | 1 | 45 | 22.5 |
| 38 | Louisiana Tech | 2 | 16 | 23 | 7 | 46 | 23.0 |
| 39 | USF | 2 | 21 | 23 | 3 | 47 | 23.5 |
| 40 | Coastal Carolina | 2 | 22 | 22 | 4 | 48 | 24.0 |
| 40 | Kennesaw State | 2 | 22 | 23 | 3 | 48 | 24.0 |
| 40 | Temple | 2 | 24 | 20 | 4 | 48 | 24.0 |
| 43 | Arkansas State | 2 | 22 | 25 | 2 | 49 | 24.5 |
| 44 | Ball State | 2 | 19 | 29 | 2 | 50 | 25.0 |
| 45 | New Mexico | 3 | 22 | 25 | 4 | 51 | 17.0 |
| 45 | Missouri State | 2 | 17 | 27 | 7 | 51 | 25.5 |
| 47 | Fresno State | 2 | 17 | 30 | 5 | 52 | 26.0 |
| 48 | James Madison | 3 | 21 | 27 | 5 | 53 | 17.7 |
| 48 | Massachusetts | 2 | 25 | 28 | 0 | 53 | 26.5 |
| 50 | Miami (OH) | 2 | 20 | 29 | 5 | 54 | 27.0 |
| 50 | Sam Houston State | 2 | 23 | 28 | 3 | 54 | 27.0 |
| 50 | Wyoming | 2 | 26 | 23 | 5 | 54 | 27.0 |
| 50 | Old Dominion | 2 | 29 | 18 | 7 | 54 | 27.0 |
| 54 | Louisiana-Monroe | 2 | 21 | 32 | 2 | 55 | 27.5 |
| 55 | Toledo | 3 | 31 | 18 | 11 | 60 | 20.0 |
| 56 | Georgia State | 2 | 28 | 31 | 5 | 64 | 32.0 |
| 57 | East Carolina | 3 | 23 | 38 | 4 | 65 | 21.7 |
| 57 | Ohio | 3 | 27 | 34 | 4 | 65 | 21.7 |
| 57 | Hawaii | 3 | 32 | 24 | 9 | 65 | 21.7 |
| 60 | Connecticut | 3 | 31 | 40 | 3 | 74 | 24.7 |
| 61 | Central Michigan | 3 | 31 | 37 | 7 | 75 | 25.0 |
| 62 | Kent State | 3 | 55 | 29 | 3 | 87 | 29.0 |
| 63 | Utah State | 3 | 38 | 47 | 6 | 91 | 30.3 |
| 64 | Washington State | 5 | 42 | 43 | 7 | 92 | 18.4 |
| 65 | Tulane | 4 | 37 | 52 | 10 | 99 | 24.8 |
| 66 | Texas A&M | 9 | 67 | 61 | 16 | 144 | 16.0 |
| 67 | Oregon State | 7 | 55 | 80 | 12 | 147 | 21.0 |
| 68 | Louisville | 9 | 54 | 88 | 15 | 157 | 17.4 |
| 69 | Northwestern | 9 | 64 | 86 | 9 | 159 | 17.7 |
| 70 | Ohio State | 12 | 65 | 83 | 17 | 165 | 13.8 |
| 71 | Indiana | 12 | 50 | 113 | 8 | 171 | 14.3 |
| 72 | Oklahoma | 10 | 46 | 100 | 26 | 172 | 17.2 |
| 73 | Texas Tech | 12 | 64 | 91 | 20 | 175 | 14.6 |
| 74 | Missouri | 10 | 62 | 91 | 24 | 177 | 17.7 |
| 75 | Pittsburgh | 9 | 66 | 95 | 17 | 178 | 19.8 |
| 76 | Iowa State | 10 | 66 | 101 | 13 | 180 | 18.0 |
| 77 | Arizona | 11 | 87 | 82 | 13 | 182 | 16.5 |
| 78 | Wisconsin | 10 | 73 | 103 | 7 | 183 | 18.3 |
| 78 | Stanford | 9 | 63 | 106 | 14 | 183 | 20.3 |
| 80 | Washington | 10 | 57 | 108 | 20 | 185 | 18.5 |
| 80 | Auburn | 9 | 52 | 109 | 24 | 185 | 20.6 |
| 82 | Notre Dame | 10 | 58 | 101 | 27 | 186 | 18.6 |
| 83 | Iowa | 11 | 79 | 89 | 19 | 187 | 17.0 |
| 83 | Kentucky | 9 | 82 | 91 | 14 | 187 | 20.8 |
| 85 | Wake Forest | 10 | 72 | 87 | 30 | 189 | 18.9 |
| 86 | Penn State | 10 | 87 | 86 | 18 | 191 | 19.1 |
| 87 | UCF | 10 | 97 | 87 | 8 | 192 | 19.2 |
| 88 | Oregon | 13 | 89 | 88 | 16 | 193 | 14.8 |
| 88 | Arkansas | 8 | 84 | 82 | 27 | 193 | 24.1 |
| 90 | Boston College | 9 | 82 | 97 | 19 | 198 | 22.0 |
| 91 | Rutgers | 9 | 88 | 93 | 18 | 199 | 22.1 |
| 92 | Virginia | 12 | 86 | 101 | 13 | 200 | 16.7 |
| 92 | Syracuse | 9 | 83 | 100 | 17 | 200 | 22.2 |
| 94 | USC | 10 | 79 | 99 | 23 | 201 | 20.1 |
| 95 | Minnesota | 10 | 82 | 112 | 8 | 202 | 20.2 |
| 95 | Florida State | 10 | 92 | 92 | 18 | 202 | 20.2 |
| 97 | Georgia | 11 | 60 | 117 | 26 | 203 | 18.5 |
| 97 | California | 10 | 94 | 88 | 21 | 203 | 20.3 |
| 97 | Purdue | 9 | 90 | 93 | 20 | 203 | 22.6 |
| 100 | NC State | 9 | 70 | 117 | 17 | 204 | 22.7 |
| 101 | Kansas State | 10 | 95 | 94 | 17 | 206 | 20.6 |
| 102 | Miami (FL) | 12 | 74 | 112 | 21 | 207 | 17.3 |
| 102 | LSU | 10 | 79 | 106 | 22 | 207 | 20.7 |
| 104 | Nebraska | 11 | 112 | 79 | 18 | 209 | 19.0 |
| 105 | South Carolina | 10 | 83 | 106 | 21 | 210 | 21.0 |
| 105 | Michigan State | 10 | 93 | 99 | 18 | 210 | 21.0 |
| 107 | Michigan | 11 | 81 | 112 | 18 | 211 | 19.2 |
| 108 | Arizona State | 11 | 77 | 111 | 24 | 212 | 19.3 |
| 108 | Houston | 11 | 97 | 103 | 12 | 212 | 19.3 |
| 108 | Vanderbilt | 10 | 74 | 124 | 14 | 212 | 21.2 |
| 108 | Florida | 10 | 89 | 115 | 8 | 212 | 21.2 |
| 112 | Texas | 10 | 74 | 120 | 19 | 213 | 21.3 |
| 113 | North Carolina | 10 | 89 | 101 | 24 | 214 | 21.4 |
| 114 | Utah | 11 | 110 | 91 | 14 | 215 | 19.5 |
| 114 | Virginia Tech | 10 | 88 | 108 | 19 | 215 | 21.5 |
| 114 | Kansas | 10 | 101 | 101 | 13 | 215 | 21.5 |
| 117 | Clemson | 11 | 75 | 121 | 20 | 216 | 19.6 |
| 118 | Oklahoma State | 10 | 85 | 114 | 21 | 220 | 22.0 |
| 119 | Colorado | 10 | 113 | 89 | 19 | 221 | 22.1 |
| 119 | UCLA | 10 | 113 | 90 | 18 | 221 | 22.1 |
| 119 | Maryland | 9 | 101 | 99 | 21 | 221 | 24.6 |
| 122 | BYU | 12 | 95 | 112 | 17 | 224 | 18.7 |
| 123 | West Virginia | 10 | 86 | 117 | 23 | 226 | 22.6 |
| 124 | Alabama | 13 | 101 | 105 | 21 | 227 | 17.5 |
| 125 | Ole Miss | 11 | 101 | 104 | 29 | 234 | 21.3 |
| 126 | TCU | 12 | 84 | 130 | 22 | 236 | 19.7 |
| 126 | Georgia Tech | 11 | 95 | 123 | 18 | 236 | 21.5 |
| 128 | Illinois | 11 | 84 | 143 | 11 | 238 | 21.6 |
| 129 | Mississippi State | 10 | 106 | 107 | 27 | 240 | 24.0 |
| 130 | Tennessee | 10 | 107 | 110 | 24 | 241 | 24.1 |
| 131 | Cincinnati | 10 | 119 | 103 | 24 | 246 | 24.6 |
| 132 | SMU | 11 | 81 | 143 | 23 | 247 | 22.5 |
| 133 | Duke | 11 | 88 | 138 | 27 | 253 | 23.0 |
| 134 | Baylor | 11 | 122 | 104 | 31 | 257 | 23.4 |