2025 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games vs. FBS Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 12/22/2025
| Name | G | Rush | Pass | Penalty | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Army | 1 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 1 | Rice | 1 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 1 | UTSA | 1 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 1 | Boise State | 1 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 1 | South Alabama | 1 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 1 | Texas State | 1 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 1 | Nevada | 1 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 1 | Massachusetts | 2 | 25 | 28 | 0 | 53 | 26.5 |
| 1 | Akron | 1 | 9 | 22 | 0 | 31 | 31.0 |
| 10 | North Texas | 1 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 10 | New Mexico | 2 | 15 | 19 | 1 | 35 | 17.5 |
| 10 | FIU | 1 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 10 | San Jose State | 2 | 13 | 27 | 1 | 41 | 20.5 |
| 10 | Middle Tennessee State | 1 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 10 | New Mexico State | 1 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 10 | Colorado State | 2 | 25 | 19 | 1 | 45 | 22.5 |
| 10 | Southern Miss | 1 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 10 | Marshall | 1 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 10 | Georgia Southern | 1 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 10 | Louisiana | 1 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 32 | 32.0 |
| 21 | San Diego State | 2 | 11 | 23 | 2 | 36 | 18.0 |
| 21 | Western Kentucky | 1 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 21 | Tulsa | 2 | 17 | 22 | 2 | 41 | 20.5 |
| 21 | Delaware | 2 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 42 | 21.0 |
| 21 | Charlotte | 2 | 23 | 20 | 2 | 45 | 22.5 |
| 21 | Jacksonville State | 1 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 21 | UTEP | 1 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 21 | Arkansas State | 2 | 22 | 25 | 2 | 49 | 24.5 |
| 21 | Ball State | 2 | 19 | 29 | 2 | 50 | 25.0 |
| 21 | Buffalo | 1 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 21 | Louisiana-Monroe | 2 | 21 | 32 | 2 | 55 | 27.5 |
| 32 | Troy | 1 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 32 | Memphis | 2 | 15 | 22 | 3 | 40 | 20.0 |
| 32 | USF | 2 | 21 | 23 | 3 | 47 | 23.5 |
| 32 | Kennesaw State | 2 | 22 | 23 | 3 | 48 | 24.0 |
| 32 | Connecticut | 3 | 31 | 40 | 3 | 74 | 24.7 |
| 32 | Eastern Michigan | 1 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 32 | Sam Houston State | 2 | 23 | 28 | 3 | 54 | 27.0 |
| 32 | Kent State | 3 | 55 | 29 | 3 | 87 | 29.0 |
| 40 | Bowling Green | 2 | 12 | 23 | 4 | 39 | 19.5 |
| 40 | East Carolina | 2 | 15 | 22 | 4 | 41 | 20.5 |
| 40 | Ohio | 3 | 27 | 34 | 4 | 65 | 21.7 |
| 40 | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 40 | Northern Illinois | 2 | 21 | 19 | 4 | 44 | 22.0 |
| 40 | Coastal Carolina | 2 | 22 | 22 | 4 | 48 | 24.0 |
| 40 | Temple | 2 | 24 | 20 | 4 | 48 | 24.0 |
| 40 | Appalachian State | 1 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 40 | UNLV | 1 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 49 | James Madison | 3 | 21 | 27 | 5 | 53 | 17.7 |
| 49 | Western Michigan | 2 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 40 | 20.0 |
| 49 | Fresno State | 2 | 17 | 30 | 5 | 52 | 26.0 |
| 49 | Miami (OH) | 2 | 20 | 29 | 5 | 54 | 27.0 |
| 49 | Wyoming | 2 | 26 | 23 | 5 | 54 | 27.0 |
| 49 | Central Michigan | 2 | 26 | 26 | 5 | 57 | 28.5 |
| 49 | UAB | 1 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 29 | 29.0 |
| 49 | Georgia State | 2 | 28 | 31 | 5 | 64 | 32.0 |
| 57 | Indiana | 10 | 45 | 89 | 6 | 140 | 14.0 |
| 57 | Utah State | 3 | 38 | 47 | 6 | 91 | 30.3 |
| 59 | Wisconsin | 10 | 73 | 103 | 7 | 183 | 18.3 |
| 59 | Washington State | 5 | 42 | 43 | 7 | 92 | 18.4 |
| 59 | Hawaii | 2 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 37 | 18.5 |
| 59 | Louisiana Tech | 2 | 16 | 23 | 7 | 46 | 23.0 |
| 59 | Missouri State | 2 | 17 | 27 | 7 | 51 | 25.5 |
| 59 | Old Dominion | 2 | 29 | 18 | 7 | 54 | 27.0 |
| 65 | Toledo | 2 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 37 | 18.5 |
| 65 | UCF | 10 | 97 | 87 | 8 | 192 | 19.2 |
| 65 | Minnesota | 10 | 82 | 112 | 8 | 202 | 20.2 |
| 65 | Florida | 10 | 89 | 115 | 8 | 212 | 21.2 |
| 69 | Northwestern | 9 | 64 | 86 | 9 | 159 | 17.7 |
| 70 | Tulane | 4 | 37 | 52 | 10 | 99 | 24.8 |
| 71 | Houston | 10 | 92 | 92 | 11 | 195 | 19.5 |
| 71 | Illinois | 10 | 74 | 135 | 11 | 220 | 22.0 |
| 73 | Arizona | 10 | 82 | 70 | 12 | 164 | 16.4 |
| 73 | Virginia | 11 | 81 | 94 | 12 | 187 | 17.0 |
| 73 | Oregon State | 7 | 55 | 80 | 12 | 147 | 21.0 |
| 73 | Vanderbilt | 9 | 67 | 114 | 12 | 193 | 21.4 |
| 77 | Iowa State | 10 | 66 | 101 | 13 | 180 | 18.0 |
| 77 | Kansas | 10 | 101 | 101 | 13 | 215 | 21.5 |
| 79 | BYU | 11 | 89 | 100 | 14 | 203 | 18.5 |
| 79 | Utah | 10 | 99 | 85 | 14 | 198 | 19.8 |
| 79 | Stanford | 9 | 63 | 106 | 14 | 183 | 20.3 |
| 79 | Kentucky | 9 | 82 | 91 | 14 | 187 | 20.8 |
| 83 | Oregon | 11 | 77 | 73 | 15 | 165 | 15.0 |
| 83 | Louisville | 9 | 54 | 88 | 15 | 157 | 17.4 |
| 83 | Michigan | 10 | 69 | 103 | 15 | 187 | 18.7 |
| 83 | LSU | 9 | 69 | 91 | 15 | 175 | 19.4 |
| 87 | Texas A&M | 9 | 67 | 61 | 16 | 144 | 16.0 |
| 87 | Iowa | 10 | 74 | 76 | 16 | 166 | 16.6 |
| 87 | Penn State | 9 | 80 | 79 | 16 | 175 | 19.4 |
| 87 | Georgia Tech | 10 | 88 | 106 | 16 | 210 | 21.0 |
| 91 | Ohio State | 11 | 58 | 72 | 17 | 147 | 13.4 |
| 91 | Miami (FL) | 10 | 66 | 83 | 17 | 166 | 16.6 |
| 91 | Nebraska | 10 | 100 | 66 | 17 | 183 | 18.3 |
| 91 | Pittsburgh | 9 | 66 | 95 | 17 | 178 | 19.8 |
| 91 | Kansas State | 10 | 95 | 94 | 17 | 206 | 20.6 |
| 91 | Syracuse | 9 | 83 | 100 | 17 | 200 | 22.2 |
| 91 | NC State | 9 | 70 | 117 | 17 | 204 | 22.7 |
| 98 | Texas Tech | 11 | 61 | 80 | 18 | 159 | 14.5 |
| 98 | Florida State | 10 | 92 | 92 | 18 | 202 | 20.2 |
| 98 | Michigan State | 10 | 93 | 99 | 18 | 210 | 21.0 |
| 98 | Texas | 9 | 64 | 112 | 18 | 194 | 21.6 |
| 98 | Rutgers | 9 | 88 | 93 | 18 | 199 | 22.1 |
| 98 | UCLA | 10 | 113 | 90 | 18 | 221 | 22.1 |
| 104 | TCU | 11 | 79 | 119 | 19 | 217 | 19.7 |
| 104 | Virginia Tech | 10 | 88 | 108 | 19 | 215 | 21.5 |
| 104 | Boston College | 9 | 82 | 97 | 19 | 198 | 22.0 |
| 104 | Colorado | 10 | 113 | 89 | 19 | 221 | 22.1 |
| 108 | Alabama | 12 | 87 | 98 | 20 | 205 | 17.1 |
| 108 | Washington | 10 | 57 | 108 | 20 | 185 | 18.5 |
| 108 | Clemson | 10 | 65 | 111 | 20 | 196 | 19.6 |
| 108 | Purdue | 9 | 90 | 93 | 20 | 203 | 22.6 |
| 112 | California | 10 | 94 | 88 | 21 | 203 | 20.3 |
| 112 | South Carolina | 10 | 83 | 106 | 21 | 210 | 21.0 |
| 112 | Oklahoma State | 10 | 85 | 114 | 21 | 220 | 22.0 |
| 112 | SMU | 10 | 70 | 130 | 21 | 221 | 22.1 |
| 112 | Tennessee | 9 | 93 | 100 | 21 | 214 | 23.8 |
| 112 | Maryland | 9 | 101 | 99 | 21 | 221 | 24.6 |
| 118 | Arizona State | 10 | 68 | 98 | 22 | 188 | 18.8 |
| 118 | Ole Miss | 9 | 82 | 79 | 22 | 183 | 20.3 |
| 120 | USC | 9 | 73 | 85 | 23 | 181 | 20.1 |
| 120 | West Virginia | 10 | 86 | 117 | 23 | 226 | 22.6 |
| 122 | Missouri | 9 | 55 | 80 | 24 | 159 | 17.7 |
| 122 | Georgia | 10 | 52 | 104 | 24 | 180 | 18.0 |
| 122 | Auburn | 9 | 52 | 109 | 24 | 185 | 20.6 |
| 122 | North Carolina | 10 | 89 | 101 | 24 | 214 | 21.4 |
| 122 | Cincinnati | 10 | 119 | 103 | 24 | 246 | 24.6 |
| 127 | Mississippi State | 9 | 96 | 96 | 25 | 217 | 24.1 |
| 128 | Oklahoma | 10 | 46 | 100 | 26 | 172 | 17.2 |
| 128 | Duke | 10 | 79 | 126 | 26 | 231 | 23.1 |
| 130 | Notre Dame | 10 | 58 | 101 | 27 | 186 | 18.6 |
| 130 | Wake Forest | 9 | 64 | 78 | 27 | 169 | 18.8 |
| 130 | Arkansas | 8 | 84 | 82 | 27 | 193 | 24.1 |
| 133 | Baylor | 11 | 122 | 104 | 31 | 257 | 23.4 |