2025 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games vs. FBS Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 09/13/2025
| Name | G | Rush | Pass | Penalty | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arizona | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 |
| 1 | TCU | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 1 | BYU | 1 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 1 | Oregon | 2 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 24 | 12.0 |
| 1 | Army | 1 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 1 | Utah | 1 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 1 | Rice | 1 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 1 | Ohio State | 1 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 1 | UTSA | 1 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 1 | Arizona State | 1 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 1 | San Jose State | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 1 | South Alabama | 1 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 1 | Texas State | 1 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 1 | Massachusetts | 1 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 1 | Virginia | 1 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 1 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 1 | Connecticut | 1 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 1 | Nevada | 1 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 1 | Colorado State | 1 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 1 | Kansas | 1 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Monroe | 1 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 29 | 29.0 |
| 1 | Akron | 1 | 9 | 22 | 0 | 31 | 31.0 |
| 23 | Florida | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 23 | Missouri | 1 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 23 | Iowa | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 23 | Charlotte | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 23 | Nebraska | 1 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 23 | North Texas | 1 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 23 | New Mexico | 2 | 15 | 19 | 1 | 35 | 17.5 |
| 23 | Bowling Green | 1 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 23 | San Diego State | 1 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 23 | Virginia Tech | 2 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 39 | 19.5 |
| 23 | FIU | 1 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 23 | Kentucky | 1 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 23 | Middle Tennessee State | 1 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 23 | Syracuse | 1 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 23 | Coastal Carolina | 1 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 23 | Southern Miss | 1 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 23 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 23 | Kent State | 1 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 23 | Marshall | 1 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 23 | Georgia Southern | 1 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 23 | North Carolina | 1 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 29 | 29.0 |
| 23 | UCLA | 1 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 30 | 30.0 |
| 23 | Louisiana | 1 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 32 | 32.0 |
| 46 | Texas | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 11.0 |
| 46 | James Madison | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 46 | Houston | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 46 | Texas Tech | 1 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 46 | Florida State | 1 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 46 | Stanford | 2 | 12 | 23 | 2 | 37 | 18.5 |
| 46 | Minnesota | 1 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 46 | Illinois | 1 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 46 | East Carolina | 1 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 46 | Northwestern | 1 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 46 | Delaware | 1 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 46 | Michigan | 1 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 46 | Georgia | 1 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 46 | Jacksonville State | 1 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 46 | Mississippi State | 1 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 46 | UTEP | 1 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 46 | Oregon State | 2 | 18 | 26 | 2 | 46 | 23.0 |
| 46 | Arkansas State | 2 | 22 | 25 | 2 | 49 | 24.5 |
| 46 | Michigan State | 1 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 46 | Ball State | 2 | 19 | 29 | 2 | 50 | 25.0 |
| 46 | Buffalo | 1 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 46 | Temple | 1 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 29 | 29.0 |
| 46 | Wyoming | 1 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 31 | 31.0 |
| 46 | Georgia State | 1 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 34 | 34.0 |
| 70 | Oklahoma | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 70 | Iowa State | 2 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 29 | 14.5 |
| 70 | West Virginia | 1 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 70 | Troy | 1 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 70 | Toledo | 1 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 70 | Alabama | 2 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 34 | 17.0 |
| 70 | LSU | 2 | 10 | 23 | 3 | 36 | 18.0 |
| 70 | NC State | 2 | 10 | 23 | 3 | 36 | 18.0 |
| 70 | Vanderbilt | 2 | 15 | 18 | 3 | 36 | 18.0 |
| 70 | Kansas State | 2 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 40 | 20.0 |
| 70 | Northern Illinois | 1 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 70 | Wisconsin | 1 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 70 | Purdue | 1 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 70 | USF | 2 | 21 | 23 | 3 | 47 | 23.5 |
| 70 | Wake Forest | 1 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 70 | Kennesaw State | 2 | 22 | 23 | 3 | 48 | 24.0 |
| 70 | Eastern Michigan | 1 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 70 | Utah State | 1 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 30 | 30.0 |
| 70 | SMU | 1 | 11 | 18 | 3 | 32 | 32.0 |
| 89 | Georgia Tech | 2 | 14 | 18 | 4 | 36 | 18.0 |
| 89 | Clemson | 2 | 17 | 22 | 4 | 43 | 21.5 |
| 89 | Ohio | 3 | 27 | 34 | 4 | 65 | 21.7 |
| 89 | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 89 | Notre Dame | 2 | 14 | 26 | 4 | 44 | 22.0 |
| 89 | Auburn | 1 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 89 | Colorado | 2 | 27 | 17 | 4 | 48 | 24.0 |
| 89 | Baylor | 2 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 48 | 24.0 |
| 89 | Duke | 1 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 89 | UNLV | 1 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 89 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 100 | Boston College | 2 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 36 | 18.0 |
| 100 | California | 2 | 13 | 20 | 5 | 38 | 19.0 |
| 100 | Western Michigan | 2 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 40 | 20.0 |
| 100 | USC | 1 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 100 | Ole Miss | 2 | 24 | 18 | 5 | 47 | 23.5 |
| 100 | Arkansas | 1 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 100 | Fresno State | 2 | 17 | 30 | 5 | 52 | 26.0 |
| 100 | Miami (OH) | 2 | 20 | 29 | 5 | 54 | 27.0 |
| 100 | Central Michigan | 2 | 26 | 26 | 5 | 57 | 28.5 |
| 109 | South Carolina | 2 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 41 | 20.5 |
| 109 | Tulane | 2 | 15 | 25 | 6 | 46 | 23.0 |
| 109 | Louisiana Tech | 1 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 112 | Hawaii | 2 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 37 | 18.5 |
| 112 | Missouri State | 2 | 17 | 27 | 7 | 51 | 25.5 |
| 112 | Tennessee | 2 | 18 | 27 | 7 | 52 | 26.0 |
| 112 | Old Dominion | 2 | 29 | 18 | 7 | 54 | 27.0 |