2025 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games vs. FBS non-Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 09/13/2025
| Name | G | Rush | Pass | Penalty | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Missouri | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 |
| 2 | Oklahoma | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 2 | Georgia | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 4 | Iowa | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 |
| 4 | Minnesota | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 |
| 6 | Alabama | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 6 | Ohio State | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 8 | Michigan State | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 8 | Texas Tech | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 8 | Ole Miss | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 8 | Indiana | 2 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 20 | 10.0 |
| 12 | Wisconsin | 2 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 21 | 10.5 |
| 13 | Louisiana Tech | 1 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 13 | Illinois | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 13 | LSU | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 13 | Missouri State | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 17 | Virginia | 1 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 17 | Fresno State | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 17 | Kansas | 1 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 17 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 17 | Wyoming | 1 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 17 | Nebraska | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 17 | Purdue | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 17 | Auburn | 2 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 26 | 13.0 |
| 25 | Penn State | 2 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 27 | 13.5 |
| 26 | Texas | 2 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 29 | 14.5 |
| 26 | Michigan | 2 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 29 | 14.5 |
| 28 | Boise State | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 28 | Utah | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 28 | Oregon State | 1 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 31 | Memphis | 2 | 8 | 19 | 4 | 31 | 15.5 |
| 32 | Clemson | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 32 | Rice | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 32 | Middle Tennessee State | 1 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 32 | Houston | 1 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 36 | Appalachian State | 2 | 8 | 19 | 6 | 33 | 16.5 |
| 36 | Miami (FL) | 2 | 10 | 19 | 4 | 33 | 16.5 |
| 38 | Washington | 1 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 38 | Bowling Green | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 38 | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 38 | UTSA | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 42 | Western Kentucky | 2 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 35 | 17.5 |
| 42 | Washington State | 2 | 14 | 19 | 2 | 35 | 17.5 |
| 42 | Liberty | 2 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 35 | 17.5 |
| 45 | Temple | 1 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 45 | Toledo | 1 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 45 | NC State | 1 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 45 | Marshall | 1 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 45 | East Carolina | 1 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 45 | UTEP | 1 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 45 | Mississippi State | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 45 | Wake Forest | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 45 | UCF | 1 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 45 | North Texas | 1 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 45 | Louisiana | 1 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 45 | Maryland | 2 | 14 | 19 | 3 | 36 | 18.0 |
| 57 | USC | 2 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 37 | 18.5 |
| 58 | SMU | 1 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 58 | Central Michigan | 1 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 58 | Hawaii | 1 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 58 | Colorado | 1 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 58 | Louisville | 1 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 58 | Kentucky | 2 | 11 | 25 | 2 | 38 | 19.0 |
| 58 | Rutgers | 2 | 14 | 22 | 2 | 38 | 19.0 |
| 65 | Texas A&M | 3 | 22 | 29 | 7 | 58 | 19.3 |
| 66 | Stanford | 1 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 66 | Florida | 1 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 66 | Syracuse | 1 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 66 | Buffalo | 1 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 66 | UNLV | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 66 | Iowa State | 1 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 66 | San Jose State | 1 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 66 | Kansas State | 1 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 74 | UAB | 2 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 41 | 20.5 |
| 75 | North Carolina | 1 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 75 | Cincinnati | 1 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 75 | Arizona | 1 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 75 | Georgia State | 1 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 75 | Arizona State | 1 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 75 | UCLA | 2 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 42 | 21.0 |
| 75 | Utah State | 2 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 42 | 21.0 |
| 82 | Duke | 1 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 82 | Air Force | 1 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 82 | Troy | 1 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 82 | Tulsa | 2 | 23 | 18 | 3 | 44 | 22.0 |
| 82 | Jacksonville State | 2 | 23 | 21 | 0 | 44 | 22.0 |
| 87 | Akron | 2 | 16 | 26 | 3 | 45 | 22.5 |
| 88 | Kent State | 1 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 88 | Nevada | 1 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 88 | Arkansas | 1 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 88 | South Alabama | 1 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 88 | Tulane | 1 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 88 | Northwestern | 1 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 88 | Navy | 2 | 16 | 25 | 5 | 46 | 23.0 |
| 95 | Sam Houston State | 3 | 18 | 47 | 5 | 70 | 23.3 |
| 96 | FIU | 1 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 96 | Massachusetts | 1 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 96 | West Virginia | 1 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 96 | Texas State | 2 | 21 | 22 | 5 | 48 | 24.0 |
| 100 | Western Michigan | 1 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 100 | USF | 1 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 102 | Georgia Southern | 2 | 29 | 20 | 2 | 51 | 25.5 |
| 103 | New Mexico State | 2 | 26 | 20 | 6 | 52 | 26.0 |
| 104 | Southern Miss | 1 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 105 | Delaware | 1 | 6 | 20 | 3 | 29 | 29.0 |
| 105 | Virginia Tech | 1 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 29 | 29.0 |
| 105 | Coastal Carolina | 1 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 29 | 29.0 |
| 105 | Connecticut | 1 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 29 | 29.0 |
| 109 | Eastern Michigan | 1 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 30 | 30.0 |
| 110 | Charlotte | 1 | 10 | 21 | 1 | 32 | 32.0 |