2025 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games vs. FBS non-Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 12/22/2025

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Iowa 1 4 4 0 8 8.0
1 Minnesota 1 4 4 0 8 8.0
3 Alabama 1 3 5 1 9 9.0
3 Ohio State 1 5 3 1 9 9.0
5 Michigan State 1 2 8 0 10 10.0
5 Texas Tech 1 4 6 0 10 10.0
7 Florida State 1 3 6 3 12 12.0
7 Illinois 1 5 5 2 12 12.0
9 Missouri 2 5 6 2 13 6.5
9 Virginia 1 2 9 2 13 13.0
9 Kansas 1 4 9 0 13 13.0
9 South Carolina 1 5 8 0 13 13.0
9 Nebraska 1 7 2 4 13 13.0
14 Oklahoma 2 4 8 2 14 7.0
14 Georgia 2 6 8 0 14 7.0
16 California 1 7 8 0 15 15.0
16 Utah 1 9 4 2 15 15.0
18 Clemson 1 8 8 0 16 16.0
18 Houston 1 12 4 0 16 16.0
20 UCF 1 11 5 2 18 18.0
21 SMU 1 4 10 5 19 19.0
21 Georgia Tech 1 9 7 3 19 19.0
23 Indiana 2 8 11 1 20 10.0
23 Florida 1 6 10 4 20 20.0
23 Iowa State 1 11 8 1 20 20.0
23 Kansas State 1 17 3 0 20 20.0
27 Wisconsin 2 8 12 1 21 10.5
27 North Carolina 1 3 16 2 21 21.0
27 Cincinnati 1 6 11 4 21 21.0
27 Arizona 1 7 12 2 21 21.0
27 Oklahoma State 1 10 11 0 21 21.0
27 Arizona State 1 13 8 0 21 21.0
33 Oregon 1 10 9 4 23 23.0
34 BYU 1 8 13 3 24 24.0
34 West Virginia 1 10 10 4 24 24.0
36 Auburn 2 7 13 6 26 13.0
36 LSU 2 10 9 7 26 13.0
38 Penn State 2 12 14 1 27 13.5
39 Michigan 2 8 16 5 29 14.5
39 Virginia Tech 1 11 13 5 29 29.0
41 Mississippi State 2 15 12 5 32 16.0
42 Washington 2 9 20 4 33 16.5
42 Miami (FL) 2 10 19 4 33 16.5
42 Pittsburgh 2 14 16 3 33 16.5
42 Louisville 2 20 11 2 33 16.5
46 Texas 3 9 21 6 36 12.0
46 Maryland 2 14 19 3 36 18.0
46 Notre Dame 2 19 12 5 36 18.0
49 Syracuse 2 18 15 4 37 18.5
49 Wake Forest 2 18 16 3 37 18.5
51 Kentucky 2 11 25 2 38 19.0
51 Rutgers 2 14 22 2 38 19.0
53 Vanderbilt 2 8 24 7 39 19.5
53 Colorado 2 14 20 5 39 19.5
55 Purdue 2 21 16 3 40 20.0
56 Northwestern 2 20 18 3 41 20.5
57 Tennessee 2 8 31 3 42 21.0
57 Boston College 2 11 25 6 42 21.0
57 UCLA 2 21 16 5 42 21.0
60 Duke 2 15 28 4 47 23.5
61 Ole Miss 3 23 22 3 48 16.0
62 Texas A&M 3 22 29 7 58 19.3
63 NC State 3 19 34 6 59 19.7
64 USC 3 31 24 5 60 20.0
65 Oregon State 4 35 23 6 64 16.0
66 Stanford 3 13 49 9 71 23.7
67 Arkansas 3 38 36 7 81 27.0
68 Washington State 7 46 52 10 108 15.4
69 Toledo 9 49 62 16 127 14.1
70 San Diego State 9 60 65 14 139 15.4
71 James Madison 10 49 70 22 141 14.1
71 Ohio 8 70 62 9 141 17.6
73 Fresno State 9 71 55 17 143 15.9
74 Wyoming 9 78 64 11 153 17.0
75 Old Dominion 10 61 84 18 163 16.3
75 Bowling Green 9 75 66 22 163 18.1
77 Hawaii 9 56 93 22 171 19.0
77 East Carolina 9 69 87 15 171 19.0
79 Central Michigan 9 72 82 18 172 19.1
80 New Mexico 9 69 94 13 176 19.6
81 Western Michigan 11 74 86 17 177 16.1
82 Ball State 9 82 85 11 178 19.8
83 Kent State 8 69 91 19 179 22.4
84 Miami (OH) 10 72 93 15 180 18.0
84 Louisiana-Monroe 9 68 89 23 180 20.0
86 Northern Illinois 9 94 77 14 185 20.6
87 UTSA 10 76 90 20 186 18.6
87 Louisiana Tech 9 66 95 25 186 20.7
87 San Jose State 9 83 85 18 186 20.7
87 Connecticut 8 99 78 9 186 23.3
91 Buffalo 10 93 79 16 188 18.8
92 Utah State 9 77 102 11 190 21.1
93 Akron 10 85 90 17 192 19.2
93 Temple 9 92 79 21 192 21.3
95 Memphis 10 67 109 18 194 19.4
95 Colorado State 9 88 89 17 194 21.6
97 Georgia State 9 96 83 18 197 21.9
97 Tulsa 9 100 85 12 197 21.9
99 Army 10 90 102 7 199 19.9
99 Massachusetts 9 106 80 13 199 22.1
101 Nevada 10 85 94 22 201 20.1
102 Marshall 10 70 111 21 202 20.2
102 Missouri State 10 79 101 22 202 20.2
104 Boise State 12 90 83 30 203 16.9
104 Eastern Michigan 10 107 80 16 203 20.3
106 Arkansas State 10 88 102 14 204 20.4
106 South Alabama 10 98 89 17 204 20.4
108 UAB 10 98 87 20 205 20.5
109 Western Kentucky 10 76 101 31 208 20.8
110 Rice 10 87 99 23 209 20.9
111 FIU 10 91 104 15 210 21.0
112 UTEP 10 78 108 25 211 21.1
112 Tulane 10 79 110 22 211 21.1
114 Delaware 10 67 122 23 212 21.2
114 Coastal Carolina 9 101 100 11 212 23.6
116 Middle Tennessee State 10 82 113 24 219 21.9
117 New Mexico State 10 86 116 18 220 22.0
118 UNLV 11 94 107 25 226 20.5
119 Liberty 11 110 98 19 227 20.6
120 USF 10 86 113 29 228 22.8
120 Southern Miss 10 103 105 20 228 22.8
122 Navy 11 89 120 20 229 20.8
122 Air Force 11 93 124 12 229 20.8
124 Troy 12 111 107 12 230 19.2
125 Louisiana 11 114 106 12 232 21.1
126 Kennesaw State 11 101 107 25 233 21.2
126 North Texas 11 142 82 9 233 21.2
128 Appalachian State 10 74 136 24 234 23.4
128 Texas State 10 92 115 27 234 23.4
130 Sam Houston State 10 97 119 21 237 23.7
130 Florida Atlantic 10 120 98 19 237 23.7
132 Charlotte 9 110 114 14 238 26.4
133 Jacksonville State 12 108 122 24 254 21.2
134 Georgia Southern 10 118 122 18 258 25.8