2025 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. Conference Teams Only through 01/19/2026

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Indiana 11 114 115 18 247 22.5
2 North Texas 9 87 138 13 238 26.4
3 Georgia 10 99 109 29 237 23.7
4 Ohio State 10 88 128 12 228 22.8
5 USF 8 108 93 19 220 27.5
5 Utah 9 116 81 23 220 24.4
7 Virginia 10 93 109 17 219 21.9
8 Texas Tech 10 105 103 10 218 21.8
9 Arizona 10 80 114 22 216 21.6
10 BYU 10 103 93 18 214 21.4
11 James Madison 9 114 84 15 213 23.7
11 Ole Miss 9 82 111 20 213 23.7
11 Baylor 9 81 112 20 213 23.7
14 UNLV 9 91 100 21 212 23.6
14 Oregon 10 92 103 17 212 21.2
16 USC 9 72 119 20 211 23.4
17 Houston 9 85 88 33 206 22.9
18 Kennesaw State 9 89 95 20 204 22.7
19 Georgia Tech 8 92 96 15 203 25.4
20 Boise State 9 89 95 17 201 22.3
20 Tulane 9 71 110 20 201 22.3
22 Tennessee 8 68 108 22 198 24.8
23 Georgia Southern 9 72 101 23 196 21.8
24 Duke 9 67 104 24 195 21.7
24 Appalachian State 9 59 116 20 195 21.7
26 East Carolina 8 89 90 15 194 24.3
27 Alabama 10 53 118 22 193 19.3
28 Jacksonville State 9 111 62 19 192 21.3
28 Washington 9 77 100 15 192 21.3
30 Rutgers 9 85 93 13 191 21.2
30 Iowa State 9 85 90 16 191 21.2
30 TCU 9 68 112 11 191 21.2
33 Marshall 8 77 99 12 188 23.5
34 Memphis 8 79 90 18 187 23.4
34 Delaware 8 56 108 23 187 23.4
34 Arizona State 9 77 85 25 187 20.8
34 NC State 9 70 97 20 187 20.8
38 Louisiana Tech 8 100 67 19 186 23.3
38 Arkansas State 8 57 109 20 186 23.3
38 Navy 9 133 44 9 186 20.7
41 Old Dominion 8 99 71 13 183 22.9
41 Texas State 8 87 87 9 183 22.9
41 Cincinnati 9 80 95 8 183 20.3
41 Illinois 9 68 96 19 183 20.3
45 Arkansas 8 85 81 16 182 22.8
45 Vanderbilt 8 63 102 17 182 22.8
45 Western Michigan 9 111 58 13 182 20.2
48 Florida State 8 82 82 17 181 22.6
48 UTSA 8 69 93 19 181 22.6
48 Kansas 9 84 88 9 181 20.1
51 Western Kentucky 8 61 109 10 180 22.5
51 Clemson 8 61 106 13 180 22.5
53 Liberty 8 86 81 12 179 22.4
53 Texas A&M 8 75 89 15 179 22.4
53 Florida Atlantic 8 51 111 17 179 22.4
56 Mississippi State 8 74 78 26 178 22.3
57 Miami (FL) 8 67 96 13 176 22.0
57 Michigan 9 90 76 10 176 19.6
59 UAB 8 61 96 16 173 21.6
59 Missouri State 8 57 94 22 173 21.6
61 Air Force 8 118 43 11 172 21.5
61 Ohio 8 92 70 10 172 21.5
61 Tulsa 8 73 79 20 172 21.5
61 Miami (OH) 9 77 80 15 172 19.1
61 Kansas State 10 82 80 10 172 17.2
66 Toledo 8 74 88 9 171 21.4
66 Utah State 8 67 84 20 171 21.4
66 Pittsburgh 8 54 95 22 171 21.4
69 Missouri 8 85 63 22 170 21.3
69 Georgia State 8 56 99 15 170 21.3
69 Middle Tennessee State 8 49 107 14 170 21.3
72 FIU 8 65 87 17 169 21.1
72 Northwestern 9 78 70 21 169 18.8
74 South Alabama 8 95 61 12 168 21.0
75 Akron 8 59 91 17 167 20.9
75 New Mexico State 8 47 94 26 167 20.9
77 Southern Miss 8 59 84 21 164 20.5
77 San Jose State 8 58 90 16 164 20.5
79 Penn State 9 86 68 9 163 18.1
79 Nebraska 9 74 74 15 163 18.1
79 Michigan State 9 61 82 20 163 18.1
82 Eastern Michigan 8 66 77 19 162 20.3
82 Army 9 126 24 12 162 18.0
84 Buffalo 8 52 98 11 161 20.1
85 Louisiana 8 73 61 26 160 20.0
85 Kentucky 8 57 90 13 160 20.0
85 SMU 8 53 93 14 160 20.0
88 Hawaii 8 41 108 10 159 19.9
88 Purdue 9 57 88 14 159 17.7
90 California 8 31 105 22 158 19.8
90 West Virginia 9 79 62 17 158 17.6
92 Auburn 8 67 72 18 157 19.6
92 Maryland 9 46 102 9 157 17.4
94 Boston College 8 51 91 12 154 19.3
94 Troy 9 44 98 12 154 17.1
96 UCF 9 67 74 11 152 16.9
96 UCLA 9 66 73 13 152 16.9
98 Iowa 9 78 62 10 150 16.7
99 New Mexico 8 63 72 13 148 18.5
99 Louisville 8 59 78 11 148 18.5
101 Florida 8 57 76 13 146 18.3
101 Sam Houston State 8 50 82 14 146 18.3
103 Wake Forest 8 63 71 11 145 18.1
103 Colorado 9 64 66 15 145 16.1
105 North Carolina 8 48 76 20 144 18.0
106 Louisiana-Monroe 8 61 68 14 143 17.9
106 Oklahoma 9 41 91 11 143 15.9
108 San Diego State 8 87 46 8 141 17.6
108 Temple 8 57 75 9 141 17.6
110 Virginia Tech 8 86 46 8 140 17.5
110 Central Michigan 8 81 46 13 140 17.5
110 Fresno State 8 54 70 16 140 17.5
110 Texas 8 38 89 13 140 17.5
114 South Carolina 8 59 62 16 137 17.1
114 Stanford 8 47 75 15 137 17.1
116 Colorado State 8 41 76 19 136 17.0
117 Coastal Carolina 8 73 51 11 135 16.9
117 Syracuse 8 63 59 13 135 16.9
117 UTEP 8 59 58 18 135 16.9
117 Minnesota 9 40 75 20 135 15.0
121 Oklahoma State 9 52 69 13 134 14.9
122 Nevada 8 57 62 14 133 16.6
122 Wyoming 8 48 70 15 133 16.6
124 Bowling Green 8 68 52 10 130 16.3
124 Massachusetts 8 51 60 19 130 16.3
126 Rice 8 79 38 11 128 16.0
126 Kent State 8 53 64 11 128 16.0
128 Northern Illinois 8 85 33 9 127 15.9
129 LSU 8 37 71 15 123 15.4
130 Ball State 8 48 52 19 119 14.9
131 Charlotte 8 43 64 8 115 14.4
132 Wisconsin 9 59 46 6 111 12.3
133 Washington State 2 15 17 6 38 19.0
134 Oregon State 2 12 14 5 31 15.5