2025 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. Conference Teams Only through 11/29/2025

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 North Texas 8 79 123 11 213 26.6
2 USC 9 72 119 20 211 23.4
3 Ohio State 9 85 117 9 211 23.4
4 Arizona 10 80 114 22 216 21.6
5 Baylor 9 81 112 20 213 23.7
5 TCU 9 68 112 11 191 21.2
7 Florida Atlantic 8 51 111 17 179 22.4
8 Arkansas State 8 57 109 20 186 23.3
8 Western Kentucky 8 61 109 10 180 22.5
10 Tennessee 8 68 108 22 198 24.8
10 Delaware 8 56 108 23 187 23.4
10 Hawaii 8 41 108 10 159 19.9
13 Middle Tennessee State 8 49 107 14 170 21.3
14 Clemson 8 61 106 13 180 22.5
15 Appalachian State 8 51 105 18 174 21.8
15 California 8 31 105 22 158 19.8
17 Vanderbilt 8 63 102 17 182 22.8
17 Maryland 9 46 102 9 157 17.4
19 Tulane 8 60 101 18 179 22.4
19 Alabama 8 51 101 18 170 21.3
21 Washington 9 77 100 15 192 21.3
21 Georgia State 8 55 100 15 170 21.3
23 Marshall 8 77 99 12 188 23.5
24 Ole Miss 8 74 98 18 190 23.8
24 Virginia 9 84 98 12 194 21.6
24 Buffalo 8 52 98 11 161 20.1
27 Duke 8 57 97 22 176 22.0
27 NC State 9 70 97 20 187 20.8
29 Georgia Tech 8 92 96 15 203 25.4
29 Texas Tech 9 94 96 9 199 22.1
29 Miami (FL) 8 67 96 13 176 22.0
29 UAB 8 61 96 16 173 21.6
29 Illinois 9 68 96 19 183 20.3
34 Indiana 9 101 95 16 212 23.6
34 Pittsburgh 8 54 95 22 171 21.4
34 Cincinnati 9 80 95 8 183 20.3
37 Missouri State 8 57 94 22 173 21.6
37 New Mexico State 8 47 94 26 167 20.9
39 USF 8 108 93 19 220 27.5
39 UTSA 8 69 93 19 181 22.6
39 Rutgers 9 85 93 13 191 21.2
39 SMU 8 53 93 14 160 20.0
43 Georgia Southern 8 61 92 21 174 21.8
44 Georgia 8 82 91 25 198 24.8
44 Akron 8 59 91 17 167 20.9
44 Boston College 8 51 91 12 154 19.3
47 East Carolina 8 89 90 15 194 24.3
47 Memphis 8 79 90 18 187 23.4
47 Iowa State 9 85 90 16 191 21.2
47 San Jose State 8 58 90 16 164 20.5
47 Kentucky 8 57 90 13 160 20.0
47 Troy 8 43 90 9 142 17.8
53 Texas A&M 8 75 89 15 179 22.4
53 BYU 9 94 89 17 200 22.2
53 Texas 8 38 89 13 140 17.5
56 Houston 9 85 88 33 206 22.9
56 Toledo 8 74 88 9 171 21.4
56 Oregon 9 89 88 15 192 21.3
56 Kansas 9 84 88 9 181 20.1
56 Purdue 9 57 88 14 159 17.7
61 UNLV 8 82 87 21 190 23.8
61 Texas State 8 87 87 9 183 22.9
61 FIU 8 65 87 17 169 21.1
64 Arizona State 9 77 85 25 187 20.8
65 Kennesaw State 8 81 84 16 181 22.6
65 Utah State 8 67 84 20 171 21.4
65 Southern Miss 8 59 84 21 164 20.5
68 Boise State 8 81 83 14 178 22.3
69 Florida State 8 82 82 17 181 22.6
69 Sam Houston State 8 50 82 14 146 18.3
69 Michigan State 9 61 82 20 163 18.1
72 Utah 9 116 81 23 220 24.4
72 Arkansas 8 85 81 16 182 22.8
72 Liberty 8 86 81 12 179 22.4
75 Kansas State 10 82 80 10 172 17.2
76 James Madison 8 100 79 15 194 24.3
76 Tulsa 8 73 79 20 172 21.5
76 Oklahoma 8 37 79 9 125 15.6
79 Mississippi State 8 74 78 26 178 22.3
79 Louisville 8 59 78 11 148 18.5
81 Eastern Michigan 8 66 77 19 162 20.3
82 Michigan 9 90 76 10 176 19.6
82 Florida 8 57 76 13 146 18.3
82 North Carolina 8 48 76 20 144 18.0
82 Colorado State 8 41 76 19 136 17.0
86 Temple 8 57 75 9 141 17.6
86 Stanford 8 47 75 15 137 17.1
86 Minnesota 9 40 75 20 135 15.0
89 Nebraska 9 74 74 15 163 18.1
89 UCF 9 67 74 11 152 16.9
91 UCLA 9 66 73 13 152 16.9
92 Auburn 8 67 72 18 157 19.6
92 New Mexico 8 63 72 13 148 18.5
94 Old Dominion 8 99 71 13 183 22.9
94 Wake Forest 8 63 71 11 145 18.1
94 Wyoming 8 47 71 15 133 16.6
94 LSU 8 37 71 15 123 15.4
98 Ohio 8 92 70 10 172 21.5
98 Northwestern 9 78 70 21 169 18.8
98 Fresno State 8 54 70 16 140 17.5
101 Miami (OH) 8 73 69 12 154 19.3
101 Oklahoma State 9 52 69 13 134 14.9
103 Penn State 9 86 68 9 163 18.1
103 Louisiana-Monroe 8 61 68 14 143 17.9
105 Louisiana Tech 8 100 67 19 186 23.3
106 Colorado 9 64 66 15 145 16.1
107 Kent State 8 53 64 11 128 16.0
107 Charlotte 8 43 64 8 115 14.4
109 Missouri 8 85 63 22 170 21.3
110 West Virginia 9 79 62 17 158 17.6
110 South Carolina 8 59 62 16 137 17.1
110 Iowa 9 78 62 10 150 16.7
110 Nevada 8 57 62 14 133 16.6
114 South Alabama 8 95 61 12 168 21.0
114 Louisiana 8 73 61 26 160 20.0
116 Massachusetts 8 51 60 19 130 16.3
117 Syracuse 8 63 59 13 135 16.9
118 UTEP 8 59 58 18 135 16.9
119 Jacksonville State 8 98 57 18 173 21.6
120 Western Michigan 8 102 52 10 164 20.5
120 Bowling Green 8 68 52 10 130 16.3
122 Coastal Carolina 8 73 51 11 135 16.9
123 Ball State 8 49 50 19 118 14.8
124 San Diego State 8 87 46 8 141 17.6
124 Virginia Tech 8 86 46 8 140 17.5
124 Central Michigan 8 81 46 13 140 17.5
124 Wisconsin 9 59 46 6 111 12.3
128 Air Force 8 118 43 11 172 21.5
129 Navy 8 121 39 9 169 21.1
130 Rice 8 79 38 11 128 16.0
131 Northern Illinois 8 85 33 9 127 15.9
132 Army 8 120 20 11 151 18.9
133 Washington State 2 15 17 6 38 19.0
134 Oregon State 2 12 14 5 31 15.5