2025 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. FBS Teams With Winning Record Only through 01/08/2026

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Duke 11 79 140 27 246 22.4
2 USC 10 75 136 27 238 23.8
3 North Texas 8 83 110 18 211 26.4
4 Arkansas 9 98 98 14 210 23.3
5 Kennesaw State 9 85 98 16 199 22.1
5 Miami (FL) 9 82 105 12 199 22.1
7 Ole Miss 8 69 106 19 194 24.3
8 Tulane 9 67 109 17 193 21.4
9 Mississippi State 9 84 85 22 191 21.2
10 Indiana 8 90 83 16 189 23.6
10 BYU 9 85 90 14 189 21.0
12 Oregon 9 72 96 14 182 20.2
13 Florida Atlantic 7 45 120 15 180 25.7
14 UTSA 8 70 92 17 179 22.4
14 Ohio State 9 65 104 10 179 19.9
16 Syracuse 9 71 91 15 177 19.7
17 Michigan 9 85 83 8 176 19.6
18 NC State 9 57 96 18 171 19.0
19 Alabama 9 44 108 17 169 18.8
20 Rutgers 8 69 86 13 168 21.0
21 Baylor 7 63 88 16 167 23.9
21 UCLA 10 66 89 12 167 16.7
23 Jacksonville State 8 92 59 15 166 20.8
24 Liberty 8 90 65 10 165 20.6
24 Purdue 9 54 97 14 165 18.3
26 Illinois 8 63 79 22 164 20.5
27 Arizona State 8 70 79 14 163 20.4
28 Southern Miss 7 59 83 20 162 23.1
29 SMU 8 55 90 16 161 20.1
29 Northwestern 9 65 77 19 161 17.9
29 Colorado State 9 56 82 23 161 17.9
32 Boise State 8 67 77 16 160 20.0
32 Boston College 8 62 83 15 160 20.0
32 Virginia Tech 9 91 55 14 160 17.8
35 Utah State 8 57 77 25 159 19.9
35 LSU 9 46 90 23 159 17.7
37 Georgia 7 71 68 19 158 22.6
37 UAB 7 49 96 13 158 22.6
39 Air Force 7 92 52 12 156 22.3
40 Arizona 7 61 78 15 154 22.0
40 Washington State 8 60 76 18 154 19.3
40 FIU 8 53 86 15 154 19.3
43 James Madison 7 88 55 10 153 21.9
43 USF 7 63 76 14 153 21.9
43 TCU 7 51 93 9 153 21.9
43 Virginia 8 64 80 9 153 19.1
47 Florida State 7 71 66 15 152 21.7
47 Georgia Tech 7 58 78 16 152 21.7
49 Western Kentucky 8 53 85 13 151 18.9
50 Notre Dame 7 63 72 15 150 21.4
50 Arkansas State 7 48 84 18 150 21.4
52 Oregon State 8 59 73 17 149 18.6
52 Louisville 8 58 78 13 149 18.6
54 Colorado 9 64 69 15 148 16.4
55 Kansas 7 56 77 13 146 20.9
55 California 7 34 97 15 146 20.9
57 Nebraska 8 69 66 10 145 18.1
57 Michigan State 8 55 72 18 145 18.1
59 Delaware 6 49 72 22 143 23.8
60 Iowa State 7 60 67 15 142 20.3
61 West Virginia 8 63 62 16 141 17.6
62 Penn State 8 71 63 6 140 17.5
63 Pittsburgh 7 38 81 20 139 19.9
64 Missouri State 7 51 68 19 138 19.7
65 East Carolina 7 46 76 15 137 19.6
66 Appalachian State 7 37 83 16 136 19.4
67 South Carolina 8 50 70 15 135 16.9
68 Memphis 6 60 62 12 134 22.3
68 Sam Houston State 8 55 60 19 134 16.8
70 Kentucky 7 45 72 16 133 19.0
71 Georgia Southern 7 44 70 18 132 18.9
71 Florida 8 58 62 12 132 16.5
73 Clemson 7 40 77 13 130 18.6
73 Stanford 8 48 68 14 130 16.3
75 Wake Forest 7 55 68 6 129 18.4
75 Georgia State 7 42 75 12 129 18.4
75 Iowa 8 63 55 11 129 16.1
75 Oklahoma 8 41 78 10 129 16.1
79 Texas State 6 71 49 7 127 21.2
79 Temple 8 51 64 12 127 15.9
81 Texas A&M 6 47 68 11 126 21.0
81 Middle Tennessee State 6 37 79 10 126 21.0
83 Louisiana Tech 7 56 53 15 124 17.7
83 Troy 8 36 77 11 124 15.5
85 South Alabama 6 70 43 10 123 20.5
85 Rice 8 78 38 7 123 15.4
87 Vanderbilt 6 45 67 10 122 20.3
88 North Carolina 7 36 69 16 121 17.3
89 Utah 5 61 42 15 118 23.6
89 Auburn 6 44 57 17 118 19.7
89 San Jose State 6 42 64 12 118 19.7
89 Louisiana-Monroe 7 46 58 14 118 16.9
93 UNLV 5 48 57 12 117 23.4
93 Tennessee 5 38 65 14 117 23.4
93 Nevada 7 44 58 15 117 16.7
96 Navy 6 83 25 8 116 19.3
96 Cincinnati 7 58 55 3 116 16.6
98 San Diego State 7 66 41 8 115 16.4
98 Louisiana 7 51 47 17 115 16.4
100 Washington 6 47 61 6 114 19.0
101 New Mexico State 6 32 65 16 113 18.8
102 Texas 6 47 58 7 112 18.7
103 Marshall 6 48 55 8 111 18.5
104 Army 6 80 24 5 109 18.2
104 Texas Tech 6 55 52 2 109 18.2
106 Houston 5 45 43 20 108 21.6
107 Western Michigan 6 60 33 11 104 17.3
107 Wisconsin 9 58 43 3 104 11.6
109 Minnesota 7 36 51 15 102 14.6
110 Tulsa 5 43 50 8 101 20.2
111 UTEP 6 36 47 17 100 16.7
112 Miami (OH) 6 35 53 11 99 16.5
113 Hawaii 5 29 58 10 97 19.4
114 Old Dominion 5 58 33 5 96 19.2
114 Coastal Carolina 6 30 55 11 96 16.0
116 UCF 5 40 44 7 91 18.2
117 Connecticut 4 33 49 8 90 22.5
117 Toledo 5 42 42 6 90 18.0
119 Maryland 5 20 62 5 87 17.4
120 Kansas State 6 43 41 2 86 14.3
121 Missouri 5 40 35 10 85 17.0
122 New Mexico 5 31 41 9 81 16.2
123 Eastern Michigan 4 30 41 9 80 20.0
123 Bowling Green 5 34 37 9 80 16.0
125 Charlotte 7 31 47 1 79 11.3
126 Buffalo 5 39 36 2 77 15.4
127 Fresno State 4 32 34 8 74 18.5
128 Wyoming 5 28 33 9 70 14.0
129 Massachusetts 5 27 32 9 68 13.6
130 Oklahoma State 6 30 30 7 67 11.2
131 Central Michigan 5 24 33 7 64 12.8
132 Ball State 4 28 30 5 63 15.8
133 Northern Illinois 4 29 18 4 51 12.8
134 Kent State 4 20 24 2 46 11.5
135 Akron 3 18 19 7 44 14.7
136 Ohio 3 25 14 4 43 14.3