2025 National Leaders First Downs - Games Lost Only through 11/01/2025
| Name | G | Rush | Pass | Penalty | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia Tech | 1 | 10 | 18 | 2 | 30 | 30.0 |
| 2 | Tennessee | 3 | 20 | 46 | 12 | 78 | 26.0 |
| 2 | USC | 2 | 11 | 34 | 7 | 52 | 26.0 |
| 2 | Louisville | 1 | 5 | 18 | 3 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 2 | North Texas | 1 | 5 | 18 | 3 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 6 | Duke | 3 | 19 | 48 | 7 | 74 | 24.7 |
| 7 | Florida State | 4 | 42 | 45 | 9 | 96 | 24.0 |
| 7 | Iowa State | 4 | 37 | 47 | 12 | 96 | 24.0 |
| 7 | Virginia | 1 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 10 | Air Force | 6 | 77 | 53 | 12 | 142 | 23.7 |
| 11 | UNLV | 2 | 18 | 23 | 6 | 47 | 23.5 |
| 11 | Southern Miss | 2 | 14 | 25 | 8 | 47 | 23.5 |
| 13 | Arkansas | 7 | 77 | 72 | 11 | 160 | 22.9 |
| 14 | Florida Atlantic | 5 | 26 | 76 | 11 | 113 | 22.6 |
| 15 | Connecticut | 3 | 18 | 44 | 5 | 67 | 22.3 |
| 16 | USF | 2 | 13 | 27 | 4 | 44 | 22.0 |
| 16 | Navy | 1 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 18 | Arizona State | 3 | 30 | 28 | 7 | 65 | 21.7 |
| 19 | Appalachian State | 4 | 25 | 48 | 13 | 86 | 21.5 |
| 19 | Delaware | 4 | 22 | 56 | 8 | 86 | 21.5 |
| 21 | Clemson | 5 | 29 | 70 | 8 | 107 | 21.4 |
| 22 | Mississippi State | 4 | 35 | 42 | 8 | 85 | 21.3 |
| 22 | Baylor | 4 | 29 | 45 | 11 | 85 | 21.3 |
| 22 | Arizona | 3 | 27 | 31 | 6 | 64 | 21.3 |
| 22 | East Carolina | 3 | 21 | 35 | 8 | 64 | 21.3 |
| 26 | San Jose State | 5 | 21 | 74 | 11 | 106 | 21.2 |
| 27 | Texas State | 5 | 49 | 53 | 3 | 105 | 21.0 |
| 27 | Rutgers | 5 | 41 | 57 | 7 | 105 | 21.0 |
| 27 | Hawaii | 3 | 18 | 39 | 6 | 63 | 21.0 |
| 27 | Tulane | 2 | 14 | 19 | 9 | 42 | 21.0 |
| 27 | Ole Miss | 1 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 32 | Army | 4 | 63 | 16 | 4 | 83 | 20.8 |
| 32 | Arkansas State | 4 | 31 | 39 | 13 | 83 | 20.8 |
| 34 | Oregon State | 7 | 54 | 75 | 16 | 145 | 20.7 |
| 34 | Tulsa | 6 | 44 | 63 | 17 | 124 | 20.7 |
| 36 | Notre Dame | 2 | 16 | 21 | 4 | 41 | 20.5 |
| 36 | Vanderbilt | 2 | 11 | 28 | 2 | 41 | 20.5 |
| 38 | Kentucky | 5 | 38 | 52 | 12 | 102 | 20.4 |
| 39 | Jacksonville State | 3 | 38 | 18 | 5 | 61 | 20.3 |
| 39 | New Mexico | 3 | 14 | 38 | 9 | 61 | 20.3 |
| 41 | Kansas | 4 | 28 | 46 | 6 | 80 | 20.0 |
| 41 | Utah | 2 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 40 | 20.0 |
| 41 | Memphis | 1 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 44 | Eastern Michigan | 7 | 54 | 71 | 14 | 139 | 19.9 |
| 45 | UAB | 5 | 32 | 61 | 6 | 99 | 19.8 |
| 46 | Boise State | 3 | 26 | 26 | 7 | 59 | 19.7 |
| 47 | South Alabama | 7 | 73 | 51 | 13 | 137 | 19.6 |
| 48 | Houston | 2 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 39 | 19.5 |
| 49 | Boston College | 8 | 54 | 88 | 13 | 155 | 19.4 |
| 49 | Purdue | 7 | 47 | 79 | 10 | 136 | 19.4 |
| 51 | Georgia State | 7 | 42 | 79 | 14 | 135 | 19.3 |
| 52 | Georgia Southern | 5 | 29 | 51 | 15 | 95 | 19.0 |
| 52 | Louisiana Tech | 3 | 23 | 27 | 7 | 57 | 19.0 |
| 52 | Miami (FL) | 2 | 15 | 20 | 3 | 38 | 19.0 |
| 52 | James Madison | 1 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 56 | UTSA | 4 | 31 | 39 | 5 | 75 | 18.8 |
| 57 | Nebraska | 3 | 20 | 30 | 6 | 56 | 18.7 |
| 58 | Washington State | 5 | 31 | 50 | 12 | 93 | 18.6 |
| 59 | Virginia Tech | 6 | 55 | 43 | 13 | 111 | 18.5 |
| 59 | Utah State | 4 | 21 | 39 | 14 | 74 | 18.5 |
| 61 | Middle Tennessee State | 7 | 38 | 80 | 11 | 129 | 18.4 |
| 61 | FIU | 5 | 31 | 57 | 4 | 92 | 18.4 |
| 63 | UCF | 4 | 37 | 27 | 9 | 73 | 18.3 |
| 63 | Fresno State | 3 | 14 | 34 | 7 | 55 | 18.3 |
| 65 | Colorado State | 6 | 43 | 56 | 10 | 109 | 18.2 |
| 66 | Wyoming | 5 | 38 | 42 | 10 | 90 | 18.0 |
| 66 | Missouri | 2 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 36 | 18.0 |
| 66 | Western Kentucky | 2 | 11 | 23 | 2 | 36 | 18.0 |
| 66 | Alabama | 1 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 70 | Bowling Green | 6 | 49 | 48 | 10 | 107 | 17.8 |
| 70 | Michigan State | 6 | 43 | 51 | 13 | 107 | 17.8 |
| 70 | Toledo | 4 | 26 | 40 | 5 | 71 | 17.8 |
| 70 | NC State | 4 | 22 | 43 | 6 | 71 | 17.8 |
| 74 | Illinois | 3 | 15 | 31 | 7 | 53 | 17.7 |
| 75 | California | 4 | 14 | 48 | 8 | 70 | 17.5 |
| 76 | Northwestern | 3 | 27 | 20 | 5 | 52 | 17.3 |
| 77 | Syracuse | 6 | 43 | 50 | 10 | 103 | 17.2 |
| 77 | South Carolina | 6 | 40 | 49 | 14 | 103 | 17.2 |
| 77 | UCLA | 5 | 32 | 46 | 8 | 86 | 17.2 |
| 77 | New Mexico State | 5 | 28 | 49 | 9 | 86 | 17.2 |
| 81 | Marshall | 4 | 33 | 33 | 2 | 68 | 17.0 |
| 81 | Ohio | 3 | 23 | 26 | 2 | 51 | 17.0 |
| 81 | Wake Forest | 3 | 22 | 24 | 5 | 51 | 17.0 |
| 81 | Missouri State | 3 | 18 | 25 | 8 | 51 | 17.0 |
| 81 | Cincinnati | 2 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 34 | 17.0 |
| 81 | TCU | 2 | 9 | 24 | 1 | 34 | 17.0 |
| 81 | Georgia | 1 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 88 | Charlotte | 7 | 38 | 66 | 14 | 118 | 16.9 |
| 89 | West Virginia | 6 | 49 | 38 | 14 | 101 | 16.8 |
| 90 | SMU | 3 | 20 | 23 | 7 | 50 | 16.7 |
| 91 | Sam Houston State | 8 | 49 | 67 | 17 | 133 | 16.6 |
| 91 | Penn State | 5 | 43 | 37 | 3 | 83 | 16.6 |
| 93 | Colorado | 6 | 45 | 44 | 10 | 99 | 16.5 |
| 93 | Akron | 6 | 37 | 52 | 10 | 99 | 16.5 |
| 93 | Iowa | 2 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 33 | 16.5 |
| 96 | Maryland | 4 | 20 | 39 | 6 | 65 | 16.3 |
| 97 | Stanford | 6 | 36 | 52 | 9 | 97 | 16.2 |
| 97 | Auburn | 5 | 35 | 34 | 12 | 81 | 16.2 |
| 97 | Florida | 5 | 33 | 39 | 9 | 81 | 16.2 |
| 97 | North Carolina | 5 | 28 | 42 | 11 | 81 | 16.2 |
| 101 | Liberty | 4 | 35 | 25 | 4 | 64 | 16.0 |
| 101 | Temple | 4 | 27 | 31 | 6 | 64 | 16.0 |
| 101 | LSU | 3 | 14 | 27 | 7 | 48 | 16.0 |
| 101 | Texas | 2 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 32 | 16.0 |
| 101 | Texas Tech | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 106 | Louisiana-Monroe | 6 | 37 | 47 | 11 | 95 | 15.8 |
| 107 | Nevada | 7 | 43 | 55 | 12 | 110 | 15.7 |
| 107 | UTEP | 6 | 29 | 51 | 14 | 94 | 15.7 |
| 109 | Massachusetts | 8 | 42 | 64 | 16 | 122 | 15.3 |
| 110 | Kansas State | 5 | 29 | 44 | 3 | 76 | 15.2 |
| 111 | Oklahoma State | 8 | 55 | 56 | 10 | 121 | 15.1 |
| 112 | Louisiana | 6 | 40 | 36 | 14 | 90 | 15.0 |
| 112 | Oklahoma | 2 | 10 | 18 | 2 | 30 | 15.0 |
| 114 | Buffalo | 4 | 30 | 25 | 3 | 58 | 14.5 |
| 114 | Michigan | 2 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 29 | 14.5 |
| 114 | Washington | 2 | 9 | 18 | 2 | 29 | 14.5 |
| 114 | Pittsburgh | 2 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 29 | 14.5 |
| 118 | Rice | 5 | 43 | 23 | 6 | 72 | 14.4 |
| 119 | Western Michigan | 4 | 31 | 22 | 4 | 57 | 14.3 |
| 119 | Coastal Carolina | 3 | 15 | 24 | 4 | 43 | 14.3 |
| 121 | Kennesaw State | 2 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 28 | 14.0 |
| 121 | Oregon | 1 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 123 | Central Michigan | 4 | 25 | 22 | 7 | 54 | 13.5 |
| 124 | Wisconsin | 6 | 40 | 35 | 5 | 80 | 13.3 |
| 124 | Miami (OH) | 3 | 15 | 22 | 3 | 40 | 13.3 |
| 124 | Minnesota | 3 | 13 | 21 | 6 | 40 | 13.3 |
| 127 | Northern Illinois | 6 | 42 | 29 | 7 | 78 | 13.0 |
| 127 | Troy | 3 | 16 | 20 | 3 | 39 | 13.0 |
| 129 | Old Dominion | 3 | 14 | 22 | 2 | 38 | 12.7 |
| 130 | Ball State | 5 | 26 | 26 | 6 | 58 | 11.6 |
| 130 | Kent State | 5 | 23 | 29 | 6 | 58 | 11.6 |
| 132 | San Diego State | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |