2025 National Leaders First Downs - Games Lost Only through 11/29/2025
| Name | G | Rush | Pass | Penalty | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UTEP | 10 | 60 | 82 | 27 | 169 | 16.9 |
| 2 | Massachusetts | 12 | 68 | 94 | 24 | 186 | 15.5 |
| 3 | Oregon State | 10 | 73 | 111 | 23 | 207 | 20.7 |
| 3 | New Mexico State | 8 | 46 | 91 | 23 | 160 | 20.0 |
| 5 | Tulsa | 8 | 67 | 81 | 22 | 170 | 21.3 |
| 6 | Colorado State | 10 | 57 | 100 | 21 | 178 | 17.8 |
| 7 | Georgia State | 11 | 70 | 127 | 20 | 217 | 19.7 |
| 8 | Mississippi State | 7 | 65 | 68 | 19 | 152 | 21.7 |
| 8 | Utah State | 6 | 41 | 59 | 19 | 119 | 19.8 |
| 8 | San Jose State | 9 | 52 | 105 | 19 | 176 | 19.6 |
| 11 | Florida Atlantic | 8 | 52 | 133 | 18 | 203 | 25.4 |
| 11 | Georgia Southern | 6 | 31 | 59 | 18 | 108 | 18.0 |
| 11 | Sam Houston State | 10 | 64 | 90 | 18 | 172 | 17.2 |
| 14 | Baylor | 7 | 56 | 85 | 17 | 158 | 22.6 |
| 14 | Arkansas State | 6 | 48 | 70 | 17 | 135 | 22.5 |
| 14 | Boston College | 10 | 71 | 116 | 17 | 204 | 20.4 |
| 14 | Eastern Michigan | 8 | 61 | 82 | 17 | 160 | 20.0 |
| 14 | Auburn | 7 | 54 | 64 | 17 | 135 | 19.3 |
| 14 | Michigan State | 8 | 53 | 69 | 17 | 139 | 17.4 |
| 14 | Colorado | 9 | 65 | 66 | 17 | 148 | 16.4 |
| 14 | West Virginia | 8 | 56 | 57 | 17 | 130 | 16.3 |
| 14 | Nevada | 9 | 59 | 68 | 17 | 144 | 16.0 |
| 23 | Southern Miss | 5 | 34 | 61 | 16 | 111 | 22.2 |
| 23 | Arkansas | 10 | 104 | 100 | 16 | 220 | 22.0 |
| 23 | Appalachian State | 7 | 38 | 88 | 16 | 142 | 20.3 |
| 23 | South Alabama | 8 | 84 | 59 | 16 | 159 | 19.9 |
| 23 | Syracuse | 9 | 73 | 64 | 16 | 153 | 17.0 |
| 23 | Louisiana-Monroe | 9 | 63 | 73 | 16 | 152 | 16.9 |
| 23 | North Carolina | 8 | 43 | 76 | 16 | 135 | 16.9 |
| 23 | Wyoming | 8 | 53 | 61 | 16 | 130 | 16.3 |
| 31 | UAB | 8 | 54 | 101 | 15 | 170 | 21.3 |
| 31 | Missouri State | 5 | 35 | 47 | 15 | 97 | 19.4 |
| 31 | Middle Tennessee State | 9 | 48 | 104 | 15 | 167 | 18.6 |
| 31 | Purdue | 10 | 61 | 103 | 15 | 179 | 17.9 |
| 31 | Virginia Tech | 9 | 85 | 57 | 15 | 157 | 17.4 |
| 31 | South Carolina | 8 | 50 | 70 | 15 | 135 | 16.9 |
| 37 | Tennessee | 4 | 28 | 57 | 14 | 99 | 24.8 |
| 37 | Kentucky | 7 | 44 | 72 | 14 | 130 | 18.6 |
| 37 | Oklahoma State | 11 | 69 | 84 | 14 | 167 | 15.2 |
| 37 | Louisiana | 6 | 40 | 36 | 14 | 90 | 15.0 |
| 37 | Charlotte | 11 | 53 | 91 | 14 | 158 | 14.4 |
| 42 | Florida State | 7 | 72 | 75 | 13 | 160 | 22.9 |
| 42 | Washington State | 6 | 41 | 58 | 13 | 112 | 18.7 |
| 42 | Ball State | 8 | 47 | 44 | 13 | 104 | 13.0 |
| 45 | Iowa State | 4 | 37 | 47 | 12 | 96 | 24.0 |
| 45 | Air Force | 8 | 108 | 59 | 12 | 179 | 22.4 |
| 45 | Rutgers | 7 | 59 | 73 | 12 | 144 | 20.6 |
| 45 | Liberty | 8 | 85 | 60 | 12 | 157 | 19.6 |
| 45 | Akron | 7 | 47 | 72 | 12 | 131 | 18.7 |
| 45 | Louisiana Tech | 5 | 38 | 40 | 12 | 90 | 18.0 |
| 45 | Stanford | 8 | 45 | 78 | 12 | 135 | 16.9 |
| 45 | Pittsburgh | 4 | 14 | 31 | 12 | 57 | 14.3 |
| 53 | USC | 3 | 13 | 51 | 11 | 75 | 25.0 |
| 53 | Delaware | 6 | 39 | 80 | 11 | 130 | 21.7 |
| 53 | Bowling Green | 8 | 65 | 60 | 11 | 136 | 17.0 |
| 53 | UCF | 7 | 52 | 52 | 11 | 115 | 16.4 |
| 53 | UCLA | 9 | 56 | 78 | 11 | 145 | 16.1 |
| 53 | Florida | 8 | 53 | 63 | 11 | 127 | 15.9 |
| 53 | Northwestern | 6 | 41 | 43 | 11 | 95 | 15.8 |
| 53 | Northern Illinois | 9 | 73 | 41 | 11 | 125 | 13.9 |
| 61 | Kansas | 7 | 59 | 73 | 10 | 142 | 20.3 |
| 61 | East Carolina | 4 | 24 | 45 | 10 | 79 | 19.8 |
| 61 | Houston | 3 | 21 | 25 | 10 | 56 | 18.7 |
| 61 | Temple | 7 | 48 | 54 | 10 | 112 | 16.0 |
| 61 | LSU | 5 | 20 | 40 | 10 | 70 | 14.0 |
| 66 | Duke | 5 | 36 | 66 | 9 | 111 | 22.2 |
| 66 | Tulane | 2 | 14 | 19 | 9 | 42 | 21.0 |
| 66 | New Mexico | 3 | 14 | 38 | 9 | 61 | 20.3 |
| 66 | UTSA | 6 | 45 | 64 | 9 | 118 | 19.7 |
| 66 | SMU | 4 | 32 | 32 | 9 | 73 | 18.3 |
| 66 | Maryland | 8 | 43 | 92 | 9 | 144 | 18.0 |
| 66 | Missouri | 4 | 35 | 28 | 9 | 72 | 18.0 |
| 66 | Nebraska | 5 | 38 | 40 | 9 | 87 | 17.4 |
| 66 | NC State | 5 | 23 | 48 | 9 | 80 | 16.0 |
| 66 | Central Michigan | 5 | 32 | 28 | 9 | 69 | 13.8 |
| 66 | Minnesota | 5 | 21 | 38 | 9 | 68 | 13.6 |
| 77 | Clemson | 5 | 29 | 70 | 8 | 107 | 21.4 |
| 77 | Memphis | 4 | 31 | 46 | 8 | 85 | 21.3 |
| 77 | Army | 5 | 76 | 18 | 8 | 102 | 20.4 |
| 77 | Arizona State | 4 | 34 | 35 | 8 | 77 | 19.3 |
| 77 | Hawaii | 4 | 21 | 46 | 8 | 75 | 18.8 |
| 77 | Illinois | 4 | 21 | 43 | 8 | 72 | 18.0 |
| 77 | Western Kentucky | 4 | 25 | 38 | 8 | 71 | 17.8 |
| 77 | California | 5 | 15 | 62 | 8 | 85 | 17.0 |
| 85 | USF | 3 | 20 | 40 | 7 | 67 | 22.3 |
| 85 | Utah | 2 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 40 | 20.0 |
| 85 | Marshall | 7 | 57 | 70 | 7 | 134 | 19.1 |
| 85 | Boise State | 4 | 37 | 29 | 7 | 73 | 18.3 |
| 85 | Louisville | 4 | 26 | 37 | 7 | 70 | 17.5 |
| 85 | Fresno State | 4 | 18 | 42 | 7 | 67 | 16.8 |
| 85 | Rice | 7 | 69 | 33 | 7 | 109 | 15.6 |
| 85 | Coastal Carolina | 6 | 32 | 51 | 7 | 90 | 15.0 |
| 85 | Miami (OH) | 5 | 26 | 38 | 7 | 71 | 14.2 |
| 85 | Kent State | 7 | 37 | 48 | 7 | 92 | 13.1 |
| 95 | UNLV | 2 | 18 | 23 | 6 | 47 | 23.5 |
| 95 | Georgia Tech | 3 | 21 | 38 | 6 | 65 | 21.7 |
| 95 | Arizona | 3 | 27 | 31 | 6 | 64 | 21.3 |
| 95 | Jacksonville State | 4 | 50 | 28 | 6 | 84 | 21.0 |
| 95 | Kennesaw State | 3 | 26 | 28 | 6 | 60 | 20.0 |
| 95 | TCU | 4 | 19 | 54 | 6 | 79 | 19.8 |
| 95 | Wake Forest | 4 | 32 | 40 | 6 | 78 | 19.5 |
| 95 | Iowa | 4 | 32 | 30 | 6 | 68 | 17.0 |
| 103 | Connecticut | 3 | 18 | 44 | 5 | 67 | 22.3 |
| 103 | Texas State | 6 | 56 | 66 | 5 | 127 | 21.2 |
| 103 | Toledo | 4 | 26 | 40 | 5 | 71 | 17.8 |
| 103 | Buffalo | 7 | 52 | 60 | 5 | 117 | 16.7 |
| 103 | Michigan | 3 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 38 | 12.7 |
| 103 | Wisconsin | 8 | 50 | 44 | 5 | 99 | 12.4 |
| 109 | Notre Dame | 2 | 16 | 21 | 4 | 41 | 20.5 |
| 109 | FIU | 5 | 31 | 57 | 4 | 92 | 18.4 |
| 109 | Kansas State | 6 | 44 | 49 | 4 | 97 | 16.2 |
| 109 | Washington | 4 | 24 | 34 | 4 | 62 | 15.5 |
| 109 | Western Michigan | 4 | 31 | 22 | 4 | 57 | 14.3 |
| 109 | Troy | 4 | 18 | 26 | 4 | 48 | 12.0 |
| 115 | North Texas | 1 | 5 | 18 | 3 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 115 | Alabama | 2 | 11 | 27 | 3 | 41 | 20.5 |
| 115 | Miami (FL) | 2 | 15 | 20 | 3 | 38 | 19.0 |
| 115 | Virginia | 2 | 12 | 23 | 3 | 38 | 19.0 |
| 115 | Texas A&M | 1 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 115 | Penn State | 6 | 51 | 46 | 3 | 100 | 16.7 |
| 115 | Ohio | 4 | 32 | 31 | 3 | 66 | 16.5 |
| 115 | San Diego State | 3 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 42 | 14.0 |
| 123 | Ole Miss | 1 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 123 | Vanderbilt | 2 | 11 | 28 | 2 | 41 | 20.5 |
| 123 | James Madison | 1 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 123 | Georgia | 1 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 123 | Texas | 3 | 17 | 28 | 2 | 47 | 15.7 |
| 123 | Oklahoma | 2 | 10 | 18 | 2 | 30 | 15.0 |
| 123 | Old Dominion | 3 | 14 | 22 | 2 | 38 | 12.7 |
| 130 | Navy | 2 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 35 | 17.5 |
| 130 | Cincinnati | 5 | 39 | 44 | 1 | 84 | 16.8 |
| 130 | Texas Tech | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 130 | Oregon | 1 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 130 | BYU | 1 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 |