2025 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. Ranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 11/01/2025

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Arkansas 5 57 56 8 121 24.2
2 Alabama 4 32 53 10 95 23.8
3 Kentucky 4 29 48 11 88 22.0
4 Tennessee 3 20 46 12 78 26.0
5 Illinois 4 23 44 11 78 19.5
5 South Carolina 5 27 44 12 83 16.6
7 Oklahoma 4 25 41 5 71 17.8
8 Kansas 3 17 39 6 62 20.7
9 Purdue 3 16 37 8 61 20.3
10 Georgia 3 33 36 10 79 26.3
10 NC State 3 21 36 3 60 20.0
12 Vanderbilt 3 14 35 5 54 18.0
13 Nebraska 3 27 34 5 66 22.0
14 UAB 2 9 32 2 43 21.5
15 Washington State 3 20 31 9 60 20.0
15 Texas 3 21 31 2 54 18.0
17 Louisville 2 14 30 3 47 23.5
18 Florida State 3 36 29 8 73 24.3
18 Florida 4 25 29 6 60 15.0
20 Mississippi State 3 28 28 7 63 21.0
20 Michigan State 3 20 28 9 57 19.0
22 Iowa State 2 19 27 7 53 26.5
22 USF 2 13 27 4 44 22.0
22 Notre Dame 3 33 27 4 64 21.3
22 Auburn 4 25 27 12 64 16.0
22 LSU 3 14 27 7 48 16.0
22 Georgia State 3 15 27 5 47 15.7
28 USC 2 15 26 6 47 23.5
28 Ole Miss 2 13 26 3 42 21.0
30 Utah 3 33 25 11 69 23.0
30 Michigan 3 24 25 3 52 17.3
32 Boston College 2 13 24 4 41 20.5
33 Maryland 2 4 23 3 30 15.0
34 Wisconsin 4 23 22 2 47 11.8
35 Syracuse 2 18 21 2 41 20.5
35 Utah State 2 10 21 8 39 19.5
37 Colorado 3 23 20 5 48 16.0
37 Stanford 3 14 20 1 35 11.7
39 Arizona State 2 18 19 7 44 22.0
39 Miami (FL) 2 13 19 3 35 17.5
39 Virginia Tech 3 27 19 6 52 17.3
39 Ohio State 2 11 19 3 33 16.5
43 Rutgers 2 17 18 2 37 18.5
43 Washington 2 9 18 2 29 14.5
45 Duke 1 8 17 1 26 26.0
45 Bowling Green 2 14 17 4 35 17.5
47 Oregon State 2 7 16 2 25 12.5
48 Texas A&M 1 6 15 3 24 24.0
48 SMU 1 3 15 2 20 20.0
48 Missouri 2 19 15 2 36 18.0
51 Penn State 2 15 14 1 30 15.0
51 Oklahoma State 3 22 14 3 39 13.0
53 East Carolina 1 8 13 3 24 24.0
53 Indiana 1 6 13 4 23 23.0
53 New Mexico 1 4 13 4 21 21.0
53 Texas Tech 1 7 13 0 20 20.0
53 Florida Atlantic 1 5 13 1 19 19.0
53 Iowa 1 4 13 0 17 17.0
53 UCLA 2 11 13 2 26 13.0
60 Georgia Southern 1 9 12 5 26 26.0
61 Boise State 1 7 11 5 23 23.0
61 California 1 3 11 0 14 14.0
61 Temple 2 11 11 4 26 13.0
64 Wake Forest 1 9 10 1 20 20.0
64 North Carolina 1 6 10 4 20 20.0
64 Colorado State 1 5 10 2 17 17.0
64 San Jose State 1 4 10 2 16 16.0
64 Kent State 2 6 10 1 17 8.5
69 Arizona 1 11 9 3 23 23.0
69 BYU 1 12 9 1 22 22.0
69 Cincinnati 1 9 9 0 18 18.0
69 Clemson 1 7 9 1 17 17.0
69 West Virginia 2 18 9 5 32 16.0
69 Pittsburgh 1 3 9 2 14 14.0
69 Coastal Carolina 1 2 9 2 13 13.0
76 UTSA 1 8 8 1 17 17.0
76 Tulsa 1 5 8 2 15 15.0
76 Oregon 1 5 8 1 14 14.0
79 UCF 1 16 7 3 26 26.0
79 Baylor 1 8 7 2 17 17.0
79 UTEP 1 3 7 3 13 13.0
82 Tulane 1 10 6 2 18 18.0
82 Northwestern 1 9 6 0 15 15.0
82 Virginia 1 8 6 0 14 14.0
82 Missouri State 1 5 6 0 11 11.0
82 Old Dominion 1 4 6 0 10 10.0
82 Massachusetts 1 2 6 1 9 9.0
88 James Madison 1 12 5 2 19 19.0
88 Rice 1 6 5 2 13 13.0
88 Troy 1 4 5 3 12 12.0
88 Minnesota 1 5 5 1 11 11.0
88 Kennesaw State 1 4 5 1 10 10.0
88 Louisiana-Monroe 1 3 5 1 9 9.0
94 Wyoming 1 9 4 2 15 15.0
94 Marshall 1 3 4 0 7 7.0
94 Sam Houston State 1 2 4 1 7 7.0
97 Houston 1 7 3 2 12 12.0
97 Kansas State 1 8 3 0 11 11.0
97 Ohio 1 5 3 1 9 9.0
97 Central Michigan 1 4 3 1 8 8.0
101 Louisiana 1 3 0 1 4 4.0