2025 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/19/2026

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 UNLV 14 140 153 32 325 23.2
2 North Texas 12 118 174 23 315 26.3
3 Virginia 14 134 151 18 303 21.6
4 Jacksonville State 14 173 100 24 297 21.2
5 Delaware 13 103 162 31 296 22.8
6 James Madison 13 165 108 20 293 22.5
7 Utah 11 164 107 20 291 26.5
7 Kennesaw State 13 133 132 26 291 22.4
9 Boise State 13 123 142 24 289 22.2
10 Arkansas State 13 94 159 35 288 22.2
11 Southern Miss 13 103 141 38 282 21.7
12 Texas State 12 143 118 19 280 23.3
13 Western Kentucky 13 95 164 19 278 21.4
14 Connecticut 13 104 153 20 277 21.3
15 Toledo 13 113 146 16 275 21.2
16 Clemson 13 98 153 23 274 21.1
17 Ohio 12 139 114 19 272 22.7
18 Old Dominion 11 138 107 25 270 24.5
18 Georgia Tech 11 128 122 20 270 24.5
20 FIU 13 104 135 29 268 20.6
21 Hawaii 13 70 174 22 266 20.5
22 Appalachian State 12 86 155 23 264 22.0
23 Indiana 10 138 109 15 262 26.2
24 Duke 11 85 147 27 259 23.5
25 Houston 11 99 121 38 258 23.5
26 East Carolina 11 112 129 16 257 23.4
27 Memphis 11 126 109 21 256 23.3
28 Miami (FL) 11 101 138 16 255 23.2
28 Missouri State 12 81 142 32 255 21.3
30 Georgia Southern 11 98 130 23 251 22.8
31 Vanderbilt 10 98 130 22 250 25.0
32 Louisiana Tech 13 132 89 28 249 19.2
33 Ohio State 10 99 139 10 248 24.8
34 Tulane 11 91 135 21 247 22.5
34 Western Michigan 13 143 85 19 247 19.0
34 Miami (OH) 14 112 113 22 247 17.6
37 California 12 60 158 28 246 20.5
37 Fresno State 13 108 116 22 246 18.9
39 Washington 10 116 116 13 245 24.5
39 Arizona 11 94 126 25 245 22.3
39 New Mexico State 12 66 141 38 245 20.4
42 Eastern Michigan 12 98 121 24 243 20.3
43 Ole Miss 9 101 119 22 242 26.9
43 Pittsburgh 11 77 136 29 242 22.0
45 Florida Atlantic 10 73 143 25 241 24.1
45 Air Force 11 167 60 14 241 21.9
47 Akron 12 90 127 23 240 20.0
48 USF 10 113 101 25 239 23.9
49 Louisiana 12 111 89 36 236 19.7
50 Rutgers 9 98 123 14 235 26.1
50 Wake Forest 12 101 116 18 235 19.6
52 Middle Tennessee State 12 68 144 22 234 19.5
53 Buffalo 12 99 120 13 232 19.3
54 Tennessee 9 98 116 17 231 25.7
54 TCU 10 82 136 13 231 23.1
54 New Mexico 12 104 102 25 231 19.3
57 Navy 11 158 60 12 230 20.9
57 SMU 11 87 121 22 230 20.9
57 Troy 13 85 131 14 230 17.7
60 Texas A&M 10 100 112 17 229 22.9
60 Liberty 11 112 102 15 229 20.8
60 Utah State 11 92 113 24 229 20.8
60 Boston College 11 75 138 16 229 20.8
64 Georgia 9 99 104 25 228 25.3
64 BYU 10 114 95 19 228 22.8
66 Tulsa 10 106 97 23 226 22.6
67 Texas Tech 9 99 113 13 225 25.0
67 San Jose State 11 74 131 20 225 20.5
69 UTSA 10 85 111 28 224 22.4
70 Marshall 10 99 107 17 223 22.3
71 NC State 10 77 120 24 221 22.1
72 Illinois 10 92 104 24 220 22.0
72 Colorado State 12 80 114 26 220 18.3
74 Florida State 9 116 87 15 218 24.2
75 Baylor 9 84 110 23 217 24.1
76 Oregon 9 102 101 12 215 23.9
76 UAB 10 76 122 17 215 21.5
78 Missouri 8 110 90 14 214 26.8
79 Central Michigan 12 116 79 17 212 17.7
80 San Diego State 12 121 76 12 209 17.4
81 South Alabama 10 111 80 16 207 20.7
81 Nevada 12 96 88 23 207 17.3
83 Mississippi State 9 98 83 25 206 22.9
84 Michigan 9 108 88 9 205 22.8
85 Louisiana-Monroe 11 92 91 20 203 18.5
86 Coastal Carolina 11 103 82 17 202 18.4
87 Iowa State 9 88 95 17 200 22.2
88 Louisville 10 92 90 17 199 19.9
88 Kansas 10 86 104 9 199 19.9
88 Bowling Green 12 102 81 16 199 16.6
91 USC 8 76 105 17 198 24.8
91 Northwestern 9 86 88 24 198 22.0
91 Alabama 9 60 118 20 198 22.0
94 Oregon State 9 74 100 23 197 21.9
94 Wyoming 11 80 95 22 197 17.9
96 Syracuse 10 75 104 16 195 19.5
97 Georgia State 9 62 118 13 193 21.4
97 Sam Houston State 11 69 101 23 193 17.5
99 Penn State 9 97 85 8 190 21.1
99 Cincinnati 9 88 91 11 190 21.1
99 Nebraska 9 78 102 10 190 21.1
102 Maryland 10 58 115 16 189 18.9
102 UTEP 11 73 91 25 189 17.2
104 Minnesota 10 68 96 24 188 18.8
105 Arizona State 9 90 78 18 186 20.7
105 Army 10 142 31 13 186 18.6
107 Notre Dame 8 67 99 19 185 23.1
107 Virginia Tech 9 96 72 17 185 20.6
109 Northern Illinois 12 114 55 12 181 15.1
110 Arkansas 8 82 88 10 180 22.5
111 Washington State 9 66 94 19 179 19.9
112 Massachusetts 11 64 90 24 178 16.2
112 Ball State 12 77 76 25 178 14.8
114 UCF 9 81 81 14 176 19.6
115 Rice 10 106 47 16 169 16.9
115 North Carolina 10 63 87 19 169 16.9
117 Charlotte 9 54 90 16 160 17.8
118 Oklahoma State 9 63 82 14 159 17.7
119 Oklahoma 8 58 91 9 158 19.8
119 Stanford 8 54 85 19 158 19.8
121 LSU 7 47 91 19 157 22.4
122 Kentucky 8 76 66 14 156 19.5
122 Iowa 9 89 57 10 156 17.3
124 Kansas State 9 63 83 9 155 17.2
124 Kent State 10 61 78 16 155 15.5
126 UCLA 8 66 72 16 154 19.3
127 Florida 7 65 74 14 153 21.9
127 Temple 8 64 82 7 153 19.1
129 Michigan State 8 60 75 16 151 18.9
130 Auburn 7 86 58 6 150 21.4
131 West Virginia 7 76 53 16 145 20.7
132 Colorado 8 58 69 17 144 18.0
133 Purdue 7 57 75 9 141 20.1
134 Texas 7 50 74 11 135 19.3
135 South Carolina 7 58 59 11 128 18.3
136 Wisconsin 6 46 50 6 102 17.0