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

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 North Texas 9 83 133 20 236 26.2
2 Indiana 8 111 94 14 219 27.4
2 Georgia Tech 9 106 96 17 219 24.3
4 Memphis 9 106 92 17 215 23.9
5 Baylor 8 74 111 22 207 25.9
6 Arkansas State 9 68 103 26 197 21.9
7 Western Kentucky 9 62 122 12 196 21.8
7 Hawaii 9 48 131 17 196 21.8
9 Texas Tech 8 92 92 10 194 24.3
10 Delaware 8 66 104 22 192 24.0
11 Connecticut 9 66 107 16 189 21.0
12 Virginia 8 86 91 8 185 23.1
13 Air Force 8 112 59 13 184 23.0
14 Old Dominion 8 76 89 18 183 22.9
15 Pittsburgh 8 55 101 26 182 22.8
16 UNLV 8 78 84 19 181 22.6
17 Toledo 8 71 98 11 180 22.5
18 Appalachian State 8 58 103 18 179 22.4
19 Rutgers 7 68 99 11 178 25.4
20 Texas State 8 90 77 10 177 22.1
20 Fresno State 9 74 85 18 177 19.7
22 Cincinnati 8 81 84 11 176 22.0
22 Boise State 8 72 89 15 176 22.0
22 South Alabama 9 93 69 14 176 19.6
22 Eastern Michigan 9 73 89 14 176 19.6
26 Ohio 7 80 83 12 175 25.0
26 Jacksonville State 8 108 54 13 175 21.9
26 Southern Miss 8 70 77 28 175 21.9
29 Ole Miss 7 82 77 15 174 24.9
29 TCU 8 62 103 9 174 21.8
31 Buffalo 9 77 85 11 173 19.2
32 East Carolina 7 76 86 10 172 24.6
32 Florida Atlantic 7 51 101 20 172 24.6
34 Missouri 6 80 84 7 171 28.5
34 Oregon 7 86 75 10 171 24.4
34 Navy 8 121 44 6 171 21.4
34 Houston 8 63 85 23 171 21.4
38 Western Michigan 9 91 65 14 170 18.9
39 Utah 6 98 59 9 166 27.7
40 James Madison 7 93 61 11 165 23.6
40 New Mexico 8 66 79 20 165 20.6
42 Washington 6 77 80 7 164 27.3
43 Tennessee 6 63 85 15 163 27.2
43 Texas A&M 7 71 81 11 163 23.3
43 Louisiana 8 75 61 27 163 20.4
43 Akron 9 61 88 14 163 18.1
47 Tulane 7 56 90 16 162 23.1
47 Duke 7 48 98 16 162 23.1
49 Louisiana Tech 8 80 63 16 159 19.9
50 Marshall 7 80 66 12 158 22.6
50 Clemson 7 51 95 12 158 22.6
50 FIU 8 61 85 12 158 19.8
50 SMU 8 58 83 17 158 19.8
54 BYU 7 84 59 14 157 22.4
54 Oregon State 7 69 71 17 157 22.4
54 Wyoming 8 64 77 16 157 19.6
57 Northwestern 7 77 58 20 155 22.1
57 Arizona State 7 72 70 13 155 22.1
57 Tulsa 7 63 76 16 155 22.1
57 San Jose State 7 43 100 12 155 22.1
57 Army 8 123 25 7 155 19.4
57 California 8 41 95 19 155 19.4
63 Minnesota 8 52 80 22 154 19.3
64 USC 6 62 77 14 153 25.5
64 Arizona 7 60 77 16 153 21.9
64 Troy 8 61 83 9 153 19.1
67 Liberty 8 72 71 9 152 19.0
67 Middle Tennessee State 8 46 92 14 152 19.0
69 Vanderbilt 6 66 73 12 151 25.2
70 USF 6 76 57 16 149 24.8
70 Central Michigan 8 87 50 12 149 18.6
70 San Diego State 8 80 62 7 149 18.6
73 Miami (OH) 8 72 66 9 147 18.4
73 Charlotte 8 49 82 16 147 18.4
75 Ohio State 6 56 86 4 146 24.3
75 Kennesaw State 7 70 65 11 146 20.9
75 Georgia Southern 7 61 71 14 146 20.9
75 Louisiana-Monroe 8 66 65 15 146 18.3
79 Temple 7 59 81 5 145 20.7
79 Kansas State 8 58 78 9 145 18.1
81 New Mexico State 8 40 83 21 144 18.0
82 West Virginia 7 77 52 14 143 20.4
82 Iowa State 7 64 68 11 143 20.4
84 UTSA 7 50 76 16 142 20.3
84 Syracuse 7 49 80 13 142 20.3
84 Rice 8 94 40 8 142 17.8
87 Miami (FL) 6 62 74 5 141 23.5
88 Boston College 7 46 85 9 140 20.0
89 Missouri State 7 46 78 15 139 19.9
90 Mississippi State 6 65 59 11 135 22.5
91 Colorado State 7 61 60 13 134 19.1
91 UCF 7 58 65 11 134 19.1
93 Nevada 8 58 62 13 133 16.6
94 NC State 6 43 77 12 132 22.0
95 UAB 6 49 72 10 131 21.8
96 Michigan 6 73 52 5 130 21.7
96 Nebraska 6 49 72 9 130 21.7
98 Virginia Tech 6 64 52 13 129 21.5
99 Florida State 5 72 47 8 127 25.4
99 Purdue 6 53 67 7 127 21.2
99 Coastal Carolina 7 72 44 11 127 18.1
102 Penn State 6 62 61 3 126 21.0
102 Sam Houston State 7 47 63 16 126 18.0
104 Wake Forest 7 47 65 13 125 17.9
105 Notre Dame 5 40 71 13 124 24.8
105 Kansas 6 62 58 4 124 20.7
107 UCLA 6 51 59 13 123 20.5
108 Iowa 7 71 43 8 122 17.4
109 Georgia 5 48 60 13 121 24.2
109 Utah State 6 48 62 11 121 20.2
111 Stanford 6 41 63 15 119 19.8
112 Louisville 6 47 60 11 118 19.7
113 LSU 5 32 69 15 116 23.2
113 Bowling Green 7 58 48 10 116 16.6
113 Ball State 8 54 49 13 116 14.5
116 Illinois 5 45 55 14 114 22.8
116 Michigan State 6 47 56 11 114 19.0
116 UTEP 7 42 60 12 114 16.3
119 Texas 6 46 59 8 113 18.8
119 Massachusetts 7 40 58 15 113 16.1
121 Maryland 6 38 63 11 112 18.7
121 North Carolina 7 49 52 11 112 16.0
121 Northern Illinois 8 65 40 7 112 14.0
124 Oklahoma 5 44 61 6 111 22.2
124 Colorado 6 45 55 11 111 18.5
126 Auburn 5 69 38 3 110 22.0
127 Georgia State 5 33 64 9 106 21.2
128 Washington State 6 38 56 10 104 17.3
129 Oklahoma State 6 40 53 9 102 17.0
130 Arkansas 4 44 47 6 97 24.3
131 Florida 4 38 46 11 95 23.8
132 Kent State 6 34 42 11 87 14.5
133 Alabama 4 20 61 5 86 21.5
134 Wisconsin 4 34 38 5 77 19.3
135 Kentucky 4 38 26 8 72 18.0
136 South Carolina 4 42 24 5 71 17.8