2025 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 11/29/2025

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Air Force 11 167 60 14 241 21.9
2 Jacksonville State 12 154 86 23 263 21.9
3 Utah 10 152 94 19 265 26.5
4 James Madison 12 151 103 20 274 22.8
5 Indiana 11 144 119 17 280 25.5
6 Texas State 11 132 109 15 256 23.3
7 Navy 9 131 50 10 191 21.2
8 Georgia Tech 11 128 122 20 270 24.5
8 Ohio 11 128 108 17 253 23.0
10 Old Dominion 10 126 100 23 249 24.9
10 Army 9 126 25 12 163 18.1
12 Louisiana Tech 12 125 86 26 237 19.8
13 UNLV 12 124 131 30 285 23.8
13 Western Michigan 11 124 74 13 211 19.2
15 San Diego State 12 121 76 12 209 17.4
16 Virginia 12 118 129 13 260 21.7
17 Memphis 10 117 103 19 239 23.9
17 Oregon 10 117 105 12 234 23.4
19 Florida State 9 116 87 15 218 24.2
20 Texas Tech 10 115 124 13 252 25.2
20 Kennesaw State 11 115 115 20 250 22.7
22 Northern Illinois 12 114 55 12 181 15.1
23 Liberty 11 112 102 15 229 20.8
23 Central Michigan 11 112 69 16 197 17.9
23 Rice 10 112 47 14 173 17.3
26 Boise State 11 111 120 19 250 22.7
26 South Alabama 10 111 80 16 207 20.7
28 Missouri 8 110 90 14 214 26.8
29 Washington 9 108 107 13 228 25.3
29 Michigan 9 108 88 9 205 22.8
31 East Carolina 10 107 125 14 246 24.6
32 Tulsa 10 106 97 23 226 22.6
33 USF 9 105 92 23 220 24.4
34 North Texas 11 104 162 21 287 26.1
35 Rutgers 10 103 136 16 255 25.5
35 Toledo 12 103 137 15 255 21.3
35 Miami (OH) 12 103 98 16 217 18.1
38 BYU 9 102 87 17 206 22.9
38 Louisiana 10 102 77 33 212 21.2
38 Bowling Green 12 102 81 16 199 16.6
41 Ole Miss 9 101 119 22 242 26.9
41 Miami (FL) 11 101 138 16 255 23.2
43 Coastal Carolina 10 100 70 13 183 18.3
44 Ohio State 10 99 139 10 248 24.8
44 Marshall 10 99 107 17 223 22.3
44 FIU 12 99 124 23 246 20.5
44 Buffalo 12 99 120 13 232 19.3
44 Fresno State 12 99 108 21 228 19.0
49 Southern Miss 12 98 127 36 261 21.8
49 Eastern Michigan 12 98 121 24 243 20.3
51 Penn State 9 97 83 9 189 21.0
52 Iowa State 10 96 96 18 210 21.0
52 Nevada 12 96 88 23 207 17.3
54 Vanderbilt 9 95 123 19 237 26.3
54 Delaware 12 95 154 31 280 23.3
54 Connecticut 12 95 148 20 263 21.9
54 West Virginia 9 95 71 18 184 20.4
58 New Mexico 11 92 99 23 214 19.5
58 Louisiana-Monroe 11 92 91 20 203 18.5
60 TCU 11 91 148 14 253 23.0
60 Tulane 11 91 135 21 247 22.5
60 Arizona State 9 91 85 20 196 21.8
63 Baylor 10 90 134 25 249 24.9
63 Arkansas State 12 90 150 32 272 22.7
63 Arizona 11 90 124 26 240 21.8
63 Utah State 10 90 105 21 216 21.6
63 Akron 12 90 127 23 240 20.0
68 Texas A&M 9 89 104 15 208 23.1
68 Iowa 9 89 57 10 156 17.3
70 Tennessee 8 88 108 17 213 26.6
70 Oregon State 10 88 107 24 219 21.9
70 SMU 11 88 120 23 231 21.0
70 Nebraska 10 88 104 12 204 20.4
70 UCF 10 88 88 14 190 19.0
75 Georgia 8 87 100 22 209 26.1
75 Georgia Southern 10 87 121 21 229 22.9
75 Western Kentucky 12 87 154 19 260 21.7
75 Virginia Tech 8 87 63 15 165 20.6
79 Cincinnati 9 86 96 11 193 21.4
80 Clemson 11 84 137 20 241 21.9
81 Houston 10 83 104 31 218 21.8
82 Wake Forest 10 82 95 15 192 19.2
83 Northwestern 8 81 77 22 180 22.5
84 USC 9 80 118 21 219 24.3
84 Mississippi State 7 80 65 14 159 22.7
84 Louisville 9 80 82 14 176 19.6
84 Colorado State 12 80 114 26 220 18.3
88 Troy 12 79 122 14 215 17.9
88 Wyoming 11 79 96 22 197 17.9
90 Appalachian State 11 78 144 21 243 22.1
90 Auburn 6 78 50 3 131 21.8
90 Illinois 9 78 94 21 193 21.4
90 Ball State 12 78 74 25 177 14.8
94 UTSA 9 76 97 26 199 22.1
94 UAB 10 76 122 17 215 21.5
94 Kansas 8 76 84 7 167 20.9
94 Kentucky 8 76 66 14 156 19.5
98 Arkansas 7 75 80 10 165 23.6
99 San Jose State 11 74 131 20 225 20.5
100 Florida Atlantic 10 73 143 25 241 24.1
100 UTEP 11 73 91 25 189 17.2
102 Missouri State 11 72 131 29 232 21.1
103 Kansas State 9 69 88 10 167 18.6
103 Sam Houston State 11 69 101 23 193 17.5
105 Duke 9 68 117 24 209 23.2
105 Middle Tennessee State 12 68 144 22 234 19.5
107 Notre Dame 8 67 99 19 185 23.1
107 Boston College 10 67 124 14 205 20.5
109 New Mexico State 12 66 141 38 245 20.4
109 Syracuse 9 66 96 16 178 19.8
109 UCLA 8 66 72 16 154 19.3
109 North Carolina 11 66 94 19 179 16.3
109 Massachusetts 11 66 88 23 177 16.1
114 NC State 8 65 95 19 179 22.4
114 Florida 7 65 74 14 153 21.9
114 Michigan State 9 65 87 18 170 18.9
117 Oklahoma State 9 64 83 15 162 18.0
118 Minnesota 10 63 96 23 182 18.2
119 Georgia State 9 61 119 13 193 21.4
119 Kent State 10 61 78 16 155 15.5
121 Pittsburgh 9 58 110 28 196 21.8
121 Maryland 10 58 115 16 189 18.9
123 Hawaii 11 57 146 18 221 20.1
123 Purdue 7 57 75 9 141 20.1
123 South Carolina 6 57 48 8 113 18.8
123 Colorado 8 57 70 17 144 18.0
127 Temple 7 55 75 4 134 19.1
127 Washington State 8 55 77 17 149 18.6
127 Wisconsin 7 55 53 6 114 16.3
130 Stanford 8 54 85 19 158 19.8
130 Charlotte 9 54 90 16 160 17.8
132 Oklahoma 7 53 83 8 144 20.6
133 Alabama 8 52 107 17 176 22.0
134 California 11 51 141 26 218 19.8
135 Texas 7 50 74 11 135 19.3
136 LSU 7 47 91 19 157 22.4