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