2025 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/09/2026

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Houston 11 93 119 38 250 22.7
1 Southern Miss 13 103 141 38 282 21.7
1 New Mexico State 12 66 141 38 245 20.4
4 Arkansas State 13 94 159 35 288 22.2
4 Louisiana 11 108 89 35 232 21.1
6 UNLV 14 140 153 32 325 23.2
6 Missouri State 12 81 142 32 255 21.3
8 Delaware 13 103 162 31 296 22.8
9 FIU 13 104 135 29 268 20.6
10 UTSA 10 85 111 28 224 22.4
10 Arizona 12 101 137 28 266 22.2
10 Pittsburgh 10 66 126 28 220 22.0
10 California 12 60 158 28 246 20.5
10 Louisiana Tech 13 132 89 28 249 19.2
15 Duke 10 77 130 26 233 23.3
15 Kennesaw State 13 133 132 26 291 22.4
15 Colorado State 12 80 114 26 220 18.3
15 Minnesota 11 70 102 26 198 18.0
19 Baylor 10 90 134 25 249 24.9
19 Old Dominion 11 138 107 25 270 24.5
19 Florida Atlantic 10 73 143 25 241 24.1
19 USF 10 113 101 25 239 23.9
19 New Mexico 12 104 102 25 231 19.3
19 UTEP 11 73 91 25 189 17.2
19 Ball State 12 77 76 25 178 14.8
26 USC 10 85 129 24 238 23.8
26 Boise State 13 123 142 24 289 22.2
26 Illinois 10 92 104 24 220 22.0
26 Northwestern 9 86 88 24 198 22.0
26 Oregon State 10 88 107 24 219 21.9
26 Jacksonville State 14 173 100 24 297 21.2
26 Utah State 11 92 113 24 229 20.8
26 Eastern Michigan 12 98 121 24 243 20.3
34 North Texas 12 118 174 23 315 26.3
34 Georgia Southern 11 98 130 23 251 22.8
34 Tulsa 10 106 97 23 226 22.6
34 Appalachian State 12 86 155 23 264 22.0
34 SMU 11 88 120 23 231 21.0
34 Akron 12 90 127 23 240 20.0
34 Sam Houston State 11 69 101 23 193 17.5
34 Nevada 12 96 88 23 207 17.3
34 Massachusetts 11 66 88 23 177 16.1
43 Ole Miss 9 101 119 22 242 26.9
43 Georgia 8 87 100 22 209 26.1
43 Vanderbilt 10 100 136 22 258 25.8
43 NC State 9 69 104 22 195 21.7
43 Clemson 12 91 144 22 257 21.4
43 Middle Tennessee State 12 68 144 22 234 19.5
43 Fresno State 13 108 116 22 246 18.9
43 Wyoming 11 80 95 22 197 17.9
43 Miami (OH) 14 112 113 22 247 17.6
52 Memphis 11 126 109 21 256 23.3
52 Tulane 11 91 135 21 247 22.5
52 Arizona State 10 100 97 21 218 21.8
55 Utah 11 164 107 20 291 26.5
55 Georgia Tech 11 128 122 20 270 24.5
55 James Madison 13 165 108 20 293 22.5
55 LSU 8 52 102 20 174 21.8
55 Connecticut 13 104 153 20 277 21.3
55 San Jose State 11 74 131 20 225 20.5
55 Hawaii 12 63 162 20 245 20.4
55 Louisiana-Monroe 11 92 91 20 203 18.5
63 Texas State 12 143 118 19 280 23.3
63 Notre Dame 8 67 99 19 185 23.1
63 Ohio 12 139 114 19 272 22.7
63 Western Kentucky 13 95 164 19 278 21.4
63 Washington State 9 66 94 19 179 19.9
63 Stanford 8 54 85 19 158 19.8
63 Western Michigan 13 143 85 19 247 19.0
63 North Carolina 11 66 94 19 179 16.3
71 Virginia 13 127 140 18 285 21.9
71 Iowa State 10 96 96 18 210 21.0
71 West Virginia 9 95 71 18 184 20.4
71 Michigan State 9 65 87 18 170 18.9
75 Tennessee 9 98 116 17 231 25.7
75 Indiana 11 144 119 17 280 25.5
75 BYU 9 102 87 17 206 22.9
75 Mississippi State 8 88 74 17 179 22.4
75 Marshall 10 99 107 17 223 22.3
75 Alabama 8 52 107 17 176 22.0
75 UAB 10 76 122 17 215 21.5
75 Louisville 10 92 90 17 199 19.9
75 Wake Forest 11 92 106 17 215 19.5
75 Coastal Carolina 11 103 82 17 202 18.4
75 Colorado 8 57 70 17 144 18.0
75 Central Michigan 12 116 79 17 212 17.7
87 Rutgers 10 103 136 16 255 25.5
87 East Carolina 11 112 129 16 257 23.4
87 Miami (FL) 11 101 138 16 255 23.2
87 Toledo 13 113 146 16 275 21.2
87 South Alabama 10 111 80 16 207 20.7
87 Syracuse 9 66 96 16 178 19.8
87 UCLA 8 66 72 16 154 19.3
87 Maryland 10 58 115 16 189 18.9
87 Charlotte 9 54 90 16 160 17.8
87 Rice 11 118 51 16 185 16.8
87 Bowling Green 12 102 81 16 199 16.6
87 Kent State 10 61 78 16 155 15.5
99 Florida State 9 116 87 15 218 24.2
99 Texas A&M 9 89 104 15 208 23.1
99 Liberty 11 112 102 15 229 20.8
99 Virginia Tech 8 87 63 15 165 20.6
99 Oklahoma State 9 64 83 15 162 18.0
104 Missouri 8 110 90 14 214 26.8
104 TCU 11 91 148 14 253 23.0
104 Air Force 11 167 60 14 241 21.9
104 Florida 7 65 74 14 153 21.9
104 Boston College 10 67 124 14 205 20.5
104 Kentucky 8 76 66 14 156 19.5
104 UCF 10 88 88 14 190 19.0
104 Troy 13 85 131 14 230 17.7
112 Texas Tech 10 115 124 13 252 25.2
112 Washington 10 116 116 13 245 24.5
112 Georgia State 9 62 118 13 193 21.4
112 Buffalo 12 99 120 13 232 19.3
112 Army 10 142 31 13 186 18.6
117 Oregon 10 117 105 12 234 23.4
117 Navy 11 158 60 12 230 20.9
117 Nebraska 10 88 104 12 204 20.4
117 San Diego State 12 121 76 12 209 17.4
117 Northern Illinois 12 114 55 12 181 15.1
122 Cincinnati 9 86 96 11 193 21.4
122 Texas 7 50 74 11 135 19.3
124 Ohio State 10 99 139 10 248 24.8
124 Arkansas 7 75 80 10 165 23.6
124 Kansas State 9 69 88 10 167 18.6
124 Iowa 9 89 57 10 156 17.3
128 Michigan 9 108 88 9 205 22.8
128 Penn State 10 107 93 9 209 20.9
128 Purdue 7 57 75 9 141 20.1
131 Oklahoma 7 53 83 8 144 20.6
131 South Carolina 6 57 48 8 113 18.8
133 Kansas 8 76 84 7 167 20.9
134 Wisconsin 7 55 53 6 114 16.3
135 Temple 7 55 75 4 134 19.1
136 Auburn 6 78 50 3 131 21.8