2025 National Leaders First Downs - Games in November Only through 11/29/2025
| Name | G | Rush | Pass | Penalty | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Air Force | 5 | 77 | 21 | 5 | 103 | 20.6 |
| 2 | Old Dominion | 4 | 62 | 29 | 8 | 99 | 24.8 |
| 2 | Liberty | 5 | 62 | 48 | 8 | 118 | 23.6 |
| 4 | Georgia | 5 | 60 | 50 | 11 | 121 | 24.2 |
| 4 | Western Michigan | 4 | 60 | 19 | 3 | 82 | 20.5 |
| 6 | Ohio State | 5 | 57 | 60 | 8 | 125 | 25.0 |
| 6 | East Carolina | 5 | 57 | 57 | 8 | 122 | 24.4 |
| 8 | Navy | 4 | 56 | 15 | 6 | 77 | 19.3 |
| 9 | Wake Forest | 5 | 55 | 39 | 4 | 98 | 19.6 |
| 10 | Utah | 4 | 54 | 35 | 10 | 99 | 24.8 |
| 11 | UNLV | 5 | 52 | 64 | 13 | 129 | 25.8 |
| 11 | Tulsa | 4 | 52 | 34 | 9 | 95 | 23.8 |
| 11 | Florida State | 5 | 52 | 48 | 9 | 109 | 21.8 |
| 11 | Army | 4 | 52 | 10 | 8 | 70 | 17.5 |
| 15 | Texas State | 4 | 51 | 42 | 6 | 99 | 24.8 |
| 16 | South Alabama | 4 | 50 | 34 | 8 | 92 | 23.0 |
| 16 | Indiana | 4 | 50 | 36 | 3 | 89 | 22.3 |
| 18 | Louisville | 5 | 49 | 33 | 6 | 88 | 17.6 |
| 18 | Northern Illinois | 4 | 49 | 15 | 5 | 69 | 17.3 |
| 18 | San Diego State | 5 | 49 | 21 | 6 | 76 | 15.2 |
| 21 | UAB | 5 | 48 | 55 | 10 | 113 | 22.6 |
| 21 | Ohio | 4 | 48 | 25 | 5 | 78 | 19.5 |
| 21 | Penn State | 5 | 48 | 40 | 7 | 95 | 19.0 |
| 24 | James Madison | 4 | 46 | 37 | 7 | 90 | 22.5 |
| 24 | Jacksonville State | 4 | 46 | 32 | 10 | 88 | 22.0 |
| 24 | Boise State | 4 | 46 | 35 | 4 | 85 | 21.3 |
| 24 | Missouri | 4 | 46 | 19 | 14 | 79 | 19.8 |
| 28 | Kennesaw State | 4 | 45 | 50 | 9 | 104 | 26.0 |
| 28 | Louisiana Tech | 4 | 45 | 24 | 10 | 79 | 19.8 |
| 30 | Miami (FL) | 5 | 44 | 68 | 10 | 122 | 24.4 |
| 30 | Clemson | 5 | 44 | 57 | 10 | 111 | 22.2 |
| 32 | Ole Miss | 4 | 43 | 59 | 8 | 110 | 27.5 |
| 32 | USF | 4 | 43 | 44 | 10 | 97 | 24.3 |
| 32 | North Texas | 4 | 43 | 49 | 3 | 95 | 23.8 |
| 35 | Utah State | 4 | 42 | 43 | 10 | 95 | 23.8 |
| 35 | Arkansas | 4 | 42 | 36 | 7 | 85 | 21.3 |
| 37 | UTSA | 4 | 41 | 46 | 12 | 99 | 24.8 |
| 37 | Texas Tech | 4 | 41 | 48 | 4 | 93 | 23.3 |
| 37 | Kansas | 4 | 41 | 35 | 4 | 80 | 20.0 |
| 37 | Nebraska | 4 | 41 | 25 | 5 | 71 | 17.8 |
| 41 | Houston | 4 | 40 | 43 | 16 | 99 | 24.8 |
| 41 | Oregon | 4 | 40 | 42 | 7 | 89 | 22.3 |
| 41 | Notre Dame | 5 | 40 | 53 | 13 | 106 | 21.2 |
| 41 | Illinois | 4 | 40 | 39 | 4 | 83 | 20.8 |
| 41 | Iowa State | 4 | 40 | 32 | 6 | 78 | 19.5 |
| 41 | Florida | 5 | 40 | 41 | 7 | 88 | 17.6 |
| 47 | Baylor | 4 | 39 | 52 | 6 | 97 | 24.3 |
| 47 | Mississippi State | 4 | 39 | 36 | 18 | 93 | 23.3 |
| 47 | Rutgers | 4 | 39 | 37 | 7 | 83 | 20.8 |
| 47 | Washington | 4 | 39 | 35 | 8 | 82 | 20.5 |
| 47 | Michigan | 4 | 39 | 35 | 7 | 81 | 20.3 |
| 47 | Virginia Tech | 4 | 39 | 19 | 4 | 62 | 15.5 |
| 53 | Tennessee | 4 | 38 | 52 | 9 | 99 | 24.8 |
| 53 | Auburn | 4 | 38 | 49 | 5 | 92 | 23.0 |
| 53 | FIU | 4 | 38 | 39 | 11 | 88 | 22.0 |
| 53 | Louisiana | 4 | 38 | 30 | 15 | 83 | 20.8 |
| 53 | Nevada | 4 | 38 | 26 | 10 | 74 | 18.5 |
| 53 | Iowa | 4 | 38 | 26 | 5 | 69 | 17.3 |
| 53 | Bowling Green | 4 | 38 | 22 | 3 | 63 | 15.8 |
| 60 | BYU | 4 | 37 | 44 | 6 | 87 | 21.8 |
| 60 | San Jose State | 5 | 37 | 48 | 11 | 96 | 19.2 |
| 60 | Rice | 3 | 37 | 13 | 5 | 55 | 18.3 |
| 60 | Kansas State | 4 | 37 | 23 | 2 | 62 | 15.5 |
| 64 | Virginia | 4 | 36 | 43 | 5 | 84 | 21.0 |
| 64 | Arizona | 5 | 36 | 55 | 12 | 103 | 20.6 |
| 64 | Kentucky | 5 | 36 | 53 | 4 | 93 | 18.6 |
| 67 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 35 | 67 | 9 | 111 | 27.8 |
| 67 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 35 | 53 | 7 | 95 | 23.8 |
| 67 | TCU | 4 | 35 | 53 | 6 | 94 | 23.5 |
| 67 | Duke | 5 | 35 | 55 | 17 | 107 | 21.4 |
| 67 | Tulane | 4 | 35 | 45 | 5 | 85 | 21.3 |
| 67 | Texas A&M | 4 | 35 | 41 | 9 | 85 | 21.3 |
| 67 | Delaware | 5 | 35 | 62 | 9 | 106 | 21.2 |
| 67 | Washington State | 4 | 35 | 33 | 8 | 76 | 19.0 |
| 67 | West Virginia | 4 | 35 | 30 | 5 | 70 | 17.5 |
| 67 | Fresno State | 4 | 35 | 24 | 7 | 66 | 16.5 |
| 77 | Connecticut | 4 | 34 | 54 | 6 | 94 | 23.5 |
| 77 | Arizona State | 4 | 34 | 30 | 9 | 73 | 18.3 |
| 79 | SMU | 4 | 33 | 52 | 8 | 93 | 23.3 |
| 79 | Western Kentucky | 4 | 33 | 48 | 7 | 88 | 22.0 |
| 79 | USC | 5 | 33 | 63 | 13 | 109 | 21.8 |
| 82 | New Mexico State | 5 | 32 | 63 | 20 | 115 | 23.0 |
| 82 | Marshall | 4 | 32 | 52 | 6 | 90 | 22.5 |
| 82 | Toledo | 4 | 32 | 39 | 4 | 75 | 18.8 |
| 85 | Florida Atlantic | 4 | 31 | 67 | 7 | 105 | 26.3 |
| 85 | NC State | 4 | 31 | 39 | 12 | 82 | 20.5 |
| 85 | UTEP | 4 | 31 | 31 | 13 | 75 | 18.8 |
| 85 | Miami (OH) | 4 | 31 | 32 | 7 | 70 | 17.5 |
| 89 | Alabama | 4 | 30 | 50 | 10 | 90 | 22.5 |
| 89 | South Carolina | 4 | 30 | 36 | 6 | 72 | 18.0 |
| 89 | Louisiana-Monroe | 4 | 30 | 32 | 7 | 69 | 17.3 |
| 89 | Syracuse | 3 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 50 | 16.7 |
| 89 | New Mexico | 4 | 30 | 32 | 3 | 65 | 16.3 |
| 94 | Akron | 3 | 29 | 39 | 9 | 77 | 25.7 |
| 94 | Georgia Southern | 4 | 29 | 55 | 9 | 93 | 23.3 |
| 94 | Coastal Carolina | 4 | 29 | 33 | 4 | 66 | 16.5 |
| 94 | Central Michigan | 4 | 29 | 26 | 6 | 61 | 15.3 |
| 98 | Boston College | 4 | 28 | 51 | 11 | 90 | 22.5 |
| 98 | Southern Miss | 4 | 28 | 50 | 8 | 86 | 21.5 |
| 98 | Georgia State | 4 | 28 | 48 | 6 | 82 | 20.5 |
| 98 | Oregon State | 4 | 28 | 39 | 9 | 76 | 19.0 |
| 98 | Colorado | 4 | 28 | 29 | 8 | 65 | 16.3 |
| 103 | Michigan State | 4 | 27 | 40 | 8 | 75 | 18.8 |
| 103 | Pittsburgh | 4 | 27 | 37 | 11 | 75 | 18.8 |
| 103 | Buffalo | 4 | 27 | 39 | 3 | 69 | 17.3 |
| 103 | Cincinnati | 4 | 27 | 41 | 0 | 68 | 17.0 |
| 103 | Kent State | 4 | 27 | 36 | 5 | 68 | 17.0 |
| 108 | Missouri State | 4 | 26 | 53 | 14 | 93 | 23.3 |
| 108 | Memphis | 3 | 26 | 33 | 6 | 65 | 21.7 |
| 108 | Massachusetts | 4 | 26 | 30 | 8 | 64 | 16.0 |
| 108 | Temple | 4 | 26 | 28 | 5 | 59 | 14.8 |
| 108 | Wisconsin | 4 | 26 | 18 | 1 | 45 | 11.3 |
| 113 | Eastern Michigan | 3 | 25 | 32 | 10 | 67 | 22.3 |
| 113 | Maryland | 5 | 25 | 62 | 3 | 90 | 18.0 |
| 115 | Arkansas State | 4 | 24 | 59 | 9 | 92 | 23.0 |
| 115 | Northwestern | 4 | 24 | 37 | 7 | 68 | 17.0 |
| 115 | Ball State | 4 | 24 | 25 | 12 | 61 | 15.3 |
| 115 | UCLA | 4 | 24 | 32 | 3 | 59 | 14.8 |
| 115 | UCF | 5 | 24 | 41 | 6 | 71 | 14.2 |
| 120 | Texas | 4 | 23 | 49 | 7 | 79 | 19.8 |
| 120 | Purdue | 4 | 23 | 31 | 7 | 61 | 15.3 |
| 122 | Middle Tennessee State | 4 | 22 | 52 | 8 | 82 | 20.5 |
| 122 | Appalachian State | 4 | 22 | 47 | 5 | 74 | 18.5 |
| 122 | Sam Houston State | 4 | 22 | 38 | 7 | 67 | 16.8 |
| 125 | Hawaii | 4 | 21 | 43 | 4 | 68 | 17.0 |
| 125 | LSU | 4 | 21 | 35 | 7 | 63 | 15.8 |
| 127 | Oklahoma State | 4 | 20 | 39 | 6 | 65 | 16.3 |
| 127 | Minnesota | 4 | 20 | 31 | 8 | 59 | 14.8 |
| 129 | Stanford | 4 | 19 | 47 | 7 | 73 | 18.3 |
| 130 | Troy | 4 | 18 | 41 | 2 | 61 | 15.3 |
| 130 | Oklahoma | 4 | 18 | 37 | 4 | 59 | 14.8 |
| 130 | Wyoming | 4 | 18 | 24 | 7 | 49 | 12.3 |
| 133 | North Carolina | 4 | 17 | 42 | 8 | 67 | 16.8 |
| 134 | Charlotte | 4 | 15 | 25 | 0 | 40 | 10.0 |
| 135 | Colorado State | 4 | 14 | 44 | 11 | 69 | 17.3 |
| 136 | California | 4 | 13 | 57 | 7 | 77 | 19.3 |