2025 National Leaders First Downs - Games on the Road/Neutral Site Only through 01/09/2026
| Name | G | Rush | Pass | Penalty | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Texas | 7 | 69 | 104 | 10 | 183 | 26.1 |
| 2 | Duke | 8 | 69 | 99 | 21 | 189 | 23.6 |
| 3 | Ohio State | 7 | 49 | 98 | 6 | 153 | 21.9 |
| 4 | Florida Atlantic | 6 | 38 | 93 | 15 | 146 | 24.3 |
| 5 | California | 7 | 32 | 92 | 15 | 139 | 19.9 |
| 6 | Connecticut | 7 | 49 | 90 | 10 | 149 | 21.3 |
| 7 | TCU | 7 | 48 | 85 | 6 | 139 | 19.9 |
| 8 | Troy | 8 | 42 | 84 | 10 | 136 | 17.0 |
| 9 | USF | 7 | 61 | 83 | 18 | 162 | 23.1 |
| 9 | Appalachian State | 7 | 44 | 83 | 18 | 145 | 20.7 |
| 9 | Alabama | 8 | 34 | 83 | 17 | 134 | 16.8 |
| 12 | Delaware | 7 | 49 | 82 | 12 | 143 | 20.4 |
| 13 | Georgia Southern | 7 | 51 | 81 | 17 | 149 | 21.3 |
| 14 | Houston | 7 | 61 | 79 | 27 | 167 | 23.9 |
| 14 | UNLV | 8 | 81 | 79 | 14 | 174 | 21.8 |
| 14 | Middle Tennessee State | 6 | 37 | 79 | 9 | 125 | 20.8 |
| 14 | Missouri State | 7 | 46 | 79 | 13 | 138 | 19.7 |
| 18 | USC | 6 | 39 | 78 | 19 | 136 | 22.7 |
| 19 | Southern Miss | 6 | 39 | 77 | 19 | 135 | 22.5 |
| 19 | Indiana | 8 | 79 | 77 | 12 | 168 | 21.0 |
| 19 | Miami (FL) | 7 | 57 | 77 | 11 | 145 | 20.7 |
| 19 | Arkansas State | 7 | 41 | 77 | 22 | 140 | 20.0 |
| 23 | Utah | 7 | 95 | 76 | 11 | 182 | 26.0 |
| 23 | Ole Miss | 6 | 46 | 76 | 15 | 137 | 22.8 |
| 23 | Tulane | 7 | 56 | 76 | 15 | 147 | 21.0 |
| 26 | BYU | 8 | 76 | 75 | 15 | 166 | 20.8 |
| 27 | Arizona | 6 | 46 | 74 | 11 | 131 | 21.8 |
| 27 | FIU | 7 | 52 | 74 | 19 | 145 | 20.7 |
| 27 | Virginia | 7 | 59 | 74 | 9 | 142 | 20.3 |
| 27 | UTSA | 7 | 54 | 74 | 14 | 142 | 20.3 |
| 27 | Western Kentucky | 7 | 46 | 74 | 13 | 133 | 19.0 |
| 32 | San Jose State | 6 | 34 | 73 | 13 | 120 | 20.0 |
| 32 | SMU | 7 | 50 | 73 | 12 | 135 | 19.3 |
| 34 | Georgia Tech | 6 | 69 | 72 | 15 | 156 | 26.0 |
| 34 | Vanderbilt | 6 | 51 | 72 | 11 | 134 | 22.3 |
| 34 | Boise State | 7 | 62 | 72 | 17 | 151 | 21.6 |
| 37 | Tennessee | 6 | 59 | 71 | 14 | 144 | 24.0 |
| 37 | Georgia | 7 | 66 | 71 | 21 | 158 | 22.6 |
| 37 | East Carolina | 7 | 67 | 71 | 11 | 149 | 21.3 |
| 37 | Texas Tech | 7 | 65 | 71 | 6 | 142 | 20.3 |
| 41 | Kennesaw State | 8 | 79 | 70 | 18 | 167 | 20.9 |
| 41 | Oregon | 7 | 61 | 70 | 11 | 142 | 20.3 |
| 43 | Washington State | 7 | 58 | 69 | 13 | 140 | 20.0 |
| 43 | Utah State | 7 | 47 | 69 | 21 | 137 | 19.6 |
| 45 | Hawaii | 5 | 24 | 68 | 8 | 100 | 20.0 |
| 46 | Notre Dame | 5 | 38 | 67 | 11 | 116 | 23.2 |
| 46 | Texas State | 7 | 72 | 67 | 13 | 152 | 21.7 |
| 46 | Illinois | 6 | 41 | 67 | 16 | 124 | 20.7 |
| 46 | New Mexico State | 6 | 38 | 67 | 12 | 117 | 19.5 |
| 50 | Marshall | 6 | 56 | 66 | 8 | 130 | 21.7 |
| 50 | New Mexico | 7 | 55 | 66 | 13 | 134 | 19.1 |
| 50 | Texas | 7 | 40 | 66 | 10 | 116 | 16.6 |
| 53 | Tulsa | 6 | 59 | 65 | 10 | 134 | 22.3 |
| 53 | Clemson | 6 | 51 | 65 | 12 | 128 | 21.3 |
| 53 | Pittsburgh | 6 | 48 | 65 | 12 | 125 | 20.8 |
| 53 | UAB | 6 | 47 | 65 | 8 | 120 | 20.0 |
| 53 | Georgia State | 6 | 42 | 65 | 9 | 116 | 19.3 |
| 58 | Eastern Michigan | 6 | 48 | 64 | 14 | 126 | 21.0 |
| 59 | Memphis | 7 | 70 | 63 | 15 | 148 | 21.1 |
| 59 | Boston College | 5 | 26 | 63 | 6 | 95 | 19.0 |
| 59 | Toledo | 7 | 54 | 63 | 7 | 124 | 17.7 |
| 62 | Old Dominion | 7 | 66 | 62 | 12 | 140 | 20.0 |
| 63 | Washington | 6 | 55 | 61 | 6 | 122 | 20.3 |
| 63 | Cincinnati | 6 | 51 | 61 | 6 | 118 | 19.7 |
| 65 | Temple | 6 | 53 | 60 | 4 | 117 | 19.5 |
| 65 | Sam Houston State | 7 | 36 | 60 | 10 | 106 | 15.1 |
| 67 | Arkansas | 5 | 57 | 59 | 10 | 126 | 25.2 |
| 67 | Baylor | 5 | 51 | 59 | 15 | 125 | 25.0 |
| 67 | Texas A&M | 5 | 46 | 59 | 12 | 117 | 23.4 |
| 67 | Jacksonville State | 8 | 93 | 59 | 13 | 165 | 20.6 |
| 67 | Ohio | 7 | 69 | 59 | 9 | 137 | 19.6 |
| 67 | Louisiana-Monroe | 7 | 57 | 59 | 13 | 129 | 18.4 |
| 67 | Miami (OH) | 8 | 51 | 59 | 15 | 125 | 15.6 |
| 74 | Fresno State | 7 | 52 | 58 | 11 | 121 | 17.3 |
| 74 | Coastal Carolina | 7 | 49 | 58 | 12 | 119 | 17.0 |
| 76 | James Madison | 7 | 77 | 57 | 17 | 151 | 21.6 |
| 76 | Iowa State | 6 | 55 | 57 | 10 | 122 | 20.3 |
| 76 | Nebraska | 6 | 51 | 57 | 5 | 113 | 18.8 |
| 76 | Buffalo | 5 | 27 | 57 | 5 | 89 | 17.8 |
| 80 | Mississippi State | 6 | 55 | 56 | 22 | 133 | 22.2 |
| 80 | Syracuse | 6 | 55 | 56 | 10 | 121 | 20.2 |
| 80 | Wake Forest | 6 | 51 | 56 | 10 | 117 | 19.5 |
| 80 | Michigan | 7 | 70 | 56 | 10 | 136 | 19.4 |
| 80 | Oklahoma | 5 | 34 | 56 | 6 | 96 | 19.2 |
| 80 | NC State | 6 | 32 | 56 | 14 | 102 | 17.0 |
| 86 | Rutgers | 5 | 44 | 55 | 8 | 107 | 21.4 |
| 86 | LSU | 6 | 27 | 55 | 12 | 94 | 15.7 |
| 88 | Maryland | 5 | 29 | 54 | 5 | 88 | 17.6 |
| 89 | South Alabama | 6 | 59 | 53 | 10 | 122 | 20.3 |
| 89 | UCLA | 6 | 43 | 53 | 9 | 105 | 17.5 |
| 89 | Kansas | 5 | 28 | 53 | 6 | 87 | 17.4 |
| 89 | Kansas State | 6 | 43 | 53 | 8 | 104 | 17.3 |
| 89 | Oregon State | 5 | 23 | 53 | 10 | 86 | 17.2 |
| 89 | Stanford | 6 | 39 | 53 | 9 | 101 | 16.8 |
| 89 | Louisiana | 7 | 45 | 53 | 16 | 114 | 16.3 |
| 96 | Arizona State | 6 | 68 | 52 | 17 | 137 | 22.8 |
| 97 | Penn State | 6 | 60 | 51 | 6 | 117 | 19.5 |
| 97 | Northwestern | 6 | 43 | 51 | 16 | 110 | 18.3 |
| 97 | Colorado State | 5 | 24 | 51 | 15 | 90 | 18.0 |
| 97 | Akron | 6 | 38 | 51 | 18 | 107 | 17.8 |
| 101 | Florida State | 5 | 54 | 49 | 7 | 110 | 22.0 |
| 101 | Purdue | 5 | 33 | 49 | 6 | 88 | 17.6 |
| 101 | Florida | 6 | 34 | 49 | 9 | 92 | 15.3 |
| 104 | Liberty | 6 | 61 | 48 | 9 | 118 | 19.7 |
| 104 | Michigan State | 5 | 36 | 48 | 10 | 94 | 18.8 |
| 104 | UTEP | 6 | 38 | 48 | 17 | 103 | 17.2 |
| 107 | Missouri | 5 | 44 | 47 | 15 | 106 | 21.2 |
| 107 | Louisville | 5 | 44 | 47 | 6 | 97 | 19.4 |
| 107 | Bowling Green | 6 | 55 | 47 | 9 | 111 | 18.5 |
| 107 | San Diego State | 7 | 69 | 47 | 11 | 127 | 18.1 |
| 107 | North Carolina | 6 | 45 | 47 | 11 | 103 | 17.2 |
| 107 | Wyoming | 6 | 42 | 47 | 9 | 98 | 16.3 |
| 113 | Kentucky | 5 | 23 | 46 | 8 | 77 | 15.4 |
| 113 | Kent State | 7 | 32 | 46 | 8 | 86 | 12.3 |
| 115 | Auburn | 5 | 54 | 45 | 9 | 108 | 21.6 |
| 116 | Iowa | 6 | 54 | 44 | 12 | 110 | 18.3 |
| 116 | Western Michigan | 8 | 86 | 44 | 11 | 141 | 17.6 |
| 116 | Central Michigan | 8 | 62 | 44 | 13 | 119 | 14.9 |
| 116 | Minnesota | 6 | 28 | 44 | 12 | 84 | 14.0 |
| 120 | Ball State | 7 | 40 | 42 | 10 | 92 | 13.1 |
| 121 | West Virginia | 6 | 55 | 41 | 12 | 108 | 18.0 |
| 122 | Colorado | 5 | 35 | 39 | 10 | 84 | 16.8 |
| 123 | Massachusetts | 6 | 34 | 38 | 17 | 89 | 14.8 |
| 124 | Air Force | 6 | 98 | 37 | 9 | 144 | 24.0 |
| 124 | Nevada | 6 | 42 | 37 | 13 | 92 | 15.3 |
| 126 | Louisiana Tech | 7 | 61 | 36 | 17 | 114 | 16.3 |
| 126 | South Carolina | 5 | 37 | 36 | 8 | 81 | 16.2 |
| 126 | UCF | 5 | 34 | 36 | 10 | 80 | 16.0 |
| 129 | Virginia Tech | 5 | 47 | 32 | 4 | 83 | 16.6 |
| 130 | Northern Illinois | 6 | 54 | 30 | 8 | 92 | 15.3 |
| 130 | Oklahoma State | 5 | 23 | 30 | 3 | 56 | 11.2 |
| 130 | Charlotte | 5 | 22 | 30 | 1 | 53 | 10.6 |
| 133 | Army | 8 | 99 | 29 | 7 | 135 | 16.9 |
| 134 | Wisconsin | 5 | 28 | 28 | 1 | 57 | 11.4 |
| 135 | Navy | 7 | 99 | 27 | 9 | 135 | 19.3 |
| 136 | Rice | 6 | 54 | 25 | 6 | 85 | 14.2 |