2025 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. FBS (I-A) Teams Only through 01/19/2026

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 North Texas 13 131 183 22 336 25.8
2 Utah 12 166 114 27 307 25.6
3 Ole Miss 14 137 179 32 348 24.9
4 Baylor 11 96 145 27 268 24.4
5 Georgia 13 140 139 34 313 24.1
5 USF 12 132 127 30 289 24.1
5 Tennessee 12 112 148 29 289 24.1
8 Vanderbilt 12 104 158 25 287 23.9
9 Florida State 11 134 106 22 262 23.8
9 Florida Atlantic 11 75 163 24 262 23.8
11 USC 13 102 172 34 308 23.7
11 Georgia Tech 12 129 131 24 284 23.7
13 Indiana 15 167 154 26 347 23.1
13 UNLV 13 127 143 30 300 23.1
15 East Carolina 12 118 136 22 276 23.0
16 Texas State 12 139 119 17 275 22.9
17 Missouri 12 139 111 24 274 22.8
17 Memphis 12 127 122 24 273 22.8
19 Notre Dame 12 109 137 26 272 22.7
20 Texas A&M 12 106 142 23 271 22.6
20 Arkansas 11 118 114 17 249 22.6
22 James Madison 13 159 111 23 293 22.5
22 Duke 13 99 161 33 293 22.5
22 Delaware 12 93 147 30 270 22.5
25 Houston 12 106 121 42 269 22.4
25 Rutgers 11 104 124 18 246 22.4
27 Boise State 13 119 142 29 290 22.3
27 Old Dominion 12 138 108 22 268 22.3
29 TCU 12 94 156 14 264 22.0
30 Tulane 14 117 165 25 307 21.9
30 Texas Tech 13 133 140 12 285 21.9
30 Ohio State 13 107 163 15 285 21.9
30 Arkansas State 12 88 143 32 263 21.9
30 Air Force 11 159 67 15 241 21.9
35 Mississippi State 12 115 116 31 262 21.8
35 UTSA 12 101 133 27 261 21.8
35 Tulsa 11 106 108 26 240 21.8
35 UAB 11 82 139 19 240 21.8
39 Oregon 14 128 153 22 303 21.6
39 Georgia Southern 12 97 133 29 259 21.6
41 Kennesaw State 13 126 129 25 280 21.5
41 Washington 12 113 130 15 258 21.5
41 Arizona 12 101 130 27 258 21.5
44 BYU 13 127 127 24 278 21.4
44 Southern Miss 12 93 130 34 257 21.4
46 Illinois 12 100 126 29 255 21.3
46 Marshall 11 101 117 16 234 21.3
48 Appalachian State 12 80 149 25 254 21.2
49 Miami (FL) 15 127 170 20 317 21.1
49 Arizona State 12 114 111 28 253 21.1
51 Virginia 13 117 138 18 273 21.0
51 Western Kentucky 12 86 149 17 252 21.0
53 Connecticut 12 93 139 19 251 20.9
53 Clemson 12 85 144 22 251 20.9
55 Pittsburgh 12 76 139 34 249 20.8
55 South Alabama 11 122 88 19 229 20.8
57 Ohio 12 127 103 18 248 20.7
57 Hawaii 12 63 165 20 248 20.7
57 Auburn 11 113 95 20 228 20.7
60 Jacksonville State 13 155 89 24 268 20.6
61 Eastern Michigan 11 93 110 23 226 20.5
61 San Jose State 11 69 135 22 226 20.5
61 New Mexico State 11 62 133 31 226 20.5
61 Iowa State 11 101 106 18 225 20.5
65 Boston College 11 76 128 20 224 20.4
66 Toledo 12 100 130 14 244 20.3
66 SMU 12 85 136 23 244 20.3
66 Missouri State 12 80 134 30 244 20.3
66 Liberty 11 111 96 16 223 20.3
70 Michigan 13 134 113 15 262 20.2
71 Washington State 12 95 119 27 241 20.1
71 Utah State 12 86 123 32 241 20.1
71 Oregon State 11 82 114 25 221 20.1
71 Middle Tennessee State 11 64 137 20 221 20.1
75 FIU 12 90 124 26 240 20.0
76 Navy 12 167 60 12 239 19.9
77 California 12 56 154 28 238 19.8
78 NC State 12 84 126 26 236 19.7
78 Georgia State 11 71 126 20 217 19.7
80 Louisiana Tech 12 124 84 27 235 19.6
80 Kansas 11 94 109 13 216 19.6
82 Alabama 14 72 174 27 273 19.5
82 Nebraska 12 104 115 15 234 19.5
82 Akron 11 77 114 23 214 19.5
85 Northwestern 12 104 101 27 232 19.3
85 New Mexico 12 98 109 25 232 19.3
85 Kentucky 11 85 106 21 212 19.3
88 Louisville 12 100 110 20 230 19.2
89 Cincinnati 12 104 114 11 229 19.1
90 Texas 13 97 132 18 247 19.0
90 Penn State 12 114 104 10 228 19.0
92 Wake Forest 12 100 110 16 226 18.8
93 Western Michigan 13 142 79 19 240 18.5
93 Louisiana 12 97 89 36 222 18.5
93 Michigan State 11 77 101 26 204 18.5
96 Purdue 11 67 119 16 202 18.4
97 Army 12 170 36 14 220 18.3
97 Syracuse 11 87 95 19 201 18.3
99 Buffalo 11 74 114 12 200 18.2
99 Maryland 11 56 128 16 200 18.2
101 Oklahoma 12 78 123 16 217 18.1
101 Virginia Tech 11 114 69 16 199 18.1
101 West Virginia 11 98 78 23 199 18.1
101 Florida 11 85 97 17 199 18.1
105 UCF 11 85 98 15 198 18.0
106 Fresno State 12 93 104 18 215 17.9
107 LSU 12 63 121 28 212 17.7
107 South Carolina 11 82 94 19 195 17.7
109 San Diego State 12 120 76 14 210 17.5
109 Colorado State 11 64 105 24 193 17.5
111 Stanford 12 72 115 22 209 17.4
111 Temple 11 76 102 13 191 17.4
113 Colorado 12 88 97 23 208 17.3
113 UCLA 12 86 104 18 208 17.3
113 Iowa 12 103 89 15 207 17.3
116 Miami (OH) 13 97 106 21 224 17.2
117 Louisiana-Monroe 11 80 89 19 188 17.1
117 UTEP 11 71 89 28 188 17.1
119 Wyoming 11 74 91 22 187 17.0
120 Troy 13 73 130 16 219 16.8
120 Kansas State 11 86 89 10 185 16.8
122 Sam Houston State 12 71 105 24 200 16.7
122 Nevada 11 81 81 22 184 16.7
124 North Carolina 11 66 96 21 183 16.6
125 Coastal Carolina 12 90 90 18 198 16.5
125 Bowling Green 11 90 77 15 182 16.5
127 Minnesota 12 65 104 28 197 16.4
128 Central Michigan 12 107 72 17 196 16.3
129 Rice 12 124 56 14 194 16.2
130 Oklahoma State 11 69 84 14 167 15.2
131 Massachusetts 11 61 81 23 165 15.0
132 Northern Illinois 11 104 48 12 164 14.9
133 Charlotte 11 53 91 14 158 14.4
134 Ball State 11 66 68 23 157 14.3
134 Kent State 11 62 80 15 157 14.3
136 Wisconsin 12 83 78 8 169 14.1