2025 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. FBS (I-A) Teams Only through 12/16/2025

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 North Texas 12 117 171 20 308 25.7
2 Utah 11 154 101 26 281 25.5
3 Ole Miss 11 115 134 23 272 24.7
4 Tennessee 11 102 140 29 271 24.6
5 USF 11 124 118 28 270 24.5
6 Baylor 11 96 145 27 268 24.4
7 Georgia 12 132 128 30 290 24.2
7 Vanderbilt 11 99 145 22 266 24.2
9 USC 12 97 161 31 289 24.1
9 East Carolina 11 113 132 20 265 24.1
11 Indiana 12 138 127 22 287 23.9
11 Georgia Tech 11 123 119 21 263 23.9
13 Florida State 11 134 106 22 262 23.8
13 Florida Atlantic 11 75 163 24 262 23.8
15 Missouri 11 134 104 23 261 23.7
16 UNLV 12 120 134 28 282 23.5
17 Memphis 11 118 116 22 256 23.3
18 Delaware 11 85 139 30 254 23.1
19 Texas Tech 12 129 134 12 275 22.9
20 Texas State 11 128 110 13 251 22.8
21 Notre Dame 12 109 137 26 272 22.7
21 Texas A&M 11 98 131 21 250 22.7
23 Arkansas 11 118 114 17 249 22.6
24 James Madison 12 149 102 19 270 22.5
24 Old Dominion 11 126 101 20 247 22.5
24 Arkansas State 11 84 134 29 247 22.5
27 Duke 12 90 148 31 269 22.4
27 Rutgers 11 104 124 18 246 22.4
29 Boise State 13 119 142 29 290 22.3
29 Ohio State 12 104 148 15 267 22.3
29 Oregon 11 116 113 16 245 22.3
32 Miami (FL) 11 96 132 16 244 22.2
32 TCU 11 88 142 14 244 22.2
34 Tulane 13 112 150 25 287 22.1
35 Mississippi State 11 107 107 28 242 22.0
36 Air Force 11 159 67 15 241 21.9
37 Kennesaw State 12 116 123 23 262 21.8
37 Tulsa 11 106 108 26 240 21.8
37 UAB 11 82 139 19 240 21.8
40 Washington 12 113 130 15 258 21.5
40 Houston 11 96 106 35 237 21.5
40 Georgia Southern 11 86 124 27 237 21.5
40 Connecticut 11 84 134 19 237 21.5
40 UTSA 11 92 119 25 236 21.5
40 Southern Miss 11 88 116 32 236 21.5
46 Clemson 11 78 137 20 235 21.4
47 Virginia 12 110 127 18 255 21.3
47 Marshall 11 101 117 16 234 21.3
47 Western Kentucky 11 78 139 17 234 21.3
50 Appalachian State 11 72 138 23 233 21.2
51 Arizona 11 90 117 25 232 21.1
52 BYU 12 120 110 22 252 21.0
52 Arizona State 11 105 99 27 231 21.0
54 Alabama 12 68 157 25 250 20.8
54 South Alabama 11 122 88 19 229 20.8
54 Ohio 11 116 97 16 229 20.8
57 Auburn 11 113 95 20 228 20.7
57 Illinois 11 86 116 26 228 20.7
57 Utah State 11 84 115 29 228 20.7
60 Jacksonville State 13 155 89 24 268 20.6
61 Eastern Michigan 11 93 110 23 226 20.5
61 SMU 11 80 124 22 226 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
61 Pittsburgh 11 68 123 34 225 20.5
67 Toledo 11 90 121 13 224 20.4
67 Boston College 11 76 128 20 224 20.4
67 Hawaii 11 57 149 18 224 20.4
70 Michigan 12 124 105 14 243 20.3
70 Louisiana Tech 11 117 81 25 223 20.3
70 Liberty 11 111 96 16 223 20.3
73 Oregon State 11 82 114 25 221 20.1
73 Missouri State 11 71 123 27 221 20.1
73 Middle Tennessee State 11 64 137 20 221 20.1
76 NC State 11 80 117 23 220 20.0
77 FIU 11 85 113 20 218 19.8
78 Navy 11 152 55 10 217 19.7
78 Cincinnati 11 97 110 10 217 19.7
78 Nebraska 11 93 109 15 217 19.7
78 Georgia State 11 70 127 20 217 19.7
82 Kansas 11 94 109 13 216 19.6
83 New Mexico 11 86 106 23 215 19.5
83 Northwestern 11 99 90 25 214 19.5
83 Akron 11 77 114 23 214 19.5
86 Kentucky 11 85 106 21 212 19.3
87 Washington State 11 84 102 25 211 19.2
88 California 11 47 137 26 210 19.1
89 Penn State 11 104 94 10 208 18.9
90 Louisville 11 88 102 17 207 18.8
91 Texas 12 85 123 15 223 18.6
92 Western Michigan 12 132 74 16 222 18.5
92 Michigan State 11 77 101 26 204 18.5
92 Wake Forest 11 90 99 14 203 18.5
95 Louisiana 11 91 77 34 202 18.4
95 Purdue 11 67 119 16 202 18.4
97 Syracuse 11 87 95 19 201 18.3
98 Buffalo 11 74 114 12 200 18.2
98 Maryland 11 56 128 16 200 18.2
100 Virginia Tech 11 114 69 16 199 18.1
100 West Virginia 11 98 78 23 199 18.1
100 Florida 11 85 97 17 199 18.1
100 Oklahoma 11 74 111 14 199 18.1
104 UCF 11 85 98 15 198 18.0
105 Army 11 154 30 13 197 17.9
105 Fresno State 11 84 96 17 197 17.9
107 Miami (OH) 12 92 102 18 212 17.7
107 South Carolina 11 82 94 19 195 17.7
107 LSU 11 58 110 27 195 17.7
110 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
115 Iowa 11 96 79 13 188 17.1
115 Louisiana-Monroe 11 80 89 19 188 17.1
115 UTEP 11 71 89 28 188 17.1
118 Wyoming 11 73 92 22 187 17.0
119 Troy 13 73 130 16 219 16.8
119 San Diego State 11 107 67 11 185 16.8
119 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 Rice 11 118 52 12 182 16.5
125 Bowling Green 11 90 77 15 182 16.5
125 Central Michigan 11 103 62 16 181 16.5
125 Minnesota 11 58 98 25 181 16.5
129 Coastal Carolina 11 87 78 14 179 16.3
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