2025 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. FBS (I-A) Teams Only through 11/29/2025
| Name | G | Rush | Pass | Penalty | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston | 11 | 96 | 106 | 35 | 237 | 21.5 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh | 11 | 68 | 123 | 34 | 225 | 20.5 |
| 2 | Louisiana | 11 | 91 | 77 | 34 | 202 | 18.4 |
| 4 | Southern Miss | 11 | 88 | 116 | 32 | 236 | 21.5 |
| 5 | USC | 12 | 97 | 161 | 31 | 289 | 24.1 |
| 5 | New Mexico State | 11 | 62 | 133 | 31 | 226 | 20.5 |
| 7 | Georgia | 11 | 123 | 121 | 30 | 274 | 24.9 |
| 7 | Delaware | 11 | 85 | 139 | 30 | 254 | 23.1 |
| 9 | Tennessee | 11 | 102 | 140 | 29 | 271 | 24.6 |
| 9 | Duke | 11 | 80 | 141 | 29 | 250 | 22.7 |
| 9 | Arkansas State | 11 | 84 | 134 | 29 | 247 | 22.5 |
| 9 | Utah State | 11 | 84 | 115 | 29 | 228 | 20.7 |
| 13 | USF | 11 | 124 | 118 | 28 | 270 | 24.5 |
| 13 | UNLV | 11 | 111 | 121 | 28 | 260 | 23.6 |
| 13 | Mississippi State | 11 | 107 | 107 | 28 | 242 | 22.0 |
| 13 | UTEP | 11 | 71 | 89 | 28 | 188 | 17.1 |
| 17 | Baylor | 11 | 96 | 145 | 27 | 268 | 24.4 |
| 17 | Georgia Southern | 11 | 86 | 124 | 27 | 237 | 21.5 |
| 17 | Arizona State | 11 | 105 | 99 | 27 | 231 | 21.0 |
| 17 | Missouri State | 11 | 71 | 123 | 27 | 221 | 20.1 |
| 17 | LSU | 11 | 58 | 110 | 27 | 195 | 17.7 |
| 22 | Utah | 11 | 154 | 101 | 26 | 281 | 25.5 |
| 22 | Notre Dame | 12 | 109 | 137 | 26 | 272 | 22.7 |
| 22 | Tulsa | 11 | 106 | 108 | 26 | 240 | 21.8 |
| 22 | Illinois | 11 | 86 | 116 | 26 | 228 | 20.7 |
| 22 | California | 11 | 47 | 137 | 26 | 210 | 19.1 |
| 22 | Michigan State | 11 | 77 | 101 | 26 | 204 | 18.5 |
| 28 | UTSA | 11 | 92 | 119 | 25 | 236 | 21.5 |
| 28 | Arizona | 11 | 90 | 117 | 25 | 232 | 21.1 |
| 28 | Louisiana Tech | 11 | 117 | 81 | 25 | 223 | 20.3 |
| 28 | Oregon State | 11 | 82 | 114 | 25 | 221 | 20.1 |
| 28 | Northwestern | 11 | 99 | 90 | 25 | 214 | 19.5 |
| 28 | Washington State | 11 | 84 | 102 | 25 | 211 | 19.2 |
| 28 | Minnesota | 11 | 58 | 98 | 25 | 181 | 16.5 |
| 35 | Florida Atlantic | 11 | 75 | 163 | 24 | 262 | 23.8 |
| 35 | Boise State | 11 | 107 | 120 | 24 | 251 | 22.8 |
| 35 | Colorado State | 11 | 64 | 105 | 24 | 193 | 17.5 |
| 35 | Sam Houston State | 12 | 71 | 105 | 24 | 200 | 16.7 |
| 39 | Ole Miss | 11 | 115 | 134 | 23 | 272 | 24.7 |
| 39 | Missouri | 11 | 134 | 104 | 23 | 261 | 23.7 |
| 39 | Tulane | 12 | 101 | 141 | 23 | 265 | 22.1 |
| 39 | Alabama | 11 | 68 | 148 | 23 | 239 | 21.7 |
| 39 | Jacksonville State | 11 | 136 | 75 | 23 | 234 | 21.3 |
| 39 | Appalachian State | 11 | 72 | 138 | 23 | 233 | 21.2 |
| 39 | Eastern Michigan | 11 | 93 | 110 | 23 | 226 | 20.5 |
| 39 | NC State | 11 | 80 | 117 | 23 | 220 | 20.0 |
| 39 | New Mexico | 11 | 86 | 106 | 23 | 215 | 19.5 |
| 39 | Akron | 11 | 77 | 114 | 23 | 214 | 19.5 |
| 39 | West Virginia | 11 | 98 | 78 | 23 | 199 | 18.1 |
| 39 | Colorado | 12 | 88 | 97 | 23 | 208 | 17.3 |
| 39 | Massachusetts | 11 | 61 | 81 | 23 | 165 | 15.0 |
| 39 | Ball State | 11 | 67 | 66 | 23 | 156 | 14.2 |
| 53 | Vanderbilt | 11 | 99 | 145 | 22 | 266 | 24.2 |
| 53 | Florida State | 11 | 134 | 106 | 22 | 262 | 23.8 |
| 53 | Memphis | 11 | 118 | 116 | 22 | 256 | 23.3 |
| 53 | SMU | 11 | 80 | 124 | 22 | 226 | 20.5 |
| 53 | San Jose State | 11 | 69 | 135 | 22 | 226 | 20.5 |
| 53 | Stanford | 12 | 72 | 115 | 22 | 209 | 17.4 |
| 53 | Wyoming | 11 | 73 | 92 | 22 | 187 | 17.0 |
| 53 | Nevada | 11 | 81 | 81 | 22 | 184 | 16.7 |
| 61 | Indiana | 11 | 133 | 116 | 21 | 270 | 24.5 |
| 61 | Georgia Tech | 11 | 123 | 119 | 21 | 263 | 23.9 |
| 61 | Texas A&M | 11 | 98 | 131 | 21 | 250 | 22.7 |
| 61 | BYU | 11 | 111 | 106 | 21 | 238 | 21.6 |
| 61 | Kentucky | 11 | 85 | 106 | 21 | 212 | 19.3 |
| 61 | North Carolina | 11 | 66 | 96 | 21 | 183 | 16.6 |
| 67 | East Carolina | 11 | 113 | 132 | 20 | 265 | 24.1 |
| 67 | Old Dominion | 11 | 126 | 101 | 20 | 247 | 22.5 |
| 67 | Clemson | 11 | 78 | 137 | 20 | 235 | 21.4 |
| 67 | Auburn | 11 | 113 | 95 | 20 | 228 | 20.7 |
| 67 | Boston College | 11 | 76 | 128 | 20 | 224 | 20.4 |
| 67 | Middle Tennessee State | 11 | 64 | 137 | 20 | 221 | 20.1 |
| 67 | FIU | 11 | 85 | 113 | 20 | 218 | 19.8 |
| 67 | Georgia State | 11 | 70 | 127 | 20 | 217 | 19.7 |
| 75 | James Madison | 11 | 135 | 97 | 19 | 251 | 22.8 |
| 75 | UAB | 11 | 82 | 139 | 19 | 240 | 21.8 |
| 75 | Kennesaw State | 11 | 108 | 112 | 19 | 239 | 21.7 |
| 75 | Connecticut | 11 | 84 | 134 | 19 | 237 | 21.5 |
| 75 | South Alabama | 11 | 122 | 88 | 19 | 229 | 20.8 |
| 75 | Syracuse | 11 | 87 | 95 | 19 | 201 | 18.3 |
| 75 | South Carolina | 11 | 82 | 94 | 19 | 195 | 17.7 |
| 75 | Louisiana-Monroe | 11 | 80 | 89 | 19 | 188 | 17.1 |
| 83 | North Texas | 11 | 109 | 156 | 18 | 283 | 25.7 |
| 83 | Rutgers | 11 | 104 | 124 | 18 | 246 | 22.4 |
| 83 | Iowa State | 11 | 101 | 106 | 18 | 225 | 20.5 |
| 83 | Hawaii | 11 | 57 | 149 | 18 | 224 | 20.4 |
| 83 | UCLA | 12 | 86 | 104 | 18 | 208 | 17.3 |
| 88 | Arkansas | 11 | 118 | 114 | 17 | 249 | 22.6 |
| 88 | Western Kentucky | 11 | 78 | 139 | 17 | 234 | 21.3 |
| 88 | Louisville | 11 | 88 | 102 | 17 | 207 | 18.8 |
| 88 | Florida | 11 | 85 | 97 | 17 | 199 | 18.1 |
| 88 | Fresno State | 11 | 84 | 96 | 17 | 197 | 17.9 |
| 93 | Oregon | 11 | 116 | 113 | 16 | 245 | 22.3 |
| 93 | Miami (FL) | 11 | 96 | 132 | 16 | 244 | 22.2 |
| 93 | Marshall | 11 | 101 | 117 | 16 | 234 | 21.3 |
| 93 | Ohio | 11 | 116 | 97 | 16 | 229 | 20.8 |
| 93 | Liberty | 11 | 111 | 96 | 16 | 223 | 20.3 |
| 93 | Purdue | 11 | 67 | 119 | 16 | 202 | 18.4 |
| 93 | Maryland | 11 | 56 | 128 | 16 | 200 | 18.2 |
| 93 | Virginia Tech | 11 | 114 | 69 | 16 | 199 | 18.1 |
| 93 | Central Michigan | 11 | 103 | 62 | 16 | 181 | 16.5 |
| 102 | Air Force | 11 | 159 | 67 | 15 | 241 | 21.9 |
| 102 | Washington | 11 | 105 | 121 | 15 | 241 | 21.9 |
| 102 | Nebraska | 11 | 93 | 109 | 15 | 217 | 19.7 |
| 102 | Texas | 12 | 85 | 123 | 15 | 223 | 18.6 |
| 102 | UCF | 11 | 85 | 98 | 15 | 198 | 18.0 |
| 102 | Miami (OH) | 11 | 88 | 91 | 15 | 194 | 17.6 |
| 102 | Bowling Green | 11 | 90 | 77 | 15 | 182 | 16.5 |
| 102 | Kent State | 11 | 62 | 80 | 15 | 157 | 14.3 |
| 110 | TCU | 11 | 88 | 142 | 14 | 244 | 22.2 |
| 110 | Michigan | 12 | 124 | 105 | 14 | 243 | 20.3 |
| 110 | Wake Forest | 11 | 90 | 99 | 14 | 203 | 18.5 |
| 110 | Oklahoma | 11 | 74 | 111 | 14 | 199 | 18.1 |
| 110 | Coastal Carolina | 11 | 87 | 78 | 14 | 179 | 16.3 |
| 110 | Oklahoma State | 11 | 69 | 84 | 14 | 167 | 15.2 |
| 110 | Charlotte | 11 | 53 | 91 | 14 | 158 | 14.4 |
| 117 | Texas State | 11 | 128 | 110 | 13 | 251 | 22.8 |
| 117 | Virginia | 11 | 101 | 116 | 13 | 230 | 20.9 |
| 117 | Toledo | 11 | 90 | 121 | 13 | 224 | 20.4 |
| 117 | Kansas | 11 | 94 | 109 | 13 | 216 | 19.6 |
| 117 | Western Michigan | 11 | 123 | 68 | 13 | 204 | 18.5 |
| 117 | Troy | 11 | 66 | 113 | 13 | 192 | 17.5 |
| 117 | Temple | 11 | 76 | 102 | 13 | 191 | 17.4 |
| 117 | Iowa | 11 | 96 | 79 | 13 | 188 | 17.1 |
| 125 | Ohio State | 11 | 101 | 137 | 12 | 250 | 22.7 |
| 125 | Army | 10 | 148 | 26 | 12 | 186 | 18.6 |
| 125 | Buffalo | 11 | 74 | 114 | 12 | 200 | 18.2 |
| 125 | Rice | 11 | 118 | 52 | 12 | 182 | 16.5 |
| 125 | Northern Illinois | 11 | 104 | 48 | 12 | 164 | 14.9 |
| 130 | Texas Tech | 11 | 118 | 127 | 11 | 256 | 23.3 |
| 130 | San Diego State | 11 | 107 | 67 | 11 | 185 | 16.8 |
| 132 | Navy | 10 | 140 | 50 | 10 | 200 | 20.0 |
| 132 | Cincinnati | 11 | 97 | 110 | 10 | 217 | 19.7 |
| 132 | Penn State | 11 | 104 | 94 | 10 | 208 | 18.9 |
| 132 | Kansas State | 11 | 86 | 89 | 10 | 185 | 16.8 |
| 136 | Wisconsin | 12 | 83 | 78 | 8 | 169 | 14.1 |