2025 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. FBS Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 11/29/2025

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Baylor 11 96 145 27 268 24.4
2 Utah 10 136 90 24 250 25.0
3 Oregon 11 116 113 16 245 22.3
4 Georgia Tech 10 112 113 19 244 24.4
4 TCU 11 88 142 14 244 22.2
6 Notre Dame 10 94 116 20 230 23.0
7 Texas Tech 10 105 114 10 229 22.9
8 Florida State 10 107 97 21 225 22.5
9 Houston 10 88 100 35 223 22.3
10 Ohio State 10 89 122 11 222 22.2
11 Tennessee 9 80 117 23 220 24.4
12 BYU 10 103 96 19 218 21.8
12 Clemson 10 72 129 17 218 21.8
14 Georgia 9 94 95 28 217 24.1
15 Arizona 10 80 114 22 216 21.6
16 Ole Miss 9 85 110 20 215 23.9
16 Washington 10 89 111 15 215 21.5
18 Indiana 9 101 95 16 212 23.6
19 USC 9 72 119 20 211 23.4
20 Arizona State 10 91 92 27 210 21.0
20 Alabama 10 59 128 23 210 21.0
22 Illinois 10 76 109 23 208 20.8
23 Virginia 10 91 104 12 207 20.7
24 Vanderbilt 9 74 113 18 205 22.8
24 Iowa State 10 93 95 17 205 20.5
26 SMU 10 71 112 19 202 20.2
27 Cincinnati 10 92 98 9 199 19.9
28 Missouri 9 97 79 22 198 22.0
29 Miami (FL) 9 77 106 14 197 21.9
29 Duke 9 62 111 24 197 21.9
31 Mississippi State 9 79 90 26 195 21.7
32 Kansas 10 86 98 10 194 19.4
33 California 10 43 125 25 193 19.3
34 Rutgers 9 85 93 13 191 21.2
35 Michigan 10 94 81 13 188 18.8
36 NC State 9 70 97 20 187 20.8
37 Pittsburgh 9 58 103 25 186 20.7
37 West Virginia 10 93 72 21 186 18.6
37 Nebraska 10 84 87 15 186 18.6
40 Michigan State 10 69 91 24 184 18.4
41 Arkansas 8 85 81 16 182 22.8
41 Auburn 9 88 75 19 182 20.2
43 Texas A&M 8 75 89 15 179 22.4
43 Boston College 9 57 108 14 179 19.9
43 Florida 10 75 89 15 179 17.9
46 Virginia Tech 10 104 59 12 175 17.5
46 UCF 10 76 86 13 175 17.5
48 Louisville 9 76 86 12 174 19.3
49 Kansas State 10 82 80 10 172 17.2
50 Kentucky 9 61 94 15 170 18.9
50 South Carolina 10 70 84 16 170 17.0
52 Northwestern 9 78 70 21 169 18.8
53 North Carolina 10 58 90 20 168 16.8
54 Iowa 10 86 67 13 166 16.6
54 UCLA 10 72 81 13 166 16.6
56 Colorado 10 71 75 18 164 16.4
57 Penn State 9 86 68 9 163 18.1
58 Wake Forest 9 69 80 13 162 18.0
59 Syracuse 9 72 72 15 159 17.7
59 Purdue 9 57 88 14 159 17.7
61 Maryland 9 46 102 9 157 17.4
62 Texas 9 48 95 13 156 17.3
63 Minnesota 10 46 85 23 154 15.4
64 Stanford 9 51 83 15 149 16.6
65 LSU 9 45 84 19 148 16.4
66 Oklahoma 9 46 90 11 147 16.3
67 Oklahoma State 10 58 72 13 143 14.3
68 Wisconsin 10 66 53 6 125 12.5
69 Oregon State 7 50 54 15 119 17.0
70 Washington State 5 35 48 15 98 19.6
71 Connecticut 3 23 36 6 65 21.7
72 Tulane 3 29 29 5 63 21.0
73 Ohio 3 24 27 6 57 19.0
74 Tulsa 2 25 16 3 44 22.0
75 Arkansas State 2 22 15 6 43 21.5
75 New Mexico 2 16 21 6 43 21.5
75 San Jose State 2 7 31 5 43 21.5
78 East Carolina 2 12 26 4 42 21.0
79 Hawaii 2 10 25 6 41 20.5
80 Old Dominion 2 15 19 5 39 19.5
80 Utah State 2 10 21 8 39 19.5
82 Delaware 2 14 22 2 38 19.0
83 Colorado State 2 15 18 4 37 18.5
84 Wyoming 2 17 12 6 35 17.5
84 Bowling Green 2 14 17 4 35 17.5
84 USF 2 9 20 6 35 17.5
87 James Madison 2 23 8 2 33 16.5
88 Toledo 2 6 24 2 32 16.0
89 Missouri State 2 9 16 5 30 15.0
90 Kent State 3 9 16 4 29 9.7
91 Fresno State 2 14 14 0 28 14.0
91 Kennesaw State 2 14 11 3 28 14.0
91 Georgia State 2 11 13 4 28 14.0
91 Charlotte 2 6 20 2 28 14.0
95 Northern Illinois 2 13 12 2 27 13.5
95 Louisiana-Monroe 2 10 14 3 27 13.5
97 Memphis 1 16 9 1 26 26.0
97 Georgia Southern 1 9 12 5 26 26.0
97 Temple 2 11 11 4 26 13.0
97 Coastal Carolina 2 7 17 2 26 13.0
101 North Texas 1 10 13 2 25 25.0
101 San Diego State 2 11 14 0 25 12.5
103 New Mexico State 1 7 14 3 24 24.0
104 Florida Atlantic 1 7 13 3 23 23.0
104 Louisiana Tech 2 13 5 5 23 11.5
106 Western Michigan 2 7 13 2 22 11.0
107 Texas State 1 13 8 0 21 21.0
107 Eastern Michigan 1 8 12 1 21 21.0
107 Central Michigan 2 9 10 2 21 10.5
107 Miami (OH) 2 7 12 2 21 10.5
111 Army 1 17 3 0 20 20.0
111 UNLV 1 9 8 3 20 20.0
111 South Alabama 1 6 11 3 20 20.0
114 Ball State 2 9 6 4 19 9.5
115 Jacksonville State 1 11 5 2 18 18.0
115 Southern Miss 1 9 6 3 18 18.0
115 Appalachian State 1 7 9 2 18 18.0
115 UAB 1 1 17 0 18 18.0
119 UTSA 1 8 8 1 17 17.0
119 Massachusetts 2 6 10 1 17 8.5
121 Rice 1 12 4 0 16 16.0
121 Troy 1 8 8 0 16 16.0
123 Sam Houston State 2 5 8 2 15 7.5
124 FIU 1 6 8 0 14 14.0
124 Middle Tennessee State 1 6 8 0 14 14.0
124 Western Kentucky 1 3 7 4 14 14.0
127 Akron 1 7 2 4 13 13.0
127 Nevada 1 6 6 1 13 13.0
127 UTEP 1 3 7 3 13 13.0
130 Buffalo 1 4 4 0 8 8.0
131 Marshall 1 3 4 0 7 7.0
132 Louisiana 1 3 0 1 4 4.0