2025 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. FBS Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 01/19/2026

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Indiana 13 135 133 21 289 22.2
2 Oregon 13 122 139 20 281 21.6
3 Utah 11 148 103 25 276 25.1
4 Miami (FL) 13 108 144 18 270 20.8
5 Baylor 11 96 145 27 268 24.4
6 Georgia Tech 11 118 125 22 265 24.1
7 TCU 12 94 156 14 264 22.0
8 Ole Miss 11 98 137 26 261 23.7
9 Texas Tech 12 120 127 11 258 21.5
9 BYU 12 119 117 22 258 21.5
11 Ohio State 12 95 148 14 257 21.4
12 Georgia 11 111 113 32 256 23.3
13 Houston 11 98 115 42 255 23.2
14 Virginia 12 107 126 17 250 20.8
15 Alabama 13 63 154 27 244 18.8
16 Arizona 11 91 127 24 242 22.0
17 Duke 11 81 131 28 240 21.8
18 Tennessee 10 90 125 23 238 23.8
19 Illinois 11 90 119 26 235 21.4
20 Clemson 11 79 136 19 234 21.3
21 Arizona State 11 100 104 28 232 21.1
22 Notre Dame 10 94 116 20 230 23.0
22 USC 10 77 130 23 230 23.0
24 Vanderbilt 10 79 126 21 226 22.6
25 Florida State 10 107 97 21 225 22.5
26 SMU 11 76 124 20 220 20.0
27 Washington 10 89 111 15 215 21.5
27 Mississippi State 10 87 99 29 215 21.5
29 Missouri 10 102 86 23 211 21.1
30 Michigan 11 104 89 14 207 18.8
31 Iowa State 10 93 95 17 205 20.5
32 Nebraska 11 95 93 15 203 18.5
33 Texas A&M 9 83 100 17 200 22.2
34 Cincinnati 10 92 98 9 199 19.9
35 Kansas 10 86 98 10 194 19.4
36 California 10 43 125 25 193 19.3
37 Rutgers 9 85 93 13 191 21.2
38 NC State 9 70 97 20 187 20.8
39 Pittsburgh 9 58 103 25 186 20.7
39 West Virginia 10 93 72 21 186 18.6
41 Wake Forest 10 79 91 15 185 18.5
41 Iowa 11 93 77 15 185 16.8
43 Michigan State 10 69 91 24 184 18.4
44 Penn State 10 96 78 9 183 18.3
45 Arkansas 8 85 81 16 182 22.8
45 Auburn 9 88 75 19 182 20.2
47 Texas 10 60 104 16 180 18.0
48 Boston College 9 57 108 14 179 19.9
48 Florida 10 75 89 15 179 17.9
50 Virginia Tech 10 104 59 12 175 17.5
50 UCF 10 76 86 13 175 17.5
52 Louisville 9 76 86 12 174 19.3
53 Kansas State 10 82 80 10 172 17.2
54 Kentucky 9 61 94 15 170 18.9
54 South Carolina 10 70 84 16 170 17.0
56 Northwestern 9 78 70 21 169 18.8
57 North Carolina 10 58 90 20 168 16.8
58 UCLA 10 72 81 13 166 16.6
59 Oklahoma 10 50 102 13 165 16.5
59 LSU 10 50 95 20 165 16.5
61 Colorado 10 71 75 18 164 16.4
62 Syracuse 9 72 72 15 159 17.7
62 Purdue 9 57 88 14 159 17.7
64 Maryland 9 46 102 9 157 17.4
65 Minnesota 10 46 85 23 154 15.4
66 Stanford 9 51 83 15 149 16.6
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 Tulane 4 34 44 5 83 20.8
72 Connecticut 3 23 36 6 65 21.7
72 Hawaii 3 16 41 8 65 21.7
74 New Mexico 3 28 24 8 60 20.0
75 Ohio 3 24 27 6 57 19.0
76 James Madison 3 33 17 6 56 18.7
77 East Carolina 3 17 30 6 53 17.7
78 Toledo 3 16 33 3 52 17.3
78 Utah State 3 12 29 11 52 17.3
80 Tulsa 2 25 16 3 44 22.0
81 Memphis 2 25 15 3 43 21.5
81 Arkansas State 2 22 15 6 43 21.5
81 San Jose State 2 7 31 5 43 21.5
84 Old Dominion 2 15 19 5 39 19.5
85 Delaware 2 14 22 2 38 19.0
86 Colorado State 2 15 18 4 37 18.5
87 Central Michigan 3 13 20 3 36 12.0
88 Wyoming 2 17 12 6 35 17.5
88 Bowling Green 2 14 17 4 35 17.5
88 USF 2 9 20 6 35 17.5
91 Missouri State 2 9 16 5 30 15.0
92 Kent State 3 9 16 4 29 9.7
93 Fresno State 2 14 14 0 28 14.0
93 Kennesaw State 2 14 11 3 28 14.0
93 Georgia State 2 11 13 4 28 14.0
93 Charlotte 2 6 20 2 28 14.0
97 Northern Illinois 2 13 12 2 27 13.5
97 Louisiana-Monroe 2 10 14 3 27 13.5
99 Georgia Southern 1 9 12 5 26 26.0
99 Temple 2 11 11 4 26 13.0
99 Coastal Carolina 2 7 17 2 26 13.0
102 North Texas 1 10 13 2 25 25.0
102 San Diego State 2 11 14 0 25 12.5
104 New Mexico State 1 7 14 3 24 24.0
105 Florida Atlantic 1 7 13 3 23 23.0
105 Louisiana Tech 2 13 5 5 23 11.5
107 Navy 1 15 5 2 22 22.0
107 Western Michigan 2 7 13 2 22 11.0
109 Texas State 1 13 8 0 21 21.0
109 Eastern Michigan 1 8 12 1 21 21.0
109 Miami (OH) 2 7 12 2 21 10.5
112 Army 1 17 3 0 20 20.0
112 UNLV 1 9 8 3 20 20.0
112 South Alabama 1 6 11 3 20 20.0
115 Ball State 2 9 6 4 19 9.5
116 Jacksonville State 1 11 5 2 18 18.0
116 Southern Miss 1 9 6 3 18 18.0
116 Appalachian State 1 7 9 2 18 18.0
116 UAB 1 1 17 0 18 18.0
120 UTSA 1 8 8 1 17 17.0
120 Massachusetts 2 6 10 1 17 8.5
122 Rice 1 12 4 0 16 16.0
122 Troy 1 8 8 0 16 16.0
122 Boise State 1 4 10 2 16 16.0
125 Sam Houston State 2 5 8 2 15 7.5
126 FIU 1 6 8 0 14 14.0
126 Middle Tennessee State 1 6 8 0 14 14.0
126 Western Kentucky 1 3 7 4 14 14.0
129 Akron 1 7 2 4 13 13.0
129 Nevada 1 6 6 1 13 13.0
129 UTEP 1 3 7 3 13 13.0
132 Buffalo 1 4 4 0 8 8.0
133 Marshall 1 3 4 0 7 7.0
134 Louisiana 1 3 0 1 4 4.0