2025 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. FBS Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 01/02/2026

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Utah 11 148 103 25 276 25.1
2 Indiana 11 120 113 18 251 22.8
2 Texas Tech 12 120 127 11 258 21.5
4 Oregon 12 119 124 18 261 21.8
4 BYU 12 119 117 22 258 21.5
6 Georgia Tech 11 118 125 22 265 24.1
7 Georgia 11 111 113 32 256 23.3
8 Florida State 10 107 97 21 225 22.5
8 Virginia 12 107 126 17 250 20.8
10 Michigan 11 104 89 14 207 18.8
10 Virginia Tech 10 104 59 12 175 17.5
12 Missouri 10 102 86 23 211 21.1
13 Arizona State 11 100 104 28 232 21.1
14 Houston 11 98 115 42 255 23.2
15 Baylor 11 96 145 27 268 24.4
15 Penn State 10 96 78 9 183 18.3
17 Ohio State 12 95 148 14 257 21.4
17 Nebraska 11 95 93 15 203 18.5
19 Notre Dame 10 94 116 20 230 23.0
19 TCU 12 94 156 14 264 22.0
21 Ole Miss 10 93 123 22 238 23.8
21 Iowa State 10 93 95 17 205 20.5
21 West Virginia 10 93 72 21 186 18.6
21 Iowa 11 93 77 15 185 16.8
25 Miami (FL) 11 92 121 14 227 20.6
25 Cincinnati 10 92 98 9 199 19.9
27 Arizona 11 91 127 24 242 22.0
28 Tennessee 10 90 125 23 238 23.8
28 Illinois 11 90 119 26 235 21.4
30 Washington 10 89 111 15 215 21.5
31 Auburn 9 88 75 19 182 20.2
32 Mississippi State 10 87 99 29 215 21.5
33 Kansas 10 86 98 10 194 19.4
34 Arkansas 8 85 81 16 182 22.8
34 Rutgers 9 85 93 13 191 21.2
36 Texas A&M 9 83 100 17 200 22.2
37 Kansas State 10 82 80 10 172 17.2
38 Duke 11 81 131 28 240 21.8
39 Vanderbilt 10 79 126 21 226 22.6
39 Clemson 11 79 136 19 234 21.3
39 Wake Forest 10 79 91 15 185 18.5
42 Northwestern 9 78 70 21 169 18.8
43 USC 10 77 130 23 230 23.0
44 SMU 11 76 124 20 220 20.0
44 Louisville 9 76 86 12 174 19.3
44 UCF 10 76 86 13 175 17.5
47 Florida 10 75 89 15 179 17.9
48 Syracuse 9 72 72 15 159 17.7
48 UCLA 10 72 81 13 166 16.6
50 Colorado 10 71 75 18 164 16.4
51 NC State 9 70 97 20 187 20.8
51 South Carolina 10 70 84 16 170 17.0
53 Michigan State 10 69 91 24 184 18.4
54 Wisconsin 10 66 53 6 125 12.5
55 Alabama 13 63 154 27 244 18.8
56 Kentucky 9 61 94 15 170 18.9
57 Texas 10 60 104 16 180 18.0
58 Pittsburgh 9 58 103 25 186 20.7
58 North Carolina 10 58 90 20 168 16.8
58 Oklahoma State 10 58 72 13 143 14.3
61 Boston College 9 57 108 14 179 19.9
61 Purdue 9 57 88 14 159 17.7
63 Stanford 9 51 83 15 149 16.6
64 Oregon State 7 50 54 15 119 17.0
64 Oklahoma 10 50 102 13 165 16.5
64 LSU 10 50 95 20 165 16.5
67 Maryland 9 46 102 9 157 17.4
67 Minnesota 10 46 85 23 154 15.4
69 California 10 43 125 25 193 19.3
70 Washington State 5 35 48 15 98 19.6
71 Tulane 4 34 44 5 83 20.8
72 James Madison 3 33 17 6 56 18.7
73 New Mexico 3 28 24 8 60 20.0
74 Tulsa 2 25 16 3 44 22.0
74 Memphis 2 25 15 3 43 21.5
76 Ohio 3 24 27 6 57 19.0
77 Connecticut 3 23 36 6 65 21.7
78 Arkansas State 2 22 15 6 43 21.5
79 Army 1 17 3 0 20 20.0
79 East Carolina 3 17 30 6 53 17.7
79 Wyoming 2 17 12 6 35 17.5
82 Hawaii 3 16 41 8 65 21.7
82 Toledo 3 16 33 3 52 17.3
84 Navy 1 15 5 2 22 22.0
84 Old Dominion 2 15 19 5 39 19.5
84 Colorado State 2 15 18 4 37 18.5
87 Delaware 2 14 22 2 38 19.0
87 Bowling Green 2 14 17 4 35 17.5
87 Fresno State 2 14 14 0 28 14.0
87 Kennesaw State 2 14 11 3 28 14.0
91 Texas State 1 13 8 0 21 21.0
91 Northern Illinois 2 13 12 2 27 13.5
91 Central Michigan 3 13 20 3 36 12.0
91 Louisiana Tech 2 13 5 5 23 11.5
95 Utah State 3 12 29 11 52 17.3
95 Rice 1 12 4 0 16 16.0
97 Jacksonville State 1 11 5 2 18 18.0
97 Georgia State 2 11 13 4 28 14.0
97 Temple 2 11 11 4 26 13.0
97 San Diego State 2 11 14 0 25 12.5
101 North Texas 1 10 13 2 25 25.0
101 Louisiana-Monroe 2 10 14 3 27 13.5
103 Georgia Southern 1 9 12 5 26 26.0
103 UNLV 1 9 8 3 20 20.0
103 Southern Miss 1 9 6 3 18 18.0
103 USF 2 9 20 6 35 17.5
103 Missouri State 2 9 16 5 30 15.0
103 Kent State 3 9 16 4 29 9.7
103 Ball State 2 9 6 4 19 9.5
110 Eastern Michigan 1 8 12 1 21 21.0
110 UTSA 1 8 8 1 17 17.0
110 Troy 1 8 8 0 16 16.0
113 New Mexico State 1 7 14 3 24 24.0
113 Florida Atlantic 1 7 13 3 23 23.0
113 San Jose State 2 7 31 5 43 21.5
113 Appalachian State 1 7 9 2 18 18.0
113 Coastal Carolina 2 7 17 2 26 13.0
113 Akron 1 7 2 4 13 13.0
113 Western Michigan 2 7 13 2 22 11.0
113 Miami (OH) 2 7 12 2 21 10.5
121 South Alabama 1 6 11 3 20 20.0
121 Charlotte 2 6 20 2 28 14.0
121 FIU 1 6 8 0 14 14.0
121 Middle Tennessee State 1 6 8 0 14 14.0
121 Nevada 1 6 6 1 13 13.0
121 Massachusetts 2 6 10 1 17 8.5
127 Sam Houston State 2 5 8 2 15 7.5
128 Boise State 1 4 10 2 16 16.0
128 Buffalo 1 4 4 0 8 8.0
130 Western Kentucky 1 3 7 4 14 14.0
130 UTEP 1 3 7 3 13 13.0
130 Marshall 1 3 4 0 7 7.0
130 Louisiana 1 3 0 1 4 4.0
134 UAB 1 1 17 0 18 18.0