2025 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. FBS Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 01/08/2026

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 TCU 12 94 156 14 264 22.0
2 Alabama 13 63 154 27 244 18.8
3 Ohio State 12 95 148 14 257 21.4
4 Baylor 11 96 145 27 268 24.4
5 Ole Miss 11 98 137 26 261 23.7
6 Clemson 11 79 136 19 234 21.3
7 Miami (FL) 12 103 135 17 255 21.3
8 Duke 11 81 131 28 240 21.8
9 USC 10 77 130 23 230 23.0
10 Arizona 11 91 127 24 242 22.0
10 Texas Tech 12 120 127 11 258 21.5
12 Vanderbilt 10 79 126 21 226 22.6
12 Virginia 12 107 126 17 250 20.8
14 Georgia Tech 11 118 125 22 265 24.1
14 Tennessee 10 90 125 23 238 23.8
14 California 10 43 125 25 193 19.3
17 Oregon 12 119 124 18 261 21.8
17 SMU 11 76 124 20 220 20.0
19 Illinois 11 90 119 26 235 21.4
20 BYU 12 119 117 22 258 21.5
21 Notre Dame 10 94 116 20 230 23.0
22 Houston 11 98 115 42 255 23.2
23 Georgia 11 111 113 32 256 23.3
23 Indiana 11 120 113 18 251 22.8
25 Washington 10 89 111 15 215 21.5
26 Boston College 9 57 108 14 179 19.9
27 Arizona State 11 100 104 28 232 21.1
27 Texas 10 60 104 16 180 18.0
29 Utah 11 148 103 25 276 25.1
29 Pittsburgh 9 58 103 25 186 20.7
31 Maryland 9 46 102 9 157 17.4
31 Oklahoma 10 50 102 13 165 16.5
33 Texas A&M 9 83 100 17 200 22.2
34 Mississippi State 10 87 99 29 215 21.5
35 Cincinnati 10 92 98 9 199 19.9
35 Kansas 10 86 98 10 194 19.4
37 Florida State 10 107 97 21 225 22.5
37 NC State 9 70 97 20 187 20.8
39 Iowa State 10 93 95 17 205 20.5
39 LSU 10 50 95 20 165 16.5
41 Kentucky 9 61 94 15 170 18.9
42 Rutgers 9 85 93 13 191 21.2
42 Nebraska 11 95 93 15 203 18.5
44 Wake Forest 10 79 91 15 185 18.5
44 Michigan State 10 69 91 24 184 18.4
46 North Carolina 10 58 90 20 168 16.8
47 Michigan 11 104 89 14 207 18.8
47 Florida 10 75 89 15 179 17.9
49 Purdue 9 57 88 14 159 17.7
50 Missouri 10 102 86 23 211 21.1
50 Louisville 9 76 86 12 174 19.3
50 UCF 10 76 86 13 175 17.5
53 Minnesota 10 46 85 23 154 15.4
54 South Carolina 10 70 84 16 170 17.0
55 Stanford 9 51 83 15 149 16.6
56 Arkansas 8 85 81 16 182 22.8
56 UCLA 10 72 81 13 166 16.6
58 Kansas State 10 82 80 10 172 17.2
59 Penn State 10 96 78 9 183 18.3
60 Iowa 11 93 77 15 185 16.8
61 Auburn 9 88 75 19 182 20.2
61 Colorado 10 71 75 18 164 16.4
63 West Virginia 10 93 72 21 186 18.6
63 Syracuse 9 72 72 15 159 17.7
63 Oklahoma State 10 58 72 13 143 14.3
66 Northwestern 9 78 70 21 169 18.8
67 Virginia Tech 10 104 59 12 175 17.5
68 Oregon State 7 50 54 15 119 17.0
69 Wisconsin 10 66 53 6 125 12.5
70 Washington State 5 35 48 15 98 19.6
71 Tulane 4 34 44 5 83 20.8
72 Hawaii 3 16 41 8 65 21.7
73 Connecticut 3 23 36 6 65 21.7
74 Toledo 3 16 33 3 52 17.3
75 San Jose State 2 7 31 5 43 21.5
76 East Carolina 3 17 30 6 53 17.7
77 Utah State 3 12 29 11 52 17.3
78 Ohio 3 24 27 6 57 19.0
79 New Mexico 3 28 24 8 60 20.0
80 Delaware 2 14 22 2 38 19.0
81 USF 2 9 20 6 35 17.5
81 Charlotte 2 6 20 2 28 14.0
81 Central Michigan 3 13 20 3 36 12.0
84 Old Dominion 2 15 19 5 39 19.5
85 Colorado State 2 15 18 4 37 18.5
86 James Madison 3 33 17 6 56 18.7
86 UAB 1 1 17 0 18 18.0
86 Bowling Green 2 14 17 4 35 17.5
86 Coastal Carolina 2 7 17 2 26 13.0
90 Tulsa 2 25 16 3 44 22.0
90 Missouri State 2 9 16 5 30 15.0
90 Kent State 3 9 16 4 29 9.7
93 Memphis 2 25 15 3 43 21.5
93 Arkansas State 2 22 15 6 43 21.5
95 New Mexico State 1 7 14 3 24 24.0
95 Fresno State 2 14 14 0 28 14.0
95 Louisiana-Monroe 2 10 14 3 27 13.5
95 San Diego State 2 11 14 0 25 12.5
99 North Texas 1 10 13 2 25 25.0
99 Florida Atlantic 1 7 13 3 23 23.0
99 Georgia State 2 11 13 4 28 14.0
99 Western Michigan 2 7 13 2 22 11.0
103 Georgia Southern 1 9 12 5 26 26.0
103 Eastern Michigan 1 8 12 1 21 21.0
103 Wyoming 2 17 12 6 35 17.5
103 Northern Illinois 2 13 12 2 27 13.5
103 Miami (OH) 2 7 12 2 21 10.5
108 South Alabama 1 6 11 3 20 20.0
108 Kennesaw State 2 14 11 3 28 14.0
108 Temple 2 11 11 4 26 13.0
111 Boise State 1 4 10 2 16 16.0
111 Massachusetts 2 6 10 1 17 8.5
113 Appalachian State 1 7 9 2 18 18.0
114 Texas State 1 13 8 0 21 21.0
114 UNLV 1 9 8 3 20 20.0
114 UTSA 1 8 8 1 17 17.0
114 Troy 1 8 8 0 16 16.0
114 FIU 1 6 8 0 14 14.0
114 Middle Tennessee State 1 6 8 0 14 14.0
114 Sam Houston State 2 5 8 2 15 7.5
121 Western Kentucky 1 3 7 4 14 14.0
121 UTEP 1 3 7 3 13 13.0
123 Southern Miss 1 9 6 3 18 18.0
123 Nevada 1 6 6 1 13 13.0
123 Ball State 2 9 6 4 19 9.5
126 Navy 1 15 5 2 22 22.0
126 Jacksonville State 1 11 5 2 18 18.0
126 Louisiana Tech 2 13 5 5 23 11.5
129 Rice 1 12 4 0 16 16.0
129 Buffalo 1 4 4 0 8 8.0
129 Marshall 1 3 4 0 7 7.0
132 Army 1 17 3 0 20 20.0
133 Akron 1 7 2 4 13 13.0
134 Louisiana 1 3 0 1 4 4.0