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 Houston 11 98 115 42 255 23.2
2 Georgia 11 111 113 32 256 23.3
3 Mississippi State 10 87 99 29 215 21.5
4 Duke 11 81 131 28 240 21.8
4 Arizona State 11 100 104 28 232 21.1
6 Baylor 11 96 145 27 268 24.4
6 Alabama 13 63 154 27 244 18.8
8 Ole Miss 11 98 137 26 261 23.7
8 Illinois 11 90 119 26 235 21.4
10 Utah 11 148 103 25 276 25.1
10 Pittsburgh 9 58 103 25 186 20.7
10 California 10 43 125 25 193 19.3
13 Arizona 11 91 127 24 242 22.0
13 Michigan State 10 69 91 24 184 18.4
15 Tennessee 10 90 125 23 238 23.8
15 USC 10 77 130 23 230 23.0
15 Missouri 10 102 86 23 211 21.1
15 Minnesota 10 46 85 23 154 15.4
19 Georgia Tech 11 118 125 22 265 24.1
19 BYU 12 119 117 22 258 21.5
21 Vanderbilt 10 79 126 21 226 22.6
21 Florida State 10 107 97 21 225 22.5
21 Indiana 13 135 133 21 289 22.2
21 Northwestern 9 78 70 21 169 18.8
21 West Virginia 10 93 72 21 186 18.6
26 Notre Dame 10 94 116 20 230 23.0
26 Oregon 13 122 139 20 281 21.6
26 NC State 9 70 97 20 187 20.8
26 SMU 11 76 124 20 220 20.0
26 North Carolina 10 58 90 20 168 16.8
26 LSU 10 50 95 20 165 16.5
32 Clemson 11 79 136 19 234 21.3
32 Auburn 9 88 75 19 182 20.2
34 Miami (FL) 13 108 144 18 270 20.8
34 Colorado 10 71 75 18 164 16.4
36 Texas A&M 9 83 100 17 200 22.2
36 Virginia 12 107 126 17 250 20.8
36 Iowa State 10 93 95 17 205 20.5
39 Arkansas 8 85 81 16 182 22.8
39 Texas 10 60 104 16 180 18.0
39 South Carolina 10 70 84 16 170 17.0
42 Washington 10 89 111 15 215 21.5
42 Washington State 5 35 48 15 98 19.6
42 Kentucky 9 61 94 15 170 18.9
42 Nebraska 11 95 93 15 203 18.5
42 Wake Forest 10 79 91 15 185 18.5
42 Florida 10 75 89 15 179 17.9
42 Syracuse 9 72 72 15 159 17.7
42 Oregon State 7 50 54 15 119 17.0
42 Iowa 11 93 77 15 185 16.8
42 Stanford 9 51 83 15 149 16.6
52 TCU 12 94 156 14 264 22.0
52 Ohio State 12 95 148 14 257 21.4
52 Boston College 9 57 108 14 179 19.9
52 Michigan 11 104 89 14 207 18.8
52 Purdue 9 57 88 14 159 17.7
57 Rutgers 9 85 93 13 191 21.2
57 UCF 10 76 86 13 175 17.5
57 UCLA 10 72 81 13 166 16.6
57 Oklahoma 10 50 102 13 165 16.5
57 Oklahoma State 10 58 72 13 143 14.3
62 Louisville 9 76 86 12 174 19.3
62 Virginia Tech 10 104 59 12 175 17.5
64 Texas Tech 12 120 127 11 258 21.5
64 Utah State 3 12 29 11 52 17.3
66 Kansas 10 86 98 10 194 19.4
66 Kansas State 10 82 80 10 172 17.2
68 Cincinnati 10 92 98 9 199 19.9
68 Penn State 10 96 78 9 183 18.3
68 Maryland 9 46 102 9 157 17.4
71 Hawaii 3 16 41 8 65 21.7
71 New Mexico 3 28 24 8 60 20.0
73 Connecticut 3 23 36 6 65 21.7
73 Arkansas State 2 22 15 6 43 21.5
73 Ohio 3 24 27 6 57 19.0
73 James Madison 3 33 17 6 56 18.7
73 East Carolina 3 17 30 6 53 17.7
73 Wyoming 2 17 12 6 35 17.5
73 USF 2 9 20 6 35 17.5
73 Wisconsin 10 66 53 6 125 12.5
81 Georgia Southern 1 9 12 5 26 26.0
81 San Jose State 2 7 31 5 43 21.5
81 Tulane 4 34 44 5 83 20.8
81 Old Dominion 2 15 19 5 39 19.5
81 Missouri State 2 9 16 5 30 15.0
81 Louisiana Tech 2 13 5 5 23 11.5
87 Colorado State 2 15 18 4 37 18.5
87 Bowling Green 2 14 17 4 35 17.5
87 Georgia State 2 11 13 4 28 14.0
87 Western Kentucky 1 3 7 4 14 14.0
87 Temple 2 11 11 4 26 13.0
87 Akron 1 7 2 4 13 13.0
87 Kent State 3 9 16 4 29 9.7
87 Ball State 2 9 6 4 19 9.5
95 New Mexico State 1 7 14 3 24 24.0
95 Florida Atlantic 1 7 13 3 23 23.0
95 Tulsa 2 25 16 3 44 22.0
95 Memphis 2 25 15 3 43 21.5
95 UNLV 1 9 8 3 20 20.0
95 South Alabama 1 6 11 3 20 20.0
95 Southern Miss 1 9 6 3 18 18.0
95 Toledo 3 16 33 3 52 17.3
95 Kennesaw State 2 14 11 3 28 14.0
95 Louisiana-Monroe 2 10 14 3 27 13.5
95 UTEP 1 3 7 3 13 13.0
95 Central Michigan 3 13 20 3 36 12.0
107 North Texas 1 10 13 2 25 25.0
107 Navy 1 15 5 2 22 22.0
107 Delaware 2 14 22 2 38 19.0
107 Jacksonville State 1 11 5 2 18 18.0
107 Appalachian State 1 7 9 2 18 18.0
107 Boise State 1 4 10 2 16 16.0
107 Charlotte 2 6 20 2 28 14.0
107 Northern Illinois 2 13 12 2 27 13.5
107 Coastal Carolina 2 7 17 2 26 13.0
107 Western Michigan 2 7 13 2 22 11.0
107 Miami (OH) 2 7 12 2 21 10.5
107 Sam Houston State 2 5 8 2 15 7.5
119 Eastern Michigan 1 8 12 1 21 21.0
119 UTSA 1 8 8 1 17 17.0
119 Nevada 1 6 6 1 13 13.0
119 Massachusetts 2 6 10 1 17 8.5
119 Louisiana 1 3 0 1 4 4.0
124 Texas State 1 13 8 0 21 21.0
124 Army 1 17 3 0 20 20.0
124 UAB 1 1 17 0 18 18.0
124 Rice 1 12 4 0 16 16.0
124 Troy 1 8 8 0 16 16.0
124 Fresno State 2 14 14 0 28 14.0
124 FIU 1 6 8 0 14 14.0
124 Middle Tennessee State 1 6 8 0 14 14.0
124 San Diego State 2 11 14 0 25 12.5
124 Buffalo 1 4 4 0 8 8.0
124 Marshall 1 3 4 0 7 7.0