2025 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. FBS non-Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 09/13/2025

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Texas A&M 3 23 42 6 71 23.7
2 Appalachian State 2 20 34 5 59 29.5
3 Indiana 2 32 21 5 58 29.0
4 Michigan 2 30 24 1 55 27.5
4 USC 2 21 29 5 55 27.5
4 Rutgers 2 19 31 5 55 27.5
7 Sam Houston State 3 20 23 10 53 17.7
8 UAB 2 14 30 5 49 24.5
9 Texas State 2 28 15 4 47 23.5
9 Miami (FL) 2 19 26 2 47 23.5
9 Tulsa 2 17 25 5 47 23.5
12 Auburn 2 25 20 1 46 23.0
13 Navy 2 35 9 1 45 22.5
13 Penn State 2 18 26 1 45 22.5
15 Wisconsin 2 17 25 2 44 22.0
15 Western Kentucky 2 8 32 4 44 22.0
17 Memphis 2 23 17 3 43 21.5
17 Maryland 2 10 26 7 43 21.5
19 Kentucky 2 24 12 6 42 21.0
19 UCLA 2 14 23 5 42 21.0
21 Texas 2 24 15 2 41 20.5
22 Jacksonville State 2 28 11 1 40 20.0
22 Utah State 2 14 23 3 40 20.0
24 Liberty 2 17 18 2 37 18.5
24 Georgia Southern 2 16 20 1 37 18.5
26 Washington State 2 11 23 2 36 18.0
27 Ole Miss 1 17 15 2 34 34.0
27 Akron 2 11 21 2 34 17.0
29 Missouri 1 22 9 1 32 32.0
30 Utah 1 18 11 2 31 31.0
30 Nebraska 1 9 22 0 31 31.0
30 New Mexico State 2 5 22 4 31 15.5
33 Oregon State 1 9 19 2 30 30.0
34 Fresno State 1 16 12 1 29 29.0
34 Delaware 1 15 9 5 29 29.0
34 Arkansas 1 14 14 1 29 29.0
34 Oklahoma 1 13 14 2 29 29.0
34 East Carolina 1 12 16 1 29 29.0
34 Alabama 1 9 20 0 29 29.0
34 Connecticut 1 6 20 3 29 29.0
41 Louisiana Tech 1 18 7 3 28 28.0
41 Ohio State 1 12 15 1 28 28.0
43 Georgia 1 14 12 1 27 27.0
43 Texas Tech 1 13 13 1 27 27.0
43 Minnesota 1 12 13 2 27 27.0
43 Duke 1 6 17 4 27 27.0
43 LSU 1 6 15 6 27 27.0
48 Washington 1 16 10 0 26 26.0
49 Boise State 1 12 11 2 25 25.0
49 UTSA 1 12 11 2 25 25.0
49 North Texas 1 9 12 4 25 25.0
52 Mississippi State 1 13 10 1 24 24.0
52 Virginia Tech 1 10 10 4 24 24.0
52 SMU 1 9 12 3 24 24.0
52 Temple 1 8 16 0 24 24.0
52 Florida Atlantic 1 7 15 2 24 24.0
52 Syracuse 1 6 18 0 24 24.0
52 Hawaii 1 6 16 2 24 24.0
59 Air Force 1 16 7 0 23 23.0
59 South Alabama 1 13 7 3 23 23.0
59 Tulane 1 12 11 0 23 23.0
59 Virginia 1 10 12 1 23 23.0
59 UCF 1 9 12 2 23 23.0
59 Eastern Michigan 1 9 11 3 23 23.0
59 Middle Tennessee State 1 8 12 3 23 23.0
59 Buffalo 1 6 16 1 23 23.0
59 Purdue 1 6 16 1 23 23.0
68 Iowa 1 10 12 0 22 22.0
68 Kansas 1 8 11 3 22 22.0
68 Pittsburgh 1 5 13 4 22 22.0
71 Arizona State 1 14 7 0 21 21.0
71 Stanford 1 13 4 4 21 21.0
71 Toledo 1 10 9 2 21 21.0
71 Colorado 1 9 10 2 21 21.0
71 NC State 1 7 12 2 21 21.0
76 Central Michigan 1 13 6 1 20 20.0
76 Florida 1 10 8 2 20 20.0
76 Illinois 1 10 7 3 20 20.0
76 Wake Forest 1 9 10 1 20 20.0
76 Kent State 1 9 9 2 20 20.0
76 Iowa State 1 8 11 1 20 20.0
76 UNLV 1 8 11 1 20 20.0
76 Michigan State 1 8 10 2 20 20.0
84 Wyoming 1 9 9 1 19 19.0
84 Northwestern 1 9 8 2 19 19.0
84 UTEP 1 7 9 3 19 19.0
84 Georgia State 1 4 14 1 19 19.0
84 San Jose State 1 4 14 1 19 19.0
89 Rice 1 14 3 1 18 18.0
89 Western Michigan 1 14 3 1 18 18.0
89 Coastal Carolina 1 7 10 1 18 18.0
89 Missouri State 1 5 13 0 18 18.0
89 Cincinnati 1 5 12 1 18 18.0
89 Southern Miss 1 4 12 2 18 18.0
89 Massachusetts 1 4 11 3 18 18.0
96 Bowling Green 1 8 8 1 17 17.0
96 FIU 1 7 8 2 17 17.0
96 Clemson 1 6 8 3 17 17.0
99 Arizona 1 10 3 3 16 16.0
99 Nevada 1 9 6 1 16 16.0
99 Louisiana 1 9 3 4 16 16.0
102 North Carolina 1 8 6 1 15 15.0
102 USF 1 7 5 3 15 15.0
102 Charlotte 1 4 7 4 15 15.0
105 Houston 1 8 6 0 14 14.0
106 West Virginia 1 5 6 2 13 13.0
106 Kansas State 1 4 9 0 13 13.0
108 Marshall 1 7 4 1 12 12.0
108 Louisville 1 5 5 2 12 12.0
108 Troy 1 4 5 3 12 12.0