2025 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. FBS non-Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 11/01/2025

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 North Texas 7 67 104 14 185 26.4
2 Boise State 8 68 89 20 177 22.1
3 Western Kentucky 8 53 107 10 170 21.3
4 Memphis 7 76 74 15 165 23.6
5 Air Force 7 94 55 12 161 23.0
6 Delaware 6 50 77 20 147 24.5
7 Navy 7 101 39 5 145 20.7
8 James Madison 6 77 55 10 142 23.7
9 Appalachian State 6 43 82 16 141 23.5
10 USF 5 72 54 12 138 27.6
10 Eastern Michigan 7 60 66 12 138 19.7
10 Louisiana 7 60 56 22 138 19.7
13 Marshall 6 66 61 10 137 22.8
13 Hawaii 6 31 97 9 137 22.8
13 South Alabama 7 77 50 10 137 19.6
16 UNLV 6 56 66 14 136 22.7
17 Florida Atlantic 6 37 83 14 134 22.3
18 Louisiana Tech 6 65 56 12 133 22.2
18 Buffalo 7 48 75 10 133 19.0
20 Southern Miss 6 51 60 21 132 22.0
20 UAB 6 46 76 10 132 22.0
22 Texas State 6 64 60 7 131 21.8
23 Liberty 7 61 61 8 130 18.6
24 Old Dominion 6 56 64 9 129 21.5
24 Arkansas State 6 40 72 17 129 21.5
26 Jacksonville State 6 79 38 11 128 21.3
27 East Carolina 5 61 58 8 127 25.4
28 Sam Houston State 7 47 63 16 126 18.0
28 Troy 7 44 71 11 126 18.0
30 Middle Tennessee State 6 36 77 12 125 20.8
30 New Mexico State 7 36 75 14 125 17.9
32 Tulsa 6 44 63 17 124 20.7
32 Akron 7 41 73 10 124 17.7
34 Western Michigan 6 69 43 11 123 20.5
34 New Mexico 6 44 65 14 123 20.5
34 Connecticut 6 41 71 11 123 20.5
37 UTSA 6 43 65 12 120 20.0
38 Georgia Southern 6 48 57 13 118 19.7
38 Fresno State 6 45 59 14 118 19.7
40 Toledo 5 52 58 7 117 23.4
40 Tulane 5 37 67 13 117 23.4
40 Temple 6 44 68 5 117 19.5
43 FIU 6 41 66 9 116 19.3
44 San Jose State 5 31 73 9 113 22.6
45 Central Michigan 6 69 33 10 112 18.7
45 Wyoming 6 41 61 10 112 18.7
47 Army 6 90 16 5 111 18.5
47 Rice 7 69 35 7 111 15.9
49 Kennesaw State 5 49 51 7 107 21.4
49 Georgia State 5 31 66 10 107 21.4
51 Louisiana-Monroe 6 44 49 11 104 17.3
52 Miami (OH) 5 50 47 6 103 20.6
53 San Diego State 5 55 39 6 100 20.0
53 Coastal Carolina 6 56 36 8 100 16.7
53 UTEP 6 37 51 12 100 16.7
56 Bowling Green 6 46 44 9 99 16.5
57 Missouri State 5 36 54 8 98 19.6
58 Nevada 6 37 49 11 97 16.2
58 Charlotte 6 35 50 12 97 16.2
60 Ohio 4 44 45 5 94 23.5
60 Utah State 5 32 51 11 94 18.8
62 Colorado State 5 35 43 9 87 17.4
63 Massachusetts 5 29 41 14 84 16.8
64 USC 3 25 42 11 78 26.0
65 Ball State 5 34 35 7 76 15.2
66 Washington State 4 29 38 8 75 18.8
67 Texas A&M 3 23 42 6 71 23.7
68 Northern Illinois 5 42 21 5 68 13.6
69 Texas 3 37 28 2 67 22.3
69 Arkansas 3 33 33 1 67 22.3
71 Missouri 2 37 25 1 63 31.5
72 Vanderbilt 2 25 32 4 61 30.5
73 Kent State 4 26 28 6 60 15.0
74 Indiana 2 32 21 5 58 29.0
75 Ole Miss 2 30 24 3 57 28.5
75 Oregon State 2 16 35 6 57 28.5
77 Michigan 2 30 24 1 55 27.5
77 Rutgers 2 19 31 5 55 27.5
79 Oklahoma 2 28 21 3 52 26.0
80 Mississippi State 2 28 17 2 47 23.5
80 Miami (FL) 2 19 26 2 47 23.5
82 Auburn 2 25 20 1 46 23.0
83 Northwestern 2 21 20 4 45 22.5
83 Boston College 2 19 20 6 45 22.5
83 Penn State 2 18 26 1 45 22.5
86 Wisconsin 2 17 25 2 44 22.0
86 Colorado 2 17 22 5 44 22.0
86 Stanford 2 17 22 5 44 22.0
89 Purdue 2 10 31 2 43 21.5
89 Maryland 2 10 26 7 43 21.5
91 Kentucky 2 24 12 6 42 21.0
91 UCLA 2 14 23 5 42 21.0
93 Florida State 1 27 9 1 37 37.0
94 Louisville 2 12 16 5 33 16.5
94 NC State 2 10 20 3 33 16.5
96 Utah 1 18 11 2 31 31.0
96 Nebraska 1 9 22 0 31 31.0
98 Tennessee 1 12 12 5 29 29.0
98 Alabama 1 9 20 0 29 29.0
100 Ohio State 1 12 15 1 28 28.0
101 Georgia 1 14 12 1 27 27.0
101 Texas Tech 1 13 13 1 27 27.0
101 Minnesota 1 12 13 2 27 27.0
101 Duke 1 6 17 4 27 27.0
101 LSU 1 6 15 6 27 27.0
106 Washington 1 16 10 0 26 26.0
107 Oklahoma State 1 11 12 1 24 24.0
107 Virginia Tech 1 10 10 4 24 24.0
107 SMU 1 9 12 3 24 24.0
107 Syracuse 1 6 18 0 24 24.0
111 Virginia 1 10 12 1 23 23.0
111 UCF 1 9 12 2 23 23.0
113 Iowa 1 10 12 0 22 22.0
113 Kansas 1 8 11 3 22 22.0
113 Pittsburgh 1 5 13 4 22 22.0
116 Arizona State 1 14 7 0 21 21.0
117 Florida 1 10 8 2 20 20.0
117 Illinois 1 10 7 3 20 20.0
117 Wake Forest 1 9 10 1 20 20.0
117 Iowa State 1 8 11 1 20 20.0
117 BYU 1 8 10 2 20 20.0
117 Michigan State 1 8 10 2 20 20.0
123 Georgia Tech 1 11 6 2 19 19.0
123 Notre Dame 1 6 10 3 19 19.0
125 Cincinnati 1 5 12 1 18 18.0
126 Clemson 1 6 8 3 17 17.0
126 California 1 4 12 1 17 17.0
128 Arizona 1 10 3 3 16 16.0
129 North Carolina 1 8 6 1 15 15.0
130 Houston 1 8 6 0 14 14.0
131 West Virginia 1 5 6 2 13 13.0
131 Kansas State 1 4 9 0 13 13.0