2025 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. FBS non-Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 01/19/2026

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 North Texas 12 121 170 20 311 25.9
2 UNLV 12 118 135 27 280 23.3
3 Boise State 12 115 132 27 274 22.8
4 USF 10 123 107 24 254 25.4
4 Texas State 11 126 111 17 254 23.1
6 Kennesaw State 11 112 118 22 252 22.9
7 Jacksonville State 12 144 84 22 250 20.8
8 UTSA 11 93 125 26 244 22.2
9 Air Force 11 159 67 15 241 21.9
10 Florida Atlantic 10 68 150 21 239 23.9
10 Southern Miss 11 84 124 31 239 21.7
12 Western Kentucky 11 83 142 13 238 21.6
13 James Madison 10 126 94 17 237 23.7
14 Appalachian State 11 73 140 23 236 21.5
15 Georgia Southern 11 88 121 24 233 21.2
16 Delaware 10 79 125 28 232 23.2
17 Memphis 10 102 107 21 230 23.0
18 Old Dominion 10 123 89 17 229 22.9
19 Marshall 10 98 113 16 227 22.7
20 FIU 11 84 116 26 226 20.5
21 Tulane 10 83 121 20 224 22.4
22 East Carolina 9 101 106 16 223 24.8
22 Liberty 11 111 96 16 223 20.3
24 UAB 10 81 122 19 222 22.2
25 Arkansas State 10 66 128 26 220 22.0
26 Western Michigan 11 135 66 17 218 19.8
26 Louisiana 11 94 89 35 218 19.8
28 Navy 11 152 55 10 217 19.7
29 Missouri State 10 71 118 25 214 21.4
30 Louisiana Tech 10 111 79 22 212 21.2
31 South Alabama 10 116 77 16 209 20.9
32 Middle Tennessee State 10 58 129 20 207 20.7
33 Eastern Michigan 10 85 98 22 205 20.5
34 Miami (OH) 11 90 94 19 203 18.5
34 Troy 12 65 122 16 203 16.9
36 New Mexico State 10 55 119 28 202 20.2
37 Akron 10 70 112 19 201 20.1
38 Army 11 153 33 14 200 18.2
39 Tulsa 9 81 92 23 196 21.8
40 Toledo 9 84 97 11 192 21.3
40 Buffalo 10 70 110 12 192 19.2
42 Ohio 9 103 76 12 191 21.2
43 Utah State 9 74 94 21 189 21.0
43 Georgia State 9 60 113 16 189 21.0
45 Fresno State 10 79 90 18 187 18.7
46 Connecticut 9 70 103 13 186 20.7
47 San Diego State 10 109 62 14 185 18.5
47 Sam Houston State 10 66 97 22 185 18.5
49 San Jose State 9 62 104 17 183 20.3
49 Hawaii 9 47 124 12 183 20.3
51 Rice 11 112 52 14 178 16.2
52 UTEP 10 68 82 25 175 17.5
53 New Mexico 9 70 85 17 172 19.1
53 Coastal Carolina 10 83 73 16 172 17.2
55 Nevada 10 75 75 21 171 17.1
56 Temple 9 65 91 9 165 18.3
57 Louisiana-Monroe 9 70 75 16 161 17.9
58 Central Michigan 9 94 52 14 160 17.8
59 Colorado State 9 49 87 20 156 17.3
60 Wyoming 9 57 79 16 152 16.9
61 Massachusetts 9 55 71 22 148 16.4
62 Bowling Green 9 76 60 11 147 16.3
63 Washington State 7 60 71 12 143 20.4
64 Ball State 9 57 62 19 138 15.3
65 Northern Illinois 9 91 36 10 137 15.2
66 Charlotte 9 47 71 12 130 14.4
67 Kent State 8 53 64 11 128 16.0
68 Oregon State 4 32 60 10 102 25.5
69 Ole Miss 3 39 42 6 87 29.0
70 USC 3 25 42 11 78 26.0
71 Texas A&M 3 23 42 6 71 23.7
72 Texas 3 37 28 2 67 22.3
72 Arkansas 3 33 33 1 67 22.3
74 Missouri 2 37 25 1 63 31.5
74 Northwestern 3 26 31 6 63 21.0
74 Pittsburgh 3 18 36 9 63 21.0
77 Vanderbilt 2 25 32 4 61 30.5
78 Stanford 3 21 32 7 60 20.0
79 Indiana 2 32 21 5 58 29.0
80 Georgia 2 29 26 2 57 28.5
81 Louisville 3 24 24 8 56 18.7
82 Michigan 2 30 24 1 55 27.5
82 Rutgers 2 19 31 5 55 27.5
84 Duke 2 18 30 5 53 26.5
85 Oklahoma 2 28 21 3 52 26.0
86 Tennessee 2 22 23 6 51 25.5
87 NC State 3 14 29 6 49 16.3
88 Mississippi State 2 28 17 2 47 23.5
88 Miami (FL) 2 19 26 2 47 23.5
88 LSU 2 13 26 8 47 23.5
91 Auburn 2 25 20 1 46 23.0
92 Boston College 2 19 20 6 45 22.5
92 Penn State 2 18 26 1 45 22.5
92 California 2 13 29 3 45 22.5
95 Wisconsin 2 17 25 2 44 22.0
95 Colorado 2 17 22 5 44 22.0
97 Washington 2 24 19 0 43 21.5
97 Minnesota 2 19 19 5 43 21.5
97 Purdue 2 10 31 2 43 21.5
97 Maryland 2 10 26 7 43 21.5
101 Kentucky 2 24 12 6 42 21.0
101 Syracuse 2 15 23 4 42 21.0
101 Notre Dame 2 15 21 6 42 21.0
101 UCLA 2 14 23 5 42 21.0
105 Wake Forest 2 21 19 1 41 20.5
106 Florida State 1 27 9 1 37 37.0
107 Utah 1 18 11 2 31 31.0
107 Nebraska 1 9 22 0 31 31.0
109 Cincinnati 2 12 16 2 30 15.0
110 Alabama 1 9 20 0 29 29.0
111 Ohio State 1 12 15 1 28 28.0
112 Texas Tech 1 13 13 1 27 27.0
113 South Carolina 1 12 10 3 25 25.0
114 Oklahoma State 1 11 12 1 24 24.0
114 Virginia Tech 1 10 10 4 24 24.0
114 SMU 1 9 12 3 24 24.0
117 Virginia 1 10 12 1 23 23.0
117 UCF 1 9 12 2 23 23.0
119 Iowa 1 10 12 0 22 22.0
119 Kansas 1 8 11 3 22 22.0
119 Oregon 1 6 14 2 22 22.0
122 Arizona State 1 14 7 0 21 21.0
123 Florida 1 10 8 2 20 20.0
123 Illinois 1 10 7 3 20 20.0
123 Iowa State 1 8 11 1 20 20.0
123 BYU 1 8 10 2 20 20.0
123 Michigan State 1 8 10 2 20 20.0
128 Georgia Tech 1 11 6 2 19 19.0
129 Clemson 1 6 8 3 17 17.0
130 Arizona 1 10 3 3 16 16.0
131 North Carolina 1 8 6 1 15 15.0
132 Houston 1 8 6 0 14 14.0
133 West Virginia 1 5 6 2 13 13.0
133 Kansas State 1 4 9 0 13 13.0