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

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