2025 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. FBS non-Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 11/29/2025

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Florida Atlantic 10 68 150 21 239 23.9
2 North Texas 10 99 143 16 258 25.8
3 Western Kentucky 10 75 132 13 220 22.0
4 Appalachian State 10 65 129 21 215 21.5
4 Middle Tennessee State 10 58 129 20 207 20.7
6 Hawaii 9 47 124 12 183 20.3
7 UAB 10 81 122 19 222 22.2
8 Boise State 11 107 120 24 251 22.8
9 Arkansas State 9 62 119 23 204 22.7
9 New Mexico State 10 55 119 28 202 20.2
11 Delaware 9 71 117 28 216 24.0
12 Georgia State 9 59 114 16 189 21.0
13 UNLV 10 102 113 25 240 24.0
13 Marshall 10 98 113 16 227 22.7
15 Tulane 9 72 112 18 202 22.4
15 Georgia Southern 10 77 112 22 211 21.1
15 Akron 10 70 112 19 201 20.1
18 UTSA 10 84 111 24 219 21.9
19 Southern Miss 10 79 110 29 218 21.8
19 Buffalo 10 70 110 12 192 19.2
21 Memphis 10 102 107 21 230 23.0
21 Missouri State 9 62 107 22 191 21.2
23 East Carolina 9 101 106 16 223 24.8
24 FIU 10 79 105 20 204 20.4
24 Troy 10 58 105 13 176 17.6
26 San Jose State 9 62 104 17 183 20.3
27 Texas State 10 115 102 13 230 23.0
28 Kennesaw State 9 94 101 16 211 23.4
29 USF 9 115 98 22 235 26.1
29 Connecticut 8 61 98 13 172 21.5
29 Eastern Michigan 10 85 98 22 205 20.5
32 Toledo 9 84 97 11 192 21.3
32 Sam Houston State 10 66 97 22 185 18.5
34 Liberty 11 111 96 16 223 20.3
35 Utah State 9 74 94 21 189 21.0
36 Tulsa 9 81 92 23 196 21.8
37 Temple 9 65 91 9 165 18.3
38 James Madison 9 112 89 17 218 24.2
39 Colorado State 9 49 87 20 156 17.3
40 New Mexico 9 70 85 17 172 19.1
41 Old Dominion 9 111 82 15 208 23.1
41 Fresno State 9 70 82 17 169 18.8
41 UTEP 10 68 82 25 175 17.5
44 Wyoming 9 56 80 16 152 16.9
45 Miami (OH) 9 81 79 13 173 19.2
46 South Alabama 10 116 77 16 209 20.9
46 Louisiana 10 88 77 33 198 19.8
48 Louisiana Tech 9 104 76 20 200 22.2
49 Louisiana-Monroe 9 70 75 16 161 17.9
49 Nevada 10 75 75 21 171 17.1
51 Massachusetts 9 55 71 22 148 16.4
51 Charlotte 9 47 71 12 130 14.4
53 Jacksonville State 10 125 70 21 216 21.6
53 Ohio 8 92 70 10 172 21.5
55 Air Force 11 159 67 15 241 21.9
56 Kent State 8 53 64 11 128 16.0
57 Coastal Carolina 9 80 61 12 153 17.0
58 Oregon State 4 32 60 10 102 25.5
58 Bowling Green 9 76 60 11 147 16.3
58 Ball State 9 58 60 19 137 15.2
61 Western Michigan 9 116 55 11 182 20.2
62 Washington State 6 49 54 10 113 18.8
63 San Diego State 9 96 53 11 160 17.8
64 Central Michigan 9 94 52 14 160 17.8
65 Navy 10 140 50 10 200 20.0
66 Rice 10 106 48 12 166 16.6
67 USC 3 25 42 11 78 26.0
67 Texas A&M 3 23 42 6 71 23.7
69 Northern Illinois 9 91 36 10 137 15.2
70 Arkansas 3 33 33 1 67 22.3
71 Vanderbilt 2 25 32 4 61 30.5
71 Stanford 3 21 32 7 60 20.0
73 Rutgers 2 19 31 5 55 27.5
73 Purdue 2 10 31 2 43 21.5
75 Duke 2 18 30 5 53 26.5
76 Texas 3 37 28 2 67 22.3
77 Georgia 2 29 26 2 57 28.5
77 Miami (FL) 2 19 26 2 47 23.5
77 LSU 2 13 26 8 47 23.5
77 Penn State 2 18 26 1 45 22.5
77 Maryland 2 10 26 7 43 21.5
82 Missouri 2 37 25 1 63 31.5
82 Wisconsin 2 17 25 2 44 22.0
84 Ole Miss 2 30 24 3 57 28.5
84 Michigan 2 30 24 1 55 27.5
86 Tennessee 2 22 23 6 51 25.5
86 Syracuse 2 15 23 4 42 21.0
86 UCLA 2 14 23 5 42 21.0
86 Army 9 131 23 12 166 18.4
90 Nebraska 1 9 22 0 31 31.0
90 Colorado 2 17 22 5 44 22.0
92 Indiana 2 32 21 5 58 29.0
92 Oklahoma 2 28 21 3 52 26.0
92 Notre Dame 2 15 21 6 42 21.0
95 Alabama 1 9 20 0 29 29.0
95 Auburn 2 25 20 1 46 23.0
95 Northwestern 2 21 20 4 45 22.5
95 Boston College 2 19 20 6 45 22.5
95 Pittsburgh 2 10 20 9 39 19.5
95 NC State 2 10 20 3 33 16.5
101 Wake Forest 2 21 19 1 41 20.5
102 Mississippi State 2 28 17 2 47 23.5
103 Louisville 2 12 16 5 33 16.5
104 Ohio State 1 12 15 1 28 28.0
105 Texas Tech 1 13 13 1 27 27.0
105 Minnesota 1 12 13 2 27 27.0
107 Oklahoma State 1 11 12 1 24 24.0
107 SMU 1 9 12 3 24 24.0
107 Virginia 1 10 12 1 23 23.0
107 UCF 1 9 12 2 23 23.0
107 Iowa 1 10 12 0 22 22.0
107 Kentucky 2 24 12 6 42 21.0
107 Cincinnati 1 5 12 1 18 18.0
107 California 1 4 12 1 17 17.0
115 Utah 1 18 11 2 31 31.0
115 Kansas 1 8 11 3 22 22.0
115 Iowa State 1 8 11 1 20 20.0
118 Washington 1 16 10 0 26 26.0
118 South Carolina 1 12 10 3 25 25.0
118 Virginia Tech 1 10 10 4 24 24.0
118 BYU 1 8 10 2 20 20.0
118 Michigan State 1 8 10 2 20 20.0
123 Florida State 1 27 9 1 37 37.0
123 Kansas State 1 4 9 0 13 13.0
125 Florida 1 10 8 2 20 20.0
125 Clemson 1 6 8 3 17 17.0
127 Arizona State 1 14 7 0 21 21.0
127 Illinois 1 10 7 3 20 20.0
129 Georgia Tech 1 11 6 2 19 19.0
129 North Carolina 1 8 6 1 15 15.0
129 Houston 1 8 6 0 14 14.0
129 West Virginia 1 5 6 2 13 13.0
133 Arizona 1 10 3 3 16 16.0