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