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