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