2026 Big Ten Conference Leaders First Downs - Games vs. Non-Conference Teams Only through 09/19/2026

	Name	G	Rush	Pass	Penalty	Total	Total/G
1	USC	3	30	49	2	81	27.0
1	Ohio State	3	24	49	3	76	25.3
3	Maryland	3	28	46	7	81	27.0
4	Oregon	3	27	43	3	73	24.3
5	Washington	3	19	40	3	62	20.7
6	Penn State	3	29	38	6	73	24.3
7	Nebraska	3	38	36	4	78	26.0
8	Illinois	3	19	35	7	61	20.3
9	Minnesota	3	21	34	7	62	20.7
10	Iowa	3	36	32	3	71	23.7
11	Purdue	2	20	31	6	57	28.5
11	Indiana	3	31	31	4	66	22.0
13	Michigan State	3	27	30	4	61	20.3
13	Wisconsin	3	22	30	3	55	18.3
15	Michigan	3	21	26	6	53	17.7
16	Rutgers	2	14	22	1	37	18.5
17	Northwestern	2	17	21	2	40	20.0
18	UCLA	2	22	13	4	39	19.5