2026 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games Won Only through 10/17/2026

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Sacramento State 1 4 1 1 6 6.0
2 Kennesaw State 1 1 5 1 7 7.0
3 Washington State 1 5 1 4 10 10.0
3 Sam Houston State 1 6 2 2 10 10.0
5 Southern Miss 1 4 6 1 11 11.0
6 Akron 1 1 9 2 12 12.0
7 Rice 1 7 5 1 13 13.0
7 UTEP 1 8 4 1 13 13.0
9 Kansas 2 5 10 3 18 9.0
9 Maryland 2 8 9 1 18 9.0
11 Charlotte 1 11 9 0 20 20.0
12 Old Dominion 2 10 8 3 21 10.5
13 Kent State 2 6 13 3 22 11.0
14 Michigan State 2 12 8 3 23 11.5
14 Hawaii 1 10 10 3 23 23.0
16 Rutgers 2 13 14 1 28 14.0
17 Navy 2 9 17 3 29 14.5
18 New Mexico State 2 8 22 2 32 16.0
18 Temple 2 14 18 0 32 16.0
18 Nevada 2 15 15 2 32 16.0
21 Ball State 2 15 13 5 33 16.5
22 Delaware 2 10 21 3 34 17.0
23 Missouri State 2 10 15 10 35 17.5
23 Bowling Green 2 11 18 6 35 17.5
23 Colorado State 2 19 15 1 35 17.5
26 FIU 3 14 21 1 36 12.0
26 Coastal Carolina 2 18 17 1 36 18.0
28 Oklahoma 3 14 20 4 38 12.7
28 Penn State 3 16 15 7 38 12.7
30 Arkansas 3 11 24 4 39 13.0
30 Syracuse 2 11 20 8 39 19.5
32 Colorado 2 12 23 5 40 20.0
33 TCU 3 9 25 7 41 13.7
33 Utah State 2 17 16 8 41 20.5
35 South Carolina 3 15 23 4 42 14.0
36 Western Kentucky 3 18 22 3 43 14.3
36 East Carolina 3 23 14 6 43 14.3
36 Iowa State 3 24 16 3 43 14.3
36 Georgia Tech 2 18 19 6 43 21.5
40 Texas A&M 4 23 18 5 46 11.5
40 NC State 3 12 29 5 46 15.3
40 Georgia Southern 3 14 20 12 46 15.3
40 Arkansas State 3 22 20 4 46 15.3
44 Minnesota 4 15 27 5 47 11.8
45 Purdue 3 11 30 7 48 16.0
46 LSU 5 28 18 5 51 10.2
47 UCF 3 15 33 4 52 17.3
47 Central Michigan 3 22 23 7 52 17.3
49 Clemson 4 23 24 6 53 13.3
49 Middle Tennessee State 3 19 28 6 53 17.7
51 Vanderbilt 3 21 26 7 54 18.0
51 Arizona State 3 22 25 7 54 18.0
53 Duke 4 17 31 7 55 13.8
53 Kansas State 4 28 21 6 55 13.8
55 Miami (OH) 4 17 32 9 58 14.5
55 Virginia 4 21 27 10 58 14.5
57 Florida State 3 17 30 12 59 19.7
57 Stanford 3 25 28 6 59 19.7
57 Boston College 3 29 28 2 59 19.7
60 Fresno State 4 33 24 3 60 15.0
61 Louisiana 5 19 38 4 61 12.2
61 Eastern Michigan 4 25 31 5 61 15.3
61 Wisconsin 4 27 25 9 61 15.3
61 Connecticut 3 19 32 10 61 20.3
61 Illinois 3 25 33 3 61 20.3
66 Georgia State 4 22 36 4 62 15.5
66 California 3 19 32 11 62 20.7
68 Oregon 4 19 35 9 63 15.8
68 North Texas 4 23 34 6 63 15.8
70 Michigan 4 23 31 11 65 16.3
70 Marshall 3 19 40 6 65 21.7
72 Buffalo 4 18 38 10 66 16.5
72 Louisiana Tech 4 31 26 9 66 16.5
74 Massachusetts 4 20 41 6 67 16.8
74 Troy 3 17 37 13 67 22.3
76 Texas 4 27 32 9 68 17.0
77 Florida Atlantic 4 30 32 7 69 17.3
77 Army 4 30 38 1 69 17.3
79 Iowa 5 18 41 11 70 14.0
79 Appalachian State 4 25 38 7 70 17.5
81 Tulane 3 30 36 5 71 23.7
82 New Mexico 5 26 36 10 72 14.4
83 Ohio 5 25 40 8 73 14.6
83 Washington 4 21 38 14 73 18.3
83 Oklahoma State 4 36 31 6 73 18.3
86 Virginia Tech 5 21 46 7 74 14.8
86 SMU 5 29 36 9 74 14.8
86 Air Force 5 29 37 8 74 14.8
86 Texas State 3 18 51 5 74 24.7
86 San Diego State 3 30 40 4 74 24.7
91 Boise State 5 23 39 14 76 15.2
91 Mississippi State 4 22 46 8 76 19.0
91 North Carolina 4 29 42 5 76 19.0
94 Notre Dame 6 28 44 5 77 12.8
94 Pittsburgh 5 23 41 13 77 15.4
94 Nebraska 5 29 39 9 77 15.4
97 Missouri 5 27 40 11 78 15.6
97 UNLV 4 28 38 12 78 19.5
97 San Jose State 4 32 39 7 78 19.5
97 UAB 4 45 25 8 78 19.5
101 Alabama 5 25 45 9 79 15.8
101 Baylor 4 23 45 11 79 19.8
103 Wyoming 4 31 42 7 80 20.0
104 Tulsa 4 39 33 9 81 20.3
105 Cincinnati 4 30 44 8 82 20.5
106 Toledo 5 27 43 13 83 16.6
107 South Alabama 4 21 54 10 85 21.3
107 Auburn 4 27 49 9 85 21.3
109 Ohio State 6 25 51 10 86 14.3
109 North Dakota State 6 36 40 10 86 14.3
109 USF 5 40 43 3 86 17.2
109 West Virginia 4 28 50 8 86 21.5
113 Liberty 5 33 39 15 87 17.4
113 Memphis 5 38 39 10 87 17.4
115 Indiana 6 26 55 7 88 14.7
116 Louisville 4 33 42 15 90 22.5
117 Georgia 6 29 53 9 91 15.2
117 Oregon State 5 32 44 15 91 18.2
119 Miami (FL) 6 19 62 11 92 15.3
119 Ole Miss 5 31 53 8 92 18.4
121 Arizona 5 34 47 12 93 18.6
122 Florida 5 30 55 11 96 19.2
123 Tennessee 6 40 48 9 97 16.2
124 UCLA 6 34 45 19 98 16.3
124 BYU 6 37 51 10 98 16.3
126 Jacksonville State 5 40 50 11 101 20.2
127 Northwestern 5 38 56 8 102 20.4
128 Houston 6 24 66 13 103 17.2
129 Utah 6 28 59 17 104 17.3
130 USC 6 34 59 12 105 17.5
131 Western Michigan 5 46 46 14 106 21.2
132 Texas Tech 6 35 73 8 116 19.3
133 UTSA 6 53 51 15 119 19.8
134 Wake Forest 6 44 64 14 122 20.3
135 Kentucky 6 42 77 9 128 21.3
136 James Madison 7 40 74 18 132 18.9