2026 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games Won Only through 09/19/2026

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 NC State 1 2 4 0 6 6.0
1 Sacramento State 1 4 1 1 6 6.0
3 Arkansas 1 1 3 3 7 7.0
3 Kennesaw State 1 1 5 1 7 7.0
3 Louisiana Tech 1 5 2 0 7 7.0
6 Air Force 1 2 4 2 8 8.0
7 Army 1 4 4 1 9 9.0
8 Georgia Southern 1 2 5 3 10 10.0
8 Miami (OH) 1 2 7 1 10 10.0
8 Kent State 1 4 5 1 10 10.0
8 Washington State 1 5 1 4 10 10.0
8 Sam Houston State 1 6 2 2 10 10.0
13 Kansas 1 3 7 1 11 11.0
13 Syracuse 1 4 5 2 11 11.0
13 Southern Miss 1 4 6 1 11 11.0
13 Coastal Carolina 1 7 4 0 11 11.0
17 Akron 1 1 9 2 12 12.0
17 Purdue 1 4 6 2 12 12.0
17 Old Dominion 1 6 4 2 12 12.0
17 Missouri State 1 7 3 2 12 12.0
21 FIU 1 1 11 1 13 13.0
21 Navy 1 4 7 2 13 13.0
21 Eastern Michigan 1 4 9 0 13 13.0
21 Arkansas State 1 5 7 1 13 13.0
21 Rice 1 7 5 1 13 13.0
21 UTEP 1 8 4 1 13 13.0
27 New Mexico State 1 4 9 1 14 14.0
27 East Carolina 1 9 3 2 14 14.0
29 Ball State 1 7 6 2 15 15.0
29 Temple 1 7 8 0 15 15.0
29 Georgia Tech 1 9 4 2 15 15.0
32 LSU 2 6 6 4 16 8.0
33 Oklahoma State 2 7 10 0 17 8.5
33 Wyoming 1 8 8 1 17 17.0
35 TCU 2 6 10 2 18 9.0
35 Maryland 2 8 9 1 18 9.0
35 Florida State 1 4 13 1 18 18.0
35 North Texas 1 7 10 1 18 18.0
39 Ohio State 2 5 11 3 19 9.5
39 New Mexico 2 11 7 1 19 9.5
39 Buffalo 1 3 11 5 19 19.0
39 Stanford 1 5 12 2 19 19.0
39 UAB 1 12 4 3 19 19.0
44 Minnesota 2 6 11 3 20 10.0
44 Texas A&M 2 9 10 1 20 10.0
44 UNLV 1 6 11 3 20 20.0
47 Virginia 2 6 12 3 21 10.5
48 South Carolina 2 6 14 2 22 11.0
48 Oklahoma 2 9 10 3 22 11.0
48 San Diego State 1 6 14 2 22 22.0
48 Oregon State 1 7 14 1 22 22.0
48 Ohio 1 10 11 1 22 22.0
53 Oregon 2 7 10 6 23 11.5
53 Michigan State 2 12 8 3 23 11.5
53 Hawaii 1 10 10 3 23 23.0
53 Nevada 1 11 10 2 23 23.0
57 Houston 2 2 19 3 24 12.0
57 Iowa State 2 12 10 2 24 12.0
59 Iowa 3 8 13 4 25 8.3
59 Tulane 1 11 13 1 25 25.0
61 Louisiana 2 7 17 3 27 13.5
61 Georgia State 2 11 16 0 27 13.5
63 Boise State 2 7 16 5 28 14.0
63 Arizona 2 7 19 2 28 14.0
63 SMU 2 10 14 4 28 14.0
63 Toledo 2 15 12 1 28 14.0
67 Fresno State 2 13 14 2 29 14.5
68 Wisconsin 2 12 14 4 30 15.0
69 Middle Tennessee State 2 12 13 6 31 15.5
70 Baylor 2 10 16 6 32 16.0
70 Central Michigan 2 13 16 3 32 16.0
72 Indiana 3 11 20 2 33 11.0
72 South Alabama 2 11 17 5 33 16.5
72 San Jose State 2 13 17 3 33 16.5
72 Arizona State 2 16 14 3 33 16.5
72 Texas State 1 5 26 2 33 33.0
77 Notre Dame 3 14 19 1 34 11.3
77 Delaware 2 10 21 3 34 17.0
77 UCF 2 11 20 3 34 17.0
77 Clemson 2 16 16 2 34 17.0
77 North Carolina 2 16 16 2 34 17.0
82 Colorado State 2 19 15 1 35 17.5
83 Alabama 3 8 23 5 36 12.0
83 Nebraska 3 19 14 3 36 12.0
85 Kansas State 3 21 12 4 37 12.3
85 California 2 12 20 5 37 18.5
85 Boston College 2 15 21 1 37 18.5
88 Penn State 3 16 15 7 38 12.7
88 Troy 2 11 20 7 38 19.0
88 Jacksonville State 2 17 17 4 38 19.0
91 Auburn 2 9 26 4 39 19.5
91 Florida Atlantic 2 15 18 6 39 19.5
93 Virginia Tech 3 11 25 4 40 13.3
93 Connecticut 2 11 21 8 40 20.0
93 Colorado 2 12 23 5 40 20.0
93 Liberty 2 17 16 7 40 20.0
97 Miami (FL) 3 6 31 4 41 13.7
98 Louisville 2 14 19 9 42 21.0
98 Illinois 2 18 21 3 42 21.0
100 Michigan 3 20 16 7 43 14.3
100 Kentucky 2 15 25 3 43 21.5
102 Massachusetts 3 12 27 5 44 14.7
102 Utah 3 13 27 4 44 14.7
104 Georgia 3 12 27 6 45 15.0
104 Northwestern 2 19 22 4 45 22.5
106 Pittsburgh 3 17 23 6 46 15.3
106 Texas 3 19 23 4 46 15.3
106 Marshall 2 14 29 3 46 23.0
109 Western Michigan 2 19 23 5 47 23.5
110 Duke 3 14 27 7 48 16.0
110 BYU 3 18 23 7 48 16.0
112 Appalachian State 3 17 26 6 49 16.3
112 Missouri 3 19 22 8 49 16.3
112 UTSA 2 22 20 7 49 24.5
112 Wake Forest 2 23 20 6 49 24.5
116 James Madison 3 21 23 6 50 16.7
117 Mississippi State 3 15 33 5 53 17.7
117 Tennessee 3 24 23 6 53 17.7
119 Washington 3 17 25 12 54 18.0
119 Vanderbilt 3 21 26 7 54 18.0
121 Ole Miss 3 25 26 5 56 18.7
122 Cincinnati 3 20 31 6 57 19.0
122 USF 3 27 28 2 57 19.0
124 West Virginia 3 16 36 6 58 19.3
124 Florida 3 16 37 5 58 19.3
126 Memphis 3 23 31 5 59 19.7
127 UCLA 3 19 29 12 60 20.0
128 Texas Tech 3 20 37 5 62 20.7
128 Tulsa 3 25 30 7 62 20.7
130 North Dakota State 4 26 29 8 63 15.8
131 USC 4 25 38 9 72 18.0