2026 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games vs. Ranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 10/17/2026

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 TCU 1 11 2 2 15 15.0
2 Troy 1 7 4 2 13 13.0
3 San Diego State 1 12 6 1 19 19.0
3 Western Michigan 1 14 6 1 21 21.0
5 Nebraska 1 4 7 2 13 13.0
5 Arizona 1 10 7 0 17 17.0
5 Georgia Tech 1 15 7 2 24 24.0
8 Georgia 1 9 8 0 17 17.0
8 Colorado State 1 13 8 0 21 21.0
8 Kennesaw State 1 14 8 4 26 26.0
11 Sam Houston State 1 14 9 1 24 24.0
11 South Alabama 1 16 9 1 26 26.0
11 East Carolina 1 15 9 4 28 28.0
14 Akron 1 8 10 2 20 20.0
14 Arizona State 1 11 10 0 21 21.0
14 Kansas State 1 13 10 3 26 26.0
14 UTSA 1 14 10 3 27 27.0
14 Memphis 1 16 10 2 28 28.0
19 North Texas 1 5 11 2 18 18.0
19 Houston 1 9 11 2 22 22.0
19 Virginia 1 10 11 2 23 23.0
19 Northwestern 1 9 11 4 24 24.0
23 West Virginia 1 4 12 4 20 20.0
23 Boston College 1 5 12 4 21 21.0
23 NC State 1 7 12 3 22 22.0
23 UCF 1 8 12 3 23 23.0
23 Wake Forest 1 8 12 3 23 23.0
23 Washington State 1 10 12 2 24 24.0
29 Michigan 1 1 13 2 16 16.0
29 Iowa 1 12 13 0 25 25.0
31 Maryland 2 21 14 8 43 21.5
31 Notre Dame 1 6 14 3 23 23.0
31 Charlotte 1 10 14 1 25 25.0
31 Louisiana 1 10 14 1 25 25.0
31 Georgia Southern 1 13 14 1 28 28.0
31 Florida Atlantic 1 11 14 5 30 30.0
37 Miami (FL) 1 3 15 2 20 20.0
37 Kent State 1 8 15 2 25 25.0
37 Oklahoma State 1 9 15 2 26 26.0
37 North Carolina 1 11 15 0 26 26.0
37 Texas Tech 1 12 15 0 27 27.0
42 Tennessee 2 7 16 3 26 13.0
42 Rice 1 7 16 1 24 24.0
42 Louisiana Tech 1 9 16 1 26 26.0
42 Missouri State 1 9 16 3 28 28.0
42 San Jose State 1 12 16 1 29 29.0
42 Cincinnati 1 10 16 4 30 30.0
48 Illinois 1 10 17 0 27 27.0
49 California 2 21 18 5 44 22.0
49 Texas State 1 7 18 1 26 26.0
49 Central Michigan 1 10 18 3 31 31.0
52 Washington 2 20 20 3 43 21.5
52 Penn State 2 26 20 4 50 25.0
54 Wisconsin 2 14 21 5 40 20.0
54 BYU 2 17 21 3 41 20.5
54 Michigan State 2 20 21 2 43 21.5
57 Western Kentucky 2 19 22 1 42 21.0
58 Utah State 2 18 23 2 43 21.5
58 Rutgers 2 26 23 1 50 25.0
60 Oklahoma 3 14 24 4 42 14.0
60 Missouri 2 19 24 3 46 23.0
62 Indiana 2 10 25 5 40 20.0
62 Oregon State 2 17 25 4 46 23.0
62 Kentucky 2 17 25 5 47 23.5
62 Vanderbilt 2 18 25 5 48 24.0
62 Kansas 2 20 25 7 52 26.0
67 Auburn 3 29 26 10 65 21.7
67 Louisville 3 34 26 11 71 23.7
67 Northern Illinois 2 20 26 2 48 24.0
70 Clemson 2 27 27 8 62 31.0
71 Texas A&M 3 28 28 2 58 19.3
71 Colorado 3 28 28 10 66 22.0
71 Arkansas 3 32 28 7 67 22.3
74 Alabama 3 20 29 6 55 18.3
74 LSU 2 12 29 3 44 22.0
76 Iowa State 3 18 32 2 52 17.3
76 Oregon 3 22 32 7 61 20.3
76 Ole Miss 3 27 32 4 63 21.0
79 Texas 3 22 33 7 62 20.7
79 South Carolina 3 27 33 5 65 21.7
79 Fresno State 2 22 33 1 56 28.0
82 Florida 3 19 35 8 62 20.7
82 Ball State 2 20 35 3 58 29.0
84 Purdue 3 37 36 6 79 26.3
85 Ohio State 3 15 38 4 57 19.0
86 Mississippi State 3 25 41 7 73 24.3
87 Stanford 3 33 44 2 79 26.3
88 Florida State 3 29 45 1 75 25.0