2026 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games vs. FCS (I-AA) Teams Only through 10/17/2026
| Name | G | Rush | Pass | Penalty | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tennessee | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 2 | Sacramento State | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 |
| 2 | Kansas State | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 2 | Washington State | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 2 | Texas A&M | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 6 | Houston | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4.0 |
| 6 | Indiana | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 |
| 6 | Louisiana Tech | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 6 | Sam Houston State | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 6 | Eastern Michigan | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11.0 |
| 11 | Minnesota | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 |
| 11 | Oregon | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5.0 |
| 11 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 |
| 11 | Virginia Tech | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6.0 |
| 11 | Clemson | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 |
| 11 | LSU | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 |
| 11 | Maryland | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 |
| 11 | Arkansas | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 11 | Baylor | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 11 | Iowa | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 11 | Rutgers | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 11 | Nebraska | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 11 | Arizona State | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 |
| 11 | FIU | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 |
| 11 | Missouri State | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 11 | Stanford | 1 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 27 | Miami (FL) | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 |
| 27 | NC State | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 |
| 27 | Duke | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 27 | Toledo | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 27 | Air Force | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8.0 |
| 27 | Army | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 27 | UCF | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 27 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 27 | James Madison | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 27 | Georgia State | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 27 | Vanderbilt | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11.0 |
| 27 | Coastal Carolina | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 |
| 27 | Old Dominion | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 27 | UTEP | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 27 | Georgia Tech | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 42 | Ohio | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 42 | Kennesaw State | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 42 | Georgia Southern | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 42 | Georgia | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 42 | Kent State | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 42 | New Mexico | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 42 | Syracuse | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 11.0 |
| 42 | Rice | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 42 | Troy | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 42 | Charlotte | 1 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 52 | TCU | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 52 | North Dakota State | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 52 | California | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 52 | Boise State | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 11.0 |
| 52 | Southern Miss | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 |
| 52 | North Texas | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 52 | Purdue | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 52 | Missouri | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 52 | Utah | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 52 | Iowa State | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 52 | Texas Tech | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 52 | Ball State | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 52 | Wisconsin | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 52 | Middle Tennessee State | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 52 | North Carolina | 1 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 52 | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 68 | Miami (OH) | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 68 | BYU | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 |
| 68 | Florida | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 |
| 68 | Kansas | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 |
| 68 | South Alabama | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 |
| 68 | Virginia | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 |
| 68 | SMU | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 68 | Navy | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 68 | Arkansas State | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 68 | Utah State | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 68 | Memphis | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 68 | Jacksonville State | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 68 | Tulsa | 1 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 68 | Florida State | 1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 82 | Arizona | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 |
| 82 | Cincinnati | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 82 | UAB | 1 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 82 | Louisiana-Monroe | 1 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 82 | Temple | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 82 | East Carolina | 1 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 82 | Wyoming | 1 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 89 | Akron | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 89 | South Carolina | 1 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 89 | New Mexico State | 1 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 89 | Western Kentucky | 1 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 89 | Louisville | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 89 | Central Michigan | 1 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 89 | Colorado State | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 89 | Connecticut | 1 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 89 | Bowling Green | 1 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 89 | Northern Illinois | 1 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 89 | Nevada | 1 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 89 | Washington | 1 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 101 | Delaware | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 101 | Louisiana | 1 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 101 | USF | 1 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 101 | Illinois | 1 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 101 | UTSA | 1 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 106 | Appalachian State | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 106 | Boston College | 1 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 106 | West Virginia | 1 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 106 | Marshall | 1 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 106 | San Jose State | 1 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 106 | Liberty | 1 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 112 | Kentucky | 1 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 112 | Colorado | 1 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 114 | San Diego State | 1 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 114 | Oregon State | 1 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 114 | Texas State | 1 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 114 | Northwestern | 1 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 118 | Massachusetts | 2 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 26 | 13.0 |
| 118 | Western Michigan | 1 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 120 | Buffalo | 2 | 7 | 18 | 8 | 33 | 16.5 |