2026 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games vs. FBS non-Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 09/19/2026

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Texas A&M 1 2 1 1 4 4.0
2 Alabama 1 1 4 0 5 5.0
3 Iowa 1 1 5 1 7 7.0
3 Notre Dame 1 4 3 0 7 7.0
5 LSU 1 2 3 3 8 8.0
6 Texas 1 5 2 2 9 9.0
6 New Mexico 1 7 2 0 9 9.0
8 Ohio State 2 5 11 3 19 9.5
9 Duke 1 2 6 2 10 10.0
9 South Carolina 1 4 5 1 10 10.0
9 Iowa State 1 5 4 1 10 10.0
12 Louisiana 1 3 7 1 11 11.0
12 TCU 1 6 4 1 11 11.0
12 Virginia Tech 1 6 5 0 11 11.0
12 Oklahoma 2 9 10 3 22 11.0
16 Auburn 1 2 9 1 12 12.0
16 Maryland 1 5 6 1 12 12.0
18 Michigan 2 14 8 3 25 12.5
19 Penn State 3 16 15 7 38 12.7
20 San Jose State 1 6 6 1 13 13.0
20 Nebraska 2 14 11 1 26 13.0
22 Clemson 1 2 10 2 14 14.0
22 Pittsburgh 1 3 10 1 14 14.0
22 Mississippi State 1 5 7 2 14 14.0
25 Michigan State 3 21 17 5 43 14.3
26 Indiana 2 9 18 2 29 14.5
26 Fresno State 2 13 14 2 29 14.5
28 FIU 3 14 27 3 44 14.7
29 Oklahoma State 1 5 8 2 15 15.0
30 Minnesota 1 5 8 3 16 16.0
30 Eastern Michigan 2 10 21 1 32 16.0
30 Liberty 2 18 10 4 32 16.0
33 Boise State 1 4 10 3 17 17.0
33 Georgia State 1 5 12 0 17 17.0
33 Old Dominion 1 6 6 5 17 17.0
33 Ole Miss 1 6 8 3 17 17.0
33 Georgia 1 6 9 2 17 17.0
33 Georgia Southern 1 8 7 2 17 17.0
33 Colorado State 1 10 6 1 17 17.0
33 Middle Tennessee State 2 15 12 7 34 17.0
41 Wisconsin 2 12 18 5 35 17.5
41 South Alabama 2 12 19 4 35 17.5
41 East Carolina 2 16 14 5 35 17.5
44 Florida State 1 4 13 1 18 18.0
44 Vanderbilt 1 7 8 3 18 18.0
44 North Texas 1 7 10 1 18 18.0
44 Tennessee 1 7 11 0 18 18.0
44 Missouri 1 8 6 4 18 18.0
44 Kansas State 1 9 6 3 18 18.0
44 Air Force 1 9 8 1 18 18.0
44 USC 2 12 19 5 36 18.0
44 Sam Houston State 2 16 15 5 36 18.0
44 North Dakota State 3 23 23 8 54 18.0
54 Sacramento State 2 9 23 5 37 18.5
54 Appalachian State 2 16 15 6 37 18.5
56 Stanford 1 5 12 2 19 19.0
56 James Madison 1 6 10 3 19 19.0
56 Tulsa 1 6 10 3 19 19.0
59 Florida Atlantic 2 15 18 6 39 19.5
60 Jacksonville State 3 31 22 6 59 19.7
61 Cincinnati 1 5 13 2 20 20.0
61 Arizona 1 7 11 2 20 20.0
61 San Diego State 1 8 11 1 20 20.0
61 Western Michigan 1 10 8 2 20 20.0
61 Wake Forest 1 12 5 3 20 20.0
61 Western Kentucky 1 13 6 1 20 20.0
61 Wyoming 1 18 1 1 20 20.0
61 USF 2 21 18 1 40 20.0
61 UAB 2 23 11 6 40 20.0
70 Rice 2 16 22 3 41 20.5
70 Hawaii 2 21 15 5 41 20.5
72 UNLV 3 24 30 8 62 20.7
73 New Mexico State 1 4 17 0 21 21.0
73 Connecticut 1 7 12 2 21 21.0
73 Army 1 8 11 2 21 21.0
73 Delaware 1 9 11 1 21 21.0
73 Toledo 1 12 8 1 21 21.0
73 Rutgers 1 13 8 0 21 21.0
73 Nevada 2 18 20 4 42 21.0
80 Ohio 2 24 16 3 43 21.5
81 West Virginia 1 3 15 4 22 22.0
81 Troy 1 5 15 2 22 22.0
81 Coastal Carolina 1 5 16 1 22 22.0
81 Charlotte 1 6 14 2 22 22.0
81 Buffalo 1 7 15 0 22 22.0
86 Memphis 2 17 24 4 45 22.5
86 Central Michigan 2 20 16 9 45 22.5
88 Ball State 1 10 11 2 23 23.0
88 Kennesaw State 1 12 11 0 23 23.0
88 Louisiana-Monroe 1 17 6 0 23 23.0
88 Marshall 2 14 29 3 46 23.0
92 Southern Miss 1 11 11 2 24 24.0
92 Illinois 1 12 11 1 24 24.0
92 Arkansas State 1 14 8 2 24 24.0
95 UCF 1 6 16 3 25 25.0
95 Florida 1 7 16 2 25 25.0
95 Baylor 1 8 13 4 25 25.0
95 Tulane 1 11 13 1 25 25.0
95 Missouri State 1 13 10 2 25 25.0
100 Temple 1 6 19 2 27 27.0
100 Navy 1 11 13 3 27 27.0
102 Texas State 2 13 38 4 55 27.5