2026 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games vs. FBS non-Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 10/17/2026

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Alabama 1 1 4 0 5 5.0
1 Iowa 1 1 5 1 7 7.0
3 Texas A&M 1 2 1 1 4 4.0
3 Kansas 1 2 3 2 7 7.0
3 LSU 1 2 3 3 8 8.0
3 Duke 1 2 6 2 10 10.0
3 Arkansas 1 2 9 1 12 12.0
3 Auburn 1 2 9 1 12 12.0
3 Clemson 1 2 10 2 14 14.0
3 NC State 1 2 14 2 18 18.0
11 Miami (FL) 1 3 6 1 10 10.0
11 SMU 1 3 8 3 14 14.0
11 Pittsburgh 1 3 10 1 14 14.0
11 West Virginia 1 3 15 4 22 22.0
15 Notre Dame 1 4 3 0 7 7.0
15 South Carolina 1 4 5 1 10 10.0
15 Florida State 1 4 13 1 18 18.0
15 Houston 1 4 15 3 22 22.0
19 Texas 1 5 2 2 9 9.0
19 Ohio State 2 5 11 3 19 9.5
19 Iowa State 1 5 4 1 10 10.0
19 Virginia 1 5 4 3 12 12.0
19 Maryland 1 5 6 1 12 12.0
19 Mississippi State 1 5 7 2 14 14.0
19 Oklahoma State 1 5 8 2 15 15.0
19 Minnesota 1 5 8 3 16 16.0
19 Oregon State 1 5 6 7 18 18.0
19 Kentucky 1 5 12 2 19 19.0
19 Cincinnati 1 5 13 2 20 20.0
30 TCU 1 6 4 1 11 11.0
30 Texas Tech 1 6 5 0 11 11.0
30 Virginia Tech 1 6 5 0 11 11.0
30 Ole Miss 1 6 8 3 17 17.0
30 Georgia 1 6 9 2 17 17.0
30 Arizona State 1 6 11 4 21 21.0
30 UCF 1 6 16 3 25 25.0
37 California 1 7 6 5 18 18.0
37 Vanderbilt 1 7 8 3 18 18.0
37 Tennessee 1 7 11 0 18 18.0
37 Arizona 1 7 11 2 20 20.0
37 Florida 1 7 16 2 25 25.0
37 Syracuse 1 7 15 6 28 28.0
43 Missouri 1 8 6 4 18 18.0
43 Purdue 1 8 10 1 19 19.0
43 BYU 1 8 13 1 22 22.0
43 Northwestern 1 8 13 1 22 22.0
43 Baylor 1 8 13 4 25 25.0
48 Oklahoma 2 9 10 3 22 11.0
48 Boise State 2 9 14 6 29 14.5
48 Indiana 2 9 18 2 29 14.5
48 Kansas State 1 9 6 3 18 18.0
52 Utah State 1 11 10 5 26 26.0
52 North Carolina 1 11 15 0 26 26.0
54 Wisconsin 2 12 18 5 35 17.5
54 USC 2 12 19 5 36 18.0
54 Wake Forest 1 12 5 3 20 20.0
54 Illinois 1 12 11 1 24 24.0
58 Rutgers 1 13 8 0 21 21.0
58 Texas State 2 13 38 4 55 27.5
60 Michigan 2 14 8 3 25 12.5
60 Nebraska 2 14 11 1 26 13.0
62 Penn State 3 16 15 7 38 12.7
62 San Diego State 2 16 21 2 39 19.5
64 Stanford 2 18 25 2 45 22.5
65 North Texas 3 19 28 4 51 17.0
65 Miami (OH) 4 19 38 13 70 17.5
67 Connecticut 3 20 36 6 62 20.7
68 Michigan State 3 21 17 5 43 14.3
69 New Mexico 4 22 31 9 62 15.5
69 Colorado State 2 22 17 3 42 21.0
69 South Alabama 4 22 56 9 87 21.8
72 Louisiana 5 24 46 3 73 14.6
73 UTSA 3 25 17 7 49 16.3
73 James Madison 5 25 61 15 101 20.2
73 Troy 3 25 39 10 74 24.7
76 Buffalo 4 26 46 3 75 18.8
76 Louisiana Tech 3 26 24 9 59 19.7
76 Missouri State 3 26 32 11 69 23.0
79 FIU 5 28 43 4 75 15.0
80 Georgia State 4 29 42 5 76 19.0
80 Kennesaw State 4 29 55 14 98 24.5
82 Fresno State 3 30 19 2 51 17.0
82 Kent State 4 30 29 10 69 17.3
82 New Mexico State 4 30 40 3 73 18.3
82 Georgia Southern 4 30 30 16 76 19.0
82 Toledo 4 30 37 15 82 20.5
87 Eastern Michigan 5 31 56 3 90 18.0
87 UTEP 3 31 26 5 62 20.7
87 Delaware 3 31 29 6 66 22.0
90 Western Kentucky 4 32 27 7 66 16.5
90 East Carolina 4 32 29 6 67 16.8
90 Bowling Green 4 32 30 12 74 18.5
90 Marshall 4 32 48 7 87 21.8
94 Liberty 5 34 33 12 79 15.8
94 Appalachian State 4 34 32 8 74 18.5
94 Middle Tennessee State 4 34 40 7 81 20.3
97 Air Force 5 36 41 7 84 16.8
97 Memphis 5 36 39 10 85 17.0
97 Old Dominion 5 36 47 15 98 19.6
100 Sam Houston State 4 37 26 12 75 18.8
100 Western Michigan 4 37 31 11 79 19.8
100 Massachusetts 4 37 39 7 83 20.8
103 Ohio 5 39 40 8 87 17.4
103 Navy 5 39 51 7 97 19.4
103 Sacramento State 5 39 45 21 105 21.0
106 Florida Atlantic 4 40 26 8 74 18.5
107 North Dakota State 6 41 40 12 93 15.5
108 Hawaii 5 43 43 10 96 19.2
108 San Jose State 4 43 31 5 79 19.8
108 Ball State 4 43 38 7 88 22.0
111 Army 5 44 54 3 101 20.2
112 Akron 4 46 32 5 83 20.8
112 Tulane 4 46 37 7 90 22.5
114 Louisiana-Monroe 4 47 39 3 89 22.3
114 Northern Illinois 3 47 17 4 68 22.7
116 Tulsa 4 48 34 7 89 22.3
117 Nevada 5 49 38 7 94 18.8
117 Rice 5 49 44 9 102 20.4
119 Coastal Carolina 5 51 57 9 117 23.4
120 Temple 5 52 55 8 115 23.0
121 Southern Miss 4 53 39 8 100 25.0
122 Jacksonville State 6 54 55 13 122 20.3
123 Wyoming 5 55 43 8 106 21.2
123 Charlotte 5 55 61 7 123 24.6
125 Central Michigan 5 56 33 14 103 20.6
126 USF 6 57 48 4 109 18.2
127 Arkansas State 5 60 34 10 104 20.8
128 UAB 5 64 34 11 109 21.8
129 UNLV 6 65 43 17 125 20.8