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