2026 National Leaders First Downs - All Games through 09/12/2026

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Miami (FL) 2 29 37 3 69 34.5
2 LSU 2 29 30 4 63 31.5
2 Mississippi State 2 29 29 5 63 31.5
4 Syracuse 2 24 27 8 59 29.5
4 Baylor 2 19 34 6 59 29.5
6 Kansas State 2 32 23 3 58 29.0
6 Houston 2 31 22 5 58 29.0
6 Maryland 2 24 29 5 58 29.0
9 South Carolina 2 30 23 4 57 28.5
9 Utah 2 27 27 3 57 28.5
9 Purdue 2 20 31 6 57 28.5
12 Nebraska 2 26 26 4 56 28.0
12 Virginia Tech 2 24 27 5 56 28.0
14 Auburn 2 27 25 3 55 27.5
14 Appalachian State 2 22 29 4 55 27.5
16 USC 3 30 49 2 81 27.0
16 Missouri 2 20 30 4 54 27.0
16 Florida 2 18 30 6 54 27.0
19 Tennessee 2 30 20 3 53 26.5
20 Army 2 45 6 1 52 26.0
20 South Alabama 2 26 22 4 52 26.0
20 Oklahoma State 2 20 26 6 52 26.0
20 Florida Atlantic 2 18 29 5 52 26.0
24 New Mexico 2 27 13 11 51 25.5
24 Georgia State 2 26 22 3 51 25.5
24 TCU 2 22 25 4 51 25.5
24 Texas 2 18 31 2 51 25.5
24 Ohio State 2 16 34 1 51 25.5
29 Michigan State 2 22 24 4 50 25.0
29 Arkansas 2 17 28 5 50 25.0
31 Air Force 2 37 10 2 49 24.5
31 Cincinnati 2 30 16 3 49 24.5
31 Louisville 2 23 24 2 49 24.5
31 Alabama 2 23 18 8 49 24.5
31 Ole Miss 2 22 24 3 49 24.5
31 Georgia 2 21 27 1 49 24.5
31 Texas A&M 2 21 24 4 49 24.5
38 Navy 2 38 7 3 48 24.0
38 Akron 2 25 19 4 48 24.0
38 Kennesaw State 2 23 22 3 48 24.0
38 Arizona State 2 19 27 2 48 24.0
38 Texas Tech 2 19 26 3 48 24.0
38 Penn State 2 17 27 4 48 24.0
38 Pittsburgh 2 15 29 4 48 24.0
45 UAB 2 29 17 1 47 23.5
45 Arizona 2 20 24 3 47 23.5
45 Kansas 2 17 25 5 47 23.5
48 BYU 2 29 17 0 46 23.0
48 Boise State 2 23 17 6 46 23.0
50 Texas State 2 23 19 3 45 22.5
50 Colorado 2 21 22 2 45 22.5
50 UTSA 2 18 22 5 45 22.5
50 Wake Forest 2 17 24 4 45 22.5
50 Coastal Carolina 2 16 24 5 45 22.5
50 Delaware 2 15 26 4 45 22.5
56 Virginia 2 29 14 1 44 22.0
56 Southern Miss 2 20 19 5 44 22.0
56 Notre Dame 2 15 26 3 44 22.0
59 San Jose State 3 28 34 3 65 21.7
60 Arkansas State 2 22 18 3 43 21.5
60 Louisiana 2 20 20 3 43 21.5
60 Middle Tennessee State 2 14 26 3 43 21.5
60 North Carolina 2 13 26 4 43 21.5
60 Utah State 2 13 23 7 43 21.5
60 SMU 2 12 29 2 43 21.5
66 Nevada 2 25 13 4 42 21.0
66 Boston College 2 20 18 4 42 21.0
66 Indiana 2 20 18 4 42 21.0
66 James Madison 2 20 18 4 42 21.0
66 Minnesota 2 12 25 5 42 21.0
66 Georgia Tech 2 12 22 8 42 21.0
72 Jacksonville State 3 26 29 7 62 20.7
73 West Virginia 2 26 13 2 41 20.5
73 NC State 2 19 16 6 41 20.5
73 Connecticut 2 17 22 2 41 20.5
73 North Texas 2 14 23 4 41 20.5
73 FIU 2 11 29 1 41 20.5
73 Sam Houston State 2 11 25 5 41 20.5
79 Memphis 3 27 26 8 61 20.3
79 New Mexico State 3 24 32 5 61 20.3
81 North Dakota State 3 26 28 6 60 20.0
81 Hawaii 3 15 40 5 60 20.0
81 Western Michigan 2 18 16 6 40 20.0
81 Colorado State 2 17 21 2 40 20.0
81 Western Kentucky 2 17 19 4 40 20.0
81 Illinois 2 13 21 6 40 20.0
81 California 2 12 20 8 40 20.0
81 Georgia Southern 2 10 27 3 40 20.0
81 Oregon State 2 5 33 2 40 20.0
90 UNLV 3 28 26 5 59 19.7
91 UCLA 2 22 13 4 39 19.5
91 Duke 2 18 15 6 39 19.5
91 Iowa 2 17 20 2 39 19.5
91 Miami (OH) 2 16 21 2 39 19.5
91 Washington 2 13 23 3 39 19.5
96 Toledo 2 15 21 2 38 19.0
96 Charlotte 2 13 22 3 38 19.0
96 Kentucky 2 13 21 4 38 19.0
96 Stanford 2 12 23 3 38 19.0
96 Northwestern 1 7 12 0 19 19.0
101 Troy 2 19 16 2 37 18.5
101 Liberty 2 18 16 3 37 18.5
101 Vanderbilt 2 15 22 0 37 18.5
101 Rutgers 2 14 22 1 37 18.5
105 Sacramento State 3 28 21 6 55 18.3
106 San Diego State 2 21 7 8 36 18.0
106 Florida State 2 17 15 4 36 18.0
106 Oklahoma 2 14 18 4 36 18.0
106 Ball State 2 11 21 4 36 18.0
110 UCF 2 18 15 2 35 17.5
110 USF 2 15 18 2 35 17.5
110 Fresno State 2 11 19 5 35 17.5
113 Rice 2 28 6 0 34 17.0
113 Ohio 2 20 12 2 34 17.0
115 Temple 2 21 11 1 33 16.5
115 Wyoming 2 18 14 1 33 16.5
115 Louisiana-Monroe 2 17 11 5 33 16.5
115 Tulsa 2 12 15 6 33 16.5
119 Massachusetts 2 20 12 0 32 16.0
119 Wisconsin 2 14 16 2 32 16.0
121 Eastern Michigan 3 21 21 5 47 15.7
122 Kent State 2 14 15 2 31 15.5
122 UTEP 2 14 14 3 31 15.5
122 Missouri State 2 14 11 6 31 15.5
122 Louisiana Tech 2 12 14 5 31 15.5
122 Buffalo 2 5 23 3 31 15.5
127 Clemson 2 12 13 5 30 15.0
127 Marshall 2 12 11 7 30 15.0
127 Oregon 2 11 18 1 30 15.0
127 Bowling Green 2 9 19 2 30 15.0
131 Washington State 2 9 14 5 28 14.0
132 Old Dominion 2 16 10 1 27 13.5
132 East Carolina 2 14 12 1 27 13.5
132 Northern Illinois 2 11 12 4 27 13.5
135 Michigan 2 10 11 5 26 13.0
136 Central Michigan 2 19 4 2 25 12.5
137 Iowa State 2 10 11 3 24 12.0
138 Tulane 2 6 15 2 23 11.5