2026 National Leaders First Downs - Games at Home Only through 09/19/2026

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 USC 3 30 49 2 81 27.0
2 Utah 3 36 40 4 80 26.7
3 Kansas State 3 40 34 4 78 26.0
3 Nebraska 3 38 36 4 78 26.0
3 South Carolina 3 37 37 4 78 26.0
3 Texas 3 32 41 5 78 26.0
7 Texas A&M 3 30 36 6 72 24.0
8 Iowa 3 36 32 3 71 23.7
9 Pittsburgh 3 27 35 8 70 23.3
10 Indiana 3 31 31 4 66 22.0
11 LSU 2 29 30 4 63 31.5
12 Minnesota 3 21 34 7 62 20.7
12 Georgia Tech 3 20 31 11 62 20.7
12 Washington 3 19 40 3 62 20.7
15 Oregon 2 22 36 3 61 30.5
15 Illinois 3 19 35 7 61 20.3
17 Syracuse 2 24 27 8 59 29.5
18 Houston 2 31 22 5 58 29.0
18 Oklahoma State 2 24 31 3 58 29.0
18 Colorado State 3 23 29 6 58 19.3
21 Boise State 2 33 21 3 57 28.5
21 Texas State 2 29 24 4 57 28.5
21 Purdue 2 20 31 6 57 28.5
21 Ohio State 2 18 37 2 57 28.5
21 Vanderbilt 3 23 31 3 57 19.0
26 Virginia Tech 2 24 27 5 56 28.0
26 Appalachian State 2 21 32 3 56 28.0
28 Tennessee 2 29 21 5 55 27.5
28 Toledo 2 19 34 2 55 27.5
30 UCLA 2 32 18 4 54 27.0
30 Alabama 2 27 23 4 54 27.0
30 TCU 2 24 27 3 54 27.0
30 Baylor 2 22 25 7 54 27.0
30 Maryland 2 21 30 3 54 27.0
30 Florida 2 18 30 6 54 27.0
36 Southern Miss 2 25 22 6 53 26.5
36 Auburn 2 24 25 4 53 26.5
36 Michigan 3 21 26 6 53 17.7
39 Army 2 45 6 1 52 26.0
39 Memphis 2 27 22 3 52 26.0
41 New Mexico 2 27 13 11 51 25.5
41 Louisville 2 25 22 4 51 25.5
41 Missouri State 2 21 22 8 51 25.5
41 California 2 12 33 6 51 25.5
45 Michigan State 2 22 24 4 50 25.0
45 Penn State 2 21 26 3 50 25.0
45 Arizona 2 18 31 1 50 25.0
45 Ole Miss 2 17 31 2 50 25.0
49 Air Force 2 37 10 2 49 24.5
49 Cincinnati 2 30 16 3 49 24.5
49 Georgia 2 21 27 1 49 24.5
49 Delaware 2 13 34 2 49 24.5
53 South Alabama 2 29 14 5 48 24.0
53 Kennesaw State 2 23 22 3 48 24.0
53 Texas Tech 2 21 24 3 48 24.0
53 Oregon State 2 10 33 5 48 24.0
57 Rice 2 34 11 2 47 23.5
57 Louisiana 2 25 19 3 47 23.5
57 USF 2 21 24 2 47 23.5
57 Kansas 2 17 25 5 47 23.5
57 Arkansas 2 15 27 5 47 23.5
62 BYU 2 29 17 0 46 23.0
62 Missouri 2 22 20 4 46 23.0
62 Sacramento State 2 19 20 7 46 23.0
65 Sam Houston State 2 19 20 6 45 22.5
65 Rutgers 2 16 26 3 45 22.5
67 Virginia 2 29 14 1 44 22.0
67 Florida Atlantic 2 17 22 5 44 22.0
67 Notre Dame 2 16 25 3 44 22.0
70 UCF 2 26 14 3 43 21.5
70 San Diego State 2 23 15 5 43 21.5
70 Jacksonville State 2 16 23 4 43 21.5
73 Miami (FL) 1 21 18 3 42 42.0
73 Nevada 2 25 13 4 42 21.0
73 Duke 2 24 15 3 42 21.0
73 James Madison 2 20 18 4 42 21.0
73 Clemson 2 19 18 5 42 21.0
73 North Dakota State 2 17 20 5 42 21.0
79 West Virginia 2 26 13 2 41 20.5
79 Liberty 2 22 17 2 41 20.5
79 Connecticut 2 17 22 2 41 20.5
79 Hawaii 2 10 28 3 41 20.5
83 Iowa State 2 22 14 4 40 20.0
83 San Jose State 2 19 20 1 40 20.0
83 Northwestern 2 17 21 2 40 20.0
83 Middle Tennessee State 2 16 19 5 40 20.0
83 Wake Forest 2 11 25 4 40 20.0
88 Wisconsin 2 17 20 2 39 19.5
89 Tulsa 2 18 17 3 38 19.0
89 Kentucky 2 13 21 4 38 19.0
89 Stanford 2 12 23 3 38 19.0
92 Troy 2 19 16 2 37 18.5
93 Central Michigan 2 30 3 3 36 18.0
93 Boston College 2 20 14 2 36 18.0
93 Florida State 2 17 15 4 36 18.0
96 Mississippi State 1 14 21 0 35 35.0
97 Eastern Michigan 2 11 19 4 34 17.0
98 Temple 2 21 11 1 33 16.5
99 Arizona State 1 12 18 2 32 32.0
99 Oklahoma 2 12 19 1 32 16.0
101 NC State 1 16 11 4 31 31.0
102 Navy 1 28 1 1 30 30.0
102 Old Dominion 2 19 8 3 30 15.0
104 Utah State 1 8 16 5 29 29.0
105 Georgia State 1 14 11 3 28 28.0
105 Akron 1 13 14 1 28 28.0
107 Louisiana-Monroe 1 12 14 1 27 27.0
108 Washington State 1 14 11 1 26 26.0
108 Fresno State 1 9 14 3 26 26.0
108 Georgia Southern 1 8 17 1 26 26.0
108 Massachusetts 2 13 12 1 26 13.0
112 Miami (OH) 1 13 11 1 25 25.0
113 Colorado 1 8 15 1 24 24.0
113 Western Michigan 1 8 12 4 24 24.0
115 UAB 1 17 6 0 23 23.0
115 Coastal Carolina 1 13 9 1 23 23.0
115 Louisiana Tech 1 10 11 2 23 23.0
115 UNLV 1 10 11 2 23 23.0
115 UTSA 1 10 10 3 23 23.0
115 North Carolina 1 8 14 1 23 23.0
115 Ball State 1 8 13 2 23 23.0
122 East Carolina 1 13 8 1 22 22.0
122 North Texas 1 9 11 2 22 22.0
122 FIU 1 7 15 0 22 22.0
125 Arkansas State 1 15 5 1 21 21.0
125 Kent State 1 10 10 1 21 21.0
125 UTEP 1 10 9 2 21 21.0
125 Charlotte 1 7 14 0 21 21.0
125 Bowling Green 1 4 15 2 21 21.0
130 New Mexico State 1 10 9 1 20 20.0
130 Northern Illinois 1 10 7 3 20 20.0
130 SMU 1 5 14 1 20 20.0
133 Marshall 1 10 5 4 19 19.0
134 Buffalo 1 4 12 2 18 18.0
135 Ohio 1 11 5 1 17 17.0
136 Wyoming 1 8 8 0 16 16.0
137 Tulane 1 4 9 0 13 13.0