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