2026 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. Conference Teams Only through 10/13/2026

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Oregon State 2 24 41 4 69 34.5
2 Texas State 1 14 19 1 34 34.0
3 Troy 1 20 13 0 33 33.0
4 Memphis 2 33 23 4 60 30.0
5 Southern Miss 1 6 17 6 29 29.0
6 Louisiana Tech 1 9 18 1 28 28.0
7 Florida Atlantic 1 11 13 3 27 27.0
8 West Virginia 3 47 22 9 78 26.0
8 Utah 2 23 22 7 52 26.0
10 North Texas 2 15 34 2 51 25.5
11 Ohio State 3 34 37 5 76 25.3
11 Houston 3 33 37 6 76 25.3
11 Illinois 3 26 42 8 76 25.3
14 Syracuse 3 28 34 13 75 25.0
14 Nebraska 3 27 36 12 75 25.0
14 Miami (FL) 3 23 44 8 75 25.0
14 Duke 2 22 23 5 50 25.0
18 Boise State 2 23 24 2 49 24.5
19 USC 4 35 55 6 96 24.0
19 Ole Miss 3 24 40 8 72 24.0
19 Eastern Michigan 3 21 40 11 72 24.0
19 Louisiana 2 24 19 5 48 24.0
19 Marshall 2 17 29 2 48 24.0
19 Baylor 2 17 25 6 48 24.0
19 New Mexico 1 11 11 2 24 24.0
26 Air Force 3 53 14 4 71 23.7
26 UCLA 3 36 27 8 71 23.7
26 Jacksonville State 3 25 37 9 71 23.7
26 SMU 3 24 37 10 71 23.7
30 Oklahoma State 2 19 26 2 47 23.5
30 Arkansas State 2 9 34 4 47 23.5
32 Purdue 3 27 33 9 69 23.0
32 James Madison 3 26 33 10 69 23.0
32 Virginia Tech 3 24 34 11 69 23.0
32 Arizona 3 23 36 10 69 23.0
32 Northwestern 2 23 18 5 46 23.0
32 Western Michigan 2 18 22 6 46 23.0
32 Georgia Tech 2 16 24 6 46 23.0
32 Colorado 2 12 30 4 46 23.0
32 Georgia State 1 9 11 3 23 23.0
41 Florida 4 42 37 11 90 22.5
41 Liberty 2 31 10 4 45 22.5
41 UTSA 2 28 16 1 45 22.5
44 Louisville 4 44 37 8 89 22.3
44 Missouri 3 23 38 6 67 22.3
44 Mississippi State 3 23 37 7 67 22.3
47 Wake Forest 4 32 45 11 88 22.0
47 Navy 3 49 13 4 66 22.0
47 Iowa State 3 28 27 11 66 22.0
47 Kansas State 2 17 22 5 44 22.0
47 Bowling Green 2 14 19 11 44 22.0
47 Kennesaw State 1 6 11 5 22 22.0
53 Clemson 3 29 28 8 65 21.7
53 LSU 3 26 36 3 65 21.7
55 South Carolina 4 34 49 3 86 21.5
55 Toledo 2 20 22 1 43 21.5
55 Buffalo 2 20 15 8 43 21.5
58 Indiana 3 27 30 6 63 21.0
58 Pittsburgh 3 25 30 8 63 21.0
58 Middle Tennessee State 2 16 22 4 42 21.0
58 Louisiana-Monroe 1 5 15 1 21 21.0
62 Army 3 53 6 3 62 20.7
63 Georgia 4 34 39 9 82 20.5
63 South Alabama 2 24 13 4 41 20.5
63 Nevada 2 21 15 5 41 20.5
63 Texas Tech 2 18 16 7 41 20.5
63 Kansas 2 11 23 7 41 20.5
63 Georgia Southern 2 10 26 5 41 20.5
69 Alabama 4 32 41 7 80 20.0
69 North Dakota State 3 34 20 6 60 20.0
69 Florida State 3 28 26 6 60 20.0
69 Michigan State 3 21 33 6 60 20.0
69 Hawaii 3 18 35 7 60 20.0
69 Colorado State 1 9 8 3 20 20.0
75 Tennessee 3 28 21 10 59 19.7
76 Akron 2 19 15 5 39 19.5
76 Western Kentucky 2 14 23 2 39 19.5
78 Kentucky 4 28 41 7 76 19.0
78 USF 3 21 31 5 57 19.0
78 UCF 3 21 27 9 57 19.0
78 Ohio 2 26 10 2 38 19.0
78 Tulsa 2 13 22 3 38 19.0
78 Delaware 2 12 24 2 38 19.0
78 East Carolina 1 11 7 1 19 19.0
85 Virginia 3 29 20 7 56 18.7
86 Kent State 3 17 32 6 55 18.3
86 Washington 3 9 36 10 55 18.3
88 Auburn 3 22 29 3 54 18.0
88 Vanderbilt 3 21 26 7 54 18.0
88 California 3 18 25 11 54 18.0
88 Coastal Carolina 2 19 11 6 36 18.0
88 FIU 2 15 19 2 36 18.0
88 Rutgers 2 13 21 2 36 18.0
88 Arizona State 2 13 20 3 36 18.0
88 San Jose State 2 11 22 3 36 18.0
88 Fresno State 2 9 22 5 36 18.0
97 Iowa 3 16 32 5 53 17.7
98 UAB 2 18 13 4 35 17.5
98 Wisconsin 2 16 19 0 35 17.5
98 Miami (OH) 2 15 14 6 35 17.5
98 Oregon 2 9 19 7 35 17.5
102 Wyoming 3 33 17 2 52 17.3
102 NC State 3 13 34 5 52 17.3
104 Sacramento State 3 18 31 2 51 17.0
104 Massachusetts 3 18 25 8 51 17.0
104 Central Michigan 2 24 9 1 34 17.0
104 UNLV 2 19 11 4 34 17.0
104 Missouri State 1 8 7 2 17 17.0
109 Texas A&M 4 35 26 6 67 16.8
109 Stanford 4 18 42 7 67 16.8
111 BYU 3 27 21 2 50 16.7
111 Penn State 3 14 31 5 50 16.7
113 North Carolina 2 17 13 3 33 16.5
114 Temple 2 18 12 2 32 16.0
114 Michigan 2 15 16 1 32 16.0
114 Boston College 2 14 15 3 32 16.0
114 TCU 2 8 23 1 32 16.0
118 Arkansas 3 13 28 6 47 15.7
119 Minnesota 3 15 24 6 45 15.0
119 Texas 2 10 18 2 30 15.0
119 Oklahoma 2 10 16 4 30 15.0
119 Ball State 2 7 18 5 30 15.0
119 Tulane 1 6 9 0 15 15.0
124 New Mexico State 2 11 15 3 29 14.5
125 Maryland 3 13 22 7 42 14.0
125 Cincinnati 2 14 11 3 28 14.0
127 Old Dominion 3 15 20 6 41 13.7
128 Rice 2 17 7 2 26 13.0
128 Utah State 2 10 12 4 26 13.0
128 Northern Illinois 1 5 8 0 13 13.0
128 Sam Houston State 1 5 4 4 13 13.0
132 Washington State 2 9 11 4 24 12.0
133 UTEP 2 10 9 1 20 10.0
134 Charlotte 2 9 8 2 19 9.5
134 San Diego State 2 9 7 3 19 9.5
136 Appalachian State 1 4 4 1 9 9.0