2026 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. Conference Teams Only through 09/19/2026

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 SMU 2 19 25 6 50 25.0
1 Syracuse 2 18 23 9 50 25.0
1 Miami (FL) 2 16 31 3 50 25.0
4 UCLA 1 20 12 3 35 35.0
5 Kentucky 2 12 17 3 32 16.0
5 Stanford 2 8 21 3 32 16.0
7 Houston 1 12 15 0 27 27.0
7 Rutgers 1 11 14 2 27 27.0
7 Florida Atlantic 1 11 13 3 27 27.0
10 Ole Miss 1 7 17 1 25 25.0
11 USC 1 12 11 1 24 24.0
11 Florida 1 11 8 5 24 24.0
13 Georgia 1 13 7 3 23 23.0
13 Texas A&M 1 9 12 2 23 23.0
13 Purdue 1 4 15 4 23 23.0
16 Duke 1 13 8 1 22 22.0
16 Louisville 1 12 7 3 22 22.0
16 Pittsburgh 1 12 6 4 22 22.0
16 Kansas 1 9 11 2 22 22.0
16 Texas Tech 1 9 11 2 22 22.0
16 Auburn 1 6 14 2 22 22.0
22 Army 1 17 4 0 21 21.0
22 Air Force 1 10 9 2 21 21.0
22 USF 1 8 11 2 21 21.0
22 Alabama 1 8 9 4 21 21.0
22 South Carolina 1 7 14 0 21 21.0
22 Eastern Michigan 1 5 13 3 21 21.0
28 North Carolina 1 14 6 0 20 20.0
28 Clemson 1 11 8 1 20 20.0
28 Hawaii 1 6 11 3 20 20.0
28 Wake Forest 1 3 15 2 20 20.0
32 Virginia 1 15 4 0 19 19.0
32 LSU 1 9 9 1 19 19.0
32 Arizona 1 9 8 2 19 19.0
32 Mississippi State 1 7 10 2 19 19.0
36 UNLV 1 11 5 2 18 18.0
36 Navy 1 10 6 2 18 18.0
36 North Dakota State 1 9 8 1 18 18.0
36 Arkansas 1 3 13 2 18 18.0
40 BYU 1 10 7 0 17 17.0
40 California 1 6 7 4 17 17.0
42 Florida State 1 7 7 2 16 16.0
43 Arizona State 1 7 5 1 13 13.0
43 Sacramento State 1 4 9 0 13 13.0
45 NC State 1 3 5 2 10 10.0