2026 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. FBS Teams With Winning Record Only through 10/13/2026

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 LSU 4 47 55 6 108 27.0
2 Michigan State 5 41 51 10 102 20.4
3 Florida 4 44 42 14 100 25.0
4 Boise State 4 51 37 8 96 24.0
5 Purdue 4 39 45 11 95 23.8
6 Alabama 4 40 38 10 88 22.0
7 South Carolina 4 34 49 3 86 21.5
8 Texas 4 35 41 6 82 20.5
9 Louisiana Tech 4 29 43 9 81 20.3
9 Georgia Southern 4 20 51 10 81 20.3
11 West Virginia 3 48 22 10 80 26.7
11 California 4 21 46 13 80 20.0
13 USC 3 26 50 2 78 26.0
14 Houston 3 35 37 5 77 25.7
15 Mississippi State 3 31 35 10 76 25.3
16 Texas State 3 37 33 5 75 25.0
16 Baylor 3 26 41 8 75 25.0
16 Rice 5 48 23 4 75 15.0
19 Akron 4 35 29 10 74 18.5
20 Sacramento State 4 27 40 4 71 17.8
21 Ball State 4 27 36 7 70 17.5
22 Arkansas State 3 16 47 6 69 23.0
23 Louisville 3 30 30 6 66 22.0
23 UCF 4 31 29 6 66 16.5
23 Old Dominion 5 30 28 8 66 13.2
26 Oregon 4 20 37 8 65 16.3
26 Maryland 4 17 39 9 65 16.3
28 Colorado 3 20 38 6 64 21.3
28 Northern Illinois 4 20 39 5 64 16.0
30 Auburn 3 23 37 3 63 21.0
31 Oklahoma 4 20 33 9 62 15.5
32 FIU 3 16 39 6 61 20.3
33 Missouri 3 19 34 7 60 20.0
34 Kentucky 3 24 29 6 59 19.7
34 Colorado State 3 21 30 8 59 19.7
34 Kansas 3 16 33 10 59 19.7
37 Michigan 4 25 27 6 58 14.5
37 Texas A&M 4 24 29 5 58 14.5
39 North Dakota State 3 30 19 8 57 19.0
39 UNLV 3 25 27 5 57 19.0
39 Kennesaw State 3 18 34 5 57 19.0
39 San Diego State 4 25 23 9 57 14.3
39 Charlotte 5 19 27 11 57 11.4
44 Ohio 3 28 22 6 56 18.7
44 Boston College 3 25 25 6 56 18.7
44 Tulane 4 21 30 5 56 14.0
47 Florida State 3 23 26 6 55 18.3
47 Indiana 3 18 29 8 55 18.3
47 Washington 3 9 36 10 55 18.3
50 Vanderbilt 3 21 26 7 54 18.0
50 Rutgers 3 18 33 3 54 18.0
50 Arkansas 3 14 35 5 54 18.0
50 Stanford 4 14 34 6 54 13.5
54 Nebraska 2 22 27 4 53 26.5
54 Temple 3 30 20 3 53 17.7
56 NC State 3 20 28 4 52 17.3
57 North Carolina 3 21 26 4 51 17.0
57 San Jose State 3 15 32 4 51 17.0
59 Ole Miss 2 15 30 5 50 25.0
59 Clemson 3 20 25 5 50 16.7
59 Penn State 3 14 31 5 50 16.7
62 Arizona 2 19 24 6 49 24.5
62 Miami (OH) 3 18 27 4 49 16.3
64 Syracuse 2 20 20 8 48 24.0
64 Illinois 2 19 23 6 48 24.0
64 Miami (FL) 2 15 25 8 48 24.0
64 Louisiana-Monroe 3 14 30 4 48 16.0
64 UTEP 4 19 19 10 48 12.0
69 Army 2 31 11 4 46 23.0
69 Notre Dame 2 19 25 2 46 23.0
69 Georgia Tech 2 14 23 9 46 23.0
69 Iowa State 3 18 21 7 46 15.3
69 Sam Houston State 3 16 24 6 46 15.3
74 Ohio State 2 18 25 1 44 22.0
74 Kansas State 2 17 22 5 44 22.0
74 Texas Tech 2 16 24 4 44 22.0
74 Utah State 3 14 21 9 44 14.7
78 Buffalo 2 20 15 8 43 21.5
79 Washington State 3 13 23 6 42 14.0
80 North Texas 2 14 23 4 41 20.5
80 Eastern Michigan 2 14 20 7 41 20.5
80 Pittsburgh 2 13 24 4 41 20.5
80 Hawaii 2 12 22 7 41 20.5
80 Southern Miss 2 8 26 7 41 20.5
80 Kent State 3 9 26 6 41 13.7
86 South Alabama 2 19 17 4 40 20.0
86 USF 2 14 21 5 40 20.0
86 Oregon State 2 5 33 2 40 20.0
89 Tennessee 2 19 12 8 39 19.5
89 Louisiana 2 15 17 7 39 19.5
89 Wisconsin 2 13 24 2 39 19.5
92 Tulsa 2 13 20 4 37 18.5
92 Memphis 2 13 18 6 37 18.5
94 Jacksonville State 2 18 13 5 36 18.0
95 Minnesota 2 11 18 6 35 17.5
96 UTSA 2 20 12 2 34 17.0
97 Georgia 2 12 17 4 33 16.5
97 Central Michigan 3 17 14 2 33 11.0
99 TCU 2 11 20 1 32 16.0
100 UAB 2 13 13 5 31 15.5
100 Iowa 2 4 23 4 31 15.5
102 Fresno State 2 7 17 6 30 15.0
103 Navy 2 15 12 2 29 14.5
104 Western Michigan 2 15 8 5 28 14.0
104 Cincinnati 2 14 11 3 28 14.0
104 Delaware 2 10 13 5 28 14.0
107 East Carolina 2 14 12 1 27 13.5
107 Western Kentucky 2 10 15 2 27 13.5
109 Oklahoma State 1 10 13 2 25 25.0
109 Florida Atlantic 1 7 16 2 25 25.0
111 Marshall 1 6 16 1 23 23.0
111 Arizona State 1 6 15 2 23 23.0
111 Bowling Green 2 12 11 0 23 11.5
114 New Mexico State 1 7 14 1 22 22.0
115 Air Force 1 10 9 2 21 21.0
115 Appalachian State 1 7 11 3 21 21.0
115 Virginia Tech 1 5 14 2 21 21.0
115 Northwestern 1 4 14 3 21 21.0
119 Middle Tennessee State 1 10 9 1 20 20.0
119 Nevada 1 10 7 3 20 20.0
119 Wake Forest 1 3 15 2 20 20.0
122 Liberty 1 6 10 3 19 19.0
123 Troy 1 8 6 4 18 18.0
123 Coastal Carolina 1 6 10 2 18 18.0
123 Massachusetts 1 5 12 1 18 18.0
126 BYU 1 10 7 0 17 17.0
126 UCLA 1 7 8 2 17 17.0
128 James Madison 1 7 5 3 15 15.0
129 Missouri State 1 3 8 3 14 14.0
130 New Mexico 1 5 5 2 12 12.0
131 Wyoming 1 5 3 0 8 8.0