2026 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. FBS Teams With Winning Record Only through 09/19/2026

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Rutgers 3 25 36 3 64 21.3
2 LSU 2 29 23 4 56 28.0
3 Florida 2 22 22 10 54 27.0
4 Texas 2 25 23 4 52 26.0
4 Oklahoma State 2 20 26 6 52 26.0
4 USC 2 18 33 1 52 26.0
4 Purdue 2 15 30 7 52 26.0
8 Syracuse 2 18 23 9 50 25.0
8 Maryland 2 11 33 6 50 25.0
10 Ole Miss 2 19 27 3 49 24.5
11 Mississippi State 2 22 18 7 47 23.5
12 Boise State 2 23 17 6 46 23.0
12 Auburn 2 15 28 3 46 23.0
14 Texas State 2 23 19 3 45 22.5
15 Coastal Carolina 2 12 26 5 43 21.5
16 Louisville 2 22 16 4 42 21.0
16 Georgia Tech 2 12 22 8 42 21.0
18 Sam Houston State 2 11 25 5 41 20.5
18 Tulane 3 15 21 5 41 13.7
20 North Carolina 2 19 18 3 40 20.0
20 Notre Dame 2 17 19 4 40 20.0
20 New Mexico 2 17 14 9 40 20.0
20 Kansas 2 14 21 5 40 20.0
20 FIU 2 9 26 5 40 20.0
20 Oregon State 2 5 33 2 40 20.0
26 Ohio 2 17 17 5 39 19.5
26 Arkansas 2 8 27 4 39 19.5
28 BYU 2 23 15 0 38 19.0
29 Michigan State 2 14 20 3 37 18.5
29 Texas A&M 2 13 20 4 37 18.5
31 Akron 2 17 13 6 36 18.0
31 Sacramento State 2 15 18 3 36 18.0
33 Temple 2 21 13 1 35 17.5
33 San Diego State 2 20 10 5 35 17.5
33 UAB 2 15 18 2 35 17.5
33 Kennesaw State 2 12 23 0 35 17.5
33 NC State 2 12 19 4 35 17.5
38 Wyoming 2 18 13 3 34 17.0
38 Miami (OH) 2 8 23 3 34 17.0
40 Arkansas State 2 13 17 3 33 16.5
40 Florida State 2 11 18 4 33 16.5
40 Louisiana Tech 2 10 16 7 33 16.5
40 Southern Miss 2 9 21 3 33 16.5
44 Kentucky 2 12 17 3 32 16.0
44 Oklahoma 2 10 17 5 32 16.0
44 San Jose State 2 9 20 3 32 16.0
44 Charlotte 2 9 15 8 32 16.0
44 Stanford 2 8 21 3 32 16.0
49 Ball State 2 14 13 3 30 15.0
49 Marshall 2 12 11 7 30 15.0
49 Oregon 2 11 18 1 30 15.0
52 Clemson 2 15 11 2 28 14.0
52 Eastern Michigan 2 14 10 4 28 14.0
52 Missouri State 2 11 13 4 28 14.0
52 Washington State 2 9 14 5 28 14.0
56 Houston 1 12 15 0 27 27.0
56 SMU 1 12 10 5 27 27.0
56 Baylor 1 7 17 3 27 27.0
56 East Carolina 2 14 12 1 27 13.5
56 Rice 2 14 11 2 27 13.5
56 Western Kentucky 2 10 15 2 27 13.5
56 Northern Illinois 2 8 16 3 27 13.5
63 UCF 2 16 7 3 26 13.0
63 Michigan 2 10 11 5 26 13.0
65 Penn State 1 9 15 1 25 25.0
65 Virginia Tech 1 8 14 3 25 25.0
65 Florida Atlantic 1 7 16 2 25 25.0
65 Georgia State 1 6 16 3 25 25.0
69 Boston College 1 11 10 3 24 24.0
69 Utah State 2 6 14 4 24 12.0
71 UNLV 1 10 11 2 23 23.0
71 Miami (FL) 1 8 12 3 23 23.0
71 Illinois 1 7 12 4 23 23.0
71 California 1 6 13 4 23 23.0
75 Texas Tech 1 9 11 2 22 22.0
75 Middle Tennessee State 1 5 17 0 22 22.0
77 Army 1 17 4 0 21 21.0
77 West Virginia 1 13 6 2 21 21.0
77 Northwestern 1 10 9 2 21 21.0
77 Air Force 1 10 9 2 21 21.0
77 Alabama 1 8 9 4 21 21.0
77 South Carolina 1 7 14 0 21 21.0
83 UCLA 1 10 7 3 20 20.0
83 Wake Forest 1 3 15 2 20 20.0
85 Arizona 1 9 8 2 19 19.0
85 Duke 1 7 8 4 19 19.0
85 Ohio State 1 6 12 1 19 19.0
85 Liberty 1 6 10 3 19 19.0
85 North Texas 1 5 12 2 19 19.0
85 Bowling Green 2 10 8 1 19 9.5
85 UTEP 2 8 9 2 19 9.5
92 Navy 1 10 6 2 18 18.0
92 Colorado 1 8 8 2 18 18.0
92 Troy 1 8 6 4 18 18.0
92 TCU 1 7 10 1 18 18.0
92 Delaware 1 7 8 3 18 18.0
92 Virginia 1 6 10 2 18 18.0
92 Colorado State 1 6 8 4 18 18.0
92 Minnesota 1 3 12 3 18 18.0
100 Cincinnati 1 11 5 1 17 17.0
100 Vanderbilt 1 6 11 0 17 17.0
100 Louisiana 1 6 8 3 17 17.0
100 Memphis 1 4 10 3 17 17.0
104 Western Michigan 1 10 4 2 16 16.0
104 Arizona State 1 7 9 0 16 16.0
104 Wisconsin 1 5 10 1 16 16.0
104 Kent State 2 6 8 2 16 8.0
108 James Madison 1 7 5 3 15 15.0
108 Pittsburgh 1 6 8 1 15 15.0
108 Tulsa 1 5 8 2 15 15.0
108 Nevada 1 5 7 3 15 15.0
112 Jacksonville State 1 8 2 4 14 14.0
112 Louisiana-Monroe 1 5 7 2 14 14.0
112 Georgia Southern 1 2 10 2 14 14.0
115 Missouri 1 7 4 2 13 13.0
115 Buffalo 1 5 4 4 13 13.0
115 Iowa 1 4 9 0 13 13.0
118 Connecticut 1 5 6 1 12 12.0
119 Old Dominion 1 6 5 0 11 11.0
120 Toledo 1 2 6 2 10 10.0
121 Central Michigan 1 7 2 0 9 9.0
121 UTSA 1 5 2 2 9 9.0
121 Iowa State 1 4 5 0 9 9.0
121 Fresno State 1 2 5 2 9 9.0