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