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

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 UCLA 2 32 18 4 54 27.0
2 Tennessee 2 29 15 6 50 25.0
3 Alabama 2 27 23 4 54 27.0
4 Nebraska 2 26 26 4 56 28.0
5 South Alabama 2 25 18 3 46 23.0
6 USC 2 24 27 2 53 26.5
6 Duke 2 24 15 3 42 21.0
8 Memphis 2 23 16 5 44 22.0
8 North Dakota State 3 23 25 7 55 18.3
10 Kansas State 2 22 20 2 44 22.0
11 Pittsburgh 2 21 27 7 55 27.5
11 Georgia 2 21 16 4 41 20.5
13 Penn State 2 20 23 5 48 24.0
14 Utah 2 19 25 3 47 23.5
15 Auburn 1 18 11 2 31 31.0
15 Ohio State 2 18 37 2 57 28.5
15 Central Michigan 1 18 1 1 20 20.0
15 Jacksonville State 2 18 18 3 39 19.5
15 UNLV 2 18 15 3 36 18.0
20 Texas A&M 1 17 16 2 35 35.0
20 UAB 1 17 6 0 23 23.0
20 Wake Forest 2 17 24 4 45 22.5
20 Florida Atlantic 2 17 22 5 44 22.0
24 Iowa State 1 16 8 1 25 25.0
24 Indiana 2 16 24 2 42 21.0
24 Fresno State 2 16 23 3 42 21.0
27 Hawaii 3 15 40 5 60 20.0
27 Virginia 1 15 4 0 19 19.0
27 USF 2 15 18 2 35 17.5
30 Mississippi State 1 14 21 0 35 35.0
30 South Carolina 1 14 20 1 35 35.0
30 Texas State 1 14 14 2 30 30.0
30 North Texas 2 14 37 5 56 28.0
30 New Mexico State 2 14 23 4 41 20.5
35 Iowa 1 13 11 2 26 26.0
35 Marshall 1 13 10 2 25 25.0
35 Michigan State 1 13 10 1 24 24.0
35 Appalachian State 2 13 25 5 43 21.5
35 Massachusetts 1 13 8 0 21 21.0
35 Colorado 1 13 7 1 21 21.0
35 Nevada 1 13 6 1 20 20.0
35 Washington 2 13 23 3 39 19.5
43 Georgia State 1 12 11 0 23 23.0
43 Louisiana-Monroe 1 12 4 3 19 19.0
45 Michigan 1 11 15 1 27 27.0
45 Connecticut 1 11 11 2 24 24.0
45 Western Kentucky 1 11 10 2 23 23.0
45 Louisiana 1 11 7 3 21 21.0
45 West Virginia 1 11 6 1 18 18.0
45 Eastern Michigan 2 11 19 4 34 17.0
45 Ohio 1 11 5 1 17 17.0
52 Ole Miss 1 10 14 1 25 25.0
52 Houston 1 10 12 2 24 24.0
52 Liberty 1 10 11 2 23 23.0
52 Georgia Southern 1 10 10 2 22 22.0
52 Baylor 1 10 8 4 22 22.0
52 Florida State 1 10 8 2 20 20.0
58 LSU 1 9 16 1 26 26.0
58 Cincinnati 1 9 15 1 25 25.0
58 TCU 1 9 12 0 21 21.0
58 Stanford 1 9 11 1 21 21.0
58 Minnesota 1 9 9 2 20 20.0
58 Boston College 1 9 8 1 18 18.0
58 Troy 1 9 8 1 18 18.0
58 Western Michigan 1 9 6 2 17 17.0
58 Old Dominion 1 9 3 2 14 14.0
67 Miami (FL) 1 8 19 0 27 27.0
67 Virginia Tech 1 8 15 3 26 26.0
67 Wisconsin 1 8 14 1 23 23.0
67 UTSA 1 8 12 2 22 22.0
67 Clemson 1 8 10 4 22 22.0
67 James Madison 1 8 11 1 20 20.0
67 Vanderbilt 1 8 9 3 20 20.0
67 Oklahoma 1 8 10 0 18 18.0
67 Colorado State 1 8 9 1 18 18.0
76 Texas 1 7 18 1 26 26.0
76 Notre Dame 1 7 16 1 24 24.0
76 SMU 1 7 15 1 23 23.0
76 Arizona 1 7 15 0 22 22.0
76 FIU 1 7 15 0 22 22.0
76 Texas Tech 1 7 13 2 22 22.0
76 Middle Tennessee State 1 7 10 2 19 19.0
76 Tulsa 1 7 7 4 18 18.0
76 Arizona State 1 7 5 1 13 13.0
85 Toledo 1 6 19 2 27 27.0
85 San Jose State 1 6 12 1 19 19.0
85 Illinois 1 6 9 2 17 17.0
85 California 1 6 7 4 17 17.0
85 East Carolina 1 6 6 5 17 17.0
90 Delaware 1 5 16 1 22 22.0
90 Missouri 1 5 14 2 21 21.0
92 Sacramento State 1 4 9 0 13 13.0
93 Buffalo 1 1 11 1 13 13.0