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