2026 National Leaders First Downs - Games Lost Only through 09/19/2026

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Houston 1 12 15 0 27 27.0
1 SMU 1 12 10 5 27 27.0
1 Oklahoma State 1 10 13 4 27 27.0
1 Baylor 1 7 17 3 27 27.0
5 North Texas 2 10 38 5 53 26.5
6 Purdue 2 15 30 7 52 26.0
7 Syracuse 2 18 23 9 50 25.0
7 South Alabama 1 11 13 1 25 25.0
7 Florida Atlantic 1 7 16 2 25 25.0
7 Georgia State 1 6 16 3 25 25.0
11 Boston College 1 11 10 3 24 24.0
12 Texas A&M 1 9 12 2 23 23.0
12 Illinois 1 7 12 4 23 23.0
12 California 1 6 13 4 23 23.0
12 Maryland 1 4 17 2 23 23.0
16 Texas State 2 23 19 3 45 22.5
17 Auburn 1 6 14 2 22 22.0
17 Middle Tennessee State 1 5 17 0 22 22.0
19 Coastal Carolina 2 12 26 5 43 21.5
20 Rutgers 3 25 36 3 64 21.3
21 Georgia Tech 2 12 22 8 42 21.0
21 Army 1 17 4 0 21 21.0
21 Air Force 1 10 9 2 21 21.0
21 South Carolina 1 7 14 0 21 21.0
25 UNLV 2 17 21 3 41 20.5
25 New Mexico State 2 14 23 4 41 20.5
25 Sam Houston State 2 11 25 5 41 20.5
28 Louisiana-Monroe 3 29 25 6 60 20.0
28 Kansas 2 14 21 5 40 20.0
28 FIU 2 9 26 5 40 20.0
28 Oregon State 2 5 33 2 40 20.0
28 North Carolina 1 14 6 0 20 20.0
28 Louisville 1 10 9 1 20 20.0
28 Wake Forest 1 3 15 2 20 20.0
35 Ohio 2 17 17 5 39 19.5
35 Hawaii 2 11 23 5 39 19.5
35 Arkansas 2 8 27 4 39 19.5
38 LSU 1 9 9 1 19 19.0
38 Arizona 1 9 8 2 19 19.0
38 Ohio State 1 6 12 1 19 19.0
38 Liberty 1 6 10 3 19 19.0
42 Nevada 2 17 14 6 37 18.5
43 Jacksonville State 2 18 13 5 36 18.0
43 Akron 2 17 13 6 36 18.0
43 Georgia Southern 2 12 20 4 36 18.0
43 Navy 1 10 6 2 18 18.0
43 Colorado 1 8 8 2 18 18.0
43 Troy 1 8 6 4 18 18.0
43 TCU 1 7 10 1 18 18.0
43 Delaware 1 7 8 3 18 18.0
43 Boise State 1 7 7 4 18 18.0
43 Virginia 1 6 10 2 18 18.0
43 Colorado State 1 6 8 4 18 18.0
43 Oklahoma 1 6 8 4 18 18.0
43 Minnesota 1 3 12 3 18 18.0
56 Charlotte 3 16 29 8 53 17.7
56 Utah State 3 14 30 9 53 17.7
58 Temple 2 21 13 1 35 17.5
58 San Diego State 2 20 10 5 35 17.5
58 UAB 2 15 18 2 35 17.5
58 Kennesaw State 2 12 23 0 35 17.5
58 NC State 2 12 19 4 35 17.5
63 Wyoming 2 18 13 3 34 17.0
63 Miami (OH) 2 8 23 3 34 17.0
63 Louisiana 1 6 8 3 17 17.0
63 Memphis 1 4 10 3 17 17.0
67 Western Kentucky 3 21 25 4 50 16.7
68 Arkansas State 2 13 17 3 33 16.5
68 Florida State 2 11 18 4 33 16.5
68 Louisiana Tech 2 10 16 7 33 16.5
68 Southern Miss 2 9 21 3 33 16.5
72 Sacramento State 3 19 27 3 49 16.3
73 San Jose State 2 9 20 3 32 16.0
73 Stanford 2 8 21 3 32 16.0
73 Western Michigan 1 10 4 2 16 16.0
73 Arizona State 1 7 9 0 16 16.0
73 Wisconsin 1 5 10 1 16 16.0
78 Northern Illinois 3 18 23 6 47 15.7
79 Ball State 2 14 13 3 30 15.0
80 Missouri State 2 11 13 4 28 14.0
80 Tulane 2 11 12 5 28 14.0
80 Washington State 2 9 14 5 28 14.0
80 Kentucky 1 3 8 3 14 14.0
84 Eastern Michigan 3 20 16 5 41 13.7
85 East Carolina 2 14 12 1 27 13.5
85 Rice 2 14 11 2 27 13.5
87 Bowling Green 3 14 23 3 40 13.3
88 Buffalo 2 6 15 5 26 13.0
89 Old Dominion 2 15 8 2 25 12.5
90 Oregon 1 5 7 0 12 12.0
90 Connecticut 1 5 6 1 12 12.0
90 New Mexico 1 5 5 2 12 12.0
93 Michigan State 1 5 6 0 11 11.0
93 Marshall 1 2 6 3 11 11.0
95 Toledo 1 2 6 2 10 10.0
96 UTEP 2 8 9 2 19 9.5
97 Central Michigan 1 7 2 0 9 9.0
97 UTSA 1 5 2 2 9 9.0
97 Iowa State 1 4 5 0 9 9.0
97 UCF 1 4 4 1 9 9.0
97 Fresno State 1 2 5 2 9 9.0
102 Kent State 2 6 8 2 16 8.0
102 Clemson 1 4 3 1 8 8.0