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

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