2026 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 09/19/2026

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 USC 4 42 60 3 105 26.3
2 Miami (FL) 3 37 49 6 92 30.7
3 Memphis 4 40 40 9 89 22.3
4 Mississippi State 3 36 39 7 82 27.3
4 Syracuse 3 34 36 12 82 27.3
6 Virginia Tech 3 32 41 8 81 27.0
6 Baylor 3 29 42 10 81 27.0
6 Maryland 3 28 46 7 81 27.0
9 Utah 3 36 40 4 80 26.7
9 Purdue 3 24 46 10 80 26.7
11 Tennessee 3 44 28 7 79 26.3
11 Jacksonville State 4 34 36 9 79 19.8
13 Kansas State 3 40 34 4 78 26.0
13 Nebraska 3 38 36 4 78 26.0
13 Florida 3 29 38 11 78 26.0
16 Appalachian State 3 28 43 6 77 25.7
16 North Dakota State 4 30 38 9 77 19.3
18 Georgia State 3 32 38 6 76 25.3
19 Alabama 3 35 32 8 75 25.0
19 Sacramento State 4 33 34 8 75 18.8
21 UCLA 3 42 25 7 74 24.7
21 Cincinnati 3 39 31 4 74 24.7
23 South Alabama 3 40 27 6 73 24.3
23 Penn State 3 29 38 6 73 24.3
23 Oregon 3 27 43 3 73 24.3
26 Georgia 3 34 34 4 72 24.0
26 TCU 3 31 37 4 72 24.0
26 Texas A&M 3 30 36 6 72 24.0
29 Iowa 3 36 32 3 71 23.7
30 Pittsburgh 3 27 35 8 70 23.3
31 USF 3 29 35 4 68 22.7
31 California 3 18 40 10 68 22.7
33 BYU 3 42 25 0 67 22.3
33 Missouri 3 27 34 6 67 22.3
33 Sam Houston State 3 24 35 8 67 22.3
33 Delaware 3 20 42 5 67 22.3
37 Indiana 3 31 31 4 66 22.0
37 NC State 3 28 30 8 66 22.0
37 Coastal Carolina 3 25 35 6 66 22.0
40 Connecticut 3 28 33 4 65 21.7
40 Southern Miss 3 27 31 7 65 21.7
40 Toledo 3 21 40 4 65 21.7
43 Akron 3 30 27 7 64 21.3
43 Notre Dame 3 24 35 5 64 21.3
45 LSU 2 29 30 4 63 31.5
45 New Mexico 3 32 18 13 63 21.0
45 Colorado 3 29 30 4 63 21.0
45 North Carolina 3 27 32 4 63 21.0
49 West Virginia 3 39 19 4 62 20.7
49 Virginia 3 35 24 3 62 20.7
49 James Madison 3 28 29 5 62 20.7
49 Middle Tennessee State 3 21 36 5 62 20.7
49 Georgia Southern 3 20 37 5 62 20.7
49 Washington 3 19 40 3 62 20.7
49 FIU 3 16 41 5 62 20.7
49 Eastern Michigan 4 25 29 8 62 15.5
57 Duke 3 31 23 7 61 20.3
57 New Mexico State 3 24 32 5 61 20.3
57 Illinois 3 19 35 7 61 20.3
60 Oklahoma State 2 24 31 5 60 30.0
60 Boston College 3 31 24 5 60 20.0
60 Liberty 3 28 27 5 60 20.0
60 Hawaii 3 15 40 5 60 20.0
64 UNLV 3 28 26 5 59 19.7
64 San Jose State 3 25 32 2 59 19.7
64 Miami (OH) 3 21 34 4 59 19.7
67 Houston 2 31 22 5 58 29.0
67 UAB 3 32 24 2 58 19.3
69 Boise State 2 33 21 3 57 28.5
69 South Carolina 2 30 23 4 57 28.5
69 Texas State 2 29 24 4 57 28.5
69 Ohio State 2 18 37 2 57 28.5
69 San Diego State 3 32 16 9 57 19.0
69 Nevada 3 30 20 7 57 19.0
69 Vanderbilt 3 23 31 3 57 19.0
76 North Texas 2 14 37 5 56 28.0
76 Ohio 3 28 22 6 56 18.7
76 Tulsa 3 25 24 7 56 18.7
79 Auburn 2 27 25 3 55 27.5
80 Arkansas State 3 28 22 4 54 18.0
80 Washington State 3 23 25 6 54 18.0
82 Texas 2 21 28 4 53 26.5
82 Michigan 3 21 26 6 53 17.7
84 Army 2 45 6 1 52 26.0
84 UCF 3 30 18 4 52 17.3
86 Kansas 2 21 26 4 51 25.5
86 Missouri State 2 21 22 8 51 25.5
88 Michigan State 2 22 24 4 50 25.0
88 Arizona 2 18 31 1 50 25.0
88 Wyoming 3 26 21 3 50 16.7
91 Air Force 2 37 10 2 49 24.5
92 Navy 2 38 7 3 48 24.0
92 Kennesaw State 2 23 22 3 48 24.0
92 Texas Tech 2 19 26 3 48 24.0
92 Louisiana Tech 2 18 24 6 48 24.0
96 Rice 2 34 11 2 47 23.5
96 Louisiana 2 25 19 3 47 23.5
96 Massachusetts 3 26 20 1 47 15.7
99 Louisiana-Monroe 2 24 18 4 46 23.0
100 Arizona State 2 19 23 3 45 22.5
100 UTSA 2 18 22 5 45 22.5
100 Wake Forest 2 17 24 4 45 22.5
100 Central Michigan 3 37 5 3 45 15.0
104 Marshall 2 23 15 6 44 22.0
104 Minnesota 2 18 22 4 44 22.0
104 Florida Atlantic 2 17 22 5 44 22.0
107 Utah State 2 13 23 7 43 21.5
107 SMU 2 12 29 2 43 21.5
109 Clemson 2 19 18 5 42 21.0
109 Fresno State 2 16 23 3 42 21.0
111 Western Michigan 2 17 18 6 41 20.5
111 Old Dominion 3 25 13 3 41 13.7
111 Tulane 3 15 21 5 41 13.7
114 Temple 2 24 14 2 40 20.0
114 Iowa State 2 22 14 4 40 20.0
114 Ball State 2 19 18 3 40 20.0
114 Colorado State 2 17 21 2 40 20.0
114 Northwestern 2 17 21 2 40 20.0
114 Northern Illinois 2 17 18 5 40 20.0
114 Bowling Green 3 14 23 3 40 13.3
121 East Carolina 2 19 14 6 39 19.5
121 Wisconsin 2 17 20 2 39 19.5
123 Troy 2 19 16 2 37 18.5
123 Rutgers 2 14 22 1 37 18.5
123 Georgia Tech 2 12 19 6 37 18.5
126 Stanford 2 14 20 2 36 18.0
126 Charlotte 2 10 21 5 36 18.0
128 Oklahoma 2 12 19 1 32 16.0
129 Kent State 2 14 15 2 31 15.5
129 UTEP 2 14 14 3 31 15.5
129 Buffalo 2 5 23 3 31 15.5
132 Louisville 1 13 15 1 29 29.0
132 Arkansas 1 12 14 3 29 29.0
134 Oregon State 1 7 17 4 28 28.0
135 Ole Miss 1 10 14 1 25 25.0
136 Kentucky 1 10 13 1 24 24.0
137 Western Kentucky 1 11 10 2 23 23.0
138 Florida State 1 10 8 2 20 20.0