2026 National Leaders First Downs - Games in August/September Only through 09/19/2026

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Miami (FL) 3 37 49 6 92 30.7
2 Houston 3 43 37 5 85 28.3
2 Oklahoma State 3 34 44 7 85 28.3
4 LSU 3 38 39 5 82 27.3
4 Mississippi State 3 36 39 7 82 27.3
4 Syracuse 3 34 36 12 82 27.3
7 Virginia Tech 3 32 41 8 81 27.0
7 Baylor 3 29 42 10 81 27.0
7 Maryland 3 28 46 7 81 27.0
10 Utah 3 36 40 4 80 26.7
10 Purdue 3 24 46 10 80 26.7
12 USC 4 42 60 3 105 26.3
12 Tennessee 3 44 28 7 79 26.3
14 Kansas State 3 40 34 4 78 26.0
14 Nebraska 3 38 36 4 78 26.0
14 South Carolina 3 37 37 4 78 26.0
14 Texas 3 32 41 5 78 26.0
14 Florida 3 29 38 11 78 26.0
14 Army 2 45 6 1 52 26.0
20 Auburn 3 33 39 5 77 25.7
20 Appalachian State 3 28 43 6 77 25.7
22 Georgia State 3 32 38 6 76 25.3
22 Ohio State 3 24 49 3 76 25.3
24 Boise State 3 40 28 7 75 25.0
24 Texas State 3 37 33 5 75 25.0
24 Alabama 3 35 32 8 75 25.0
24 North Texas 3 19 49 7 75 25.0
28 UCLA 3 42 25 7 74 24.7
28 Cincinnati 3 39 31 4 74 24.7
28 Ole Miss 3 29 41 4 74 24.7
31 Air Force 2 37 10 2 49 24.5
32 South Alabama 3 40 27 6 73 24.3
32 Penn State 3 29 38 6 73 24.3
32 Oregon 3 27 43 3 73 24.3
35 Georgia 3 34 34 4 72 24.0
35 TCU 3 31 37 4 72 24.0
35 Texas A&M 3 30 36 6 72 24.0
35 Navy 2 38 7 3 48 24.0
39 Iowa 3 36 32 3 71 23.7
39 Louisville 3 35 31 5 71 23.7
41 Texas Tech 3 28 37 5 70 23.3
41 Pittsburgh 3 27 35 8 70 23.3
41 SMU 3 24 39 7 70 23.3
44 Arizona 3 27 39 3 69 23.0
44 Kansas 3 26 36 7 69 23.0
44 Florida Atlantic 3 24 38 7 69 23.0
47 USF 3 29 35 4 68 22.7
47 Arkansas 3 20 41 7 68 22.7
47 California 3 18 40 10 68 22.7
47 Oregon State 3 12 50 6 68 22.7
51 Memphis 4 40 40 9 89 22.3
51 BYU 3 42 25 0 67 22.3
51 Missouri 3 27 34 6 67 22.3
51 Sam Houston State 3 24 35 8 67 22.3
51 Delaware 3 20 42 5 67 22.3
56 Indiana 3 31 31 4 66 22.0
56 Kennesaw State 3 30 33 3 66 22.0
56 NC State 3 28 30 8 66 22.0
56 Coastal Carolina 3 25 35 6 66 22.0
60 Connecticut 3 28 33 4 65 21.7
60 Southern Miss 3 27 31 7 65 21.7
60 Toledo 3 21 40 4 65 21.7
60 Wake Forest 3 20 39 6 65 21.7
64 Louisiana 3 31 27 6 64 21.3
64 Akron 3 30 27 7 64 21.3
64 Rutgers 3 25 36 3 64 21.3
64 Notre Dame 3 24 35 5 64 21.3
68 New Mexico 3 32 18 13 63 21.0
68 Colorado 3 29 30 4 63 21.0
68 North Carolina 3 27 32 4 63 21.0
71 West Virginia 3 39 19 4 62 20.7
71 Virginia 3 35 24 3 62 20.7
71 James Madison 3 28 29 5 62 20.7
71 Middle Tennessee State 3 21 36 5 62 20.7
71 Minnesota 3 21 34 7 62 20.7
71 Georgia Southern 3 20 37 5 62 20.7
71 Georgia Tech 3 20 31 11 62 20.7
71 Washington 3 19 40 3 62 20.7
71 FIU 3 16 41 5 62 20.7
80 Duke 3 31 23 7 61 20.3
80 Michigan State 3 27 30 4 61 20.3
80 Arizona State 3 26 32 3 61 20.3
80 New Mexico State 3 24 32 5 61 20.3
80 Illinois 3 19 35 7 61 20.3
85 Boston College 3 31 24 5 60 20.0
85 Louisiana-Monroe 3 29 25 6 60 20.0
85 Liberty 3 28 27 5 60 20.0
85 Hawaii 3 15 40 5 60 20.0
85 Northwestern 2 17 21 2 40 20.0
90 Jacksonville State 4 34 36 9 79 19.8
91 UNLV 3 28 26 5 59 19.7
91 Miami (OH) 3 21 34 4 59 19.7
93 San Jose State 4 31 43 4 78 19.5
94 North Dakota State 4 30 38 9 77 19.3
94 UAB 3 32 24 2 58 19.3
94 Colorado State 3 23 29 6 58 19.3
97 San Diego State 3 32 16 9 57 19.0
97 Nevada 3 30 20 7 57 19.0
97 Western Michigan 3 27 22 8 57 19.0
97 Vanderbilt 3 23 31 3 57 19.0
101 Sacramento State 4 33 34 8 75 18.8
102 Ohio 3 28 22 6 56 18.7
102 Tulsa 3 25 24 7 56 18.7
102 Kentucky 3 22 30 4 56 18.7
102 Louisiana Tech 3 20 27 9 56 18.7
106 Troy 3 27 22 6 55 18.3
106 Marshall 3 25 21 9 55 18.3
106 Missouri State 3 23 23 9 55 18.3
106 Wisconsin 3 22 30 3 55 18.3
110 Rice 3 38 14 2 54 18.0
110 Temple 3 33 19 2 54 18.0
110 Arkansas State 3 28 22 4 54 18.0
110 Washington State 3 23 25 6 54 18.0
110 UTSA 3 23 24 7 54 18.0
115 Ball State 3 22 26 5 53 17.7
115 Florida State 3 21 26 6 53 17.7
115 Michigan 3 21 26 6 53 17.7
115 Stanford 3 17 32 4 53 17.7
115 Charlotte 3 16 29 8 53 17.7
115 Utah State 3 14 30 9 53 17.7
121 UCF 3 30 18 4 52 17.3
122 Fresno State 3 18 28 5 51 17.0
123 Wyoming 3 26 21 3 50 16.7
123 Clemson 3 23 21 6 50 16.7
123 Western Kentucky 3 21 25 4 50 16.7
123 Oklahoma 3 18 27 5 50 16.7
127 Iowa State 3 26 19 4 49 16.3
128 Massachusetts 3 26 20 1 47 15.7
128 Northern Illinois 3 18 23 6 47 15.7
130 Eastern Michigan 4 25 29 8 62 15.5
131 Central Michigan 3 37 5 3 45 15.0
132 East Carolina 3 20 18 6 44 14.7
132 Buffalo 3 10 27 7 44 14.7
134 Old Dominion 3 25 13 3 41 13.7
134 Tulane 3 15 21 5 41 13.7
136 UTEP 3 18 18 4 40 13.3
136 Bowling Green 3 14 23 3 40 13.3
138 Kent State 3 16 18 3 37 12.3