2026 National Leaders First Downs - Games in October Only through 10/13/2026

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Oregon State 2 24 41 4 69 34.5
2 LSU 2 26 37 2 65 32.5
3 Memphis 2 33 23 4 60 30.0
4 Kansas 2 30 20 5 55 27.5
5 Syracuse 2 22 25 7 54 27.0
6 Nebraska 2 18 26 9 53 26.5
7 Notre Dame 2 24 28 0 52 26.0
8 Northwestern 2 29 17 5 51 25.5
8 Connecticut 2 17 26 8 51 25.5
8 Eastern Michigan 2 16 27 8 51 25.5
8 North Texas 2 15 34 2 51 25.5
8 Illinois 2 14 31 6 51 25.5
13 Arizona 2 14 28 8 50 25.0
14 West Virginia 2 29 15 5 49 24.5
14 Ohio State 2 24 20 5 49 24.5
14 Boise State 2 23 24 2 49 24.5
14 Houston 2 21 22 6 49 24.5
18 Louisiana 2 24 19 5 48 24.0
18 Louisiana Tech 2 19 27 2 48 24.0
18 Wake Forest 2 19 24 5 48 24.0
18 James Madison 2 19 22 7 48 24.0
18 Marshall 2 17 29 2 48 24.0
23 Georgia 2 16 27 4 47 23.5
23 Arkansas State 2 9 34 4 47 23.5
25 Purdue 2 23 18 5 46 23.0
25 Western Michigan 2 18 22 6 46 23.0
25 USC 2 15 27 4 46 23.0
25 Jacksonville State 2 13 24 9 46 23.0
25 Virginia Tech 2 12 26 8 46 23.0
30 Liberty 2 31 10 4 45 22.5
30 UTSA 2 28 16 1 45 22.5
32 Army 2 30 8 6 44 22.0
32 Florida State 2 21 19 4 44 22.0
32 Arizona State 2 18 23 3 44 22.0
32 Missouri 2 16 25 3 44 22.0
32 Kentucky 2 16 24 4 44 22.0
32 Bowling Green 2 14 19 11 44 22.0
32 California 2 10 28 6 44 22.0
39 Air Force 2 36 4 3 43 21.5
39 UAB 2 26 12 5 43 21.5
39 Louisville 2 24 16 3 43 21.5
39 Iowa State 2 21 16 6 43 21.5
39 Toledo 2 20 22 1 43 21.5
39 Buffalo 2 20 15 8 43 21.5
39 South Carolina 2 15 26 2 43 21.5
46 North Dakota State 2 25 12 5 42 21.0
46 NC State 2 10 29 3 42 21.0
48 South Alabama 2 24 13 4 41 20.5
48 Pittsburgh 2 13 24 4 41 20.5
48 Georgia Southern 2 10 26 5 41 20.5
51 UCF 2 15 22 3 40 20.0
51 Ball State 2 13 23 4 40 20.0
53 Akron 2 19 15 5 39 19.5
53 Indiana 2 18 19 2 39 19.5
53 Alabama 2 17 20 2 39 19.5
53 Western Kentucky 2 14 23 2 39 19.5
53 Florida 2 14 21 4 39 19.5
53 Hawaii 2 10 22 7 39 19.5
53 Washington 2 6 25 8 39 19.5
60 Ohio 2 26 10 2 38 19.0
60 Michigan State 2 16 18 4 38 19.0
60 Tulsa 2 13 22 3 38 19.0
60 Delaware 2 12 24 2 38 19.0
60 Penn State 2 8 26 4 38 19.0
65 Tennessee 2 20 12 5 37 18.5
65 Iowa 2 15 19 3 37 18.5
65 Virginia 2 14 16 7 37 18.5
68 Coastal Carolina 2 19 11 6 36 18.0
68 Temple 2 16 16 4 36 18.0
68 FIU 2 15 19 2 36 18.0
68 USF 2 13 20 3 36 18.0
68 San Jose State 2 11 22 3 36 18.0
68 Fresno State 2 9 22 5 36 18.0
74 Navy 2 26 9 0 35 17.5
74 Miami (OH) 2 15 14 6 35 17.5
74 Massachusetts 2 10 20 5 35 17.5
74 Kent State 2 7 23 5 35 17.5
78 Texas State 1 14 19 1 34 34.0
78 Central Michigan 2 24 9 1 34 17.0
78 UNLV 2 15 12 7 34 17.0
81 Troy 1 20 13 0 33 33.0
81 Texas A&M 2 18 11 4 33 16.5
81 BYU 2 17 14 2 33 16.5
84 Vanderbilt 2 10 18 4 32 16.0
85 Utah 1 15 11 5 31 31.0
85 North Carolina 2 7 20 4 31 15.5
87 Southern Miss 1 6 17 6 29 29.0
87 Wyoming 2 23 6 0 29 14.5
87 New Mexico State 2 11 15 3 29 14.5
87 Arkansas 2 10 15 4 29 14.5
87 Maryland 2 9 14 6 29 14.5
87 Middle Tennessee State 2 8 16 5 29 14.5
93 Duke 1 9 15 4 28 28.0
94 Old Dominion 2 14 10 3 27 13.5
94 Minnesota 2 8 15 4 27 13.5
96 Baylor 1 9 16 1 26 26.0
96 Rice 2 17 7 2 26 13.0
96 Utah State 2 10 12 4 26 13.0
99 Miami (FL) 1 7 13 5 25 25.0
100 New Mexico 1 11 11 2 24 24.0
100 Florida Atlantic 1 6 15 3 24 24.0
100 Washington State 2 9 11 4 24 12.0
103 Georgia State 1 9 11 3 23 23.0
104 Ole Miss 1 9 10 3 22 22.0
104 Oklahoma State 1 7 13 2 22 22.0
104 Kennesaw State 1 6 11 5 22 22.0
104 Colorado 1 5 16 1 22 22.0
104 Clemson 1 5 14 3 22 22.0
104 Stanford 2 6 13 3 22 11.0
110 Nevada 1 11 8 2 21 21.0
110 Georgia Tech 1 6 11 4 21 21.0
110 Louisiana-Monroe 1 5 15 1 21 21.0
110 Mississippi State 1 5 13 3 21 21.0
110 SMU 1 5 12 4 21 21.0
115 Colorado State 1 9 8 3 20 20.0
115 UTEP 2 10 9 1 20 10.0
117 East Carolina 1 11 7 1 19 19.0
117 Texas Tech 1 9 5 5 19 19.0
117 Boston College 1 8 9 2 19 19.0
117 Kansas State 1 7 9 3 19 19.0
117 Charlotte 2 9 8 2 19 9.5
117 San Diego State 2 9 7 3 19 9.5
123 Wisconsin 1 9 8 0 17 17.0
123 Auburn 1 8 9 0 17 17.0
123 Missouri State 1 8 7 2 17 17.0
123 UCLA 1 7 8 2 17 17.0
127 Texas 1 5 10 1 16 16.0
128 Tulane 1 6 9 0 15 15.0
128 Sacramento State 1 6 8 1 15 15.0
130 Oklahoma 1 7 4 3 14 14.0
130 TCU 1 4 10 0 14 14.0
132 Northern Illinois 1 5 8 0 13 13.0
132 Sam Houston State 1 5 4 4 13 13.0
134 Cincinnati 1 4 6 2 12 12.0
134 Oregon 1 3 6 3 12 12.0
136 Michigan 1 6 5 0 11 11.0
137 Appalachian State 1 4 4 1 9 9.0
137 Rutgers 1 2 7 0 9 9.0