2026 National Leaders First Downs - Games on the Road/Neutral Site Only through 09/19/2026

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Houston 1 12 15 0 27 27.0
1 Oklahoma State 1 10 13 4 27 27.0
1 Baylor 1 7 17 3 27 27.0
1 Maryland 1 7 16 4 27 27.0
5 North Texas 2 10 38 5 53 26.5
6 SMU 2 19 25 6 50 25.0
6 Miami (FL) 2 16 31 3 50 25.0
6 South Alabama 1 11 13 1 25 25.0
6 Cincinnati 1 9 15 1 25 25.0
6 Wake Forest 1 9 14 2 25 25.0
6 Virginia Tech 1 8 14 3 25 25.0
6 Florida Atlantic 1 7 16 2 25 25.0
13 Georgia State 2 18 27 3 48 24.0
13 Tennessee 1 15 7 2 24 24.0
13 USC 1 12 11 1 24 24.0
13 Ole Miss 1 12 10 2 24 24.0
13 Connecticut 1 11 11 2 24 24.0
13 Boston College 1 11 10 3 24 24.0
13 Florida 1 11 8 5 24 24.0
13 Auburn 1 9 14 1 24 24.0
21 Mississippi State 2 22 18 7 47 23.5
22 Georgia 1 13 7 3 23 23.0
22 Syracuse 1 10 9 4 23 23.0
22 Penn State 1 8 12 3 23 23.0
22 Purdue 1 4 15 4 23 23.0
26 Kansas 1 9 11 2 22 22.0
26 Texas Tech 1 7 13 2 22 22.0
26 Middle Tennessee State 1 5 17 0 22 22.0
26 Sam Houston State 1 5 15 2 22 22.0
30 Coastal Carolina 2 12 26 5 43 21.5
31 BYU 1 13 8 0 21 21.0
31 Massachusetts 1 13 8 0 21 21.0
31 West Virginia 1 13 6 2 21 21.0
31 Temple 1 12 8 1 21 21.0
31 USF 1 8 11 2 21 21.0
31 Alabama 1 8 9 4 21 21.0
31 Appalachian State 1 7 11 3 21 21.0
31 Arkansas 1 5 14 2 21 21.0
31 Missouri 1 5 14 2 21 21.0
40 New Mexico State 2 14 23 4 41 20.5
41 North Carolina 2 19 18 3 40 20.0
41 FIU 2 9 26 5 40 20.0
41 Louisville 1 10 9 1 20 20.0
41 UCLA 1 10 7 3 20 20.0
41 James Madison 1 8 11 1 20 20.0
41 Notre Dame 1 8 10 2 20 20.0
41 Oregon State 1 2 17 1 20 20.0
48 Colorado 2 21 15 3 39 19.5
48 Ohio 2 17 17 5 39 19.5
50 San Jose State 2 12 23 3 38 19.0
50 Rutgers 1 9 10 0 19 19.0
50 LSU 1 9 9 1 19 19.0
50 Arizona 1 9 8 2 19 19.0
50 Duke 1 7 8 4 19 19.0
50 Ohio State 1 6 12 1 19 19.0
50 Liberty 1 6 10 3 19 19.0
50 Hawaii 1 5 12 2 19 19.0
58 Memphis 2 13 18 6 37 18.5
59 UNLV 2 18 15 3 36 18.0
59 Jacksonville State 2 18 13 5 36 18.0
59 Akron 2 17 13 6 36 18.0
59 Marshall 2 15 16 5 36 18.0
59 Georgia Southern 2 12 20 4 36 18.0
59 Navy 1 10 6 2 18 18.0
59 Kentucky 1 9 9 0 18 18.0
59 Texas State 1 8 9 1 18 18.0
59 Troy 1 8 6 4 18 18.0
59 Kennesaw State 1 7 11 0 18 18.0
59 TCU 1 7 10 1 18 18.0
59 Delaware 1 7 8 3 18 18.0
59 Boise State 1 7 7 4 18 18.0
59 Tulsa 1 7 7 4 18 18.0
59 Virginia 1 6 10 2 18 18.0
59 Oklahoma 1 6 8 4 18 18.0
75 UAB 2 15 18 2 35 17.5
75 North Dakota State 2 13 18 4 35 17.5
75 NC State 2 12 19 4 35 17.5
78 Wyoming 2 18 13 3 34 17.0
78 Miami (OH) 2 8 23 3 34 17.0
78 Louisiana 1 6 8 3 17 17.0
78 California 1 6 7 4 17 17.0
78 Florida State 1 4 11 2 17 17.0
83 Western Kentucky 3 21 25 4 50 16.7
84 Western Michigan 2 19 10 4 33 16.5
84 Louisiana-Monroe 2 17 11 5 33 16.5
84 Arkansas State 2 13 17 3 33 16.5
84 Louisiana Tech 2 10 16 7 33 16.5
88 Charlotte 2 9 15 8 32 16.0
88 Wisconsin 1 5 10 1 16 16.0
90 UTSA 2 13 14 4 31 15.5
91 Ball State 2 14 13 3 30 15.0
91 Stanford 1 5 9 1 15 15.0
91 Nevada 1 5 7 3 15 15.0
94 Arizona State 2 14 14 1 29 14.5
94 Sacramento State 2 14 14 1 29 14.5
96 Eastern Michigan 2 14 10 4 28 14.0
96 Tulane 2 11 12 5 28 14.0
96 Washington State 2 9 14 5 28 14.0
96 San Diego State 1 9 1 4 14 14.0
100 Northern Illinois 2 8 16 3 27 13.5
101 Buffalo 2 6 15 5 26 13.0
102 Fresno State 2 9 14 2 25 12.5
103 Utah State 2 6 14 4 24 12.0
103 Oregon 1 5 7 0 12 12.0
103 New Mexico 1 5 5 2 12 12.0
103 Southern Miss 1 2 9 1 12 12.0
107 East Carolina 2 7 10 5 22 11.0
107 Old Dominion 1 6 5 0 11 11.0
107 Michigan State 1 5 6 0 11 11.0
110 Toledo 1 2 6 2 10 10.0
111 Bowling Green 2 10 8 1 19 9.5
111 UTEP 2 8 9 2 19 9.5
113 Central Michigan 1 7 2 0 9 9.0
113 Iowa State 1 4 5 0 9 9.0
113 UCF 1 4 4 1 9 9.0
116 Kent State 2 6 8 2 16 8.0
116 Clemson 1 4 3 1 8 8.0
118 Rice 1 4 3 0 7 7.0
119 Missouri State 1 2 1 1 4 4.0