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 North Texas 2 10 38 5 53 26.5
2 SMU 2 19 25 6 50 25.0
2 Miami (FL) 2 16 31 3 50 25.0
2 Western Kentucky 3 21 25 4 50 16.7
5 Georgia State 2 18 27 3 48 24.0
6 Mississippi State 2 22 18 7 47 23.5
7 Coastal Carolina 2 12 26 5 43 21.5
8 New Mexico State 2 14 23 4 41 20.5
9 North Carolina 2 19 18 3 40 20.0
9 FIU 2 9 26 5 40 20.0
11 Colorado 2 21 15 3 39 19.5
11 Ohio 2 17 17 5 39 19.5
13 San Jose State 2 12 23 3 38 19.0
14 Memphis 2 13 18 6 37 18.5
15 UNLV 2 18 15 3 36 18.0
15 Jacksonville State 2 18 13 5 36 18.0
15 Akron 2 17 13 6 36 18.0
15 Marshall 2 15 16 5 36 18.0
15 Georgia Southern 2 12 20 4 36 18.0
20 UAB 2 15 18 2 35 17.5
20 North Dakota State 2 13 18 4 35 17.5
20 NC State 2 12 19 4 35 17.5
23 Wyoming 2 18 13 3 34 17.0
23 Miami (OH) 2 8 23 3 34 17.0
25 Western Michigan 2 19 10 4 33 16.5
25 Louisiana-Monroe 2 17 11 5 33 16.5
25 Arkansas State 2 13 17 3 33 16.5
25 Louisiana Tech 2 10 16 7 33 16.5
29 Charlotte 2 9 15 8 32 16.0
30 UTSA 2 13 14 4 31 15.5
31 Ball State 2 14 13 3 30 15.0
32 Arizona State 2 14 14 1 29 14.5
32 Sacramento State 2 14 14 1 29 14.5
34 Eastern Michigan 2 14 10 4 28 14.0
34 Tulane 2 11 12 5 28 14.0
34 Washington State 2 9 14 5 28 14.0
37 Houston 1 12 15 0 27 27.0
37 Oklahoma State 1 10 13 4 27 27.0
37 Baylor 1 7 17 3 27 27.0
37 Maryland 1 7 16 4 27 27.0
37 Northern Illinois 2 8 16 3 27 13.5
42 Buffalo 2 6 15 5 26 13.0
43 South Alabama 1 11 13 1 25 25.0
43 Cincinnati 1 9 15 1 25 25.0
43 Wake Forest 1 9 14 2 25 25.0
43 Virginia Tech 1 8 14 3 25 25.0
43 Florida Atlantic 1 7 16 2 25 25.0
43 Fresno State 2 9 14 2 25 12.5
49 Tennessee 1 15 7 2 24 24.0
49 USC 1 12 11 1 24 24.0
49 Ole Miss 1 12 10 2 24 24.0
49 Connecticut 1 11 11 2 24 24.0
49 Boston College 1 11 10 3 24 24.0
49 Florida 1 11 8 5 24 24.0
49 Auburn 1 9 14 1 24 24.0
49 Utah State 2 6 14 4 24 12.0
57 Georgia 1 13 7 3 23 23.0
57 Syracuse 1 10 9 4 23 23.0
57 Penn State 1 8 12 3 23 23.0
57 Purdue 1 4 15 4 23 23.0
61 Kansas 1 9 11 2 22 22.0
61 Texas Tech 1 7 13 2 22 22.0
61 Middle Tennessee State 1 5 17 0 22 22.0
61 Sam Houston State 1 5 15 2 22 22.0
61 East Carolina 2 7 10 5 22 11.0
66 BYU 1 13 8 0 21 21.0
66 Massachusetts 1 13 8 0 21 21.0
66 West Virginia 1 13 6 2 21 21.0
66 Temple 1 12 8 1 21 21.0
66 USF 1 8 11 2 21 21.0
66 Alabama 1 8 9 4 21 21.0
66 Appalachian State 1 7 11 3 21 21.0
66 Arkansas 1 5 14 2 21 21.0
66 Missouri 1 5 14 2 21 21.0
75 Louisville 1 10 9 1 20 20.0
75 UCLA 1 10 7 3 20 20.0
75 James Madison 1 8 11 1 20 20.0
75 Notre Dame 1 8 10 2 20 20.0
75 Oregon State 1 2 17 1 20 20.0
80 Rutgers 1 9 10 0 19 19.0
80 LSU 1 9 9 1 19 19.0
80 Arizona 1 9 8 2 19 19.0
80 Duke 1 7 8 4 19 19.0
80 Ohio State 1 6 12 1 19 19.0
80 Liberty 1 6 10 3 19 19.0
80 Hawaii 1 5 12 2 19 19.0
80 Bowling Green 2 10 8 1 19 9.5
80 UTEP 2 8 9 2 19 9.5
89 Navy 1 10 6 2 18 18.0
89 Kentucky 1 9 9 0 18 18.0
89 Texas State 1 8 9 1 18 18.0
89 Troy 1 8 6 4 18 18.0
89 Kennesaw State 1 7 11 0 18 18.0
89 TCU 1 7 10 1 18 18.0
89 Delaware 1 7 8 3 18 18.0
89 Boise State 1 7 7 4 18 18.0
89 Tulsa 1 7 7 4 18 18.0
89 Virginia 1 6 10 2 18 18.0
89 Oklahoma 1 6 8 4 18 18.0
100 Louisiana 1 6 8 3 17 17.0
100 California 1 6 7 4 17 17.0
100 Florida State 1 4 11 2 17 17.0
103 Wisconsin 1 5 10 1 16 16.0
103 Kent State 2 6 8 2 16 8.0
105 Stanford 1 5 9 1 15 15.0
105 Nevada 1 5 7 3 15 15.0
107 San Diego State 1 9 1 4 14 14.0
108 Oregon 1 5 7 0 12 12.0
108 New Mexico 1 5 5 2 12 12.0
108 Southern Miss 1 2 9 1 12 12.0
111 Old Dominion 1 6 5 0 11 11.0
111 Michigan State 1 5 6 0 11 11.0
113 Toledo 1 2 6 2 10 10.0
114 Central Michigan 1 7 2 0 9 9.0
114 Iowa State 1 4 5 0 9 9.0
114 UCF 1 4 4 1 9 9.0
117 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