2026 National Leaders First Downs - Games on the Road/Neutral Site Only through 10/13/2026

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Houston 3 38 39 4 81 27.0
2 Oregon State 3 21 52 6 79 26.3
2 North Texas 3 17 56 6 79 26.3
2 Eastern Michigan 4 30 37 12 79 19.8
5 Syracuse 3 32 34 11 77 25.7
6 Miami (FL) 3 23 44 8 75 25.0
7 Memphis 3 33 31 9 73 24.3
7 Virginia Tech 3 27 34 12 73 24.3
9 Ole Miss 3 29 33 9 71 23.7
10 Boise State 3 35 27 6 68 22.7
10 Western Kentucky 4 25 38 5 68 17.0
12 Wake Forest 3 26 32 9 67 22.3
13 Liberty 3 35 22 9 66 22.0
14 South Alabama 3 30 28 7 65 21.7
14 Notre Dame 3 27 35 3 65 21.7
16 Connecticut 3 25 33 6 64 21.3
16 James Madison 3 25 30 9 64 21.3
16 Ball State 4 24 34 6 64 16.0
19 Colorado 3 28 29 6 63 21.0
19 Arizona 3 23 32 8 63 21.0
19 Jacksonville State 3 22 28 13 63 21.0
19 Wyoming 4 41 19 3 63 15.8
23 Hawaii 3 19 36 7 62 20.7
24 FIU 3 16 39 6 61 20.3
25 Louisiana 3 25 26 9 60 20.0
25 Southern Miss 3 14 37 9 60 20.0
27 Marshall 3 21 32 6 59 19.7
27 Coastal Carolina 3 21 31 7 59 19.7
29 UNLV 3 27 27 4 58 19.3
30 UCLA 3 26 22 8 56 18.7
30 Akron 3 26 20 10 56 18.7
30 USF 3 23 24 9 56 18.7
30 Maryland 3 16 30 10 56 18.7
34 UAB 3 25 24 6 55 18.3
35 Ohio 3 29 19 6 54 18.0
35 Louisiana-Monroe 3 22 26 6 54 18.0
35 Georgia Southern 3 18 30 6 54 18.0
35 San Jose State 3 17 34 3 54 18.0
39 Florida Atlantic 2 20 31 2 53 26.5
39 Baylor 2 16 33 4 53 26.5
39 Navy 3 33 16 4 53 17.7
39 Western Michigan 3 27 21 5 53 17.7
39 North Dakota State 3 24 22 7 53 17.7
39 North Carolina 3 22 25 6 53 17.7
39 New Mexico State 3 19 30 4 53 17.7
46 Texas State 2 22 28 2 52 26.0
46 Oklahoma State 2 22 26 4 52 26.0
46 Delaware 3 19 27 6 52 17.3
49 UTSA 3 26 20 5 51 17.0
49 Northern Illinois 3 15 31 5 51 17.0
51 Air Force 2 43 5 2 50 25.0
51 Illinois 2 19 27 4 50 25.0
51 SMU 2 19 25 6 50 25.0
54 USC 2 19 27 3 49 24.5
54 UCF 3 19 26 4 49 16.3
54 Miami (OH) 3 18 27 4 49 16.3
54 Arkansas State 3 17 29 3 49 16.3
54 Middle Tennessee State 3 17 29 3 49 16.3
59 Georgia State 2 18 27 3 48 24.0
59 Oklahoma 3 16 24 8 48 16.0
59 Buffalo 3 15 23 10 48 16.0
62 Army 2 34 8 5 47 23.5
62 Mississippi State 2 22 18 7 47 23.5
62 Duke 2 16 23 8 47 23.5
65 Sam Houston State 3 16 24 6 46 15.3
65 Tulsa 3 14 26 6 46 15.3
67 LSU 2 18 25 2 45 22.5
68 Tennessee 2 24 16 4 44 22.0
68 South Carolina 2 20 23 1 44 22.0
68 Georgia 2 20 19 5 44 22.0
68 Troy 2 19 16 9 44 22.0
68 Ohio State 2 18 25 1 44 22.0
68 Missouri 2 12 27 5 44 22.0
68 Sacramento State 3 20 22 2 44 14.7
75 Kentucky 2 20 21 2 43 21.5
75 Boston College 2 19 19 5 43 21.5
75 Alabama 2 16 21 6 43 21.5
75 Florida 2 16 20 7 43 21.5
75 Penn State 2 12 25 6 43 21.5
75 Tulane 3 17 21 5 43 14.3
75 Washington State 3 15 20 8 43 14.3
75 Charlotte 3 13 21 9 43 14.3
83 Louisville 2 18 20 4 42 21.0
83 Purdue 2 11 25 6 42 21.0
83 Rice 3 31 11 0 42 14.0
86 Auburn 2 17 23 1 41 20.5
86 Texas Tech 2 16 18 7 41 20.5
86 Kansas 2 11 23 7 41 20.5
86 Bowling Green 3 14 21 6 41 13.7
90 West Virginia 2 25 12 3 40 20.0
90 Fresno State 3 13 24 3 40 13.3
92 Indiana 2 18 19 2 39 19.5
92 Florida State 2 13 22 4 39 19.5
92 Appalachian State 2 9 25 5 39 19.5
92 Utah State 3 12 21 6 39 13.0
96 Iowa 2 13 22 3 38 19.0
96 Old Dominion 3 20 15 3 38 12.7
98 Kennesaw State 2 21 14 2 37 18.5
98 Massachusetts 2 21 13 3 37 18.5
98 Toledo 2 17 17 3 37 18.5
98 Cincinnati 2 13 21 3 37 18.5
98 Virginia 2 11 20 6 37 18.5
98 California 2 9 22 6 37 18.5
98 Stanford 3 11 22 4 37 12.3
105 BYU 2 24 10 2 36 18.0
105 Temple 2 20 13 3 36 18.0
105 Nevada 2 16 15 5 36 18.0
105 TCU 2 11 23 2 36 18.0
105 San Diego State 3 14 14 8 36 12.0
110 Vanderbilt 2 16 14 5 35 17.5
110 NC State 2 12 19 4 35 17.5
110 Oregon 2 11 20 4 35 17.5
110 Arkansas 2 9 21 5 35 17.5
110 Missouri State 3 13 16 6 35 11.7
115 Wisconsin 2 12 21 1 34 17.0
115 Kent State 3 10 20 4 34 11.3
117 Louisiana Tech 2 10 16 7 33 16.5
117 Central Michigan 3 17 14 2 33 11.0
119 New Mexico 2 19 9 3 31 15.5
119 Clemson 2 17 9 5 31 15.5
121 Michigan State 2 14 12 4 30 15.0
121 Texas 2 10 18 2 30 15.0
121 UTEP 3 14 13 3 30 10.0
124 Arizona State 2 14 14 1 29 14.5
125 Minnesota 2 7 18 3 28 14.0
126 Georgia Tech 1 10 13 2 25 25.0
126 Kansas State 1 10 13 2 25 25.0
128 Iowa State 2 11 10 2 23 11.5
129 Nebraska 1 9 10 3 22 22.0
129 East Carolina 2 7 10 5 22 11.0
131 Utah 1 8 11 2 21 21.0
131 Colorado State 1 6 14 1 21 21.0
131 Northwestern 1 4 14 3 21 21.0
131 Texas A&M 2 11 9 1 21 10.5
135 Rutgers 1 9 10 0 19 19.0
136 Pittsburgh 1 7 8 3 18 18.0
137 Washington 1 5 8 2 15 15.0
138 Michigan 1 6 5 0 11 11.0