2026 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. FCS (I-AA) Teams Only through 10/13/2026
| Name | G | Rush | Pass | Penalty | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buffalo | 2 | 18 | 21 | 6 | 45 | 22.5 |
| 2 | Oregon | 1 | 16 | 25 | 2 | 43 | 43.0 |
| 3 | Miami (FL) | 1 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 42 | 42.0 |
| 4 | LSU | 1 | 17 | 21 | 1 | 39 | 39.0 |
| 5 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 10 | 23 | 2 | 35 | 35.0 |
| 6 | Houston | 1 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 34 | 34.0 |
| 6 | Kansas State | 1 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 34 | 34.0 |
| 6 | Appalachian State | 1 | 15 | 18 | 1 | 34 | 34.0 |
| 9 | Utah | 1 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 33 | 33.0 |
| 9 | Missouri | 1 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 33 | 33.0 |
| 9 | TCU | 1 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 33 | 33.0 |
| 9 | North Texas | 1 | 14 | 18 | 1 | 33 | 33.0 |
| 9 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 14 | 18 | 1 | 33 | 33.0 |
| 9 | USF | 1 | 14 | 17 | 2 | 33 | 33.0 |
| 15 | Iowa | 1 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 32 | 32.0 |
| 15 | Cincinnati | 1 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 32 | 32.0 |
| 15 | Southern Miss | 1 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 32 | 32.0 |
| 15 | Syracuse | 1 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 32 | 32.0 |
| 15 | Arizona State | 1 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 32 | 32.0 |
| 15 | Baylor | 1 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 32 | 32.0 |
| 21 | Army | 1 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 31.0 |
| 21 | Kennesaw State | 1 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 31 | 31.0 |
| 21 | Maryland | 1 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 31 | 31.0 |
| 21 | NC State | 1 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 31 | 31.0 |
| 21 | Georgia | 1 | 13 | 18 | 0 | 31 | 31.0 |
| 26 | Navy | 1 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 30.0 |
| 26 | Virginia Tech | 1 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 30 | 30.0 |
| 28 | BYU | 1 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 29 | 29.0 |
| 28 | Boise State | 1 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 29 | 29.0 |
| 28 | Rutgers | 1 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 29 | 29.0 |
| 28 | Tennessee | 1 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 29 | 29.0 |
| 28 | Louisville | 1 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 29 | 29.0 |
| 28 | Connecticut | 1 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 29 | 29.0 |
| 28 | Kansas | 1 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 29 | 29.0 |
| 28 | Arkansas | 1 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 29 | 29.0 |
| 28 | Utah State | 1 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 29 | 29.0 |
| 37 | Air Force | 1 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 37 | Georgia State | 1 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 37 | Toledo | 1 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 37 | Akron | 1 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 37 | Memphis | 1 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 37 | Arizona | 1 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 37 | Duke | 1 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 37 | Purdue | 1 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 37 | Oregon State | 1 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 37 | California | 1 | 6 | 20 | 2 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 47 | Rice | 1 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 47 | San Jose State | 1 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 47 | South Alabama | 1 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 47 | James Madison | 1 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 47 | Louisiana-Monroe | 1 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 47 | Missouri State | 1 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 47 | Marshall | 1 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 47 | Delaware | 1 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 55 | Louisiana | 1 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 55 | UCF | 1 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 55 | Washington State | 1 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 55 | Sacramento State | 1 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 55 | Sam Houston State | 1 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 55 | Texas Tech | 1 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 55 | Georgia Southern | 1 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 55 | Jacksonville State | 1 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 55 | Massachusetts | 2 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 26 | 13.0 |
| 64 | Virginia | 1 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 64 | Miami (OH) | 1 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 64 | Texas State | 1 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 64 | Eastern Michigan | 1 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 68 | Ohio | 1 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 68 | Indiana | 1 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 68 | Western Kentucky | 1 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 68 | Kentucky | 1 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 68 | Minnesota | 1 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 68 | Florida State | 1 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 68 | Colorado | 1 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 68 | Western Michigan | 1 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 68 | Florida | 1 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 68 | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 78 | UAB | 1 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 78 | West Virginia | 1 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 78 | New Mexico | 1 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 78 | Coastal Carolina | 1 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 78 | Tulsa | 1 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 78 | Louisiana Tech | 1 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 78 | UTSA | 1 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 78 | North Carolina | 1 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 78 | Ball State | 1 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 78 | Washington | 1 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 88 | South Carolina | 1 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 88 | Nebraska | 1 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 88 | Nevada | 1 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 88 | San Diego State | 1 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 88 | Colorado State | 1 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 88 | North Dakota State | 1 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 94 | Arkansas State | 1 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 94 | Kent State | 1 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 94 | UTEP | 1 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 94 | Middle Tennessee State | 1 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 94 | Charlotte | 1 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 94 | Illinois | 1 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 94 | Bowling Green | 1 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 101 | New Mexico State | 1 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 101 | Northern Illinois | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 101 | Vanderbilt | 1 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 101 | Georgia Tech | 1 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 101 | SMU | 1 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 106 | Temple | 1 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 106 | Troy | 1 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 106 | Northwestern | 1 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 109 | Liberty | 1 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 109 | Boston College | 1 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 109 | FIU | 1 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 112 | East Carolina | 1 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 113 | Central Michigan | 1 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 113 | Old Dominion | 1 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 113 | Wisconsin | 1 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 113 | Wyoming | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 117 | Iowa State | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 15.0 |