2026 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. FBS Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 09/19/2026

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 LSU 2 29 23 4 56 28.0
2 Baylor 1 7 17 3 27 27.0
3 North Texas 2 10 38 5 53 26.5
4 Purdue 2 15 30 7 52 26.0
5 Houston 2 22 27 2 51 25.5
5 USC 2 20 30 1 51 25.5
5 Texas 2 18 31 2 51 25.5
8 SMU 2 19 25 6 50 25.0
8 Syracuse 2 18 23 9 50 25.0
8 Miami (FL) 2 16 31 3 50 25.0
8 Oklahoma State 1 10 13 2 25 25.0
8 Virginia Tech 1 8 14 3 25 25.0
8 Florida Atlantic 1 7 16 2 25 25.0
8 Georgia State 1 6 16 3 25 25.0
15 UCLA 3 42 25 7 74 24.7
16 Ole Miss 2 19 27 3 49 24.5
17 Tennessee 1 15 7 2 24 24.0
17 Kansas State 1 14 9 1 24 24.0
17 UAB 1 12 11 1 24 24.0
17 Florida 1 11 8 5 24 24.0
21 Mississippi State 2 22 18 7 47 23.5
21 Alabama 2 20 23 4 47 23.5
21 Utah 2 19 25 3 47 23.5
24 Rutgers 2 20 24 2 46 23.0
24 Auburn 2 15 28 3 46 23.0
24 Georgia 1 13 7 3 23 23.0
24 Illinois 1 7 12 4 23 23.0
24 Maryland 1 4 17 2 23 23.0
29 Wake Forest 2 12 29 4 45 22.5
30 Texas Tech 2 16 24 4 44 22.0
30 Coastal Carolina 1 3 15 4 22 22.0
32 Louisville 2 22 16 4 42 21.0
32 Boston College 2 20 18 4 42 21.0
32 Georgia Tech 2 12 22 8 42 21.0
32 Massachusetts 1 13 8 0 21 21.0
32 West Virginia 1 13 6 2 21 21.0
32 Northwestern 1 10 9 2 21 21.0
32 South Carolina 1 7 14 0 21 21.0
32 Missouri 1 5 14 2 21 21.0
40 Duke 2 20 16 5 41 20.5
41 North Carolina 2 19 18 3 40 20.0
41 Notre Dame 2 17 19 4 40 20.0
41 Kansas 2 14 21 5 40 20.0
41 California 2 12 20 8 40 20.0
41 Oregon State 2 5 33 2 40 20.0
41 James Madison 1 8 11 1 20 20.0
41 Vanderbilt 1 8 9 3 20 20.0
48 Colorado 2 21 15 3 39 19.5
48 Washington 2 13 23 3 39 19.5
48 Arkansas 2 8 27 4 39 19.5
51 BYU 2 23 15 0 38 19.0
51 Arizona 1 9 8 2 19 19.0
51 Ohio State 1 6 12 1 19 19.0
51 Hawaii 1 5 12 2 19 19.0
55 Virginia 2 21 14 2 37 18.5
55 Pittsburgh 2 18 14 5 37 18.5
55 Texas A&M 2 13 20 4 37 18.5
58 Akron 2 17 13 6 36 18.0
58 Texas State 1 8 9 1 18 18.0
58 Troy 1 8 6 4 18 18.0
58 Kennesaw State 1 7 11 0 18 18.0
58 TCU 1 7 10 1 18 18.0
58 Delaware 1 7 8 3 18 18.0
58 Boise State 1 7 7 4 18 18.0
58 Colorado State 1 6 8 4 18 18.0
58 Oklahoma 1 6 8 4 18 18.0
58 New Mexico State 1 4 13 1 18 18.0
58 Minnesota 1 3 12 3 18 18.0
69 NC State 2 12 19 4 35 17.5
70 Miami (OH) 2 8 23 3 34 17.0
70 Cincinnati 1 11 5 1 17 17.0
70 Wyoming 1 10 6 1 17 17.0
70 Ohio 1 9 7 1 17 17.0
70 Charlotte 1 6 8 3 17 17.0
70 Louisiana 1 6 8 3 17 17.0
70 Memphis 1 4 10 3 17 17.0
77 Florida State 2 11 18 4 33 16.5
77 Louisiana Tech 2 10 16 7 33 16.5
79 Kentucky 2 12 17 3 32 16.0
79 San Jose State 2 9 20 3 32 16.0
79 Stanford 2 8 21 3 32 16.0
79 Sacramento State 1 10 5 1 16 16.0
79 Western Michigan 1 10 4 2 16 16.0
84 UTSA 2 13 14 4 31 15.5
85 Oregon 2 11 18 1 30 15.0
85 Tulsa 1 5 8 2 15 15.0
87 Arizona State 2 14 14 1 29 14.5
88 Clemson 2 15 11 2 28 14.0
88 Eastern Michigan 2 14 10 4 28 14.0
88 Tulane 2 11 12 5 28 14.0
88 Washington State 2 9 14 5 28 14.0
88 Temple 1 9 5 0 14 14.0
88 San Diego State 1 9 1 4 14 14.0
88 Michigan 1 6 5 3 14 14.0
88 Louisiana-Monroe 1 5 7 2 14 14.0
88 Georgia Southern 1 2 10 2 14 14.0
97 Western Kentucky 2 10 15 2 27 13.5
97 Northern Illinois 2 8 16 3 27 13.5
99 Buffalo 1 5 4 4 13 13.0
99 Iowa 1 4 9 0 13 13.0
99 Ball State 1 3 8 2 13 13.0
102 Utah State 2 6 14 4 24 12.0
102 Connecticut 1 5 6 1 12 12.0
102 New Mexico 1 5 5 2 12 12.0
102 Southern Miss 1 2 9 1 12 12.0
106 Old Dominion 1 6 5 0 11 11.0
106 Arkansas State 1 6 4 1 11 11.0
106 Marshall 1 2 6 3 11 11.0
109 Toledo 1 2 6 2 10 10.0
110 Bowling Green 2 10 8 1 19 9.5
110 UTEP 2 8 9 2 19 9.5
112 Iowa State 1 4 5 0 9 9.0
112 UCF 1 4 4 1 9 9.0
112 Fresno State 1 2 5 2 9 9.0
115 Kent State 2 6 8 2 16 8.0
116 East Carolina 1 1 4 0 5 5.0
117 Missouri State 1 2 1 1 4 4.0