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