2026 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. FBS Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 10/13/2026

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 USC 5 43 74 6 123 24.6
2 Wake Forest 5 41 59 13 113 22.6
3 Notre Dame 5 49 57 5 111 22.2
4 UCLA 5 58 40 12 110 22.0
5 Oregon State 4 29 74 6 109 27.3
5 Louisville 5 54 46 9 109 21.8
7 Alabama 5 44 55 7 106 21.2
8 LSU 4 46 50 6 102 25.5
9 Houston 4 43 49 8 100 25.0
10 West Virginia 4 60 28 11 99 24.8
10 Utah 4 42 47 10 99 24.8
10 Illinois 4 33 54 12 99 24.8
13 Purdue 4 38 48 12 98 24.5
14 Ole Miss 4 36 50 10 96 24.0
15 Ohio State 4 40 49 6 95 23.8
15 Mississippi State 4 38 45 12 95 23.8
17 Virginia Tech 4 32 48 14 94 23.5
17 Washington 5 22 59 13 94 18.8
19 Arizona 4 33 48 12 93 23.3
20 Florida 4 42 37 11 90 22.5
21 Missouri 4 28 52 8 88 22.0
21 Georgia Tech 4 28 46 14 88 22.0
23 South Carolina 4 34 49 3 86 21.5
24 Colorado 4 33 45 7 85 21.3
25 Tennessee 4 43 28 12 83 20.8
26 Georgia 4 34 39 9 82 20.5
27 Texas 4 28 49 4 81 20.3
27 Texas A&M 5 39 34 8 81 16.2
29 Auburn 4 31 43 4 78 19.5
29 Pittsburgh 4 31 38 9 78 19.5
31 Florida State 4 32 37 8 77 19.3
31 California 4 24 38 15 77 19.3
31 NC State 4 22 48 7 77 19.3
34 Kentucky 4 28 41 7 76 19.0
35 Syracuse 3 28 34 13 75 25.0
35 Nebraska 3 27 36 12 75 25.0
35 Baylor 3 24 42 9 75 25.0
35 Miami (FL) 3 23 44 8 75 25.0
35 Iowa State 4 32 32 11 75 18.8
35 Washington State 5 24 38 13 75 15.0
41 Virginia 4 35 30 9 74 18.5
41 Boston College 4 34 33 7 74 18.5
41 Vanderbilt 4 29 35 10 74 18.5
44 Clemson 4 33 31 9 73 18.3
45 Oklahoma State 3 29 39 4 72 24.0
46 SMU 3 24 37 10 71 23.7
46 BYU 4 40 29 2 71 17.8
48 Duke 3 29 31 9 69 23.0
49 Kansas State 3 31 31 6 68 22.7
49 Arkansas 4 18 42 8 68 17.0
51 Northwestern 3 33 27 7 67 22.3
51 Boise State 3 30 31 6 67 22.3
51 Stanford 4 18 42 7 67 16.8
54 UCF 4 25 31 10 66 16.5
54 Iowa 4 20 41 5 66 16.5
56 Oregon 4 20 37 8 65 16.3
56 Maryland 4 17 39 9 65 16.3
58 Indiana 3 27 30 6 63 21.0
58 Texas Tech 3 25 29 9 63 21.0
58 Minnesota 4 18 36 9 63 15.8
61 Michigan State 3 21 33 6 60 20.0
62 Kansas 3 16 33 10 59 19.7
63 UTSA 3 25 25 6 56 18.7
64 Rutgers 3 22 31 2 55 18.3
65 North Carolina 3 22 25 6 53 17.7
66 Texas State 2 22 28 2 52 26.0
66 North Texas 2 10 38 4 52 26.0
66 Arizona State 3 20 29 3 52 17.3
69 TCU 3 15 33 2 50 16.7
69 Penn State 3 14 31 5 50 16.7
69 Utah State 4 16 26 8 50 12.5
72 Oklahoma 3 16 24 8 48 16.0
73 Michigan 3 21 21 4 46 15.3
74 Cincinnati 3 25 16 4 45 15.0
74 Fresno State 3 11 27 7 45 15.0
76 Troy 2 19 16 9 44 22.0
77 Connecticut 2 12 21 7 40 20.0
77 Hawaii 2 11 23 6 40 20.0
79 Colorado State 2 15 16 7 38 19.0
80 UTEP 3 13 15 9 37 12.3
81 Akron 2 17 13 6 36 18.0
81 Georgia Southern 2 6 25 5 36 18.0
83 Wisconsin 2 16 19 0 35 17.5
83 Ball State 2 11 21 3 35 17.5
85 Miami (OH) 2 8 23 3 34 17.0
86 Louisiana Tech 2 10 16 7 33 16.5
86 San Diego State 3 18 8 7 33 11.0
88 San Jose State 2 9 20 3 32 16.0
89 Delaware 2 12 12 6 30 15.0
90 Toledo 2 10 16 3 29 14.5
91 Western Michigan 2 15 8 5 28 14.0
91 Eastern Michigan 2 14 10 4 28 14.0
91 Tulane 2 11 12 5 28 14.0
94 Western Kentucky 2 10 15 2 27 13.5
94 Northern Illinois 2 8 16 3 27 13.5
94 Tulsa 2 7 17 3 27 13.5
97 Florida Atlantic 1 7 16 2 25 25.0
97 Georgia State 1 6 16 3 25 25.0
99 UAB 1 12 11 1 24 24.0
100 Rice 1 17 5 0 22 22.0
100 Coastal Carolina 1 3 15 4 22 22.0
102 Massachusetts 1 13 8 0 21 21.0
103 James Madison 1 8 11 1 20 20.0
104 South Alabama 1 5 12 2 19 19.0
104 Bowling Green 2 10 8 1 19 9.5
106 Kennesaw State 1 7 11 0 18 18.0
106 UNLV 1 7 6 5 18 18.0
106 New Mexico State 1 4 13 1 18 18.0
106 Appalachian State 1 2 14 2 18 18.0
106 Missouri State 2 5 9 4 18 9.0
111 Wyoming 1 10 6 1 17 17.0
111 Ohio 1 9 7 1 17 17.0
111 Charlotte 1 6 8 3 17 17.0
111 Louisiana 1 6 8 3 17 17.0
111 Memphis 1 4 10 3 17 17.0
116 Sacramento State 1 10 5 1 16 16.0
116 Kent State 2 6 8 2 16 8.0
118 Temple 1 9 5 0 14 14.0
118 Louisiana-Monroe 1 5 7 2 14 14.0
120 Buffalo 1 5 4 4 13 13.0
121 New Mexico 1 5 5 2 12 12.0
121 Southern Miss 1 2 9 1 12 12.0
123 Old Dominion 1 6 5 0 11 11.0
123 Sam Houston State 1 6 5 0 11 11.0
123 Arkansas State 1 6 4 1 11 11.0
123 Marshall 1 2 6 3 11 11.0
127 Central Michigan 1 3 6 1 10 10.0
128 Middle Tennessee State 1 2 3 2 7 7.0
129 East Carolina 1 1 4 0 5 5.0