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