most first downs in a game college football this season

The Oregon Ducks have the most first downs by a team in a game this season, with 43 first downs against Portland State on September 18.

	TEAM	1DWN	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	PASS 1DWN	RUSH 1DWN	PEN 1DWN	TD	OFF	OPP OFF	3DWN%	4DWN%
1	Oregon	43	9/18/2026	ORE	vs	PRST	W 84-0	25	16	2	12	740	103	78.6	100.0
2	Miami	42	9/10/2026	MIA	vs	FAMU	W 77-7	18	21	3	11	856	107	33.3	0.0
3	LSU	39	10/3/2026	LSU	vs	MCNS	W 63-14	21	17	1	9	731	196	52.9	100.0
4	LSU	37	9/5/2026	LSU	vs	CLEM	W 51-10	14	20	3	7	644	145	68.8	100.0
5	Kansas	36	10/3/2026	KU	vs	MTU	W 55-0	8	28	0	7	706	136	58.3	100.0
6	Memphis	36	10/3/2026	MEM	@	CHAR	W 59-8	13	20	3	8	674	209	62.5	100.0
7	Oregon State	35	10/10/2026	ORST	vs	SDSU	W 66-14	21	12	2	9	651	147	70.6	66.7
8	Pittsburgh	35	9/26/2026	PITT	vs	BUCK	W 59-0	23	10	2	8	766	136	64.3	100.0
9	UCLA	35	9/19/2026	UCLA	vs	PUR	W 52-38	12	20	3	7	645	488	78.6
10	South Carolina	35	9/5/2026	SCAR	vs	KENT	W 57-0	20	14	1	8	645	179	87.5
11	Texas A&M	35	9/5/2026	TXAM	vs	MOSU	W 50-0	16	17	2	6	505	67	50.0	100.0
12	Mississippi State	35	9/5/2026	MSST	vs	ULM	W 62-13	21	14	0	8	762	278	45.5	100.0
13	Texas State	34	10/3/2026	TXST	@	SDSU	L 29-31	19	14	1	3	565	239	42.1	40.0
14	Oregon State	34	10/3/2026	ORST	@	CSU	W 56-26	20	12	2	8	650	366	87.5	100.0
15	Virginia	34	9/26/2026	UVA	vs	DEL	W 42-3	20	11	3	6	556	160	46.7	80.0
16	Houston	34	9/12/2026	HOU	vs	SOU	W 77-6	10	21	3	11	591	121	100.0
17	Kansas State	34	9/5/2026	KSU	vs	NICH	W 71-3	14	18	2	10	559	122	81.8
18	Appalachian State	34	9/5/2026	APP	vs	ME	W 55-3	18	15	1	7	647	250	28.6	100.0
19	Troy	33	10/6/2026	TROY	vs	USM	W 55-34	13	20	0	7	662	512	57.1	66.7
20	North Texas	33	9/26/2026	UNT	vs	HCU	W 63-14	18	14	1	9	648	238	62.5
21	North Texas	33	9/19/2026	UNT	@	TXST	L 35-49	26	5	2	5	605	605	66.7	25.0
22	Oklahoma State	33	9/19/2026	OKST	vs	MURR	W 59-0	18	14	1	8	662	160	57.1
23	South Florida	33	9/19/2026	USF	vs	DSU	W 59-17	17	14	2	8	611	353	66.7
24	TCU	33	9/12/2026	TCU	vs	GRAM	W 63-7	15	15	3	9	676	210	28.6	100.0
25	Pittsburgh	33	9/5/2026	PITT	vs	M-OH	W 59-14	21	9	3	8	646	289	70.0	0.0

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More Oregon Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

926

Moore

RUSH

301

Davison

REC

352

Stewart

Team Rankings

PPG

41.0

14th

OPP PPG

22.0

63rd

RUSH YDS/G

141.8

103rd

PASS YDS/G

317.0

7th

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
9	Minnesota	2-1	4-2
10	Northwestern	1-1	4-1
11	Oregon	1-1	3-2
12	Illinois	1-2	3-3
13	Michigan	0-2	3-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/17	NEB	@	ORE	11:00 PM
Sat 10/24	ORE	@	ILL	1:00 PM
Sat 10/31	NW	@	ORE	1:00 PM
Sat 11/7	ORE	@	OSU	1:00 PM
Sat 11/14	MICH	@	ORE	1:00 PM

Last Game

UCLA

5 - 0

Final

Oregon

3 - 2

Sat 10 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

835

Riley

828

Roberts

793

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

916

Smith

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

18

Maiava

17

Taylor

Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

12

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

11

Smith

9

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

200.5

Hoover

198.6

Stockton

Sack Leaders

9.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.6

46.2

44.2

44.0

43.4

42.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

12.2

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

533.8

531.6

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

299.4

295.5

263.6

253.2

Pass Yards Rankings

391.2

347.0

341.0

337.8

334.4

322.4

Sack Leaders

24.0

22.0

20.0

19.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	5	1	.833
2	Oregon State	4	2	.667
3	Fresno State	4	2	.667
4	San Diego State	2	4	.333
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Colorado State	2	3	.400
7	Texas State	2	3	.400
8	Washington State	1	5	.167

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Utah	5	0	1.000
4	Baylor	4	1	.800
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Arizona State	3	2	.600
10	Iowa State	3	3	.500
11	UCF	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Kansas	2	3	.400
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	West Virginia	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	3	.571
2	Ohio	4	2	.667
3	Western Michigan	4	2	.667
4	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
5	Buffalo	3	3	.500
6	Toledo	4	2	.667
7	Central Michigan	3	3	.500
8	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
9	UMass	4	2	.667
10	Kent State	2	4	.333
11	Akron	1	5	.167
12	Ball State	1	5	.167
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	0	1.000
2	Alabama	5	1	.833
3	Kentucky	5	1	.833
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Missouri	5	1	.833
6	Tennessee	5	1	.833
7	Ole Miss	4	1	.800
8	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
9	Florida	4	2	.667
10	Texas	4	1	.800
11	LSU	4	2	.667
12	Auburn	3	2	.600
13	South Carolina	3	3	.500
14	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
15	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
16	Arkansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	UCLA	5	0	1.000
3	Ohio State	5	1	.833
4	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
5	USC	6	1	.857
6	Purdue	3	3	.500
7	Iowa	5	1	.833
8	Nebraska	5	1	.833
9	Minnesota	4	2	.667
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Michigan	3	2	.600
14	Rutgers	1	4	.200
15	Penn State	3	3	.500
16	Washington	3	3	.500
17	Maryland	2	4	.333
18	Michigan State	2	4	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	5	1	.833
2	Jacksonville State	4	2	.667
3	Florida International	3	2	.600
4	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
5	Western Kentucky	2	4	.333
6	Delaware	2	4	.333
7	Middle Tennessee	3	3	.500
8	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
9	Missouri State	1	4	.200
10	Sam Houston	1	4	.200

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	5	1	.833
2	UTSA	5	1	.833
3	North Texas	4	2	.667
4	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
5	East Carolina	3	2	.600
6	Army	3	2	.600
7	UAB	3	3	.500
8	Temple	2	4	.333
9	South Florida	4	2	.667
10	Navy	2	3	.400
11	Tulane	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	3	3	.500
13	Rice	1	5	.167
14	Charlotte	0	6	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
3	Clemson	3	2	.600
4	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
5	SMU	4	1	.800
6	Virginia	4	2	.667
7	California	3	3	.500
8	Georgia Tech	2	3	.400
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Duke	4	1	.800
11	North Carolina	3	2	.600
12	Virginia Tech	4	2	.667
13	Florida State	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Stanford	2	4	.333
16	Boston College	2	3	.400
17	Syracuse	2	3	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	4	2	.667
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	North Dakota State	5	1	.833
4	Air Force	4	1	.800
5	Wyoming	3	3	.500
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Nevada	2	3	.400
8	Northern Illinois	0	5	.000
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	5	.167

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	0	1.000
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	6	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
5	Troy	3	2	.600
6	Louisiana	4	2	.667
7	Georgia Southern	2	4	.333
8	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
9	Old Dominion	2	4	.333
10	Appalachian State	3	2	.600
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333