2011 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games at Home Only through 01/09/2012
| Name | G | Rush | Pass | Penalty | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alabama | 7 | 30 | 38 | 6 | 74 | 10.6 |
| 2 | Army | 4 | 27 | 16 | 3 | 46 | 11.5 |
| 3 | UCF | 6 | 28 | 42 | 2 | 72 | 12.0 |
| 3 | LSU | 6 | 29 | 34 | 9 | 72 | 12.0 |
| 5 | Georgia | 6 | 30 | 38 | 5 | 73 | 12.2 |
| 6 | California | 5 | 19 | 33 | 12 | 64 | 12.8 |
| 7 | South Carolina | 7 | 69 | 24 | 3 | 96 | 13.7 |
| 8 | Ohio State | 7 | 33 | 60 | 6 | 99 | 14.1 |
| 9 | West Virginia | 7 | 45 | 53 | 5 | 103 | 14.7 |
| 10 | Wisconsin | 7 | 45 | 49 | 10 | 104 | 14.9 |
| 11 | Texas | 6 | 31 | 48 | 11 | 90 | 15.0 |
| 11 | Boise State | 6 | 43 | 36 | 11 | 90 | 15.0 |
| 11 | Florida State | 7 | 36 | 59 | 10 | 105 | 15.0 |
| 14 | Michigan State | 7 | 39 | 57 | 10 | 106 | 15.1 |
| 14 | Virginia | 7 | 42 | 53 | 11 | 106 | 15.1 |
| 14 | Rutgers | 7 | 50 | 51 | 5 | 106 | 15.1 |
| 17 | TCU | 6 | 32 | 48 | 12 | 92 | 15.3 |
| 18 | Illinois | 8 | 55 | 60 | 8 | 123 | 15.4 |
| 19 | Cincinnati | 6 | 27 | 61 | 5 | 93 | 15.5 |
| 20 | Arkansas | 7 | 45 | 56 | 9 | 110 | 15.7 |
| 21 | Florida | 7 | 43 | 53 | 15 | 111 | 15.9 |
| 21 | Penn State | 7 | 46 | 61 | 4 | 111 | 15.9 |
| 23 | Kent State | 6 | 33 | 53 | 10 | 96 | 16.0 |
| 23 | Vanderbilt | 7 | 44 | 59 | 9 | 112 | 16.0 |
| 25 | Louisiana-Monroe | 5 | 32 | 47 | 2 | 81 | 16.2 |
| 25 | Southern Mississippi | 6 | 26 | 62 | 9 | 97 | 16.2 |
| 25 | Nevada | 6 | 33 | 55 | 9 | 97 | 16.2 |
| 28 | Virginia Tech | 6 | 43 | 48 | 7 | 98 | 16.3 |
| 28 | Michigan | 8 | 55 | 66 | 9 | 130 | 16.3 |
| 30 | Arkansas State | 6 | 39 | 50 | 10 | 99 | 16.5 |
| 30 | Buffalo | 6 | 44 | 51 | 4 | 99 | 16.5 |
| 32 | Eastern Michigan | 6 | 25 | 61 | 14 | 100 | 16.7 |
| 32 | SMU | 6 | 45 | 44 | 11 | 100 | 16.7 |
| 32 | Temple | 7 | 51 | 60 | 6 | 117 | 16.7 |
| 35 | Ohio | 6 | 51 | 47 | 4 | 102 | 17.0 |
| 35 | North Carolina | 7 | 34 | 75 | 10 | 119 | 17.0 |
| 37 | BYU | 7 | 45 | 62 | 13 | 120 | 17.1 |
| 38 | Louisville | 6 | 46 | 49 | 8 | 103 | 17.2 |
| 39 | Florida International | 6 | 38 | 55 | 11 | 104 | 17.3 |
| 39 | Missouri | 6 | 42 | 57 | 5 | 104 | 17.3 |
| 39 | South Florida | 7 | 35 | 73 | 13 | 121 | 17.3 |
| 39 | Connecticut | 7 | 37 | 77 | 7 | 121 | 17.3 |
| 39 | North Carolina State | 7 | 48 | 65 | 8 | 121 | 17.3 |
| 44 | Rice | 5 | 36 | 47 | 4 | 87 | 17.4 |
| 44 | Stanford | 7 | 37 | 68 | 17 | 122 | 17.4 |
| 44 | San Diego State | 7 | 48 | 64 | 10 | 122 | 17.4 |
| 47 | Tennessee | 8 | 68 | 60 | 12 | 140 | 17.5 |
| 48 | Western Kentucky | 6 | 35 | 66 | 5 | 106 | 17.7 |
| 49 | Utah | 6 | 32 | 60 | 16 | 108 | 18.0 |
| 49 | Georgia Tech | 7 | 54 | 64 | 8 | 126 | 18.0 |
| 51 | Kentucky | 7 | 62 | 58 | 7 | 127 | 18.1 |
| 52 | Mississippi State | 6 | 55 | 48 | 7 | 110 | 18.3 |
| 52 | Clemson | 7 | 49 | 68 | 11 | 128 | 18.3 |
| 52 | Nebraska | 7 | 64 | 52 | 12 | 128 | 18.3 |
| 52 | Duke | 7 | 65 | 60 | 3 | 128 | 18.3 |
| 52 | Miami (Florida) | 7 | 67 | 55 | 6 | 128 | 18.3 |
| 57 | Hawai'i | 7 | 48 | 74 | 7 | 129 | 18.4 |
| 58 | Northwestern | 6 | 60 | 46 | 5 | 111 | 18.5 |
| 59 | Washington State | 6 | 31 | 70 | 11 | 112 | 18.7 |
| 59 | East Carolina | 6 | 52 | 52 | 8 | 112 | 18.7 |
| 61 | Northern Illinois | 6 | 60 | 41 | 12 | 113 | 18.8 |
| 62 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 5 | 29 | 59 | 7 | 95 | 19.0 |
| 62 | San Jose State | 5 | 48 | 43 | 4 | 95 | 19.0 |
| 62 | Utah State | 6 | 37 | 64 | 13 | 114 | 19.0 |
| 65 | Wake Forest | 7 | 63 | 58 | 13 | 134 | 19.1 |
| 66 | Boston College | 6 | 40 | 70 | 6 | 116 | 19.3 |
| 66 | Idaho | 6 | 42 | 64 | 10 | 116 | 19.3 |
| 68 | Purdue | 7 | 56 | 71 | 9 | 136 | 19.4 |
| 69 | Fresno State | 6 | 44 | 63 | 10 | 117 | 19.5 |
| 69 | Oklahoma | 6 | 46 | 66 | 5 | 117 | 19.5 |
| 69 | Bowling Green | 6 | 66 | 43 | 8 | 117 | 19.5 |
| 72 | Miami (Ohio) | 6 | 47 | 61 | 10 | 118 | 19.7 |
| 73 | Louisiana Tech | 5 | 30 | 65 | 4 | 99 | 19.8 |
| 73 | UNLV | 5 | 42 | 49 | 8 | 99 | 19.8 |
| 75 | Wyoming | 6 | 66 | 47 | 7 | 120 | 20.0 |
| 75 | Kansas State | 7 | 60 | 73 | 7 | 140 | 20.0 |
| 75 | Houston | 7 | 65 | 71 | 4 | 140 | 20.0 |
| 75 | Air Force | 7 | 85 | 48 | 7 | 140 | 20.0 |
| 79 | Western Michigan | 5 | 47 | 45 | 9 | 101 | 20.2 |
| 80 | Texas A&M | 7 | 54 | 80 | 9 | 143 | 20.4 |
| 81 | Arizona | 6 | 42 | 63 | 19 | 124 | 20.7 |
| 81 | North Texas | 6 | 50 | 70 | 4 | 124 | 20.7 |
| 83 | Marshall | 5 | 37 | 65 | 3 | 105 | 21.0 |
| 83 | Troy | 5 | 42 | 58 | 5 | 105 | 21.0 |
| 83 | UCLA | 6 | 56 | 59 | 11 | 126 | 21.0 |
| 83 | Akron | 6 | 62 | 59 | 5 | 126 | 21.0 |
| 83 | Mississippi | 7 | 71 | 66 | 10 | 147 | 21.0 |
| 83 | Minnesota | 7 | 74 | 65 | 8 | 147 | 21.0 |
| 89 | Pittsburgh | 8 | 62 | 93 | 14 | 169 | 21.1 |
| 90 | Tulane | 6 | 56 | 62 | 9 | 127 | 21.2 |
| 91 | Iowa State | 6 | 54 | 66 | 9 | 129 | 21.5 |
| 92 | Auburn | 7 | 76 | 65 | 10 | 151 | 21.6 |
| 93 | Tulsa | 6 | 39 | 79 | 12 | 130 | 21.7 |
| 93 | UTEP | 6 | 59 | 63 | 8 | 130 | 21.7 |
| 93 | Arizona State | 7 | 49 | 82 | 21 | 152 | 21.7 |
| 96 | Colorado State | 6 | 68 | 56 | 7 | 131 | 21.8 |
| 97 | Notre Dame | 6 | 54 | 63 | 15 | 132 | 22.0 |
| 97 | New Mexico State | 6 | 72 | 54 | 6 | 132 | 22.0 |
| 99 | Syracuse | 7 | 56 | 80 | 19 | 155 | 22.1 |
| 99 | Iowa | 7 | 60 | 87 | 8 | 155 | 22.1 |
| 101 | New Mexico | 6 | 78 | 51 | 5 | 134 | 22.3 |
| 101 | USC | 7 | 45 | 102 | 9 | 156 | 22.3 |
| 101 | Oregon | 8 | 66 | 95 | 17 | 178 | 22.3 |
| 104 | Central Michigan | 5 | 53 | 47 | 12 | 112 | 22.4 |
| 104 | Ball State | 5 | 64 | 45 | 3 | 112 | 22.4 |
| 106 | Washington | 6 | 36 | 90 | 10 | 136 | 22.7 |
| 106 | Baylor | 7 | 61 | 84 | 14 | 159 | 22.7 |
| 108 | Toledo | 6 | 42 | 81 | 14 | 137 | 22.8 |
| 109 | Florida Atlantic | 5 | 55 | 51 | 9 | 115 | 23.0 |
| 109 | Oregon State | 6 | 58 | 66 | 14 | 138 | 23.0 |
| 109 | Maryland | 7 | 78 | 72 | 11 | 161 | 23.0 |
| 112 | Middle Tennessee | 6 | 77 | 58 | 5 | 140 | 23.3 |
| 112 | Indiana | 6 | 82 | 53 | 5 | 140 | 23.3 |
| 114 | Texas Tech | 6 | 74 | 57 | 10 | 141 | 23.5 |
| 115 | Navy | 5 | 59 | 58 | 3 | 120 | 24.0 |
| 115 | Memphis | 6 | 44 | 90 | 10 | 144 | 24.0 |
| 117 | Oklahoma State | 6 | 50 | 92 | 9 | 151 | 25.2 |
| 118 | Kansas | 6 | 65 | 82 | 7 | 154 | 25.7 |
| 119 | Colorado | 5 | 49 | 65 | 15 | 129 | 25.8 |
| 120 | UAB | 5 | 57 | 65 | 10 | 132 | 26.4 |