2011 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games vs. FBS Teams With Winning Record Only through 01/09/2012
| Name | G | Rush | Pass | Penalty | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alabama | 7 | 32 | 36 | 9 | 77 | 11.0 |
| 2 | Georgia | 8 | 52 | 63 | 5 | 120 | 15.0 |
| 3 | Illinois | 6 | 35 | 51 | 5 | 91 | 15.2 |
| 4 | Rutgers | 5 | 30 | 45 | 4 | 79 | 15.8 |
| 5 | BYU | 5 | 36 | 36 | 9 | 81 | 16.2 |
| 6 | Virginia Tech | 8 | 48 | 68 | 14 | 130 | 16.3 |
| 7 | Florida | 6 | 57 | 32 | 11 | 100 | 16.7 |
| 8 | LSU | 10 | 55 | 98 | 16 | 169 | 16.9 |
| 9 | Cincinnati | 4 | 20 | 44 | 4 | 68 | 17.0 |
| 10 | Temple | 4 | 33 | 33 | 3 | 69 | 17.3 |
| 10 | Florida State | 6 | 35 | 55 | 14 | 104 | 17.3 |
| 12 | Wisconsin | 8 | 61 | 73 | 5 | 139 | 17.4 |
| 13 | West Virginia | 6 | 41 | 57 | 7 | 105 | 17.5 |
| 13 | UCF | 6 | 43 | 54 | 8 | 105 | 17.5 |
| 13 | Boise State | 8 | 51 | 73 | 16 | 140 | 17.5 |
| 16 | Louisville | 7 | 44 | 69 | 10 | 123 | 17.6 |
| 17 | Michigan | 9 | 67 | 84 | 9 | 160 | 17.8 |
| 18 | Pittsburgh | 8 | 45 | 88 | 11 | 144 | 18.0 |
| 19 | North Carolina State | 7 | 53 | 66 | 8 | 127 | 18.1 |
| 19 | Texas | 8 | 42 | 88 | 15 | 145 | 18.1 |
| 21 | Georgia Tech | 7 | 59 | 65 | 4 | 128 | 18.3 |
| 21 | Ohio State | 9 | 69 | 83 | 13 | 165 | 18.3 |
| 23 | South Carolina | 7 | 61 | 59 | 9 | 129 | 18.4 |
| 24 | Kent State | 6 | 53 | 47 | 11 | 111 | 18.5 |
| 25 | Michigan State | 7 | 44 | 62 | 24 | 130 | 18.6 |
| 26 | Buffalo | 3 | 32 | 22 | 2 | 56 | 18.7 |
| 26 | Arkansas State | 6 | 46 | 57 | 9 | 112 | 18.7 |
| 26 | California | 6 | 51 | 46 | 15 | 112 | 18.7 |
| 26 | Virginia | 7 | 67 | 55 | 9 | 131 | 18.7 |
| 30 | Ohio | 5 | 49 | 37 | 8 | 94 | 18.8 |
| 30 | Southern Mississippi | 6 | 40 | 67 | 6 | 113 | 18.8 |
| 32 | Penn State | 8 | 59 | 85 | 8 | 152 | 19.0 |
| 33 | Army | 5 | 55 | 34 | 7 | 96 | 19.2 |
| 33 | Miami (Florida) | 6 | 56 | 55 | 4 | 115 | 19.2 |
| 35 | Western Kentucky | 4 | 22 | 51 | 4 | 77 | 19.3 |
| 35 | Kentucky | 7 | 78 | 53 | 4 | 135 | 19.3 |
| 37 | Nebraska | 8 | 71 | 65 | 20 | 156 | 19.5 |
| 38 | Florida International | 5 | 39 | 51 | 8 | 98 | 19.6 |
| 39 | Miami (Ohio) | 6 | 54 | 57 | 7 | 118 | 19.7 |
| 40 | Tennessee | 7 | 65 | 60 | 14 | 139 | 19.9 |
| 40 | Arkansas | 7 | 69 | 60 | 10 | 139 | 19.9 |
| 42 | Nevada | 5 | 40 | 50 | 10 | 100 | 20.0 |
| 43 | South Florida | 5 | 25 | 66 | 10 | 101 | 20.2 |
| 43 | Stanford | 6 | 36 | 69 | 16 | 121 | 20.2 |
| 45 | USC | 6 | 40 | 78 | 4 | 122 | 20.3 |
| 45 | East Carolina | 6 | 56 | 60 | 6 | 122 | 20.3 |
| 47 | Connecticut | 5 | 27 | 67 | 8 | 102 | 20.4 |
| 47 | Boston College | 5 | 38 | 58 | 6 | 102 | 20.4 |
| 47 | Eastern Michigan | 5 | 41 | 53 | 8 | 102 | 20.4 |
| 47 | Louisiana-Monroe | 7 | 52 | 81 | 10 | 143 | 20.4 |
| 51 | Iowa | 6 | 55 | 59 | 9 | 123 | 20.5 |
| 51 | Houston | 6 | 58 | 59 | 6 | 123 | 20.5 |
| 51 | TCU | 8 | 54 | 93 | 17 | 164 | 20.5 |
| 54 | Mississippi | 8 | 85 | 70 | 10 | 165 | 20.6 |
| 55 | Washington State | 6 | 52 | 66 | 6 | 124 | 20.7 |
| 56 | Louisiana Tech | 6 | 61 | 54 | 10 | 125 | 20.8 |
| 56 | Clemson | 9 | 85 | 87 | 15 | 187 | 20.8 |
| 58 | Northwestern | 7 | 52 | 84 | 10 | 146 | 20.9 |
| 58 | Fresno State | 7 | 56 | 77 | 13 | 146 | 20.9 |
| 58 | Wake Forest | 7 | 59 | 78 | 9 | 146 | 20.9 |
| 61 | Utah | 5 | 37 | 62 | 6 | 105 | 21.0 |
| 62 | Navy | 7 | 74 | 69 | 5 | 148 | 21.1 |
| 63 | Oklahoma | 9 | 73 | 100 | 18 | 191 | 21.2 |
| 64 | Syracuse | 6 | 49 | 66 | 13 | 128 | 21.3 |
| 64 | Mississippi State | 7 | 65 | 73 | 11 | 149 | 21.3 |
| 64 | UCLA | 8 | 86 | 76 | 8 | 170 | 21.3 |
| 67 | Kansas State | 7 | 58 | 89 | 3 | 150 | 21.4 |
| 68 | Notre Dame | 7 | 59 | 81 | 11 | 151 | 21.6 |
| 68 | Marshall | 8 | 61 | 103 | 9 | 173 | 21.6 |
| 70 | Utah State | 6 | 53 | 67 | 10 | 130 | 21.7 |
| 71 | Vanderbilt | 6 | 51 | 68 | 12 | 131 | 21.8 |
| 71 | North Carolina | 8 | 76 | 83 | 15 | 174 | 21.8 |
| 73 | UTEP | 4 | 39 | 46 | 4 | 89 | 22.3 |
| 73 | Air Force | 6 | 60 | 70 | 4 | 134 | 22.3 |
| 73 | Indiana | 7 | 91 | 61 | 4 | 156 | 22.3 |
| 76 | Arizona State | 7 | 63 | 73 | 21 | 157 | 22.4 |
| 76 | UNLV | 7 | 85 | 63 | 9 | 157 | 22.4 |
| 78 | Colorado State | 6 | 83 | 46 | 6 | 135 | 22.5 |
| 79 | Oregon | 7 | 63 | 81 | 14 | 158 | 22.6 |
| 80 | Duke | 7 | 83 | 70 | 6 | 159 | 22.7 |
| 81 | San Jose State | 5 | 62 | 46 | 6 | 114 | 22.8 |
| 82 | Texas A&M | 8 | 67 | 101 | 15 | 183 | 22.9 |
| 83 | Florida Atlantic | 7 | 74 | 69 | 18 | 161 | 23.0 |
| 84 | Minnesota | 8 | 102 | 72 | 11 | 185 | 23.1 |
| 84 | Auburn | 10 | 106 | 109 | 16 | 231 | 23.1 |
| 86 | Troy | 6 | 58 | 71 | 10 | 139 | 23.2 |
| 86 | San Diego State | 6 | 64 | 66 | 9 | 139 | 23.2 |
| 88 | Rice | 8 | 88 | 88 | 10 | 186 | 23.3 |
| 89 | Tulsa | 7 | 52 | 105 | 7 | 164 | 23.4 |
| 89 | Washington | 7 | 81 | 72 | 11 | 164 | 23.4 |
| 91 | Middle Tennessee | 6 | 84 | 52 | 5 | 141 | 23.5 |
| 92 | Bowling Green | 7 | 88 | 70 | 8 | 166 | 23.7 |
| 93 | Memphis | 5 | 50 | 65 | 4 | 119 | 23.8 |
| 94 | North Texas | 7 | 62 | 95 | 10 | 167 | 23.9 |
| 94 | Wyoming | 7 | 98 | 59 | 10 | 167 | 23.9 |
| 96 | Tulane | 3 | 23 | 44 | 5 | 72 | 24.0 |
| 96 | Arizona | 7 | 58 | 92 | 18 | 168 | 24.0 |
| 98 | Missouri | 7 | 58 | 102 | 10 | 170 | 24.3 |
| 99 | Hawai'i | 5 | 45 | 70 | 7 | 122 | 24.4 |
| 100 | SMU | 5 | 48 | 70 | 5 | 123 | 24.6 |
| 101 | Oregon State | 7 | 91 | 68 | 14 | 173 | 24.7 |
| 102 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 5 | 46 | 68 | 10 | 124 | 24.8 |
| 102 | Iowa State | 9 | 110 | 104 | 9 | 223 | 24.8 |
| 104 | Colorado | 6 | 67 | 72 | 13 | 152 | 25.3 |
| 105 | Maryland | 8 | 93 | 97 | 13 | 203 | 25.4 |
| 106 | Central Michigan | 6 | 59 | 80 | 14 | 153 | 25.5 |
| 107 | Toledo | 5 | 47 | 67 | 14 | 128 | 25.6 |
| 107 | Akron | 5 | 61 | 61 | 6 | 128 | 25.6 |
| 107 | Western Michigan | 5 | 73 | 45 | 10 | 128 | 25.6 |
| 110 | Kansas | 9 | 120 | 100 | 11 | 231 | 25.7 |
| 111 | Northern Illinois | 5 | 50 | 70 | 9 | 129 | 25.8 |
| 112 | Purdue | 7 | 78 | 89 | 16 | 183 | 26.1 |
| 112 | Oklahoma State | 9 | 105 | 117 | 13 | 235 | 26.1 |
| 114 | New Mexico State | 6 | 84 | 65 | 8 | 157 | 26.2 |
| 115 | Texas Tech | 8 | 111 | 82 | 17 | 210 | 26.3 |
| 116 | Baylor | 8 | 88 | 111 | 17 | 216 | 27.0 |
| 117 | New Mexico | 7 | 99 | 85 | 6 | 190 | 27.1 |
| 118 | UAB | 6 | 74 | 80 | 10 | 164 | 27.3 |
| 119 | Idaho | 6 | 73 | 79 | 13 | 165 | 27.5 |
| 120 | Ball State | 6 | 76 | 85 | 8 | 169 | 28.2 |