2011 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games vs. FBS Teams With Non-Winning Record Only through 01/09/2012
| Name | G | Rush | Pass | Penalty | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alabama | 5 | 12 | 26 | 2 | 40 | 8.0 |
| 2 | South Carolina | 5 | 32 | 24 | 1 | 57 | 11.4 |
| 3 | LSU | 3 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 37 | 12.3 |
| 3 | TCU | 4 | 20 | 23 | 6 | 49 | 12.3 |
| 5 | Tennessee | 4 | 27 | 22 | 1 | 50 | 12.5 |
| 6 | Michigan State | 6 | 25 | 44 | 7 | 76 | 12.7 |
| 7 | Ohio State | 4 | 24 | 28 | 1 | 53 | 13.3 |
| 8 | Boise State | 5 | 27 | 32 | 8 | 67 | 13.4 |
| 9 | Vanderbilt | 6 | 46 | 33 | 6 | 85 | 14.2 |
| 10 | Oklahoma | 4 | 25 | 31 | 3 | 59 | 14.8 |
| 10 | Georgia | 5 | 25 | 42 | 7 | 74 | 14.8 |
| 10 | Wisconsin | 5 | 37 | 31 | 6 | 74 | 14.8 |
| 13 | San Diego State | 6 | 49 | 36 | 7 | 92 | 15.3 |
| 14 | UCF | 5 | 26 | 46 | 5 | 77 | 15.4 |
| 14 | Stanford | 7 | 25 | 76 | 7 | 108 | 15.4 |
| 16 | Louisiana-Monroe | 4 | 21 | 39 | 4 | 64 | 16.0 |
| 16 | Michigan | 4 | 27 | 31 | 6 | 64 | 16.0 |
| 16 | North Carolina State | 4 | 27 | 36 | 1 | 64 | 16.0 |
| 16 | Virginia Tech | 5 | 31 | 41 | 8 | 80 | 16.0 |
| 16 | SMU | 7 | 41 | 59 | 12 | 112 | 16.0 |
| 16 | Rutgers | 7 | 57 | 45 | 10 | 112 | 16.0 |
| 22 | Florida State | 6 | 35 | 53 | 10 | 98 | 16.3 |
| 23 | BYU | 7 | 33 | 69 | 13 | 115 | 16.4 |
| 24 | Florida | 6 | 35 | 49 | 15 | 99 | 16.5 |
| 25 | Temple | 8 | 52 | 73 | 8 | 133 | 16.6 |
| 26 | Virginia | 5 | 22 | 53 | 9 | 84 | 16.8 |
| 27 | Texas | 5 | 29 | 44 | 12 | 85 | 17.0 |
| 28 | Kent State | 5 | 27 | 51 | 8 | 86 | 17.2 |
| 29 | Iowa State | 3 | 22 | 24 | 6 | 52 | 17.3 |
| 30 | Mississippi State | 5 | 41 | 43 | 3 | 87 | 17.4 |
| 31 | Duke | 4 | 25 | 39 | 6 | 70 | 17.5 |
| 31 | Rice | 4 | 26 | 42 | 2 | 70 | 17.5 |
| 31 | Penn State | 4 | 29 | 36 | 5 | 70 | 17.5 |
| 31 | Connecticut | 6 | 38 | 63 | 4 | 105 | 17.5 |
| 35 | Louisville | 5 | 29 | 52 | 7 | 88 | 17.6 |
| 36 | Miami (Ohio) | 6 | 52 | 47 | 7 | 106 | 17.7 |
| 37 | Nevada | 8 | 52 | 77 | 13 | 142 | 17.8 |
| 38 | Arkansas State | 6 | 34 | 56 | 18 | 108 | 18.0 |
| 38 | Illinois | 6 | 53 | 45 | 10 | 108 | 18.0 |
| 40 | Toledo | 7 | 41 | 74 | 12 | 127 | 18.1 |
| 41 | North Texas | 5 | 37 | 52 | 2 | 91 | 18.2 |
| 42 | Notre Dame | 6 | 42 | 54 | 14 | 110 | 18.3 |
| 43 | Bowling Green | 4 | 27 | 41 | 6 | 74 | 18.5 |
| 43 | California | 6 | 46 | 55 | 10 | 111 | 18.5 |
| 45 | Purdue | 5 | 40 | 44 | 9 | 93 | 18.6 |
| 45 | Georgia Tech | 5 | 46 | 42 | 5 | 93 | 18.6 |
| 45 | Florida International | 8 | 47 | 81 | 21 | 149 | 18.6 |
| 48 | Hawai'i | 7 | 54 | 69 | 8 | 131 | 18.7 |
| 49 | North Carolina | 4 | 20 | 51 | 4 | 75 | 18.8 |
| 49 | Washington State | 5 | 31 | 52 | 11 | 94 | 18.8 |
| 49 | Eastern Michigan | 5 | 32 | 54 | 8 | 94 | 18.8 |
| 49 | Buffalo | 8 | 60 | 83 | 7 | 150 | 18.8 |
| 53 | Nebraska | 4 | 44 | 29 | 3 | 76 | 19.0 |
| 53 | Louisiana Tech | 6 | 39 | 71 | 4 | 114 | 19.0 |
| 53 | Western Kentucky | 7 | 46 | 69 | 18 | 133 | 19.0 |
| 56 | Utah | 7 | 39 | 75 | 20 | 134 | 19.1 |
| 57 | Idaho | 5 | 26 | 64 | 6 | 96 | 19.2 |
| 57 | Arkansas | 5 | 35 | 56 | 5 | 96 | 19.2 |
| 57 | Central Michigan | 5 | 45 | 47 | 4 | 96 | 19.2 |
| 57 | Boston College | 6 | 47 | 63 | 5 | 115 | 19.2 |
| 57 | East Carolina | 6 | 56 | 48 | 11 | 115 | 19.2 |
| 62 | Tulane | 9 | 80 | 85 | 9 | 174 | 19.3 |
| 63 | Miami (Florida) | 5 | 42 | 50 | 5 | 97 | 19.4 |
| 63 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 7 | 40 | 84 | 12 | 136 | 19.4 |
| 63 | Southern Mississippi | 7 | 50 | 79 | 7 | 136 | 19.4 |
| 66 | Missouri | 5 | 42 | 49 | 7 | 98 | 19.6 |
| 67 | San Jose State | 7 | 60 | 69 | 9 | 138 | 19.7 |
| 68 | Clemson | 4 | 34 | 40 | 6 | 80 | 20.0 |
| 68 | Wyoming | 4 | 36 | 42 | 2 | 80 | 20.0 |
| 70 | Ohio | 8 | 49 | 100 | 13 | 162 | 20.3 |
| 71 | Marshall | 5 | 38 | 59 | 5 | 102 | 20.4 |
| 71 | Air Force | 5 | 74 | 22 | 6 | 102 | 20.4 |
| 73 | Auburn | 2 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 41 | 20.5 |
| 73 | West Virginia | 6 | 47 | 66 | 10 | 123 | 20.5 |
| 73 | Tulsa | 6 | 49 | 61 | 13 | 123 | 20.5 |
| 73 | Army | 6 | 70 | 47 | 6 | 123 | 20.5 |
| 73 | Cincinnati | 8 | 56 | 97 | 11 | 164 | 20.5 |
| 78 | Washington | 5 | 22 | 73 | 8 | 103 | 20.6 |
| 79 | South Florida | 6 | 49 | 67 | 8 | 124 | 20.7 |
| 79 | Akron | 6 | 65 | 53 | 6 | 124 | 20.7 |
| 79 | Houston | 7 | 69 | 67 | 9 | 145 | 20.7 |
| 82 | Kentucky | 4 | 35 | 40 | 8 | 83 | 20.8 |
| 82 | Fresno State | 5 | 31 | 64 | 9 | 104 | 20.8 |
| 82 | Texas A&M | 5 | 39 | 52 | 13 | 104 | 20.8 |
| 85 | Maryland | 3 | 38 | 22 | 3 | 63 | 21.0 |
| 85 | Oregon State | 4 | 29 | 41 | 14 | 84 | 21.0 |
| 85 | Florida Atlantic | 5 | 46 | 53 | 6 | 105 | 21.0 |
| 85 | UTEP | 7 | 67 | 73 | 7 | 147 | 21.0 |
| 89 | Northern Illinois | 8 | 77 | 79 | 13 | 169 | 21.1 |
| 90 | Syracuse | 5 | 39 | 56 | 11 | 106 | 21.2 |
| 90 | Wake Forest | 5 | 57 | 38 | 11 | 106 | 21.2 |
| 90 | Oregon | 6 | 41 | 73 | 13 | 127 | 21.2 |
| 93 | Mississippi | 3 | 29 | 28 | 7 | 64 | 21.3 |
| 93 | Middle Tennessee | 6 | 60 | 60 | 8 | 128 | 21.3 |
| 95 | Kansas State | 5 | 39 | 58 | 10 | 107 | 21.4 |
| 95 | Colorado State | 5 | 51 | 46 | 10 | 107 | 21.4 |
| 95 | Northwestern | 5 | 70 | 36 | 1 | 107 | 21.4 |
| 98 | Minnesota | 3 | 19 | 41 | 5 | 65 | 21.7 |
| 98 | Texas Tech | 3 | 34 | 25 | 6 | 65 | 21.7 |
| 100 | Western Michigan | 7 | 59 | 81 | 13 | 153 | 21.9 |
| 101 | Troy | 6 | 63 | 62 | 7 | 132 | 22.0 |
| 102 | Colorado | 7 | 60 | 83 | 12 | 155 | 22.1 |
| 103 | Arizona State | 5 | 27 | 72 | 12 | 111 | 22.2 |
| 104 | New Mexico | 4 | 42 | 45 | 2 | 89 | 22.3 |
| 104 | New Mexico State | 7 | 63 | 77 | 16 | 156 | 22.3 |
| 106 | Indiana | 4 | 51 | 33 | 6 | 90 | 22.5 |
| 107 | Pittsburgh | 4 | 35 | 48 | 8 | 91 | 22.8 |
| 107 | USC | 6 | 36 | 92 | 9 | 137 | 22.8 |
| 107 | Iowa | 6 | 53 | 78 | 6 | 137 | 22.8 |
| 110 | Arizona | 4 | 26 | 57 | 9 | 92 | 23.0 |
| 110 | Baylor | 4 | 35 | 46 | 11 | 92 | 23.0 |
| 112 | UNLV | 4 | 32 | 54 | 7 | 93 | 23.3 |
| 113 | Oklahoma State | 4 | 28 | 63 | 3 | 94 | 23.5 |
| 113 | Utah State | 6 | 47 | 72 | 22 | 141 | 23.5 |
| 115 | UCLA | 6 | 52 | 75 | 15 | 142 | 23.7 |
| 115 | Ball State | 6 | 71 | 67 | 4 | 142 | 23.7 |
| 117 | Memphis | 6 | 53 | 85 | 8 | 146 | 24.3 |
| 118 | UAB | 6 | 61 | 79 | 7 | 147 | 24.5 |
| 119 | Navy | 4 | 42 | 57 | 0 | 99 | 24.8 |
| 120 | Kansas | 2 | 26 | 24 | 3 | 53 | 26.5 |