2011 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games in November Only through 01/09/2012
| Name | G | Rush | Pass | Penalty | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alabama | 4 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 47 | 11.8 |
| 2 | Wisconsin | 4 | 26 | 22 | 6 | 54 | 13.5 |
| 3 | BYU | 2 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 28 | 14.0 |
| 3 | North Carolina State | 4 | 19 | 35 | 2 | 56 | 14.0 |
| 3 | LSU | 4 | 28 | 23 | 5 | 56 | 14.0 |
| 6 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 22 | 29 | 7 | 58 | 14.5 |
| 6 | Georgia | 4 | 25 | 29 | 4 | 58 | 14.5 |
| 8 | Michigan | 4 | 28 | 28 | 3 | 59 | 14.8 |
| 9 | Florida State | 4 | 21 | 33 | 7 | 61 | 15.3 |
| 9 | San Diego State | 4 | 26 | 30 | 5 | 61 | 15.3 |
| 9 | Florida | 4 | 31 | 25 | 5 | 61 | 15.3 |
| 9 | Tennessee | 4 | 32 | 27 | 2 | 61 | 15.3 |
| 9 | Rutgers | 4 | 36 | 20 | 5 | 61 | 15.3 |
| 14 | Pittsburgh | 3 | 16 | 31 | 1 | 48 | 16.0 |
| 14 | West Virginia | 3 | 19 | 27 | 2 | 48 | 16.0 |
| 14 | Virginia Tech | 3 | 21 | 22 | 5 | 48 | 16.0 |
| 17 | Arkansas State | 3 | 16 | 27 | 6 | 49 | 16.3 |
| 17 | Illinois | 3 | 30 | 17 | 2 | 49 | 16.3 |
| 19 | Kent State | 4 | 28 | 32 | 6 | 66 | 16.5 |
| 20 | Buffalo | 3 | 23 | 23 | 4 | 50 | 16.7 |
| 21 | Western Kentucky | 4 | 20 | 38 | 9 | 67 | 16.8 |
| 21 | Boston College | 4 | 21 | 41 | 5 | 67 | 16.8 |
| 21 | Houston | 4 | 22 | 39 | 6 | 67 | 16.8 |
| 21 | Rice | 4 | 24 | 42 | 1 | 67 | 16.8 |
| 21 | Miami (Florida) | 4 | 25 | 37 | 5 | 67 | 16.8 |
| 26 | South Carolina | 4 | 40 | 24 | 4 | 68 | 17.0 |
| 27 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 32 | 32 | 5 | 69 | 17.3 |
| 28 | Virginia | 4 | 21 | 41 | 8 | 70 | 17.5 |
| 29 | North Carolina | 3 | 23 | 24 | 7 | 54 | 18.0 |
| 29 | Army | 3 | 33 | 18 | 3 | 54 | 18.0 |
| 29 | East Carolina | 4 | 27 | 39 | 6 | 72 | 18.0 |
| 29 | Arkansas | 4 | 32 | 34 | 6 | 72 | 18.0 |
| 29 | Texas A&M | 4 | 37 | 27 | 8 | 72 | 18.0 |
| 34 | Nevada | 3 | 15 | 35 | 5 | 55 | 18.3 |
| 34 | South Florida | 4 | 21 | 48 | 4 | 73 | 18.3 |
| 34 | Miami (Ohio) | 4 | 30 | 40 | 3 | 73 | 18.3 |
| 34 | SMU | 4 | 34 | 35 | 4 | 73 | 18.3 |
| 34 | Mississippi | 4 | 40 | 28 | 5 | 73 | 18.3 |
| 39 | Boise State | 4 | 22 | 43 | 9 | 74 | 18.5 |
| 39 | Stanford | 4 | 24 | 39 | 11 | 74 | 18.5 |
| 41 | Connecticut | 3 | 17 | 35 | 4 | 56 | 18.7 |
| 42 | Michigan State | 4 | 21 | 45 | 9 | 75 | 18.8 |
| 43 | Northwestern | 4 | 41 | 32 | 3 | 76 | 19.0 |
| 44 | California | 4 | 25 | 42 | 10 | 77 | 19.3 |
| 44 | Texas | 4 | 25 | 43 | 9 | 77 | 19.3 |
| 44 | Air Force | 4 | 55 | 19 | 3 | 77 | 19.3 |
| 47 | Notre Dame | 4 | 26 | 46 | 6 | 78 | 19.5 |
| 47 | Kentucky | 4 | 39 | 32 | 7 | 78 | 19.5 |
| 49 | Georgia Tech | 3 | 25 | 30 | 4 | 59 | 19.7 |
| 50 | USC | 4 | 27 | 50 | 2 | 79 | 19.8 |
| 50 | Washington State | 4 | 29 | 44 | 6 | 79 | 19.8 |
| 52 | TCU | 3 | 16 | 35 | 9 | 60 | 20.0 |
| 52 | Mississippi State | 4 | 40 | 36 | 4 | 80 | 20.0 |
| 54 | Louisiana-Monroe | 3 | 20 | 39 | 2 | 61 | 20.3 |
| 54 | Oregon | 4 | 23 | 50 | 8 | 81 | 20.3 |
| 54 | Louisville | 4 | 29 | 50 | 2 | 81 | 20.3 |
| 54 | Missouri | 4 | 36 | 42 | 3 | 81 | 20.3 |
| 54 | Ohio State | 4 | 41 | 35 | 5 | 81 | 20.3 |
| 59 | Washington | 4 | 31 | 44 | 7 | 82 | 20.5 |
| 59 | Minnesota | 4 | 39 | 38 | 5 | 82 | 20.5 |
| 59 | San Jose State | 4 | 45 | 33 | 4 | 82 | 20.5 |
| 62 | Utah | 4 | 24 | 46 | 13 | 83 | 20.8 |
| 62 | Southern Mississippi | 4 | 24 | 55 | 4 | 83 | 20.8 |
| 62 | Cincinnati | 4 | 32 | 47 | 4 | 83 | 20.8 |
| 62 | Northern Illinois | 4 | 34 | 44 | 5 | 83 | 20.8 |
| 66 | Kansas State | 3 | 24 | 39 | 0 | 63 | 21.0 |
| 66 | Clemson | 3 | 30 | 28 | 5 | 63 | 21.0 |
| 66 | Syracuse | 3 | 31 | 24 | 8 | 63 | 21.0 |
| 66 | Penn State | 3 | 33 | 27 | 3 | 63 | 21.0 |
| 66 | New Mexico | 3 | 34 | 27 | 2 | 63 | 21.0 |
| 66 | Louisiana Tech | 4 | 44 | 38 | 2 | 84 | 21.0 |
| 72 | UCLA | 4 | 40 | 37 | 8 | 85 | 21.3 |
| 72 | Wyoming | 4 | 46 | 37 | 2 | 85 | 21.3 |
| 74 | North Texas | 2 | 18 | 24 | 1 | 43 | 21.5 |
| 74 | Tulsa | 4 | 28 | 54 | 4 | 86 | 21.5 |
| 74 | Iowa | 4 | 38 | 41 | 7 | 86 | 21.5 |
| 74 | Temple | 4 | 39 | 42 | 5 | 86 | 21.5 |
| 78 | Fresno State | 4 | 24 | 58 | 5 | 87 | 21.8 |
| 78 | UCF | 4 | 36 | 45 | 6 | 87 | 21.8 |
| 78 | Purdue | 4 | 43 | 36 | 8 | 87 | 21.8 |
| 78 | UNLV | 4 | 46 | 36 | 5 | 87 | 21.8 |
| 82 | Iowa State | 3 | 23 | 40 | 3 | 66 | 22.0 |
| 82 | Indiana | 3 | 39 | 24 | 3 | 66 | 22.0 |
| 82 | Ohio | 4 | 31 | 53 | 4 | 88 | 22.0 |
| 82 | Nebraska | 4 | 46 | 31 | 11 | 88 | 22.0 |
| 82 | Kansas | 4 | 47 | 37 | 4 | 88 | 22.0 |
| 87 | Navy | 3 | 23 | 44 | 0 | 67 | 22.3 |
| 87 | Hawai'i | 4 | 41 | 44 | 4 | 89 | 22.3 |
| 87 | Akron | 4 | 47 | 38 | 4 | 89 | 22.3 |
| 90 | Idaho | 3 | 26 | 36 | 6 | 68 | 22.7 |
| 90 | Auburn | 3 | 40 | 25 | 3 | 68 | 22.7 |
| 90 | Colorado State | 3 | 42 | 21 | 5 | 68 | 22.7 |
| 93 | Florida International | 4 | 30 | 45 | 16 | 91 | 22.8 |
| 93 | UTEP | 4 | 43 | 47 | 1 | 91 | 22.8 |
| 93 | Middle Tennessee | 4 | 45 | 42 | 4 | 91 | 22.8 |
| 93 | Duke | 4 | 49 | 38 | 4 | 91 | 22.8 |
| 93 | Troy | 4 | 51 | 35 | 5 | 91 | 22.8 |
| 98 | Oklahoma | 3 | 25 | 39 | 5 | 69 | 23.0 |
| 99 | Central Michigan | 3 | 29 | 36 | 5 | 70 | 23.3 |
| 99 | Arizona State | 4 | 34 | 49 | 10 | 93 | 23.3 |
| 99 | Colorado | 4 | 35 | 52 | 6 | 93 | 23.3 |
| 99 | Florida Atlantic | 4 | 38 | 44 | 11 | 93 | 23.3 |
| 99 | Wake Forest | 4 | 49 | 39 | 5 | 93 | 23.3 |
| 104 | Tulane | 4 | 32 | 55 | 7 | 94 | 23.5 |
| 105 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 3 | 24 | 40 | 7 | 71 | 23.7 |
| 105 | Memphis | 3 | 34 | 34 | 3 | 71 | 23.7 |
| 107 | Arizona | 4 | 29 | 54 | 12 | 95 | 23.8 |
| 108 | Marshall | 3 | 21 | 50 | 3 | 74 | 24.7 |
| 108 | Bowling Green | 3 | 41 | 28 | 5 | 74 | 24.7 |
| 110 | New Mexico State | 4 | 43 | 50 | 7 | 100 | 25.0 |
| 111 | Oklahoma State | 3 | 30 | 41 | 5 | 76 | 25.3 |
| 111 | Utah State | 4 | 30 | 58 | 13 | 101 | 25.3 |
| 113 | Toledo | 4 | 29 | 61 | 14 | 104 | 26.0 |
| 113 | Maryland | 4 | 46 | 53 | 5 | 104 | 26.0 |
| 115 | UAB | 4 | 48 | 52 | 6 | 106 | 26.5 |
| 116 | Western Michigan | 3 | 35 | 38 | 7 | 80 | 26.7 |
| 117 | Baylor | 4 | 43 | 61 | 8 | 112 | 28.0 |
| 118 | Oregon State | 4 | 59 | 46 | 10 | 115 | 28.8 |
| 119 | Texas Tech | 4 | 69 | 40 | 12 | 121 | 30.3 |
| 120 | Ball State | 3 | 51 | 43 | 5 | 99 | 33.0 |