2011 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games vs. BCS Automatic Qualifying Teams through 01/09/2012
| Name | G | Rush | Pass | Penalty | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UCF | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 2 | Alabama | 10 | 39 | 51 | 10 | 100 | 10.0 |
| 3 | Georgia | 11 | 65 | 76 | 10 | 151 | 13.7 |
| 4 | South Carolina | 10 | 73 | 67 | 10 | 150 | 15.0 |
| 5 | LSU | 12 | 69 | 103 | 19 | 191 | 15.9 |
| 6 | Temple | 2 | 10 | 21 | 1 | 32 | 16.0 |
| 6 | Rutgers | 9 | 65 | 67 | 12 | 144 | 16.0 |
| 8 | Wisconsin | 11 | 86 | 88 | 9 | 183 | 16.6 |
| 9 | Illinois | 10 | 83 | 70 | 14 | 167 | 16.7 |
| 10 | Utah State | 1 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 10 | Western Kentucky | 2 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 34 | 17.0 |
| 10 | BYU | 4 | 25 | 36 | 7 | 68 | 17.0 |
| 13 | Virginia Tech | 10 | 70 | 87 | 15 | 172 | 17.2 |
| 14 | Miami (Ohio) | 3 | 33 | 17 | 2 | 52 | 17.3 |
| 14 | Florida State | 11 | 64 | 103 | 23 | 190 | 17.3 |
| 16 | North Carolina State | 10 | 73 | 93 | 8 | 174 | 17.4 |
| 17 | Boise State | 2 | 5 | 26 | 4 | 35 | 17.5 |
| 17 | Toledo | 2 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 35 | 17.5 |
| 17 | Michigan | 10 | 71 | 90 | 14 | 175 | 17.5 |
| 20 | Fresno State | 3 | 23 | 23 | 7 | 53 | 17.7 |
| 20 | Florida | 10 | 84 | 70 | 23 | 177 | 17.7 |
| 22 | Michigan State | 11 | 66 | 100 | 31 | 197 | 17.9 |
| 22 | Ohio State | 11 | 86 | 98 | 13 | 197 | 17.9 |
| 24 | Marshall | 3 | 20 | 31 | 3 | 54 | 18.0 |
| 25 | Louisville | 10 | 63 | 104 | 14 | 181 | 18.1 |
| 25 | Stanford | 12 | 60 | 135 | 22 | 217 | 18.1 |
| 27 | Connecticut | 9 | 55 | 102 | 7 | 164 | 18.2 |
| 27 | Texas | 11 | 59 | 119 | 22 | 200 | 18.2 |
| 27 | Georgia Tech | 11 | 91 | 100 | 9 | 200 | 18.2 |
| 30 | East Carolina | 3 | 34 | 21 | 0 | 55 | 18.3 |
| 30 | Vanderbilt | 11 | 86 | 100 | 15 | 201 | 18.3 |
| 32 | Tennessee | 9 | 82 | 69 | 15 | 166 | 18.4 |
| 33 | Hawai'i | 2 | 11 | 24 | 2 | 37 | 18.5 |
| 33 | SMU | 2 | 13 | 22 | 2 | 37 | 18.5 |
| 33 | San Diego State | 2 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 37 | 18.5 |
| 36 | Virginia | 10 | 81 | 90 | 15 | 186 | 18.6 |
| 37 | Penn State | 9 | 74 | 85 | 9 | 168 | 18.7 |
| 38 | Army | 3 | 32 | 22 | 3 | 57 | 19.0 |
| 38 | Nebraska | 10 | 97 | 72 | 21 | 190 | 19.0 |
| 40 | California | 11 | 90 | 98 | 24 | 212 | 19.3 |
| 40 | Miami (Florida) | 11 | 98 | 105 | 9 | 212 | 19.3 |
| 42 | Pittsburgh | 10 | 71 | 107 | 16 | 194 | 19.4 |
| 42 | Notre Dame | 11 | 73 | 119 | 21 | 213 | 19.4 |
| 44 | Louisiana Tech | 2 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 39 | 19.5 |
| 45 | Mississippi State | 9 | 82 | 84 | 12 | 178 | 19.8 |
| 45 | Arkansas | 10 | 94 | 91 | 13 | 198 | 19.8 |
| 47 | Boston College | 10 | 74 | 114 | 11 | 199 | 19.9 |
| 47 | Utah | 11 | 75 | 119 | 25 | 219 | 19.9 |
| 49 | Houston | 2 | 22 | 16 | 2 | 40 | 20.0 |
| 50 | Cincinnati | 10 | 65 | 122 | 14 | 201 | 20.1 |
| 51 | North Carolina | 11 | 91 | 113 | 18 | 222 | 20.2 |
| 52 | Buffalo | 3 | 24 | 36 | 1 | 61 | 20.3 |
| 52 | Western Michigan | 4 | 38 | 34 | 9 | 81 | 20.3 |
| 54 | Washington State | 9 | 69 | 100 | 15 | 184 | 20.4 |
| 54 | Kentucky | 9 | 100 | 74 | 10 | 184 | 20.4 |
| 56 | West Virginia | 10 | 77 | 111 | 17 | 205 | 20.5 |
| 56 | Oklahoma | 11 | 86 | 120 | 19 | 225 | 20.5 |
| 58 | Duke | 9 | 91 | 85 | 9 | 185 | 20.6 |
| 59 | Central Michigan | 3 | 29 | 27 | 6 | 62 | 20.7 |
| 59 | Clemson | 12 | 114 | 113 | 21 | 248 | 20.7 |
| 61 | Florida International | 2 | 11 | 28 | 3 | 42 | 21.0 |
| 61 | Troy | 2 | 16 | 23 | 3 | 42 | 21.0 |
| 61 | Wake Forest | 12 | 116 | 116 | 20 | 252 | 21.0 |
| 64 | Mississippi | 8 | 95 | 62 | 12 | 169 | 21.1 |
| 65 | Syracuse | 9 | 72 | 97 | 23 | 192 | 21.3 |
| 66 | Iowa | 11 | 104 | 118 | 15 | 237 | 21.5 |
| 67 | South Florida | 9 | 62 | 116 | 16 | 194 | 21.6 |
| 67 | Northwestern | 10 | 90 | 116 | 10 | 216 | 21.6 |
| 67 | USC | 12 | 76 | 170 | 13 | 259 | 21.6 |
| 67 | Oregon | 12 | 90 | 142 | 27 | 259 | 21.6 |
| 71 | Arizona State | 11 | 80 | 129 | 32 | 241 | 21.9 |
| 72 | San Jose State | 2 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 44 | 22.0 |
| 73 | Purdue | 9 | 98 | 86 | 15 | 199 | 22.1 |
| 74 | Kansas State | 11 | 90 | 144 | 10 | 244 | 22.2 |
| 75 | UCLA | 12 | 123 | 125 | 19 | 267 | 22.3 |
| 76 | Auburn | 10 | 105 | 105 | 15 | 225 | 22.5 |
| 76 | Washington | 11 | 99 | 130 | 18 | 247 | 22.5 |
| 78 | Indiana | 9 | 120 | 74 | 9 | 203 | 22.6 |
| 78 | Missouri | 11 | 93 | 142 | 14 | 249 | 22.6 |
| 80 | Iowa State | 12 | 132 | 128 | 15 | 275 | 22.9 |
| 81 | Colorado State | 1 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 81 | North Texas | 2 | 15 | 28 | 3 | 46 | 23.0 |
| 81 | Eastern Michigan | 2 | 22 | 22 | 2 | 46 | 23.0 |
| 81 | Arkansas State | 2 | 24 | 20 | 2 | 46 | 23.0 |
| 85 | Minnesota | 9 | 111 | 84 | 13 | 208 | 23.1 |
| 86 | Oregon State | 10 | 108 | 99 | 25 | 232 | 23.2 |
| 87 | Navy | 3 | 35 | 34 | 1 | 70 | 23.3 |
| 88 | Texas A&M | 11 | 99 | 132 | 26 | 257 | 23.4 |
| 89 | Akron | 2 | 21 | 24 | 2 | 47 | 23.5 |
| 90 | Rice | 4 | 46 | 45 | 4 | 95 | 23.8 |
| 91 | Southern Mississippi | 1 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 91 | Memphis | 1 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 91 | Wyoming | 1 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 91 | Tulane | 2 | 18 | 25 | 5 | 48 | 24.0 |
| 91 | Kent State | 2 | 22 | 21 | 5 | 48 | 24.0 |
| 91 | Arizona | 10 | 80 | 135 | 25 | 240 | 24.0 |
| 97 | Florida Atlantic | 3 | 31 | 37 | 5 | 73 | 24.3 |
| 98 | Louisiana-Monroe | 2 | 17 | 27 | 5 | 49 | 24.5 |
| 98 | Nevada | 2 | 22 | 24 | 3 | 49 | 24.5 |
| 98 | Maryland | 10 | 119 | 112 | 14 | 245 | 24.5 |
| 101 | Colorado | 11 | 114 | 139 | 19 | 272 | 24.7 |
| 102 | Ohio | 1 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 102 | TCU | 1 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 102 | UTEP | 1 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 102 | Middle Tennessee | 3 | 46 | 28 | 1 | 75 | 25.0 |
| 106 | New Mexico State | 2 | 22 | 26 | 3 | 51 | 25.5 |
| 106 | UAB | 2 | 30 | 18 | 3 | 51 | 25.5 |
| 108 | Kansas | 10 | 138 | 107 | 12 | 257 | 25.7 |
| 108 | Oklahoma State | 11 | 106 | 165 | 12 | 283 | 25.7 |
| 110 | Baylor | 10 | 107 | 132 | 20 | 259 | 25.9 |
| 111 | UNLV | 2 | 22 | 27 | 3 | 52 | 26.0 |
| 111 | Texas Tech | 9 | 125 | 88 | 21 | 234 | 26.0 |
| 113 | Ball State | 3 | 30 | 48 | 1 | 79 | 26.3 |
| 114 | Air Force | 1 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 114 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 2 | 16 | 36 | 4 | 56 | 28.0 |
| 116 | Idaho | 2 | 19 | 35 | 4 | 58 | 29.0 |
| 117 | Bowling Green | 1 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 30 | 30.0 |
| 118 | Tulsa | 2 | 25 | 39 | 2 | 66 | 33.0 |
| 118 | Northern Illinois | 2 | 35 | 27 | 4 | 66 | 33.0 |
| 120 | New Mexico | 2 | 26 | 40 | 2 | 68 | 34.0 |