2014 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games vs. FBS Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 01/12/2015

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Middle Tennessee 1 14 3 1 18 18.0
2 San Jose State 2 36 7 2 45 22.5
2 New Mexico 1 18 7 0 25 25.0
4 Miami (Ohio) 1 15 8 0 23 23.0
4 Ohio 1 15 8 1 24 24.0
4 New Mexico State 1 20 8 1 29 29.0
7 Appalachian State 1 12 10 2 24 24.0
8 Florida International 2 23 12 2 37 18.5
8 Texas State 1 7 12 2 21 21.0
8 Houston 1 12 12 4 28 28.0
11 Navy 2 28 14 1 43 21.5
11 Tulsa 1 9 14 3 26 26.0
13 Rice 1 8 15 0 23 23.0
14 Temple 2 15 16 1 32 16.0
14 North Texas 2 22 16 2 40 20.0
14 South Alabama 2 26 16 2 44 22.0
17 Ball State 1 9 17 1 27 27.0
17 Buffalo 1 10 17 0 27 27.0
17 UNLV 1 13 17 2 32 32.0
20 UTEP 2 16 18 2 36 18.0
20 Georgia State 2 20 18 1 39 19.5
20 Tulane 3 43 18 6 67 22.3
20 UAB 2 32 18 0 50 25.0
20 Louisiana-Lafayette 1 9 18 0 27 27.0
25 Western Michigan 2 24 19 5 48 24.0
25 Western Kentucky 1 6 19 3 28 28.0
25 Bowling Green 2 37 19 3 59 29.5
28 UTSA 2 19 20 7 46 23.0
28 Eastern Michigan 2 27 20 4 51 25.5
30 Arkansas State 2 17 21 5 43 21.5
30 Georgia Southern 2 29 21 4 54 27.0
32 Wyoming 2 33 22 2 57 28.5
33 Louisiana-Monroe 4 32 23 3 58 14.5
33 San Diego State 2 16 23 6 45 22.5
33 Troy 2 23 23 2 48 24.0
36 Army 2 17 24 1 42 21.0
37 Utah State 2 9 26 5 40 20.0
37 Northern Illinois 2 15 26 4 45 22.5
37 Old Dominion 2 31 26 4 61 30.5
40 Central Michigan 3 30 28 1 59 19.7
40 Kent State 2 27 28 5 60 30.0
40 Florida Atlantic 2 34 28 0 62 31.0
43 Akron 2 15 29 5 49 24.5
43 Memphis 2 20 29 7 56 28.0
45 Hawai'i 3 23 30 8 61 20.3
45 Boise State 2 17 30 4 51 25.5
47 Cincinnati 3 46 31 6 83 27.7
48 South Florida 3 37 32 4 73 24.3
49 UCF 3 30 33 6 69 23.0
49 Colorado State 3 32 33 7 72 24.0
49 Nevada 2 12 33 6 51 25.5
52 Southern Mississippi 2 25 34 1 60 30.0
53 Toledo 2 16 38 5 59 29.5
54 Louisiana Tech 3 31 40 4 75 25.0
54 Fresno State 3 40 40 5 85 28.3
56 Massachusetts 4 45 43 8 96 24.0
57 SMU 3 38 47 5 90 30.0
58 BYU 3 25 49 10 84 28.0
59 East Carolina 4 32 52 6 90 22.5
60 Virginia Tech 9 81 63 11 155 17.2
61 LSU 9 74 64 8 146 16.2
62 Penn State 9 65 65 11 141 15.7
63 Wake Forest 8 77 70 12 159 19.9
64 Clemson 11 79 73 18 170 15.5
64 Miami (Florida) 10 99 73 22 194 19.4
64 North Carolina State 8 92 73 13 178 22.3
67 Michigan 9 75 74 5 154 17.1
67 Illinois 9 118 74 16 208 23.1
69 Wisconsin 11 82 77 16 175 15.9
69 Vanderbilt 8 101 77 13 191 23.9
71 Minnesota 10 90 79 17 186 18.6
72 Pittsburgh 9 88 80 13 181 20.1
73 Syracuse 9 74 81 17 172 19.1
74 Virginia 9 70 82 18 170 18.9
74 Northwestern 9 82 82 10 174 19.3
74 Purdue 8 85 82 11 178 22.3
77 Louisville 10 61 83 13 157 15.7
78 Iowa 11 99 84 10 193 17.5
79 Florida 9 63 85 17 165 18.3
80 North Carolina 9 114 86 12 212 23.6
81 Duke 10 120 90 10 220 22.0
82 Tennessee 10 101 91 13 205 20.5
83 Michigan State 10 56 93 20 169 16.9
83 Mississippi 9 76 93 3 172 19.1
83 Nebraska 10 94 93 11 198 19.8
83 Georgia 11 118 93 17 228 20.7
87 Arkansas 10 75 94 10 179 17.9
88 Mississippi State 9 86 97 7 190 21.1
88 Indiana 9 86 97 14 197 21.9
88 Texas A&M 9 111 97 19 227 25.2
91 Kentucky 9 104 99 14 217 24.1
92 Stanford 10 67 100 13 180 18.0
92 Texas 11 101 100 14 215 19.5
92 Utah 10 98 100 14 212 21.2
95 Rutgers 10 108 101 13 222 22.2
95 South Carolina 10 113 101 15 229 22.9
97 Colorado 9 79 102 19 200 22.2
98 Kansas 10 106 104 21 231 23.1
99 Missouri 11 93 106 21 220 20.0
100 Auburn 10 98 107 30 235 23.5
101 TCU 11 72 108 12 192 17.5
102 Boston College 10 66 109 10 185 18.5
103 Baylor 10 74 110 39 223 22.3
104 Arizona State 10 79 113 12 204 20.4
104 Oregon State 9 84 113 21 218 24.2
104 Texas Tech 10 134 113 26 273 27.3
107 Florida State 12 117 116 15 248 20.7
108 Maryland 11 123 117 19 259 23.5
109 Alabama 11 75 118 7 200 18.2
110 Ohio State 12 91 121 24 236 19.7
111 Washington State 10 72 122 22 216 21.6
111 Notre Dame 11 101 122 16 239 21.7
113 Arizona 10 95 129 23 247 24.7
114 Oklahoma State 11 103 130 22 255 23.2
115 Oklahoma 11 75 131 20 226 20.5
115 West Virginia 12 97 131 22 250 20.8
117 Iowa State 10 132 132 17 281 28.1
118 UCLA 12 106 134 31 271 22.6
119 Kansas State 11 92 136 10 238 21.6
120 Georgia Tech 11 95 138 11 244 22.2
121 USC 11 88 141 36 265 24.1
122 Washington 11 75 145 18 238 21.6
123 Oregon 13 120 160 26 306 23.5
124 California 10 86 174 27 287 28.7