2016 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games vs. FBS Teams With Non-Winning Record Only through 01/09/2017
| Name | G | Rush | Pass | Penalty | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Duke | 2 | 13 | 27 | 0 | 40 | 20.0 |
| 2 | Missouri | 2 | 18 | 20 | 2 | 40 | 20.0 |
| 2 | Syracuse | 2 | 16 | 30 | 2 | 48 | 24.0 |
| 4 | Central Michigan | 6 | 49 | 57 | 3 | 109 | 18.2 |
| 4 | Arkansas | 5 | 33 | 57 | 3 | 93 | 18.6 |
| 4 | Navy | 5 | 40 | 50 | 3 | 93 | 18.6 |
| 4 | Auburn | 4 | 26 | 57 | 3 | 86 | 21.5 |
| 8 | Ohio State | 5 | 29 | 29 | 4 | 62 | 12.4 |
| 8 | Clemson | 2 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 29 | 14.5 |
| 8 | NC State | 4 | 25 | 32 | 4 | 61 | 15.3 |
| 8 | Illinois | 3 | 36 | 36 | 4 | 76 | 25.3 |
| 8 | Tennessee | 3 | 44 | 39 | 4 | 87 | 29.0 |
| 13 | Alabama | 3 | 12 | 28 | 5 | 45 | 15.0 |
| 13 | LSU | 3 | 12 | 30 | 5 | 47 | 15.7 |
| 13 | Georgia | 6 | 44 | 52 | 5 | 101 | 16.8 |
| 13 | Vanderbilt | 3 | 15 | 32 | 5 | 52 | 17.3 |
| 13 | Kentucky | 5 | 45 | 44 | 5 | 94 | 18.8 |
| 13 | TCU | 5 | 43 | 50 | 5 | 98 | 19.6 |
| 13 | North Carolina | 3 | 26 | 30 | 5 | 61 | 20.3 |
| 13 | Ole Miss | 3 | 38 | 21 | 5 | 64 | 21.3 |
| 13 | Northwestern | 5 | 31 | 75 | 5 | 111 | 22.2 |
| 13 | Utah State | 2 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 45 | 22.5 |
| 13 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 37 | 48 | 5 | 90 | 22.5 |
| 13 | Mississippi State | 5 | 41 | 68 | 5 | 114 | 22.8 |
| 13 | Texas Tech | 5 | 52 | 72 | 5 | 129 | 25.8 |
| 26 | Florida State | 2 | 7 | 21 | 6 | 34 | 17.0 |
| 26 | Louisiana | 6 | 37 | 59 | 6 | 102 | 17.0 |
| 26 | Miami (FL) | 4 | 20 | 43 | 6 | 69 | 17.3 |
| 26 | Rice | 5 | 43 | 42 | 6 | 91 | 18.2 |
| 26 | Rutgers | 4 | 40 | 28 | 6 | 74 | 18.5 |
| 26 | Wake Forest | 5 | 31 | 58 | 6 | 95 | 19.0 |
| 26 | Troy | 6 | 41 | 67 | 6 | 114 | 19.0 |
| 26 | Iowa | 5 | 39 | 51 | 6 | 96 | 19.2 |
| 26 | Bowling Green | 5 | 42 | 49 | 6 | 97 | 19.4 |
| 26 | Purdue | 5 | 52 | 42 | 6 | 100 | 20.0 |
| 26 | Georgia State | 5 | 62 | 50 | 6 | 118 | 23.6 |
| 26 | SMU | 4 | 34 | 56 | 6 | 96 | 24.0 |
| 38 | Temple | 7 | 40 | 47 | 7 | 94 | 13.4 |
| 38 | Houston | 6 | 23 | 56 | 7 | 86 | 14.3 |
| 38 | Nebraska | 6 | 30 | 52 | 7 | 89 | 14.8 |
| 38 | Army | 7 | 52 | 50 | 7 | 109 | 15.6 |
| 38 | Colorado State | 4 | 25 | 33 | 7 | 65 | 16.3 |
| 38 | Penn State | 6 | 39 | 52 | 7 | 98 | 16.3 |
| 38 | Tulane | 5 | 35 | 45 | 7 | 87 | 17.4 |
| 38 | San Jose State | 5 | 38 | 43 | 7 | 88 | 17.6 |
| 38 | Western Michigan | 8 | 75 | 68 | 7 | 150 | 18.8 |
| 38 | Toledo | 6 | 41 | 68 | 7 | 116 | 19.3 |
| 38 | Fresno State | 5 | 58 | 32 | 7 | 97 | 19.4 |
| 38 | Nevada | 8 | 96 | 64 | 7 | 167 | 20.9 |
| 38 | New Mexico State | 5 | 55 | 47 | 7 | 109 | 21.8 |
| 38 | Kansas | 4 | 41 | 50 | 7 | 98 | 24.5 |
| 38 | Oregon | 4 | 60 | 48 | 7 | 115 | 28.8 |
| 53 | Boston College | 5 | 15 | 38 | 8 | 61 | 12.2 |
| 53 | Wisconsin | 5 | 20 | 42 | 8 | 70 | 14.0 |
| 53 | East Carolina | 5 | 40 | 45 | 8 | 93 | 18.6 |
| 53 | Oklahoma | 6 | 38 | 79 | 8 | 125 | 20.8 |
| 53 | North Texas | 5 | 53 | 44 | 8 | 105 | 21.0 |
| 53 | Northern Illinois | 5 | 39 | 59 | 8 | 106 | 21.2 |
| 53 | Virginia Tech | 5 | 48 | 52 | 8 | 108 | 21.6 |
| 53 | Louisiana-Monroe | 5 | 58 | 43 | 8 | 109 | 21.8 |
| 53 | Akron | 6 | 70 | 53 | 8 | 131 | 21.8 |
| 53 | Cincinnati | 5 | 43 | 60 | 8 | 111 | 22.2 |
| 53 | Louisiana Tech | 7 | 62 | 92 | 8 | 162 | 23.1 |
| 53 | Iowa State | 5 | 57 | 51 | 8 | 116 | 23.2 |
| 53 | Arizona State | 6 | 48 | 84 | 8 | 140 | 23.3 |
| 66 | BYU | 7 | 34 | 69 | 9 | 112 | 16.0 |
| 66 | Michigan State | 5 | 29 | 44 | 9 | 82 | 16.4 |
| 66 | Minnesota | 5 | 31 | 52 | 9 | 92 | 18.4 |
| 66 | Indiana | 6 | 42 | 66 | 9 | 117 | 19.5 |
| 66 | UTSA | 5 | 38 | 51 | 9 | 98 | 19.6 |
| 66 | Connecticut | 6 | 31 | 86 | 9 | 126 | 21.0 |
| 66 | FIU | 8 | 81 | 87 | 9 | 177 | 22.1 |
| 66 | Kent State | 6 | 63 | 61 | 9 | 133 | 22.2 |
| 66 | West Virginia | 6 | 61 | 66 | 9 | 136 | 22.7 |
| 66 | Pittsburgh | 4 | 31 | 53 | 9 | 93 | 23.3 |
| 66 | Texas State | 4 | 55 | 38 | 9 | 102 | 25.5 |
| 77 | Air Force | 6 | 26 | 70 | 10 | 106 | 17.7 |
| 77 | Stanford | 7 | 55 | 61 | 10 | 126 | 18.0 |
| 77 | Boise State | 6 | 49 | 53 | 10 | 112 | 18.7 |
| 77 | Old Dominion | 7 | 59 | 62 | 10 | 131 | 18.7 |
| 77 | UCF | 6 | 59 | 56 | 10 | 125 | 20.8 |
| 77 | Ball State | 8 | 63 | 103 | 10 | 176 | 22.0 |
| 77 | Buffalo | 7 | 92 | 56 | 10 | 158 | 22.6 |
| 77 | Wyoming | 4 | 38 | 56 | 10 | 104 | 26.0 |
| 85 | Michigan | 7 | 46 | 39 | 11 | 96 | 13.7 |
| 85 | Colorado | 5 | 31 | 40 | 11 | 82 | 16.4 |
| 85 | Louisville | 5 | 34 | 37 | 11 | 82 | 16.4 |
| 85 | Tulsa | 8 | 45 | 94 | 11 | 150 | 18.8 |
| 85 | Memphis | 6 | 45 | 62 | 11 | 118 | 19.7 |
| 85 | Kansas State | 6 | 45 | 68 | 11 | 124 | 20.7 |
| 85 | South Alabama | 6 | 63 | 53 | 11 | 127 | 21.2 |
| 85 | Maryland | 6 | 63 | 60 | 11 | 134 | 22.3 |
| 85 | Notre Dame | 5 | 47 | 55 | 11 | 113 | 22.6 |
| 85 | South Carolina | 5 | 46 | 62 | 11 | 119 | 23.8 |
| 85 | Florida Atlantic | 6 | 66 | 67 | 11 | 144 | 24.0 |
| 85 | Arizona | 4 | 36 | 55 | 11 | 102 | 25.5 |
| 97 | Florida | 5 | 30 | 30 | 12 | 72 | 14.4 |
| 97 | Southern Miss | 7 | 59 | 43 | 12 | 114 | 16.3 |
| 97 | Washington State | 6 | 40 | 62 | 12 | 114 | 19.0 |
| 97 | Virginia | 4 | 24 | 54 | 12 | 90 | 22.5 |
| 97 | UNLV | 6 | 54 | 73 | 12 | 139 | 23.2 |
| 97 | Hawaii | 7 | 92 | 68 | 12 | 172 | 24.6 |
| 103 | Charlotte | 5 | 33 | 74 | 13 | 120 | 24.0 |
| 104 | Appalachian State | 7 | 45 | 58 | 14 | 117 | 16.7 |
| 104 | Washington | 6 | 45 | 54 | 14 | 113 | 18.8 |
| 104 | Utah | 8 | 57 | 96 | 14 | 167 | 20.9 |
| 104 | UCLA | 5 | 40 | 51 | 14 | 105 | 21.0 |
| 104 | Marshall | 5 | 53 | 56 | 14 | 123 | 24.6 |
| 104 | Middle Tennessee State | 10 | 127 | 109 | 14 | 250 | 25.0 |
| 110 | San Diego State | 9 | 50 | 82 | 15 | 147 | 16.3 |
| 110 | Idaho | 7 | 58 | 72 | 15 | 145 | 20.7 |
| 110 | Baylor | 7 | 70 | 68 | 15 | 153 | 21.9 |
| 110 | Texas A&M | 6 | 60 | 66 | 15 | 141 | 23.5 |
| 110 | USF | 8 | 64 | 112 | 15 | 191 | 23.9 |
| 110 | Oregon State | 4 | 44 | 37 | 15 | 96 | 24.0 |
| 110 | UTEP | 7 | 83 | 70 | 15 | 168 | 24.0 |
| 110 | Massachusetts | 5 | 61 | 45 | 15 | 121 | 24.2 |
| 110 | Oklahoma State | 6 | 55 | 78 | 15 | 148 | 24.7 |
| 110 | California | 6 | 72 | 61 | 15 | 148 | 24.7 |
| 120 | Ohio | 8 | 44 | 87 | 16 | 147 | 18.4 |
| 121 | Georgia Southern | 6 | 51 | 63 | 17 | 131 | 21.8 |
| 121 | Eastern Michigan | 7 | 71 | 82 | 17 | 170 | 24.3 |
| 123 | Western Kentucky | 7 | 40 | 59 | 18 | 117 | 16.7 |
| 123 | New Mexico | 8 | 56 | 70 | 18 | 144 | 18.0 |
| 123 | Texas | 7 | 55 | 73 | 18 | 146 | 20.9 |
| 123 | Miami (OH) | 8 | 74 | 78 | 18 | 170 | 21.3 |
| 127 | Arkansas State | 9 | 59 | 77 | 19 | 155 | 17.2 |
| 128 | USC | 7 | 38 | 72 | 20 | 130 | 18.6 |