2016 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games vs. FBS non-Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 01/09/2017

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Colorado 1 7 5 0 12 12.0
2 Kansas State 1 8 4 1 13 13.0
3 TCU 1 3 11 1 15 15.0
4 LSU 1 4 9 3 16 16.0
4 Arizona State 1 5 11 0 16 16.0
6 Alabama 2 4 11 2 17 8.5
6 Washington 1 8 9 0 17 17.0
6 Florida State 1 12 3 2 17 17.0
9 Pittsburgh 1 9 7 2 18 18.0
10 Florida 2 5 8 7 20 10.0
10 Illinois 1 11 6 3 20 20.0
12 Boston College 3 3 15 3 21 7.0
12 Clemson 1 6 11 4 21 21.0
12 Rutgers 1 12 8 1 21 21.0
12 Georgia 1 12 9 0 21 21.0
16 Oklahoma State 1 6 15 2 23 23.0
17 Arkansas 2 10 13 1 24 12.0
17 Minnesota 1 12 9 3 24 24.0
17 Iowa State 1 14 9 1 24 24.0
20 Iowa 1 13 11 1 25 25.0
20 Georgia Tech 1 14 8 3 25 25.0
22 West Virginia 1 12 14 1 27 27.0
22 Oregon State 1 14 13 0 27 27.0
22 Northwestern 1 15 12 0 27 27.0
22 Texas Tech 1 16 10 1 27 27.0
26 Penn State 2 10 15 4 29 14.5
27 Ohio State 2 8 19 3 30 15.0
27 Auburn 2 12 16 2 30 15.0
29 Michigan 2 19 9 3 31 15.5
30 Texas 2 14 13 5 32 16.0
30 Duke 2 14 17 1 32 16.0
32 Nebraska 2 7 20 6 33 16.5
32 Texas A&M 2 13 16 4 33 16.5
34 Indiana 2 9 21 4 34 17.0
34 Tennessee 2 13 17 4 34 17.0
36 USC 2 8 23 5 36 18.0
36 Washington State 2 8 24 4 36 18.0
36 Utah 2 12 21 3 36 18.0
39 UCLA 2 14 20 3 37 18.5
39 Stanford 2 23 13 1 37 18.5
41 Virginia Tech 2 18 20 0 38 19.0
42 Wisconsin 3 15 23 2 40 13.3
42 Virginia 2 8 26 6 40 20.0
42 Oklahoma 2 9 27 4 40 20.0
42 Purdue 2 17 22 1 40 20.0
42 Maryland 2 19 17 4 40 20.0
47 Michigan State 2 18 21 4 43 21.5
48 Mississippi 2 19 20 7 46 23.0
48 Kansas 2 29 14 3 46 23.0
50 Notre Dame 3 33 8 6 47 15.7
51 North Carolina State 3 19 25 4 48 16.0
51 Missouri 2 18 23 7 48 24.0
51 California 2 26 19 3 48 24.0
54 Louisville 3 19 23 7 49 16.3
54 Arizona 2 23 23 3 49 24.5
56 Miami (Florida) 3 20 25 5 50 16.7
57 Vanderbilt 2 18 31 3 52 26.0
58 Wake Forest 3 29 24 3 56 18.7
59 Kentucky 2 30 22 6 58 29.0
60 Baylor 3 23 31 6 60 20.0
61 Syracuse 3 26 39 3 68 22.7
62 South Carolina 3 24 50 7 81 27.0
63 Mississippi State 4 31 47 7 85 21.3
64 BYU 6 37 74 9 120 20.0
65 Army 9 67 67 10 144 16.0
66 Southern Mississippi 10 75 65 19 159 15.9
67 Temple 11 81 73 11 165 15.0
68 Kent State 8 93 68 11 172 21.5
69 Houston 10 57 102 15 174 17.4
70 Connecticut 8 70 103 6 179 22.4
71 Massachusetts 7 75 87 20 182 26.0
72 Rice 9 84 93 11 188 20.9
73 East Carolina 8 105 71 15 191 23.9
74 Western Michigan 10 91 88 13 192 19.2
75 Tulane 10 93 84 16 193 19.3
76 San Jose State 9 119 61 14 194 21.6
77 Appalachian State 11 71 100 24 195 17.7
78 Arkansas State 11 72 101 23 196 17.8
78 Colorado State 10 100 82 14 196 19.6
80 San Diego State 12 83 100 15 198 16.5
80 SMU 9 96 91 11 198 22.0
82 UCF 10 96 89 15 200 20.0
83 Louisiana-Monroe 9 105 82 14 201 22.3
84 Georgia Southern 9 87 96 19 202 22.4
85 Miami (Ohio) 10 85 97 23 205 20.5
85 Central Michigan 10 95 97 13 205 20.5
87 Boise State 10 121 75 10 206 20.6
88 UTSA 10 86 99 24 209 20.9
89 Utah State 10 123 67 22 212 21.2
90 Air Force 12 74 118 21 213 17.8
90 Troy 11 80 117 16 213 19.4
90 Bowling Green 10 87 105 21 213 21.3
93 Nevada 10 138 71 8 217 21.7
93 Marshall 9 93 102 22 217 24.1
95 Idaho 10 85 111 22 218 21.8
95 South Florida 9 96 109 13 218 24.2
97 Ohio 11 72 130 17 219 19.9
98 UNLV 10 99 105 16 220 22.0
99 Florida International 10 94 117 10 221 22.1
100 Western Kentucky 11 61 134 27 222 20.2
100 Louisiana-Lafayette 11 78 131 13 222 20.2
102 New Mexico 11 91 108 25 224 20.4
102 South Alabama 10 117 86 21 224 22.4
104 Florida Atlantic 9 107 103 15 225 25.0
105 Tulsa 11 88 124 14 226 20.5
105 Buffalo 10 132 82 12 226 22.6
107 Georgia State 10 123 86 18 227 22.7
108 Hawai'i 10 129 79 20 228 22.8
109 UTEP 10 121 93 16 230 23.0
110 Old Dominion 11 104 111 16 231 21.0
110 Charlotte 10 74 137 20 231 23.1
112 New Mexico State 10 104 114 15 233 23.3
113 Fresno State 10 147 74 13 234 23.4
114 Cincinnati 10 114 110 14 238 23.8
115 Ball State 10 80 147 14 241 24.1
116 Akron 10 126 102 14 242 24.2
117 Texas State 10 119 100 24 243 24.3
118 Toledo 12 104 122 18 244 20.3
118 Memphis 10 110 113 21 244 24.4
120 North Texas 11 131 91 27 249 22.6
121 Wyoming 12 112 125 14 251 20.9
122 Middle Tennessee 10 114 129 14 257 25.7
123 Louisiana Tech 11 101 144 15 260 23.6
124 Eastern Michigan 11 107 135 21 263 23.9
125 Northern Illinois 11 114 127 31 272 24.7
126 Navy 13 127 148 8 283 21.8