2017 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games at Home Only through 01/08/2018
| Name | G | Rush | Pass | Penalty | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boston College | 6 | 46 | 52 | 1 | 99 | 16.5 |
| 2 | UTSA | 5 | 39 | 27 | 3 | 69 | 13.8 |
| 3 | Rice | 5 | 62 | 50 | 4 | 116 | 23.2 |
| 4 | Virginia Tech | 6 | 30 | 35 | 5 | 70 | 11.7 |
| 4 | Georgia | 6 | 35 | 44 | 5 | 84 | 14.0 |
| 4 | Georgia Tech | 6 | 40 | 48 | 5 | 93 | 15.5 |
| 4 | Minnesota | 7 | 51 | 65 | 5 | 121 | 17.3 |
| 4 | Louisville | 6 | 55 | 46 | 5 | 106 | 17.7 |
| 4 | Navy | 6 | 52 | 57 | 5 | 114 | 19.0 |
| 4 | Kansas State | 7 | 54 | 80 | 5 | 139 | 19.9 |
| 4 | BYU | 6 | 51 | 64 | 5 | 120 | 20.0 |
| 4 | Old Dominion | 6 | 69 | 47 | 5 | 121 | 20.2 |
| 4 | Baylor | 6 | 61 | 68 | 5 | 134 | 22.3 |
| 14 | Middle Tennessee State | 6 | 38 | 47 | 6 | 91 | 15.2 |
| 14 | Fresno State | 6 | 36 | 58 | 6 | 100 | 16.7 |
| 14 | Penn State | 7 | 56 | 61 | 6 | 123 | 17.6 |
| 14 | North Texas | 6 | 63 | 42 | 6 | 111 | 18.5 |
| 14 | Georgia State | 5 | 36 | 52 | 6 | 94 | 18.8 |
| 14 | Tulane | 6 | 66 | 42 | 6 | 114 | 19.0 |
| 14 | Wake Forest | 6 | 48 | 64 | 6 | 118 | 19.7 |
| 14 | Louisiana Tech | 7 | 76 | 67 | 6 | 149 | 21.3 |
| 22 | Washington | 7 | 45 | 57 | 7 | 109 | 15.6 |
| 22 | Massachusetts | 5 | 46 | 36 | 7 | 89 | 17.8 |
| 22 | Idaho | 6 | 53 | 51 | 7 | 111 | 18.5 |
| 22 | Wyoming | 7 | 78 | 45 | 7 | 130 | 18.6 |
| 22 | Northwestern | 7 | 40 | 87 | 7 | 134 | 19.1 |
| 22 | Western Kentucky | 6 | 48 | 61 | 7 | 116 | 19.3 |
| 22 | Louisiana | 5 | 63 | 49 | 7 | 119 | 23.8 |
| 22 | UTEP | 5 | 66 | 46 | 7 | 119 | 23.8 |
| 30 | Washington State | 7 | 48 | 41 | 8 | 97 | 13.9 |
| 30 | Southern Miss | 6 | 37 | 39 | 8 | 84 | 14.0 |
| 30 | Florida | 6 | 34 | 46 | 8 | 88 | 14.7 |
| 30 | Ohio | 6 | 23 | 59 | 8 | 90 | 15.0 |
| 30 | San Diego State | 7 | 45 | 54 | 8 | 107 | 15.3 |
| 30 | Arkansas State | 5 | 27 | 43 | 8 | 78 | 15.6 |
| 30 | Duke | 7 | 54 | 47 | 8 | 109 | 15.6 |
| 30 | Air Force | 6 | 52 | 35 | 8 | 95 | 15.8 |
| 30 | LSU | 6 | 34 | 58 | 8 | 100 | 16.7 |
| 30 | Appalachian State | 6 | 46 | 49 | 8 | 103 | 17.2 |
| 30 | Georgia Southern | 4 | 15 | 46 | 8 | 69 | 17.3 |
| 30 | Florida State | 6 | 36 | 63 | 8 | 107 | 17.8 |
| 30 | Army | 6 | 42 | 64 | 8 | 114 | 19.0 |
| 30 | Pittsburgh | 7 | 41 | 84 | 8 | 133 | 19.0 |
| 30 | Stanford | 6 | 55 | 54 | 8 | 117 | 19.5 |
| 30 | California | 6 | 51 | 64 | 8 | 123 | 20.5 |
| 30 | Charlotte | 6 | 70 | 56 | 8 | 134 | 22.3 |
| 30 | Buffalo | 6 | 78 | 56 | 8 | 142 | 23.7 |
| 48 | Wisconsin | 7 | 34 | 52 | 9 | 95 | 13.6 |
| 48 | Michigan State | 7 | 31 | 60 | 9 | 100 | 14.3 |
| 48 | Texas A&M | 7 | 53 | 51 | 9 | 113 | 16.1 |
| 48 | Virginia | 7 | 61 | 56 | 9 | 126 | 18.0 |
| 48 | Iowa State | 6 | 44 | 58 | 9 | 111 | 18.5 |
| 48 | Iowa | 7 | 60 | 67 | 9 | 136 | 19.4 |
| 48 | Ball State | 6 | 61 | 52 | 9 | 122 | 20.3 |
| 48 | Utah State | 6 | 51 | 65 | 9 | 125 | 20.8 |
| 48 | New Mexico | 6 | 51 | 69 | 9 | 129 | 21.5 |
| 48 | Texas State | 6 | 50 | 76 | 9 | 135 | 22.5 |
| 48 | San Jose State | 6 | 84 | 43 | 9 | 136 | 22.7 |
| 48 | Kansas | 7 | 67 | 83 | 9 | 159 | 22.7 |
| 48 | East Carolina | 7 | 84 | 74 | 9 | 167 | 23.9 |
| 48 | Louisiana-Monroe | 5 | 50 | 72 | 9 | 131 | 26.2 |
| 62 | Clemson | 7 | 43 | 25 | 10 | 78 | 11.1 |
| 62 | Mississippi State | 7 | 37 | 32 | 10 | 79 | 11.3 |
| 62 | Texas | 6 | 39 | 54 | 10 | 103 | 17.2 |
| 62 | Tennessee | 7 | 70 | 54 | 10 | 134 | 19.1 |
| 62 | Marshall | 6 | 46 | 60 | 10 | 116 | 19.3 |
| 62 | Missouri | 7 | 61 | 66 | 10 | 137 | 19.6 |
| 62 | North Carolina | 7 | 76 | 72 | 10 | 158 | 22.6 |
| 62 | Coastal Carolina | 6 | 58 | 70 | 10 | 138 | 23.0 |
| 62 | Houston | 6 | 47 | 84 | 10 | 141 | 23.5 |
| 62 | Kentucky | 7 | 65 | 90 | 10 | 165 | 23.6 |
| 62 | Arkansas | 6 | 69 | 64 | 10 | 143 | 23.8 |
| 62 | UNLV | 6 | 73 | 67 | 10 | 150 | 25.0 |
| 74 | Western Michigan | 6 | 36 | 35 | 11 | 82 | 13.7 |
| 74 | Indiana | 6 | 60 | 28 | 11 | 99 | 16.5 |
| 74 | Boise State | 7 | 57 | 51 | 11 | 119 | 17.0 |
| 74 | Eastern Michigan | 5 | 43 | 44 | 11 | 98 | 19.6 |
| 74 | Rutgers | 7 | 49 | 78 | 11 | 138 | 19.7 |
| 74 | Temple | 6 | 41 | 67 | 11 | 119 | 19.8 |
| 74 | Syracuse | 7 | 55 | 73 | 11 | 139 | 19.9 |
| 74 | Notre Dame | 7 | 60 | 71 | 11 | 142 | 20.3 |
| 74 | Vanderbilt | 7 | 82 | 52 | 11 | 145 | 20.7 |
| 74 | SMU | 7 | 51 | 85 | 11 | 147 | 21.0 |
| 74 | Oklahoma State | 6 | 62 | 66 | 11 | 139 | 23.2 |
| 74 | Tulsa | 6 | 71 | 67 | 11 | 149 | 24.8 |
| 74 | Connecticut | 6 | 59 | 100 | 11 | 170 | 28.3 |
| 87 | Alabama | 7 | 35 | 51 | 12 | 98 | 14.0 |
| 87 | TCU | 6 | 24 | 50 | 12 | 86 | 14.3 |
| 87 | Auburn | 7 | 47 | 49 | 12 | 108 | 15.4 |
| 87 | USF | 6 | 39 | 43 | 12 | 94 | 15.7 |
| 87 | Troy | 6 | 46 | 46 | 12 | 104 | 17.3 |
| 87 | Central Michigan | 5 | 42 | 39 | 12 | 93 | 18.6 |
| 87 | Florida Atlantic | 8 | 59 | 83 | 12 | 154 | 19.3 |
| 87 | Miami (FL) | 8 | 65 | 82 | 12 | 159 | 19.9 |
| 87 | NC State | 6 | 38 | 70 | 12 | 120 | 20.0 |
| 87 | Arizona State | 7 | 66 | 73 | 12 | 151 | 21.6 |
| 87 | Colorado State | 6 | 59 | 72 | 12 | 143 | 23.8 |
| 98 | Northern Illinois | 6 | 39 | 42 | 13 | 94 | 15.7 |
| 98 | Utah | 7 | 42 | 57 | 13 | 112 | 16.0 |
| 98 | UAB | 6 | 46 | 47 | 13 | 106 | 17.7 |
| 98 | New Mexico State | 5 | 33 | 59 | 13 | 105 | 21.0 |
| 98 | Nebraska | 7 | 80 | 73 | 13 | 166 | 23.7 |
| 98 | Bowling Green | 5 | 65 | 48 | 13 | 126 | 25.2 |
| 104 | Michigan | 6 | 45 | 21 | 14 | 80 | 13.3 |
| 104 | Toledo | 6 | 50 | 56 | 14 | 120 | 20.0 |
| 104 | South Alabama | 6 | 50 | 59 | 14 | 123 | 20.5 |
| 104 | Colorado | 6 | 54 | 56 | 14 | 124 | 20.7 |
| 104 | West Virginia | 6 | 52 | 62 | 14 | 128 | 21.3 |
| 104 | FIU | 6 | 57 | 59 | 14 | 130 | 21.7 |
| 104 | Ole Miss | 7 | 68 | 70 | 14 | 152 | 21.7 |
| 104 | Nevada | 6 | 88 | 45 | 14 | 147 | 24.5 |
| 104 | Hawaii | 6 | 74 | 61 | 14 | 149 | 24.8 |
| 113 | Miami (OH) | 6 | 44 | 50 | 15 | 109 | 18.2 |
| 113 | South Carolina | 7 | 50 | 71 | 15 | 136 | 19.4 |
| 113 | Purdue | 6 | 43 | 65 | 15 | 123 | 20.5 |
| 116 | Kent State | 5 | 36 | 38 | 16 | 90 | 18.0 |
| 116 | Illinois | 7 | 62 | 59 | 16 | 137 | 19.6 |
| 116 | UCF | 7 | 58 | 80 | 16 | 154 | 22.0 |
| 116 | Texas Tech | 6 | 49 | 74 | 16 | 139 | 23.2 |
| 120 | Akron | 6 | 50 | 54 | 17 | 121 | 20.2 |
| 120 | Maryland | 6 | 54 | 73 | 17 | 144 | 24.0 |
| 122 | USC | 7 | 63 | 65 | 18 | 146 | 20.9 |
| 122 | Oregon State | 6 | 74 | 50 | 18 | 142 | 23.7 |
| 122 | Arizona | 6 | 52 | 80 | 18 | 150 | 25.0 |
| 125 | Ohio State | 7 | 45 | 39 | 19 | 103 | 14.7 |
| 125 | Cincinnati | 6 | 54 | 72 | 19 | 145 | 24.2 |
| 127 | Oklahoma | 6 | 60 | 39 | 20 | 119 | 19.8 |
| 127 | UCLA | 6 | 76 | 55 | 20 | 151 | 25.2 |
| 129 | Memphis | 8 | 76 | 96 | 21 | 193 | 24.1 |
| 130 | Oregon | 7 | 40 | 69 | 34 | 143 | 20.4 |