2017 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games vs. FBS Teams With Winning Record Only through 01/08/2018
| Name | G | Rush | Pass | Penalty | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wisconsin | 7 | 38 | 48 | 8 | 94 | 13.4 |
| 2 | Michigan | 6 | 40 | 40 | 11 | 91 | 15.2 |
| 3 | Clemson | 10 | 69 | 74 | 11 | 154 | 15.4 |
| 4 | Mississippi State | 8 | 61 | 54 | 15 | 130 | 16.3 |
| 5 | Florida | 9 | 70 | 67 | 15 | 152 | 16.9 |
| 6 | UTSA | 6 | 44 | 53 | 5 | 102 | 17.0 |
| 7 | Appalachian State | 5 | 35 | 42 | 9 | 86 | 17.2 |
| 7 | LSU | 6 | 48 | 45 | 10 | 103 | 17.2 |
| 7 | Auburn | 9 | 71 | 72 | 12 | 155 | 17.2 |
| 10 | Georgia | 10 | 78 | 75 | 20 | 173 | 17.3 |
| 11 | Minnesota | 7 | 68 | 49 | 6 | 123 | 17.6 |
| 11 | Washington State | 8 | 68 | 63 | 10 | 141 | 17.6 |
| 13 | Duke | 7 | 59 | 51 | 14 | 124 | 17.7 |
| 14 | Central Michigan | 5 | 49 | 34 | 6 | 89 | 17.8 |
| 15 | USF | 3 | 23 | 26 | 5 | 54 | 18.0 |
| 15 | San Diego State | 6 | 65 | 34 | 9 | 108 | 18.0 |
| 17 | Boston College | 10 | 89 | 87 | 6 | 182 | 18.2 |
| 18 | Eastern Michigan | 6 | 52 | 47 | 11 | 110 | 18.3 |
| 18 | Florida State | 9 | 73 | 77 | 15 | 165 | 18.3 |
| 20 | Penn State | 7 | 46 | 71 | 12 | 129 | 18.4 |
| 21 | Fresno State | 7 | 48 | 74 | 8 | 130 | 18.6 |
| 22 | Arkansas State | 4 | 24 | 41 | 10 | 75 | 18.8 |
| 22 | Pittsburgh | 6 | 38 | 69 | 6 | 113 | 18.8 |
| 22 | Navy | 8 | 60 | 76 | 14 | 150 | 18.8 |
| 25 | Boise State | 8 | 53 | 87 | 11 | 151 | 18.9 |
| 25 | Alabama | 9 | 61 | 92 | 17 | 170 | 18.9 |
| 25 | USC | 9 | 73 | 77 | 20 | 170 | 18.9 |
| 28 | Virginia Tech | 6 | 46 | 59 | 9 | 114 | 19.0 |
| 29 | Ohio | 4 | 24 | 44 | 9 | 77 | 19.3 |
| 29 | Air Force | 7 | 76 | 47 | 12 | 135 | 19.3 |
| 29 | Ohio State | 8 | 56 | 81 | 17 | 154 | 19.3 |
| 29 | TCU | 9 | 56 | 101 | 17 | 174 | 19.3 |
| 33 | Northern Illinois | 5 | 39 | 51 | 7 | 97 | 19.4 |
| 34 | Texas | 8 | 53 | 91 | 12 | 156 | 19.5 |
| 35 | New Mexico | 7 | 43 | 84 | 10 | 137 | 19.6 |
| 35 | Utah | 8 | 61 | 81 | 15 | 157 | 19.6 |
| 35 | NC State | 9 | 76 | 89 | 11 | 176 | 19.6 |
| 38 | Georgia State | 3 | 25 | 32 | 2 | 59 | 19.7 |
| 38 | Washington | 7 | 56 | 77 | 5 | 138 | 19.7 |
| 38 | Iowa | 10 | 73 | 108 | 16 | 197 | 19.7 |
| 41 | Georgia Southern | 6 | 47 | 60 | 12 | 119 | 19.8 |
| 42 | Western Michigan | 5 | 52 | 43 | 5 | 100 | 20.0 |
| 42 | Wyoming | 6 | 63 | 49 | 8 | 120 | 20.0 |
| 44 | Michigan State | 7 | 40 | 86 | 15 | 141 | 20.1 |
| 45 | Miami (OH) | 4 | 29 | 37 | 15 | 81 | 20.3 |
| 45 | Hawaii | 4 | 45 | 31 | 5 | 81 | 20.3 |
| 47 | Ball State | 4 | 49 | 27 | 6 | 82 | 20.5 |
| 48 | Virginia | 7 | 72 | 62 | 10 | 144 | 20.6 |
| 48 | Iowa State | 8 | 62 | 96 | 7 | 165 | 20.6 |
| 48 | West Virginia | 8 | 76 | 75 | 14 | 165 | 20.6 |
| 51 | Army | 6 | 62 | 53 | 9 | 124 | 20.7 |
| 51 | Arizona State | 9 | 85 | 86 | 15 | 186 | 20.7 |
| 51 | Notre Dame | 11 | 98 | 114 | 16 | 228 | 20.7 |
| 54 | Purdue | 8 | 54 | 98 | 14 | 166 | 20.8 |
| 55 | Miami (FL) | 7 | 56 | 80 | 10 | 146 | 20.9 |
| 56 | Marshall | 7 | 50 | 79 | 18 | 147 | 21.0 |
| 56 | Southern Miss | 7 | 57 | 74 | 16 | 147 | 21.0 |
| 56 | Temple | 7 | 74 | 56 | 17 | 147 | 21.0 |
| 59 | Troy | 6 | 38 | 83 | 7 | 128 | 21.3 |
| 59 | Indiana | 6 | 60 | 53 | 15 | 128 | 21.3 |
| 59 | Stanford | 10 | 95 | 103 | 15 | 213 | 21.3 |
| 62 | Massachusetts | 5 | 52 | 46 | 9 | 107 | 21.4 |
| 63 | Western Kentucky | 6 | 58 | 62 | 9 | 129 | 21.5 |
| 63 | California | 6 | 58 | 63 | 8 | 129 | 21.5 |
| 63 | Oregon | 8 | 63 | 84 | 25 | 172 | 21.5 |
| 66 | Northwestern | 7 | 44 | 98 | 9 | 151 | 21.6 |
| 66 | Tulane | 8 | 91 | 74 | 8 | 173 | 21.6 |
| 68 | Texas A&M | 6 | 54 | 65 | 11 | 130 | 21.7 |
| 69 | UAB | 6 | 54 | 60 | 17 | 131 | 21.8 |
| 69 | Missouri | 6 | 59 | 61 | 11 | 131 | 21.8 |
| 71 | Toledo | 5 | 58 | 44 | 8 | 110 | 22.0 |
| 71 | Georgia Tech | 6 | 69 | 58 | 5 | 132 | 22.0 |
| 71 | Louisiana Tech | 8 | 98 | 72 | 6 | 176 | 22.0 |
| 74 | Tennessee | 7 | 92 | 51 | 12 | 155 | 22.1 |
| 74 | South Carolina | 8 | 69 | 97 | 11 | 177 | 22.1 |
| 74 | Oklahoma | 9 | 84 | 90 | 25 | 199 | 22.1 |
| 77 | Idaho | 5 | 49 | 58 | 4 | 111 | 22.2 |
| 77 | Baylor | 9 | 100 | 88 | 12 | 200 | 22.2 |
| 79 | New Mexico State | 4 | 32 | 47 | 10 | 89 | 22.3 |
| 79 | Buffalo | 4 | 54 | 29 | 6 | 89 | 22.3 |
| 79 | Kent State | 6 | 62 | 57 | 15 | 134 | 22.3 |
| 79 | Texas State | 7 | 58 | 90 | 8 | 156 | 22.3 |
| 79 | Vanderbilt | 7 | 91 | 52 | 13 | 156 | 22.3 |
| 84 | Kansas | 9 | 77 | 108 | 17 | 202 | 22.4 |
| 84 | Syracuse | 10 | 103 | 107 | 14 | 224 | 22.4 |
| 86 | North Texas | 10 | 103 | 102 | 20 | 225 | 22.5 |
| 87 | Rutgers | 6 | 61 | 69 | 6 | 136 | 22.7 |
| 87 | Kentucky | 7 | 85 | 62 | 12 | 159 | 22.7 |
| 89 | Utah State | 6 | 50 | 73 | 14 | 137 | 22.8 |
| 89 | Rice | 9 | 103 | 93 | 9 | 205 | 22.8 |
| 89 | Arkansas | 9 | 106 | 88 | 11 | 205 | 22.8 |
| 92 | Colorado State | 4 | 42 | 47 | 3 | 92 | 23.0 |
| 92 | South Alabama | 6 | 40 | 88 | 10 | 138 | 23.0 |
| 92 | UCF | 8 | 74 | 97 | 13 | 184 | 23.0 |
| 95 | Coastal Carolina | 5 | 47 | 60 | 11 | 118 | 23.6 |
| 96 | BYU | 6 | 77 | 58 | 7 | 142 | 23.7 |
| 97 | Charlotte | 8 | 97 | 81 | 12 | 190 | 23.8 |
| 98 | Houston | 7 | 64 | 87 | 16 | 167 | 23.9 |
| 98 | Tulsa | 8 | 88 | 88 | 15 | 191 | 23.9 |
| 100 | North Carolina | 6 | 66 | 64 | 14 | 144 | 24.0 |
| 100 | Cincinnati | 7 | 78 | 72 | 18 | 168 | 24.0 |
| 100 | Colorado | 7 | 87 | 70 | 11 | 168 | 24.0 |
| 100 | Louisville | 8 | 92 | 92 | 8 | 192 | 24.0 |
| 104 | Maryland | 8 | 88 | 88 | 17 | 193 | 24.1 |
| 105 | Kansas State | 6 | 43 | 96 | 6 | 145 | 24.2 |
| 105 | Ole Miss | 6 | 74 | 57 | 14 | 145 | 24.2 |
| 107 | Arizona | 7 | 66 | 93 | 11 | 170 | 24.3 |
| 108 | Middle Tennessee State | 5 | 55 | 53 | 14 | 122 | 24.4 |
| 109 | SMU | 8 | 88 | 95 | 13 | 196 | 24.5 |
| 109 | UTEP | 10 | 128 | 99 | 18 | 245 | 24.5 |
| 109 | UCLA | 10 | 135 | 79 | 31 | 245 | 24.5 |
| 112 | Florida Atlantic | 8 | 78 | 107 | 12 | 197 | 24.6 |
| 113 | Oklahoma State | 7 | 70 | 83 | 20 | 173 | 24.7 |
| 114 | Texas Tech | 10 | 88 | 130 | 31 | 249 | 24.9 |
| 115 | Illinois | 6 | 78 | 62 | 10 | 150 | 25.0 |
| 116 | FIU | 6 | 58 | 73 | 20 | 151 | 25.2 |
| 117 | Louisiana-Monroe | 7 | 83 | 85 | 9 | 177 | 25.3 |
| 117 | Wake Forest | 9 | 86 | 130 | 12 | 228 | 25.3 |
| 117 | Nebraska | 9 | 104 | 103 | 21 | 228 | 25.3 |
| 120 | Memphis | 6 | 67 | 71 | 15 | 153 | 25.5 |
| 121 | Nevada | 7 | 66 | 99 | 15 | 180 | 25.7 |
| 122 | Oregon State | 8 | 99 | 89 | 18 | 206 | 25.8 |
| 123 | San Jose State | 7 | 107 | 64 | 10 | 181 | 25.9 |
| 124 | Akron | 7 | 82 | 83 | 19 | 184 | 26.3 |
| 125 | Connecticut | 7 | 74 | 96 | 15 | 185 | 26.4 |
| 125 | East Carolina | 7 | 84 | 85 | 16 | 185 | 26.4 |
| 127 | UNLV | 3 | 43 | 34 | 3 | 80 | 26.7 |
| 127 | Old Dominion | 6 | 74 | 76 | 10 | 160 | 26.7 |
| 129 | Bowling Green | 6 | 85 | 69 | 7 | 161 | 26.8 |
| 130 | Louisiana | 4 | 49 | 53 | 8 | 110 | 27.5 |