2017 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games vs. FBS Teams With Non-Winning Record Only through 01/08/2018
| Name | G | Rush | Pass | Penalty | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Syracuse | 1 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 2 | Notre Dame | 2 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 32 | 16.0 |
| 3 | Baylor | 2 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 33 | 16.5 |
| 4 | Alabama | 4 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 36 | 9.0 |
| 5 | Florida | 2 | 12 | 25 | 3 | 40 | 20.0 |
| 5 | UTEP | 2 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 40 | 20.0 |
| 7 | Mississippi State | 4 | 17 | 18 | 8 | 43 | 10.8 |
| 7 | Clemson | 3 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 43 | 14.3 |
| 7 | Arkansas | 2 | 16 | 24 | 3 | 43 | 21.5 |
| 10 | Georgia | 4 | 26 | 17 | 2 | 45 | 11.3 |
| 11 | Iowa | 3 | 23 | 22 | 2 | 47 | 15.7 |
| 12 | Texas Tech | 2 | 14 | 30 | 4 | 48 | 24.0 |
| 13 | North Texas | 3 | 29 | 18 | 2 | 49 | 16.3 |
| 14 | Kansas | 2 | 24 | 25 | 1 | 50 | 25.0 |
| 15 | Nebraska | 3 | 27 | 19 | 5 | 51 | 17.0 |
| 16 | TCU | 4 | 20 | 25 | 7 | 52 | 13.0 |
| 17 | Boston College | 3 | 22 | 28 | 3 | 53 | 17.7 |
| 18 | UTSA | 4 | 24 | 21 | 9 | 54 | 13.5 |
| 19 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 15 | 37 | 3 | 55 | 13.8 |
| 19 | Florida State | 3 | 16 | 38 | 1 | 55 | 18.3 |
| 21 | Rice | 3 | 18 | 37 | 2 | 57 | 19.0 |
| 22 | Utah | 4 | 23 | 29 | 6 | 58 | 14.5 |
| 23 | Tulane | 3 | 26 | 29 | 4 | 59 | 19.7 |
| 24 | NC State | 3 | 16 | 39 | 7 | 62 | 20.7 |
| 25 | Michigan State | 6 | 23 | 36 | 6 | 65 | 10.8 |
| 25 | Washington State | 4 | 28 | 29 | 8 | 65 | 16.3 |
| 27 | Auburn | 4 | 24 | 34 | 8 | 66 | 16.5 |
| 28 | Louisville | 4 | 26 | 37 | 6 | 69 | 17.3 |
| 29 | Washington | 5 | 33 | 34 | 4 | 71 | 14.2 |
| 29 | Air Force | 4 | 36 | 32 | 3 | 71 | 17.8 |
| 31 | Texas | 5 | 28 | 39 | 6 | 73 | 14.6 |
| 31 | Texas State | 4 | 24 | 48 | 1 | 73 | 18.3 |
| 31 | Oregon | 4 | 25 | 35 | 13 | 73 | 18.3 |
| 31 | Iowa State | 4 | 28 | 40 | 5 | 73 | 18.3 |
| 31 | Charlotte | 3 | 24 | 45 | 4 | 73 | 24.3 |
| 31 | Wake Forest | 3 | 34 | 34 | 5 | 73 | 24.3 |
| 37 | Virginia Tech | 6 | 31 | 36 | 7 | 74 | 12.3 |
| 37 | South Carolina | 4 | 24 | 40 | 10 | 74 | 18.5 |
| 37 | Maryland | 3 | 27 | 36 | 11 | 74 | 24.7 |
| 40 | San Diego State | 6 | 29 | 41 | 5 | 75 | 12.5 |
| 40 | Southern Miss | 5 | 34 | 30 | 11 | 75 | 15.0 |
| 40 | UCLA | 3 | 30 | 33 | 12 | 75 | 25.0 |
| 43 | Indiana | 5 | 33 | 31 | 12 | 76 | 15.2 |
| 43 | Louisiana Tech | 4 | 34 | 38 | 4 | 76 | 19.0 |
| 45 | UCF | 4 | 27 | 37 | 14 | 78 | 19.5 |
| 45 | New Mexico | 4 | 39 | 33 | 6 | 78 | 19.5 |
| 47 | Duke | 5 | 42 | 32 | 6 | 80 | 16.0 |
| 47 | Stanford | 4 | 33 | 40 | 7 | 80 | 20.0 |
| 47 | Oregon State | 3 | 39 | 29 | 12 | 80 | 26.7 |
| 50 | Ohio State | 6 | 21 | 46 | 14 | 81 | 13.5 |
| 51 | Navy | 5 | 41 | 39 | 3 | 83 | 16.6 |
| 52 | Purdue | 5 | 34 | 40 | 10 | 84 | 16.8 |
| 53 | Minnesota | 5 | 33 | 46 | 6 | 85 | 17.0 |
| 54 | Oklahoma | 5 | 34 | 43 | 10 | 87 | 17.4 |
| 54 | Cincinnati | 4 | 29 | 47 | 11 | 87 | 21.8 |
| 54 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 30 | 46 | 11 | 87 | 21.8 |
| 57 | Michigan | 7 | 39 | 35 | 14 | 88 | 12.6 |
| 57 | Kent State | 5 | 42 | 33 | 13 | 88 | 17.6 |
| 57 | East Carolina | 4 | 44 | 40 | 4 | 88 | 22.0 |
| 60 | Virginia | 5 | 44 | 36 | 9 | 89 | 17.8 |
| 61 | Army | 6 | 48 | 39 | 5 | 92 | 15.3 |
| 62 | Georgia Southern | 5 | 42 | 41 | 10 | 93 | 18.6 |
| 62 | Colorado | 4 | 39 | 52 | 2 | 93 | 23.3 |
| 62 | SMU | 4 | 40 | 43 | 10 | 93 | 23.3 |
| 65 | Old Dominion | 5 | 47 | 43 | 4 | 94 | 18.8 |
| 65 | Tennessee | 4 | 56 | 35 | 3 | 94 | 23.5 |
| 67 | LSU | 6 | 32 | 56 | 8 | 96 | 16.0 |
| 68 | Penn State | 6 | 41 | 51 | 5 | 97 | 16.2 |
| 69 | Northwestern | 6 | 39 | 51 | 8 | 98 | 16.3 |
| 70 | Kansas State | 6 | 30 | 66 | 3 | 99 | 16.5 |
| 70 | Boise State | 6 | 45 | 47 | 7 | 99 | 16.5 |
| 70 | Western Kentucky | 6 | 48 | 47 | 4 | 99 | 16.5 |
| 70 | Connecticut | 4 | 36 | 59 | 4 | 99 | 24.8 |
| 74 | Fresno State | 6 | 43 | 51 | 7 | 101 | 16.8 |
| 74 | Florida Atlantic | 5 | 34 | 53 | 14 | 101 | 20.2 |
| 74 | Rutgers | 5 | 36 | 56 | 9 | 101 | 20.2 |
| 74 | Temple | 5 | 42 | 45 | 14 | 101 | 20.2 |
| 74 | Nevada | 4 | 70 | 25 | 6 | 101 | 25.3 |
| 79 | Wisconsin | 7 | 41 | 49 | 12 | 102 | 14.6 |
| 79 | West Virginia | 4 | 38 | 48 | 16 | 102 | 25.5 |
| 79 | Tulsa | 4 | 54 | 40 | 8 | 102 | 25.5 |
| 82 | Marshall | 6 | 38 | 56 | 9 | 103 | 17.2 |
| 83 | Massachusetts | 6 | 54 | 45 | 5 | 104 | 17.3 |
| 83 | North Carolina | 5 | 56 | 38 | 10 | 104 | 20.8 |
| 83 | Miami (FL) | 5 | 56 | 39 | 9 | 104 | 20.8 |
| 83 | Arizona State | 4 | 27 | 69 | 8 | 104 | 26.0 |
| 87 | Troy | 6 | 48 | 50 | 8 | 106 | 17.7 |
| 87 | Pittsburgh | 5 | 43 | 52 | 11 | 106 | 21.2 |
| 89 | Houston | 5 | 43 | 60 | 4 | 107 | 21.4 |
| 90 | Northern Illinois | 7 | 42 | 59 | 7 | 108 | 15.4 |
| 91 | South Alabama | 5 | 54 | 47 | 8 | 109 | 21.8 |
| 92 | BYU | 6 | 39 | 67 | 5 | 111 | 18.5 |
| 93 | Wyoming | 6 | 55 | 47 | 10 | 112 | 18.7 |
| 93 | USC | 5 | 49 | 53 | 10 | 112 | 22.4 |
| 95 | Western Michigan | 6 | 40 | 59 | 14 | 113 | 18.8 |
| 95 | Oklahoma State | 6 | 42 | 61 | 10 | 113 | 18.8 |
| 95 | Eastern Michigan | 6 | 44 | 57 | 12 | 113 | 18.8 |
| 95 | Texas A&M | 6 | 51 | 53 | 9 | 113 | 18.8 |
| 95 | Kentucky | 5 | 34 | 72 | 7 | 113 | 22.6 |
| 100 | UAB | 6 | 54 | 48 | 12 | 114 | 19.0 |
| 101 | Missouri | 6 | 42 | 61 | 12 | 115 | 19.2 |
| 102 | California | 5 | 48 | 59 | 9 | 116 | 23.2 |
| 103 | Illinois | 6 | 59 | 47 | 13 | 119 | 19.8 |
| 103 | Ole Miss | 5 | 51 | 59 | 9 | 119 | 23.8 |
| 103 | San Jose State | 5 | 55 | 58 | 6 | 119 | 23.8 |
| 106 | Coastal Carolina | 6 | 61 | 54 | 7 | 122 | 20.3 |
| 106 | Arizona | 5 | 49 | 59 | 14 | 122 | 24.4 |
| 108 | Utah State | 6 | 91 | 27 | 6 | 124 | 20.7 |
| 108 | Louisiana-Monroe | 5 | 54 | 62 | 8 | 124 | 24.8 |
| 108 | Bowling Green | 5 | 57 | 55 | 12 | 124 | 24.8 |
| 111 | Idaho | 6 | 59 | 59 | 8 | 126 | 21.0 |
| 112 | Appalachian State | 7 | 56 | 66 | 8 | 130 | 18.6 |
| 112 | FIU | 6 | 54 | 64 | 12 | 130 | 21.7 |
| 114 | Miami (OH) | 7 | 61 | 57 | 14 | 132 | 18.9 |
| 114 | Akron | 6 | 66 | 58 | 8 | 132 | 22.0 |
| 116 | Middle Tennessee State | 8 | 55 | 66 | 12 | 133 | 16.6 |
| 117 | Ball State | 7 | 49 | 83 | 8 | 140 | 20.0 |
| 118 | Georgia State | 8 | 47 | 88 | 7 | 142 | 17.8 |
| 118 | Memphis | 6 | 53 | 75 | 14 | 142 | 23.7 |
| 120 | Central Michigan | 7 | 64 | 66 | 15 | 145 | 20.7 |
| 121 | Arkansas State | 7 | 59 | 72 | 15 | 146 | 20.9 |
| 122 | Buffalo | 7 | 70 | 72 | 9 | 151 | 21.6 |
| 123 | Ohio | 8 | 47 | 95 | 10 | 152 | 19.0 |
| 124 | Hawaii | 7 | 63 | 87 | 13 | 163 | 23.3 |
| 125 | Toledo | 8 | 58 | 83 | 26 | 167 | 20.9 |
| 125 | Colorado State | 8 | 73 | 76 | 18 | 167 | 20.9 |
| 127 | USF | 8 | 59 | 87 | 22 | 168 | 21.0 |
| 127 | Louisiana | 7 | 85 | 72 | 11 | 168 | 24.0 |
| 129 | UNLV | 8 | 101 | 76 | 10 | 187 | 23.4 |
| 130 | New Mexico State | 9 | 82 | 98 | 16 | 196 | 21.8 |