2017 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games vs. FBS Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 01/08/2018
| Name | G | Rush | Pass | Penalty | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UTSA | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 2 | Air Force | 1 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 3 | Navy | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 |
| 3 | Cincinnati | 1 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 5 | Ball State | 1 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 5 | Coastal Carolina | 1 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 5 | Tulsa | 1 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 8 | Buffalo | 1 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 8 | North Texas | 1 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 8 | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 29 | 29.0 |
| 11 | Georgia State | 1 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 11 | Troy | 1 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 11 | UAB | 1 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 14 | Charlotte | 1 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 15 | San Diego State | 2 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 25 | 12.5 |
| 15 | Toledo | 1 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 17 | Texas State | 1 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 17 | Marshall | 1 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 17 | Arkansas State | 1 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 20 | Appalachian State | 2 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 36 | 18.0 |
| 20 | Georgia Southern | 2 | 27 | 15 | 3 | 45 | 22.5 |
| 20 | Tulane | 1 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 23 | Eastern Michigan | 2 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 31 | 15.5 |
| 23 | Massachusetts | 2 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 39 | 19.5 |
| 23 | SMU | 1 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 30 | 30.0 |
| 26 | Western Kentucky | 2 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 38 | 19.0 |
| 26 | Wyoming | 2 | 27 | 17 | 4 | 48 | 24.0 |
| 26 | Hawaii | 1 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 26 | UNLV | 1 | 16 | 17 | 1 | 34 | 34.0 |
| 30 | Louisiana Tech | 2 | 26 | 18 | 0 | 44 | 22.0 |
| 31 | New Mexico | 1 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 31 | Louisiana-Monroe | 2 | 31 | 20 | 0 | 51 | 25.5 |
| 31 | Idaho | 1 | 7 | 20 | 1 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 34 | Houston | 2 | 13 | 21 | 4 | 38 | 19.0 |
| 35 | Western Michigan | 2 | 24 | 22 | 0 | 46 | 23.0 |
| 36 | Middle Tennessee State | 3 | 29 | 23 | 6 | 58 | 19.3 |
| 36 | Utah State | 2 | 22 | 23 | 6 | 51 | 25.5 |
| 38 | UCF | 2 | 13 | 24 | 9 | 46 | 23.0 |
| 38 | Army | 2 | 25 | 24 | 3 | 52 | 26.0 |
| 40 | Fresno State | 2 | 21 | 25 | 3 | 49 | 24.5 |
| 40 | Old Dominion | 2 | 28 | 25 | 4 | 57 | 28.5 |
| 40 | San Jose State | 2 | 33 | 25 | 3 | 61 | 30.5 |
| 43 | Southern Miss | 3 | 18 | 26 | 7 | 51 | 17.0 |
| 43 | Akron | 2 | 14 | 26 | 7 | 47 | 23.5 |
| 43 | New Mexico State | 2 | 18 | 26 | 4 | 48 | 24.0 |
| 43 | Bowling Green | 2 | 28 | 26 | 1 | 55 | 27.5 |
| 43 | Kent State | 2 | 24 | 26 | 7 | 57 | 28.5 |
| 48 | USF | 2 | 9 | 27 | 5 | 41 | 20.5 |
| 48 | Ohio | 2 | 19 | 27 | 2 | 48 | 24.0 |
| 50 | Rice | 2 | 17 | 30 | 4 | 51 | 25.5 |
| 51 | East Carolina | 2 | 28 | 31 | 5 | 64 | 32.0 |
| 52 | Louisiana | 2 | 22 | 32 | 3 | 57 | 28.5 |
| 53 | Central Michigan | 3 | 24 | 33 | 7 | 64 | 21.3 |
| 53 | Northern Illinois | 3 | 31 | 33 | 2 | 66 | 22.0 |
| 55 | Nevada | 2 | 17 | 34 | 7 | 58 | 29.0 |
| 55 | UTEP | 2 | 28 | 34 | 2 | 64 | 32.0 |
| 57 | Connecticut | 3 | 33 | 35 | 4 | 72 | 24.0 |
| 57 | South Alabama | 2 | 15 | 35 | 2 | 52 | 26.0 |
| 57 | Memphis | 2 | 14 | 35 | 4 | 53 | 26.5 |
| 60 | Colorado State | 3 | 25 | 36 | 4 | 65 | 21.7 |
| 61 | BYU | 4 | 60 | 42 | 5 | 107 | 26.8 |
| 62 | Boise State | 3 | 14 | 45 | 1 | 60 | 20.0 |
| 63 | Mississippi State | 9 | 58 | 60 | 15 | 133 | 14.8 |
| 64 | Michigan | 11 | 65 | 68 | 18 | 151 | 13.7 |
| 65 | Virginia | 9 | 81 | 72 | 11 | 164 | 18.2 |
| 65 | Tennessee | 9 | 134 | 72 | 11 | 217 | 24.1 |
| 67 | Vanderbilt | 9 | 114 | 75 | 18 | 207 | 23.0 |
| 68 | Duke | 10 | 82 | 76 | 16 | 174 | 17.4 |
| 68 | Minnesota | 10 | 97 | 76 | 11 | 184 | 18.4 |
| 70 | Wisconsin | 11 | 66 | 77 | 17 | 160 | 14.5 |
| 70 | Washington State | 10 | 82 | 77 | 15 | 174 | 17.4 |
| 72 | Georgia | 12 | 95 | 78 | 15 | 188 | 15.7 |
| 73 | Illinois | 9 | 102 | 79 | 15 | 196 | 21.8 |
| 74 | LSU | 9 | 61 | 82 | 17 | 160 | 17.8 |
| 74 | Boston College | 9 | 78 | 82 | 5 | 165 | 18.3 |
| 74 | Indiana | 10 | 82 | 82 | 25 | 189 | 18.9 |
| 77 | Auburn | 10 | 78 | 84 | 15 | 177 | 17.7 |
| 78 | Florida | 10 | 81 | 85 | 18 | 184 | 18.4 |
| 78 | UCLA | 11 | 151 | 85 | 33 | 269 | 24.5 |
| 80 | Virginia Tech | 10 | 71 | 86 | 12 | 169 | 16.9 |
| 81 | Alabama | 11 | 59 | 87 | 20 | 166 | 15.1 |
| 81 | North Carolina | 9 | 101 | 87 | 19 | 207 | 23.0 |
| 81 | Arkansas | 9 | 112 | 87 | 10 | 209 | 23.2 |
| 84 | Clemson | 12 | 87 | 88 | 17 | 192 | 16.0 |
| 85 | Utah | 10 | 77 | 91 | 18 | 186 | 18.6 |
| 86 | Nebraska | 10 | 119 | 92 | 23 | 234 | 23.4 |
| 87 | Ole Miss | 9 | 104 | 93 | 21 | 218 | 24.2 |
| 88 | Florida State | 10 | 82 | 94 | 15 | 191 | 19.1 |
| 88 | Miami (FL) | 10 | 102 | 94 | 18 | 214 | 21.4 |
| 90 | Georgia Tech | 10 | 84 | 95 | 8 | 187 | 18.7 |
| 90 | Syracuse | 9 | 94 | 95 | 9 | 198 | 22.0 |
| 92 | Baylor | 10 | 103 | 98 | 12 | 213 | 21.3 |
| 93 | Oregon | 10 | 74 | 101 | 32 | 207 | 20.7 |
| 93 | Colorado | 9 | 113 | 101 | 12 | 226 | 25.1 |
| 95 | Michigan State | 10 | 46 | 102 | 17 | 165 | 16.5 |
| 96 | Washington | 11 | 81 | 103 | 7 | 191 | 17.4 |
| 97 | Oregon State | 10 | 122 | 104 | 29 | 255 | 25.5 |
| 98 | Notre Dame | 10 | 81 | 105 | 14 | 200 | 20.0 |
| 98 | Missouri | 10 | 84 | 105 | 19 | 208 | 20.8 |
| 100 | Penn State | 11 | 73 | 106 | 14 | 193 | 17.5 |
| 101 | Kansas | 9 | 85 | 107 | 12 | 204 | 22.7 |
| 101 | Kentucky | 10 | 110 | 107 | 16 | 233 | 23.3 |
| 103 | Texas A&M | 10 | 90 | 108 | 17 | 215 | 21.5 |
| 104 | NC State | 10 | 72 | 109 | 14 | 195 | 19.5 |
| 104 | Iowa State | 10 | 84 | 109 | 9 | 202 | 20.2 |
| 106 | Iowa | 11 | 87 | 110 | 15 | 212 | 19.3 |
| 106 | West Virginia | 11 | 108 | 110 | 28 | 246 | 22.4 |
| 108 | Pittsburgh | 10 | 77 | 112 | 16 | 205 | 20.5 |
| 108 | Rutgers | 10 | 93 | 112 | 13 | 218 | 21.8 |
| 110 | TCU | 12 | 72 | 114 | 21 | 207 | 17.3 |
| 111 | Maryland | 10 | 107 | 116 | 26 | 249 | 24.9 |
| 112 | USC | 12 | 90 | 119 | 26 | 235 | 19.6 |
| 112 | Stanford | 11 | 102 | 119 | 20 | 241 | 21.9 |
| 114 | Ohio State | 12 | 55 | 122 | 25 | 202 | 16.8 |
| 114 | California | 11 | 106 | 122 | 17 | 245 | 22.3 |
| 116 | Purdue | 12 | 80 | 124 | 23 | 227 | 18.9 |
| 117 | South Carolina | 11 | 89 | 125 | 20 | 234 | 21.3 |
| 117 | Oklahoma State | 11 | 96 | 125 | 27 | 248 | 22.5 |
| 119 | Texas | 12 | 78 | 126 | 17 | 221 | 18.4 |
| 119 | Northwestern | 11 | 69 | 126 | 14 | 209 | 19.0 |
| 121 | Oklahoma | 12 | 97 | 127 | 31 | 255 | 21.3 |
| 121 | Wake Forest | 9 | 92 | 127 | 14 | 233 | 25.9 |
| 123 | Louisville | 11 | 108 | 129 | 13 | 250 | 22.7 |
| 124 | Arizona | 10 | 108 | 131 | 23 | 262 | 26.2 |
| 125 | Arizona State | 11 | 93 | 134 | 22 | 249 | 22.6 |
| 125 | Texas Tech | 10 | 83 | 134 | 28 | 245 | 24.5 |
| 127 | Kansas State | 11 | 67 | 159 | 8 | 234 | 21.3 |