2018 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games Lost Only through 01/07/2019
| Name | G | Rush | Pass | Penalty | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Troy | 3 | 18 | 29 | 1 | 48 | 16.0 |
| 2 | Cincinnati | 2 | 10 | 22 | 2 | 34 | 17.0 |
| 2 | Florida | 3 | 33 | 27 | 2 | 62 | 20.7 |
| 2 | Alabama | 1 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 2 | Fresno State | 2 | 19 | 23 | 2 | 44 | 22.0 |
| 2 | Notre Dame | 1 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 7 | Boise State | 3 | 18 | 21 | 3 | 42 | 14.0 |
| 7 | Iowa | 4 | 39 | 33 | 3 | 75 | 18.8 |
| 7 | Army | 2 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 38 | 19.0 |
| 7 | Georgia | 3 | 29 | 29 | 3 | 61 | 20.3 |
| 7 | Ohio State | 1 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 7 | Oklahoma | 2 | 21 | 31 | 3 | 55 | 27.5 |
| 13 | Texas A&M | 4 | 21 | 41 | 4 | 66 | 16.5 |
| 13 | Iowa State | 5 | 37 | 55 | 4 | 96 | 19.2 |
| 13 | Northwestern | 5 | 35 | 65 | 4 | 104 | 20.8 |
| 13 | TCU | 6 | 58 | 73 | 4 | 135 | 22.5 |
| 13 | Syracuse | 3 | 39 | 26 | 4 | 69 | 23.0 |
| 13 | Georgia Southern | 3 | 32 | 36 | 4 | 72 | 24.0 |
| 13 | Duke | 5 | 65 | 52 | 4 | 121 | 24.2 |
| 13 | Buffalo | 4 | 58 | 39 | 4 | 101 | 25.3 |
| 13 | UCF | 1 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 32 | 32.0 |
| 22 | California | 6 | 53 | 51 | 5 | 109 | 18.2 |
| 22 | Appalachian State | 2 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 38 | 19.0 |
| 22 | Air Force | 7 | 49 | 85 | 5 | 139 | 19.9 |
| 22 | Utah State | 2 | 16 | 22 | 5 | 43 | 21.5 |
| 22 | Washington | 4 | 32 | 50 | 5 | 87 | 21.8 |
| 22 | Ohio | 4 | 39 | 47 | 5 | 91 | 22.8 |
| 22 | LSU | 3 | 41 | 35 | 5 | 81 | 27.0 |
| 29 | Southern Miss | 5 | 35 | 42 | 6 | 83 | 16.6 |
| 29 | Kentucky | 3 | 34 | 22 | 6 | 62 | 20.7 |
| 29 | Minnesota | 6 | 56 | 64 | 6 | 126 | 21.0 |
| 29 | Stanford | 4 | 34 | 54 | 6 | 94 | 23.5 |
| 29 | Hawaii | 6 | 73 | 64 | 6 | 143 | 23.8 |
| 29 | Liberty | 6 | 96 | 63 | 6 | 165 | 27.5 |
| 35 | Charlotte | 7 | 35 | 62 | 7 | 104 | 14.9 |
| 35 | BYU | 6 | 55 | 54 | 7 | 116 | 19.3 |
| 35 | Penn State | 4 | 36 | 39 | 7 | 82 | 20.5 |
| 35 | Louisiana Tech | 5 | 54 | 43 | 7 | 104 | 20.8 |
| 35 | Washington State | 2 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 43 | 21.5 |
| 35 | Navy | 10 | 101 | 110 | 7 | 218 | 21.8 |
| 35 | Georgia Tech | 6 | 73 | 53 | 7 | 133 | 22.2 |
| 35 | Kansas State | 7 | 75 | 89 | 7 | 171 | 24.4 |
| 35 | West Virginia | 4 | 49 | 50 | 7 | 106 | 26.5 |
| 44 | Michigan State | 6 | 35 | 68 | 8 | 111 | 18.5 |
| 44 | Arkansas State | 5 | 52 | 33 | 8 | 93 | 18.6 |
| 44 | Wisconsin | 5 | 55 | 33 | 8 | 96 | 19.2 |
| 44 | Nevada | 5 | 44 | 54 | 8 | 106 | 21.2 |
| 44 | Michigan | 3 | 29 | 27 | 8 | 64 | 21.3 |
| 44 | Missouri | 5 | 40 | 61 | 8 | 109 | 21.8 |
| 44 | Oregon | 4 | 31 | 54 | 8 | 93 | 23.3 |
| 44 | NC State | 4 | 33 | 53 | 8 | 94 | 23.5 |
| 44 | USF | 6 | 76 | 61 | 8 | 145 | 24.2 |
| 44 | Vanderbilt | 7 | 109 | 71 | 8 | 188 | 26.9 |
| 44 | South Carolina | 6 | 88 | 77 | 8 | 173 | 28.8 |
| 55 | Texas State | 9 | 81 | 71 | 9 | 161 | 17.9 |
| 55 | North Texas | 4 | 32 | 43 | 9 | 84 | 21.0 |
| 55 | East Carolina | 9 | 81 | 100 | 9 | 190 | 21.1 |
| 55 | Coastal Carolina | 7 | 89 | 55 | 9 | 153 | 21.9 |
| 55 | UAB | 3 | 31 | 26 | 9 | 66 | 22.0 |
| 55 | UNLV | 8 | 79 | 95 | 9 | 183 | 22.9 |
| 55 | Louisiana | 7 | 91 | 63 | 9 | 163 | 23.3 |
| 55 | UTSA | 9 | 86 | 116 | 9 | 211 | 23.4 |
| 55 | SMU | 7 | 68 | 91 | 9 | 168 | 24.0 |
| 55 | Memphis | 6 | 79 | 62 | 9 | 150 | 25.0 |
| 65 | Miami (FL) | 6 | 65 | 30 | 10 | 105 | 17.5 |
| 65 | Virginia | 5 | 58 | 28 | 10 | 96 | 19.2 |
| 65 | Northern Illinois | 6 | 39 | 69 | 10 | 118 | 19.7 |
| 65 | Middle Tennessee State | 6 | 59 | 49 | 10 | 118 | 19.7 |
| 65 | Utah | 5 | 35 | 55 | 10 | 100 | 20.0 |
| 65 | Eastern Michigan | 6 | 71 | 39 | 10 | 120 | 20.0 |
| 65 | Akron | 8 | 97 | 70 | 10 | 177 | 22.1 |
| 65 | Wyoming | 6 | 53 | 70 | 10 | 133 | 22.2 |
| 65 | Western Michigan | 6 | 66 | 63 | 10 | 139 | 23.2 |
| 65 | Boston College | 5 | 44 | 64 | 10 | 118 | 23.6 |
| 65 | FIU | 4 | 60 | 40 | 10 | 110 | 27.5 |
| 65 | Houston | 5 | 73 | 64 | 10 | 147 | 29.4 |
| 77 | Mississippi State | 5 | 40 | 38 | 11 | 89 | 17.8 |
| 77 | San Diego State | 6 | 38 | 63 | 11 | 112 | 18.7 |
| 77 | USC | 7 | 62 | 71 | 11 | 144 | 20.6 |
| 77 | Baylor | 6 | 52 | 61 | 11 | 124 | 20.7 |
| 77 | Georgia State | 10 | 98 | 111 | 11 | 220 | 22.0 |
| 77 | Wake Forest | 6 | 64 | 59 | 11 | 134 | 22.3 |
| 77 | Colorado State | 9 | 104 | 95 | 11 | 210 | 23.3 |
| 77 | Florida Atlantic | 7 | 78 | 78 | 11 | 167 | 23.9 |
| 77 | Tennessee | 7 | 74 | 88 | 11 | 173 | 24.7 |
| 77 | Louisiana-Monroe | 6 | 72 | 73 | 11 | 156 | 26.0 |
| 77 | Massachusetts | 8 | 127 | 72 | 11 | 210 | 26.3 |
| 77 | Connecticut | 11 | 166 | 120 | 11 | 297 | 27.0 |
| 89 | New Mexico | 9 | 118 | 100 | 12 | 230 | 25.6 |
| 90 | Marshall | 4 | 27 | 43 | 13 | 83 | 20.8 |
| 90 | Auburn | 5 | 45 | 48 | 13 | 106 | 21.2 |
| 90 | New Mexico State | 9 | 123 | 73 | 13 | 209 | 23.2 |
| 90 | Kansas | 9 | 99 | 98 | 13 | 210 | 23.3 |
| 90 | Arizona State | 6 | 71 | 57 | 13 | 141 | 23.5 |
| 90 | Toledo | 6 | 66 | 65 | 13 | 144 | 24.0 |
| 90 | Tulane | 6 | 60 | 79 | 13 | 152 | 25.3 |
| 90 | Oregon State | 10 | 139 | 104 | 13 | 256 | 25.6 |
| 90 | Illinois | 8 | 113 | 87 | 13 | 213 | 26.6 |
| 99 | Rice | 11 | 97 | 130 | 14 | 241 | 21.9 |
| 99 | Virginia Tech | 7 | 88 | 58 | 14 | 160 | 22.9 |
| 101 | Miami (OH) | 6 | 68 | 53 | 15 | 136 | 22.7 |
| 102 | Colorado | 7 | 55 | 80 | 16 | 151 | 21.6 |
| 102 | North Carolina | 9 | 99 | 90 | 16 | 205 | 22.8 |
| 102 | Ole Miss | 7 | 85 | 68 | 16 | 169 | 24.1 |
| 102 | Louisville | 10 | 133 | 93 | 16 | 242 | 24.2 |
| 102 | Ball State | 8 | 98 | 86 | 16 | 200 | 25.0 |
| 102 | Texas | 4 | 35 | 54 | 16 | 105 | 26.3 |
| 108 | Western Kentucky | 9 | 97 | 88 | 17 | 202 | 22.4 |
| 108 | Indiana | 7 | 64 | 90 | 17 | 171 | 24.4 |
| 110 | Pittsburgh | 7 | 62 | 57 | 18 | 137 | 19.6 |
| 110 | UTEP | 11 | 116 | 92 | 18 | 226 | 20.5 |
| 110 | Florida State | 7 | 69 | 71 | 18 | 158 | 22.6 |
| 110 | Arizona | 7 | 66 | 82 | 18 | 166 | 23.7 |
| 110 | Purdue | 7 | 72 | 78 | 18 | 168 | 24.0 |
| 110 | Old Dominion | 8 | 84 | 96 | 18 | 198 | 24.8 |
| 110 | Temple | 5 | 54 | 66 | 18 | 138 | 27.6 |
| 117 | Tulsa | 9 | 113 | 63 | 19 | 195 | 21.7 |
| 117 | Maryland | 7 | 80 | 69 | 19 | 168 | 24.0 |
| 117 | UCLA | 9 | 98 | 103 | 19 | 220 | 24.4 |
| 120 | San Jose State | 11 | 120 | 124 | 20 | 264 | 24.0 |
| 121 | Arkansas | 10 | 99 | 103 | 21 | 223 | 22.3 |
| 121 | Oklahoma State | 6 | 68 | 67 | 21 | 156 | 26.0 |
| 121 | Texas Tech | 7 | 73 | 88 | 21 | 182 | 26.0 |
| 124 | Kent State | 10 | 104 | 106 | 22 | 232 | 23.2 |
| 124 | Nebraska | 8 | 78 | 91 | 22 | 191 | 23.9 |
| 124 | Bowling Green | 9 | 146 | 62 | 22 | 230 | 25.6 |
| 127 | Rutgers | 11 | 111 | 107 | 24 | 242 | 22.0 |
| 128 | Central Michigan | 11 | 117 | 84 | 26 | 227 | 20.6 |
| 128 | South Alabama | 9 | 92 | 98 | 26 | 216 | 24.0 |