2018 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games vs. Ranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/07/2019

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Troy 1 6 10 0 16 16.0
2 Miami (Florida) 1 8 5 4 17 17.0
3 Cincinnati 1 7 11 0 18 18.0
3 Northern Illinois 1 8 6 4 18 18.0
5 Army 1 10 8 1 19 19.0
6 Utah State 1 7 11 2 20 20.0
6 Ball State 1 7 13 0 20 20.0
6 Washington State 1 13 7 0 20 20.0
9 New Mexico State 1 11 8 3 22 22.0
9 UAB 1 11 9 2 22 22.0
11 Toledo 1 7 16 1 24 24.0
11 Appalachian State 1 10 11 3 24 24.0
11 Ohio 1 10 12 2 24 24.0
11 Tulsa 1 12 9 3 24 24.0
15 North Carolina 1 8 15 2 25 25.0
15 North Texas 1 11 13 1 25 25.0
15 Louisiana Tech 1 16 8 1 25 25.0
15 Buffalo 1 19 3 3 25 25.0
19 Arkansas State 1 13 11 2 26 26.0
19 Kent State 1 14 9 3 26 26.0
19 Louisiana-Lafayette 1 14 11 1 26 26.0
22 Georgia Southern 1 13 14 0 27 27.0
22 Central Michigan 1 15 8 4 27 27.0
22 Eastern Michigan 1 18 4 5 27 27.0
22 Houston 1 24 2 1 27 27.0
26 Liberty 1 24 2 2 28 28.0
27 Akron 1 7 19 4 30 30.0
27 Massachusetts 1 20 8 2 30 30.0
29 Arizona 1 6 20 5 31 31.0
29 Rice 1 10 20 1 31 31.0
31 Louisiana-Monroe 1 18 12 2 32 32.0
32 San Diego State 2 16 14 3 33 16.5
32 Miami (Ohio) 2 28 3 2 33 16.5
34 Iowa 2 18 16 1 35 17.5
35 California 2 8 27 1 36 18.0
35 Nevada 2 12 23 1 36 18.0
37 Washington 2 13 22 2 37 18.5
38 Middle Tennessee 2 21 15 2 38 19.0
39 Virginia Tech 2 19 20 3 42 21.0
40 Arizona State 2 23 18 3 44 22.0
41 Fresno State 2 26 17 3 46 23.0
41 Western Michigan 2 29 14 3 46 23.0
43 Oregon 2 12 32 3 47 23.5
43 East Carolina 2 22 22 3 47 23.5
45 Boston College 2 17 26 5 48 24.0
46 UNLV 2 17 30 2 49 24.5
46 Colorado 2 19 25 5 49 24.5
48 Georgia Tech 2 31 18 1 50 25.0
49 South Florida 2 31 17 3 51 25.5
50 Memphis 2 24 24 4 52 26.0
50 UCF 2 25 22 5 52 26.0
52 Boise State 3 15 34 5 54 18.0
52 Tulane 2 18 30 6 54 27.0
54 Temple 2 29 19 7 55 27.5
55 Colorado State 3 27 26 3 56 18.7
56 Florida Atlantic 2 26 27 5 58 29.0
57 Air Force 3 27 35 2 64 21.3
58 BYU 3 30 33 2 65 21.7
59 Duke 3 28 35 4 67 22.3
60 Arkansas 3 31 32 5 68 22.7
60 Syracuse 3 32 32 4 68 22.7
62 Baylor 3 22 38 9 69 23.0
63 Illinois 3 43 22 5 70 23.3
64 SMU 3 32 35 4 71 23.7
64 Hawai'i 3 39 31 1 71 23.7
66 USC 3 20 46 6 72 24.0
66 Stanford 3 22 46 4 72 24.0
66 North Carolina State 3 23 42 7 72 24.0
69 Kansas State 3 26 45 3 74 24.7
69 West Virginia 3 31 39 4 74 24.7
71 Utah 4 23 44 8 75 18.8
71 Purdue 3 16 50 9 75 25.0
71 Wake Forest 3 42 26 7 75 25.0
74 Minnesota 4 18 53 5 76 19.0
75 Clemson 4 27 45 5 77 19.3
75 Texas A&M 4 30 43 4 77 19.3
77 Notre Dame 4 27 45 6 78 19.5
77 Florida 4 37 35 6 78 19.5
79 Kansas 3 39 36 4 79 26.3
80 Penn State 4 39 35 6 80 20.0
81 Wyoming 4 30 41 10 81 20.3
81 Missouri 4 33 41 7 81 20.3
81 Oregon State 3 34 43 4 81 27.0
84 Wisconsin 4 41 32 9 82 20.5
85 Iowa State 5 35 47 4 86 17.2
85 Texas Tech 3 34 45 7 86 28.7
87 Mississippi 3 38 37 12 87 29.0
88 Michigan 5 39 39 12 90 18.0
88 Northwestern 4 26 62 2 90 22.5
88 Kentucky 4 42 38 10 90 22.5
88 Navy 4 52 37 1 90 22.5
88 New Mexico 3 34 50 6 90 30.0
93 Michigan State 5 29 61 5 95 19.0
93 Rutgers 4 39 45 11 95 23.8
93 UCLA 4 41 44 10 95 23.8
96 Georgia 5 46 45 7 98 19.6
96 Texas 4 32 56 10 98 24.5
96 Ohio State 4 35 48 15 98 24.5
96 Florida State 4 43 45 10 98 24.5
100 Nebraska 4 41 51 8 100 25.0
100 Vanderbilt 4 61 34 5 100 25.0
102 Oklahoma State 4 31 66 4 101 25.3
102 TCU 4 45 54 2 101 25.3
102 Louisville 4 51 37 13 101 25.3
105 San Jose State 4 45 49 8 102 25.5
106 Indiana 4 41 53 10 104 26.0
107 Alabama 5 32 64 9 105 21.0
108 Mississippi State 6 44 48 16 108 18.0
109 Pittsburgh 5 50 45 15 110 22.0
110 Tennessee 5 49 60 6 115 23.0
111 LSU 5 55 50 11 116 23.2
112 Auburn 5 44 56 20 120 24.0
113 Connecticut 4 60 62 4 126 31.5
114 Maryland 5 60 55 15 130 26.0
115 Oklahoma 5 60 68 9 137 27.4
116 South Carolina 5 74 64 7 145 29.0