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