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

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Michigan State 8 26 78 14 118 14.8
2 Mississippi State 7 46 50 8 104 14.9
2 Texas A&M 9 46 81 17 144 16.0
4 Air Force 9 49 86 10 145 16.1
5 Michigan 8 50 43 23 116 14.5
6 Auburn 8 51 66 10 127 15.9
6 Missouri 9 51 96 16 163 18.1
8 LSU 8 52 66 20 138 17.3
9 Georgia 9 53 76 13 142 15.8
10 Tennessee 7 54 64 10 128 18.3
11 Cincinnati 12 57 91 34 182 15.2
11 Wisconsin 9 57 76 15 148 16.4
13 Southern Mississippi 11 59 89 13 161 14.6
13 Utah 10 59 84 20 163 16.3
13 Florida State 8 59 90 15 164 20.5
16 Alabama 10 61 67 20 148 14.8
16 San Diego State 11 61 106 16 183 16.6
18 Kentucky 9 62 63 11 136 15.1
18 Iowa State 8 62 91 7 160 20.0
20 Maryland 7 63 47 18 128 18.3
21 Charlotte 12 64 116 17 197 16.4
22 TCU 9 65 62 14 141 15.7
23 North Carolina State 10 66 92 11 169 16.9
23 Wyoming 8 66 70 6 142 17.8
25 Ohio State 10 67 97 21 185 18.5
26 Army 12 68 99 18 185 15.4
26 Florida 9 68 64 21 153 17.0
26 BYU 10 68 87 17 172 17.2
26 Notre Dame 9 68 96 17 181 20.1
30 Clemson 11 70 71 17 158 14.4
31 Syracuse 10 71 101 18 190 19.0
31 Navy 9 71 101 8 180 20.0
33 Texas 10 72 102 17 191 19.1
34 Kansas State 9 73 94 13 180 20.0
34 Texas Tech 9 73 97 21 191 21.2
34 Nebraska 8 73 78 21 172 21.5
37 USC 9 74 82 18 174 19.3
37 East Carolina 10 74 108 14 196 19.6
37 Indiana 8 74 76 18 168 21.0
37 Oklahoma 9 74 113 18 205 22.8
41 Washington 12 75 113 12 200 16.7
42 Boise State 10 76 89 13 178 17.8
42 North Texas 12 76 123 21 220 18.3
42 Pittsburgh 9 76 79 15 170 18.9
42 Rutgers 8 76 67 16 159 19.9
46 Oklahoma State 9 77 90 33 200 22.2
47 Northwestern 10 78 98 11 187 18.7
47 Wake Forest 10 78 123 14 215 21.5
47 South Carolina 8 78 87 20 185 23.1
50 Marshall 13 79 130 33 242 18.6
50 Kansas 9 79 92 13 184 20.4
52 Fresno State 12 80 107 16 203 16.9
52 Colorado 10 80 92 23 195 19.5
52 Northern Illinois 13 80 155 33 268 20.6
52 UCLA 8 80 91 15 186 23.3
56 Appalachian State 12 81 87 16 184 15.3
56 UAB 13 81 98 41 220 16.9
56 Stanford 10 81 108 11 200 20.0
56 West Virginia 9 81 92 15 188 20.9
60 Nevada 11 82 115 23 220 20.0
60 Miami (Ohio) 10 82 110 23 215 21.5
62 Iowa 11 83 82 14 179 16.3
62 Minnesota 9 83 67 11 161 17.9
62 Western Michigan 11 83 109 17 209 19.0
62 Penn State 9 83 79 18 180 20.0
66 San Jose State 8 84 89 14 187 23.4
67 Arkansas 9 85 87 19 191 21.2
68 Boston College 10 86 109 14 209 20.9
68 Florida Atlantic 10 86 115 17 218 21.8
70 Washington State 12 88 111 36 235 19.6
70 Tulane 11 88 115 23 226 20.5
72 Vanderbilt 9 89 103 12 204 22.7
73 Georgia Southern 12 90 109 17 216 18.0
73 Ohio 12 90 126 16 232 19.3
73 Oregon 11 90 115 20 225 20.5
76 Virginia 13 92 109 12 213 16.4
77 Utah State 12 93 112 29 234 19.5
78 Troy 12 94 111 19 224 18.7
78 Georgia Tech 11 94 107 11 212 19.3
78 Baylor 10 94 89 15 198 19.8
81 Arizona 11 96 126 31 253 23.0
82 UNLV 10 97 103 8 208 20.8
82 Rice 12 97 136 16 249 20.8
84 California 11 98 76 17 191 17.4
84 Louisiana-Monroe 11 98 118 21 237 21.5
86 Miami (Florida) 12 99 75 14 188 15.7
86 Hawai'i 11 99 111 16 226 20.5
88 Texas State 12 100 106 15 221 18.4
88 Louisiana Tech 12 100 105 18 223 18.6
88 UTSA 12 100 139 13 252 21.0
88 New Mexico 9 100 79 15 194 21.6
88 SMU 9 100 94 15 209 23.2
93 Louisville 8 101 72 6 179 22.4
94 Purdue 10 102 113 17 232 23.2
95 Virginia Tech 11 103 100 19 222 20.2
95 Kent State 11 103 113 25 241 21.9
97 Memphis 12 104 131 24 259 21.6
97 Illinois 9 104 109 18 231 25.7
99 Arkansas State 12 106 77 23 206 17.2
99 Middle Tennessee 12 106 107 25 238 19.8
99 Duke 10 106 89 10 205 20.5
99 Arizona State 11 106 119 23 248 22.5
99 Colorado State 9 106 89 14 209 23.2
99 Mississippi 9 106 93 18 217 24.1
105 Central Michigan 11 108 85 25 218 19.8
106 Buffalo 13 109 104 14 227 17.5
106 Toledo 12 109 124 30 263 21.9
108 North Carolina 10 110 95 19 224 22.4
109 Western Kentucky 12 112 127 22 261 21.8
110 Georgia State 12 113 124 15 252 21.0
110 Temple 11 113 97 32 242 22.0
110 South Alabama 12 113 123 33 269 22.4
113 Liberty 11 116 133 12 261 23.7
114 Eastern Michigan 12 117 77 24 218 18.2
115 Connecticut 8 119 72 8 199 24.9
116 UTEP 12 120 102 20 242 20.2
116 Akron 11 120 92 14 226 20.5
118 Old Dominion 12 121 143 27 291 24.3
118 Oregon State 9 121 90 14 225 25.0
120 Tulsa 11 123 86 25 234 21.3
121 Houston 12 128 159 21 308 25.7
122 South Florida 11 129 100 22 251 22.8
123 UCF 11 135 100 20 255 23.2
124 Coastal Carolina 12 136 107 16 259 21.6
125 Ball State 11 139 112 25 276 25.1
126 Louisiana-Lafayette 13 146 123 21 290 22.3
126 Massachusetts 11 146 95 16 257 23.4
128 Florida International 13 147 116 29 292 22.5
129 New Mexico State 11 155 105 14 274 24.9
130 Bowling Green 12 175 78 26 279 23.3