2019 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games Won Only through 01/13/2020
| Name | G | Rush | Pass | Penalty | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Dominion | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 2 | Massachusetts | 1 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 3 | UTEP | 1 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 4 | Bowling Green | 3 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 32 | 10.7 |
| 5 | Maryland | 3 | 12 | 19 | 2 | 33 | 11.0 |
| 6 | Arkansas | 2 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 34 | 17.0 |
| 7 | Connecticut | 2 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 36 | 18.0 |
| 8 | South Alabama | 2 | 14 | 20 | 5 | 39 | 19.5 |
| 9 | Rutgers | 2 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 41 | 20.5 |
| 10 | Northwestern | 3 | 14 | 26 | 2 | 42 | 14.0 |
| 11 | Vanderbilt | 3 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 46 | 15.3 |
| 12 | New Mexico State | 2 | 16 | 26 | 5 | 47 | 23.5 |
| 13 | Rice | 3 | 11 | 33 | 5 | 49 | 16.3 |
| 14 | Army | 5 | 18 | 33 | 5 | 56 | 11.2 |
| 14 | New Mexico | 2 | 13 | 36 | 7 | 56 | 28.0 |
| 16 | Georgia Tech | 3 | 27 | 26 | 6 | 59 | 19.7 |
| 16 | Texas State | 3 | 27 | 27 | 5 | 59 | 19.7 |
| 18 | TCU | 5 | 21 | 35 | 6 | 62 | 12.4 |
| 19 | South Carolina | 4 | 22 | 34 | 9 | 65 | 16.3 |
| 19 | East Carolina | 4 | 22 | 37 | 6 | 65 | 16.3 |
| 21 | Ole Miss | 4 | 19 | 44 | 4 | 67 | 16.8 |
| 22 | NC State | 4 | 16 | 46 | 8 | 70 | 17.5 |
| 22 | Texas Tech | 4 | 23 | 42 | 5 | 70 | 17.5 |
| 24 | Kansas | 3 | 34 | 31 | 9 | 74 | 24.7 |
| 25 | Colorado State | 4 | 29 | 31 | 15 | 75 | 18.8 |
| 25 | North Texas | 4 | 36 | 35 | 4 | 75 | 18.8 |
| 27 | UCLA | 4 | 20 | 49 | 7 | 76 | 19.0 |
| 27 | UTSA | 4 | 21 | 45 | 10 | 76 | 19.0 |
| 29 | Houston | 4 | 20 | 55 | 2 | 77 | 19.3 |
| 29 | Fresno State | 4 | 33 | 40 | 4 | 77 | 19.3 |
| 31 | Duke | 5 | 36 | 31 | 11 | 78 | 15.6 |
| 32 | Tulsa | 4 | 23 | 46 | 10 | 79 | 19.8 |
| 33 | Nebraska | 5 | 33 | 40 | 7 | 80 | 16.0 |
| 34 | Troy | 5 | 33 | 39 | 9 | 81 | 16.2 |
| 35 | Ball State | 5 | 27 | 51 | 4 | 82 | 16.4 |
| 36 | Purdue | 4 | 28 | 48 | 7 | 83 | 20.8 |
| 37 | UNLV | 4 | 27 | 56 | 1 | 84 | 21.0 |
| 38 | Northern Illinois | 5 | 34 | 44 | 7 | 85 | 17.0 |
| 39 | Missouri | 6 | 31 | 42 | 13 | 86 | 14.3 |
| 39 | Coastal Carolina | 5 | 32 | 48 | 6 | 86 | 17.2 |
| 41 | USF | 4 | 36 | 41 | 10 | 87 | 21.8 |
| 41 | Stanford | 4 | 37 | 44 | 6 | 87 | 21.8 |
| 43 | Middle Tennessee State | 4 | 37 | 45 | 6 | 88 | 22.0 |
| 44 | Miami (FL) | 6 | 30 | 50 | 16 | 96 | 16.0 |
| 45 | FIU | 6 | 48 | 37 | 12 | 97 | 16.2 |
| 46 | Colorado | 5 | 33 | 61 | 5 | 99 | 19.8 |
| 46 | Arizona | 4 | 33 | 58 | 8 | 99 | 24.8 |
| 48 | West Virginia | 5 | 48 | 47 | 7 | 102 | 20.4 |
| 49 | Syracuse | 5 | 29 | 59 | 16 | 104 | 20.8 |
| 50 | Buffalo | 8 | 35 | 63 | 8 | 106 | 13.3 |
| 51 | Michigan State | 7 | 41 | 54 | 13 | 108 | 15.4 |
| 51 | Georgia Southern | 7 | 43 | 57 | 8 | 108 | 15.4 |
| 53 | Louisiana-Monroe | 5 | 65 | 36 | 8 | 109 | 21.8 |
| 54 | Illinois | 6 | 46 | 57 | 8 | 111 | 18.5 |
| 55 | San Jose State | 5 | 59 | 43 | 10 | 112 | 22.4 |
| 56 | Southern Miss | 7 | 36 | 67 | 10 | 113 | 16.1 |
| 57 | Mississippi State | 6 | 48 | 60 | 8 | 116 | 19.3 |
| 57 | Oregon State | 5 | 50 | 52 | 14 | 116 | 23.2 |
| 59 | Eastern Michigan | 6 | 49 | 64 | 5 | 118 | 19.7 |
| 60 | Nevada | 7 | 41 | 74 | 5 | 120 | 17.1 |
| 60 | Boston College | 6 | 40 | 74 | 6 | 120 | 20.0 |
| 62 | Charlotte | 7 | 57 | 59 | 7 | 123 | 17.6 |
| 63 | North Carolina | 7 | 45 | 64 | 15 | 124 | 17.7 |
| 64 | Kansas State | 8 | 47 | 67 | 11 | 125 | 15.6 |
| 65 | Tulane | 7 | 52 | 62 | 13 | 127 | 18.1 |
| 65 | Washington State | 6 | 46 | 67 | 14 | 127 | 21.2 |
| 67 | Utah State | 7 | 52 | 65 | 11 | 128 | 18.3 |
| 68 | Virginia Tech | 8 | 45 | 69 | 17 | 131 | 16.4 |
| 68 | Iowa State | 7 | 50 | 74 | 7 | 131 | 18.7 |
| 70 | Indiana | 8 | 48 | 62 | 23 | 133 | 16.6 |
| 70 | Kentucky | 8 | 56 | 63 | 14 | 133 | 16.6 |
| 72 | Central Michigan | 8 | 47 | 76 | 15 | 138 | 17.3 |
| 73 | San Diego State | 10 | 44 | 82 | 13 | 139 | 13.9 |
| 73 | Michigan | 9 | 54 | 66 | 19 | 139 | 15.4 |
| 73 | Ohio | 7 | 62 | 62 | 15 | 139 | 19.9 |
| 76 | Texas A&M | 8 | 53 | 72 | 15 | 140 | 17.5 |
| 76 | Toledo | 6 | 47 | 81 | 12 | 140 | 23.3 |
| 78 | Tennessee | 8 | 67 | 59 | 15 | 141 | 17.6 |
| 78 | Florida State | 6 | 55 | 67 | 19 | 141 | 23.5 |
| 80 | Georgia State | 7 | 59 | 75 | 9 | 143 | 20.4 |
| 81 | UAB | 9 | 49 | 61 | 34 | 144 | 16.0 |
| 81 | Marshall | 8 | 46 | 84 | 14 | 144 | 18.0 |
| 81 | BYU | 7 | 62 | 73 | 9 | 144 | 20.6 |
| 84 | Wisconsin | 10 | 42 | 82 | 21 | 145 | 14.5 |
| 85 | Western Kentucky | 9 | 66 | 65 | 15 | 146 | 16.2 |
| 86 | Washington | 8 | 54 | 81 | 12 | 147 | 18.4 |
| 86 | Western Michigan | 7 | 61 | 74 | 12 | 147 | 21.0 |
| 88 | Utah | 11 | 47 | 91 | 13 | 151 | 13.7 |
| 88 | Pittsburgh | 8 | 49 | 71 | 31 | 151 | 18.9 |
| 90 | Wake Forest | 8 | 60 | 83 | 9 | 152 | 19.0 |
| 91 | Arizona State | 8 | 55 | 91 | 11 | 157 | 19.6 |
| 91 | Oklahoma State | 8 | 61 | 87 | 9 | 157 | 19.6 |
| 91 | Liberty | 8 | 66 | 69 | 22 | 157 | 19.6 |
| 91 | Miami (OH) | 8 | 70 | 71 | 16 | 157 | 19.6 |
| 95 | Iowa | 10 | 51 | 98 | 10 | 159 | 15.9 |
| 95 | Temple | 8 | 53 | 82 | 24 | 159 | 19.9 |
| 97 | Auburn | 9 | 60 | 78 | 23 | 161 | 17.9 |
| 98 | Virginia | 9 | 67 | 78 | 18 | 163 | 18.1 |
| 98 | Wyoming | 8 | 49 | 102 | 12 | 163 | 20.4 |
| 98 | Kent State | 7 | 75 | 72 | 16 | 163 | 23.3 |
| 101 | Navy | 11 | 74 | 84 | 10 | 168 | 15.3 |
| 101 | Arkansas State | 8 | 67 | 77 | 24 | 168 | 21.0 |
| 103 | California | 8 | 52 | 107 | 11 | 170 | 21.3 |
| 104 | Florida | 11 | 62 | 95 | 14 | 171 | 15.5 |
| 105 | Texas | 8 | 55 | 99 | 19 | 173 | 21.6 |
| 106 | Georgia | 12 | 53 | 105 | 22 | 180 | 15.0 |
| 107 | Louisville | 8 | 76 | 91 | 15 | 182 | 22.8 |
| 108 | Air Force | 11 | 62 | 113 | 8 | 183 | 16.6 |
| 109 | USC | 8 | 74 | 88 | 23 | 185 | 23.1 |
| 110 | Clemson | 14 | 82 | 91 | 16 | 189 | 13.5 |
| 111 | Minnesota | 11 | 77 | 98 | 17 | 192 | 17.5 |
| 112 | UCF | 10 | 83 | 89 | 21 | 193 | 19.3 |
| 113 | Notre Dame | 11 | 97 | 85 | 12 | 194 | 17.6 |
| 114 | Alabama | 11 | 77 | 93 | 25 | 195 | 17.7 |
| 115 | Ohio State | 13 | 92 | 79 | 25 | 196 | 15.1 |
| 116 | Penn State | 11 | 64 | 118 | 17 | 199 | 18.1 |
| 117 | Cincinnati | 11 | 77 | 96 | 29 | 202 | 18.4 |
| 118 | Florida Atlantic | 11 | 58 | 124 | 23 | 205 | 18.6 |
| 119 | Louisiana Tech | 10 | 69 | 123 | 14 | 206 | 20.6 |
| 120 | Baylor | 11 | 81 | 110 | 18 | 209 | 19.0 |
| 121 | SMU | 10 | 70 | 127 | 21 | 218 | 21.8 |
| 122 | Boise State | 12 | 78 | 124 | 18 | 220 | 18.3 |
| 123 | Hawaii | 10 | 97 | 108 | 17 | 222 | 22.2 |
| 124 | Oregon | 12 | 73 | 119 | 31 | 223 | 18.6 |
| 124 | Oklahoma | 12 | 78 | 106 | 39 | 223 | 18.6 |
| 126 | Louisiana | 11 | 104 | 95 | 27 | 226 | 20.5 |
| 127 | Memphis | 12 | 105 | 100 | 25 | 230 | 19.2 |
| 128 | Appalachian State | 13 | 84 | 132 | 27 | 243 | 18.7 |
| 129 | LSU | 15 | 87 | 158 | 38 | 283 | 18.9 |