2020 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games in December/January Only through 01/11/2021
| Name | G | Rush | Pass | Penalty | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Army | 3 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 34 | 11.3 |
| 2 | Navy | 2 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 23 | 11.5 |
| 3 | Georgia | 2 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 27 | 13.5 |
| 4 | Texas Tech | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 4 | Georgia State | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 6 | Bowling Green | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 6 | UAB | 2 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 30 | 15.0 |
| 6 | Penn State | 3 | 18 | 24 | 3 | 45 | 15.0 |
| 9 | Tulsa | 3 | 22 | 22 | 2 | 46 | 15.3 |
| 10 | TCU | 2 | 10 | 20 | 1 | 31 | 15.5 |
| 10 | Houston | 2 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 31 | 15.5 |
| 10 | Iowa | 2 | 13 | 18 | 0 | 31 | 15.5 |
| 13 | Nebraska | 3 | 13 | 29 | 5 | 47 | 15.7 |
| 13 | Texas A&M | 3 | 18 | 24 | 5 | 47 | 15.7 |
| 13 | North Carolina | 3 | 20 | 23 | 4 | 47 | 15.7 |
| 16 | San Diego State | 2 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 32 | 16.0 |
| 16 | Rice | 2 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 32 | 16.0 |
| 16 | Georgia Southern | 3 | 20 | 26 | 2 | 48 | 16.0 |
| 16 | Buffalo | 3 | 23 | 22 | 3 | 48 | 16.0 |
| 20 | Wyoming | 2 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 33 | 16.5 |
| 21 | Louisville | 1 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 21 | Colorado State | 1 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 21 | Kansas | 1 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 21 | Akron | 2 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 34 | 17.0 |
| 21 | Louisiana Tech | 3 | 30 | 18 | 3 | 51 | 17.0 |
| 26 | Boise State | 2 | 8 | 21 | 6 | 35 | 17.5 |
| 26 | New Mexico | 2 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 35 | 17.5 |
| 26 | Arizona | 2 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 35 | 17.5 |
| 26 | Minnesota | 2 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 35 | 17.5 |
| 26 | Air Force | 2 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 35 | 17.5 |
| 31 | Iowa State | 3 | 16 | 35 | 2 | 53 | 17.7 |
| 32 | Arkansas State | 1 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 32 | Toledo | 2 | 13 | 19 | 4 | 36 | 18.0 |
| 32 | Utah | 3 | 16 | 30 | 8 | 54 | 18.0 |
| 35 | Wisconsin | 4 | 21 | 43 | 9 | 73 | 18.3 |
| 36 | Northwestern | 3 | 30 | 23 | 3 | 56 | 18.7 |
| 37 | Southern Miss | 1 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 37 | California | 1 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 37 | Washington State | 2 | 10 | 26 | 2 | 38 | 19.0 |
| 37 | Virginia Tech | 2 | 16 | 22 | 0 | 38 | 19.0 |
| 37 | Fresno State | 2 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 38 | 19.0 |
| 37 | Wake Forest | 2 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 38 | 19.0 |
| 43 | Marshall | 3 | 31 | 19 | 9 | 59 | 19.7 |
| 44 | Louisiana-Monroe | 1 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 44 | Purdue | 1 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 44 | Kentucky | 2 | 18 | 20 | 2 | 40 | 20.0 |
| 44 | Oklahoma State | 3 | 28 | 28 | 4 | 60 | 20.0 |
| 44 | San Jose State | 4 | 21 | 48 | 11 | 80 | 20.0 |
| 49 | Tulane | 2 | 14 | 20 | 7 | 41 | 20.5 |
| 49 | Cincinnati | 2 | 16 | 22 | 3 | 41 | 20.5 |
| 49 | Western Michigan | 2 | 16 | 22 | 3 | 41 | 20.5 |
| 52 | Alabama | 5 | 32 | 57 | 14 | 103 | 20.6 |
| 53 | Clemson | 3 | 22 | 35 | 5 | 62 | 20.7 |
| 53 | Notre Dame | 3 | 25 | 34 | 3 | 62 | 20.7 |
| 55 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 55 | Charlotte | 1 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 55 | West Virginia | 2 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 42 | 21.0 |
| 55 | NC State | 2 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 42 | 21.0 |
| 55 | USC | 3 | 26 | 31 | 6 | 63 | 21.0 |
| 55 | Oregon State | 3 | 32 | 28 | 3 | 63 | 21.0 |
| 61 | Appalachian State | 3 | 37 | 23 | 4 | 64 | 21.3 |
| 61 | Florida Atlantic | 3 | 40 | 24 | 0 | 64 | 21.3 |
| 63 | Virginia | 2 | 14 | 27 | 2 | 43 | 21.5 |
| 63 | Baylor | 2 | 18 | 23 | 2 | 43 | 21.5 |
| 65 | Arizona State | 3 | 37 | 24 | 4 | 65 | 21.7 |
| 66 | Texas | 2 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 44 | 22.0 |
| 66 | Nevada | 3 | 21 | 42 | 3 | 66 | 22.0 |
| 66 | Ohio State | 4 | 22 | 60 | 6 | 88 | 22.0 |
| 69 | Oklahoma | 3 | 19 | 43 | 5 | 67 | 22.3 |
| 69 | Hawaii | 3 | 30 | 33 | 4 | 67 | 22.3 |
| 71 | Western Kentucky | 2 | 21 | 22 | 2 | 45 | 22.5 |
| 72 | Tennessee | 3 | 19 | 45 | 4 | 68 | 22.7 |
| 72 | Oregon | 3 | 23 | 37 | 8 | 68 | 22.7 |
| 72 | Mississippi State | 3 | 25 | 35 | 8 | 68 | 22.7 |
| 72 | Rutgers | 3 | 37 | 28 | 3 | 68 | 22.7 |
| 72 | Stanford | 3 | 38 | 28 | 2 | 68 | 22.7 |
| 77 | Washington | 1 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 77 | UTSA | 1 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 77 | Troy | 2 | 16 | 27 | 3 | 46 | 23.0 |
| 77 | Indiana | 2 | 16 | 28 | 2 | 46 | 23.0 |
| 77 | Louisiana | 2 | 27 | 14 | 5 | 46 | 23.0 |
| 82 | Ball State | 4 | 34 | 50 | 9 | 93 | 23.3 |
| 83 | Michigan State | 2 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 47 | 23.5 |
| 84 | Auburn | 3 | 30 | 35 | 6 | 71 | 23.7 |
| 84 | Memphis | 3 | 31 | 38 | 2 | 71 | 23.7 |
| 84 | Colorado | 3 | 32 | 31 | 8 | 71 | 23.7 |
| 87 | Liberty | 1 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 87 | UTEP | 1 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 87 | Maryland | 1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 87 | UNLV | 1 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 87 | Boston College | 1 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 87 | South Carolina | 1 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 87 | Vanderbilt | 1 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 87 | Utah State | 1 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 87 | Eastern Michigan | 2 | 24 | 19 | 5 | 48 | 24.0 |
| 87 | Duke | 2 | 29 | 16 | 3 | 48 | 24.0 |
| 97 | North Texas | 3 | 40 | 24 | 9 | 73 | 24.3 |
| 97 | Illinois | 3 | 41 | 29 | 3 | 73 | 24.3 |
| 97 | BYU | 3 | 41 | 30 | 2 | 73 | 24.3 |
| 100 | Miami (FL) | 3 | 37 | 29 | 8 | 74 | 24.7 |
| 101 | South Alabama | 1 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 101 | Florida State | 1 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 103 | Coastal Carolina | 3 | 28 | 44 | 4 | 76 | 25.3 |
| 104 | Syracuse | 1 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 104 | Kansas State | 1 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 104 | Georgia Tech | 2 | 18 | 24 | 10 | 52 | 26.0 |
| 107 | UCLA | 3 | 28 | 47 | 4 | 79 | 26.3 |
| 108 | Central Michigan | 2 | 22 | 28 | 3 | 53 | 26.5 |
| 108 | Florida | 4 | 47 | 52 | 7 | 106 | 26.5 |
| 110 | Ole Miss | 2 | 22 | 28 | 5 | 55 | 27.5 |
| 111 | LSU | 3 | 37 | 42 | 4 | 83 | 27.7 |
| 112 | Missouri | 3 | 41 | 37 | 9 | 87 | 29.0 |
| 113 | Northern Illinois | 2 | 20 | 34 | 5 | 59 | 29.5 |
| 114 | Arkansas | 2 | 21 | 33 | 7 | 61 | 30.5 |
| 115 | UCF | 1 | 13 | 19 | 2 | 34 | 34.0 |