2021 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games in November Only through 01/10/2022
| Name | G | Rush | Pass | Penalty | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michigan | 4 | 32 | 42 | 0 | 74 | 18.5 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Monroe | 4 | 29 | 46 | 0 | 75 | 18.8 |
| 3 | South Carolina | 4 | 44 | 27 | 1 | 72 | 18.0 |
| 3 | FIU | 4 | 59 | 35 | 1 | 95 | 23.8 |
| 5 | Notre Dame | 4 | 28 | 20 | 2 | 50 | 12.5 |
| 5 | Bowling Green | 3 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 46 | 15.3 |
| 5 | UNLV | 4 | 47 | 15 | 2 | 64 | 16.0 |
| 5 | Army | 4 | 28 | 35 | 2 | 65 | 16.3 |
| 5 | Southern Miss | 4 | 38 | 29 | 2 | 69 | 17.3 |
| 5 | Nevada | 4 | 53 | 30 | 2 | 85 | 21.3 |
| 5 | Vanderbilt | 3 | 36 | 31 | 2 | 69 | 23.0 |
| 12 | North Texas | 4 | 22 | 28 | 3 | 53 | 13.3 |
| 12 | Iowa State | 4 | 36 | 28 | 3 | 67 | 16.8 |
| 12 | BYU | 3 | 25 | 28 | 3 | 56 | 18.7 |
| 12 | Liberty | 3 | 30 | 24 | 3 | 57 | 19.0 |
| 12 | Tennessee | 4 | 43 | 46 | 3 | 92 | 23.0 |
| 12 | Northern Illinois | 4 | 58 | 35 | 3 | 96 | 24.0 |
| 12 | Memphis | 4 | 49 | 46 | 3 | 98 | 24.5 |
| 19 | Middle Tennessee State | 4 | 18 | 39 | 4 | 61 | 15.3 |
| 19 | LSU | 4 | 21 | 38 | 4 | 63 | 15.8 |
| 19 | West Virginia | 4 | 29 | 30 | 4 | 63 | 15.8 |
| 19 | East Carolina | 4 | 33 | 27 | 4 | 64 | 16.0 |
| 19 | Iowa | 4 | 30 | 38 | 4 | 72 | 18.0 |
| 19 | Navy | 3 | 22 | 30 | 4 | 56 | 18.7 |
| 19 | Oregon State | 4 | 38 | 34 | 4 | 76 | 19.0 |
| 19 | Kansas State | 4 | 32 | 41 | 4 | 77 | 19.3 |
| 19 | Indiana | 4 | 42 | 34 | 4 | 80 | 20.0 |
| 19 | Buffalo | 3 | 30 | 29 | 4 | 63 | 21.0 |
| 19 | USF | 4 | 36 | 51 | 4 | 91 | 22.8 |
| 19 | Ball State | 4 | 46 | 44 | 4 | 94 | 23.5 |
| 31 | Boise State | 4 | 24 | 30 | 5 | 59 | 14.8 |
| 31 | Clemson | 4 | 18 | 37 | 5 | 60 | 15.0 |
| 31 | Wisconsin | 4 | 22 | 35 | 5 | 62 | 15.5 |
| 31 | Kentucky | 4 | 26 | 35 | 5 | 66 | 16.5 |
| 31 | Illinois | 3 | 27 | 19 | 5 | 51 | 17.0 |
| 31 | San Diego State | 4 | 14 | 50 | 5 | 69 | 17.3 |
| 31 | Washington State | 3 | 26 | 24 | 5 | 55 | 18.3 |
| 31 | Oregon | 4 | 29 | 39 | 5 | 73 | 18.3 |
| 31 | Syracuse | 3 | 21 | 30 | 5 | 56 | 18.7 |
| 31 | Utah State | 4 | 33 | 37 | 5 | 75 | 18.8 |
| 31 | Tulane | 4 | 32 | 39 | 5 | 76 | 19.0 |
| 31 | Nebraska | 3 | 20 | 34 | 5 | 59 | 19.7 |
| 31 | Central Michigan | 4 | 35 | 41 | 5 | 81 | 20.3 |
| 31 | Western Kentucky | 4 | 28 | 49 | 5 | 82 | 20.5 |
| 31 | Arkansas State | 4 | 47 | 30 | 5 | 82 | 20.5 |
| 31 | Northwestern | 4 | 30 | 48 | 5 | 83 | 20.8 |
| 31 | Marshall | 4 | 40 | 41 | 5 | 86 | 21.5 |
| 31 | South Alabama | 4 | 44 | 38 | 5 | 87 | 21.8 |
| 31 | Connecticut | 3 | 25 | 40 | 5 | 70 | 23.3 |
| 31 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 49 | 44 | 5 | 98 | 24.5 |
| 31 | Charlotte | 4 | 45 | 50 | 5 | 100 | 25.0 |
| 31 | Texas State | 4 | 42 | 55 | 5 | 102 | 25.5 |
| 53 | Georgia | 4 | 24 | 25 | 6 | 55 | 13.8 |
| 53 | Minnesota | 4 | 29 | 23 | 6 | 58 | 14.5 |
| 53 | Louisiana | 4 | 35 | 38 | 6 | 79 | 19.8 |
| 53 | Hawaii | 4 | 31 | 43 | 6 | 80 | 20.0 |
| 53 | Texas A&M | 4 | 39 | 35 | 6 | 80 | 20.0 |
| 53 | Auburn | 4 | 25 | 50 | 6 | 81 | 20.3 |
| 53 | Washington | 4 | 49 | 26 | 6 | 81 | 20.3 |
| 53 | Ohio State | 4 | 34 | 42 | 6 | 82 | 20.5 |
| 53 | UCLA | 3 | 30 | 27 | 6 | 63 | 21.0 |
| 53 | Texas | 4 | 34 | 46 | 6 | 86 | 21.5 |
| 53 | UCF | 4 | 29 | 52 | 6 | 87 | 21.8 |
| 53 | California | 3 | 35 | 27 | 6 | 68 | 22.7 |
| 53 | Temple | 4 | 45 | 41 | 6 | 92 | 23.0 |
| 53 | Virginia | 3 | 29 | 35 | 6 | 70 | 23.3 |
| 53 | Wyoming | 4 | 34 | 53 | 6 | 93 | 23.3 |
| 53 | Kansas | 4 | 49 | 39 | 6 | 94 | 23.5 |
| 53 | Colorado | 4 | 47 | 44 | 6 | 97 | 24.3 |
| 53 | Kent State | 4 | 39 | 62 | 6 | 107 | 26.8 |
| 71 | Appalachian State | 4 | 18 | 26 | 7 | 51 | 12.8 |
| 71 | Utah | 4 | 21 | 26 | 7 | 54 | 13.5 |
| 71 | Air Force | 4 | 25 | 33 | 7 | 65 | 16.3 |
| 71 | Arizona | 4 | 33 | 29 | 7 | 69 | 17.3 |
| 71 | Western Michigan | 4 | 32 | 31 | 7 | 70 | 17.5 |
| 71 | Tulsa | 4 | 28 | 36 | 7 | 71 | 17.8 |
| 71 | UTSA | 4 | 46 | 23 | 7 | 76 | 19.0 |
| 71 | New Mexico | 4 | 33 | 38 | 7 | 78 | 19.5 |
| 71 | Mississippi State | 4 | 31 | 44 | 7 | 82 | 20.5 |
| 71 | Old Dominion | 4 | 33 | 43 | 7 | 83 | 20.8 |
| 71 | Massachusetts | 4 | 44 | 33 | 7 | 84 | 21.0 |
| 71 | Purdue | 4 | 39 | 41 | 7 | 87 | 21.8 |
| 71 | Wake Forest | 4 | 45 | 38 | 7 | 90 | 22.5 |
| 71 | Ohio | 4 | 27 | 58 | 7 | 92 | 23.0 |
| 71 | Rutgers | 4 | 42 | 44 | 7 | 93 | 23.3 |
| 71 | TCU | 4 | 43 | 45 | 7 | 95 | 23.8 |
| 71 | Arkansas | 4 | 35 | 54 | 7 | 96 | 24.0 |
| 71 | USC | 3 | 36 | 33 | 7 | 76 | 25.3 |
| 71 | Michigan State | 4 | 26 | 75 | 7 | 108 | 27.0 |
| 71 | Duke | 4 | 47 | 61 | 7 | 115 | 28.8 |
| 91 | Fresno State | 3 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 52 | 17.3 |
| 91 | Coastal Carolina | 4 | 25 | 38 | 8 | 71 | 17.8 |
| 91 | Baylor | 4 | 21 | 43 | 8 | 72 | 18.0 |
| 91 | Missouri | 4 | 26 | 42 | 8 | 76 | 19.0 |
| 91 | Florida State | 4 | 30 | 41 | 8 | 79 | 19.8 |
| 91 | Cincinnati | 4 | 40 | 33 | 8 | 81 | 20.3 |
| 91 | Louisiana Tech | 4 | 38 | 36 | 8 | 82 | 20.5 |
| 91 | Pittsburgh | 4 | 26 | 49 | 8 | 83 | 20.8 |
| 91 | Troy | 4 | 49 | 33 | 8 | 90 | 22.5 |
| 91 | Louisville | 4 | 46 | 38 | 8 | 92 | 23.0 |
| 91 | Colorado State | 4 | 56 | 31 | 8 | 95 | 23.8 |
| 91 | New Mexico State | 4 | 39 | 50 | 8 | 97 | 24.3 |
| 91 | Texas Tech | 3 | 27 | 43 | 8 | 78 | 26.0 |
| 91 | Akron | 4 | 64 | 37 | 8 | 109 | 27.3 |
| 105 | Oklahoma State | 4 | 19 | 27 | 9 | 55 | 13.8 |
| 105 | Miami (FL) | 4 | 31 | 32 | 9 | 72 | 18.0 |
| 105 | Georgia State | 4 | 31 | 41 | 9 | 81 | 20.3 |
| 105 | Georgia Southern | 4 | 35 | 37 | 9 | 81 | 20.3 |
| 105 | Penn State | 4 | 31 | 42 | 9 | 82 | 20.5 |
| 105 | Miami (OH) | 4 | 32 | 43 | 9 | 84 | 21.0 |
| 105 | SMU | 4 | 27 | 50 | 9 | 86 | 21.5 |
| 105 | Maryland | 4 | 40 | 42 | 9 | 91 | 22.8 |
| 105 | Florida Atlantic | 4 | 25 | 58 | 9 | 92 | 23.0 |
| 105 | Oklahoma | 3 | 28 | 33 | 9 | 70 | 23.3 |
| 105 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 39 | 46 | 9 | 94 | 23.5 |
| 105 | Stanford | 4 | 59 | 41 | 9 | 109 | 27.3 |
| 117 | Alabama | 4 | 16 | 33 | 10 | 59 | 14.8 |
| 117 | Houston | 4 | 27 | 36 | 10 | 73 | 18.3 |
| 117 | Boston College | 4 | 42 | 32 | 10 | 84 | 21.0 |
| 117 | San Jose State | 3 | 24 | 40 | 10 | 74 | 24.7 |
| 121 | Arizona State | 4 | 31 | 37 | 11 | 79 | 19.8 |
| 121 | Virginia Tech | 4 | 35 | 42 | 11 | 88 | 22.0 |
| 121 | UTEP | 4 | 38 | 41 | 11 | 90 | 22.5 |
| 121 | Rice | 4 | 27 | 59 | 11 | 97 | 24.3 |
| 121 | Ole Miss | 4 | 43 | 52 | 11 | 106 | 26.5 |
| 126 | UAB | 4 | 24 | 39 | 12 | 75 | 18.8 |
| 126 | North Carolina | 4 | 40 | 47 | 12 | 99 | 24.8 |
| 128 | Toledo | 4 | 37 | 38 | 13 | 88 | 22.0 |
| 129 | Florida | 4 | 36 | 37 | 14 | 87 | 21.8 |
| 130 | NC State | 4 | 29 | 39 | 15 | 83 | 20.8 |