2021 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games vs. FCS (I-AA) Teams Only through 01/10/2022
| Name | G | Rush | Pass | Penalty | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central Michigan | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 |
| 1 | Houston | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 |
| 3 | Western Michigan | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 |
| 4 | TCU | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 |
| 5 | Buffalo | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 6 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8.0 |
| 6 | UAB | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8.0 |
| 6 | Maryland | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 |
| 6 | Temple | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 |
| 10 | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 10 | West Virginia | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 10 | Marshall | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 10 | South Carolina | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 10 | North Carolina State | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 10 | Georgia | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 10 | Clemson | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 10 | Southern Mississippi | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 10 | Texas A&M | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 19 | LSU | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 19 | BYU | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 19 | Tennessee | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 19 | Washington | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 19 | UTSA | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 24 | Miami (Florida) | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 |
| 24 | Army | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 |
| 24 | Syracuse | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 11.0 |
| 24 | Oklahoma | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 11.0 |
| 24 | Auburn | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 |
| 24 | Virginia | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 |
| 24 | Troy | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 |
| 31 | Northwestern | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 31 | San Diego State | 1 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 31 | UTEP | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 31 | Eastern Michigan | 1 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 31 | Air Force | 1 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 31 | Nebraska | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 31 | Arkansas | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 31 | Boston College | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 39 | South Alabama | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 39 | Miami (Ohio) | 1 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 39 | Alabama | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 39 | Fresno State | 1 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 39 | Indiana | 1 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 39 | Iowa State | 1 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 39 | Northern Illinois | 1 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 39 | Georgia Tech | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 39 | Old Dominion | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 39 | Vanderbilt | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 49 | Akron | 1 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 49 | Appalachian State | 1 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 49 | Tulane | 1 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 49 | Louisville | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 49 | Mississippi State | 1 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 49 | Utah | 1 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 49 | SMU | 1 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 49 | Kansas | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 49 | Oregon State | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 49 | Oregon | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 49 | Rutgers | 1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 49 | Charlotte | 1 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 61 | Colorado | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 61 | Arkansas State | 1 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 61 | Arizona State | 1 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 61 | New Mexico | 1 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 61 | Penn State | 1 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 61 | Cincinnati | 1 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 61 | Toledo | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 61 | Florida International | 1 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 61 | Arizona | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 61 | Virginia Tech | 1 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 71 | Louisiana-Monroe | 1 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 71 | Kentucky | 1 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 71 | Baylor | 1 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 71 | Coastal Carolina | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 75 | Ball State | 1 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 75 | Wyoming | 1 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 75 | San Jose State | 1 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 75 | Memphis | 1 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 75 | Liberty | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 75 | Kansas State | 1 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 75 | Middle Tennessee | 1 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 75 | Massachusetts | 2 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 34 | 17.0 |
| 83 | Connecticut | 2 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 35 | 17.5 |
| 84 | UCF | 1 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 84 | Nevada | 1 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 84 | North Carolina | 1 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 87 | Bowling Green | 1 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 87 | Wake Forest | 1 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 87 | Duke | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 87 | Kent State | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 87 | Michigan State | 1 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 87 | Missouri | 1 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 93 | Georgia Southern | 1 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 93 | South Florida | 1 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 95 | Rice | 1 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 95 | Florida State | 1 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 95 | North Texas | 1 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 98 | Texas Tech | 1 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 98 | UNLV | 1 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 98 | Western Kentucky | 1 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 98 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 98 | Colorado State | 1 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 103 | California | 1 | 2 | 18 | 4 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 103 | Hawai'i | 1 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 103 | New Mexico State | 1 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 103 | Utah State | 1 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 103 | Washington State | 1 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 103 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 1 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 109 | Tulsa | 1 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 110 | Mississippi | 1 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 110 | Ohio | 1 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 112 | Texas State | 1 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 113 | Florida | 1 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 114 | Louisiana Tech | 1 | 7 | 23 | 2 | 32 | 32.0 |
| 115 | East Carolina | 1 | 9 | 21 | 4 | 34 | 34.0 |