2021 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games vs. FBS Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 01/10/2022

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 San Diego State 2 5 19 6 30 15.0
1 Troy 1 5 14 0 19 19.0
3 SMU 1 6 13 1 20 20.0
3 Memphis 1 6 18 2 26 26.0
5 Coastal Carolina 1 7 8 1 16 16.0
5 Old Dominion 1 7 10 3 20 20.0
7 New Mexico 1 8 12 1 21 21.0
7 Southern Mississippi 1 8 13 1 22 22.0
7 UTSA 1 8 13 3 24 24.0
10 Colorado State 2 9 18 7 34 17.0
10 Buffalo 1 9 7 3 19 19.0
10 San Jose State 1 9 12 2 23 23.0
13 Boise State 1 10 4 1 15 15.0
13 East Carolina 1 10 4 2 16 16.0
13 Louisiana-Lafayette 1 10 12 0 22 22.0
13 Arkansas State 1 10 17 3 30 30.0
17 Miami (Ohio) 1 11 6 2 19 19.0
17 UAB 1 11 10 2 23 23.0
17 Florida International 1 11 17 3 31 31.0
20 Houston 2 12 15 3 30 15.0
20 North Texas 1 12 8 2 22 22.0
22 Louisiana-Monroe 2 13 25 3 41 20.5
22 Air Force 1 13 9 1 23 23.0
22 Appalachian State 1 13 9 3 25 25.0
22 Georgia Southern 1 13 12 2 27 27.0
26 Texas State 1 14 8 0 22 22.0
26 Louisiana Tech 2 14 29 2 45 22.5
26 Middle Tennessee 1 14 8 2 24 24.0
26 Eastern Michigan 1 14 10 2 26 26.0
30 Georgia State 2 15 30 4 49 24.5
30 South Alabama 1 15 12 1 28 28.0
32 UCF 2 16 24 3 43 21.5
32 Ball State 1 16 15 1 32 32.0
34 Fresno State 2 17 16 5 38 19.0
34 Florida Atlantic 1 17 8 1 26 26.0
36 Central Michigan 3 18 33 9 60 20.0
36 Utah State 2 18 20 5 43 21.5
38 Liberty 2 19 19 4 42 21.0
38 Western Kentucky 2 19 36 6 61 30.5
40 Tulsa 2 21 20 2 43 21.5
41 Temple 2 22 11 2 35 17.5
41 Nevada 2 22 13 3 38 19.0
41 Western Michigan 2 22 20 5 47 23.5
44 South Florida 2 24 25 4 53 26.5
44 New Mexico State 2 24 32 3 59 29.5
46 Cincinnati 2 25 20 2 47 23.5
46 Hawai'i 2 25 21 2 48 24.0
48 Army 3 26 36 6 68 22.7
49 Rice 2 28 12 4 44 22.0
49 Connecticut 3 28 45 5 78 26.0
51 Ohio 2 29 12 2 43 21.5
51 Charlotte 2 29 14 2 45 22.5
51 UNLV 2 29 25 2 56 28.0
51 Tulane 2 29 29 7 65 32.5
55 Akron 2 30 24 0 54 27.0
56 Bowling Green 2 32 8 3 43 21.5
56 Kent State 3 32 41 2 75 25.0
58 Northern Illinois 2 34 16 3 53 26.5
59 Wisconsin 10 41 80 15 136 13.6
60 Massachusetts 3 43 35 6 84 28.0
61 Oklahoma State 10 47 69 17 133 13.3
62 North Carolina State 9 51 82 27 160 17.8
63 Auburn 9 64 118 17 199 22.1
64 BYU 7 65 86 7 158 22.6
65 Kentucky 10 67 116 17 200 20.0
66 Georgia 13 69 114 19 202 15.5
66 Pittsburgh 11 69 134 29 232 21.1
68 Clemson 11 70 118 20 208 18.9
69 Alabama 11 71 114 34 219 19.9
70 Mississippi State 10 73 97 9 179 17.9
70 USC 9 73 88 23 184 20.4
70 Texas A&M 9 73 99 20 192 21.3
73 Syracuse 9 74 83 13 170 18.9
74 Minnesota 11 75 83 12 170 15.5
75 Utah 11 76 119 17 212 19.3
76 Arizona 9 77 78 22 177 19.7
76 Indiana 9 77 100 15 192 21.3
78 Arizona State 10 79 99 27 205 20.5
79 Nebraska 10 80 105 14 199 19.9
79 Florida State 9 80 94 20 194 21.6
81 Kansas State 11 81 106 15 202 18.4
81 Florida 9 81 68 20 169 18.8
81 Baylor 11 81 113 25 219 19.9
84 Washington State 9 83 82 14 179 19.9
85 Michigan 12 84 115 12 211 17.6
85 Iowa 12 84 119 18 221 18.4
87 Notre Dame 10 85 107 9 201 20.1
87 UCLA 10 85 104 21 210 21.0
87 Miami (Florida) 10 85 110 22 217 21.7
87 Michigan State 11 85 160 21 266 24.2
91 Boston College 9 87 75 16 178 19.8
91 Ohio State 11 87 126 22 235 21.4
91 Texas Tech 10 87 130 13 230 23.0
94 Iowa State 11 88 96 12 196 17.8
94 LSU 10 88 117 7 212 21.2
94 Virginia 9 88 99 25 212 23.6
97 Oklahoma 11 90 132 17 239 21.7
97 Vanderbilt 9 90 102 12 204 22.7
97 Louisville 10 90 124 20 234 23.4
100 Arkansas 10 91 99 18 208 20.8
100 Georgia Tech 9 91 109 17 217 24.1
102 West Virginia 12 94 111 11 216 18.0
102 Virginia Tech 10 94 98 17 209 20.9
102 Oregon State 10 94 109 20 223 22.3
105 North Carolina 10 97 113 28 238 23.8
106 Purdue 11 98 98 16 212 19.3
106 Rutgers 11 98 107 21 226 20.5
108 Maryland 11 99 116 23 238 21.6
109 Illinois 10 100 97 12 209 20.9
110 California 10 101 94 17 212 21.2
110 Duke 10 101 134 19 254 25.4
112 Texas 10 103 106 16 225 22.5
112 TCU 10 103 104 20 227 22.7
114 Tennessee 10 104 136 19 259 25.9
115 Missouri 9 105 84 20 209 23.2
116 South Carolina 10 106 83 9 198 19.8
117 Oregon 12 111 142 24 277 23.1
117 Mississippi 10 111 116 27 254 25.4
119 Wake Forest 11 112 114 20 246 22.4
119 Northwestern 10 112 104 12 228 22.8
121 Penn State 11 115 99 24 238 21.6
122 Washington 10 118 64 13 195 19.5
123 Colorado 11 121 114 17 252 22.9
124 Kansas 10 132 104 10 246 24.6
125 Stanford 11 142 98 11 251 22.8