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

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Georgia 1 8 1 2 11 11.0
2 Iowa State 1 3 3 1 7 7.0
3 Clemson 1 0 5 2 7 7.0
4 Rutgers 1 5 6 1 12 12.0
5 Utah 2 23 7 3 33 16.5
6 Miami (Florida) 1 11 8 0 19 19.0
7 Kansas State 1 5 9 0 14 14.0
7 Texas A&M 2 17 9 2 28 14.0
7 Washington 1 5 9 1 15 15.0
10 Northwestern 1 7 10 0 17 17.0
10 TCU 1 19 10 0 29 29.0
12 Nebraska 1 6 11 2 19 19.0
12 Maryland 1 10 11 6 27 27.0
14 Kentucky 2 9 12 4 25 12.5
14 Purdue 2 10 12 5 27 13.5
14 Michigan 2 12 12 4 28 14.0
14 California 1 5 12 2 19 19.0
14 Arizona 2 24 12 3 39 19.5
14 Penn State 1 5 12 4 21 21.0
14 Kansas 1 13 12 2 27 27.0
21 Texas Tech 2 9 13 3 25 12.5
21 Arizona State 2 17 13 4 34 17.0
21 Stanford 1 10 13 4 27 27.0
24 Tennessee 2 9 14 1 24 12.0
24 North Carolina 2 25 14 5 44 22.0
24 Oklahoma 1 8 14 2 24 24.0
24 Wake Forest 2 29 14 5 48 24.0
28 Iowa 2 12 15 2 29 14.5
28 Arkansas 2 6 15 9 30 15.0
28 South Carolina 2 14 15 4 33 16.5
28 Duke 1 5 15 0 20 20.0
28 Syracuse 2 21 15 4 40 20.0
28 Louisville 2 23 15 2 40 20.0
34 Mississippi State 2 7 16 3 26 13.0
34 Boston College 2 11 16 6 33 16.5
34 Mississippi 2 24 16 4 44 22.0
34 Oregon 1 3 16 4 23 23.0
38 Wisconsin 3 12 18 3 33 11.0
38 Minnesota 2 8 18 6 32 16.0
38 Georgia Tech 2 19 18 1 38 19.0
41 Notre Dame 3 20 19 4 43 14.3
42 Alabama 3 12 20 2 34 11.3
42 Florida State 2 7 20 4 31 15.5
42 LSU 2 11 20 4 35 17.5
42 North Carolina State 2 16 20 5 41 20.5
46 Baylor 2 9 21 4 34 17.0
46 Texas 2 14 21 1 36 18.0
46 Virginia Tech 2 18 21 2 41 20.5
46 Illinois 2 17 21 5 43 21.5
50 Michigan State 1 6 22 3 31 31.0
51 Indiana 2 19 23 3 45 22.5
52 Pittsburgh 2 9 24 5 38 19.0
53 Ohio State 2 10 25 7 42 21.0
53 Vanderbilt 2 17 25 2 44 22.0
55 Missouri 3 38 27 4 69 23.0
56 UCLA 2 14 28 6 48 24.0
56 Virginia 2 27 28 3 58 29.0
58 Auburn 3 20 29 2 51 17.0
58 Oregon State 2 16 29 8 53 26.5
60 Florida 3 23 30 10 63 21.0
60 Washington State 3 31 30 3 64 21.3
62 USC 3 25 39 7 71 23.7
63 Oklahoma State 3 13 45 6 64 21.3
64 BYU 5 50 52 10 112 22.4
65 Colorado State 9 95 68 20 183 20.3
65 Massachusetts 7 84 68 16 168 24.0
67 Connecticut 7 89 69 8 166 23.7
68 Liberty 10 90 71 20 181 18.1
69 Western Michigan 10 79 76 17 172 17.2
70 New Mexico 10 87 79 22 188 18.8
71 Army 9 49 80 8 137 15.2
71 South Alabama 10 80 80 17 177 17.7
71 Troy 10 94 80 22 196 19.6
71 Bowling Green 9 97 80 16 193 21.4
71 Akron 9 126 80 12 218 24.2
76 Southern Mississippi 10 71 81 14 166 16.6
77 Air Force 11 64 86 13 163 14.8
77 Buffalo 10 114 86 19 219 21.9
79 Arkansas State 10 126 87 12 225 22.5
80 UNLV 9 84 88 9 181 20.1
80 Louisiana Tech 9 91 88 19 198 22.0
82 East Carolina 10 81 90 12 183 18.3
83 Cincinnati 11 94 91 21 206 18.7
84 Houston 11 66 94 25 185 16.8
84 Fresno State 10 65 94 26 185 18.5
84 Central Michigan 9 84 94 14 192 21.3
84 New Mexico State 9 82 94 18 194 21.6
88 Temple 9 116 95 14 225 25.0
89 Louisiana-Lafayette 12 90 97 24 211 17.6
90 UAB 11 69 98 37 204 18.5
91 Tulsa 10 67 99 19 185 18.5
92 Coastal Carolina 11 83 100 16 199 18.1
92 Boise State 11 91 100 20 211 19.2
94 UCF 10 93 101 19 213 21.3
94 Rice 9 79 101 18 198 22.0
96 Navy 12 86 105 14 205 17.1
96 North Texas 11 76 105 27 208 18.9
98 Wyoming 12 117 107 22 246 20.5
98 Tulane 9 75 107 11 193 21.4
98 Nevada 10 101 107 11 219 21.9
101 UTEP 12 91 108 36 235 19.6
102 Utah State 11 93 109 17 219 19.9
102 Georgia State 11 100 109 26 235 21.4
102 Memphis 10 114 109 13 236 23.6
105 Marshall 12 136 110 22 268 22.3
106 Ball State 11 112 111 16 239 21.7
106 South Florida 9 89 111 11 211 23.4
106 Florida International 10 131 111 11 253 25.3
109 Florida Atlantic 10 73 112 20 205 20.5
109 Louisiana-Monroe 9 91 112 7 210 23.3
111 Appalachian State 12 85 113 18 216 18.0
111 San Jose State 10 73 113 21 207 20.7
111 Northern Illinois 11 119 113 11 243 22.1
114 San Diego State 11 64 114 25 203 18.5
114 Georgia Southern 10 87 114 21 222 22.2
114 Charlotte 9 82 114 12 208 23.1
117 Toledo 12 96 115 30 241 20.1
117 Eastern Michigan 11 126 115 17 258 23.5
119 SMU 10 69 118 19 206 20.6
120 Miami (Ohio) 11 87 119 21 227 20.6
121 Middle Tennessee 11 87 120 16 223 20.3
121 Texas State 10 111 120 18 249 24.9
123 Ohio 9 83 121 16 220 24.4
124 Western Kentucky 11 111 124 12 247 22.5
125 Kent State 10 116 128 26 270 27.0
126 Hawai'i 10 81 130 20 231 23.1
127 Old Dominion 11 88 133 25 246 22.4
128 UTSA 12 89 134 22 245 20.4