2022 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games vs. Conference Teams Only through 01/09/2023

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Notre Dame 1 9 4 0 13 13.0
2 New Mexico State 2 13 18 2 33 16.5
3 Army 2 18 12 0 30 15.0
4 BYU 2 25 26 1 52 26.0
5 Liberty 4 29 23 11 63 15.8
6 James Madison 8 32 70 6 108 13.5
7 Connecticut 3 33 22 7 62 20.7
8 Georgia 9 38 91 18 147 16.3
8 Navy 8 38 89 6 133 16.6
10 Marshall 8 42 71 15 128 16.0
10 North Carolina State 8 42 81 20 143 17.9
10 Massachusetts 4 42 22 12 76 19.0
13 South Alabama 8 45 71 23 139 17.4
14 Illinois 9 46 81 21 148 16.4
14 Texas State 8 46 102 11 159 19.9
16 Air Force 8 47 57 3 107 13.4
17 Pittsburgh 8 48 71 20 139 17.4
18 Michigan 10 49 103 12 164 16.4
19 Western Michigan 8 50 73 16 139 17.4
20 Ohio State 9 53 65 15 133 14.8
20 Wisconsin 9 53 91 15 159 17.7
20 UTEP 8 53 88 14 155 19.4
23 San Diego State 8 54 61 11 126 15.8
23 East Carolina 8 54 121 7 182 22.8
25 Minnesota 9 55 81 8 144 16.0
25 Southern Mississippi 8 55 78 14 147 18.4
25 San Jose State 8 55 81 12 148 18.5
28 Utah 10 56 102 11 169 16.9
28 Clemson 9 56 93 17 166 18.4
30 Middle Tennessee 8 58 108 11 177 22.1
31 Memphis 8 60 81 8 149 18.6
31 Appalachian State 8 60 94 18 172 21.5
31 Vanderbilt 8 60 101 13 174 21.8
34 Boise State 9 61 42 8 111 12.3
34 Penn State 9 61 77 15 153 17.0
34 Buffalo 8 61 70 16 147 18.4
34 Virginia Tech 7 61 71 12 144 20.6
34 Duke 8 61 96 10 167 20.9
39 Kentucky 8 62 60 6 128 16.0
39 Virginia 7 62 73 16 151 21.6
41 Louisiana-Lafayette 8 63 67 11 141 17.6
41 Troy 9 63 85 13 161 17.9
41 UAB 8 63 73 13 149 18.6
41 Houston 8 63 97 16 176 22.0
45 Florida Atlantic 8 64 81 12 157 19.6
45 Western Kentucky 8 64 88 14 166 20.8
47 Iowa State 9 65 68 15 148 16.4
47 Purdue 10 65 95 17 177 17.7
47 Rice 8 65 74 16 155 19.4
47 Missouri 8 65 73 18 156 19.5
47 UTSA 9 65 98 15 178 19.8
47 Ohio 9 65 110 16 191 21.2
47 Wake Forest 8 65 107 9 181 22.6
54 Florida State 8 66 65 14 145 18.1
54 Oregon State 9 66 89 12 167 18.6
54 Coastal Carolina 9 66 106 13 185 20.6
54 North Carolina 9 66 110 10 186 20.7
58 Mississippi State 8 67 74 23 164 20.5
58 Boston College 8 67 82 21 170 21.3
58 UCF 9 67 105 20 192 21.3
58 Texas 9 67 109 18 194 21.6
58 Tennessee 8 67 103 17 187 23.4
63 Fresno State 9 68 74 12 154 17.1
63 Miami (Ohio) 8 68 86 14 168 21.0
65 Bowling Green 8 69 71 15 155 19.4
65 Akron 8 69 73 15 157 19.6
65 Florida 8 69 88 15 172 21.5
68 Toledo 9 70 76 8 154 17.1
68 Oregon 9 70 113 22 205 22.8
70 Maryland 9 71 86 26 183 20.3
70 Eastern Michigan 8 71 66 28 165 20.6
70 Northern Illinois 8 71 88 21 180 22.5
73 Iowa 9 72 74 10 156 17.3
73 Alabama 8 72 73 23 168 21.0
75 Hawai'i 8 73 80 10 163 20.4
75 Cincinnati 8 73 70 22 165 20.6
75 Georgia Tech 8 73 80 21 174 21.8
78 Nevada 8 74 79 14 167 20.9
78 Louisiana-Monroe 8 74 91 10 175 21.9
80 Wyoming 8 75 70 9 154 19.3
80 Central Michigan 8 75 71 9 155 19.4
82 Kansas State 10 76 109 18 203 20.3
82 Miami (Florida) 8 76 74 18 168 21.0
82 Louisville 8 76 79 18 173 21.6
82 Kent State 8 76 98 10 184 23.0
86 Utah State 8 77 66 15 158 19.8
87 Colorado State 8 78 62 12 152 19.0
87 Oklahoma State 9 78 105 11 194 21.6
89 New Mexico 8 79 58 14 151 18.9
89 Arkansas 8 79 78 18 175 21.9
89 Charlotte 8 79 85 15 179 22.4
92 Georgia State 8 80 72 20 172 21.5
92 Mississippi 8 80 84 15 179 22.4
94 Tulsa 8 82 74 11 167 20.9
94 Temple 8 82 85 8 175 21.9
96 UNLV 8 83 73 14 170 21.3
96 UCLA 9 83 120 17 220 24.4
98 Auburn 8 84 68 13 165 20.6
98 Washington State 9 84 94 12 190 21.1
98 Florida International 8 84 102 21 207 25.9
101 Arkansas State 8 86 70 14 170 21.3
101 Washington 9 86 103 16 205 22.8
101 California 9 86 133 9 228 25.3
104 Rutgers 9 87 84 23 194 21.6
104 Syracuse 8 87 77 12 176 22.0
104 West Virginia 9 87 110 18 215 23.9
107 Texas Tech 9 88 96 15 199 22.1
107 Louisiana Tech 8 88 89 19 196 24.5
107 Indiana 9 88 117 17 222 24.7
110 North Texas 9 89 111 10 210 23.3
110 SMU 8 89 91 13 193 24.1
110 Ball State 8 89 93 15 197 24.6
113 LSU 9 90 91 15 196 21.8
113 Tulane 9 90 98 12 200 22.2
113 South Florida 8 90 114 9 213 26.6
116 TCU 10 91 97 13 201 20.1
116 Baylor 9 91 99 11 201 22.3
118 USC 10 92 120 23 235 23.5
118 Arizona State 9 92 112 22 226 25.1
120 Old Dominion 8 93 77 14 184 23.0
121 Colorado 9 95 131 13 239 26.6
122 Northwestern 9 96 78 14 188 20.9
123 South Carolina 8 97 84 19 200 25.0
124 Texas A&M 8 98 68 14 180 22.5
124 Stanford 9 98 93 20 211 23.4
126 Michigan State 9 99 102 14 215 23.9
127 Nebraska 9 100 86 8 194 21.6
128 Kansas 9 103 113 15 231 25.7
129 Oklahoma 9 105 121 16 242 26.9
130 Georgia Southern 8 108 88 7 203 25.4
130 Arizona 9 108 112 25 245 27.2