2022 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games vs. Ranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/09/2023
| Name | G | Rush | Pass | Penalty | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston | 1 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 2 | Army | 1 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 2 | Navy | 1 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 4 | Coastal Carolina | 1 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 4 | Duke | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 6 | Texas State | 1 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 7 | San Jose State | 1 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 7 | Wyoming | 1 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 9 | Georgia State | 1 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 10 | Massachusetts | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 11 | Central Michigan | 1 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 11 | Virginia | 1 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 13 | East Carolina | 1 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 13 | Cincinnati | 1 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 15 | Western Michigan | 1 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 16 | Appalachian State | 1 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 16 | Minnesota | 1 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 16 | Virginia Tech | 1 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 16 | Tulsa | 1 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 20 | Western Kentucky | 1 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 20 | Colorado State | 1 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 20 | Louisiana Tech | 1 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 23 | Nevada | 1 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 24 | Ohio | 1 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 24 | Rice | 1 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 24 | Nebraska | 1 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 27 | Wisconsin | 1 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 27 | Akron | 1 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 27 | Charlotte | 1 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 30 | Utah State | 1 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 30 | 30.0 |
| 30 | USF | 1 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 30 | 30.0 |
| 32 | UAB | 1 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 31 | 31.0 |
| 33 | Ball State | 1 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 32 | 32.0 |
| 34 | Northwestern | 2 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 34 | 17.0 |
| 35 | Marshall | 2 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 35 | 17.5 |
| 35 | NC State | 2 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 35 | 17.5 |
| 37 | Toledo | 1 | 12 | 22 | 2 | 36 | 36.0 |
| 38 | UTSA | 2 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 37 | 18.5 |
| 39 | Illinois | 2 | 10 | 28 | 1 | 39 | 19.5 |
| 39 | Pittsburgh | 2 | 11 | 27 | 1 | 39 | 19.5 |
| 39 | South Alabama | 2 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 39 | 19.5 |
| 42 | Connecticut | 2 | 16 | 19 | 5 | 40 | 20.0 |
| 42 | Iowa | 2 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 40 | 20.0 |
| 44 | UCF | 2 | 13 | 25 | 3 | 41 | 20.5 |
| 44 | SMU | 2 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 41 | 20.5 |
| 46 | UNLV | 2 | 20 | 20 | 2 | 42 | 21.0 |
| 47 | Florida State | 2 | 19 | 21 | 3 | 43 | 21.5 |
| 47 | Arkansas State | 2 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 43 | 21.5 |
| 49 | Tulane | 2 | 14 | 29 | 1 | 44 | 22.0 |
| 49 | Louisiana | 2 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 44 | 22.0 |
| 51 | San Diego State | 2 | 13 | 31 | 1 | 45 | 22.5 |
| 51 | Southern Miss | 2 | 19 | 22 | 4 | 45 | 22.5 |
| 53 | Boise State | 3 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 46 | 15.3 |
| 53 | Wake Forest | 2 | 16 | 28 | 2 | 46 | 23.0 |
| 55 | BYU | 2 | 23 | 23 | 2 | 48 | 24.0 |
| 56 | Hawaii | 2 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 50 | 25.0 |
| 57 | Michigan | 3 | 23 | 27 | 2 | 52 | 17.3 |
| 57 | Fresno State | 2 | 23 | 24 | 5 | 52 | 26.0 |
| 59 | Memphis | 2 | 15 | 34 | 4 | 53 | 26.5 |
| 60 | Bowling Green | 2 | 17 | 36 | 1 | 54 | 27.0 |
| 61 | New Mexico | 2 | 25 | 27 | 4 | 56 | 28.0 |
| 62 | Kent State | 2 | 21 | 33 | 4 | 58 | 29.0 |
| 63 | Texas Tech | 3 | 28 | 25 | 6 | 59 | 19.7 |
| 64 | Iowa State | 3 | 27 | 28 | 5 | 60 | 20.0 |
| 65 | Mississippi State | 3 | 16 | 37 | 9 | 62 | 20.7 |
| 65 | Boston College | 3 | 29 | 30 | 3 | 62 | 20.7 |
| 67 | Louisiana-Monroe | 3 | 32 | 31 | 3 | 66 | 22.0 |
| 67 | Louisville | 3 | 35 | 24 | 7 | 66 | 22.0 |
| 69 | Kentucky | 4 | 33 | 31 | 3 | 67 | 16.8 |
| 69 | Rutgers | 3 | 36 | 23 | 8 | 67 | 22.3 |
| 71 | Purdue | 3 | 22 | 41 | 6 | 69 | 23.0 |
| 71 | Maryland | 3 | 31 | 31 | 7 | 69 | 23.0 |
| 71 | Oklahoma State | 3 | 31 | 36 | 2 | 69 | 23.0 |
| 71 | Kansas | 3 | 38 | 26 | 5 | 69 | 23.0 |
| 75 | Baylor | 3 | 31 | 37 | 4 | 72 | 24.0 |
| 75 | Penn State | 3 | 34 | 33 | 5 | 72 | 24.0 |
| 77 | Ohio State | 4 | 22 | 45 | 7 | 74 | 18.5 |
| 78 | Miami (FL) | 3 | 37 | 32 | 7 | 76 | 25.3 |
| 79 | Indiana | 3 | 34 | 40 | 6 | 80 | 26.7 |
| 80 | West Virginia | 4 | 32 | 44 | 6 | 82 | 20.5 |
| 81 | Texas A&M | 4 | 35 | 41 | 8 | 84 | 21.0 |
| 82 | Texas | 4 | 32 | 49 | 5 | 86 | 21.5 |
| 82 | Notre Dame | 4 | 34 | 41 | 11 | 86 | 21.5 |
| 82 | Clemson | 4 | 38 | 40 | 8 | 86 | 21.5 |
| 85 | Arkansas | 4 | 35 | 41 | 12 | 88 | 22.0 |
| 85 | North Carolina | 4 | 36 | 43 | 9 | 88 | 22.0 |
| 87 | Syracuse | 4 | 56 | 30 | 6 | 92 | 23.0 |
| 88 | Ole Miss | 4 | 40 | 47 | 6 | 93 | 23.3 |
| 88 | Missouri | 4 | 41 | 41 | 11 | 93 | 23.3 |
| 90 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 40 | 45 | 10 | 95 | 23.8 |
| 91 | Washington | 4 | 43 | 47 | 6 | 96 | 24.0 |
| 92 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 33 | 55 | 9 | 97 | 24.3 |
| 93 | Kansas State | 5 | 44 | 49 | 8 | 101 | 20.2 |
| 94 | Michigan State | 4 | 40 | 56 | 8 | 104 | 26.0 |
| 95 | South Carolina | 4 | 47 | 49 | 9 | 105 | 26.3 |
| 96 | TCU | 5 | 40 | 58 | 8 | 106 | 21.2 |
| 96 | Auburn | 5 | 45 | 53 | 8 | 106 | 21.2 |
| 98 | Alabama | 5 | 35 | 59 | 20 | 114 | 22.8 |
| 99 | Oregon State | 5 | 47 | 59 | 9 | 115 | 23.0 |
| 100 | LSU | 5 | 44 | 64 | 8 | 116 | 23.2 |
| 101 | Oregon | 5 | 45 | 64 | 8 | 117 | 23.4 |
| 102 | Oklahoma | 4 | 53 | 58 | 8 | 119 | 29.8 |
| 103 | Utah | 6 | 45 | 71 | 4 | 120 | 20.0 |
| 104 | Georgia | 7 | 36 | 81 | 16 | 133 | 19.0 |
| 105 | Arizona State | 5 | 62 | 65 | 12 | 139 | 27.8 |
| 106 | UCLA | 5 | 63 | 72 | 8 | 143 | 28.6 |
| 107 | Washington State | 6 | 70 | 67 | 11 | 148 | 24.7 |
| 108 | California | 6 | 69 | 80 | 5 | 154 | 25.7 |
| 109 | USC | 7 | 63 | 86 | 13 | 162 | 23.1 |
| 110 | Stanford | 7 | 77 | 73 | 14 | 164 | 23.4 |
| 110 | Tennessee | 6 | 52 | 96 | 16 | 164 | 27.3 |
| 112 | Arizona | 6 | 73 | 78 | 15 | 166 | 27.7 |
| 113 | Florida | 7 | 79 | 75 | 14 | 168 | 24.0 |
| 114 | Colorado | 7 | 87 | 82 | 10 | 179 | 25.6 |