2022 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games vs. FBS (I-A) Teams Only through 01/09/2023
| Name | G | Rush | Pass | Penalty | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Air Force | 12 | 67 | 74 | 6 | 147 | 12.3 |
| 2 | James Madison | 10 | 43 | 87 | 11 | 141 | 14.1 |
| 3 | Ohio State | 13 | 73 | 102 | 20 | 195 | 15.0 |
| 3 | Boise State | 13 | 99 | 84 | 12 | 195 | 15.0 |
| 5 | Michigan | 14 | 78 | 124 | 14 | 216 | 15.4 |
| 6 | Iowa State | 11 | 72 | 81 | 18 | 171 | 15.5 |
| 7 | Kentucky | 12 | 85 | 93 | 10 | 188 | 15.7 |
| 8 | Navy | 11 | 61 | 103 | 10 | 174 | 15.8 |
| 9 | Illinois | 12 | 63 | 102 | 26 | 191 | 15.9 |
| 9 | Minnesota | 12 | 78 | 103 | 10 | 191 | 15.9 |
| 11 | Wisconsin | 12 | 67 | 109 | 17 | 193 | 16.1 |
| 12 | Iowa | 12 | 88 | 96 | 13 | 197 | 16.4 |
| 12 | Georgia | 14 | 67 | 138 | 25 | 230 | 16.4 |
| 14 | Utah | 13 | 81 | 122 | 13 | 216 | 16.6 |
| 15 | Marshall | 11 | 64 | 99 | 24 | 187 | 17.0 |
| 16 | NC State | 12 | 62 | 120 | 24 | 206 | 17.2 |
| 17 | Pittsburgh | 12 | 70 | 114 | 27 | 211 | 17.6 |
| 17 | Toledo | 13 | 103 | 111 | 15 | 229 | 17.6 |
| 19 | San Diego State | 12 | 81 | 112 | 19 | 212 | 17.7 |
| 20 | Notre Dame | 13 | 98 | 108 | 25 | 231 | 17.8 |
| 21 | Western Michigan | 11 | 80 | 96 | 22 | 198 | 18.0 |
| 22 | Penn State | 13 | 93 | 121 | 21 | 235 | 18.1 |
| 23 | San Jose State | 11 | 83 | 104 | 14 | 201 | 18.3 |
| 23 | Liberty | 12 | 96 | 100 | 24 | 220 | 18.3 |
| 23 | Clemson | 13 | 83 | 131 | 24 | 238 | 18.3 |
| 26 | Buffalo | 12 | 84 | 115 | 22 | 221 | 18.4 |
| 26 | Oregon State | 12 | 85 | 117 | 19 | 221 | 18.4 |
| 26 | Fresno State | 13 | 104 | 112 | 23 | 239 | 18.4 |
| 26 | Louisville | 13 | 111 | 105 | 23 | 239 | 18.4 |
| 30 | New Mexico | 11 | 99 | 88 | 19 | 206 | 18.7 |
| 31 | UTEP | 12 | 91 | 112 | 23 | 226 | 18.8 |
| 32 | Mississippi State | 12 | 87 | 108 | 33 | 228 | 19.0 |
| 33 | Miami (FL) | 11 | 91 | 98 | 21 | 210 | 19.1 |
| 33 | Alabama | 12 | 91 | 105 | 33 | 229 | 19.1 |
| 33 | LSU | 13 | 107 | 124 | 17 | 248 | 19.1 |
| 36 | Massachusetts | 11 | 97 | 79 | 35 | 211 | 19.2 |
| 36 | Purdue | 13 | 92 | 130 | 27 | 249 | 19.2 |
| 38 | South Alabama | 12 | 72 | 123 | 36 | 231 | 19.3 |
| 38 | Missouri | 12 | 94 | 110 | 27 | 231 | 19.3 |
| 38 | Rice | 12 | 98 | 110 | 24 | 232 | 19.3 |
| 41 | Texas State | 11 | 70 | 128 | 15 | 213 | 19.4 |
| 41 | Nevada | 11 | 86 | 105 | 22 | 213 | 19.4 |
| 41 | Kansas State | 13 | 99 | 131 | 22 | 252 | 19.4 |
| 44 | Troy | 13 | 106 | 129 | 19 | 254 | 19.5 |
| 45 | Louisiana | 12 | 96 | 112 | 28 | 236 | 19.7 |
| 46 | Colorado State | 11 | 103 | 98 | 17 | 218 | 19.8 |
| 46 | Florida State | 12 | 113 | 102 | 22 | 237 | 19.8 |
| 46 | UTSA | 13 | 100 | 130 | 27 | 257 | 19.8 |
| 49 | Army | 10 | 107 | 83 | 10 | 200 | 20.0 |
| 49 | UAB | 12 | 105 | 115 | 20 | 240 | 20.0 |
| 51 | Southern Miss | 12 | 102 | 118 | 21 | 241 | 20.1 |
| 52 | Boston College | 11 | 95 | 102 | 25 | 222 | 20.2 |
| 52 | Northwestern | 11 | 118 | 85 | 19 | 222 | 20.2 |
| 54 | Memphis | 12 | 86 | 140 | 17 | 243 | 20.3 |
| 55 | Eastern Michigan | 12 | 102 | 108 | 35 | 245 | 20.4 |
| 56 | New Mexico State | 11 | 101 | 107 | 17 | 225 | 20.5 |
| 56 | Temple | 11 | 108 | 105 | 12 | 225 | 20.5 |
| 56 | Rutgers | 11 | 96 | 105 | 25 | 226 | 20.5 |
| 56 | Wyoming | 12 | 113 | 116 | 17 | 246 | 20.5 |
| 60 | Coastal Carolina | 12 | 86 | 141 | 20 | 247 | 20.6 |
| 60 | Syracuse | 12 | 118 | 113 | 16 | 247 | 20.6 |
| 60 | Maryland | 13 | 97 | 132 | 39 | 268 | 20.6 |
| 63 | Auburn | 11 | 105 | 107 | 17 | 229 | 20.8 |
| 63 | Tulane | 13 | 122 | 136 | 13 | 271 | 20.8 |
| 65 | Tulsa | 11 | 110 | 103 | 17 | 230 | 20.9 |
| 65 | Cincinnati | 12 | 109 | 109 | 33 | 251 | 20.9 |
| 65 | UCF | 13 | 100 | 144 | 28 | 272 | 20.9 |
| 68 | Virginia | 9 | 76 | 94 | 19 | 189 | 21.0 |
| 68 | Appalachian State | 10 | 74 | 115 | 21 | 210 | 21.0 |
| 68 | Virginia Tech | 10 | 85 | 99 | 26 | 210 | 21.0 |
| 68 | Duke | 12 | 90 | 146 | 16 | 252 | 21.0 |
| 72 | Vanderbilt | 11 | 83 | 131 | 18 | 232 | 21.1 |
| 72 | Washington State | 12 | 107 | 128 | 18 | 253 | 21.1 |
| 72 | Bowling Green | 12 | 110 | 126 | 17 | 253 | 21.1 |
| 75 | East Carolina | 12 | 84 | 156 | 14 | 254 | 21.2 |
| 75 | Miami (OH) | 12 | 96 | 135 | 23 | 254 | 21.2 |
| 75 | Wake Forest | 12 | 98 | 143 | 13 | 254 | 21.2 |
| 75 | Texas | 13 | 95 | 159 | 22 | 276 | 21.2 |
| 79 | Florida Atlantic | 11 | 91 | 120 | 23 | 234 | 21.3 |
| 79 | Central Michigan | 11 | 103 | 116 | 15 | 234 | 21.3 |
| 79 | Utah State | 12 | 118 | 113 | 24 | 255 | 21.3 |
| 82 | Akron | 11 | 104 | 107 | 24 | 235 | 21.4 |
| 82 | Texas Tech | 12 | 111 | 127 | 19 | 257 | 21.4 |
| 82 | Hawaii | 12 | 122 | 117 | 18 | 257 | 21.4 |
| 85 | UNLV | 11 | 112 | 105 | 21 | 238 | 21.6 |
| 85 | Oklahoma State | 12 | 102 | 141 | 16 | 259 | 21.6 |
| 87 | Texas A&M | 11 | 125 | 90 | 24 | 239 | 21.7 |
| 87 | Ohio | 13 | 91 | 170 | 21 | 282 | 21.7 |
| 89 | Arkansas State | 11 | 110 | 108 | 22 | 240 | 21.8 |
| 89 | Baylor | 12 | 120 | 124 | 18 | 262 | 21.8 |
| 89 | TCU | 14 | 127 | 154 | 24 | 305 | 21.8 |
| 92 | Western Kentucky | 13 | 104 | 157 | 24 | 285 | 21.9 |
| 93 | Northern Illinois | 11 | 90 | 127 | 25 | 242 | 22.0 |
| 93 | Washington | 12 | 101 | 143 | 20 | 264 | 22.0 |
| 93 | Georgia State | 12 | 124 | 111 | 29 | 264 | 22.0 |
| 96 | Middle Tennessee State | 12 | 86 | 157 | 22 | 265 | 22.1 |
| 96 | Ole Miss | 12 | 118 | 123 | 24 | 265 | 22.1 |
| 96 | USC | 14 | 120 | 162 | 28 | 310 | 22.1 |
| 99 | Louisiana-Monroe | 11 | 114 | 117 | 13 | 244 | 22.2 |
| 100 | Georgia Tech | 11 | 119 | 99 | 27 | 245 | 22.3 |
| 100 | Connecticut | 12 | 125 | 117 | 25 | 267 | 22.3 |
| 100 | SMU | 12 | 128 | 121 | 18 | 267 | 22.3 |
| 103 | West Virginia | 11 | 95 | 131 | 22 | 248 | 22.5 |
| 103 | Florida | 12 | 123 | 125 | 22 | 270 | 22.5 |
| 105 | Oregon | 12 | 88 | 157 | 27 | 272 | 22.7 |
| 105 | Michigan State | 12 | 114 | 140 | 18 | 272 | 22.7 |
| 107 | Arkansas | 12 | 107 | 142 | 25 | 274 | 22.8 |
| 108 | BYU | 12 | 122 | 129 | 24 | 275 | 22.9 |
| 109 | Stanford | 11 | 126 | 105 | 23 | 254 | 23.1 |
| 110 | UCLA | 12 | 108 | 150 | 20 | 278 | 23.2 |
| 110 | North Carolina | 13 | 119 | 155 | 28 | 302 | 23.2 |
| 112 | South Carolina | 12 | 132 | 119 | 28 | 279 | 23.3 |
| 112 | Houston | 13 | 111 | 162 | 30 | 303 | 23.3 |
| 112 | North Texas | 13 | 140 | 150 | 13 | 303 | 23.3 |
| 115 | Nebraska | 11 | 123 | 123 | 13 | 259 | 23.5 |
| 115 | Tennessee | 12 | 92 | 162 | 28 | 282 | 23.5 |
| 115 | Old Dominion | 12 | 130 | 125 | 27 | 282 | 23.5 |
| 118 | Indiana | 11 | 98 | 143 | 21 | 262 | 23.8 |
| 118 | California | 11 | 101 | 149 | 12 | 262 | 23.8 |
| 118 | Kent State | 11 | 104 | 142 | 16 | 262 | 23.8 |
| 118 | FIU | 11 | 112 | 124 | 26 | 262 | 23.8 |
| 122 | Charlotte | 11 | 117 | 127 | 23 | 267 | 24.3 |
| 123 | Ball State | 11 | 123 | 126 | 22 | 271 | 24.6 |
| 124 | Louisiana Tech | 11 | 128 | 120 | 25 | 273 | 24.8 |
| 125 | Arizona State | 11 | 118 | 134 | 29 | 281 | 25.5 |
| 126 | Georgia Southern | 12 | 156 | 137 | 14 | 307 | 25.6 |
| 127 | Kansas | 12 | 139 | 147 | 23 | 309 | 25.8 |
| 127 | Colorado | 12 | 150 | 145 | 15 | 310 | 25.8 |
| 127 | Oklahoma | 13 | 139 | 173 | 23 | 335 | 25.8 |
| 130 | USF | 11 | 126 | 145 | 14 | 285 | 25.9 |
| 131 | Arizona | 11 | 125 | 132 | 29 | 286 | 26.0 |