2022 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games vs. FCS (I-AA) Teams Only through 01/09/2023
| Name | G | Rush | Pass | Penalty | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 |
| 1 | New Mexico | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 1 | Southern Mississippi | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 4 | Utah | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 |
| 4 | Minnesota | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 |
| 4 | Kentucky | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 4 | Rutgers | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 4 | James Madison | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 10 | Tulane | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 |
| 10 | Arizona State | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 10 | Temple | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 10 | Texas State | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 |
| 10 | Wyoming | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 10 | Texas Tech | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 10 | Alabama | 1 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 10 | Central Michigan | 1 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 10 | Auburn | 1 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 19 | Syracuse | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 |
| 19 | Iowa | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 |
| 19 | Purdue | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 19 | Ball State | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 19 | Boise State | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 19 | Miami (Ohio) | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 19 | North Carolina State | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 19 | Baylor | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 19 | Virginia Tech | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 19 | Navy | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 19 | Miami (Florida) | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 19 | Wisconsin | 1 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 19 | Louisiana-Monroe | 1 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 19 | Troy | 1 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 33 | Marshall | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 6.0 |
| 33 | Toledo | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 33 | Illinois | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 33 | Arkansas State | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 33 | UCF | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 33 | Texas A&M | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 33 | Florida State | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 11.0 |
| 33 | Missouri | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 |
| 33 | UNLV | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 33 | Washington State | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 33 | Kansas | 1 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 33 | San Diego State | 1 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 33 | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 33 | UAB | 1 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 33 | Boston College | 1 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 33 | Air Force | 1 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 33 | Tennessee | 1 | 4 | 16 | 5 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 50 | South Alabama | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 50 | Washington | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 50 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 50 | TCU | 1 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 50 | Fresno State | 1 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 50 | Western Michigan | 1 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 50 | BYU | 1 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 50 | North Carolina | 1 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 50 | Arkansas | 1 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 50 | Liberty | 1 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 50 | Bowling Green | 1 | 5 | 20 | 3 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 50 | Eastern Michigan | 1 | 5 | 21 | 3 | 29 | 29.0 |
| 62 | Oregon | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 |
| 62 | Kansas State | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 62 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 62 | Connecticut | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 62 | Middle Tennessee | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 62 | SMU | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 62 | Massachusetts | 1 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 62 | Clemson | 1 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 62 | California | 1 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 62 | Coastal Carolina | 1 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 72 | West Virginia | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 |
| 72 | Georgia Southern | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 72 | Mississippi | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 72 | South Carolina | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 72 | Wake Forest | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 72 | Indiana | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 72 | Iowa State | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 72 | Kent State | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 72 | UCLA | 1 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 72 | Akron | 1 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 72 | Northwestern | 1 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 72 | Nevada | 1 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 72 | Vanderbilt | 1 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 72 | Northern Illinois | 1 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 72 | Ohio | 1 | 7 | 18 | 3 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 87 | Memphis | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 87 | Rice | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 87 | New Mexico State | 2 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 28 | 14.0 |
| 87 | Cincinnati | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 87 | South Florida | 1 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 87 | Florida International | 1 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 93 | Mississippi State | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 |
| 93 | Stanford | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 |
| 93 | Oregon State | 1 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 93 | Duke | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 93 | Virginia | 1 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 93 | East Carolina | 1 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 93 | San Jose State | 1 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 93 | Georgia Tech | 1 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 93 | North Texas | 1 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 102 | Nebraska | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 102 | Hawai'i | 1 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 104 | LSU | 1 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 104 | UTSA | 1 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 104 | Buffalo | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 104 | Colorado State | 1 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 108 | Louisiana Tech | 1 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 108 | Western Kentucky | 1 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 108 | Utah State | 1 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 108 | Florida | 1 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 112 | Tulsa | 1 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 112 | Charlotte | 1 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 114 | Appalachian State | 2 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 10.0 |
| 114 | Arizona | 1 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 116 | Army | 2 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 32 | 16.0 |