2023 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games at Home Only through 01/08/2024
| Name | G | Rush | Pass | Penalty | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Penn State | 7 | 38 | 33 | 6 | 77 | 11.0 |
| 2 | Utah | 7 | 19 | 58 | 9 | 86 | 12.3 |
| 3 | Texas A&M | 7 | 34 | 52 | 6 | 92 | 13.1 |
| 4 | Michigan | 7 | 40 | 49 | 5 | 94 | 13.4 |
| 5 | Ohio State | 6 | 31 | 44 | 8 | 83 | 13.8 |
| 6 | Miami (OH) | 5 | 32 | 31 | 7 | 70 | 14.0 |
| 7 | Florida | 6 | 29 | 46 | 10 | 85 | 14.2 |
| 8 | Texas | 6 | 32 | 47 | 8 | 87 | 14.5 |
| 9 | Clemson | 7 | 40 | 51 | 12 | 103 | 14.7 |
| 10 | Ohio | 6 | 32 | 43 | 15 | 90 | 15.0 |
| 10 | Iowa | 7 | 37 | 59 | 9 | 105 | 15.0 |
| 12 | Louisville | 7 | 44 | 54 | 8 | 106 | 15.1 |
| 13 | Air Force | 5 | 28 | 42 | 6 | 76 | 15.2 |
| 13 | Kent State | 5 | 32 | 39 | 5 | 76 | 15.2 |
| 13 | SMU | 6 | 37 | 41 | 13 | 91 | 15.2 |
| 13 | Northern Illinois | 6 | 43 | 40 | 8 | 91 | 15.2 |
| 13 | Florida State | 6 | 47 | 33 | 11 | 91 | 15.2 |
| 18 | Kansas State | 7 | 35 | 61 | 11 | 107 | 15.3 |
| 19 | Notre Dame | 6 | 29 | 49 | 15 | 93 | 15.5 |
| 20 | South Alabama | 7 | 40 | 50 | 19 | 109 | 15.6 |
| 21 | Nebraska | 7 | 44 | 57 | 9 | 110 | 15.7 |
| 22 | Navy | 6 | 34 | 53 | 9 | 96 | 16.0 |
| 22 | Oregon | 7 | 33 | 64 | 15 | 112 | 16.0 |
| 24 | Southern Miss | 6 | 43 | 47 | 7 | 97 | 16.2 |
| 25 | Ball State | 6 | 37 | 51 | 10 | 98 | 16.3 |
| 26 | Troy | 7 | 38 | 67 | 10 | 115 | 16.4 |
| 26 | Minnesota | 7 | 55 | 53 | 7 | 115 | 16.4 |
| 28 | West Virginia | 6 | 46 | 48 | 5 | 99 | 16.5 |
| 29 | Georgia | 7 | 46 | 62 | 8 | 116 | 16.6 |
| 30 | Boise State | 6 | 47 | 46 | 8 | 101 | 16.8 |
| 31 | Sam Houston State | 5 | 40 | 41 | 4 | 85 | 17.0 |
| 31 | Rutgers | 7 | 49 | 57 | 13 | 119 | 17.0 |
| 33 | Alabama | 7 | 43 | 66 | 11 | 120 | 17.1 |
| 34 | Marshall | 6 | 31 | 59 | 13 | 103 | 17.2 |
| 34 | Jacksonville State | 6 | 39 | 52 | 12 | 103 | 17.2 |
| 34 | Virginia Tech | 6 | 42 | 51 | 10 | 103 | 17.2 |
| 34 | Oregon State | 6 | 45 | 46 | 12 | 103 | 17.2 |
| 38 | UCLA | 6 | 32 | 58 | 14 | 104 | 17.3 |
| 38 | New Mexico State | 6 | 34 | 60 | 10 | 104 | 17.3 |
| 40 | Wisconsin | 7 | 49 | 64 | 9 | 122 | 17.4 |
| 40 | Arkansas | 7 | 52 | 53 | 17 | 122 | 17.4 |
| 42 | UCF | 6 | 44 | 53 | 8 | 105 | 17.5 |
| 43 | Western Michigan | 5 | 34 | 46 | 8 | 88 | 17.6 |
| 44 | Wake Forest | 6 | 38 | 63 | 5 | 106 | 17.7 |
| 44 | East Carolina | 6 | 39 | 52 | 15 | 106 | 17.7 |
| 46 | Bowling Green | 5 | 38 | 44 | 7 | 89 | 17.8 |
| 46 | Charlotte | 6 | 40 | 53 | 14 | 107 | 17.8 |
| 48 | Miami (FL) | 7 | 40 | 70 | 15 | 125 | 17.9 |
| 49 | Iowa State | 6 | 38 | 62 | 8 | 108 | 18.0 |
| 49 | Auburn | 7 | 62 | 55 | 9 | 126 | 18.0 |
| 49 | Mississippi State | 8 | 58 | 73 | 13 | 144 | 18.0 |
| 52 | NC State | 7 | 38 | 78 | 11 | 127 | 18.1 |
| 53 | Louisiana Tech | 6 | 56 | 43 | 10 | 109 | 18.2 |
| 54 | Oklahoma | 6 | 40 | 56 | 14 | 110 | 18.3 |
| 55 | Tennessee | 7 | 41 | 66 | 22 | 129 | 18.4 |
| 55 | Oklahoma State | 7 | 60 | 65 | 4 | 129 | 18.4 |
| 57 | Syracuse | 6 | 48 | 47 | 16 | 111 | 18.5 |
| 57 | Louisiana | 6 | 62 | 39 | 10 | 111 | 18.5 |
| 59 | Northwestern | 7 | 63 | 57 | 10 | 130 | 18.6 |
| 60 | BYU | 6 | 46 | 61 | 5 | 112 | 18.7 |
| 60 | UTSA | 6 | 52 | 52 | 8 | 112 | 18.7 |
| 62 | Akron | 5 | 49 | 36 | 9 | 94 | 18.8 |
| 62 | James Madison | 6 | 23 | 80 | 10 | 113 | 18.8 |
| 62 | Middle Tennessee State | 6 | 27 | 75 | 11 | 113 | 18.8 |
| 62 | Army | 6 | 58 | 45 | 10 | 113 | 18.8 |
| 66 | Kentucky | 7 | 48 | 73 | 11 | 132 | 18.9 |
| 66 | Missouri | 7 | 49 | 69 | 14 | 132 | 18.9 |
| 68 | Central Michigan | 5 | 36 | 47 | 12 | 95 | 19.0 |
| 68 | Indiana | 6 | 56 | 46 | 12 | 114 | 19.0 |
| 68 | UTEP | 6 | 62 | 38 | 14 | 114 | 19.0 |
| 68 | Kansas | 7 | 52 | 68 | 13 | 133 | 19.0 |
| 68 | Hawaii | 7 | 56 | 61 | 16 | 133 | 19.0 |
| 73 | Florida Atlantic | 6 | 43 | 67 | 6 | 116 | 19.3 |
| 73 | San Jose State | 6 | 62 | 50 | 4 | 116 | 19.3 |
| 73 | Duke | 7 | 55 | 73 | 7 | 135 | 19.3 |
| 76 | Connecticut | 6 | 41 | 63 | 13 | 117 | 19.5 |
| 76 | Buffalo | 6 | 52 | 57 | 8 | 117 | 19.5 |
| 76 | Toledo | 6 | 54 | 49 | 14 | 117 | 19.5 |
| 76 | Baylor | 8 | 72 | 79 | 5 | 156 | 19.5 |
| 80 | Memphis | 7 | 51 | 74 | 12 | 137 | 19.6 |
| 80 | Cincinnati | 7 | 57 | 70 | 10 | 137 | 19.6 |
| 80 | LSU | 7 | 59 | 68 | 10 | 137 | 19.6 |
| 83 | Georgia Southern | 6 | 50 | 62 | 7 | 119 | 19.8 |
| 84 | Rice | 7 | 54 | 70 | 15 | 139 | 19.9 |
| 84 | UNLV | 7 | 55 | 73 | 11 | 139 | 19.9 |
| 86 | Pittsburgh | 6 | 37 | 67 | 16 | 120 | 20.0 |
| 86 | Vanderbilt | 6 | 44 | 68 | 8 | 120 | 20.0 |
| 86 | Coastal Carolina | 6 | 57 | 54 | 9 | 120 | 20.0 |
| 86 | South Carolina | 7 | 56 | 71 | 13 | 140 | 20.0 |
| 90 | Boston College | 7 | 57 | 70 | 14 | 141 | 20.1 |
| 91 | Washington State | 6 | 51 | 58 | 12 | 121 | 20.2 |
| 92 | Eastern Michigan | 6 | 50 | 56 | 16 | 122 | 20.3 |
| 92 | UAB | 6 | 58 | 51 | 13 | 122 | 20.3 |
| 94 | Arizona | 6 | 40 | 74 | 9 | 123 | 20.5 |
| 94 | Appalachian State | 6 | 53 | 64 | 6 | 123 | 20.5 |
| 94 | Fresno State | 6 | 58 | 60 | 5 | 123 | 20.5 |
| 97 | TCU | 7 | 53 | 75 | 16 | 144 | 20.6 |
| 97 | Maryland | 7 | 63 | 69 | 12 | 144 | 20.6 |
| 99 | Michigan State | 6 | 43 | 62 | 19 | 124 | 20.7 |
| 99 | Arkansas State | 6 | 49 | 62 | 13 | 124 | 20.7 |
| 101 | USF | 6 | 39 | 69 | 17 | 125 | 20.8 |
| 101 | Texas State | 6 | 40 | 70 | 15 | 125 | 20.8 |
| 101 | Tulsa | 6 | 41 | 78 | 6 | 125 | 20.8 |
| 101 | Liberty | 8 | 69 | 80 | 17 | 166 | 20.8 |
| 105 | New Mexico | 6 | 51 | 58 | 17 | 126 | 21.0 |
| 105 | Nevada | 6 | 53 | 63 | 10 | 126 | 21.0 |
| 105 | Virginia | 6 | 61 | 53 | 12 | 126 | 21.0 |
| 108 | San Diego State | 7 | 63 | 71 | 14 | 148 | 21.1 |
| 108 | Tulane | 8 | 58 | 96 | 15 | 169 | 21.1 |
| 110 | California | 6 | 41 | 78 | 8 | 127 | 21.2 |
| 110 | Massachusetts | 6 | 54 | 55 | 18 | 127 | 21.2 |
| 110 | Colorado State | 6 | 55 | 57 | 15 | 127 | 21.2 |
| 113 | Georgia Tech | 7 | 83 | 57 | 9 | 149 | 21.3 |
| 114 | Arizona State | 8 | 54 | 105 | 13 | 172 | 21.5 |
| 115 | Temple | 7 | 66 | 73 | 12 | 151 | 21.6 |
| 116 | Old Dominion | 6 | 52 | 65 | 13 | 130 | 21.7 |
| 116 | Wyoming | 7 | 49 | 94 | 9 | 152 | 21.7 |
| 116 | USC | 7 | 64 | 71 | 17 | 152 | 21.7 |
| 119 | Ole Miss | 7 | 63 | 77 | 14 | 154 | 22.0 |
| 120 | North Carolina | 7 | 60 | 81 | 15 | 156 | 22.3 |
| 121 | Western Kentucky | 6 | 68 | 56 | 11 | 135 | 22.5 |
| 122 | Utah State | 6 | 59 | 65 | 12 | 136 | 22.7 |
| 122 | FIU | 6 | 60 | 64 | 12 | 136 | 22.7 |
| 122 | Purdue | 7 | 62 | 80 | 17 | 159 | 22.7 |
| 122 | Illinois | 7 | 63 | 75 | 21 | 159 | 22.7 |
| 126 | Georgia State | 6 | 48 | 79 | 10 | 137 | 22.8 |
| 126 | Louisiana-Monroe | 6 | 54 | 71 | 12 | 137 | 22.8 |
| 128 | Houston | 7 | 69 | 84 | 7 | 160 | 22.9 |
| 129 | Washington | 7 | 58 | 82 | 22 | 162 | 23.1 |
| 130 | Texas Tech | 6 | 51 | 80 | 8 | 139 | 23.2 |
| 131 | Colorado | 6 | 48 | 83 | 11 | 142 | 23.7 |
| 132 | North Texas | 6 | 72 | 63 | 8 | 143 | 23.8 |
| 133 | Stanford | 7 | 86 | 81 | 12 | 179 | 25.6 |