2023 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games vs. Ranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/08/2024

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Wyoming 1 7 6 0 13 13.0
2 South Alabama 1 6 8 0 14 14.0
3 Marshall 1 8 7 1 16 16.0
3 South Florida 1 10 3 3 16 16.0
5 Utah State 1 4 9 5 18 18.0
6 Sam Houston State 1 9 9 1 19 19.0
6 Western Michigan 1 13 5 1 19 19.0
8 Florida Atlantic 1 8 10 2 20 20.0
8 Buffalo 1 9 9 2 20 20.0
8 Troy 1 9 10 1 20 20.0
8 Charlotte 1 11 7 2 20 20.0
12 UTSA 1 8 12 1 21 21.0
13 Boise State 1 3 18 1 22 22.0
13 Ball State 1 7 13 2 22 22.0
13 Old Dominion 1 11 9 2 22 22.0
13 SMU 1 11 11 0 22 22.0
13 Florida International 1 17 5 0 22 22.0
18 UCLA 1 8 13 2 23 23.0
18 Army 1 10 13 0 23 23.0
18 Central Michigan 1 13 10 0 23 23.0
21 Nevada 1 8 14 2 24 24.0
22 Jacksonville State 1 13 9 3 25 25.0
22 Hawai'i 1 13 12 0 25 25.0
24 Georgia State 1 9 15 2 26 26.0
24 Southern Mississippi 1 12 12 2 26 26.0
26 Louisiana-Monroe 1 8 15 4 27 27.0
27 Liberty 1 8 18 2 28 28.0
27 North Texas 1 19 9 0 28 28.0
29 UAB 1 11 18 2 31 31.0
30 Northwestern 2 15 13 5 33 16.5
31 Arkansas State 1 13 18 5 36 36.0
31 Temple 1 13 20 3 36 36.0
33 Bowling Green 2 22 14 1 37 18.5
34 Clemson 3 12 23 3 38 12.7
34 Louisville 3 15 17 6 38 12.7
36 Tulane 2 15 22 2 39 19.5
37 East Carolina 2 6 29 5 40 20.0
37 Nebraska 2 21 17 2 40 20.0
39 Syracuse 2 14 26 4 44 22.0
40 UNLV 2 15 27 3 45 22.5
40 Memphis 2 21 23 1 45 22.5
42 Baylor 2 14 30 2 46 23.0
43 Navy 2 19 26 3 48 24.0
44 Connecticut 2 23 24 2 49 24.5
45 Minnesota 3 18 27 5 50 16.7
45 Arizona 2 18 29 3 50 25.0
45 UTEP 2 33 14 3 50 25.0
48 Rice 2 19 26 6 51 25.5
48 Western Kentucky 2 26 22 3 51 25.5
50 North Carolina 2 19 26 7 52 26.0
50 Colorado 2 20 25 7 52 26.0
52 California 2 20 33 2 55 27.5
52 Louisiana Tech 2 26 21 8 55 27.5
52 Massachusetts 2 33 15 7 55 27.5
55 Wisconsin 3 25 31 2 58 19.3
56 Purdue 3 21 33 5 59 19.7
57 Virginia Tech 3 27 30 4 61 20.3
57 New Mexico State 2 34 23 4 61 30.5
59 Washington State 3 28 31 4 63 21.0
60 Boston College 3 25 32 7 64 21.3
61 Oregon 3 22 38 5 65 21.7
61 Illinois 3 25 33 7 65 21.7
63 Utah 3 21 40 5 66 22.0
63 Maryland 3 23 37 6 66 22.0
63 Iowa 3 36 25 5 66 22.0
66 Cincinnati 3 25 37 5 67 22.3
67 Virginia 3 37 28 4 69 23.0
68 Penn State 4 29 38 4 71 17.8
68 Houston 3 28 40 3 71 23.7
70 Rutgers 4 41 29 2 72 18.0
71 West Virginia 3 28 41 4 73 24.3
72 Miami (Florida) 4 19 48 7 74 18.5
72 Ohio State 4 34 36 4 74 18.5
74 Notre Dame 4 28 36 11 75 18.8
74 Pittsburgh 3 17 49 9 75 25.0
76 North Carolina State 4 30 42 5 77 19.3
77 Middle Tennessee 3 49 20 9 78 26.0
78 Michigan 5 31 41 8 80 16.0
79 Arkansas 4 40 33 9 82 20.5
80 Georgia 5 39 37 7 83 16.6
80 Wake Forest 4 34 43 6 83 20.8
82 Indiana 4 35 44 5 84 21.0
82 Tennessee 4 40 38 6 84 21.0
84 Tulsa 3 24 53 8 85 28.3
85 Auburn 4 39 44 3 86 21.5
86 Oregon State 4 37 47 3 87 21.8
86 BYU 4 42 39 6 87 21.8
88 Arizona State 4 24 58 6 88 22.0
89 Mississippi State 4 37 44 8 89 22.3
89 Georgia Tech 4 49 38 2 89 22.3
91 Texas Tech 4 45 40 5 90 22.5
92 Oklahoma State 4 36 54 1 91 22.8
93 Missouri 5 39 44 9 92 18.4
94 Kansas State 5 38 52 4 94 18.8
94 Florida State 4 37 46 11 94 23.5
94 South Carolina 4 55 37 2 94 23.5
97 Stanford 4 48 44 3 95 23.8
98 Kansas 4 44 50 5 99 24.8
99 Mississippi 4 39 54 7 100 25.0
100 Florida 5 40 57 5 102 20.4
100 UCF 4 45 48 9 102 25.5
100 TCU 4 47 45 10 102 25.5
103 LSU 4 46 56 3 105 26.3
104 Duke 5 51 53 3 107 21.4
104 Vanderbilt 4 41 64 2 107 26.8
106 Texas A&M 5 33 70 9 112 22.4
107 Texas 6 33 73 9 115 19.2
107 Washington 5 43 60 12 115 23.0
109 Oklahoma 5 33 69 14 116 23.2
109 USC 5 52 54 10 116 23.2
111 Alabama 6 41 67 9 117 19.5
112 Michigan State 5 37 72 11 120 24.0
113 Iowa State 6 47 66 15 128 21.3
114 Kentucky 6 59 81 9 149 24.8