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

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Utah 10 35 86 12 133 13.3
2 Penn State 9 37 60 13 110 12.2
3 Kentucky 7 39 67 10 116 16.6
3 Texas 8 39 83 11 133 16.6
5 Texas A&M 8 40 53 9 102 12.8
6 Kansas State 8 43 75 13 131 16.4
7 Florida 7 44 53 13 110 15.7
8 Nebraska 10 45 100 14 159 15.9
9 Tennessee 9 47 86 27 160 17.8
10 North Carolina State 9 48 82 14 144 16.0
10 Middle Tennessee 9 48 114 14 176 19.6
12 Michigan 10 51 64 4 119 11.9
13 Missouri 8 52 75 15 142 17.8
14 Notre Dame 9 53 63 16 132 14.7
15 Alabama 8 54 46 11 111 13.9
15 Ohio State 9 54 59 16 129 14.3
17 Georgia 9 55 76 10 141 15.7
17 Iowa State 7 55 67 10 132 18.9
17 TCU 8 55 79 17 151 18.9
20 Wake Forest 8 57 76 8 141 17.6
20 South Carolina 8 57 89 15 161 20.1
22 UCLA 12 60 117 23 200 16.7
22 Arkansas 8 60 70 14 144 18.0
22 Duke 8 60 85 12 157 19.6
25 Clemson 10 61 69 17 147 14.7
25 Iowa 11 61 92 11 164 14.9
25 Mississippi State 8 61 59 11 131 16.4
25 Vanderbilt 8 61 87 14 162 20.3
29 Oregon 11 62 102 24 188 17.1
29 Oklahoma 8 62 72 10 144 18.0
31 Miami (Florida) 9 63 68 18 149 16.6
32 James Madison 13 64 141 15 220 16.9
32 Texas Tech 9 64 97 17 178 19.8
34 Navy 10 65 88 14 167 16.7
34 Louisville 11 65 104 15 184 16.7
34 Kansas 9 65 82 21 168 18.7
34 Oregon State 9 65 86 22 173 19.2
34 Purdue 9 65 92 23 180 20.0
39 Jacksonville State 12 66 128 23 217 18.1
40 Ohio 13 67 97 22 186 14.3
40 Arizona State 8 67 82 13 162 20.3
40 BYU 8 67 95 11 173 21.6
43 Auburn 9 68 61 8 137 15.2
43 East Carolina 10 68 84 20 172 17.2
43 Michigan State 7 68 50 16 134 19.1
43 Washington State 9 68 91 19 178 19.8
47 Mississippi 9 69 81 15 165 18.3
48 LSU 9 70 88 11 169 18.8
49 Ball State 11 71 101 22 194 17.6
49 Wisconsin 10 71 97 15 183 18.3
49 Connecticut 10 71 116 23 210 21.0
52 Arizona 11 72 107 26 205 18.6
52 Tulsa 9 72 89 7 168 18.7
54 Virginia Tech 10 73 68 18 159 15.9
54 Indiana 8 73 79 16 168 21.0
56 Air Force 13 74 104 13 191 14.7
56 South Alabama 12 74 97 25 196 16.3
58 USC 8 75 80 24 179 22.4
59 Florida State 10 76 59 20 155 15.5
59 Rutgers 9 76 69 22 167 18.6
61 Rice 11 77 103 20 200 18.2
62 Memphis 11 78 119 19 216 19.6
62 Stanford 8 78 114 16 208 26.0
64 West Virginia 10 79 95 11 185 18.5
64 Illinois 9 79 98 26 203 22.6
66 Minnesota 10 80 99 11 190 19.0
66 California 11 80 125 11 216 19.6
68 SMU 13 81 109 21 211 16.2
68 Tulane 12 81 129 19 229 19.1
68 Washington 10 81 108 28 217 21.7
71 UTEP 10 82 77 21 180 18.0
71 Boston College 10 82 86 15 183 18.3
71 Virginia 9 82 91 17 190 21.1
74 Pittsburgh 9 84 60 21 165 18.3
74 Oklahoma State 10 84 91 14 189 18.9
74 Cincinnati 9 84 69 18 171 19.0
77 UTSA 12 85 121 19 225 18.8
78 Marshall 12 86 117 22 225 18.8
78 Georgia State 12 86 136 24 246 20.5
80 Central Michigan 11 88 110 21 219 19.9
80 Maryland 10 88 90 24 202 20.2
82 Troy 13 89 119 19 227 17.5
82 Charlotte 11 89 96 24 209 19.0
82 Southern Mississippi 11 89 111 11 211 19.2
82 New Mexico State 13 89 137 25 251 19.3
82 Western Michigan 11 89 111 25 225 20.5
87 Buffalo 11 90 94 11 195 17.7
87 Baylor 10 90 99 6 195 19.5
89 Houston 9 91 103 9 203 22.6
89 Colorado 10 91 134 18 243 24.3
91 Army 11 92 90 16 198 18.0
92 South Florida 12 93 138 27 258 21.5
93 Akron 12 94 95 26 215 17.9
93 UCF 9 94 76 11 181 20.1
93 Massachusetts 10 94 85 29 208 20.8
93 North Carolina 11 94 124 21 239 21.7
93 Old Dominion 12 94 145 29 268 22.3
98 Sam Houston State 11 95 100 9 204 18.5
98 Wyoming 12 95 137 13 245 20.4
100 Boise State 13 96 127 14 237 18.2
101 UNLV 12 97 112 27 236 19.7
101 Liberty 13 97 130 29 256 19.7
103 Georgia Tech 9 99 81 18 198 22.0
104 Bowling Green 11 100 90 19 209 19.0
104 Nevada 11 100 110 19 229 20.8
104 Florida International 11 100 132 19 251 22.8
107 Florida Atlantic 11 101 130 14 245 22.3
108 Northwestern 11 103 94 9 206 18.7
109 Hawai'i 12 105 103 28 236 19.7
109 Kent State 12 105 109 23 237 19.8
109 New Mexico 12 105 110 34 249 20.8
112 Louisiana Tech 10 107 66 21 194 19.4
112 Georgia Southern 13 107 137 18 262 20.2
112 Western Kentucky 11 107 105 13 225 20.5
115 Miami (Ohio) 14 108 123 24 255 18.2
115 Syracuse 11 108 100 26 234 21.3
117 Texas State 13 109 140 38 287 22.1
118 Arkansas State 12 110 114 28 252 21.0
119 Northern Illinois 13 111 103 19 233 17.9
120 San Diego State 12 113 121 18 252 21.0
120 Louisiana-Monroe 11 113 138 20 271 24.6
122 Colorado State 12 115 136 26 277 23.1
123 Toledo 14 117 115 29 261 18.6
123 Temple 11 117 108 16 241 21.9
125 UAB 11 119 109 23 251 22.8
126 Coastal Carolina 13 120 120 25 265 20.4
126 Fresno State 13 120 130 18 268 20.6
128 San Jose State 13 122 120 13 255 19.6
129 Eastern Michigan 13 129 127 33 289 22.2
130 North Texas 11 132 108 13 253 23.0
131 Appalachian State 14 134 125 19 278 19.9
132 Louisiana-Lafayette 13 143 121 19 283 21.8
133 Utah State 12 149 110 28 287 23.9