2024 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games vs. Conference Teams Only through 01/20/2025

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Washington State 1 10 14 3 27 27.0
2 Connecticut 1 11 8 3 22 22.0
2 Massachusetts 1 11 9 2 22 22.0
4 Oregon State 1 12 7 1 20 20.0
5 Memphis 8 43 89 16 148 18.5
6 UTSA 8 44 82 26 152 19.0
7 California 8 45 103 14 162 20.3
8 Ohio 9 46 77 7 130 14.4
9 Indiana 9 47 75 16 138 15.3
10 Air Force 7 48 76 6 130 18.6
11 Boston College 8 50 101 15 166 20.8
12 Boise State 8 51 72 8 131 16.4
12 Troy 8 51 73 21 145 18.1
12 Miami (Florida) 8 51 85 17 153 19.1
15 Louisiana Tech 8 52 61 19 132 16.5
15 Nebraska 9 52 80 17 149 16.6
15 UNLV 8 52 91 14 157 19.6
18 Bowling Green 8 54 66 11 131 16.4
18 Georgia Tech 8 54 80 13 147 18.4
20 UTEP 8 55 86 14 155 19.4
20 Buffalo 8 55 104 12 171 21.4
22 Northern Illinois 8 56 57 19 132 16.5
22 Stanford 8 56 95 12 163 20.4
24 Oklahoma 8 57 75 8 140 17.5
24 Georgia 9 57 95 19 171 19.0
26 Minnesota 9 58 92 15 165 18.3
26 Liberty 8 58 74 16 148 18.5
26 SMU 9 58 93 25 176 19.6
26 Colorado State 7 58 67 14 139 19.9
26 Michigan State 9 58 105 16 179 19.9
26 North Carolina State 8 58 87 16 161 20.1
26 UCLA 9 58 99 25 182 20.2
33 Tulane 9 59 66 15 140 15.6
33 James Madison 8 59 60 12 131 16.4
33 Michigan 9 59 86 12 157 17.4
36 Ohio State 10 60 75 15 150 15.0
37 Akron 8 61 81 13 155 19.4
37 Georgia Southern 8 61 98 5 164 20.5
37 Pittsburgh 8 61 99 12 172 21.5
40 Syracuse 8 62 81 18 161 20.1
40 Arkansas 8 62 86 19 167 20.9
42 Sam Houston State 8 63 57 12 132 16.5
42 Virginia Tech 8 63 79 13 155 19.4
42 Tennessee 8 63 76 19 158 19.8
42 Mississippi 8 63 80 19 162 20.3
46 Wyoming 7 64 58 10 132 18.9
46 South Carolina 8 64 74 13 151 18.9
46 Clemson 9 64 92 27 183 20.3
49 Texas 9 65 71 15 151 16.8
49 Texas State 8 65 78 12 155 19.4
49 Texas A&M 8 65 82 22 169 21.1
49 Virginia 8 65 91 13 169 21.1
49 Utah State 7 65 86 13 164 23.4
49 Texas Tech 9 65 134 21 220 24.4
55 Army 10 66 91 10 167 16.7
56 USC 9 67 101 16 184 20.4
56 Ball State 8 67 83 18 168 21.0
58 Missouri 8 68 71 11 150 18.8
58 Auburn 8 68 68 15 151 18.9
58 Tulsa 8 68 115 6 189 23.6
58 New Mexico 7 68 81 17 166 23.7
62 Western Michigan 8 69 73 14 156 19.5
62 Central Michigan 8 69 71 17 157 19.6
62 Rutgers 9 69 103 18 190 21.1
62 Alabama 8 69 83 22 174 21.8
62 Fresno State 7 69 69 18 156 22.3
67 Kansas State 10 70 102 22 194 19.4
67 Toledo 8 70 75 16 161 20.1
69 Utah 10 71 90 14 175 17.5
69 San Jose State 7 71 67 12 150 21.4
69 Hawai'i 7 71 66 19 156 22.3
72 South Alabama 8 72 73 23 168 21.0
72 UCF 9 72 102 17 191 21.2
72 Vanderbilt 8 72 96 8 176 22.0
75 LSU 8 73 57 8 138 17.3
75 Eastern Michigan 8 73 60 18 151 18.9
75 Old Dominion 8 73 78 16 167 20.9
75 Florida Atlantic 8 73 88 9 170 21.3
75 Louisville 8 73 90 14 177 22.1
75 East Carolina 8 73 83 23 179 22.4
81 South Florida 8 74 92 17 183 22.9
82 Penn State 10 75 82 12 169 16.9
82 Cincinnati 9 75 78 12 165 18.3
82 Iowa 9 75 86 9 170 18.9
82 Houston 9 75 85 16 176 19.6
82 Jacksonville State 9 75 85 19 179 19.9
82 New Mexico State 8 75 77 12 164 20.5
82 Arizona State 10 75 122 23 220 22.0
89 North Carolina 8 76 75 14 165 20.6
89 Miami (Ohio) 9 76 93 16 185 20.6
91 Oregon 11 77 97 19 193 17.5
91 Coastal Carolina 8 77 83 14 174 21.8
93 BYU 10 78 88 13 179 17.9
93 Kentucky 8 78 72 8 158 19.8
93 Marshall 9 78 88 12 178 19.8
93 Navy 9 78 89 14 181 20.1
93 Northwestern 9 78 96 7 181 20.1
93 Duke 8 78 73 21 172 21.5
93 Wake Forest 8 78 120 10 208 26.0
100 Maryland 9 79 104 20 203 22.6
100 Mississippi State 8 79 98 16 193 24.1
102 Florida International 8 80 52 13 145 18.1
102 Rice 8 80 61 10 151 18.9
104 West Virginia 9 81 108 10 199 22.1
105 Temple 8 82 61 13 156 19.5
106 Iowa State 10 83 79 7 169 16.9
106 Wisconsin 9 83 80 12 175 19.4
106 Southern Mississippi 8 83 85 7 175 21.9
106 Nevada 7 83 55 17 155 22.1
110 Florida 8 85 93 13 191 23.9
110 San Diego State 7 85 69 16 170 24.3
112 Baylor 10 86 115 25 226 22.6
113 Kennesaw State 8 89 79 13 181 22.6
113 Illinois 9 89 109 11 209 23.2
115 Washington 9 90 76 17 183 20.3
115 Florida State 8 90 68 16 174 21.8
115 Middle Tennessee 8 90 85 12 187 23.4
115 Arkansas State 8 90 85 16 191 23.9
115 Purdue 9 90 119 16 225 25.0
120 Louisiana-Lafayette 9 92 88 12 192 21.3
120 North Texas 8 92 84 14 190 23.8
122 Kansas 9 93 109 10 212 23.6
123 Appalachian State 8 94 66 17 177 22.1
124 Arizona 10 95 98 15 208 20.8
124 Georgia State 8 95 82 11 188 23.5
126 UAB 8 97 66 21 184 23.0
126 Charlotte 8 97 70 19 186 23.3
128 Colorado 10 100 83 17 200 20.0
128 TCU 9 100 90 11 201 22.3
130 Kent State 8 102 79 17 198 24.8
131 Louisiana-Monroe 8 104 54 12 170 21.3
132 Oklahoma State 9 110 109 12 231 25.7
133 Western Kentucky 9 117 64 8 189 21.0