2024 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games Won Only through 01/20/2025

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Purdue 1 6 3 2 11 11.0
2 Southern Mississippi 1 7 9 2 18 18.0
3 UCF 4 8 47 6 61 15.3
3 Stanford 3 8 43 1 52 17.3
5 Massachusetts 2 11 9 3 23 11.5
6 Florida State 2 13 25 3 41 20.5
7 Florida Atlantic 3 14 31 8 53 17.7
7 Northwestern 4 14 52 5 71 17.8
9 Troy 4 15 38 16 69 17.3
10 Ball State 3 16 35 9 60 20.0
11 Kentucky 4 17 25 6 48 12.0
11 Temple 3 17 33 10 60 20.0
13 Middle Tennessee 3 18 28 5 51 17.0
14 Michigan State 5 19 47 15 81 16.2
14 Tulsa 3 19 32 4 55 18.3
14 Kennesaw State 2 19 17 1 37 18.5
14 New Mexico State 3 19 38 3 60 20.0
14 Mississippi State 2 19 20 2 41 20.5
19 Houston 4 21 33 8 62 15.5
19 UTEP 3 21 33 7 61 20.3
21 San Diego State 3 22 25 13 60 20.0
22 Georgia State 3 23 35 4 62 20.7
23 UAB 3 24 24 6 54 18.0
23 Akron 4 24 43 8 75 18.8
25 Louisiana Tech 5 25 28 11 64 12.8
25 Maryland 4 25 39 10 74 18.5
27 Rice 4 26 30 5 61 15.3
27 Air Force 5 26 48 5 79 15.8
27 UCLA 5 26 48 15 89 17.8
27 Central Michigan 4 26 39 9 74 18.5
27 Oklahoma State 3 26 40 3 69 23.0
32 Arizona 4 28 40 9 77 19.3
33 Utah 5 29 34 5 68 13.6
34 Wyoming 3 30 22 4 56 18.7
34 Utah State 4 30 43 7 80 20.0
36 Nebraska 7 31 67 12 110 15.7
37 Wisconsin 5 32 24 2 58 11.6
37 North Carolina 6 32 44 13 89 14.8
37 Minnesota 8 32 75 11 118 14.8
37 Auburn 5 32 44 9 85 17.0
41 Cincinnati 5 33 44 8 85 17.0
41 Virginia 5 33 47 6 86 17.2
41 Nevada 3 33 37 9 79 26.3
44 California 6 34 55 15 104 17.3
44 Wake Forest 4 34 52 5 91 22.8
46 UTSA 7 35 55 22 112 16.0
46 Florida International 4 35 30 5 70 17.5
46 Kansas 5 35 53 5 93 18.6
49 Oklahoma 6 36 54 10 100 16.7
50 North Carolina State 6 38 57 9 104 17.3
50 Boston College 7 38 78 8 124 17.7
50 Fresno State 6 38 63 12 113 18.8
53 Hawai'i 5 39 38 12 89 17.8
54 Oregon State 5 40 36 8 84 16.8
55 Tulane 9 41 69 20 130 14.4
55 Arkansas 7 41 74 13 128 18.3
55 Eastern Michigan 5 41 38 22 101 20.2
55 Old Dominion 5 41 55 12 108 21.6
59 Michigan 8 42 76 11 129 16.1
60 North Texas 6 43 71 13 127 21.2
61 Pittsburgh 7 44 87 14 145 20.7
61 Charlotte 5 44 55 10 109 21.8
63 Louisiana-Monroe 5 45 41 7 93 18.6
63 USC 7 45 78 7 130 18.6
65 Iowa 8 46 68 7 121 15.1
65 Buffalo 9 46 98 14 158 17.6
65 Appalachian State 5 46 45 8 99 19.8
68 Georgia Tech 7 47 59 13 119 17.0
68 Texas A&M 8 47 76 15 138 17.3
70 Bowling Green 7 48 55 11 114 16.3
70 Virginia Tech 6 48 44 7 99 16.5
70 Vanderbilt 7 48 59 14 121 17.3
70 Texas State 8 48 80 18 146 18.3
70 Western Michigan 6 48 54 15 117 19.5
70 West Virginia 6 48 65 7 120 20.0
76 Miami (Florida) 10 52 95 24 171 17.1
76 South Alabama 7 52 53 20 125 17.9
76 East Carolina 8 52 81 22 155 19.4
79 Rutgers 7 53 59 11 123 17.6
79 Washington 6 53 43 13 109 18.2
79 Washington State 8 53 103 16 172 21.5
79 South Florida 7 53 82 21 156 22.3
79 Texas Tech 8 53 127 20 200 25.0
84 Memphis 11 54 113 18 185 16.8
84 Mississippi 10 54 100 25 179 17.9
86 Indiana 11 55 84 19 158 14.4
86 James Madison 9 55 87 12 154 17.1
86 New Mexico 5 55 55 15 125 25.0
89 Coastal Carolina 6 56 51 10 117 19.5
90 Liberty 8 57 70 24 151 18.9
90 Kansas State 9 57 98 19 174 19.3
92 Ohio 11 58 97 12 167 15.2
92 Colorado State 8 58 78 13 149 18.6
94 San Jose State 7 60 62 14 136 19.4
94 Georgia Southern 8 60 87 9 156 19.5
96 South Carolina 9 61 78 11 150 16.7
97 Tennessee 10 62 71 20 153 15.3
97 Northern Illinois 8 62 65 13 140 17.5
99 Connecticut 9 63 56 16 135 15.0
99 Sam Houston State 10 63 91 12 166 16.6
99 UNLV 11 63 121 19 203 18.5
99 SMU 11 63 113 30 206 18.7
103 LSU 9 64 90 11 165 18.3
103 Alabama 9 64 82 21 167 18.6
103 Arkansas State 8 64 91 19 174 21.8
106 Miami (Ohio) 9 65 82 15 162 18.0
106 Syracuse 10 65 114 20 199 19.9
108 Baylor 8 66 80 15 161 20.1
109 Duke 9 67 74 22 163 18.1
110 Missouri 10 68 65 14 147 14.7
110 Toledo 8 68 87 17 172 21.5
112 Florida 8 70 76 17 163 20.4
113 Louisville 9 71 83 11 165 18.3
113 Colorado 9 71 79 18 168 18.7
115 TCU 9 74 74 12 160 17.8
116 Arizona State 11 75 124 21 220 20.0
116 Clemson 10 75 98 30 203 20.3
118 Army 12 77 105 12 194 16.2
119 Boise State 12 78 114 12 204 17.0
119 Georgia 11 78 91 26 195 17.7
119 Western Kentucky 8 78 62 6 146 18.3
119 Jacksonville State 9 78 72 22 172 19.1
123 BYU 11 81 91 14 186 16.9
124 Penn State 13 82 112 20 214 16.5
124 Illinois 10 82 107 14 203 20.3
126 Ohio State 14 83 103 24 210 15.0
127 Navy 10 85 94 17 196 19.6
128 Texas 13 87 106 19 212 16.3
129 Iowa State 11 89 82 7 178 16.2
129 Louisiana-Lafayette 10 89 98 13 200 20.0
131 Oregon 13 90 109 22 221 17.0
132 Marshall 10 93 86 14 193 19.3
133 Notre Dame 14 106 102 26 234 16.7