2024 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games vs. Ranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 12/21/2024

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Air Force 1 9 3 2 14 14.0
2 Northern Illinois 1 7 9 1 17 17.0
2 Iowa State 1 10 7 0 17 17.0
4 Tulsa 1 13 5 0 18 18.0
4 Old Dominion 1 14 4 0 18 18.0
6 Texas State 1 6 11 3 20 20.0
6 Central Michigan 1 8 11 1 20 20.0
6 Army 1 9 10 1 20 20.0
9 Washington State 1 10 7 4 21 21.0
9 Bowling Green 1 10 11 0 21 21.0
9 Florida Atlantic 1 19 1 1 21 21.0
12 East Carolina 1 16 5 1 22 22.0
13 Marshall 1 9 12 2 23 23.0
13 Florida International 1 13 10 0 23 23.0
13 TCU 1 15 5 3 23 23.0
13 Temple 1 20 3 0 23 23.0
17 Miami (Ohio) 1 8 11 5 24 24.0
17 Rutgers 1 9 10 5 24 24.0
19 Ohio 1 5 20 0 25 25.0
19 Connecticut 1 6 18 1 25 25.0
19 Fresno State 1 11 10 4 25 25.0
19 Troy 1 12 7 6 25 25.0
19 Western Kentucky 1 14 9 2 25 25.0
19 Arkansas State 1 14 10 1 25 25.0
25 Miami (Florida) 1 6 17 3 26 26.0
25 UTEP 1 11 15 0 26 26.0
25 Louisiana-Monroe 1 13 10 3 26 26.0
28 Appalachian State 1 11 16 1 28 28.0
28 Buffalo 1 17 10 1 28 28.0
30 Western Michigan 1 13 17 0 30 30.0
31 Ball State 1 9 22 0 31 31.0
32 Notre Dame 2 17 10 5 32 16.0
33 Indiana 2 13 20 1 34 17.0
34 Mississippi 2 17 15 3 35 17.5
35 Iowa 2 17 17 2 36 18.0
36 Minnesota 2 15 23 2 40 20.0
36 BYU 2 20 17 3 40 20.0
38 Rice 2 29 12 2 43 21.5
39 Missouri 2 17 23 4 44 22.0
39 North Texas 2 27 15 2 44 22.0
41 Boise State 3 25 18 2 45 15.0
41 Syracuse 2 12 28 5 45 22.5
41 Hawai'i 2 23 17 5 45 22.5
44 Tulane 2 30 13 3 46 23.0
45 Colorado State 2 14 31 4 49 24.5
45 Georgia Southern 2 22 26 1 49 24.5
45 Duke 2 23 21 5 49 24.5
48 Arizona State 2 16 28 6 50 25.0
49 USC 2 16 30 5 51 25.5
49 San Jose State 2 25 21 5 51 25.5
49 Akron 2 26 23 2 51 25.5
49 Illinois 2 28 21 2 51 25.5
53 Utah State 2 23 26 3 52 26.0
53 Charlotte 2 27 18 7 52 26.0
55 Texas 3 16 32 5 53 17.7
56 SMU 3 22 27 5 54 18.0
56 Houston 3 27 22 5 54 18.0
58 Middle Tennessee 2 22 33 1 56 28.0
58 Massachusetts 2 29 25 2 56 28.0
60 Wisconsin 3 29 29 1 59 19.7
60 UAB 2 40 17 2 59 29.5
62 Northwestern 3 28 32 0 60 20.0
62 San Diego State 2 25 30 5 60 30.0
64 Pittsburgh 3 17 40 6 63 21.0
64 West Virginia 3 29 31 3 63 21.0
64 LSU 3 34 23 6 63 21.0
67 South Florida 3 20 34 10 64 21.3
67 Cincinnati 3 23 33 8 64 21.3
69 Wyoming 3 26 36 3 65 21.7
69 Navy 3 33 28 4 65 21.7
71 Ohio State 4 38 22 6 66 16.5
71 Auburn 3 29 32 5 66 22.0
73 Texas Tech 3 14 44 9 67 22.3
73 Arizona 3 25 37 5 67 22.3
73 Virginia Tech 3 26 35 6 67 22.3
76 Virginia 3 25 37 7 69 23.0
77 UCLA 3 19 41 10 70 23.3
78 Baylor 3 25 36 10 71 23.7
78 North Carolina State 3 30 38 3 71 23.7
78 Maryland 3 32 34 5 71 23.7
78 Nevada 3 34 29 8 71 23.7
82 Tennessee 3 24 41 7 72 24.0
82 Washington 3 36 30 6 72 24.0
82 Kent State 2 39 31 2 72 36.0
85 Boston College 3 21 46 6 73 24.3
85 UTSA 3 27 42 4 73 24.3
87 UNLV 3 31 35 8 74 24.7
87 Oregon State 3 34 37 3 74 24.7
89 Nebraska 4 25 40 10 75 18.8
90 Utah 4 26 44 7 77 19.3
90 Oklahoma State 3 34 40 3 77 25.7
92 Kansas State 4 29 44 6 79 19.8
92 South Carolina 4 36 38 5 79 19.8
94 Stanford 4 33 44 5 82 20.5
95 Penn State 4 34 38 11 83 20.8
95 Texas A&M 4 39 32 12 83 20.8
97 Alabama 4 33 39 12 84 21.0
97 Arkansas 4 34 42 8 84 21.0
99 Michigan State 4 30 51 5 86 21.5
100 Oregon 4 35 47 5 87 21.8
101 California 4 28 57 3 88 22.0
102 Michigan 5 36 45 9 90 18.0
103 Clemson 4 45 45 3 93 23.3
104 Louisville 4 45 44 5 94 23.5
105 Oklahoma 6 39 50 7 96 16.0
106 Kentucky 5 44 48 5 97 19.4
106 Georgia Tech 4 32 61 4 97 24.3
106 Wake Forest 3 44 50 3 97 32.3
109 UCF 4 47 43 11 101 25.3
110 Vanderbilt 5 49 60 3 112 22.4
111 Georgia 6 34 67 12 113 18.8
112 Florida 5 43 67 6 116 23.2
113 Kansas 6 55 57 8 120 20.0
114 Florida State 5 51 53 19 123 24.6
115 Mississippi State 6 72 63 10 145 24.2
116 Purdue 6 72 83 2 157 26.2