2024 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games vs. Ranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 11/08/2024

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Syracuse 1 5 6 2 13 13.0
2 Air Force 1 9 3 2 14 14.0
3 Northern Illinois 1 7 9 1 17 17.0
4 Tulsa 1 13 5 0 18 18.0
5 Pittsburgh 1 8 10 1 19 19.0
5 Tulane 1 9 9 1 19 19.0
7 Navy 1 11 8 1 20 20.0
8 Washington State 1 10 7 4 21 21.0
8 UNLV 1 10 9 2 21 21.0
8 Penn State 1 11 8 2 21 21.0
8 Rice 1 16 5 0 21 21.0
8 Florida Atlantic 1 19 1 1 21 21.0
13 Mississippi 1 2 17 3 22 22.0
13 Nevada 1 5 14 3 22 22.0
13 Kansas 1 12 10 0 22 22.0
13 Colorado 1 14 8 0 22 22.0
13 East Carolina 1 16 5 1 22 22.0
18 Wyoming 1 6 16 1 23 23.0
18 Georgia State 1 8 12 3 23 23.0
18 Tennessee 1 8 12 3 23 23.0
18 North Carolina 1 8 14 1 23 23.0
18 Marshall 1 9 12 2 23 23.0
18 Fresno State 1 10 9 4 23 23.0
18 Florida International 1 13 10 0 23 23.0
18 TCU 1 15 5 3 23 23.0
18 Temple 1 20 3 0 23 23.0
27 Miami (Florida) 1 6 16 2 24 24.0
27 Boston College 1 7 16 1 24 24.0
27 Miami (Ohio) 1 8 11 5 24 24.0
27 UTSA 1 9 14 1 24 24.0
27 Akron 1 11 12 1 24 24.0
32 Western Kentucky 1 14 9 2 25 25.0
32 Arkansas State 1 14 10 1 25 25.0
34 Oregon State 1 9 15 2 26 26.0
34 Louisiana-Monroe 1 13 10 3 26 26.0
36 Northwestern 1 8 19 0 27 27.0
36 Utah State 1 10 16 1 27 27.0
38 Maryland 1 10 17 1 28 28.0
38 Appalachian State 1 11 16 1 28 28.0
38 UAB 1 24 3 1 28 28.0
41 South Alabama 1 8 21 0 29 29.0
41 Jacksonville State 1 11 16 2 29 29.0
41 Charlotte 1 14 11 4 29 29.0
44 Western Michigan 1 13 17 0 30 30.0
45 Texas 2 9 18 4 31 15.5
45 San Jose State 1 14 17 0 31 31.0
47 Auburn 2 13 15 5 33 16.5
47 Ohio State 2 16 15 2 33 16.5
49 Kansas State 2 10 23 1 34 17.0
49 Middle Tennessee 1 13 21 0 34 34.0
51 BYU 2 19 14 2 35 17.5
52 Notre Dame 2 16 16 4 36 18.0
52 Iowa 2 17 17 2 36 18.0
54 Vanderbilt 2 11 26 0 37 18.5
54 Boise State 2 15 20 2 37 18.5
54 Georgia Tech 2 16 18 3 37 18.5
57 Texas A&M 2 11 22 5 38 19.0
57 Clemson 2 17 18 3 38 19.0
59 LSU 2 22 15 2 39 19.5
60 Houston 2 14 22 4 40 20.0
60 Wisconsin 2 19 20 1 40 20.0
62 Oregon 2 15 25 1 41 20.5
62 Texas Tech 2 18 20 3 41 20.5
64 Michigan 2 18 22 2 42 21.0
64 Bowling Green 2 21 20 1 42 21.0
66 California 2 12 26 6 44 22.0
66 Virginia Tech 2 20 22 2 44 22.0
68 Washington 2 20 17 8 45 22.5
69 Hawai'i 2 15 25 6 46 23.0
69 Virginia 2 19 21 6 46 23.0
69 North Carolina State 2 25 20 1 46 23.0
72 South Florida 2 15 25 7 47 23.5
73 Oklahoma State 2 26 21 1 48 24.0
74 Oklahoma 3 19 26 4 49 16.3
74 USC 2 9 38 2 49 24.5
74 Colorado State 2 14 31 4 49 24.5
74 Cincinnati 2 18 26 5 49 24.5
74 Georgia Southern 2 22 26 1 49 24.5
74 Duke 2 23 21 5 49 24.5
80 Nebraska 3 16 29 5 50 16.7
81 Illinois 2 28 21 2 51 25.5
82 Ball State 2 18 34 0 52 26.0
82 Purdue 2 25 25 2 52 26.0
84 Georgia 3 14 30 9 53 17.7
85 San Diego State 2 22 29 5 56 28.0
86 Missouri 3 27 27 3 57 19.0
87 Arizona 3 30 27 7 64 21.3
87 Stanford 3 31 28 5 64 21.3
89 Mississippi State 3 17 44 5 66 22.0
90 SMU 3 21 38 8 67 22.3
91 Michigan State 3 22 42 4 68 22.7
92 Wake Forest 2 33 34 3 70 35.0
93 Baylor 3 25 36 10 71 23.7
94 Alabama 3 21 39 12 72 24.0
95 Kentucky 4 34 38 2 74 18.5
96 South Carolina 4 30 43 9 82 20.5
96 Florida State 3 40 30 12 82 27.3
98 UCF 3 41 34 8 83 27.7
99 Arkansas 4 28 46 14 88 22.0
99 West Virginia 4 32 49 7 88 22.0
101 Louisville 4 45 44 5 94 23.5
102 Florida 4 42 47 7 96 24.0
103 UCLA 4 26 58 13 97 24.3
104 Kent State 3 47 51 5 103 34.3