2024 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games vs. Ranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 11/20/2024

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Texas 1 4 9 1 14 14.0
2 USC 1 5 21 2 28 28.0
3 SMU 1 6 9 1 16 16.0
3 Texas State 1 6 11 3 20 20.0
3 Syracuse 1 6 12 2 20 20.0
6 Northern Illinois 1 7 9 1 17 17.0
6 Boston College 1 7 15 3 25 25.0
8 BYU 1 8 9 1 18 18.0
8 Clemson 1 8 11 0 19 19.0
8 Central Michigan 1 8 11 1 20 20.0
8 Minnesota 1 8 11 1 20 20.0
8 Miami (Ohio) 1 8 11 5 24 24.0
8 California 1 8 20 2 30 30.0
14 Air Force 1 9 3 2 14 14.0
14 Notre Dame 1 9 5 3 17 17.0
14 Auburn 1 9 10 2 21 21.0
14 Marshall 1 9 12 2 23 23.0
14 UTSA 1 9 14 1 24 24.0
14 New Mexico State 1 9 18 1 28 28.0
14 Ball State 1 9 22 0 31 31.0
21 Washington State 1 10 7 4 21 21.0
21 UNLV 1 10 9 2 21 21.0
21 New Mexico 1 10 16 1 27 27.0
24 Appalachian State 1 11 16 1 28 28.0
25 Pittsburgh 2 12 24 4 40 20.0
26 Tulsa 1 13 5 0 18 18.0
26 Florida International 1 13 10 0 23 23.0
26 Louisiana-Monroe 1 13 10 3 26 26.0
26 Western Michigan 1 13 17 0 30 30.0
26 Middle Tennessee 1 13 21 0 34 34.0
31 Old Dominion 1 14 4 0 18 18.0
31 Louisiana-Lafayette 1 14 4 0 18 18.0
31 Colorado State 2 14 31 4 49 24.5
31 Western Kentucky 1 14 9 2 25 25.0
31 Arkansas State 1 14 10 1 25 25.0
36 Houston 2 15 15 3 33 16.5
36 Arizona 2 15 23 5 43 21.5
36 TCU 1 15 5 3 23 23.0
39 Ohio State 2 16 15 2 33 16.5
39 Penn State 2 16 17 5 38 19.0
39 East Carolina 1 16 5 1 22 22.0
39 Tennessee 2 16 27 5 48 24.0
43 Mississippi 2 17 15 3 35 17.5
43 Iowa 2 17 17 2 36 18.0
45 Utah 3 18 31 3 52 17.3
45 Nevada 2 18 20 5 43 21.5
45 Virginia Tech 2 18 24 2 44 22.0
45 Northwestern 2 18 28 0 46 23.0
49 Florida Atlantic 1 19 1 1 21 21.0
49 Georgia Tech 2 19 25 2 46 23.0
49 UCLA 3 19 41 10 70 23.3
49 Maryland 2 19 24 4 47 23.5
49 Wyoming 2 19 28 3 50 25.0
54 Oregon State 2 20 25 2 47 23.5
55 Oregon 3 21 35 3 59 19.7
55 Bowling Green 2 21 20 1 42 21.0
55 Texas A&M 2 21 17 6 44 22.0
55 Alabama 3 21 37 11 69 23.0
55 Fresno State 2 21 19 8 48 24.0
55 Virginia 2 21 21 7 49 24.5
61 Kansas State 4 22 50 6 78 19.5
61 West Virginia 2 22 21 2 45 22.5
61 Georgia Southern 2 22 26 1 49 24.5
64 South Carolina 3 23 29 4 56 18.7
64 Navy 2 23 14 3 40 20.0
64 Cincinnati 3 23 33 8 64 21.3
64 Duke 2 23 21 5 49 24.5
68 Boise State 3 24 27 2 53 17.7
68 Vanderbilt 3 24 37 1 62 20.7
70 Nebraska 4 25 40 10 75 18.8
70 Rice 2 25 13 1 39 19.5
70 Missouri 3 25 35 4 64 21.3
70 North Carolina State 2 25 20 1 46 23.0
70 Baylor 3 25 36 10 71 23.7
70 San Jose State 2 25 30 3 58 29.0
76 Texas Tech 4 26 48 11 85 21.3
76 Akron 2 26 23 2 51 25.5
78 Kentucky 4 28 36 4 68 17.0
78 Hawai'i 3 28 32 8 68 22.7
78 Illinois 2 28 21 2 51 25.5
78 Charlotte 2 28 24 6 58 29.0
82 Oklahoma 5 29 44 7 80 16.0
82 Wisconsin 3 29 29 1 59 19.7
82 Oklahoma State 2 29 22 0 51 25.5
82 South Florida 3 29 38 10 77 25.7
86 Michigan State 4 30 51 5 86 21.5
86 Washington 3 30 29 10 69 23.0
88 Georgia 5 31 51 10 92 18.4
88 Arkansas 4 31 42 10 83 20.8
88 Stanford 3 31 28 5 64 21.3
91 Michigan 4 33 34 7 74 18.5
91 North Texas 2 33 8 3 44 22.0
91 San Diego State 3 33 41 8 82 27.3
91 Wake Forest 2 33 34 3 70 35.0
95 Utah State 3 35 38 7 80 26.7
96 Temple 2 36 11 2 49 24.5
97 UAB 2 37 12 3 52 26.0
98 Kent State 2 39 31 2 72 36.0
99 LSU 4 45 28 7 80 20.0
99 Louisville 4 45 44 5 94 23.5
101 Florida State 4 46 42 16 104 26.0
102 UCF 4 47 43 11 101 25.3
103 Florida 5 51 61 7 119 23.8
104 Kansas 5 52 46 7 105 21.0
105 Mississippi State 5 53 55 9 117 23.4
106 Purdue 5 59 66 2 127 25.4