2024 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games vs. FBS Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 12/30/2024

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Northern Illinois 1 3 5 3 11 11.0
2 Florida Atlantic 1 8 5 2 15 15.0
3 Rice 1 9 7 0 16 16.0
4 Temple 1 12 4 2 18 18.0
5 Southern Mississippi 1 10 7 2 19 19.0
6 Texas State 1 6 11 3 20 20.0
6 Central Michigan 1 8 11 1 20 20.0
8 East Carolina 1 11 9 1 21 21.0
9 Eastern Michigan 1 7 14 2 23 23.0
9 Florida International 1 13 10 0 23 23.0
11 UTSA 1 9 14 1 24 24.0
11 Tulsa 1 9 14 1 24 24.0
13 North Texas 1 13 11 1 25 25.0
13 Troy 1 16 7 2 25 25.0
15 Georgia Southern 1 12 13 1 26 26.0
15 Coastal Carolina 1 16 8 2 26 26.0
17 Navy 1 12 12 3 27 27.0
18 New Mexico State 1 9 18 1 28 28.0
18 Appalachian State 1 11 16 1 28 28.0
18 Buffalo 1 17 10 1 28 28.0
21 Air Force 2 14 13 2 29 14.5
21 South Alabama 1 8 21 0 29 29.0
21 Jacksonville State 1 11 16 2 29 29.0
21 UAB 1 18 6 5 29 29.0
21 Sam Houston State 1 24 5 0 29 29.0
26 James Madison 1 7 20 3 30 30.0
27 Memphis 2 13 22 1 36 18.0
28 Miami (Ohio) 2 17 22 1 40 20.0
28 Old Dominion 2 26 12 2 40 20.0
30 Hawai'i 2 8 27 7 42 21.0
30 Bowling Green 2 21 20 1 42 21.0
32 Marshall 2 20 18 5 43 21.5
33 Western Kentucky 2 21 20 3 44 22.0
34 Georgia State 2 16 25 4 45 22.5
34 Arkansas State 2 28 16 1 45 22.5
36 Louisiana Tech 2 24 21 1 46 23.0
37 South Florida 2 15 25 7 47 23.5
38 Louisiana-Lafayette 2 15 27 6 48 24.0
39 Boise State 3 17 30 3 50 16.7
39 Ohio 2 18 31 1 50 25.0
41 Middle Tennessee 2 20 28 3 51 25.5
41 Toledo 2 26 21 4 51 25.5
43 Ball State 2 18 34 0 52 26.0
43 Louisiana-Monroe 2 26 23 3 52 26.0
45 UTEP 2 22 29 5 56 28.0
46 Western Michigan 2 26 30 1 57 28.5
46 Charlotte 2 29 20 8 57 28.5
48 Fresno State 3 21 34 6 61 20.3
49 Wyoming 3 24 38 3 65 21.7
50 San Diego State 3 33 27 6 66 22.0
51 Tulane 3 31 33 4 68 22.7
52 Colorado State 3 27 40 8 75 25.0
53 New Mexico 3 34 38 4 76 25.3
54 Nevada 3 26 40 11 77 25.7
54 Akron 3 38 33 6 77 25.7
56 Utah State 3 33 39 7 79 26.3
57 San Jose State 3 33 42 6 81 27.0
58 Massachusetts 3 39 34 9 82 27.3
59 Oregon State 4 38 43 6 87 21.8
60 Washington State 4 37 57 6 100 25.0
61 Kent State 3 47 51 5 103 34.3
62 UNLV 5 39 58 10 107 21.4
63 Connecticut 5 40 62 8 110 22.0
64 Indiana 9 47 75 16 138 15.3
65 Notre Dame 9 61 76 12 149 16.6
66 Ohio State 10 70 66 16 152 15.2
67 Oklahoma 9 62 85 11 158 17.6
68 Auburn 9 75 78 16 169 18.8
69 South Carolina 9 75 84 14 173 19.2
70 Utah 10 71 90 14 175 17.5
71 Michigan 10 68 96 12 176 17.6
72 LSU 10 82 85 12 179 17.9
72 North Carolina 9 82 81 16 179 19.9
74 Kentucky 9 93 77 11 181 20.1
75 Minnesota 10 67 98 18 183 18.3
75 Mississippi 9 65 94 24 183 20.3
75 North Carolina State 9 69 98 16 183 20.3
78 Nebraska 11 58 105 21 184 16.7
78 Texas 11 73 95 16 184 16.7
78 Missouri 10 80 88 16 184 18.4
81 Syracuse 9 68 97 20 185 20.6
82 Stanford 9 66 108 13 187 20.8
83 Cincinnati 10 85 90 14 189 18.9
84 California 10 55 116 19 190 19.0
84 Virginia 9 76 101 13 190 21.1
84 Louisville 9 82 93 15 190 21.1
87 Georgia Tech 10 68 104 19 191 19.1
87 Houston 10 79 95 17 191 19.1
87 Alabama 9 77 90 24 191 21.2
87 Duke 9 85 83 23 191 21.2
91 Oregon 11 78 94 20 192 17.5
91 Tennessee 10 73 96 23 192 19.2
91 Florida State 9 101 75 16 192 21.3
94 Wisconsin 10 93 88 12 193 19.3
95 Miami (Florida) 10 69 101 24 194 19.4
95 Texas A&M 9 74 94 26 194 21.6
97 Michigan State 10 67 111 17 195 19.5
98 BYU 11 86 97 14 197 17.9
99 Northwestern 10 82 109 8 199 19.9
100 Virginia Tech 10 83 100 17 200 20.0
101 Iowa 11 86 109 13 208 18.9
101 Arizona 10 95 98 15 208 20.8
101 Washington 10 97 88 23 208 20.8
104 Penn State 12 91 100 18 209 17.4
104 Iowa State 12 107 94 8 209 17.4
104 UCLA 10 65 116 28 209 20.9
107 UCF 10 78 113 19 210 21.0
108 Arkansas 10 73 114 24 211 21.1
109 Georgia 11 73 115 24 212 19.3
110 Kansas State 11 78 113 23 214 19.5
111 Pittsburgh 10 78 122 15 215 21.5
112 Mississippi State 9 102 101 16 219 24.3
113 Maryland 10 87 112 22 221 22.1
113 Vanderbilt 10 90 116 15 221 22.1
115 Colorado 11 110 90 22 222 20.2
116 Baylor 10 86 115 25 226 22.6
116 Kansas 10 98 118 10 226 22.6
118 Rutgers 11 91 118 18 227 20.6
118 Illinois 10 99 116 12 227 22.7
120 USC 11 79 132 18 229 20.8
121 Boston College 11 73 139 18 230 20.9
122 SMU 12 77 127 30 234 19.5
123 Arizona State 11 79 134 25 238 21.6
124 TCU 11 122 101 18 241 21.9
124 Wake Forest 9 96 133 12 241 26.8
126 West Virginia 11 98 132 14 244 22.2
127 Clemson 12 98 120 30 248 20.7
128 Purdue 10 110 123 17 250 25.0
129 Florida 11 111 125 20 256 23.3
130 Texas Tech 11 89 146 23 258 23.5
131 Oklahoma State 10 125 127 12 264 26.4