2024 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games vs. FBS Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 01/20/2025
| 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 Miss | 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 | FIU | 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 (OH) | 2 | 17 | 22 | 1 | 40 | 20.0 |
| 28 | Old Dominion | 2 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 40 | 20.0 |
| 30 | Hawaii | 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 | USF | 2 | 15 | 25 | 7 | 47 | 23.5 |
| 38 | Louisiana | 2 | 15 | 27 | 6 | 48 | 24.0 |
| 39 | Ohio | 2 | 18 | 31 | 1 | 50 | 25.0 |
| 40 | Middle Tennessee State | 2 | 20 | 28 | 3 | 51 | 25.5 |
| 40 | Toledo | 2 | 26 | 21 | 4 | 51 | 25.5 |
| 42 | Ball State | 2 | 18 | 34 | 0 | 52 | 26.0 |
| 42 | Louisiana-Monroe | 2 | 26 | 23 | 3 | 52 | 26.0 |
| 44 | UTEP | 2 | 22 | 29 | 5 | 56 | 28.0 |
| 45 | Western Michigan | 2 | 26 | 30 | 1 | 57 | 28.5 |
| 45 | Charlotte | 2 | 29 | 20 | 8 | 57 | 28.5 |
| 47 | Fresno State | 3 | 21 | 34 | 6 | 61 | 20.3 |
| 48 | Wyoming | 3 | 24 | 38 | 3 | 65 | 21.7 |
| 49 | San Diego State | 3 | 33 | 27 | 6 | 66 | 22.0 |
| 50 | Tulane | 3 | 31 | 33 | 4 | 68 | 22.7 |
| 51 | Boise State | 4 | 27 | 38 | 6 | 71 | 17.8 |
| 52 | Colorado State | 3 | 27 | 40 | 8 | 75 | 25.0 |
| 53 | New Mexico | 3 | 34 | 38 | 4 | 76 | 25.3 |
| 54 | Akron | 3 | 38 | 33 | 6 | 77 | 25.7 |
| 55 | Nevada | 3 | 27 | 40 | 11 | 78 | 26.0 |
| 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 | Oklahoma | 9 | 62 | 85 | 11 | 158 | 17.6 |
| 66 | Auburn | 9 | 75 | 78 | 16 | 169 | 18.8 |
| 67 | Utah | 10 | 71 | 90 | 14 | 175 | 17.5 |
| 68 | North Carolina | 9 | 82 | 81 | 16 | 179 | 19.9 |
| 69 | Kentucky | 9 | 93 | 77 | 11 | 181 | 20.1 |
| 70 | NC State | 9 | 69 | 98 | 16 | 183 | 20.3 |
| 71 | Nebraska | 11 | 58 | 105 | 21 | 184 | 16.7 |
| 71 | Missouri | 10 | 80 | 88 | 16 | 184 | 18.4 |
| 73 | Syracuse | 9 | 68 | 97 | 20 | 185 | 20.6 |
| 74 | Ohio State | 12 | 79 | 89 | 19 | 187 | 15.6 |
| 74 | Stanford | 9 | 66 | 108 | 13 | 187 | 20.8 |
| 76 | Cincinnati | 10 | 85 | 90 | 14 | 189 | 18.9 |
| 77 | California | 10 | 55 | 116 | 19 | 190 | 19.0 |
| 77 | Virginia | 9 | 76 | 101 | 13 | 190 | 21.1 |
| 79 | Michigan | 11 | 75 | 103 | 13 | 191 | 17.4 |
| 79 | Georgia Tech | 10 | 68 | 104 | 19 | 191 | 19.1 |
| 79 | Houston | 10 | 79 | 95 | 17 | 191 | 19.1 |
| 82 | Minnesota | 11 | 71 | 103 | 18 | 192 | 17.5 |
| 82 | Tennessee | 10 | 73 | 96 | 23 | 192 | 19.2 |
| 82 | Florida State | 9 | 101 | 75 | 16 | 192 | 21.3 |
| 85 | Wisconsin | 10 | 93 | 88 | 12 | 193 | 19.3 |
| 86 | Miami (FL) | 10 | 69 | 101 | 24 | 194 | 19.4 |
| 86 | Texas A&M | 9 | 74 | 94 | 26 | 194 | 21.6 |
| 88 | Michigan State | 10 | 67 | 111 | 17 | 195 | 19.5 |
| 88 | South Carolina | 10 | 86 | 92 | 17 | 195 | 19.5 |
| 90 | BYU | 11 | 86 | 97 | 14 | 197 | 17.9 |
| 91 | Northwestern | 10 | 82 | 109 | 8 | 199 | 19.9 |
| 92 | Ole Miss | 10 | 66 | 109 | 25 | 200 | 20.0 |
| 93 | Alabama | 10 | 83 | 95 | 26 | 204 | 20.4 |
| 94 | Notre Dame | 12 | 88 | 102 | 17 | 207 | 17.3 |
| 95 | Iowa | 11 | 86 | 109 | 13 | 208 | 18.9 |
| 95 | Arizona | 10 | 95 | 98 | 15 | 208 | 20.8 |
| 97 | Penn State | 12 | 91 | 100 | 18 | 209 | 17.4 |
| 97 | Iowa State | 12 | 107 | 94 | 8 | 209 | 17.4 |
| 97 | UCLA | 10 | 65 | 116 | 28 | 209 | 20.9 |
| 100 | LSU | 11 | 86 | 108 | 16 | 210 | 19.1 |
| 100 | UCF | 10 | 78 | 113 | 19 | 210 | 21.0 |
| 102 | Arkansas | 10 | 73 | 114 | 24 | 211 | 21.1 |
| 102 | Louisville | 10 | 89 | 106 | 16 | 211 | 21.1 |
| 104 | Oregon | 12 | 85 | 106 | 21 | 212 | 17.7 |
| 104 | Georgia | 11 | 73 | 115 | 24 | 212 | 19.3 |
| 106 | Kansas State | 11 | 78 | 113 | 23 | 214 | 19.5 |
| 107 | Pittsburgh | 10 | 78 | 122 | 15 | 215 | 21.5 |
| 108 | Duke | 10 | 94 | 101 | 23 | 218 | 21.8 |
| 109 | Mississippi State | 9 | 102 | 101 | 16 | 219 | 24.3 |
| 110 | Maryland | 10 | 87 | 112 | 22 | 221 | 22.1 |
| 110 | Vanderbilt | 10 | 90 | 116 | 15 | 221 | 22.1 |
| 112 | Colorado | 11 | 110 | 90 | 22 | 222 | 20.2 |
| 113 | Virginia Tech | 11 | 94 | 111 | 18 | 223 | 20.3 |
| 113 | Washington | 11 | 104 | 96 | 23 | 223 | 20.3 |
| 115 | Kansas | 10 | 98 | 118 | 10 | 226 | 22.6 |
| 116 | Rutgers | 11 | 91 | 118 | 18 | 227 | 20.6 |
| 117 | USC | 11 | 79 | 132 | 18 | 229 | 20.8 |
| 118 | Boston College | 11 | 73 | 139 | 18 | 230 | 20.9 |
| 119 | Texas | 13 | 93 | 117 | 21 | 231 | 17.8 |
| 120 | SMU | 12 | 77 | 127 | 30 | 234 | 19.5 |
| 121 | TCU | 11 | 122 | 101 | 18 | 241 | 21.9 |
| 121 | Wake Forest | 9 | 96 | 133 | 12 | 241 | 26.8 |
| 123 | West Virginia | 11 | 98 | 132 | 14 | 244 | 22.2 |
| 124 | Baylor | 11 | 91 | 129 | 26 | 246 | 22.4 |
| 125 | Illinois | 11 | 108 | 127 | 12 | 247 | 22.5 |
| 126 | Clemson | 12 | 98 | 120 | 30 | 248 | 20.7 |
| 127 | Purdue | 10 | 110 | 123 | 17 | 250 | 25.0 |
| 128 | Arizona State | 12 | 82 | 147 | 26 | 255 | 21.3 |
| 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 |