2024 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games vs. FBS non-Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 01/20/2025

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Cincinnati 1 0 14 1 15 15.0
2 UCF 1 1 10 1 12 12.0
3 Northwestern 1 2 14 1 17 17.0
4 Maryland 1 3 7 1 11 11.0
5 Iowa 1 4 6 0 10 10.0
5 Florida 1 4 5 2 11 11.0
5 BYU 1 4 6 2 12 12.0
5 Iowa State 1 4 8 0 12 12.0
5 Colorado 1 4 9 4 17 17.0
10 Minnesota 1 5 4 1 10 10.0
10 Nebraska 1 5 7 0 12 12.0
10 Texas Tech 1 5 6 2 13 13.0
10 Utah 1 5 9 0 14 14.0
10 SMU 1 5 6 5 16 16.0
10 UCLA 2 5 22 6 33 16.5
10 Kansas State 1 5 13 3 21 21.0
17 Wisconsin 1 6 7 0 13 13.0
17 Miami (Florida) 2 6 20 6 32 16.0
17 Michigan 2 6 23 6 35 17.5
20 TCU 1 7 6 0 13 13.0
20 South Carolina 2 7 17 2 26 13.0
20 Pittsburgh 2 7 22 3 32 16.0
20 West Virginia 1 7 10 1 18 18.0
20 Michigan State 1 7 6 6 19 19.0
25 LSU 1 8 8 0 16 16.0
25 Mississippi 2 8 19 8 35 17.5
25 Illinois 1 8 8 3 19 19.0
25 Oklahoma State 1 8 9 2 19 19.0
29 Kentucky 2 9 10 2 21 10.5
29 Missouri 2 9 11 2 22 11.0
29 Rutgers 1 9 5 1 15 15.0
29 Washington 1 9 4 4 17 17.0
29 Oregon 1 9 9 1 19 19.0
29 Arkansas 2 9 23 6 38 19.0
29 Boston College 1 9 10 1 20 20.0
29 Clemson 1 9 11 4 24 24.0
37 Baylor 1 10 1 1 12 12.0
38 Texas 3 11 18 3 32 10.7
38 Houston 2 11 8 4 23 11.5
38 Tennessee 2 11 10 2 23 11.5
38 Louisville 2 11 15 4 30 15.0
38 Kansas 1 11 3 3 17 17.0
38 Florida State 2 11 23 7 41 20.5
38 Wake Forest 2 11 29 2 42 21.0
38 Arizona 1 11 15 4 30 30.0
46 Virginia Tech 2 13 9 1 23 11.5
46 Arizona State 2 13 15 1 29 14.5
46 Auburn 2 13 15 3 31 15.5
46 Duke 2 13 16 6 35 17.5
46 Virginia 2 13 18 4 35 17.5
46 Vanderbilt 2 13 25 3 41 20.5
52 Alabama 2 14 12 5 31 15.5
53 Oklahoma 3 16 20 4 40 13.3
53 California 2 16 10 2 28 14.0
53 USC 2 16 14 3 33 16.5
53 Purdue 1 16 10 1 27 27.0
57 Ohio State 4 18 28 8 54 13.5
58 Georgia 2 19 8 1 28 14.0
58 Indiana 3 19 24 3 46 15.3
60 Stanford 2 20 29 5 54 27.0
61 Texas A&M 3 21 22 4 47 15.7
61 Georgia Tech 2 21 20 1 42 21.0
63 Syracuse 3 23 31 8 62 20.7
63 Mississippi State 2 23 23 5 51 25.5
65 Penn State 4 24 41 8 73 18.3
65 North Carolina 3 24 27 7 58 19.3
67 North Carolina State 3 27 26 1 54 18.0
68 Notre Dame 4 38 16 11 65 16.3
69 Connecticut 7 48 50 14 112 16.0
70 UNLV 8 52 91 14 157 19.6
71 Memphis 10 53 105 20 178 17.8
72 Ohio 11 59 97 10 166 15.1
73 Boise State 9 60 87 11 158 17.6
74 Akron 8 61 81 13 155 19.4
75 UTEP 9 64 91 14 169 18.8
76 UTSA 11 65 105 38 208 18.9
76 Washington State 8 65 92 19 176 22.0
78 Tulane 10 66 75 21 162 16.2
79 Colorado State 9 69 88 15 172 19.1
80 Bowling Green 10 70 82 15 167 16.7
81 Air Force 9 71 85 9 165 18.3
81 Troy 10 71 88 27 186 18.6
83 Oregon State 7 72 60 8 140 20.0
84 Wyoming 8 73 74 13 160 20.0
84 Utah State 8 73 98 13 184 23.0
86 James Madison 11 75 92 14 181 16.5
87 Massachusetts 7 77 46 16 139 19.9
87 Buffalo 11 77 126 18 221 20.1
89 Louisiana Tech 10 78 73 21 172 17.2
90 Northern Illinois 11 79 84 22 185 16.8
90 San Jose State 9 79 82 14 175 19.4
90 Ball State 9 79 100 18 197 21.9
90 New Mexico 8 79 91 23 193 24.1
94 Toledo 10 82 98 20 200 20.0
95 Central Michigan 10 83 88 22 193 19.3
96 Fresno State 9 84 82 24 190 21.1
97 Hawai'i 8 85 73 20 178 22.3
97 Tulsa 10 85 134 11 230 23.0
99 Georgia Southern 11 86 131 11 228 20.7
100 Army 13 87 113 13 213 16.4
100 Sam Houston State 12 87 107 15 209 17.4
102 Eastern Michigan 10 90 81 28 199 19.9
102 Old Dominion 10 90 106 20 216 21.6
104 Texas State 11 91 109 18 218 19.8
104 Marshall 10 91 94 14 199 19.9
104 South Alabama 11 91 117 29 237 21.5
104 South Florida 10 91 117 23 231 23.1
108 Liberty 11 92 96 25 213 19.4
109 San Diego State 8 95 83 18 196 24.5
110 Rice 10 96 76 17 189 18.9
110 Western Michigan 10 96 90 15 201 20.1
112 Navy 11 98 101 16 215 19.5
112 East Carolina 11 98 123 26 247 22.5
114 Miami (Ohio) 12 99 120 24 243 20.3
114 New Mexico State 10 99 96 17 212 21.2
114 Nevada 9 99 76 23 198 22.0
114 Middle Tennessee 9 99 97 13 209 23.2
114 Arkansas State 10 99 113 20 232 23.2
119 Appalachian State 9 100 73 20 193 21.4
120 Coastal Carolina 11 102 110 16 228 20.7
120 Florida Atlantic 10 102 106 16 224 22.4
120 Kent State 8 102 79 17 198 24.8
123 Florida International 10 103 71 15 189 18.9
124 Charlotte 9 104 77 20 201 22.3
125 Temple 11 108 97 17 222 20.2
125 Georgia State 9 108 86 13 207 23.0
127 Louisiana-Lafayette 11 112 97 13 222 20.2
127 Kennesaw State 11 112 109 16 237 21.5
129 Louisiana-Monroe 9 113 63 12 188 20.9
130 Southern Mississippi 10 114 100 10 224 22.4
131 North Texas 11 115 124 21 260 23.6
132 UAB 10 116 80 26 222 22.2
133 Jacksonville State 13 117 125 33 275 21.2
134 Western Kentucky 11 134 79 12 225 20.5