2024 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games vs. FBS non-Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 12/14/2024

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 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
9 Minnesota 1 5 4 1 10 10.0
9 Nebraska 1 5 7 0 12 12.0
9 Texas Tech 1 5 6 2 13 13.0
9 Utah 1 5 9 0 14 14.0
9 Pittsburgh 1 5 8 2 15 15.0
9 SMU 1 5 6 5 16 16.0
9 UCLA 2 5 22 6 33 16.5
9 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 Penn State 2 7 16 3 26 13.0
20 South Carolina 2 7 17 2 26 13.0
20 California 1 7 7 2 16 16.0
20 Michigan State 1 7 6 6 19 19.0
24 LSU 1 8 8 0 16 16.0
24 Mississippi 2 8 19 8 35 17.5
24 Illinois 1 8 8 3 19 19.0
24 Oklahoma State 1 8 9 2 19 19.0
28 Kentucky 2 9 10 2 21 10.5
28 Missouri 2 9 11 2 22 11.0
28 Rutgers 1 9 5 1 15 15.0
28 Washington 1 9 4 4 17 17.0
28 Oregon 1 9 9 1 19 19.0
28 Arkansas 2 9 23 6 38 19.0
28 Boston College 1 9 10 1 20 20.0
28 Clemson 1 9 11 4 24 24.0
36 Baylor 1 10 1 1 12 12.0
37 Texas 3 11 18 3 32 10.7
37 Houston 2 11 8 4 23 11.5
37 Tennessee 2 11 10 2 23 11.5
37 Indiana 2 11 13 2 26 13.0
37 Georgia 1 11 3 0 14 14.0
37 Oklahoma 2 11 15 3 29 14.5
37 Louisville 2 11 15 4 30 15.0
37 Kansas 1 11 3 3 17 17.0
37 Florida State 2 11 23 7 41 20.5
37 Wake Forest 2 11 29 2 42 21.0
37 Arizona 1 11 15 4 30 30.0
48 North Carolina 2 12 20 6 38 19.0
49 Virginia Tech 2 13 9 1 23 11.5
49 Ohio State 3 13 17 5 35 11.7
49 Arizona State 2 13 15 1 29 14.5
49 Auburn 2 13 15 3 31 15.5
49 Duke 2 13 16 6 35 17.5
49 Virginia 2 13 18 4 35 17.5
49 Vanderbilt 2 13 25 3 41 20.5
56 Alabama 2 14 12 5 31 15.5
56 North Carolina State 2 14 17 1 32 16.0
58 USC 2 16 14 3 33 16.5
58 Purdue 1 16 10 1 27 27.0
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 Notre Dame 4 38 16 11 65 16.3
66 Connecticut 7 48 50 14 112 16.0
67 Ohio 10 51 88 9 148 14.8
68 UNLV 8 52 91 14 157 19.6
69 Memphis 10 53 105 20 178 17.8
70 Louisiana Tech 9 56 71 19 146 16.2
71 UTSA 10 58 100 35 193 19.3
72 Boise State 9 60 87 11 158 17.6
72 Colorado State 8 60 79 15 154 19.3
74 Akron 8 61 81 13 155 19.4
75 Bowling Green 9 63 72 12 147 16.3
76 UTEP 9 64 91 14 169 18.8
77 Washington State 8 65 92 19 176 22.0
78 Tulane 10 66 75 21 162 16.2
79 Air Force 9 71 85 9 165 18.3
79 Troy 10 71 88 27 186 18.6
81 James Madison 10 72 81 14 167 16.7
81 Oregon State 7 72 60 8 140 20.0
81 Buffalo 10 72 122 16 210 21.0
84 Northern Illinois 10 73 74 21 168 16.8
84 Wyoming 8 73 74 13 160 20.0
84 Utah State 8 73 98 13 184 23.0
87 Fresno State 8 74 72 20 166 20.8
88 Sam Houston State 11 75 96 15 186 16.9
88 San Jose State 8 75 72 13 160 20.0
90 Massachusetts 7 77 46 16 139 19.9
91 Ball State 9 79 100 18 197 21.9
91 South Florida 9 79 105 18 202 22.4
91 New Mexico 8 79 91 23 193 24.1
94 Liberty 10 80 91 24 195 19.5
95 Toledo 10 82 98 20 200 20.0
96 Army 12 83 106 13 202 16.8
96 Central Michigan 10 83 88 22 193 19.3
96 Georgia Southern 10 83 121 9 213 21.3
99 Hawai'i 8 85 73 20 178 22.3
99 Tulsa 10 85 134 11 230 23.0
101 Texas State 10 87 93 16 196 19.6
102 Eastern Michigan 10 90 81 28 199 19.9
102 Old Dominion 10 90 106 20 216 21.6
104 Marshall 10 91 94 14 199 19.9
104 South Alabama 11 91 117 29 237 21.5
106 Miami (Ohio) 11 92 109 23 224 20.4
106 Coastal Carolina 10 92 98 15 205 20.5
108 San Diego State 8 95 83 18 196 24.5
109 Rice 10 96 76 17 189 18.9
109 Western Michigan 10 96 90 15 201 20.1
109 Arkansas State 9 96 96 18 210 23.3
112 Navy 11 98 101 16 215 19.5
112 East Carolina 11 98 123 26 247 22.5
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
117 Appalachian State 9 100 73 20 193 21.4
118 Florida Atlantic 10 102 106 16 224 22.4
118 Kent State 8 102 79 17 198 24.8
120 Florida International 10 103 71 15 189 18.9
121 Jacksonville State 12 104 114 29 247 20.6
121 Charlotte 9 104 77 20 201 22.3
123 North Texas 10 105 111 18 234 23.4
124 Temple 11 108 97 17 222 20.2
124 Georgia State 9 108 86 13 207 23.0
126 Louisiana-Lafayette 11 112 97 13 222 20.2
126 Kennesaw State 11 112 109 16 237 21.5
128 Louisiana-Monroe 9 113 63 12 188 20.9
129 Southern Mississippi 10 114 100 10 224 22.4
130 UAB 10 116 80 26 222 22.2
131 Western Kentucky 10 123 72 11 206 20.6