2011 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games vs. Non-Conference Teams Only through 01/09/2012
| Name | G | Rush | Pass | Penalty | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stanford | 4 | 10 | 50 | 5 | 65 | 16.3 |
| 2 | USC | 3 | 14 | 38 | 2 | 54 | 18.0 |
| 3 | California | 3 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 27 | 9.0 |
| 3 | Washington State | 3 | 15 | 31 | 5 | 51 | 17.0 |
| 5 | Arizona | 3 | 16 | 40 | 5 | 61 | 20.3 |
| 6 | Illinois | 5 | 17 | 50 | 6 | 73 | 14.6 |
| 6 | LSU | 4 | 17 | 45 | 5 | 67 | 16.8 |
| 8 | Virginia Tech | 5 | 19 | 33 | 9 | 61 | 12.2 |
| 8 | Texas | 4 | 19 | 30 | 8 | 57 | 14.3 |
| 8 | Missouri | 4 | 19 | 38 | 8 | 65 | 16.3 |
| 11 | Texas A&M | 4 | 20 | 54 | 8 | 82 | 20.5 |
| 12 | UCF | 4 | 21 | 21 | 4 | 46 | 11.5 |
| 12 | Oklahoma | 4 | 21 | 34 | 7 | 62 | 15.5 |
| 14 | Michigan State | 5 | 22 | 32 | 8 | 62 | 12.4 |
| 14 | Kansas State | 4 | 22 | 23 | 6 | 51 | 12.8 |
| 14 | Connecticut | 5 | 22 | 46 | 5 | 73 | 14.6 |
| 17 | Tennessee | 4 | 23 | 32 | 4 | 59 | 14.8 |
| 17 | South Florida | 5 | 23 | 54 | 12 | 89 | 17.8 |
| 17 | Minnesota | 4 | 23 | 52 | 8 | 83 | 20.8 |
| 20 | Alabama | 4 | 24 | 20 | 3 | 47 | 11.8 |
| 20 | Oregon State | 3 | 24 | 34 | 7 | 65 | 21.7 |
| 22 | Utah | 4 | 25 | 30 | 8 | 63 | 15.8 |
| 22 | Colorado | 3 | 25 | 23 | 7 | 55 | 18.3 |
| 22 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 25 | 43 | 7 | 75 | 18.8 |
| 25 | Ohio State | 5 | 26 | 36 | 2 | 64 | 12.8 |
| 25 | Penn State | 5 | 26 | 50 | 5 | 81 | 16.2 |
| 27 | Florida International | 5 | 27 | 55 | 7 | 89 | 17.8 |
| 28 | Florida State | 5 | 28 | 31 | 6 | 65 | 13.0 |
| 28 | Wisconsin | 5 | 28 | 44 | 6 | 78 | 15.6 |
| 28 | North Texas | 4 | 28 | 64 | 5 | 97 | 24.3 |
| 31 | Florida | 5 | 29 | 31 | 9 | 69 | 13.8 |
| 31 | Boise State | 6 | 29 | 50 | 12 | 91 | 15.2 |
| 31 | Mississippi | 4 | 29 | 43 | 7 | 79 | 19.8 |
| 34 | Louisiana-Monroe | 4 | 30 | 39 | 7 | 76 | 19.0 |
| 34 | Baylor | 4 | 30 | 45 | 10 | 85 | 21.3 |
| 36 | Georgia | 5 | 31 | 50 | 4 | 85 | 17.0 |
| 36 | Arizona State | 4 | 31 | 40 | 8 | 79 | 19.8 |
| 36 | Duke | 4 | 31 | 46 | 4 | 81 | 20.3 |
| 36 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 5 | 31 | 66 | 12 | 109 | 21.8 |
| 40 | Kent State | 4 | 32 | 32 | 7 | 71 | 17.8 |
| 41 | Bowling Green | 4 | 33 | 39 | 6 | 78 | 19.5 |
| 42 | Virginia | 5 | 34 | 40 | 8 | 82 | 16.4 |
| 42 | Kentucky | 4 | 34 | 30 | 4 | 68 | 17.0 |
| 42 | Central Michigan | 4 | 34 | 31 | 8 | 73 | 18.3 |
| 42 | Boston College | 4 | 34 | 43 | 2 | 79 | 19.8 |
| 42 | Texas Tech | 3 | 34 | 25 | 3 | 62 | 20.7 |
| 47 | Louisville | 6 | 35 | 53 | 12 | 100 | 16.7 |
| 47 | Buffalo | 4 | 35 | 43 | 2 | 80 | 20.0 |
| 47 | North Carolina | 5 | 35 | 59 | 8 | 102 | 20.4 |
| 47 | Pittsburgh | 6 | 35 | 82 | 12 | 129 | 21.5 |
| 51 | Rutgers | 6 | 36 | 47 | 8 | 91 | 15.2 |
| 51 | Kansas | 3 | 36 | 35 | 2 | 73 | 24.3 |
| 53 | Ohio | 5 | 37 | 38 | 7 | 82 | 16.4 |
| 53 | Cincinnati | 6 | 37 | 63 | 8 | 108 | 18.0 |
| 53 | Iowa State | 4 | 37 | 32 | 7 | 76 | 19.0 |
| 53 | Arkansas | 5 | 37 | 50 | 8 | 95 | 19.0 |
| 53 | Memphis | 4 | 37 | 56 | 5 | 98 | 24.5 |
| 58 | Nebraska | 5 | 38 | 47 | 6 | 91 | 18.2 |
| 58 | Marshall | 5 | 38 | 53 | 5 | 96 | 19.2 |
| 58 | Akron | 4 | 38 | 45 | 4 | 87 | 21.8 |
| 58 | Oklahoma State | 4 | 38 | 51 | 5 | 94 | 23.5 |
| 62 | Georgia Tech | 5 | 39 | 47 | 4 | 90 | 18.0 |
| 62 | Iowa | 5 | 39 | 59 | 5 | 103 | 20.6 |
| 62 | UTEP | 4 | 39 | 39 | 10 | 88 | 22.0 |
| 65 | Western Kentucky | 4 | 40 | 23 | 8 | 71 | 17.8 |
| 65 | Hawai'i | 6 | 40 | 65 | 10 | 115 | 19.2 |
| 65 | North Carolina State | 5 | 40 | 52 | 6 | 98 | 19.6 |
| 65 | UCLA | 4 | 40 | 40 | 5 | 85 | 21.3 |
| 65 | UNLV | 5 | 40 | 66 | 9 | 115 | 23.0 |
| 65 | Purdue | 5 | 40 | 66 | 14 | 120 | 24.0 |
| 71 | Miami (Florida) | 4 | 41 | 28 | 2 | 71 | 17.8 |
| 71 | Florida Atlantic | 4 | 41 | 49 | 7 | 97 | 24.3 |
| 73 | Indiana | 4 | 42 | 36 | 3 | 81 | 20.3 |
| 73 | Oregon | 4 | 42 | 35 | 7 | 84 | 21.0 |
| 73 | TCU | 6 | 42 | 76 | 12 | 130 | 21.7 |
| 73 | Syracuse | 5 | 42 | 61 | 10 | 113 | 22.6 |
| 77 | Arkansas State | 5 | 43 | 43 | 5 | 91 | 18.2 |
| 77 | Mississippi State | 5 | 43 | 51 | 6 | 100 | 20.0 |
| 77 | Toledo | 5 | 43 | 52 | 10 | 105 | 21.0 |
| 77 | Idaho | 5 | 43 | 65 | 11 | 119 | 23.8 |
| 77 | Washington | 4 | 43 | 57 | 5 | 105 | 26.3 |
| 82 | Michigan | 5 | 44 | 49 | 6 | 99 | 19.8 |
| 82 | Troy | 4 | 44 | 36 | 7 | 87 | 21.8 |
| 82 | Maryland | 4 | 44 | 47 | 8 | 99 | 24.8 |
| 85 | Wake Forest | 5 | 45 | 25 | 8 | 78 | 15.6 |
| 85 | Temple | 5 | 45 | 36 | 1 | 82 | 16.4 |
| 85 | SMU | 5 | 45 | 35 | 6 | 86 | 17.2 |
| 85 | West Virginia | 6 | 45 | 55 | 8 | 108 | 18.0 |
| 85 | Western Michigan | 5 | 45 | 37 | 9 | 91 | 18.2 |
| 85 | Colorado State | 5 | 45 | 40 | 6 | 91 | 18.2 |
| 85 | Northwestern | 5 | 45 | 42 | 5 | 92 | 18.4 |
| 92 | Vanderbilt | 5 | 46 | 27 | 10 | 83 | 16.6 |
| 92 | Rice | 4 | 46 | 45 | 4 | 95 | 23.8 |
| 94 | Southern Mississippi | 5 | 47 | 42 | 6 | 95 | 19.0 |
| 94 | Utah State | 6 | 47 | 60 | 14 | 121 | 20.2 |
| 96 | Houston | 5 | 48 | 41 | 6 | 95 | 19.0 |
| 96 | Fresno State | 6 | 48 | 56 | 11 | 115 | 19.2 |
| 98 | Ball State | 4 | 49 | 48 | 1 | 98 | 24.5 |
| 98 | UAB | 4 | 49 | 46 | 5 | 100 | 25.0 |
| 100 | Clemson | 5 | 51 | 47 | 6 | 104 | 20.8 |
| 100 | Tulsa | 5 | 51 | 74 | 4 | 129 | 25.8 |
| 102 | Middle Tennessee | 4 | 52 | 44 | 2 | 98 | 24.5 |
| 102 | Auburn | 5 | 52 | 65 | 6 | 123 | 24.6 |
| 104 | East Carolina | 4 | 53 | 23 | 2 | 78 | 19.5 |
| 104 | Miami (Ohio) | 4 | 53 | 23 | 4 | 80 | 20.0 |
| 104 | San Jose State | 5 | 53 | 45 | 7 | 105 | 21.0 |
| 107 | South Carolina | 5 | 54 | 28 | 2 | 84 | 16.8 |
| 107 | Nevada | 6 | 54 | 45 | 12 | 111 | 18.5 |
| 107 | Louisiana Tech | 6 | 54 | 59 | 13 | 126 | 21.0 |
| 110 | San Diego State | 6 | 56 | 49 | 7 | 112 | 18.7 |
| 111 | Tulane | 5 | 57 | 56 | 9 | 122 | 24.4 |
| 112 | New Mexico State | 6 | 64 | 64 | 12 | 140 | 23.3 |
| 113 | Wyoming | 6 | 71 | 63 | 11 | 145 | 24.2 |
| 114 | BYU | 13 | 72 | 116 | 25 | 213 | 16.4 |
| 115 | Northern Illinois | 5 | 73 | 50 | 8 | 131 | 26.2 |
| 116 | Air Force | 6 | 76 | 49 | 8 | 133 | 22.2 |
| 117 | New Mexico | 5 | 77 | 71 | 4 | 152 | 30.4 |
| 118 | Notre Dame | 12 | 90 | 132 | 23 | 245 | 20.4 |
| 119 | Navy | 10 | 103 | 122 | 4 | 229 | 22.9 |
| 120 | Army | 11 | 111 | 81 | 12 | 204 | 18.5 |