2011 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games Won Only through 01/09/2012
| Name | G | Rush | Pass | Penalty | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UCF | 5 | 13 | 30 | 1 | 44 | 8.8 |
| 2 | Alabama | 12 | 48 | 59 | 9 | 116 | 9.7 |
| 3 | Army | 3 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 30 | 10.0 |
| 4 | Akron | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 4 | Louisiana-Monroe | 4 | 17 | 27 | 4 | 48 | 12.0 |
| 6 | Georgia | 10 | 52 | 73 | 9 | 134 | 13.4 |
| 7 | Florida State | 9 | 47 | 66 | 11 | 124 | 13.8 |
| 8 | Idaho | 2 | 7 | 19 | 2 | 28 | 14.0 |
| 9 | Vanderbilt | 6 | 44 | 34 | 7 | 85 | 14.2 |
| 10 | Ohio State | 6 | 30 | 51 | 5 | 86 | 14.3 |
| 11 | SMU | 8 | 33 | 72 | 12 | 117 | 14.6 |
| 12 | LSU | 13 | 69 | 101 | 21 | 191 | 14.7 |
| 13 | South Carolina | 11 | 91 | 64 | 8 | 163 | 14.8 |
| 14 | California | 7 | 34 | 57 | 13 | 104 | 14.9 |
| 15 | Rutgers | 9 | 62 | 63 | 10 | 135 | 15.0 |
| 16 | Virginia Tech | 11 | 66 | 83 | 17 | 166 | 15.1 |
| 16 | Wisconsin | 11 | 71 | 82 | 13 | 166 | 15.1 |
| 18 | Tennessee | 5 | 31 | 40 | 5 | 76 | 15.2 |
| 19 | Penn State | 9 | 52 | 75 | 11 | 138 | 15.3 |
| 20 | Boise State | 12 | 74 | 89 | 22 | 185 | 15.4 |
| 21 | Michigan State | 11 | 60 | 93 | 21 | 174 | 15.8 |
| 22 | New Mexico | 1 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 22 | Colorado State | 3 | 28 | 16 | 4 | 48 | 16.0 |
| 24 | Illinois | 7 | 35 | 68 | 10 | 113 | 16.1 |
| 24 | Virginia | 8 | 49 | 67 | 13 | 129 | 16.1 |
| 26 | Minnesota | 3 | 23 | 24 | 2 | 49 | 16.3 |
| 26 | Boston College | 4 | 21 | 41 | 3 | 65 | 16.3 |
| 26 | Hawai'i | 6 | 41 | 53 | 4 | 98 | 16.3 |
| 26 | San Diego State | 8 | 69 | 51 | 10 | 130 | 16.3 |
| 30 | Rice | 4 | 30 | 33 | 3 | 66 | 16.5 |
| 30 | North Carolina State | 8 | 51 | 75 | 6 | 132 | 16.5 |
| 30 | BYU | 10 | 48 | 97 | 20 | 165 | 16.5 |
| 33 | Connecticut | 5 | 29 | 49 | 5 | 83 | 16.6 |
| 33 | Bowling Green | 5 | 37 | 37 | 9 | 83 | 16.6 |
| 33 | Temple | 9 | 64 | 78 | 7 | 149 | 16.6 |
| 33 | TCU | 11 | 63 | 101 | 19 | 183 | 16.6 |
| 37 | Washington State | 4 | 16 | 41 | 10 | 67 | 16.8 |
| 37 | Kentucky | 5 | 36 | 41 | 7 | 84 | 16.8 |
| 39 | Nevada | 7 | 41 | 65 | 12 | 118 | 16.9 |
| 40 | Florida | 7 | 44 | 58 | 17 | 119 | 17.0 |
| 40 | Texas | 8 | 41 | 76 | 19 | 136 | 17.0 |
| 40 | Missouri | 8 | 50 | 79 | 7 | 136 | 17.0 |
| 40 | Nebraska | 9 | 71 | 67 | 15 | 153 | 17.0 |
| 44 | Cincinnati | 10 | 58 | 103 | 11 | 172 | 17.2 |
| 44 | Arkansas State | 10 | 60 | 88 | 24 | 172 | 17.2 |
| 46 | Oklahoma | 10 | 71 | 89 | 13 | 173 | 17.3 |
| 47 | Fresno State | 4 | 26 | 38 | 6 | 70 | 17.5 |
| 47 | Michigan | 11 | 79 | 100 | 14 | 193 | 17.5 |
| 49 | Kent State | 5 | 28 | 53 | 7 | 88 | 17.6 |
| 49 | Ohio | 10 | 71 | 92 | 13 | 176 | 17.6 |
| 51 | Stanford | 11 | 49 | 126 | 20 | 195 | 17.7 |
| 52 | South Florida | 5 | 25 | 53 | 11 | 89 | 17.8 |
| 53 | Utah | 8 | 44 | 79 | 20 | 143 | 17.9 |
| 54 | Tulane | 2 | 15 | 18 | 3 | 36 | 18.0 |
| 54 | Colorado | 3 | 15 | 32 | 7 | 54 | 18.0 |
| 54 | Buffalo | 3 | 27 | 24 | 3 | 54 | 18.0 |
| 57 | North Texas | 5 | 37 | 52 | 2 | 91 | 18.2 |
| 57 | Eastern Michigan | 6 | 31 | 68 | 10 | 109 | 18.2 |
| 59 | Miami (Ohio) | 4 | 34 | 32 | 7 | 73 | 18.3 |
| 59 | Mississippi State | 7 | 58 | 63 | 7 | 128 | 18.3 |
| 61 | East Carolina | 5 | 44 | 38 | 10 | 92 | 18.4 |
| 61 | Marshall | 7 | 40 | 85 | 4 | 129 | 18.4 |
| 61 | West Virginia | 10 | 72 | 98 | 14 | 184 | 18.4 |
| 61 | Arkansas | 11 | 87 | 100 | 15 | 202 | 18.4 |
| 65 | Purdue | 7 | 48 | 68 | 14 | 130 | 18.6 |
| 66 | Miami (Florida) | 6 | 57 | 52 | 3 | 112 | 18.7 |
| 66 | Western Kentucky | 7 | 32 | 84 | 15 | 131 | 18.7 |
| 66 | North Carolina | 7 | 37 | 84 | 10 | 131 | 18.7 |
| 69 | UTEP | 5 | 36 | 49 | 9 | 94 | 18.8 |
| 69 | Southern Mississippi | 12 | 78 | 131 | 16 | 225 | 18.8 |
| 71 | Clemson | 10 | 77 | 94 | 18 | 189 | 18.9 |
| 72 | Indiana | 1 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 72 | Navy | 5 | 51 | 43 | 1 | 95 | 19.0 |
| 72 | Louisville | 7 | 44 | 78 | 11 | 133 | 19.0 |
| 72 | Georgia Tech | 8 | 61 | 82 | 9 | 152 | 19.0 |
| 76 | Louisiana Tech | 8 | 63 | 84 | 6 | 153 | 19.1 |
| 76 | Kansas State | 10 | 78 | 101 | 12 | 191 | 19.1 |
| 78 | Iowa State | 6 | 46 | 59 | 10 | 115 | 19.2 |
| 79 | Wake Forest | 6 | 45 | 56 | 15 | 116 | 19.3 |
| 80 | Florida International | 8 | 50 | 85 | 20 | 155 | 19.4 |
| 81 | Middle Tennessee | 2 | 11 | 24 | 4 | 39 | 19.5 |
| 81 | Maryland | 2 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 39 | 19.5 |
| 81 | Northwestern | 6 | 58 | 56 | 3 | 117 | 19.5 |
| 81 | Tulsa | 8 | 59 | 79 | 18 | 156 | 19.5 |
| 85 | San Jose State | 5 | 40 | 55 | 3 | 98 | 19.6 |
| 85 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 9 | 55 | 104 | 17 | 176 | 19.6 |
| 87 | Arizona State | 6 | 33 | 68 | 17 | 118 | 19.7 |
| 88 | Arizona | 4 | 14 | 54 | 11 | 79 | 19.8 |
| 88 | Wyoming | 8 | 83 | 67 | 8 | 158 | 19.8 |
| 88 | Houston | 13 | 122 | 120 | 16 | 258 | 19.8 |
| 91 | Air Force | 7 | 95 | 35 | 9 | 139 | 19.9 |
| 91 | Toledo | 9 | 61 | 102 | 16 | 179 | 19.9 |
| 93 | Notre Dame | 8 | 58 | 87 | 15 | 160 | 20.0 |
| 94 | Duke | 3 | 20 | 35 | 6 | 61 | 20.3 |
| 95 | New Mexico State | 4 | 31 | 45 | 6 | 82 | 20.5 |
| 96 | Troy | 3 | 26 | 31 | 5 | 62 | 20.7 |
| 96 | USC | 10 | 59 | 141 | 7 | 207 | 20.7 |
| 98 | Pittsburgh | 6 | 42 | 74 | 9 | 125 | 20.8 |
| 98 | UCLA | 6 | 47 | 67 | 11 | 125 | 20.8 |
| 100 | UNLV | 2 | 16 | 23 | 3 | 42 | 21.0 |
| 100 | Syracuse | 5 | 37 | 61 | 7 | 105 | 21.0 |
| 100 | Western Michigan | 7 | 53 | 81 | 13 | 147 | 21.0 |
| 103 | Texas A&M | 7 | 49 | 84 | 15 | 148 | 21.1 |
| 104 | Oregon State | 3 | 21 | 34 | 9 | 64 | 21.3 |
| 104 | Central Michigan | 3 | 24 | 34 | 6 | 64 | 21.3 |
| 104 | Ball State | 6 | 66 | 57 | 5 | 128 | 21.3 |
| 104 | Auburn | 8 | 82 | 77 | 11 | 170 | 21.3 |
| 104 | Northern Illinois | 11 | 100 | 115 | 19 | 234 | 21.3 |
| 109 | Oregon | 12 | 91 | 142 | 28 | 261 | 21.8 |
| 110 | Mississippi | 2 | 18 | 21 | 5 | 44 | 22.0 |
| 110 | Utah State | 7 | 45 | 87 | 22 | 154 | 22.0 |
| 112 | Washington | 7 | 31 | 110 | 14 | 155 | 22.1 |
| 113 | UAB | 3 | 32 | 31 | 4 | 67 | 22.3 |
| 113 | Iowa | 7 | 59 | 87 | 10 | 156 | 22.3 |
| 115 | Texas Tech | 5 | 52 | 52 | 8 | 112 | 22.4 |
| 116 | Baylor | 10 | 90 | 125 | 21 | 236 | 23.6 |
| 117 | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 118 | Memphis | 2 | 10 | 34 | 5 | 49 | 24.5 |
| 118 | Kansas | 2 | 15 | 32 | 2 | 49 | 24.5 |
| 120 | Oklahoma State | 12 | 123 | 160 | 13 | 296 | 24.7 |