2011 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games vs. FBS (I-A) Teams Only through 01/09/2012
| Name | G | Rush | Pass | Penalty | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alabama | 12 | 44 | 62 | 11 | 117 | 9.8 |
| 2 | Florida | 12 | 92 | 81 | 26 | 199 | 16.6 |
| 2 | Army | 11 | 125 | 81 | 13 | 219 | 19.9 |
| 4 | Tennessee | 11 | 92 | 82 | 15 | 189 | 17.2 |
| 5 | South Carolina | 12 | 93 | 83 | 10 | 186 | 15.5 |
| 6 | Rutgers | 12 | 87 | 90 | 14 | 191 | 15.9 |
| 7 | Air Force | 11 | 134 | 92 | 10 | 236 | 21.5 |
| 7 | Colorado State | 11 | 134 | 92 | 16 | 242 | 22.0 |
| 9 | Kentucky | 11 | 113 | 93 | 12 | 218 | 19.8 |
| 10 | Nebraska | 12 | 115 | 94 | 23 | 232 | 19.3 |
| 10 | Indiana | 11 | 142 | 94 | 10 | 246 | 22.4 |
| 12 | Illinois | 12 | 88 | 96 | 15 | 199 | 16.6 |
| 13 | Kent State | 11 | 80 | 98 | 19 | 197 | 17.9 |
| 13 | Mississippi | 11 | 114 | 98 | 17 | 229 | 20.8 |
| 15 | UCF | 11 | 69 | 100 | 13 | 182 | 16.5 |
| 16 | Vanderbilt | 12 | 97 | 101 | 18 | 216 | 18.0 |
| 16 | California | 12 | 97 | 101 | 25 | 223 | 18.6 |
| 16 | Wyoming | 11 | 134 | 101 | 12 | 247 | 22.5 |
| 19 | North Carolina State | 11 | 80 | 102 | 9 | 191 | 17.4 |
| 19 | San Diego State | 12 | 113 | 102 | 16 | 231 | 19.3 |
| 21 | Wisconsin | 13 | 98 | 104 | 11 | 213 | 16.4 |
| 21 | Miami (Ohio) | 12 | 106 | 104 | 14 | 224 | 18.7 |
| 23 | Georgia | 13 | 77 | 105 | 12 | 194 | 14.9 |
| 23 | Boise State | 13 | 78 | 105 | 24 | 207 | 15.9 |
| 23 | BYU | 12 | 69 | 105 | 22 | 196 | 16.3 |
| 23 | Buffalo | 11 | 92 | 105 | 9 | 206 | 18.7 |
| 23 | Miami (Florida) | 11 | 98 | 105 | 9 | 212 | 19.3 |
| 28 | Michigan State | 13 | 69 | 106 | 31 | 206 | 15.8 |
| 28 | Temple | 12 | 85 | 106 | 11 | 202 | 16.8 |
| 30 | Georgia Tech | 12 | 105 | 107 | 9 | 221 | 18.4 |
| 30 | Eastern Michigan | 10 | 73 | 107 | 16 | 196 | 19.6 |
| 30 | Texas Tech | 11 | 145 | 107 | 23 | 275 | 25.0 |
| 33 | Florida State | 12 | 70 | 108 | 24 | 202 | 16.8 |
| 33 | Virginia | 12 | 89 | 108 | 18 | 215 | 17.9 |
| 33 | East Carolina | 12 | 112 | 108 | 17 | 237 | 19.8 |
| 36 | Virginia Tech | 13 | 79 | 109 | 22 | 210 | 16.2 |
| 36 | Duke | 11 | 108 | 109 | 12 | 229 | 20.8 |
| 36 | Oregon State | 11 | 120 | 109 | 28 | 257 | 23.4 |
| 39 | LSU | 13 | 76 | 110 | 20 | 206 | 15.8 |
| 40 | Ohio State | 13 | 93 | 111 | 14 | 218 | 16.8 |
| 40 | Bowling Green | 11 | 115 | 111 | 14 | 240 | 21.8 |
| 42 | Middle Tennessee | 12 | 144 | 112 | 13 | 269 | 22.4 |
| 43 | Arkansas State | 12 | 80 | 113 | 27 | 220 | 18.3 |
| 43 | Minnesota | 11 | 121 | 113 | 16 | 250 | 22.7 |
| 45 | Akron | 11 | 126 | 114 | 12 | 252 | 22.9 |
| 46 | Michigan | 13 | 94 | 115 | 15 | 224 | 17.2 |
| 46 | San Jose State | 12 | 122 | 115 | 15 | 252 | 21.0 |
| 48 | TCU | 12 | 74 | 116 | 23 | 213 | 17.8 |
| 48 | Arkansas | 12 | 104 | 116 | 15 | 235 | 19.6 |
| 48 | Mississippi State | 12 | 106 | 116 | 14 | 236 | 19.7 |
| 48 | Wake Forest | 12 | 116 | 116 | 20 | 252 | 21.0 |
| 52 | UNLV | 11 | 117 | 117 | 16 | 250 | 22.7 |
| 53 | Washington State | 11 | 83 | 118 | 17 | 218 | 19.8 |
| 54 | UTEP | 11 | 106 | 119 | 11 | 236 | 21.5 |
| 54 | Maryland | 11 | 131 | 119 | 16 | 266 | 24.2 |
| 56 | Louisiana-Monroe | 11 | 73 | 120 | 14 | 207 | 18.8 |
| 56 | Western Kentucky | 11 | 68 | 120 | 22 | 210 | 19.1 |
| 56 | Northwestern | 12 | 122 | 120 | 11 | 253 | 21.1 |
| 59 | Louisville | 12 | 73 | 121 | 17 | 211 | 17.6 |
| 59 | Penn State | 12 | 88 | 121 | 13 | 222 | 18.5 |
| 59 | Boston College | 11 | 85 | 121 | 11 | 217 | 19.7 |
| 62 | Syracuse | 11 | 88 | 122 | 24 | 234 | 21.3 |
| 62 | Florida Atlantic | 12 | 120 | 122 | 24 | 266 | 22.2 |
| 64 | West Virginia | 12 | 88 | 123 | 17 | 228 | 19.0 |
| 65 | Kansas | 11 | 146 | 124 | 14 | 284 | 25.8 |
| 66 | Louisiana Tech | 12 | 100 | 125 | 14 | 239 | 19.9 |
| 67 | Houston | 13 | 127 | 126 | 15 | 268 | 20.6 |
| 67 | Navy | 11 | 116 | 126 | 5 | 247 | 22.5 |
| 67 | Western Michigan | 12 | 132 | 126 | 23 | 281 | 23.4 |
| 70 | Nevada | 13 | 92 | 127 | 23 | 242 | 18.6 |
| 70 | Clemson | 13 | 119 | 127 | 21 | 267 | 20.5 |
| 70 | Central Michigan | 11 | 104 | 127 | 18 | 249 | 22.6 |
| 73 | Auburn | 12 | 127 | 128 | 17 | 272 | 22.7 |
| 73 | Iowa State | 12 | 132 | 128 | 15 | 275 | 22.9 |
| 75 | SMU | 12 | 89 | 129 | 17 | 235 | 19.6 |
| 75 | Tulane | 12 | 103 | 129 | 14 | 246 | 20.5 |
| 77 | Connecticut | 11 | 65 | 130 | 12 | 207 | 18.8 |
| 77 | Rice | 12 | 114 | 130 | 12 | 256 | 21.3 |
| 77 | New Mexico | 11 | 141 | 130 | 8 | 279 | 25.4 |
| 80 | Oklahoma | 13 | 98 | 131 | 21 | 250 | 19.2 |
| 81 | Texas | 13 | 71 | 132 | 27 | 230 | 17.7 |
| 81 | Florida International | 13 | 86 | 132 | 29 | 247 | 19.0 |
| 83 | South Florida | 11 | 74 | 133 | 18 | 225 | 20.5 |
| 83 | Troy | 12 | 121 | 133 | 17 | 271 | 22.6 |
| 83 | Purdue | 12 | 118 | 133 | 25 | 276 | 23.0 |
| 86 | North Carolina | 12 | 96 | 134 | 19 | 249 | 20.8 |
| 87 | Notre Dame | 13 | 101 | 135 | 25 | 261 | 20.1 |
| 88 | Pittsburgh | 12 | 80 | 136 | 19 | 235 | 19.6 |
| 89 | Ohio | 13 | 98 | 137 | 21 | 256 | 19.7 |
| 89 | Utah | 12 | 76 | 137 | 26 | 239 | 19.9 |
| 89 | Iowa | 12 | 108 | 137 | 15 | 260 | 21.7 |
| 92 | Hawai'i | 12 | 99 | 139 | 15 | 253 | 21.1 |
| 92 | Utah State | 12 | 100 | 139 | 32 | 271 | 22.6 |
| 94 | Cincinnati | 12 | 76 | 141 | 15 | 232 | 19.3 |
| 94 | Fresno State | 12 | 87 | 141 | 22 | 250 | 20.8 |
| 94 | Toledo | 12 | 88 | 141 | 26 | 255 | 21.3 |
| 97 | New Mexico State | 13 | 147 | 142 | 24 | 313 | 24.1 |
| 98 | Idaho | 11 | 99 | 143 | 19 | 261 | 23.7 |
| 99 | Stanford | 13 | 61 | 145 | 23 | 229 | 17.6 |
| 99 | Washington | 12 | 103 | 145 | 19 | 267 | 22.3 |
| 99 | Arizona State | 12 | 90 | 145 | 33 | 268 | 22.3 |
| 102 | Southern Mississippi | 13 | 90 | 146 | 13 | 249 | 19.2 |
| 103 | Kansas State | 12 | 97 | 147 | 13 | 257 | 21.4 |
| 103 | North Texas | 12 | 99 | 147 | 12 | 258 | 21.5 |
| 105 | Northern Illinois | 13 | 127 | 149 | 22 | 298 | 22.9 |
| 105 | Arizona | 11 | 84 | 149 | 27 | 260 | 23.6 |
| 107 | Memphis | 11 | 103 | 150 | 12 | 265 | 24.1 |
| 108 | Missouri | 12 | 100 | 151 | 17 | 268 | 22.3 |
| 108 | UCLA | 14 | 138 | 151 | 23 | 312 | 22.3 |
| 110 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 12 | 86 | 152 | 22 | 260 | 21.7 |
| 110 | Ball State | 12 | 147 | 152 | 12 | 311 | 25.9 |
| 112 | Texas A&M | 13 | 106 | 153 | 28 | 287 | 22.1 |
| 113 | Oregon | 13 | 104 | 154 | 27 | 285 | 21.9 |
| 114 | Colorado | 13 | 127 | 155 | 25 | 307 | 23.6 |
| 115 | Baylor | 12 | 123 | 157 | 28 | 308 | 25.7 |
| 116 | UAB | 12 | 135 | 159 | 17 | 311 | 25.9 |
| 117 | Marshall | 13 | 99 | 162 | 14 | 275 | 21.2 |
| 118 | Tulsa | 13 | 101 | 166 | 20 | 287 | 22.1 |
| 119 | USC | 12 | 76 | 170 | 13 | 259 | 21.6 |
| 120 | Oklahoma State | 13 | 133 | 180 | 16 | 329 | 25.3 |