2011 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games vs. BCS non-Automatic Qualifying Teams through 01/09/2012
| Name | G | Rush | Pass | Penalty | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michigan State | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 4.5 |
| 2 | Alabama | 2 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 17 | 8.5 |
| 3 | Ohio State | 2 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 21 | 10.5 |
| 4 | California | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 |
| 4 | Florida | 2 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 22 | 11.0 |
| 6 | Tennessee | 2 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 23 | 11.5 |
| 6 | West Virginia | 2 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 23 | 11.5 |
| 8 | Stanford | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 8 | Florida State | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 10 | Oklahoma | 2 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 25 | 12.5 |
| 11 | Virginia Tech | 3 | 9 | 22 | 7 | 38 | 12.7 |
| 12 | Kansas State | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 13 | Virginia | 2 | 8 | 18 | 3 | 29 | 14.5 |
| 14 | LSU | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 14 | Vanderbilt | 1 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 14 | Texas A&M | 2 | 7 | 21 | 2 | 30 | 15.0 |
| 14 | Louisville | 2 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 30 | 15.0 |
| 14 | Texas | 2 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 30 | 15.0 |
| 14 | Wisconsin | 2 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 30 | 15.0 |
| 20 | Cincinnati | 2 | 11 | 19 | 1 | 31 | 15.5 |
| 20 | South Florida | 2 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 31 | 15.5 |
| 22 | Boise State | 11 | 73 | 79 | 20 | 172 | 15.6 |
| 23 | Rutgers | 3 | 22 | 23 | 2 | 47 | 15.7 |
| 24 | Illinois | 2 | 5 | 26 | 1 | 32 | 16.0 |
| 24 | BYU | 8 | 44 | 69 | 15 | 128 | 16.0 |
| 26 | Michigan | 3 | 23 | 25 | 1 | 49 | 16.3 |
| 27 | Kent State | 9 | 58 | 77 | 14 | 149 | 16.6 |
| 28 | North Carolina State | 1 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 28 | Kentucky | 2 | 13 | 19 | 2 | 34 | 17.0 |
| 28 | Washington State | 2 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 34 | 17.0 |
| 28 | Temple | 10 | 75 | 85 | 10 | 170 | 17.0 |
| 32 | TCU | 11 | 65 | 100 | 23 | 188 | 17.1 |
| 33 | Arkansas State | 10 | 56 | 93 | 25 | 174 | 17.4 |
| 34 | Colorado | 2 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 35 | 17.5 |
| 34 | UCF | 10 | 66 | 96 | 13 | 175 | 17.5 |
| 34 | Nevada | 11 | 70 | 103 | 20 | 193 | 17.5 |
| 37 | Louisiana-Monroe | 9 | 56 | 93 | 9 | 158 | 17.6 |
| 38 | Boston College | 1 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 38 | South Carolina | 2 | 20 | 16 | 0 | 36 | 18.0 |
| 38 | Penn State | 3 | 14 | 36 | 4 | 54 | 18.0 |
| 41 | Buffalo | 8 | 68 | 69 | 8 | 145 | 18.1 |
| 42 | Arkansas | 2 | 10 | 25 | 2 | 37 | 18.5 |
| 42 | Northwestern | 2 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 18.5 |
| 44 | Florida International | 11 | 75 | 104 | 26 | 205 | 18.6 |
| 45 | Eastern Michigan | 8 | 51 | 85 | 14 | 150 | 18.8 |
| 45 | Southern Mississippi | 12 | 84 | 130 | 11 | 225 | 18.8 |
| 47 | Clemson | 1 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 47 | Missouri | 1 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 49 | Miami (Ohio) | 9 | 73 | 87 | 12 | 172 | 19.1 |
| 50 | Mississippi State | 3 | 24 | 32 | 2 | 58 | 19.3 |
| 50 | Ohio | 12 | 90 | 124 | 17 | 231 | 19.3 |
| 52 | San Diego State | 10 | 95 | 87 | 12 | 194 | 19.4 |
| 53 | Western Kentucky | 9 | 52 | 108 | 16 | 176 | 19.6 |
| 54 | SMU | 10 | 76 | 107 | 15 | 198 | 19.8 |
| 54 | Tulane | 10 | 85 | 104 | 9 | 198 | 19.8 |
| 56 | Utah | 1 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 56 | Arizona | 1 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 56 | Washington | 1 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 56 | Mississippi | 3 | 19 | 36 | 5 | 60 | 20.0 |
| 56 | Louisiana Tech | 10 | 79 | 110 | 11 | 200 | 20.0 |
| 61 | Rice | 8 | 68 | 85 | 8 | 161 | 20.1 |
| 61 | Tulsa | 11 | 76 | 127 | 18 | 221 | 20.1 |
| 63 | East Carolina | 9 | 78 | 87 | 17 | 182 | 20.2 |
| 64 | Army | 8 | 93 | 59 | 10 | 162 | 20.3 |
| 65 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 10 | 70 | 116 | 18 | 204 | 20.4 |
| 66 | Pittsburgh | 2 | 9 | 29 | 3 | 41 | 20.5 |
| 66 | Texas Tech | 2 | 20 | 19 | 2 | 41 | 20.5 |
| 68 | Houston | 11 | 105 | 110 | 13 | 228 | 20.7 |
| 69 | San Jose State | 10 | 102 | 97 | 9 | 208 | 20.8 |
| 69 | Air Force | 10 | 124 | 76 | 8 | 208 | 20.8 |
| 71 | Maryland | 1 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 71 | Georgia Tech | 1 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 71 | Minnesota | 2 | 10 | 29 | 3 | 42 | 21.0 |
| 71 | Syracuse | 2 | 16 | 25 | 1 | 42 | 21.0 |
| 71 | Nebraska | 2 | 18 | 22 | 2 | 42 | 21.0 |
| 71 | Bowling Green | 10 | 100 | 97 | 13 | 210 | 21.0 |
| 77 | UTEP | 10 | 90 | 111 | 10 | 211 | 21.1 |
| 77 | Northern Illinois | 11 | 92 | 122 | 18 | 232 | 21.1 |
| 79 | North Texas | 10 | 84 | 119 | 9 | 212 | 21.2 |
| 80 | Florida Atlantic | 9 | 89 | 85 | 19 | 193 | 21.4 |
| 81 | Connecticut | 2 | 10 | 28 | 5 | 43 | 21.5 |
| 81 | Georgia | 2 | 12 | 29 | 2 | 43 | 21.5 |
| 81 | Indiana | 2 | 22 | 20 | 1 | 43 | 21.5 |
| 84 | Middle Tennessee | 9 | 98 | 84 | 12 | 194 | 21.6 |
| 84 | Hawai'i | 10 | 88 | 115 | 13 | 216 | 21.6 |
| 86 | Fresno State | 9 | 64 | 118 | 15 | 197 | 21.9 |
| 86 | Colorado State | 10 | 123 | 82 | 14 | 219 | 21.9 |
| 88 | Duke | 2 | 17 | 24 | 3 | 44 | 22.0 |
| 88 | UNLV | 9 | 95 | 90 | 13 | 198 | 22.0 |
| 88 | Toledo | 10 | 74 | 124 | 22 | 220 | 22.0 |
| 91 | Navy | 8 | 81 | 92 | 4 | 177 | 22.1 |
| 91 | Marshall | 10 | 79 | 131 | 11 | 221 | 22.1 |
| 93 | Wyoming | 10 | 119 | 94 | 10 | 223 | 22.3 |
| 94 | UCLA | 2 | 15 | 26 | 4 | 45 | 22.5 |
| 95 | Idaho | 9 | 80 | 108 | 15 | 203 | 22.6 |
| 96 | Akron | 9 | 105 | 90 | 10 | 205 | 22.8 |
| 97 | Troy | 10 | 105 | 110 | 14 | 229 | 22.9 |
| 98 | Iowa | 1 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 98 | Oklahoma State | 2 | 27 | 15 | 4 | 46 | 23.0 |
| 100 | Utah State | 11 | 94 | 128 | 32 | 254 | 23.1 |
| 101 | Central Michigan | 8 | 75 | 100 | 12 | 187 | 23.4 |
| 101 | New Mexico | 9 | 115 | 90 | 6 | 211 | 23.4 |
| 103 | Auburn | 2 | 22 | 23 | 2 | 47 | 23.5 |
| 104 | New Mexico State | 11 | 125 | 116 | 21 | 262 | 23.8 |
| 105 | Notre Dame | 2 | 28 | 16 | 4 | 48 | 24.0 |
| 106 | Memphis | 10 | 92 | 138 | 11 | 241 | 24.1 |
| 107 | Baylor | 2 | 16 | 25 | 8 | 49 | 24.5 |
| 108 | Oregon State | 1 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 108 | Western Michigan | 8 | 94 | 92 | 14 | 200 | 25.0 |
| 110 | Purdue | 3 | 20 | 47 | 10 | 77 | 25.7 |
| 111 | Ball State | 9 | 117 | 104 | 11 | 232 | 25.8 |
| 112 | Oregon | 1 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 112 | UAB | 10 | 105 | 141 | 14 | 260 | 26.0 |
| 114 | North Carolina | 1 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 114 | Kansas | 1 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 114 | Arizona State | 1 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 27 | 27.0 |