2012 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games at Home Only through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Rush | Pass | Penalty | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bowling Green | 5 | 22 | 35 | 5 | 62 | 12.4 |
| 2 | Washington | 6 | 33 | 41 | 5 | 79 | 13.2 |
| 3 | Connecticut | 6 | 29 | 49 | 3 | 81 | 13.5 |
| 3 | Boise State | 6 | 37 | 33 | 11 | 81 | 13.5 |
| 5 | Notre Dame | 6 | 32 | 47 | 6 | 85 | 14.2 |
| 5 | Florida Atlantic | 5 | 38 | 41 | 6 | 85 | 17.0 |
| 7 | Vanderbilt | 6 | 46 | 34 | 7 | 87 | 14.5 |
| 7 | North Texas | 5 | 34 | 45 | 8 | 87 | 17.4 |
| 9 | Alabama | 7 | 28 | 55 | 7 | 90 | 12.9 |
| 9 | Virginia Tech | 6 | 32 | 49 | 9 | 90 | 15.0 |
| 9 | Fresno State | 6 | 40 | 40 | 10 | 90 | 15.0 |
| 12 | TCU | 6 | 36 | 49 | 6 | 91 | 15.2 |
| 12 | North Carolina State | 6 | 50 | 38 | 3 | 91 | 15.2 |
| 14 | Florida State | 7 | 41 | 41 | 10 | 92 | 13.1 |
| 15 | Maryland | 6 | 51 | 36 | 6 | 93 | 15.5 |
| 16 | Utah State | 6 | 42 | 35 | 18 | 95 | 15.8 |
| 16 | Syracuse | 5 | 23 | 64 | 8 | 95 | 19.0 |
| 18 | BYU | 6 | 27 | 55 | 14 | 96 | 16.0 |
| 18 | Western Kentucky | 6 | 45 | 43 | 8 | 96 | 16.0 |
| 18 | Navy | 5 | 37 | 57 | 2 | 96 | 19.2 |
| 21 | UTSA | 4 | 22 | 63 | 12 | 97 | 24.3 |
| 22 | Texas Tech | 6 | 49 | 43 | 6 | 98 | 16.3 |
| 23 | Arizona State | 6 | 48 | 48 | 4 | 100 | 16.7 |
| 24 | Pittsburgh | 6 | 36 | 52 | 13 | 101 | 16.8 |
| 25 | Arkansas State | 6 | 49 | 46 | 8 | 103 | 17.2 |
| 26 | Idaho | 5 | 29 | 65 | 10 | 104 | 20.8 |
| 26 | Rice | 5 | 47 | 50 | 7 | 104 | 20.8 |
| 28 | Florida | 7 | 37 | 54 | 15 | 106 | 15.1 |
| 28 | Wisconsin | 7 | 37 | 64 | 5 | 106 | 15.1 |
| 30 | Hawai'i | 6 | 57 | 43 | 8 | 108 | 18.0 |
| 30 | Michigan | 6 | 58 | 42 | 8 | 108 | 18.0 |
| 30 | Washington State | 5 | 38 | 62 | 8 | 108 | 21.6 |
| 33 | Illinois | 7 | 51 | 48 | 10 | 109 | 15.6 |
| 33 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 6 | 47 | 52 | 10 | 109 | 18.2 |
| 35 | UCF | 6 | 42 | 62 | 6 | 110 | 18.3 |
| 35 | Massachusetts | 5 | 51 | 49 | 10 | 110 | 22.0 |
| 37 | Michigan State | 7 | 43 | 53 | 15 | 111 | 15.9 |
| 38 | Utah | 6 | 44 | 56 | 14 | 114 | 19.0 |
| 38 | Ball State | 5 | 57 | 50 | 7 | 114 | 22.8 |
| 40 | Nebraska | 7 | 43 | 52 | 20 | 115 | 16.4 |
| 40 | Buffalo | 6 | 54 | 53 | 8 | 115 | 19.2 |
| 40 | Oklahoma | 6 | 59 | 51 | 5 | 115 | 19.2 |
| 40 | Ohio | 6 | 60 | 42 | 13 | 115 | 19.2 |
| 44 | Boston College | 6 | 45 | 67 | 4 | 116 | 19.3 |
| 44 | Texas | 6 | 63 | 44 | 9 | 116 | 19.3 |
| 44 | Middle Tennessee | 5 | 56 | 55 | 5 | 116 | 23.2 |
| 47 | San Jose State | 6 | 29 | 83 | 5 | 117 | 19.5 |
| 47 | Florida International | 6 | 48 | 60 | 9 | 117 | 19.5 |
| 47 | Rutgers | 6 | 54 | 51 | 12 | 117 | 19.5 |
| 47 | Air Force | 6 | 56 | 57 | 4 | 117 | 19.5 |
| 47 | Miami (Ohio) | 5 | 61 | 52 | 4 | 117 | 23.4 |
| 52 | Texas A&M | 6 | 51 | 58 | 9 | 118 | 19.7 |
| 53 | Tulsa | 7 | 49 | 61 | 9 | 119 | 17.0 |
| 53 | Oregon State | 7 | 57 | 50 | 12 | 119 | 17.0 |
| 53 | Temple | 6 | 58 | 49 | 12 | 119 | 19.8 |
| 56 | New Mexico | 6 | 44 | 67 | 9 | 120 | 20.0 |
| 56 | Memphis | 6 | 52 | 50 | 18 | 120 | 20.0 |
| 56 | Kent State | 5 | 36 | 77 | 7 | 120 | 24.0 |
| 59 | Western Michigan | 6 | 44 | 70 | 7 | 121 | 20.2 |
| 59 | Southern Mississippi | 6 | 53 | 54 | 14 | 121 | 20.2 |
| 61 | UAB | 6 | 57 | 55 | 10 | 122 | 20.3 |
| 62 | Virginia | 7 | 42 | 73 | 8 | 123 | 17.6 |
| 62 | Missouri | 7 | 47 | 65 | 11 | 123 | 17.6 |
| 62 | South Florida | 6 | 41 | 72 | 10 | 123 | 20.5 |
| 62 | South Alabama | 6 | 47 | 58 | 18 | 123 | 20.5 |
| 66 | Kansas | 6 | 53 | 66 | 5 | 124 | 20.7 |
| 67 | Colorado State | 6 | 57 | 55 | 13 | 125 | 20.8 |
| 67 | Louisiana-Monroe | 5 | 49 | 71 | 5 | 125 | 25.0 |
| 69 | South Carolina | 7 | 50 | 67 | 9 | 126 | 18.0 |
| 70 | LSU | 8 | 43 | 68 | 16 | 127 | 15.9 |
| 71 | North Carolina | 7 | 51 | 67 | 10 | 128 | 18.3 |
| 72 | Northwestern | 7 | 47 | 75 | 7 | 129 | 18.4 |
| 72 | Arkansas | 7 | 51 | 70 | 8 | 129 | 18.4 |
| 72 | Minnesota | 7 | 58 | 58 | 13 | 129 | 18.4 |
| 72 | Troy | 6 | 59 | 58 | 12 | 129 | 21.5 |
| 76 | Georgia Tech | 7 | 47 | 77 | 6 | 130 | 18.6 |
| 76 | Georgia | 7 | 72 | 51 | 7 | 130 | 18.6 |
| 78 | Oklahoma State | 7 | 47 | 79 | 6 | 132 | 18.9 |
| 78 | Penn State | 7 | 58 | 65 | 9 | 132 | 18.9 |
| 78 | Northern Illinois | 6 | 50 | 68 | 14 | 132 | 22.0 |
| 78 | Eastern Michigan | 6 | 67 | 51 | 14 | 132 | 22.0 |
| 82 | Clemson | 7 | 61 | 63 | 10 | 134 | 19.1 |
| 82 | San Diego State | 7 | 65 | 58 | 11 | 134 | 19.1 |
| 82 | Marshall | 6 | 57 | 64 | 13 | 134 | 22.3 |
| 85 | Mississippi | 7 | 56 | 73 | 6 | 135 | 19.3 |
| 85 | New Mexico State | 6 | 57 | 70 | 8 | 135 | 22.5 |
| 87 | Louisville | 7 | 58 | 61 | 17 | 136 | 19.4 |
| 87 | Toledo | 6 | 43 | 79 | 14 | 136 | 22.7 |
| 89 | Ohio State | 8 | 48 | 70 | 19 | 137 | 17.1 |
| 89 | Oregon | 7 | 63 | 58 | 16 | 137 | 19.6 |
| 89 | East Carolina | 6 | 64 | 63 | 10 | 137 | 22.8 |
| 92 | UTEP | 6 | 52 | 77 | 10 | 139 | 23.2 |
| 93 | Cincinnati | 7 | 49 | 80 | 11 | 140 | 20.0 |
| 94 | UCLA | 7 | 51 | 70 | 20 | 141 | 20.1 |
| 94 | USC | 6 | 65 | 67 | 9 | 141 | 23.5 |
| 96 | Indiana | 6 | 72 | 56 | 15 | 143 | 23.8 |
| 97 | Iowa | 7 | 51 | 81 | 12 | 144 | 20.6 |
| 97 | Mississippi State | 7 | 67 | 68 | 9 | 144 | 20.6 |
| 99 | Wyoming | 6 | 72 | 61 | 12 | 145 | 24.2 |
| 100 | Auburn | 7 | 61 | 72 | 13 | 146 | 20.9 |
| 100 | Army | 7 | 83 | 56 | 7 | 146 | 20.9 |
| 100 | Louisiana Tech | 6 | 58 | 76 | 12 | 146 | 24.3 |
| 103 | Akron | 6 | 64 | 69 | 14 | 147 | 24.5 |
| 104 | SMU | 7 | 42 | 97 | 9 | 148 | 21.1 |
| 105 | Baylor | 6 | 59 | 81 | 9 | 149 | 24.8 |
| 105 | Miami (Florida) | 6 | 70 | 68 | 11 | 149 | 24.8 |
| 107 | Kansas State | 7 | 50 | 93 | 7 | 150 | 21.4 |
| 108 | Iowa State | 7 | 58 | 88 | 5 | 151 | 21.6 |
| 109 | Duke | 7 | 69 | 74 | 9 | 152 | 21.7 |
| 109 | Purdue | 7 | 72 | 72 | 8 | 152 | 21.7 |
| 111 | Nevada | 6 | 63 | 76 | 14 | 153 | 25.5 |
| 111 | Colorado | 6 | 65 | 79 | 9 | 153 | 25.5 |
| 113 | Stanford | 7 | 43 | 101 | 10 | 154 | 22.0 |
| 113 | Wake Forest | 7 | 62 | 84 | 8 | 154 | 22.0 |
| 113 | Kentucky | 7 | 66 | 74 | 14 | 154 | 22.0 |
| 116 | Tennessee | 7 | 60 | 87 | 13 | 160 | 22.9 |
| 116 | Central Michigan | 7 | 66 | 84 | 10 | 160 | 22.9 |
| 118 | UNLV | 7 | 87 | 53 | 21 | 161 | 23.0 |
| 119 | West Virginia | 7 | 54 | 103 | 7 | 164 | 23.4 |
| 120 | Tulane | 7 | 81 | 77 | 14 | 172 | 24.6 |
| 121 | Texas State | 6 | 62 | 93 | 18 | 173 | 28.8 |
| 122 | California | 7 | 68 | 89 | 18 | 175 | 25.0 |
| 123 | Houston | 7 | 75 | 91 | 15 | 181 | 25.9 |
| 124 | Arizona | 8 | 72 | 103 | 16 | 191 | 23.9 |