2012 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games vs. BCS non-Automatic Qualifying Teams through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Rush | Pass | Penalty | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TCU | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 1 | Stanford | 1 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 3 | North Carolina State | 1 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 4 | Virginia Tech | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 4 | Mississippi | 2 | 5 | 22 | 4 | 31 | 15.5 |
| 4 | Florida State | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 7 | Alabama | 2 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 20 | 10.0 |
| 7 | Vanderbilt | 1 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 9 | Oklahoma | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 9 | Michigan State | 3 | 7 | 25 | 4 | 36 | 12.0 |
| 9 | Illinois | 2 | 7 | 21 | 2 | 30 | 15.0 |
| 9 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 9 | USC | 1 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 9 | South Carolina | 2 | 7 | 26 | 5 | 38 | 19.0 |
| 15 | LSU | 2 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 23 | 11.5 |
| 15 | Virginia | 1 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 15 | Oregon State | 1 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 18 | North Carolina | 2 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 22 | 11.0 |
| 18 | West Virginia | 1 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 20 | Kansas State | 1 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 20 | Auburn | 2 | 10 | 24 | 8 | 42 | 21.0 |
| 22 | Florida | 2 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 34 | 17.0 |
| 22 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 22 | Missouri | 1 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 25 | Connecticut | 3 | 12 | 20 | 3 | 35 | 11.7 |
| 25 | Texas Tech | 2 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 24 | 12.0 |
| 25 | Clemson | 1 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 28 | Georgia | 2 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 32 | 16.0 |
| 28 | Ohio State | 3 | 13 | 31 | 6 | 50 | 16.7 |
| 28 | Iowa | 2 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 36 | 18.0 |
| 28 | Arkansas | 2 | 13 | 30 | 4 | 47 | 23.5 |
| 32 | UCLA | 2 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 34 | 17.0 |
| 32 | Colorado | 2 | 14 | 24 | 4 | 42 | 21.0 |
| 32 | Tennessee | 2 | 14 | 33 | 5 | 52 | 26.0 |
| 32 | California | 1 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 36 | Wisconsin | 2 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 33 | 16.5 |
| 36 | Duke | 2 | 15 | 20 | 3 | 38 | 19.0 |
| 36 | Cincinnati | 2 | 15 | 22 | 2 | 39 | 19.5 |
| 36 | Purdue | 2 | 15 | 28 | 3 | 46 | 23.0 |
| 40 | Arizona State | 1 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 40 | Washington State | 2 | 16 | 28 | 6 | 50 | 25.0 |
| 40 | Texas A&M | 2 | 16 | 29 | 9 | 54 | 27.0 |
| 43 | Louisville | 2 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 30 | 15.0 |
| 43 | Notre Dame | 2 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 36 | 18.0 |
| 43 | Utah | 2 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 41 | 20.5 |
| 46 | Minnesota | 2 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 39 | 19.5 |
| 46 | Temple | 1 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 46 | Baylor | 2 | 18 | 38 | 3 | 59 | 29.5 |
| 49 | Iowa State | 2 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 39 | 19.5 |
| 50 | Texas | 2 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 31 | 15.5 |
| 50 | Washington | 2 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 37 | 18.5 |
| 50 | Kentucky | 2 | 20 | 20 | 6 | 46 | 23.0 |
| 53 | Kansas | 2 | 21 | 25 | 1 | 47 | 23.5 |
| 54 | Michigan | 2 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 41 | 20.5 |
| 55 | Oregon | 2 | 23 | 23 | 4 | 50 | 25.0 |
| 55 | Wake Forest | 1 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 55 | South Florida | 2 | 23 | 28 | 6 | 57 | 28.5 |
| 58 | BYU | 7 | 24 | 62 | 7 | 93 | 13.3 |
| 58 | Nebraska | 2 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 37 | 18.5 |
| 58 | Georgia Tech | 2 | 24 | 20 | 2 | 46 | 23.0 |
| 61 | Penn State | 2 | 25 | 20 | 2 | 47 | 23.5 |
| 62 | Boston College | 1 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 31.0 |
| 63 | Indiana | 3 | 33 | 29 | 9 | 71 | 23.7 |
| 64 | Rutgers | 3 | 35 | 20 | 7 | 62 | 20.7 |
| 65 | Mississippi State | 3 | 36 | 31 | 3 | 70 | 23.3 |
| 66 | Arizona | 2 | 41 | 19 | 3 | 63 | 31.5 |
| 67 | Bowling Green | 10 | 52 | 89 | 14 | 155 | 15.5 |
| 68 | SMU | 9 | 53 | 117 | 6 | 176 | 19.6 |
| 69 | Buffalo | 8 | 54 | 84 | 14 | 152 | 19.0 |
| 70 | UTSA | 8 | 56 | 107 | 23 | 186 | 23.3 |
| 71 | San Jose State | 11 | 70 | 112 | 12 | 194 | 17.6 |
| 71 | Tulsa | 10 | 70 | 92 | 16 | 178 | 17.8 |
| 73 | Arkansas State | 10 | 71 | 109 | 15 | 195 | 19.5 |
| 74 | Army | 7 | 73 | 65 | 7 | 145 | 20.7 |
| 75 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 10 | 77 | 122 | 20 | 219 | 21.9 |
| 75 | Western Michigan | 8 | 77 | 89 | 12 | 178 | 22.3 |
| 75 | Toledo | 10 | 77 | 130 | 25 | 232 | 23.2 |
| 78 | Utah State | 10 | 78 | 96 | 23 | 197 | 19.7 |
| 78 | North Texas | 9 | 78 | 99 | 15 | 192 | 21.3 |
| 80 | Memphis | 10 | 79 | 108 | 26 | 213 | 21.3 |
| 80 | Idaho | 9 | 79 | 114 | 24 | 217 | 24.1 |
| 82 | Fresno State | 10 | 81 | 74 | 20 | 175 | 17.5 |
| 82 | Florida Atlantic | 9 | 81 | 74 | 18 | 173 | 19.2 |
| 84 | Florida International | 10 | 82 | 110 | 14 | 206 | 20.6 |
| 84 | Louisiana-Monroe | 10 | 82 | 109 | 16 | 207 | 20.7 |
| 86 | Louisiana Tech | 9 | 83 | 134 | 23 | 240 | 26.7 |
| 87 | New Mexico | 10 | 84 | 114 | 14 | 212 | 21.2 |
| 88 | Western Kentucky | 10 | 87 | 94 | 22 | 203 | 20.3 |
| 88 | South Alabama | 10 | 87 | 98 | 26 | 211 | 21.1 |
| 88 | Middle Tennessee | 9 | 87 | 114 | 8 | 209 | 23.2 |
| 91 | Kent State | 11 | 88 | 137 | 13 | 238 | 21.6 |
| 91 | Massachusetts | 8 | 88 | 87 | 9 | 184 | 23.0 |
| 93 | UTEP | 9 | 89 | 100 | 14 | 203 | 22.6 |
| 94 | Boise State | 11 | 90 | 73 | 17 | 180 | 16.4 |
| 95 | Troy | 10 | 91 | 97 | 17 | 205 | 20.5 |
| 95 | UAB | 9 | 91 | 105 | 14 | 210 | 23.3 |
| 97 | Navy | 8 | 95 | 73 | 6 | 174 | 21.8 |
| 97 | Northern Illinois | 10 | 95 | 112 | 22 | 229 | 22.9 |
| 99 | East Carolina | 10 | 96 | 109 | 18 | 223 | 22.3 |
| 99 | Marshall | 9 | 96 | 115 | 18 | 229 | 25.4 |
| 101 | San Diego State | 11 | 98 | 110 | 19 | 227 | 20.6 |
| 102 | Rice | 11 | 100 | 105 | 14 | 219 | 19.9 |
| 103 | Ohio | 11 | 101 | 122 | 19 | 242 | 22.0 |
| 104 | Central Michigan | 10 | 103 | 112 | 14 | 229 | 22.9 |
| 105 | Miami (Ohio) | 9 | 105 | 110 | 11 | 226 | 25.1 |
| 106 | Southern Mississippi | 10 | 106 | 95 | 15 | 216 | 21.6 |
| 107 | Eastern Michigan | 9 | 108 | 87 | 17 | 212 | 23.6 |
| 108 | Nevada | 9 | 109 | 83 | 18 | 210 | 23.3 |
| 108 | New Mexico State | 10 | 109 | 110 | 16 | 235 | 23.5 |
| 110 | UCF | 12 | 110 | 123 | 18 | 251 | 20.9 |
| 110 | Wyoming | 10 | 110 | 128 | 16 | 254 | 25.4 |
| 112 | Ball State | 10 | 111 | 102 | 18 | 231 | 23.1 |
| 113 | Hawai'i | 10 | 115 | 74 | 18 | 207 | 20.7 |
| 114 | Colorado State | 10 | 118 | 98 | 21 | 237 | 23.7 |
| 115 | Houston | 11 | 119 | 148 | 19 | 286 | 26.0 |
| 116 | Tulane | 10 | 121 | 118 | 19 | 258 | 25.8 |
| 117 | Air Force | 11 | 122 | 98 | 8 | 228 | 20.7 |
| 118 | Akron | 10 | 123 | 105 | 22 | 250 | 25.0 |
| 119 | UNLV | 10 | 125 | 94 | 17 | 236 | 23.6 |
| 120 | Texas State | 10 | 128 | 100 | 13 | 241 | 24.1 |