2014 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games vs. FBS (I-A) Teams Only through 01/12/2015

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Georgia State 11 178 97 6 281 25.5
2 Navy 12 147 109 7 263 21.9
3 San Jose State 11 139 59 9 207 18.8
3 Old Dominion 11 155 107 9 271 24.6
5 LSU 12 95 83 10 188 15.7
5 Michigan 12 88 101 10 199 16.6
5 Alabama 13 81 131 10 222 17.1
5 Buffalo 9 84 80 10 174 19.3
5 Mississippi State 12 105 131 10 246 20.5
5 Wyoming 11 117 109 10 236 21.5
11 UTEP 13 105 95 11 211 16.2
11 Arkansas 12 93 104 11 208 17.3
11 Air Force 12 87 133 11 231 19.3
11 Army 10 92 102 11 205 20.5
11 Kansas State 12 95 142 11 248 20.7
16 Iowa 12 105 89 12 206 17.2
16 Boston College 12 76 131 12 219 18.3
16 Louisiana Tech 13 93 153 12 258 19.8
19 TCU 12 80 116 13 209 17.4
19 Appalachian State 10 83 86 13 182 18.2
19 Mississippi 12 101 115 13 229 19.1
19 Ohio 11 93 119 13 225 20.5
19 Fresno State 13 124 131 13 268 20.6
19 Cincinnati 13 132 142 13 287 22.1
19 Texas State 11 116 119 13 248 22.5
19 Ball State 10 113 111 13 237 23.7
27 Virginia Tech 12 91 99 14 204 17.0
27 Nebraska 12 106 111 14 231 19.3
27 Tennessee 12 113 106 14 233 19.4
27 Arizona State 12 95 138 14 247 20.6
27 Georgia Southern 11 104 118 14 236 21.5
27 Georgia Tech 13 113 157 14 284 21.8
27 New Mexico State 11 176 88 14 278 25.3
34 Penn State 13 79 96 15 190 14.6
34 Louisville 12 74 96 15 185 15.4
34 Louisiana-Monroe 12 118 94 15 227 18.9
34 Pittsburgh 12 116 110 15 241 20.1
34 North Carolina State 12 130 108 15 253 21.1
34 Duke 12 145 108 15 268 22.3
34 SMU 12 140 147 15 302 25.2
41 Florida International 10 92 88 16 196 19.6
41 Northwestern 11 102 104 16 222 20.2
41 Rutgers 12 126 113 16 255 21.3
41 Notre Dame 13 126 136 16 278 21.4
41 Kentucky 11 117 112 16 245 22.3
41 Purdue 11 115 117 16 248 22.5
41 Troy 11 140 97 16 253 23.0
41 Eastern Michigan 11 119 123 16 258 23.5
41 Middle Tennessee 11 113 137 16 266 24.2
50 Stanford 12 82 114 17 213 17.8
50 North Texas 11 92 99 17 208 18.9
50 Texas 13 122 112 17 251 19.3
50 UAB 11 104 105 17 226 20.5
50 South Florida 11 105 109 17 231 21.0
50 Hawai'i 12 125 114 17 256 21.3
50 Florida Atlantic 12 133 124 17 274 22.8
50 New Mexico 12 156 133 17 306 25.5
58 Wisconsin 13 87 89 18 194 14.9
58 Clemson 12 83 79 18 180 15.0
58 Louisiana-Lafayette 12 86 135 18 239 19.9
58 Georgia 12 123 98 18 239 19.9
58 Idaho 11 116 91 18 225 20.5
58 Temple 11 109 99 18 226 20.5
58 Florida State 13 129 127 18 274 21.1
58 Vanderbilt 11 114 112 18 244 22.2
58 Nevada 12 123 159 18 300 25.0
67 Wake Forest 11 109 92 19 220 20.0
67 Tulane 11 102 108 19 229 20.8
67 Toledo 12 82 158 19 259 21.6
70 Michigan State 12 63 102 20 185 15.4
70 Boise State 14 90 148 20 258 18.4
70 Syracuse 11 87 108 20 215 19.5
70 Houston 12 110 107 20 237 19.8
70 Maryland 12 129 126 20 275 22.9
70 South Carolina 12 123 133 20 276 23.0
70 UNLV 12 171 104 20 295 24.6
77 Minnesota 12 103 102 21 226 18.8
77 Rice 13 111 124 21 256 19.7
77 Illinois 12 139 113 21 273 22.8
77 Southern Mississippi 11 109 133 21 263 23.9
77 Western Kentucky 13 148 170 21 339 26.1
77 Iowa State 11 144 141 21 306 27.8
83 UCF 12 91 98 22 211 17.6
83 Florida 11 72 110 22 204 18.5
83 Utah State 13 104 120 22 246 18.9
83 Central Michigan 12 81 131 22 234 19.5
83 Memphis 12 76 139 22 237 19.8
83 West Virginia 12 97 131 22 250 20.8
83 Washington 13 93 166 22 281 21.6
83 Oklahoma State 12 108 136 22 266 22.2
83 Indiana 11 108 128 22 258 23.5
92 Virginia 11 79 102 23 204 18.5
92 Western Michigan 12 93 115 23 231 19.3
92 Oklahoma 13 86 155 23 264 20.3
92 Utah 12 106 120 23 249 20.8
92 Connecticut 11 108 103 23 234 21.3
92 Tulsa 12 115 123 23 261 21.8
92 Colorado State 12 122 125 23 270 22.5
92 Kansas 11 112 114 23 249 22.6
92 Texas A&M 12 132 132 23 287 23.9
92 North Carolina 12 146 132 23 301 25.1
92 Bowling Green 13 143 176 23 342 26.3
103 Missouri 13 109 127 24 260 20.0
103 Miami (Ohio) 11 119 123 24 266 24.2
105 San Diego State 12 106 89 25 220 18.3
105 Washington State 11 82 126 25 233 21.2
105 Arkansas State 12 140 104 25 269 22.4
105 Northern Illinois 13 121 152 25 298 22.9
105 Massachusetts 12 118 138 25 281 23.4
110 Kent State 11 115 100 26 241 21.9
110 Oregon State 11 96 127 26 249 22.6
112 Oregon 14 127 176 27 330 23.6
113 Ohio State 15 120 135 28 283 18.9
113 Akron 11 91 121 28 240 21.8
115 Miami (Florida) 12 110 105 29 244 20.3
115 BYU 12 84 163 29 276 23.0
115 Arizona 14 120 188 29 337 24.1
115 Texas Tech 11 151 117 29 297 27.0
119 South Alabama 13 127 111 30 268 20.6
120 California 11 92 190 31 313 28.5
121 UTSA 12 94 112 32 238 19.8
121 Colorado 12 108 131 32 271 22.6
123 UCLA 13 111 151 33 295 22.7
124 East Carolina 12 74 144 34 252 21.0
124 Marshall 13 134 122 34 290 22.3
124 Auburn 12 111 124 34 269 22.4
127 USC 13 100 161 41 302 23.2
128 Baylor 12 81 122 42 245 20.4