2014 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games vs. FBS Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 01/12/2015

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Middle Tennessee 1 14 3 1 18 18.0
2 Texas State 1 7 12 2 21 21.0
3 Rice 1 8 15 0 23 23.0
3 Miami (Ohio) 1 15 8 0 23 23.0
5 Appalachian State 1 12 10 2 24 24.0
5 Ohio 1 15 8 1 24 24.0
7 New Mexico 1 18 7 0 25 25.0
8 Tulsa 1 9 14 3 26 26.0
9 Ball State 1 9 17 1 27 27.0
9 Louisiana-Lafayette 1 9 18 0 27 27.0
9 Buffalo 1 10 17 0 27 27.0
12 Western Kentucky 1 6 19 3 28 28.0
12 Houston 1 12 12 4 28 28.0
14 New Mexico State 1 20 8 1 29 29.0
15 Temple 2 15 16 1 32 16.0
15 UNLV 1 13 17 2 32 32.0
17 UTEP 2 16 18 2 36 18.0
18 Florida International 2 23 12 2 37 18.5
19 Georgia State 2 20 18 1 39 19.5
20 Utah State 2 9 26 5 40 20.0
20 North Texas 2 22 16 2 40 20.0
22 Army 2 17 24 1 42 21.0
23 Arkansas State 2 17 21 5 43 21.5
23 Navy 2 28 14 1 43 21.5
25 South Alabama 2 26 16 2 44 22.0
26 Northern Illinois 2 15 26 4 45 22.5
26 San Diego State 2 16 23 6 45 22.5
26 San Jose State 2 36 7 2 45 22.5
29 UTSA 2 19 20 7 46 23.0
30 Troy 2 23 23 2 48 24.0
30 Western Michigan 2 24 19 5 48 24.0
32 Akron 2 15 29 5 49 24.5
33 UAB 2 32 18 0 50 25.0
34 Nevada 2 12 33 6 51 25.5
34 Boise State 2 17 30 4 51 25.5
34 Eastern Michigan 2 27 20 4 51 25.5
37 Georgia Southern 2 29 21 4 54 27.0
38 Memphis 2 20 29 7 56 28.0
39 Wyoming 2 33 22 2 57 28.5
40 Louisiana-Monroe 4 32 23 3 58 14.5
41 Central Michigan 3 30 28 1 59 19.7
41 Toledo 2 16 38 5 59 29.5
41 Bowling Green 2 37 19 3 59 29.5
44 Southern Mississippi 2 25 34 1 60 30.0
44 Kent State 2 27 28 5 60 30.0
46 Hawai'i 3 23 30 8 61 20.3
46 Old Dominion 2 31 26 4 61 30.5
48 Florida Atlantic 2 34 28 0 62 31.0
49 Tulane 3 43 18 6 67 22.3
50 UCF 3 30 33 6 69 23.0
51 Colorado State 3 32 33 7 72 24.0
52 South Florida 3 37 32 4 73 24.3
53 Louisiana Tech 3 31 40 4 75 25.0
54 Cincinnati 3 46 31 6 83 27.7
55 BYU 3 25 49 10 84 28.0
56 Fresno State 3 40 40 5 85 28.3
57 East Carolina 4 32 52 6 90 22.5
57 SMU 3 38 47 5 90 30.0
59 Massachusetts 4 45 43 8 96 24.0
60 Penn State 9 65 65 11 141 15.7
61 LSU 9 74 64 8 146 16.2
62 Michigan 9 75 74 5 154 17.1
63 Virginia Tech 9 81 63 11 155 17.2
64 Louisville 10 61 83 13 157 15.7
65 Wake Forest 8 77 70 12 159 19.9
66 Florida 9 63 85 17 165 18.3
67 Michigan State 10 56 93 20 169 16.9
68 Clemson 11 79 73 18 170 15.5
68 Virginia 9 70 82 18 170 18.9
70 Syracuse 9 74 81 17 172 19.1
70 Mississippi 9 76 93 3 172 19.1
72 Northwestern 9 82 82 10 174 19.3
73 Wisconsin 11 82 77 16 175 15.9
74 Purdue 8 85 82 11 178 22.3
74 North Carolina State 8 92 73 13 178 22.3
76 Arkansas 10 75 94 10 179 17.9
77 Stanford 10 67 100 13 180 18.0
78 Pittsburgh 9 88 80 13 181 20.1
79 Boston College 10 66 109 10 185 18.5
80 Minnesota 10 90 79 17 186 18.6
81 Mississippi State 9 86 97 7 190 21.1
82 Vanderbilt 8 101 77 13 191 23.9
83 TCU 11 72 108 12 192 17.5
84 Iowa 11 99 84 10 193 17.5
85 Miami (Florida) 10 99 73 22 194 19.4
86 Indiana 9 86 97 14 197 21.9
87 Nebraska 10 94 93 11 198 19.8
88 Alabama 11 75 118 7 200 18.2
88 Colorado 9 79 102 19 200 22.2
90 Arizona State 10 79 113 12 204 20.4
91 Tennessee 10 101 91 13 205 20.5
92 Illinois 9 118 74 16 208 23.1
93 Utah 10 98 100 14 212 21.2
93 North Carolina 9 114 86 12 212 23.6
95 Texas 11 101 100 14 215 19.5
96 Washington State 10 72 122 22 216 21.6
97 Kentucky 9 104 99 14 217 24.1
98 Oregon State 9 84 113 21 218 24.2
99 Missouri 11 93 106 21 220 20.0
99 Duke 10 120 90 10 220 22.0
101 Rutgers 10 108 101 13 222 22.2
102 Baylor 10 74 110 39 223 22.3
103 Oklahoma 11 75 131 20 226 20.5
104 Texas A&M 9 111 97 19 227 25.2
105 Georgia 11 118 93 17 228 20.7
106 South Carolina 10 113 101 15 229 22.9
107 Kansas 10 106 104 21 231 23.1
108 Auburn 10 98 107 30 235 23.5
109 Ohio State 12 91 121 24 236 19.7
110 Washington 11 75 145 18 238 21.6
110 Kansas State 11 92 136 10 238 21.6
112 Notre Dame 11 101 122 16 239 21.7
113 Georgia Tech 11 95 138 11 244 22.2
114 Arizona 10 95 129 23 247 24.7
115 Florida State 12 117 116 15 248 20.7
116 West Virginia 12 97 131 22 250 20.8
117 Oklahoma State 11 103 130 22 255 23.2
118 Maryland 11 123 117 19 259 23.5
119 USC 11 88 141 36 265 24.1
120 UCLA 12 106 134 31 271 22.6
121 Texas Tech 10 134 113 26 273 27.3
122 Iowa State 10 132 132 17 281 28.1
123 California 10 86 174 27 287 28.7
124 Oregon 13 120 160 26 306 23.5