2015 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games vs. Ranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/11/2016

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Army 1 8 3 0 11 11.0
1 Eastern Michigan 1 22 3 3 28 28.0
3 Northern Illinois 1 8 6 0 14 14.0
3 UNLV 1 11 6 0 17 17.0
3 Troy 1 11 6 0 17 17.0
6 Western Kentucky 1 11 7 3 21 21.0
7 Louisiana-Monroe 1 8 8 1 17 17.0
7 Utah State 1 10 8 3 21 21.0
7 Florida International 1 14 8 1 23 23.0
10 Washington State 2 22 10 1 33 16.5
10 UCLA 2 27 10 5 42 21.0
10 East Carolina 2 31 10 4 45 22.5
10 Cincinnati 1 8 10 6 24 24.0
10 Bowling Green 1 17 10 2 29 29.0
10 Georgia State 1 18 10 1 29 29.0
16 Connecticut 2 21 11 2 34 17.0
16 UTSA 1 11 11 0 22 22.0
16 Ball State 1 12 11 0 23 23.0
19 Appalachian State 1 8 12 2 22 22.0
19 Old Dominion 1 9 12 1 22 22.0
21 Tulane 2 23 13 6 42 21.0
21 Massachusetts 1 17 13 0 30 30.0
23 BYU 2 16 14 6 36 18.0
23 Temple 2 18 14 4 36 18.0
25 Florida Atlantic 2 20 16 2 38 19.0
25 Southern Mississippi 1 7 16 1 24 24.0
27 Virginia Tech 2 23 17 3 43 21.5
27 Arizona 2 32 17 5 54 27.0
29 Air Force 2 14 18 4 36 18.0
29 Mississippi State 3 33 18 4 55 18.3
29 Kentucky 2 18 18 1 37 18.5
29 Louisiana Tech 1 6 18 0 24 24.0
29 Akron 1 5 18 3 26 26.0
29 Marshall 1 10 18 3 31 31.0
35 Central Michigan 2 17 19 1 37 18.5
35 Texas A&M 3 35 19 8 62 20.7
35 Virginia 2 23 19 2 44 22.0
35 California 3 51 19 3 73 24.3
35 North Carolina 2 48 19 4 71 35.5
40 Arizona State 2 11 20 4 35 17.5
40 Missouri 2 18 20 4 42 21.0
42 Duke 2 20 21 3 44 22.0
43 Colorado 3 42 22 6 70 23.3
43 Hawai'i 2 31 22 4 57 28.5
45 Wisconsin 3 25 23 5 53 17.7
45 UCF 2 24 23 4 51 25.5
47 Houston 2 9 24 1 34 17.0
47 Utah 2 13 24 3 40 20.0
49 Georgia 3 27 25 4 56 18.7
50 Fresno State 2 21 26 3 50 25.0
50 Western Michigan 2 22 26 3 51 25.5
50 Texas State 2 33 26 0 59 29.5
53 Notre Dame 4 47 27 6 80 20.0
53 South Florida 3 40 27 3 70 23.3
53 Middle Tennessee 2 21 27 4 52 26.0
53 Navy 2 25 27 2 54 27.0
57 Washington 3 30 29 6 65 21.7
58 Auburn 3 36 31 4 71 23.7
58 Rice 2 27 31 5 63 31.5
60 Syracuse 3 32 32 5 69 23.0
61 Miami (Florida) 3 44 33 11 88 29.3
62 Ohio State 3 24 34 3 61 20.3
62 Louisville 3 29 34 6 69 23.0
62 Miami (Ohio) 2 17 34 2 53 26.5
62 New Mexico State 2 24 34 1 59 29.5
66 Memphis 3 29 35 4 68 22.7
66 Florida State 3 33 35 7 75 25.0
68 Tulsa 3 49 36 5 90 30.0
69 Stanford 4 38 37 2 77 19.3
69 Tennessee 4 33 37 8 78 19.5
69 Boston College 3 14 37 10 61 20.3
69 TCU 4 43 37 6 86 21.5
73 Pittsburgh 4 50 38 4 92 23.0
74 Iowa 4 27 39 7 73 18.3
74 SMU 4 63 39 4 106 26.5
74 North Carolina State 3 37 39 4 80 26.7
74 North Texas 3 41 39 2 82 27.3
78 Purdue 4 38 41 9 88 22.0
78 Oregon State 4 52 41 9 102 25.5
80 Michigan State 5 26 42 7 75 15.0
80 Wake Forest 4 27 42 6 75 18.8
82 Michigan 5 40 43 9 92 18.4
82 Georgia Tech 4 30 43 6 79 19.8
84 Nebraska 4 20 44 13 77 19.3
85 Penn State 4 41 45 4 90 22.5
86 Northwestern 5 48 46 6 100 20.0
86 Oklahoma 5 49 46 10 105 21.0
88 Illinois 5 52 47 11 110 22.0
89 Maryland 5 40 48 9 97 19.4
89 Baylor 4 33 48 9 90 22.5
89 Arkansas 4 40 48 4 92 23.0
92 Vanderbilt 5 39 50 10 99 19.8
93 LSU 4 32 51 5 88 22.0
94 Rutgers 4 32 52 5 89 22.3
95 Clemson 5 32 55 10 97 19.4
95 South Carolina 5 54 55 4 113 22.6
95 Oregon 4 44 55 5 104 26.0
95 West Virginia 4 36 55 14 105 26.3
99 Mississippi 4 30 56 6 92 23.0
100 Florida 6 64 57 8 129 21.5
100 Oklahoma State 4 54 57 8 119 29.8
102 Minnesota 6 59 58 9 126 21.0
103 Kansas 4 58 59 10 127 31.8
104 USC 6 60 65 12 137 22.8
105 Texas 5 58 66 14 138 27.6
106 Kansas State 4 26 68 4 98 24.5
107 Iowa State 5 60 70 5 135 27.0
108 Alabama 7 34 71 15 120 17.1
109 Texas Tech 5 69 73 9 151 30.2
110 Indiana 5 37 83 8 128 25.6