2017 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games vs. FCS (I-AA) Teams Only through 01/08/2018
| Name | G | Rush | Pass | Penalty | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mississippi State | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 1 | Florida State | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 |
| 1 | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 1 | Southern Mississippi | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 1 | Toledo | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 1 | Washington State | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 1 | Fresno State | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 |
| 1 | Idaho | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 |
| 1 | Alabama | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 1 | Arkansas | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 1 | Florida International | 1 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 1 | Arkansas State | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 1 | Virginia Tech | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 1 | Virginia | 1 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 1 | Wake Forest | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 1 | Wyoming | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 1 | Kansas | 1 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 1 | Georgia Southern | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 1 | SMU | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 1 | Temple | 1 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 1 | Charlotte | 1 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 1 | Western Kentucky | 1 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 1 | East Carolina | 1 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 1 | California | 1 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 1 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 27 | Louisville | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 |
| 27 | Rutgers | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 |
| 27 | Appalachian State | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 |
| 27 | Indiana | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 |
| 27 | Ohio | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 27 | Tulane | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 27 | Clemson | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 27 | UTSA | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 27 | LSU | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 27 | Miami (Ohio) | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 27 | Texas A&M | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 27 | Tennessee | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 27 | San Jose State | 1 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 27 | BYU | 1 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 27 | South Florida | 1 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 27 | Mississippi | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 27 | Georgia Tech | 1 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 27 | North Texas | 1 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 27 | Utah State | 1 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 27 | Georgia | 1 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 27 | North Carolina State | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 27 | Kentucky | 1 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 27 | North Carolina | 1 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 27 | Old Dominion | 1 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 27 | New Mexico | 1 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 27 | Army | 1 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 27 | Ball State | 1 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 27 | Coastal Carolina | 1 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 27 | Missouri | 1 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 27 | UNLV | 1 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 27 | Kansas State | 1 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 27 | Oregon State | 1 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 27 | Baylor | 1 | 9 | 21 | 1 | 31 | 31.0 |
| 60 | Air Force | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6.0 |
| 60 | TCU | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 60 | Vanderbilt | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 60 | Syracuse | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 8.0 |
| 60 | Duke | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8.0 |
| 60 | UAB | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 60 | Washington | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 60 | Utah | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 60 | Auburn | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 60 | West Virginia | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 60 | San Diego State | 1 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 60 | Maryland | 1 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 60 | UCF | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 60 | Buffalo | 1 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 60 | Texas Tech | 1 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 60 | Miami (Florida) | 1 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 60 | Georgia State | 1 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 60 | Louisiana Tech | 1 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 60 | Connecticut | 1 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 79 | South Alabama | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11.0 |
| 79 | Western Michigan | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11.0 |
| 79 | South Carolina | 1 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 79 | Central Michigan | 1 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 79 | Colorado State | 1 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 79 | Nevada | 1 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 79 | Texas State | 1 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 79 | Cincinnati | 1 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 79 | Iowa State | 1 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 79 | Memphis | 1 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 79 | Hawai'i | 1 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 30 | 30.0 |
| 90 | Akron | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 90 | Troy | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 90 | Massachusetts | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 90 | Arizona | 1 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 29 | 29.0 |
| 94 | Colorado | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 94 | Kent State | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 94 | Bowling Green | 1 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 97 | Northern Illinois | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 97 | Oregon | 1 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 25 | 25.0 |