2018 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games vs. FCS (I-AA) Teams Only through 01/07/2019
| Name | G | Rush | Pass | Penalty | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Utah | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 |
| 2 | Air Force | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 |
| 3 | Miami (Florida) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 |
| 3 | Western Michigan | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 |
| 5 | Georgia | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 6 | Cincinnati | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 8.0 |
| 6 | Memphis | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 |
| 6 | Duke | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8.0 |
| 9 | Virginia | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 9 | TCU | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 9 | Georgia Tech | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 9 | Tennessee | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 13 | Southern Mississippi | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 13 | BYU | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 13 | Oregon | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 13 | Auburn | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 13 | San Diego State | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 13 | Washington | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 13 | Georgia Southern | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 20 | Hawai'i | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 11.0 |
| 20 | South Alabama | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11.0 |
| 20 | Appalachian State | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 |
| 20 | Marshall | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11.0 |
| 24 | Charlotte | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 24 | Virginia Tech | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 24 | North Texas | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 24 | Louisville | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 24 | Utah State | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 24 | UAB | 1 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 30 | Texas A&M | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 30 | Texas State | 1 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 30 | Missouri | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 30 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 30 | Massachusetts | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 30 | Akron | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 30 | Troy | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 30 | Clemson | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 30 | Texas Tech | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 30 | Boston College | 1 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 30 | Alabama | 1 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 41 | Syracuse | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 41 | Iowa | 1 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 41 | UTEP | 1 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 41 | Toledo | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 41 | Iowa State | 1 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 41 | Arkansas State | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 41 | Western Kentucky | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 41 | Wyoming | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 41 | UCF | 1 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 50 | Old Dominion | 1 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 50 | Stanford | 1 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 50 | East Carolina | 1 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 50 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 1 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 50 | Fresno State | 1 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 50 | UNLV | 1 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 50 | Colorado | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 50 | Florida International | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 58 | Tulsa | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 58 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 58 | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 58 | Navy | 1 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 58 | Houston | 1 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 58 | Mississippi State | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 58 | Nebraska | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 58 | Ball State | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 58 | South Florida | 1 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 67 | South Carolina | 1 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 67 | Nevada | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 67 | Kentucky | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 67 | Louisiana Tech | 1 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 67 | California | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 67 | Kent State | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 67 | Kansas | 1 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 74 | Central Michigan | 1 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 74 | Rice | 1 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 74 | Coastal Carolina | 1 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 74 | LSU | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 74 | Buffalo | 1 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 79 | Illinois | 1 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 79 | New Mexico | 1 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 79 | West Virginia | 1 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 79 | Baylor | 1 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 79 | Georgia State | 1 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 84 | Vanderbilt | 1 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 85 | Kansas State | 1 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 85 | Arkansas | 1 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 87 | Army | 2 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 11.0 |
| 87 | Louisiana-Monroe | 1 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 87 | SMU | 1 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 87 | Colorado State | 1 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 91 | Florida State | 1 | 2 | 18 | 3 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 91 | North Carolina State | 1 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 91 | Eastern Michigan | 1 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 91 | Washington State | 1 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 91 | Bowling Green | 1 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 96 | North Carolina | 1 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 96 | Tulane | 1 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 98 | Wake Forest | 1 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 99 | Florida | 2 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 13.0 |
| 99 | Temple | 1 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 99 | Ohio | 1 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 102 | Oregon State | 1 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 102 | Middle Tennessee | 1 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 104 | Connecticut | 1 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 105 | Mississippi | 1 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 29 | 29.0 |
| 106 | Arizona | 1 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 30 | 30.0 |
| 107 | San Jose State | 1 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 31 | 31.0 |
| 108 | New Mexico State | 1 | 20 | 13 | 0 | 33 | 33.0 |
| 109 | Liberty | 2 | 14 | 29 | 2 | 45 | 22.5 |