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 | Charlotte | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 2 | Air Force | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 |
| 2 | Cincinnati | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 8.0 |
| 2 | Virginia | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 2 | Hawai'i | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 11.0 |
| 2 | Virginia Tech | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 2 | Syracuse | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 8 | Utah | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 |
| 8 | Miami (Florida) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 |
| 8 | Memphis | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 |
| 8 | Texas A&M | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 8 | Iowa | 1 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 8 | Old Dominion | 1 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 8 | Florida State | 1 | 2 | 18 | 3 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 15 | Duke | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8.0 |
| 15 | Southern Mississippi | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 15 | Texas State | 1 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 15 | Tulsa | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 15 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 15 | Kansas State | 1 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 21 | Western Michigan | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 |
| 21 | Georgia | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 21 | BYU | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 21 | Oregon | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 21 | Auburn | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 21 | San Diego State | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 21 | North Texas | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 21 | Missouri | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 21 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 21 | UTEP | 1 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 21 | Stanford | 1 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 21 | South Carolina | 1 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 21 | Illinois | 1 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 34 | TCU | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 34 | Georgia Tech | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 34 | Tennessee | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 34 | South Alabama | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11.0 |
| 34 | Appalachian State | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 |
| 34 | Massachusetts | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 34 | Toledo | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 34 | Iowa State | 1 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 34 | East Carolina | 1 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 34 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 1 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 34 | Louisiana-Monroe | 1 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 45 | Washington | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 45 | Marshall | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11.0 |
| 45 | Akron | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 45 | Troy | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 45 | Arkansas State | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 45 | Western Kentucky | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 45 | Fresno State | 1 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 45 | UNLV | 1 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 45 | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 45 | Navy | 1 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 45 | Houston | 1 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 45 | Nevada | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 45 | Central Michigan | 1 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 45 | Rice | 1 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 45 | SMU | 1 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 45 | Wake Forest | 1 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 61 | Georgia Southern | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 61 | Clemson | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 61 | Colorado | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 61 | Mississippi State | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 61 | Nebraska | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 61 | Kentucky | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 61 | Louisiana Tech | 1 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 61 | Coastal Carolina | 1 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 61 | New Mexico | 1 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 61 | Vanderbilt | 1 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 61 | North Carolina | 1 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 72 | Louisville | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 72 | Utah State | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 72 | Texas Tech | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 72 | Wyoming | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 72 | Florida International | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 72 | Ball State | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 72 | California | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 72 | Kent State | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 72 | LSU | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 72 | West Virginia | 1 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 72 | Baylor | 1 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 72 | Arkansas | 1 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 72 | Oregon State | 1 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 72 | San Jose State | 1 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 31 | 31.0 |
| 86 | UAB | 1 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 86 | Boston College | 1 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 86 | UCF | 1 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 86 | North Carolina State | 1 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 86 | Temple | 1 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 86 | Middle Tennessee | 1 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 92 | Georgia State | 1 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 92 | Eastern Michigan | 1 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 92 | Tulane | 1 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 95 | Alabama | 1 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 95 | Colorado State | 1 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 95 | Washington State | 1 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 95 | Ohio | 1 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 95 | Mississippi | 1 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 29 | 29.0 |
| 100 | South Florida | 1 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 100 | Kansas | 1 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 100 | Buffalo | 1 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 103 | Connecticut | 1 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 103 | Arizona | 1 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 30 | 30.0 |
| 105 | Army | 2 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 11.0 |
| 105 | Liberty | 2 | 14 | 29 | 2 | 45 | 22.5 |
| 107 | Bowling Green | 1 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 108 | Florida | 2 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 13.0 |
| 108 | New Mexico State | 1 | 20 | 13 | 0 | 33 | 33.0 |