2022 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games vs. Ranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/09/2023

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Houston 1 4 9 1 14 14.0
1 Army 1 4 11 0 15 15.0
1 Coastal Carolina 1 4 10 2 16 16.0
4 East Carolina 1 5 16 1 22 22.0
4 Appalachian State 1 5 15 4 24 24.0
4 Nevada 1 5 20 1 26 26.0
7 Navy 1 6 8 1 15 15.0
7 San Jose State 1 6 10 2 18 18.0
9 Texas State 1 7 10 0 17 17.0
9 Georgia State 1 7 10 2 19 19.0
11 Duke 1 8 8 0 16 16.0
11 Wyoming 1 8 8 2 18 18.0
11 Ohio 1 8 17 2 27 27.0
14 Massachusetts 1 9 7 4 20 20.0
14 Central Michigan 1 9 11 1 21 21.0
14 Western Kentucky 1 9 15 1 25 25.0
17 Illinois 2 10 28 1 39 19.5
17 Minnesota 1 10 13 1 24 24.0
19 Pittsburgh 2 11 27 1 39 19.5
19 Rice 1 11 14 2 27 27.0
19 Utah State 1 11 14 5 30 30.0
22 Marshall 2 12 18 5 35 17.5
22 Toledo 1 12 22 2 36 36.0
24 UCF 2 13 25 3 41 20.5
24 Virginia 1 13 8 0 21 21.0
24 San Diego State 2 13 31 1 45 22.5
24 Virginia Tech 1 13 8 3 24 24.0
24 Wisconsin 1 13 14 1 28 28.0
24 Ball State 1 13 15 4 32 32.0
30 Tulane 2 14 29 1 44 22.0
30 Colorado State 1 14 11 0 25 25.0
30 South Florida 1 14 15 1 30 30.0
33 North Carolina State 2 15 14 6 35 17.5
33 Cincinnati 1 15 5 2 22 22.0
33 Western Michigan 1 15 7 1 23 23.0
33 Louisiana Tech 1 15 10 0 25 25.0
33 Memphis 2 15 34 4 53 26.5
33 Akron 1 15 10 3 28 28.0
33 UAB 1 15 13 3 31 31.0
40 Connecticut 2 16 19 5 40 20.0
40 Mississippi State 3 16 37 9 62 20.7
40 Wake Forest 2 16 28 2 46 23.0
40 Charlotte 1 16 9 3 28 28.0
44 UTSA 2 17 12 8 37 18.5
44 South Alabama 2 17 18 4 39 19.5
44 Bowling Green 2 17 36 1 54 27.0
47 Tulsa 1 18 6 0 24 24.0
48 Florida State 2 19 21 3 43 21.5
48 Southern Mississippi 2 19 22 4 45 22.5
50 Northwestern 2 20 13 1 34 17.0
50 Iowa 2 20 19 1 40 20.0
50 UNLV 2 20 20 2 42 21.0
50 Arkansas State 2 20 18 5 43 21.5
50 Nebraska 1 20 6 1 27 27.0
55 Kent State 2 21 33 4 58 29.0
56 Ohio State 4 22 45 7 74 18.5
56 Louisiana-Lafayette 2 22 17 5 44 22.0
56 Purdue 3 22 41 6 69 23.0
59 Boise State 3 23 21 2 46 15.3
59 Michigan 3 23 27 2 52 17.3
59 BYU 2 23 23 2 48 24.0
59 Fresno State 2 23 24 5 52 26.0
63 SMU 2 24 15 2 41 20.5
64 Hawai'i 2 25 25 0 50 25.0
64 New Mexico 2 25 27 4 56 28.0
66 Iowa State 3 27 28 5 60 20.0
67 Texas Tech 3 28 25 6 59 19.7
68 Boston College 3 29 30 3 62 20.7
69 Maryland 3 31 31 7 69 23.0
69 Oklahoma State 3 31 36 2 69 23.0
69 Baylor 3 31 37 4 72 24.0
72 West Virginia 4 32 44 6 82 20.5
72 Texas 4 32 49 5 86 21.5
72 Louisiana-Monroe 3 32 31 3 66 22.0
75 Kentucky 4 33 31 3 67 16.8
75 Vanderbilt 4 33 55 9 97 24.3
77 Notre Dame 4 34 41 11 86 21.5
77 Penn State 3 34 33 5 72 24.0
77 Indiana 3 34 40 6 80 26.7
80 Texas A&M 4 35 41 8 84 21.0
80 Louisville 3 35 24 7 66 22.0
80 Arkansas 4 35 41 12 88 22.0
80 Alabama 5 35 59 20 114 22.8
84 Georgia 7 36 81 16 133 19.0
84 North Carolina 4 36 43 9 88 22.0
84 Rutgers 3 36 23 8 67 22.3
87 Miami (Florida) 3 37 32 7 76 25.3
88 Clemson 4 38 40 8 86 21.5
88 Kansas 3 38 26 5 69 23.0
90 TCU 5 40 58 8 106 21.2
90 Mississippi 4 40 47 6 93 23.3
90 Georgia Tech 4 40 45 10 95 23.8
90 Michigan State 4 40 56 8 104 26.0
94 Missouri 4 41 41 11 93 23.3
95 Washington 4 43 47 6 96 24.0
96 Kansas State 5 44 49 8 101 20.2
96 LSU 5 44 64 8 116 23.2
98 Utah 6 45 71 4 120 20.0
98 Auburn 5 45 53 8 106 21.2
98 Oregon 5 45 64 8 117 23.4
101 Oregon State 5 47 59 9 115 23.0
101 South Carolina 4 47 49 9 105 26.3
103 Tennessee 6 52 96 16 164 27.3
104 Oklahoma 4 53 58 8 119 29.8
105 Syracuse 4 56 30 6 92 23.0
106 Arizona State 5 62 65 12 139 27.8
107 USC 7 63 86 13 162 23.1
107 UCLA 5 63 72 8 143 28.6
109 California 6 69 80 5 154 25.7
110 Washington State 6 70 67 11 148 24.7
111 Arizona 6 73 78 15 166 27.7
112 Stanford 7 77 73 14 164 23.4
113 Florida 7 79 75 14 168 24.0
114 Colorado 7 87 82 10 179 25.6