2022 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games vs. FCS (I-AA) Teams Only through 01/09/2023
| Name | G | Rush | Pass | Penalty | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 |
| 2 | Utah | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 |
| 2 | Tulane | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 |
| 2 | Syracuse | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 |
| 5 | Iowa | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 |
| 6 | New Mexico | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 6 | Arizona State | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 6 | Temple | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 6 | Purdue | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 6 | Toledo | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 6 | Illinois | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 12 | Minnesota | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 |
| 12 | Texas State | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 |
| 14 | Southern Mississippi | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 14 | Kentucky | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 14 | Rutgers | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 14 | Wyoming | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 14 | Ball State | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 14 | Boise State | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 14 | Miami (Ohio) | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 14 | North Carolina State | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 14 | Arkansas State | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 14 | UCF | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 14 | Memphis | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 25 | James Madison | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 25 | Texas Tech | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 25 | Baylor | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 25 | Texas A&M | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 25 | South Alabama | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 30 | Florida State | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 11.0 |
| 30 | Missouri | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 |
| 30 | Oregon | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 |
| 30 | West Virginia | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 |
| 30 | Mississippi State | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 |
| 30 | Stanford | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 |
| 36 | Marshall | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 6.0 |
| 36 | Alabama | 1 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 36 | Central Michigan | 1 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 36 | Virginia Tech | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 36 | UNLV | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 36 | Washington | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 36 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 36 | Georgia Southern | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 36 | Mississippi | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 45 | Navy | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 45 | Miami (Florida) | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 45 | Washington State | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 45 | TCU | 1 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 45 | Kansas State | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 45 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 45 | South Carolina | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 45 | Wake Forest | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 53 | Wisconsin | 1 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 53 | Louisiana-Monroe | 1 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 53 | Kansas | 1 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 53 | San Diego State | 1 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 53 | Connecticut | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 53 | Middle Tennessee | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 53 | Indiana | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 53 | Rice | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 53 | Oregon State | 1 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 62 | Auburn | 1 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 62 | Iowa State | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 62 | Cincinnati | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 62 | LSU | 1 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 66 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 66 | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 66 | UAB | 1 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 66 | SMU | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 66 | Massachusetts | 1 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 66 | Kent State | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 72 | Boston College | 1 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 72 | Fresno State | 1 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 72 | Louisiana Tech | 1 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 72 | Tulsa | 1 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 76 | Western Michigan | 1 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 76 | BYU | 1 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 76 | UCLA | 1 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 76 | Akron | 1 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 76 | Duke | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 76 | Nebraska | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 82 | Clemson | 1 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 82 | California | 1 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 82 | Western Kentucky | 1 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 85 | Appalachian State | 2 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 10.0 |
| 85 | North Carolina | 1 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 85 | Virginia | 1 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 88 | Troy | 1 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 88 | Air Force | 1 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 88 | Arkansas | 1 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 88 | East Carolina | 1 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 88 | Arizona | 1 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 93 | Liberty | 1 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 93 | Northwestern | 1 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 93 | Nevada | 1 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 93 | UTSA | 1 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 93 | Utah State | 1 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 98 | Coastal Carolina | 1 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 98 | Vanderbilt | 1 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 98 | Buffalo | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 101 | South Florida | 1 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 101 | San Jose State | 1 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 101 | Hawai'i | 1 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 104 | Tennessee | 1 | 4 | 16 | 5 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 104 | Northern Illinois | 1 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 104 | Colorado State | 1 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 104 | Charlotte | 1 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 108 | Georgia Tech | 1 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 108 | North Texas | 1 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 110 | Florida | 1 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 111 | New Mexico State | 2 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 28 | 14.0 |
| 111 | Bowling Green | 1 | 5 | 20 | 3 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 111 | Ohio | 1 | 7 | 18 | 3 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 111 | Florida International | 1 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 115 | Eastern Michigan | 1 | 5 | 21 | 3 | 29 | 29.0 |
| 116 | Army | 2 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 32 | 16.0 |