2022 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games vs. FBS non-Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 01/09/2023

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Minnesota 1 2 3 1 6 6.0
2 Utah 1 5 2 2 9 9.0
3 Pittsburgh 1 4 5 1 10 10.0
3 Iowa 1 5 4 1 10 10.0
3 Illinois 1 9 0 1 10 10.0
6 Iowa State 1 3 8 1 12 12.0
7 Rutgers 1 4 8 1 13 13.0
7 Northwestern 1 10 0 3 13 13.0
9 LSU 2 3 10 1 14 7.0
9 Georgia 1 5 9 0 14 14.0
9 Wisconsin 1 7 6 1 14 14.0
9 Arizona 1 8 5 1 14 14.0
13 Texas Tech 1 4 11 1 16 16.0
14 Alabama 2 9 8 1 18 9.0
14 Kansas State 1 9 8 1 18 18.0
14 Florida State 1 10 7 1 18 18.0
17 Washington 1 8 9 2 19 19.0
18 Virginia 1 5 13 2 20 20.0
19 Oregon 1 6 13 2 21 21.0
19 Purdue 1 10 8 3 21 21.0
21 Florida 1 17 6 0 23 23.0
22 Georgia Tech 1 16 3 5 24 24.0
23 Arizona State 1 17 8 0 25 25.0
23 Colorado 1 24 0 1 25 25.0
25 Miami (Florida) 2 8 17 1 26 13.0
25 Mississippi State 2 10 12 4 26 13.0
25 North Carolina State 2 10 14 2 26 13.0
25 Kansas 1 12 12 2 26 26.0
29 TCU 1 6 17 4 27 27.0
30 UCLA 2 11 18 2 31 15.5
30 Kentucky 2 11 18 2 31 15.5
30 Oklahoma State 1 7 22 2 31 31.0
33 Texas A&M 2 16 10 6 32 16.0
33 Syracuse 2 21 10 1 32 16.0
35 Michigan 3 16 15 2 33 11.0
35 Michigan State 2 12 19 2 33 16.5
35 Duke 2 16 16 1 33 16.5
38 Virginia Tech 2 12 16 6 34 17.0
38 California 2 15 16 3 34 17.0
38 Nebraska 1 9 21 4 34 34.0
41 Missouri 2 11 20 4 35 17.5
41 Boston College 2 18 15 2 35 17.5
43 Penn State 2 12 21 3 36 18.0
44 Vanderbilt 2 15 18 4 37 18.5
45 Clemson 2 19 16 3 38 19.0
46 Ohio State 3 13 22 5 40 13.3
46 Tennessee 2 8 27 5 40 20.0
46 Indiana 2 10 26 4 40 20.0
49 Texas 2 14 23 4 41 20.5
49 Washington State 2 15 23 3 41 20.5
49 Oregon State 2 16 19 6 41 20.5
49 Wake Forest 2 22 17 2 41 20.5
53 Stanford 2 28 12 3 43 21.5
54 Auburn 2 13 29 3 45 22.5
55 Oklahoma 2 16 26 4 46 23.0
55 Mississippi 2 22 21 3 46 23.0
57 Louisville 4 26 19 4 49 12.3
58 Baylor 3 29 25 7 61 20.3
59 South Carolina 3 25 30 7 62 20.7
60 Notre Dame 4 35 23 5 63 15.8
61 Arkansas 3 23 39 6 68 22.7
62 Maryland 3 25 36 11 72 24.0
63 USC 4 28 42 5 75 18.8
64 North Carolina 3 46 33 15 94 31.3
65 James Madison 9 34 76 8 118 13.1
66 Air Force 10 59 65 4 128 12.8
67 New Mexico State 8 60 71 14 145 18.1
68 Western Michigan 9 56 81 18 155 17.2
69 Liberty 9 70 73 20 163 18.1
70 San Diego State 10 61 87 17 165 16.5
70 Connecticut 8 79 66 20 165 20.6
72 Colorado State 9 83 73 16 172 19.1
72 Appalachian State 8 60 94 18 172 21.5
74 Navy 11 61 103 10 174 15.8
74 Fresno State 10 76 81 17 174 17.4
74 Army 9 94 71 9 174 19.3
77 Akron 9 76 83 16 175 19.4
77 BYU 8 82 77 16 175 21.9
79 Cincinnati 9 77 75 25 177 19.7
80 Boise State 12 91 76 11 178 14.8
80 New Mexico 10 88 72 18 178 17.8
82 San Jose State 10 73 96 14 183 18.3
83 Kent State 8 76 98 10 184 23.0
84 Central Michigan 9 85 88 12 185 20.6
85 Marshall 11 64 99 24 187 17.0
86 Temple 9 90 89 9 188 20.9
87 Texas State 10 57 120 13 190 19.0
88 Toledo 12 91 89 13 193 16.1
89 Massachusetts 10 88 73 34 195 19.5
90 Nevada 10 79 99 20 198 19.8
91 Bowling Green 10 93 90 16 199 19.9
91 Louisiana-Monroe 9 95 92 12 199 22.1
93 UTEP 11 77 105 21 203 18.5
93 Tulsa 10 95 95 13 203 20.3
93 Northern Illinois 9 77 102 24 203 22.6
96 Buffalo 11 81 103 21 205 18.6
96 Rice 11 87 96 22 205 18.6
98 Hawai'i 10 94 97 15 206 20.6
99 South Alabama 11 63 112 33 208 18.9
100 Memphis 11 80 116 13 209 19.0
100 UAB 11 90 102 17 209 19.0
100 UCF 10 77 110 22 209 20.9
103 Louisiana-Lafayette 11 85 103 25 213 19.4
103 Florida Atlantic 10 82 112 19 213 21.3
103 UNLV 10 107 92 14 213 21.3
103 Charlotte 9 93 100 20 213 23.7
107 Southern Mississippi 11 88 109 20 217 19.7
107 Miami (Ohio) 10 86 111 20 217 21.7
109 Louisiana Tech 9 97 100 22 219 24.3
110 Wyoming 11 100 105 15 220 20.0
110 Arkansas State 10 105 96 19 220 22.0
112 Georgia State 10 108 91 23 222 22.2
113 Utah State 11 107 99 19 225 20.5
114 Eastern Michigan 11 96 98 33 227 20.6
114 Tulane 11 108 107 12 227 20.6
116 Troy 12 93 119 17 229 19.1
117 SMU 10 111 102 17 230 23.0
118 Ohio 11 78 136 19 233 21.2
119 UTSA 12 88 122 26 236 19.7
119 East Carolina 11 77 145 14 236 21.5
121 Old Dominion 10 111 103 23 237 23.7
122 Middle Tennessee 11 79 143 17 239 21.7
122 Western Kentucky 11 85 135 19 239 21.7
122 Ball State 10 110 111 18 239 23.9
125 South Florida 9 102 129 9 240 26.7
126 Houston 11 84 138 21 243 22.1
127 Coastal Carolina 12 86 141 20 247 20.6
128 Florida International 11 112 124 26 262 23.8
129 Georgia Southern 11 139 121 14 274 24.9
130 North Texas 13 140 150 13 303 23.3