2023 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games vs. FBS non-Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 01/08/2024

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 California 1 4 5 0 9 9.0
1 Penn State 1 5 2 2 9 9.0
3 BYU 1 1 8 1 10 10.0
3 Florida 1 3 6 1 10 10.0
5 Arizona 1 1 11 1 13 13.0
6 Kansas State 1 2 10 3 15 15.0
7 Cincinnati 1 6 8 2 16 16.0
7 Maryland 1 6 9 1 16 16.0
9 Louisville 1 5 10 2 17 17.0
10 Washington State 1 2 16 0 18 18.0
10 Virginia 1 7 8 3 18 18.0
10 Florida State 1 8 8 2 18 18.0
10 Northwestern 1 8 9 1 18 18.0
10 Oklahoma State 1 11 6 1 18 18.0
15 Michigan State 1 9 5 5 19 19.0
16 Rutgers 1 5 12 3 20 20.0
16 Baylor 1 5 15 0 20 20.0
18 TCU 1 10 10 1 21 21.0
19 Miami (Florida) 2 3 17 2 22 11.0
20 South Carolina 1 12 7 4 23 23.0
21 Colorado 1 5 17 2 24 24.0
21 Arizona State 1 6 16 2 24 24.0
21 Texas Tech 1 11 8 5 24 24.0
21 Indiana 1 15 7 2 24 24.0
25 Texas 2 11 12 2 25 12.5
25 Pittsburgh 1 7 17 1 25 25.0
27 Texas A&M 2 11 10 5 26 13.0
27 Notre Dame 2 17 6 3 26 13.0
27 Georgia Tech 1 11 11 4 26 26.0
30 Iowa 2 10 15 2 27 13.5
30 Alabama 2 15 11 1 27 13.5
30 Purdue 1 8 18 1 27 27.0
33 Arkansas 2 8 17 3 28 14.0
34 Nebraska 2 9 17 3 29 14.5
34 LSU 2 16 12 1 29 14.5
36 Oregon 2 11 14 5 30 15.0
36 North Carolina 1 11 16 3 30 30.0
38 Mississippi State 2 11 17 3 31 15.5
39 Tennessee 2 9 19 5 33 16.5
39 Georgia 2 10 22 1 33 16.5
39 Clemson 2 11 19 3 33 16.5
42 Kentucky 2 10 21 3 34 17.0
42 Auburn 2 19 12 3 34 17.0
44 Michigan 3 17 19 1 37 12.3
44 Wisconsin 2 10 23 4 37 18.5
44 Kansas 2 12 14 11 37 18.5
44 Ohio State 2 15 20 2 37 18.5
44 UCF 2 17 18 2 37 18.5
49 Missouri 2 11 25 2 38 19.0
49 Mississippi 2 17 15 6 38 19.0
51 Wake Forest 2 12 23 4 39 19.5
52 Vanderbilt 2 12 24 4 40 20.0
52 Iowa State 2 17 21 2 40 20.0
54 Minnesota 3 19 19 3 41 13.7
55 Washington 2 17 19 7 43 21.5
56 Stanford 2 21 23 2 46 23.0
57 Illinois 2 18 20 9 47 23.5
58 USC 3 19 23 6 48 16.0
59 Oklahoma 3 15 27 7 49 16.3
59 Duke 3 19 25 5 49 16.3
61 Syracuse 3 23 26 3 52 17.3
62 UCLA 3 17 30 6 53 17.7
62 North Carolina State 3 21 31 1 53 17.7
62 Virginia Tech 3 31 16 6 53 17.7
65 Houston 3 20 31 3 54 18.0
66 Oregon State 3 27 29 6 62 20.7
67 Boston College 4 27 33 5 65 16.3
68 Army 7 51 57 9 117 16.7
69 Connecticut 7 44 86 17 147 21.0
70 SMU 10 51 87 18 156 15.6
71 Ohio 11 59 82 19 160 14.5
72 Western Michigan 8 69 78 15 162 20.3
73 Buffalo 10 78 79 8 165 16.5
73 Ball State 9 60 86 19 165 18.3
73 Bowling Green 9 86 66 13 165 18.3
76 Akron 9 79 66 21 166 18.4
77 UTEP 9 90 63 15 168 18.7
78 Charlotte 9 72 79 21 172 19.1
79 East Carolina 10 63 93 19 175 17.5
79 Sam Houston State 9 82 85 8 175 19.4
81 South Alabama 11 71 82 23 176 16.0
81 Kent State 9 73 87 16 176 19.6
83 Tulsa 9 75 95 7 177 19.7
84 Northern Illinois 10 84 81 14 179 17.9
84 Hawai'i 9 91 72 16 179 19.9
86 Air Force 12 69 100 13 182 15.2
86 Boise State 10 66 107 9 182 18.2
86 San Diego State 9 85 87 10 182 20.2
89 Nevada 9 84 82 17 183 20.3
90 Miami (Ohio) 11 81 86 17 184 16.7
91 Southern Mississippi 9 74 101 10 185 20.6
92 Marshall 10 72 98 20 190 19.0
92 Rice 10 75 95 20 190 19.0
94 Troy 11 74 103 15 192 17.5
94 San Jose State 10 95 86 11 192 19.2
94 Massachusetts 9 87 81 24 192 21.3
97 Middle Tennessee 9 66 113 14 193 21.4
98 James Madison 11 57 124 14 195 17.7
99 UNLV 10 81 90 25 196 19.6
100 Central Michigan 10 93 89 16 198 19.8
101 Wyoming 10 82 104 13 199 19.9
102 Florida Atlantic 9 85 103 12 200 22.2
103 Navy 11 81 105 17 203 18.5
103 New Mexico 10 90 88 25 203 20.3
105 Tulane 11 68 119 17 204 18.5
106 Colorado State 9 95 92 18 205 22.8
107 UTSA 11 79 111 16 206 18.7
108 Louisiana Tech 10 109 76 24 209 20.9
109 Jacksonville State 11 70 117 23 210 19.1
110 Fresno State 10 99 101 12 212 21.2
111 Memphis 10 84 113 19 216 21.6
112 Temple 9 97 106 15 218 24.2
113 Florida International 10 95 113 14 222 22.2
114 Toledo 12 94 102 27 223 18.6
115 Georgia State 11 79 123 22 224 20.4
116 South Florida 10 87 119 19 225 22.5
117 Louisiana-Monroe 9 100 108 18 226 25.1
118 Georgia Southern 11 88 124 16 228 20.7
118 Western Kentucky 11 113 101 14 228 20.7
120 Coastal Carolina 11 103 103 23 229 20.8
121 Old Dominion 10 84 123 24 231 23.1
122 Appalachian State 12 108 107 17 232 19.3
122 North Texas 10 129 92 11 232 23.2
124 Arkansas State 11 104 107 27 238 21.6
125 UAB 10 109 109 21 239 23.9
126 Eastern Michigan 11 101 113 26 240 21.8
127 Texas State 11 99 110 33 242 22.0
128 Louisiana-Lafayette 11 122 112 15 249 22.6
129 Liberty 13 97 130 29 256 19.7
130 Utah State 11 140 92 27 259 23.5
131 New Mexico State 13 116 144 26 286 22.0