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