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