2019 National Leaders Opponent Penalties - Games vs. FBS (I-A) Teams Only through 01/13/2020
| Name | G | Pen. | Yards | Pen./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMU | 13 | 101 | 964 | 7.8 | 74.2 |
| 2 | Tulsa | 12 | 101 | 875 | 8.4 | 72.9 |
| 3 | Oregon | 13 | 109 | 868 | 8.4 | 66.8 |
| 4 | Michigan | 13 | 96 | 850 | 7.4 | 65.4 |
| 5 | USC | 13 | 102 | 845 | 7.8 | 65.0 |
| 6 | California | 12 | 87 | 836 | 7.3 | 69.7 |
| 6 | Michigan State | 13 | 88 | 836 | 6.8 | 64.3 |
| 8 | FIU | 12 | 83 | 834 | 6.9 | 69.5 |
| 9 | San Jose State | 11 | 96 | 833 | 8.7 | 75.7 |
| 10 | Central Michigan | 13 | 89 | 821 | 6.8 | 63.2 |
| 11 | Oklahoma State | 12 | 87 | 820 | 7.3 | 68.3 |
| 12 | Baylor | 13 | 82 | 813 | 6.3 | 62.5 |
| 13 | Vanderbilt | 11 | 89 | 806 | 8.1 | 73.3 |
| 14 | East Carolina | 10 | 91 | 805 | 9.1 | 80.5 |
| 15 | Miami (FL) | 12 | 89 | 801 | 7.4 | 66.8 |
| 16 | Clemson | 14 | 85 | 794 | 6.1 | 56.7 |
| 17 | UCF | 12 | 90 | 789 | 7.5 | 65.8 |
| 18 | Memphis | 13 | 86 | 776 | 6.6 | 59.7 |
| 19 | Florida Atlantic | 13 | 88 | 767 | 6.8 | 59.0 |
| 20 | Arizona | 11 | 79 | 764 | 7.2 | 69.5 |
| 21 | Texas Tech | 11 | 80 | 762 | 7.3 | 69.3 |
| 22 | Miami (OH) | 13 | 94 | 760 | 7.2 | 58.5 |
| 23 | Cincinnati | 14 | 93 | 757 | 6.6 | 54.1 |
| 24 | Rice | 12 | 73 | 754 | 6.1 | 62.8 |
| 25 | Troy | 11 | 81 | 747 | 7.4 | 67.9 |
| 26 | Kansas State | 12 | 80 | 746 | 6.7 | 62.2 |
| 27 | Auburn | 12 | 89 | 736 | 7.4 | 61.3 |
| 28 | Colorado | 12 | 73 | 730 | 6.1 | 60.8 |
| 29 | Houston | 11 | 80 | 728 | 7.3 | 66.2 |
| 29 | Purdue | 12 | 85 | 728 | 7.1 | 60.7 |
| 31 | LSU | 14 | 96 | 726 | 6.9 | 51.9 |
| 32 | Eastern Michigan | 12 | 73 | 725 | 6.1 | 60.4 |
| 33 | Liberty | 11 | 85 | 724 | 7.7 | 65.8 |
| 33 | Western Michigan | 12 | 80 | 724 | 6.7 | 60.3 |
| 35 | Wake Forest | 12 | 82 | 723 | 6.8 | 60.3 |
| 36 | Utah | 13 | 84 | 722 | 6.5 | 55.5 |
| 36 | Hawaii | 14 | 82 | 722 | 5.9 | 51.6 |
| 38 | Kansas | 11 | 76 | 711 | 6.9 | 64.6 |
| 39 | Kent State | 12 | 78 | 709 | 6.5 | 59.1 |
| 40 | UNLV | 11 | 72 | 708 | 6.5 | 64.4 |
| 41 | Arkansas State | 12 | 74 | 701 | 6.2 | 58.4 |
| 42 | Washington State | 12 | 76 | 699 | 6.3 | 58.3 |
| 43 | Florida | 11 | 86 | 698 | 7.8 | 63.5 |
| 44 | West Virginia | 11 | 75 | 697 | 6.8 | 63.4 |
| 45 | UAB | 13 | 74 | 695 | 5.7 | 53.5 |
| 46 | NC State | 11 | 91 | 692 | 8.3 | 62.9 |
| 46 | Charlotte | 12 | 67 | 692 | 5.6 | 57.7 |
| 48 | Tennessee | 12 | 79 | 688 | 6.6 | 57.3 |
| 49 | Florida State | 12 | 82 | 687 | 6.8 | 57.3 |
| 50 | Stanford | 12 | 74 | 683 | 6.2 | 56.9 |
| 51 | Louisiana Tech | 12 | 76 | 681 | 6.3 | 56.8 |
| 51 | Northwestern | 12 | 73 | 681 | 6.1 | 56.8 |
| 53 | Georgia | 13 | 89 | 673 | 6.8 | 51.8 |
| 54 | Utah State | 12 | 76 | 670 | 6.3 | 55.8 |
| 55 | Ohio State | 14 | 76 | 665 | 5.4 | 47.5 |
| 56 | Nevada | 12 | 74 | 663 | 6.2 | 55.3 |
| 57 | Virginia Tech | 11 | 82 | 658 | 7.5 | 59.8 |
| 58 | USF | 11 | 72 | 650 | 6.5 | 59.1 |
| 59 | BYU | 12 | 76 | 649 | 6.3 | 54.1 |
| 60 | Ohio | 12 | 72 | 648 | 6.0 | 54.0 |
| 61 | Boise State | 13 | 76 | 642 | 5.8 | 49.4 |
| 62 | Virginia | 13 | 79 | 639 | 6.1 | 49.2 |
| 63 | Western Kentucky | 12 | 61 | 625 | 5.1 | 52.1 |
| 64 | Kentucky | 12 | 70 | 624 | 5.8 | 52.0 |
| 65 | Pittsburgh | 12 | 60 | 618 | 5.0 | 51.5 |
| 66 | UCLA | 12 | 78 | 616 | 6.5 | 51.3 |
| 67 | Colorado State | 11 | 68 | 615 | 6.2 | 55.9 |
| 68 | South Alabama | 11 | 71 | 614 | 6.5 | 55.8 |
| 68 | Arizona State | 12 | 73 | 614 | 6.1 | 51.2 |
| 68 | Marshall | 12 | 68 | 614 | 5.7 | 51.2 |
| 71 | Coastal Carolina | 11 | 70 | 609 | 6.4 | 55.4 |
| 72 | Appalachian State | 13 | 81 | 604 | 6.2 | 46.5 |
| 73 | Syracuse | 11 | 67 | 602 | 6.1 | 54.7 |
| 74 | Iowa | 13 | 71 | 599 | 5.5 | 46.1 |
| 75 | New Mexico | 11 | 68 | 598 | 6.2 | 54.4 |
| 75 | Maryland | 11 | 65 | 598 | 5.9 | 54.4 |
| 77 | Duke | 11 | 65 | 594 | 5.9 | 54.0 |
| 77 | Nebraska | 12 | 66 | 594 | 5.5 | 49.5 |
| 79 | Alabama | 12 | 72 | 592 | 6.0 | 49.3 |
| 80 | Texas A&M | 12 | 77 | 591 | 6.4 | 49.3 |
| 81 | Old Dominion | 11 | 58 | 589 | 5.3 | 53.5 |
| 82 | Toledo | 11 | 66 | 586 | 6.0 | 53.3 |
| 82 | Rutgers | 12 | 67 | 586 | 5.6 | 48.8 |
| 84 | Missouri | 11 | 63 | 577 | 5.7 | 52.5 |
| 84 | Oklahoma | 13 | 73 | 577 | 5.6 | 44.4 |
| 86 | Fresno State | 11 | 66 | 574 | 6.0 | 52.2 |
| 87 | Iowa State | 12 | 65 | 572 | 5.4 | 47.7 |
| 88 | Temple | 12 | 66 | 571 | 5.5 | 47.6 |
| 89 | Arkansas | 11 | 59 | 568 | 5.4 | 51.6 |
| 90 | Akron | 12 | 64 | 564 | 5.3 | 47.0 |
| 91 | Louisiana | 13 | 69 | 561 | 5.3 | 43.2 |
| 92 | Louisiana-Monroe | 11 | 66 | 560 | 6.0 | 50.9 |
| 93 | South Carolina | 11 | 70 | 558 | 6.4 | 50.7 |
| 94 | Ball State | 11 | 67 | 557 | 6.1 | 50.6 |
| 95 | Georgia Southern | 12 | 57 | 555 | 4.8 | 46.3 |
| 96 | Texas | 13 | 64 | 554 | 4.9 | 42.6 |
| 97 | Indiana | 12 | 63 | 553 | 5.3 | 46.1 |
| 98 | Texas State | 11 | 63 | 552 | 5.7 | 50.2 |
| 99 | Georgia State | 12 | 59 | 549 | 4.9 | 45.8 |
| 100 | Washington | 12 | 64 | 547 | 5.3 | 45.6 |
| 101 | San Diego State | 12 | 68 | 546 | 5.7 | 45.5 |
| 102 | Mississippi State | 12 | 59 | 533 | 4.9 | 44.4 |
| 103 | Tulane | 12 | 62 | 532 | 5.2 | 44.3 |
| 104 | Wyoming | 12 | 62 | 530 | 5.2 | 44.2 |
| 105 | North Carolina | 12 | 69 | 525 | 5.8 | 43.8 |
| 106 | Minnesota | 12 | 63 | 522 | 5.3 | 43.5 |
| 107 | Notre Dame | 13 | 62 | 515 | 4.8 | 39.6 |
| 108 | UTEP | 11 | 57 | 514 | 5.2 | 46.7 |
| 109 | Ole Miss | 11 | 60 | 508 | 5.5 | 46.2 |
| 110 | Connecticut | 11 | 57 | 506 | 5.2 | 46.0 |
| 111 | Northern Illinois | 11 | 52 | 505 | 4.7 | 45.9 |
| 112 | Middle Tennessee State | 11 | 58 | 503 | 5.3 | 45.7 |
| 112 | Bowling Green | 11 | 57 | 503 | 5.2 | 45.7 |
| 112 | Boston College | 12 | 69 | 503 | 5.8 | 41.9 |
| 115 | UTSA | 11 | 55 | 500 | 5.0 | 45.5 |
| 116 | Penn State | 12 | 67 | 496 | 5.6 | 41.3 |
| 117 | TCU | 11 | 59 | 492 | 5.4 | 44.7 |
| 118 | Southern Miss | 12 | 54 | 482 | 4.5 | 40.2 |
| 119 | New Mexico State | 11 | 56 | 478 | 5.1 | 43.5 |
| 120 | Louisville | 12 | 61 | 477 | 5.1 | 39.8 |
| 121 | Oregon State | 11 | 54 | 475 | 4.9 | 43.2 |
| 122 | Georgia Tech | 11 | 55 | 469 | 5.0 | 42.6 |
| 123 | Illinois | 13 | 57 | 464 | 4.4 | 35.7 |
| 124 | Buffalo | 12 | 59 | 456 | 4.9 | 38.0 |
| 125 | North Texas | 11 | 52 | 426 | 4.7 | 38.7 |
| 126 | Navy | 12 | 54 | 423 | 4.5 | 35.3 |
| 127 | Massachusetts | 11 | 41 | 410 | 3.7 | 37.3 |
| 128 | Army | 11 | 49 | 383 | 4.5 | 34.8 |
| 129 | Wisconsin | 14 | 52 | 382 | 3.7 | 27.3 |
| 130 | Air Force | 12 | 51 | 367 | 4.3 | 30.6 |