2021 National Leaders Opponent Penalties - Games vs. Conference Teams Only through 01/10/2022
| Name | G | Pen. | Yards | Pen./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arizona | 9 | 67 | 723 | 7.4 | 80.3 |
| 2 | Utah State | 9 | 67 | 710 | 7.4 | 78.9 |
| 3 | Florida Atlantic | 8 | 69 | 623 | 8.6 | 77.9 |
| 4 | Miami (FL) | 8 | 63 | 599 | 7.9 | 74.9 |
| 5 | Wake Forest | 10 | 79 | 739 | 7.9 | 73.9 |
| 6 | USC | 9 | 66 | 656 | 7.3 | 72.9 |
| 7 | Old Dominion | 8 | 69 | 578 | 8.6 | 72.3 |
| 8 | Charlotte | 8 | 67 | 572 | 8.4 | 71.5 |
| 9 | Buffalo | 8 | 59 | 569 | 7.4 | 71.1 |
| 10 | Hawaii | 8 | 53 | 568 | 6.6 | 71.0 |
| 11 | Clemson | 8 | 71 | 565 | 8.9 | 70.6 |
| 12 | Boston College | 8 | 63 | 564 | 7.9 | 70.5 |
| 13 | Ohio | 8 | 57 | 562 | 7.1 | 70.3 |
| 14 | Colorado | 9 | 66 | 628 | 7.3 | 69.8 |
| 15 | Arkansas State | 8 | 52 | 556 | 6.5 | 69.5 |
| 16 | Western Kentucky | 9 | 70 | 625 | 7.8 | 69.4 |
| 17 | Louisiana Tech | 8 | 55 | 545 | 6.9 | 68.1 |
| 18 | Florida State | 8 | 63 | 531 | 7.9 | 66.4 |
| 19 | Stanford | 9 | 58 | 595 | 6.4 | 66.1 |
| 20 | Tulsa | 8 | 61 | 524 | 7.6 | 65.5 |
| 21 | New Mexico State | 1 | 7 | 65 | 7.0 | 65.0 |
| 22 | North Carolina | 9 | 62 | 583 | 6.9 | 64.8 |
| 23 | North Texas | 8 | 60 | 514 | 7.5 | 64.3 |
| 24 | Rice | 8 | 51 | 507 | 6.4 | 63.4 |
| 25 | Marshall | 8 | 53 | 505 | 6.6 | 63.1 |
| 26 | UTSA | 9 | 70 | 567 | 7.8 | 63.0 |
| 27 | Mississippi State | 8 | 61 | 502 | 7.6 | 62.8 |
| 27 | Toledo | 8 | 55 | 502 | 6.9 | 62.8 |
| 29 | Utah | 10 | 72 | 627 | 7.2 | 62.7 |
| 30 | Fresno State | 8 | 51 | 495 | 6.4 | 61.9 |
| 31 | Boise State | 8 | 64 | 493 | 8.0 | 61.6 |
| 31 | Texas A&M | 8 | 58 | 493 | 7.3 | 61.6 |
| 33 | Virginia | 8 | 55 | 489 | 6.9 | 61.1 |
| 34 | Pittsburgh | 9 | 63 | 545 | 7.0 | 60.6 |
| 34 | Washington | 9 | 63 | 545 | 7.0 | 60.6 |
| 36 | Southern Miss | 8 | 54 | 480 | 6.8 | 60.0 |
| 37 | Georgia Tech | 8 | 49 | 477 | 6.1 | 59.6 |
| 38 | Texas State | 8 | 51 | 476 | 6.4 | 59.5 |
| 39 | Memphis | 8 | 49 | 473 | 6.1 | 59.1 |
| 40 | UTEP | 8 | 52 | 468 | 6.5 | 58.5 |
| 41 | Vanderbilt | 8 | 53 | 466 | 6.6 | 58.3 |
| 42 | NC State | 8 | 57 | 461 | 7.1 | 57.6 |
| 42 | Eastern Michigan | 8 | 55 | 461 | 6.9 | 57.6 |
| 44 | New Mexico | 8 | 51 | 460 | 6.4 | 57.5 |
| 45 | Iowa | 10 | 66 | 572 | 6.6 | 57.2 |
| 46 | Oregon | 10 | 74 | 568 | 7.4 | 56.8 |
| 46 | Virginia Tech | 8 | 51 | 454 | 6.4 | 56.8 |
| 48 | Louisiana-Monroe | 8 | 46 | 451 | 5.8 | 56.4 |
| 49 | Georgia Southern | 8 | 47 | 449 | 5.9 | 56.1 |
| 50 | Arkansas | 8 | 55 | 445 | 6.9 | 55.6 |
| 50 | Troy | 8 | 50 | 445 | 6.3 | 55.6 |
| 52 | Western Michigan | 8 | 49 | 443 | 6.1 | 55.4 |
| 53 | Massachusetts | 4 | 25 | 219 | 6.3 | 54.8 |
| 54 | Oklahoma State | 10 | 71 | 544 | 7.1 | 54.4 |
| 54 | Arizona State | 9 | 50 | 490 | 5.6 | 54.4 |
| 56 | Kentucky | 8 | 59 | 434 | 7.4 | 54.3 |
| 57 | Oklahoma | 9 | 59 | 487 | 6.6 | 54.1 |
| 58 | San Diego State | 9 | 55 | 486 | 6.1 | 54.0 |
| 59 | Akron | 8 | 54 | 430 | 6.8 | 53.8 |
| 60 | Miami (OH) | 8 | 49 | 426 | 6.1 | 53.3 |
| 61 | Tennessee | 8 | 50 | 425 | 6.3 | 53.1 |
| 62 | Minnesota | 9 | 46 | 469 | 5.1 | 52.1 |
| 63 | SMU | 8 | 53 | 414 | 6.6 | 51.8 |
| 64 | Duke | 8 | 52 | 413 | 6.5 | 51.6 |
| 64 | Texas Tech | 9 | 54 | 464 | 6.0 | 51.6 |
| 66 | Indiana | 9 | 51 | 462 | 5.7 | 51.3 |
| 67 | Alabama | 10 | 72 | 512 | 7.2 | 51.2 |
| 68 | Oregon State | 9 | 58 | 456 | 6.4 | 50.7 |
| 69 | Central Michigan | 8 | 44 | 405 | 5.5 | 50.6 |
| 70 | Ball State | 8 | 46 | 404 | 5.8 | 50.5 |
| 71 | Maryland | 9 | 52 | 453 | 5.8 | 50.3 |
| 72 | Georgia | 10 | 66 | 501 | 6.6 | 50.1 |
| 73 | UAB | 8 | 50 | 400 | 6.3 | 50.0 |
| 73 | Rutgers | 9 | 49 | 450 | 5.4 | 50.0 |
| 75 | South Alabama | 8 | 43 | 398 | 5.4 | 49.8 |
| 76 | Air Force | 8 | 53 | 397 | 6.6 | 49.6 |
| 77 | Baylor | 10 | 56 | 495 | 5.6 | 49.5 |
| 78 | South Carolina | 8 | 41 | 395 | 5.1 | 49.4 |
| 79 | Northern Illinois | 9 | 54 | 442 | 6.0 | 49.1 |
| 80 | Purdue | 9 | 43 | 440 | 4.8 | 48.9 |
| 81 | Auburn | 8 | 43 | 390 | 5.4 | 48.8 |
| 82 | UCLA | 9 | 57 | 438 | 6.3 | 48.7 |
| 83 | California | 9 | 52 | 437 | 5.8 | 48.6 |
| 83 | Iowa State | 9 | 47 | 437 | 5.2 | 48.6 |
| 85 | UCF | 8 | 51 | 388 | 6.4 | 48.5 |
| 86 | East Carolina | 8 | 43 | 383 | 5.4 | 47.9 |
| 87 | Middle Tennessee State | 8 | 49 | 382 | 6.1 | 47.8 |
| 88 | Nevada | 8 | 41 | 381 | 5.1 | 47.6 |
| 89 | Ole Miss | 8 | 48 | 380 | 6.0 | 47.5 |
| 89 | Florida | 8 | 44 | 380 | 5.5 | 47.5 |
| 91 | Northwestern | 9 | 50 | 427 | 5.6 | 47.4 |
| 92 | Illinois | 9 | 43 | 424 | 4.8 | 47.1 |
| 93 | Kent State | 9 | 47 | 422 | 5.2 | 46.9 |
| 94 | USF | 8 | 41 | 370 | 5.1 | 46.3 |
| 95 | Bowling Green | 8 | 38 | 369 | 4.8 | 46.1 |
| 96 | Kansas | 9 | 48 | 414 | 5.3 | 46.0 |
| 97 | Navy | 8 | 47 | 367 | 5.9 | 45.9 |
| 97 | Colorado State | 8 | 40 | 367 | 5.0 | 45.9 |
| 99 | Houston | 9 | 52 | 411 | 5.8 | 45.7 |
| 100 | LSU | 8 | 47 | 362 | 5.9 | 45.3 |
| 101 | UNLV | 8 | 44 | 358 | 5.5 | 44.8 |
| 102 | Appalachian State | 9 | 42 | 397 | 4.7 | 44.1 |
| 103 | Michigan | 10 | 53 | 433 | 5.3 | 43.3 |
| 104 | Cincinnati | 9 | 49 | 388 | 5.4 | 43.1 |
| 104 | Missouri | 8 | 39 | 345 | 4.9 | 43.1 |
| 106 | Nebraska | 9 | 42 | 379 | 4.7 | 42.1 |
| 106 | Tulane | 8 | 37 | 337 | 4.6 | 42.1 |
| 108 | Syracuse | 8 | 37 | 336 | 4.6 | 42.0 |
| 109 | Michigan State | 9 | 49 | 374 | 5.4 | 41.6 |
| 110 | Penn State | 9 | 51 | 373 | 5.7 | 41.4 |
| 111 | Georgia State | 8 | 38 | 330 | 4.8 | 41.3 |
| 112 | Kansas State | 9 | 44 | 370 | 4.9 | 41.1 |
| 113 | Louisville | 8 | 42 | 328 | 5.3 | 41.0 |
| 113 | Liberty | 2 | 7 | 82 | 3.5 | 41.0 |
| 115 | Washington State | 9 | 49 | 361 | 5.4 | 40.1 |
| 116 | Wisconsin | 9 | 37 | 351 | 4.1 | 39.0 |
| 117 | Louisiana | 9 | 47 | 349 | 5.2 | 38.8 |
| 118 | FIU | 8 | 34 | 303 | 4.3 | 37.9 |
| 119 | Texas | 9 | 38 | 337 | 4.2 | 37.4 |
| 120 | West Virginia | 9 | 40 | 334 | 4.4 | 37.1 |
| 121 | Temple | 8 | 32 | 296 | 4.0 | 37.0 |
| 122 | TCU | 9 | 35 | 328 | 3.9 | 36.4 |
| 123 | San Jose State | 8 | 32 | 290 | 4.0 | 36.3 |
| 124 | Army | 3 | 13 | 107 | 4.3 | 35.7 |
| 125 | Wyoming | 8 | 30 | 264 | 3.8 | 33.0 |
| 126 | Ohio State | 9 | 33 | 294 | 3.7 | 32.7 |
| 127 | Coastal Carolina | 8 | 30 | 215 | 3.8 | 26.9 |
| 128 | Connecticut | 2 | 4 | 45 | 2.0 | 22.5 |