2021 National Leaders Penalties - Games vs. Ranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/10/2022
| Name | G | Pen. | Yards | Pen./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia State | 1 | 3 | 12 | 3.0 | 12.0 |
| 2 | Kentucky | 2 | 6 | 35 | 3.0 | 17.5 |
| 3 | Akron | 1 | 4 | 18 | 4.0 | 18.0 |
| 4 | Wisconsin | 3 | 9 | 61 | 3.0 | 20.3 |
| 5 | Louisiana-Monroe | 2 | 7 | 42 | 3.5 | 21.0 |
| 6 | LSU | 4 | 17 | 97 | 4.3 | 24.3 |
| 7 | SMU | 2 | 6 | 49 | 3.0 | 24.5 |
| 8 | Utah State | 2 | 7 | 57 | 3.5 | 28.5 |
| 9 | Air Force | 2 | 8 | 58 | 4.0 | 29.0 |
| 10 | Boise State | 4 | 14 | 119 | 3.5 | 29.8 |
| 11 | Texas State | 2 | 7 | 60 | 3.5 | 30.0 |
| 11 | Temple | 2 | 10 | 60 | 5.0 | 30.0 |
| 13 | Navy | 3 | 12 | 91 | 4.0 | 30.3 |
| 14 | Memphis | 1 | 5 | 31 | 5.0 | 31.0 |
| 15 | Virginia Tech | 2 | 8 | 65 | 4.0 | 32.5 |
| 16 | Vanderbilt | 3 | 17 | 99 | 5.7 | 33.0 |
| 17 | Penn State | 5 | 26 | 171 | 5.2 | 34.2 |
| 18 | Cincinnati | 3 | 17 | 104 | 5.7 | 34.7 |
| 19 | Kansas State | 3 | 13 | 108 | 4.3 | 36.0 |
| 19 | Southern Miss | 1 | 5 | 36 | 5.0 | 36.0 |
| 21 | Indiana | 5 | 20 | 184 | 4.0 | 36.8 |
| 22 | Kansas | 3 | 11 | 115 | 3.7 | 38.3 |
| 23 | Purdue | 4 | 18 | 156 | 4.5 | 39.0 |
| 24 | Michigan | 4 | 18 | 159 | 4.5 | 39.8 |
| 25 | Georgia Southern | 3 | 17 | 124 | 5.7 | 41.3 |
| 26 | Northwestern | 3 | 15 | 125 | 5.0 | 41.7 |
| 27 | Iowa State | 5 | 25 | 210 | 5.0 | 42.0 |
| 27 | Auburn | 5 | 27 | 210 | 5.4 | 42.0 |
| 29 | USF | 4 | 19 | 171 | 4.8 | 42.8 |
| 30 | Baylor | 5 | 28 | 217 | 5.6 | 43.4 |
| 31 | Texas | 5 | 30 | 222 | 6.0 | 44.4 |
| 32 | Iowa | 2 | 9 | 90 | 4.5 | 45.0 |
| 32 | Troy | 1 | 5 | 45 | 5.0 | 45.0 |
| 32 | Duke | 2 | 10 | 90 | 5.0 | 45.0 |
| 32 | South Carolina | 3 | 17 | 135 | 5.7 | 45.0 |
| 32 | Appalachian State | 2 | 12 | 90 | 6.0 | 45.0 |
| 37 | Rutgers | 4 | 24 | 181 | 6.0 | 45.3 |
| 38 | Washington State | 4 | 21 | 182 | 5.3 | 45.5 |
| 39 | West Virginia | 3 | 18 | 138 | 6.0 | 46.0 |
| 40 | Texas Tech | 4 | 22 | 186 | 5.5 | 46.5 |
| 41 | Michigan State | 3 | 16 | 140 | 5.3 | 46.7 |
| 42 | Missouri | 3 | 16 | 141 | 5.3 | 47.0 |
| 42 | Kent State | 1 | 6 | 47 | 6.0 | 47.0 |
| 42 | UCF | 1 | 7 | 47 | 7.0 | 47.0 |
| 42 | Stanford | 3 | 21 | 141 | 7.0 | 47.0 |
| 46 | UAB | 2 | 14 | 95 | 7.0 | 47.5 |
| 46 | UCLA | 2 | 14 | 95 | 7.0 | 47.5 |
| 46 | Connecticut | 2 | 15 | 95 | 7.5 | 47.5 |
| 49 | Arkansas | 3 | 22 | 146 | 7.3 | 48.7 |
| 50 | Arizona | 4 | 26 | 198 | 6.5 | 49.5 |
| 51 | Minnesota | 2 | 10 | 100 | 5.0 | 50.0 |
| 51 | Notre Dame | 2 | 12 | 100 | 6.0 | 50.0 |
| 51 | BYU | 3 | 18 | 150 | 6.0 | 50.0 |
| 51 | Colorado | 2 | 15 | 100 | 7.5 | 50.0 |
| 55 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 25 | 201 | 6.3 | 50.3 |
| 56 | Oregon | 4 | 24 | 202 | 6.0 | 50.5 |
| 57 | Washington | 2 | 11 | 102 | 5.5 | 51.0 |
| 58 | Oklahoma State | 4 | 22 | 205 | 5.5 | 51.3 |
| 59 | Wake Forest | 3 | 20 | 155 | 6.7 | 51.7 |
| 60 | Ohio State | 4 | 26 | 212 | 6.5 | 53.0 |
| 61 | New Mexico State | 4 | 26 | 213 | 6.5 | 53.3 |
| 62 | Nebraska | 5 | 31 | 267 | 6.2 | 53.4 |
| 63 | Florida State | 4 | 27 | 216 | 6.8 | 54.0 |
| 64 | East Carolina | 2 | 12 | 110 | 6.0 | 55.0 |
| 64 | Alabama | 5 | 30 | 275 | 6.0 | 55.0 |
| 64 | Utah | 5 | 32 | 275 | 6.4 | 55.0 |
| 67 | Boston College | 3 | 20 | 168 | 6.7 | 56.0 |
| 67 | Old Dominion | 1 | 8 | 56 | 8.0 | 56.0 |
| 69 | Northern Illinois | 1 | 6 | 57 | 6.0 | 57.0 |
| 69 | South Alabama | 1 | 7 | 57 | 7.0 | 57.0 |
| 71 | Clemson | 4 | 29 | 229 | 7.3 | 57.3 |
| 72 | Rice | 2 | 15 | 115 | 7.5 | 57.5 |
| 73 | Houston | 1 | 7 | 58 | 7.0 | 58.0 |
| 73 | Fresno State | 2 | 14 | 116 | 7.0 | 58.0 |
| 75 | Georgia | 6 | 42 | 351 | 7.0 | 58.5 |
| 76 | Ole Miss | 3 | 22 | 179 | 7.3 | 59.7 |
| 77 | Virginia | 4 | 29 | 239 | 7.3 | 59.8 |
| 78 | Ohio | 1 | 5 | 60 | 5.0 | 60.0 |
| 79 | Louisiana Tech | 1 | 8 | 62 | 8.0 | 62.0 |
| 80 | Pittsburgh | 3 | 21 | 187 | 7.0 | 62.3 |
| 80 | Maryland | 4 | 33 | 249 | 8.3 | 62.3 |
| 82 | Louisville | 5 | 37 | 313 | 7.4 | 62.6 |
| 83 | Syracuse | 4 | 29 | 253 | 7.3 | 63.3 |
| 84 | Army | 1 | 7 | 64 | 7.0 | 64.0 |
| 84 | Arkansas State | 1 | 8 | 64 | 8.0 | 64.0 |
| 86 | Mississippi State | 5 | 44 | 325 | 8.8 | 65.0 |
| 87 | Massachusetts | 1 | 6 | 66 | 6.0 | 66.0 |
| 88 | UNLV | 2 | 12 | 134 | 6.0 | 67.0 |
| 89 | Liberty | 2 | 13 | 135 | 6.5 | 67.5 |
| 90 | Tulane | 4 | 32 | 275 | 8.0 | 68.8 |
| 91 | Colorado State | 2 | 16 | 140 | 8.0 | 70.0 |
| 91 | Texas A&M | 3 | 27 | 210 | 9.0 | 70.0 |
| 93 | Tennessee | 5 | 43 | 360 | 8.6 | 72.0 |
| 94 | Wyoming | 1 | 7 | 73 | 7.0 | 73.0 |
| 94 | USC | 3 | 25 | 219 | 8.3 | 73.0 |
| 96 | Western Michigan | 2 | 14 | 147 | 7.0 | 73.5 |
| 97 | Miami (FL) | 4 | 34 | 297 | 8.5 | 74.3 |
| 98 | Western Kentucky | 1 | 8 | 75 | 8.0 | 75.0 |
| 99 | Florida | 3 | 29 | 227 | 9.7 | 75.7 |
| 100 | New Mexico | 2 | 16 | 153 | 8.0 | 76.5 |
| 101 | Hawaii | 2 | 16 | 154 | 8.0 | 77.0 |
| 101 | Nevada | 1 | 9 | 77 | 9.0 | 77.0 |
| 101 | California | 1 | 10 | 77 | 10.0 | 77.0 |
| 104 | Oregon State | 3 | 27 | 235 | 9.0 | 78.3 |
| 104 | Oklahoma | 3 | 29 | 235 | 9.7 | 78.3 |
| 106 | Marshall | 1 | 9 | 80 | 9.0 | 80.0 |
| 106 | UTSA | 1 | 9 | 80 | 9.0 | 80.0 |
| 108 | Tulsa | 4 | 34 | 324 | 8.5 | 81.0 |
| 109 | San Diego State | 2 | 14 | 179 | 7.0 | 89.5 |
| 110 | North Carolina | 4 | 39 | 362 | 9.8 | 90.5 |
| 111 | Illinois | 1 | 10 | 96 | 10.0 | 96.0 |
| 112 | TCU | 3 | 34 | 291 | 11.3 | 97.0 |
| 113 | Toledo | 1 | 11 | 99 | 11.0 | 99.0 |
| 114 | Miami (OH) | 1 | 13 | 100 | 13.0 | 100.0 |
| 115 | San Jose State | 2 | 20 | 201 | 10.0 | 100.5 |
| 116 | NC State | 2 | 25 | 224 | 12.5 | 112.0 |
| 117 | Arizona State | 2 | 29 | 236 | 14.5 | 118.0 |