2021 National Leaders Penalties - Games vs. FBS Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 01/10/2022
| Name | G | Pen. | Yards | Pen./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Troy | 1 | 2 | 16 | 2.0 | 16.0 |
| 1 | Boise State | 1 | 2 | 20 | 2.0 | 20.0 |
| 3 | East Carolina | 1 | 3 | 20 | 3.0 | 20.0 |
| 3 | Texas State | 1 | 3 | 25 | 3.0 | 25.0 |
| 3 | Eastern Michigan | 1 | 3 | 30 | 3.0 | 30.0 |
| 3 | Air Force | 1 | 3 | 35 | 3.0 | 35.0 |
| 3 | UTSA | 1 | 3 | 43 | 3.0 | 43.0 |
| 8 | New Mexico | 1 | 4 | 18 | 4.0 | 18.0 |
| 8 | South Alabama | 1 | 4 | 30 | 4.0 | 30.0 |
| 8 | SMU | 1 | 4 | 30 | 4.0 | 30.0 |
| 8 | Coastal Carolina | 1 | 4 | 40 | 4.0 | 40.0 |
| 8 | Miami (OH) | 1 | 4 | 50 | 4.0 | 50.0 |
| 13 | Louisiana | 1 | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 25.0 |
| 13 | Southern Miss | 1 | 5 | 36 | 5.0 | 36.0 |
| 13 | FIU | 1 | 5 | 45 | 5.0 | 45.0 |
| 13 | Ball State | 1 | 5 | 57 | 5.0 | 57.0 |
| 17 | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 6 | 28 | 6.0 | 28.0 |
| 17 | North Texas | 1 | 6 | 45 | 6.0 | 45.0 |
| 17 | Appalachian State | 1 | 6 | 48 | 6.0 | 48.0 |
| 17 | Arkansas State | 1 | 6 | 49 | 6.0 | 49.0 |
| 17 | Memphis | 1 | 6 | 55 | 6.0 | 55.0 |
| 17 | Middle Tennessee State | 1 | 6 | 62 | 6.0 | 62.0 |
| 23 | New Mexico State | 2 | 7 | 55 | 3.5 | 27.5 |
| 23 | Louisiana-Monroe | 2 | 7 | 55 | 3.5 | 27.5 |
| 23 | Georgia State | 2 | 7 | 59 | 3.5 | 29.5 |
| 26 | USF | 2 | 8 | 100 | 4.0 | 50.0 |
| 26 | Georgia Southern | 1 | 8 | 50 | 8.0 | 50.0 |
| 26 | Old Dominion | 1 | 8 | 56 | 8.0 | 56.0 |
| 29 | Akron | 2 | 9 | 53 | 4.5 | 26.5 |
| 29 | UNLV | 2 | 9 | 72 | 4.5 | 36.0 |
| 31 | Ohio | 2 | 10 | 68 | 5.0 | 34.0 |
| 31 | Buffalo | 1 | 10 | 88 | 10.0 | 88.0 |
| 31 | San Jose State | 1 | 10 | 93 | 10.0 | 93.0 |
| 34 | Hawaii | 2 | 11 | 74 | 5.5 | 37.0 |
| 34 | UCF | 2 | 11 | 97 | 5.5 | 48.5 |
| 34 | UAB | 1 | 11 | 78 | 11.0 | 78.0 |
| 37 | Houston | 2 | 12 | 84 | 6.0 | 42.0 |
| 37 | Nevada | 2 | 12 | 107 | 6.0 | 53.5 |
| 39 | San Diego State | 2 | 13 | 119 | 6.5 | 59.5 |
| 39 | Utah State | 2 | 13 | 124 | 6.5 | 62.0 |
| 39 | Liberty | 2 | 13 | 128 | 6.5 | 64.0 |
| 42 | Army | 3 | 14 | 125 | 4.7 | 41.7 |
| 42 | Charlotte | 2 | 14 | 112 | 7.0 | 56.0 |
| 42 | Western Michigan | 2 | 14 | 147 | 7.0 | 73.5 |
| 45 | Louisiana Tech | 2 | 15 | 98 | 7.5 | 49.0 |
| 45 | Bowling Green | 2 | 15 | 110 | 7.5 | 55.0 |
| 47 | Temple | 2 | 16 | 91 | 8.0 | 45.5 |
| 47 | Rice | 2 | 16 | 100 | 8.0 | 50.0 |
| 47 | Fresno State | 2 | 16 | 118 | 8.0 | 59.0 |
| 50 | Kent State | 3 | 17 | 141 | 5.7 | 47.0 |
| 50 | Cincinnati | 2 | 17 | 111 | 8.5 | 55.5 |
| 50 | Western Kentucky | 2 | 17 | 134 | 8.5 | 67.0 |
| 50 | Northern Illinois | 2 | 17 | 139 | 8.5 | 69.5 |
| 50 | Tulane | 2 | 17 | 157 | 8.5 | 78.5 |
| 50 | Tulsa | 2 | 17 | 161 | 8.5 | 80.5 |
| 56 | Colorado State | 2 | 18 | 169 | 9.0 | 84.5 |
| 57 | Massachusetts | 3 | 19 | 177 | 6.3 | 59.0 |
| 58 | Central Michigan | 3 | 23 | 190 | 7.7 | 63.3 |
| 59 | Connecticut | 3 | 27 | 184 | 9.0 | 61.3 |
| 60 | BYU | 7 | 30 | 250 | 4.3 | 35.7 |
| 61 | Kansas | 10 | 36 | 310 | 3.6 | 31.0 |
| 62 | Kentucky | 10 | 41 | 354 | 4.1 | 35.4 |
| 63 | Washington | 10 | 42 | 387 | 4.2 | 38.7 |
| 63 | Indiana | 9 | 42 | 397 | 4.7 | 44.1 |
| 65 | LSU | 10 | 44 | 325 | 4.4 | 32.5 |
| 65 | Vanderbilt | 9 | 44 | 316 | 4.9 | 35.1 |
| 67 | Purdue | 11 | 45 | 442 | 4.1 | 40.2 |
| 68 | Texas Tech | 10 | 46 | 388 | 4.6 | 38.8 |
| 68 | Northwestern | 10 | 46 | 411 | 4.6 | 41.1 |
| 70 | Iowa | 12 | 47 | 412 | 3.9 | 34.3 |
| 70 | Minnesota | 11 | 47 | 473 | 4.3 | 43.0 |
| 70 | Illinois | 10 | 47 | 499 | 4.7 | 49.9 |
| 73 | Boston College | 9 | 49 | 442 | 5.4 | 49.1 |
| 74 | South Carolina | 10 | 51 | 388 | 5.1 | 38.8 |
| 74 | Auburn | 9 | 51 | 406 | 5.7 | 45.1 |
| 76 | Iowa State | 11 | 52 | 419 | 4.7 | 38.1 |
| 76 | Nebraska | 10 | 52 | 459 | 5.2 | 45.9 |
| 76 | Utah | 11 | 52 | 511 | 4.7 | 46.5 |
| 79 | Washington State | 9 | 53 | 476 | 5.9 | 52.9 |
| 80 | Wisconsin | 10 | 54 | 454 | 5.4 | 45.4 |
| 81 | Notre Dame | 10 | 56 | 485 | 5.6 | 48.5 |
| 82 | Michigan | 12 | 58 | 488 | 4.8 | 40.7 |
| 82 | Virginia Tech | 10 | 58 | 496 | 5.8 | 49.6 |
| 82 | Syracuse | 9 | 58 | 447 | 6.4 | 49.7 |
| 82 | Oklahoma State | 10 | 58 | 548 | 5.8 | 54.8 |
| 86 | Kansas State | 11 | 59 | 504 | 5.4 | 45.8 |
| 86 | Florida State | 9 | 59 | 541 | 6.6 | 60.1 |
| 88 | Texas | 10 | 60 | 503 | 6.0 | 50.3 |
| 89 | West Virginia | 12 | 61 | 486 | 5.1 | 40.5 |
| 89 | Penn State | 11 | 61 | 507 | 5.5 | 46.1 |
| 89 | Baylor | 11 | 61 | 546 | 5.5 | 49.6 |
| 89 | Georgia Tech | 9 | 61 | 538 | 6.8 | 59.8 |
| 93 | Rutgers | 11 | 62 | 483 | 5.6 | 43.9 |
| 93 | Missouri | 9 | 62 | 591 | 6.9 | 65.7 |
| 95 | California | 10 | 63 | 568 | 6.3 | 56.8 |
| 95 | Texas A&M | 9 | 63 | 536 | 7.0 | 59.6 |
| 97 | Colorado | 11 | 64 | 569 | 5.8 | 51.7 |
| 97 | Oregon State | 10 | 64 | 607 | 6.4 | 60.7 |
| 99 | Virginia | 9 | 65 | 568 | 7.2 | 63.1 |
| 100 | Duke | 10 | 66 | 636 | 6.6 | 63.6 |
| 101 | Stanford | 11 | 67 | 470 | 6.1 | 42.7 |
| 101 | Louisville | 10 | 67 | 597 | 6.7 | 59.7 |
| 103 | Clemson | 11 | 69 | 575 | 6.3 | 52.3 |
| 103 | Ohio State | 11 | 69 | 594 | 6.3 | 54.0 |
| 103 | Wake Forest | 11 | 69 | 607 | 6.3 | 55.2 |
| 106 | Georgia | 13 | 71 | 566 | 5.5 | 43.5 |
| 106 | TCU | 10 | 71 | 631 | 7.1 | 63.1 |
| 106 | Florida | 9 | 71 | 603 | 7.9 | 67.0 |
| 109 | Arkansas | 10 | 72 | 534 | 7.2 | 53.4 |
| 110 | Maryland | 11 | 73 | 568 | 6.6 | 51.6 |
| 110 | UCLA | 10 | 73 | 660 | 7.3 | 66.0 |
| 112 | Oklahoma | 11 | 74 | 622 | 6.7 | 56.5 |
| 112 | USC | 9 | 74 | 721 | 8.2 | 80.1 |
| 114 | Mississippi State | 10 | 75 | 571 | 7.5 | 57.1 |
| 114 | Tennessee | 10 | 75 | 703 | 7.5 | 70.3 |
| 116 | Michigan State | 11 | 77 | 715 | 7.0 | 65.0 |
| 116 | Arizona State | 10 | 77 | 696 | 7.7 | 69.6 |
| 118 | Pittsburgh | 11 | 78 | 726 | 7.1 | 66.0 |
| 118 | Miami (FL) | 10 | 78 | 663 | 7.8 | 66.3 |
| 120 | NC State | 9 | 79 | 675 | 8.8 | 75.0 |
| 121 | North Carolina | 10 | 80 | 762 | 8.0 | 76.2 |
| 122 | Alabama | 11 | 81 | 760 | 7.4 | 69.1 |
| 123 | Arizona | 9 | 86 | 689 | 9.6 | 76.6 |
| 124 | Ole Miss | 10 | 87 | 704 | 8.7 | 70.4 |
| 125 | Oregon | 12 | 89 | 738 | 7.4 | 61.5 |