2023 National Leaders Opponent Penalties - Games vs. Ranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/08/2024
| Name | G | Pen. | Yards | Pen./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas A&M | 5 | 45 | 393 | 9.0 | 78.6 |
| 2 | USC | 5 | 40 | 369 | 8.0 | 73.8 |
| 3 | Missouri | 5 | 40 | 360 | 8.0 | 72.0 |
| 4 | Kentucky | 6 | 36 | 334 | 6.0 | 55.7 |
| 5 | Alabama | 6 | 35 | 305 | 5.8 | 50.8 |
| 6 | LSU | 4 | 35 | 298 | 8.8 | 74.5 |
| 7 | Texas Tech | 4 | 32 | 274 | 8.0 | 68.5 |
| 8 | Auburn | 4 | 34 | 268 | 8.5 | 67.0 |
| 8 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 29 | 268 | 7.3 | 67.0 |
| 10 | Michigan State | 5 | 28 | 265 | 5.6 | 53.0 |
| 11 | NC State | 4 | 30 | 263 | 7.5 | 65.8 |
| 12 | Duke | 5 | 36 | 257 | 7.2 | 51.4 |
| 13 | Texas | 6 | 32 | 253 | 5.3 | 42.2 |
| 14 | Iowa State | 6 | 29 | 249 | 4.8 | 41.5 |
| 15 | Washington | 5 | 30 | 247 | 6.0 | 49.4 |
| 16 | UNLV | 2 | 22 | 246 | 11.0 | 123.0 |
| 17 | Florida | 5 | 32 | 234 | 6.4 | 46.8 |
| 18 | Wake Forest | 4 | 20 | 229 | 5.0 | 57.3 |
| 19 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 24 | 228 | 6.0 | 57.0 |
| 19 | Kansas State | 5 | 29 | 228 | 5.8 | 45.6 |
| 21 | Arizona State | 4 | 25 | 223 | 6.3 | 55.8 |
| 22 | Georgia | 5 | 26 | 217 | 5.2 | 43.4 |
| 23 | Oklahoma | 5 | 24 | 209 | 4.8 | 41.8 |
| 24 | Arkansas | 4 | 22 | 205 | 5.5 | 51.3 |
| 25 | Arizona | 2 | 20 | 201 | 10.0 | 100.5 |
| 26 | Ole Miss | 4 | 23 | 200 | 5.8 | 50.0 |
| 27 | South Carolina | 4 | 25 | 198 | 6.3 | 49.5 |
| 28 | Virginia Tech | 3 | 24 | 194 | 8.0 | 64.7 |
| 29 | BYU | 4 | 24 | 191 | 6.0 | 47.8 |
| 30 | Stanford | 4 | 19 | 183 | 4.8 | 45.8 |
| 30 | Florida State | 4 | 18 | 183 | 4.5 | 45.8 |
| 32 | California | 2 | 18 | 182 | 9.0 | 91.0 |
| 32 | Maryland | 3 | 19 | 182 | 6.3 | 60.7 |
| 34 | Utah | 3 | 24 | 180 | 8.0 | 60.0 |
| 35 | Tulsa | 3 | 17 | 177 | 5.7 | 59.0 |
| 35 | Kansas | 4 | 20 | 177 | 5.0 | 44.3 |
| 37 | Mississippi State | 4 | 23 | 175 | 5.8 | 43.8 |
| 37 | Oklahoma State | 4 | 22 | 175 | 5.5 | 43.8 |
| 39 | Illinois | 3 | 17 | 174 | 5.7 | 58.0 |
| 40 | Indiana | 4 | 19 | 171 | 4.8 | 42.8 |
| 40 | Miami (FL) | 4 | 19 | 171 | 4.8 | 42.8 |
| 42 | TCU | 4 | 22 | 170 | 5.5 | 42.5 |
| 43 | Colorado | 2 | 17 | 167 | 8.5 | 83.5 |
| 44 | Pittsburgh | 3 | 17 | 165 | 5.7 | 55.0 |
| 44 | UCF | 4 | 18 | 165 | 4.5 | 41.3 |
| 46 | Oregon State | 4 | 23 | 164 | 5.8 | 41.0 |
| 47 | Boston College | 3 | 16 | 158 | 5.3 | 52.7 |
| 47 | Penn State | 4 | 21 | 158 | 5.3 | 39.5 |
| 49 | Virginia | 3 | 18 | 157 | 6.0 | 52.3 |
| 50 | Ohio State | 4 | 19 | 156 | 4.8 | 39.0 |
| 51 | Washington State | 3 | 19 | 149 | 6.3 | 49.7 |
| 51 | Middle Tennessee State | 3 | 15 | 149 | 5.0 | 49.7 |
| 53 | Oregon | 3 | 18 | 144 | 6.0 | 48.0 |
| 54 | Louisville | 3 | 16 | 143 | 5.3 | 47.7 |
| 55 | New Mexico State | 2 | 12 | 142 | 6.0 | 71.0 |
| 56 | Louisiana Tech | 2 | 16 | 136 | 8.0 | 68.0 |
| 57 | West Virginia | 3 | 13 | 130 | 4.3 | 43.3 |
| 58 | Michigan | 5 | 21 | 129 | 4.2 | 25.8 |
| 59 | Cincinnati | 3 | 16 | 128 | 5.3 | 42.7 |
| 60 | Wisconsin | 3 | 16 | 125 | 5.3 | 41.7 |
| 61 | Notre Dame | 4 | 19 | 124 | 4.8 | 31.0 |
| 62 | North Carolina | 2 | 15 | 122 | 7.5 | 61.0 |
| 63 | Houston | 3 | 12 | 118 | 4.0 | 39.3 |
| 64 | Tennessee | 4 | 15 | 111 | 3.8 | 27.8 |
| 65 | Syracuse | 2 | 12 | 109 | 6.0 | 54.5 |
| 66 | Rice | 2 | 12 | 106 | 6.0 | 53.0 |
| 66 | Clemson | 3 | 14 | 106 | 4.7 | 35.3 |
| 66 | Minnesota | 3 | 12 | 106 | 4.0 | 35.3 |
| 69 | Tulane | 2 | 11 | 101 | 5.5 | 50.5 |
| 70 | Iowa | 3 | 10 | 100 | 3.3 | 33.3 |
| 71 | Connecticut | 2 | 12 | 95 | 6.0 | 47.5 |
| 71 | Western Kentucky | 2 | 9 | 95 | 4.5 | 47.5 |
| 73 | SMU | 1 | 9 | 93 | 9.0 | 93.0 |
| 74 | Buffalo | 1 | 10 | 90 | 10.0 | 90.0 |
| 74 | UTEP | 2 | 14 | 90 | 7.0 | 45.0 |
| 76 | Louisiana-Monroe | 1 | 8 | 81 | 8.0 | 81.0 |
| 76 | Memphis | 2 | 10 | 81 | 5.0 | 40.5 |
| 76 | Purdue | 3 | 12 | 81 | 4.0 | 27.0 |
| 79 | Sam Houston State | 1 | 8 | 79 | 8.0 | 79.0 |
| 80 | Charlotte | 1 | 8 | 77 | 8.0 | 77.0 |
| 80 | Rutgers | 4 | 9 | 77 | 2.3 | 19.3 |
| 82 | Hawaii | 1 | 9 | 76 | 9.0 | 76.0 |
| 83 | Massachusetts | 2 | 9 | 75 | 4.5 | 37.5 |
| 83 | Northwestern | 2 | 9 | 75 | 4.5 | 37.5 |
| 85 | Central Michigan | 1 | 8 | 72 | 8.0 | 72.0 |
| 86 | Jacksonville State | 1 | 7 | 65 | 7.0 | 65.0 |
| 86 | Arkansas State | 1 | 6 | 65 | 6.0 | 65.0 |
| 88 | South Alabama | 1 | 7 | 64 | 7.0 | 64.0 |
| 89 | Baylor | 2 | 7 | 62 | 3.5 | 31.0 |
| 90 | Bowling Green | 2 | 5 | 61 | 2.5 | 30.5 |
| 91 | Boise State | 1 | 5 | 60 | 5.0 | 60.0 |
| 92 | Marshall | 1 | 6 | 55 | 6.0 | 55.0 |
| 92 | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 5 | 55 | 5.0 | 55.0 |
| 92 | Georgia State | 1 | 5 | 55 | 5.0 | 55.0 |
| 92 | East Carolina | 2 | 7 | 55 | 3.5 | 27.5 |
| 96 | Nevada | 1 | 7 | 53 | 7.0 | 53.0 |
| 97 | Utah State | 1 | 7 | 50 | 7.0 | 50.0 |
| 97 | Old Dominion | 1 | 4 | 50 | 4.0 | 50.0 |
| 99 | FIU | 1 | 4 | 49 | 4.0 | 49.0 |
| 100 | Temple | 1 | 4 | 47 | 4.0 | 47.0 |
| 101 | Troy | 1 | 5 | 45 | 5.0 | 45.0 |
| 101 | Southern Miss | 1 | 3 | 45 | 3.0 | 45.0 |
| 103 | Wyoming | 1 | 6 | 40 | 6.0 | 40.0 |
| 103 | UAB | 1 | 5 | 40 | 5.0 | 40.0 |
| 103 | UTSA | 1 | 5 | 40 | 5.0 | 40.0 |
| 103 | Ball State | 1 | 3 | 40 | 3.0 | 40.0 |
| 107 | USF | 1 | 5 | 35 | 5.0 | 35.0 |
| 107 | Navy | 2 | 4 | 35 | 2.0 | 17.5 |
| 109 | UCLA | 1 | 3 | 25 | 3.0 | 25.0 |
| 109 | North Texas | 1 | 3 | 25 | 3.0 | 25.0 |
| 111 | Liberty | 1 | 2 | 20 | 2.0 | 20.0 |
| 112 | Army | 1 | 3 | 10 | 3.0 | 10.0 |
| 112 | Nebraska | 2 | 2 | 10 | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| 114 | Western Michigan | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1.0 | 5.0 |