2023 National Leaders Opponent Penalties - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/08/2024

Name G Pen. Yards Pen./G Yards/G
1 Coastal Carolina 13 106 951 8.2 73.2
2 New Mexico 12 95 888 7.9 74.0
3 Appalachian State 14 95 870 6.8 62.1
4 Miami (Ohio) 14 94 834 6.7 59.6
5 Utah State 12 88 809 7.3 67.4
5 SMU 13 86 809 6.6 62.2
7 Georgia Southern 13 81 791 6.2 60.8
8 Ohio 13 82 787 6.3 60.5
9 Marshall 12 79 756 6.6 63.0
10 South Florida 12 90 747 7.5 62.3
10 Eastern Michigan 13 84 747 6.5 57.5
12 Colorado State 12 77 744 6.4 62.0
13 Toledo 14 84 735 6.0 52.5
14 San Jose State 13 80 730 6.2 56.2
15 Northern Illinois 13 80 729 6.2 56.1
16 Liberty 13 81 722 6.2 55.5
17 Nevada 11 76 717 6.9 65.2
17 Arkansas State 12 78 717 6.5 59.8
19 Colorado 10 76 716 7.6 71.6
20 Western Michigan 11 78 708 7.1 64.4
21 Central Michigan 11 79 692 7.2 62.9
22 Fresno State 13 81 688 6.2 52.9
23 Florida State 10 85 682 8.5 68.2
24 New Mexico State 13 82 668 6.3 51.4
25 Rice 11 69 665 6.3 60.5
26 Massachusetts 10 69 661 6.9 66.1
27 Washington 10 70 644 7.0 64.4
28 Louisiana-Lafayette 13 70 636 5.4 48.9
29 Sam Houston State 11 72 631 6.5 57.4
30 Texas State 13 75 629 5.8 48.4
30 Air Force 13 69 629 5.3 48.4
32 Iowa 11 75 628 6.8 57.1
33 Arizona 11 73 625 6.6 56.8
34 Temple 11 66 622 6.0 56.5
35 Nebraska 10 69 621 6.9 62.1
36 Hawai'i 12 63 617 5.3 51.4
37 Georgia State 12 70 614 5.8 51.2
38 Jacksonville State 12 67 613 5.6 51.1
39 UTEP 10 65 611 6.5 61.1
40 Louisiana Tech 10 62 609 6.2 60.9
40 North Carolina 11 76 609 6.9 55.4
42 West Virginia 10 69 607 6.9 60.7
43 Western Kentucky 11 73 604 6.6 54.9
44 Old Dominion 12 70 601 5.8 50.1
45 California 11 66 598 6.0 54.4
46 UCLA 12 69 596 5.8 49.7
47 Southern Mississippi 11 63 590 5.7 53.6
48 Boise State 13 77 588 5.9 45.2
49 Syracuse 11 59 587 5.4 53.4
50 Troy 13 69 568 5.3 43.7
51 Texas A&M 8 63 564 7.9 70.5
52 UAB 11 61 560 5.5 50.9
53 Stanford 8 61 557 7.6 69.6
54 Indiana 8 59 550 7.4 68.8
54 Louisville 11 65 550 5.9 50.0
56 James Madison 13 62 547 4.8 42.1
57 BYU 8 65 541 8.1 67.6
58 Akron 12 57 540 4.8 45.0
59 Minnesota 10 58 537 5.8 53.7
60 Georgia Tech 9 61 529 6.8 58.8
61 UNLV 12 58 528 4.8 44.0
62 Wake Forest 8 60 527 7.5 65.9
62 Charlotte 11 62 527 5.6 47.9
62 South Alabama 12 67 527 5.6 43.9
65 Army 11 67 525 6.1 47.7
65 San Diego State 12 59 525 4.9 43.8
67 Maryland 10 59 521 5.9 52.1
68 Virginia 9 51 519 5.7 57.7
69 Purdue 9 59 517 6.6 57.4
70 Clemson 10 57 515 5.7 51.5
71 Utah 10 68 514 6.8 51.4
72 UTSA 12 59 513 4.9 42.8
73 Middle Tennessee 9 62 512 6.9 56.9
73 Florida Atlantic 11 60 512 5.5 46.5
75 Auburn 9 57 510 6.3 56.7
75 East Carolina 10 57 510 5.7 51.0
77 Ball State 11 58 506 5.3 46.0
78 Washington State 9 58 500 6.4 55.6
79 Arizona State 8 62 499 7.8 62.4
80 Wisconsin 10 57 495 5.7 49.5
81 Wyoming 12 54 491 4.5 40.9
82 Duke 8 46 488 5.8 61.0
83 Memphis 11 55 487 5.0 44.3
84 Pittsburgh 9 51 482 5.7 53.6
84 Kansas 9 49 482 5.4 53.6
84 Boston College 10 63 482 6.3 48.2
87 North Carolina State 9 51 480 5.7 53.3
88 Oregon 11 59 479 5.4 43.5
89 Miami (Florida) 9 58 478 6.4 53.1
90 Michigan 10 55 476 5.5 47.6
91 Vanderbilt 8 58 474 7.3 59.3
92 Buffalo 11 55 469 5.0 42.6
93 Florida International 11 50 468 4.5 42.5
94 Kent State 12 60 466 5.0 38.8
95 Oklahoma State 10 57 458 5.7 45.8
96 North Texas 11 58 457 5.3 41.5
97 Connecticut 10 55 453 5.5 45.3
98 Houston 9 52 449 5.8 49.9
99 Bowling Green 11 63 448 5.7 40.7
100 Baylor 10 50 447 5.0 44.7
101 LSU 9 57 446 6.3 49.6
102 Louisiana-Monroe 11 54 444 4.9 40.4
103 Kentucky 7 49 428 7.0 61.1
104 Missouri 8 57 426 7.1 53.3
105 Kansas State 8 43 423 5.4 52.9
106 Mississippi 9 50 421 5.6 46.8
107 Northwestern 11 45 416 4.1 37.8
108 Oklahoma 8 52 413 6.5 51.6
109 Tennessee 9 57 412 6.3 45.8
110 Rutgers 9 43 403 4.8 44.8
111 Tulane 12 52 400 4.3 33.3
112 Illinois 9 51 399 5.7 44.3
113 Penn State 9 50 392 5.6 43.6
114 Virginia Tech 10 48 374 4.8 37.4
115 Ohio State 9 43 373 4.8 41.4
116 Mississippi State 8 44 371 5.5 46.4
117 UCF 9 43 347 4.8 38.6
118 USC 8 42 341 5.3 42.6
119 Texas Tech 9 41 337 4.6 37.4
120 South Carolina 8 42 332 5.3 41.5
121 Georgia 9 44 328 4.9 36.4
121 Notre Dame 9 35 328 3.9 36.4
123 Florida 7 40 318 5.7 45.4
124 Oregon State 9 45 317 5.0 35.2
125 Michigan State 7 28 310 4.0 44.3
125 Arkansas 8 43 310 5.4 38.8
127 Cincinnati 9 44 309 4.9 34.3
128 TCU 8 37 296 4.6 37.0
129 Tulsa 9 31 290 3.4 32.2
130 Navy 10 37 263 3.7 26.3
131 Alabama 8 37 244 4.6 30.5
132 Texas 8 31 232 3.9 29.0
133 Iowa State 7 25 217 3.6 31.0