2023 National Leaders Opponent Penalties - Games vs. FBS non-Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 01/08/2024
| Name | G | Pen. | Yards | Pen./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coastal Carolina | 11 | 89 | 834 | 8.1 | 75.8 |
| 2 | Utah State | 11 | 88 | 809 | 8.0 | 73.5 |
| 3 | Appalachian State | 12 | 85 | 760 | 7.1 | 63.3 |
| 4 | Liberty | 13 | 81 | 722 | 6.2 | 55.5 |
| 5 | New Mexico | 10 | 74 | 707 | 7.4 | 70.7 |
| 6 | Ohio | 11 | 72 | 697 | 6.5 | 63.4 |
| 7 | Georgia Southern | 11 | 69 | 675 | 6.3 | 61.4 |
| 8 | Arkansas State | 11 | 70 | 672 | 6.4 | 61.1 |
| 9 | Eastern Michigan | 11 | 71 | 671 | 6.5 | 61.0 |
| 10 | New Mexico State | 13 | 77 | 665 | 5.9 | 51.2 |
| 11 | Marshall | 10 | 65 | 639 | 6.5 | 63.9 |
| 12 | Miami (OH) | 11 | 68 | 629 | 6.2 | 57.2 |
| 13 | SMU | 10 | 65 | 627 | 6.5 | 62.7 |
| 14 | Central Michigan | 10 | 71 | 625 | 7.1 | 62.5 |
| 15 | Nevada | 9 | 65 | 612 | 7.2 | 68.0 |
| 16 | Louisiana Tech | 10 | 63 | 593 | 6.3 | 59.3 |
| 16 | Rice | 10 | 59 | 593 | 5.9 | 59.3 |
| 18 | Colorado State | 9 | 60 | 592 | 6.7 | 65.8 |
| 19 | USF | 10 | 71 | 582 | 7.1 | 58.2 |
| 19 | Western Kentucky | 11 | 69 | 582 | 6.3 | 52.9 |
| 21 | Fresno State | 10 | 70 | 568 | 7.0 | 56.8 |
| 21 | Air Force | 12 | 59 | 568 | 4.9 | 47.3 |
| 23 | Massachusetts | 9 | 58 | 559 | 6.4 | 62.1 |
| 24 | Louisiana | 11 | 62 | 551 | 5.6 | 50.1 |
| 25 | UAB | 10 | 59 | 550 | 5.9 | 55.0 |
| 26 | San Jose State | 10 | 58 | 547 | 5.8 | 54.7 |
| 27 | Georgia State | 11 | 61 | 544 | 5.5 | 49.5 |
| 28 | Middle Tennessee State | 9 | 64 | 542 | 7.1 | 60.2 |
| 29 | UTEP | 9 | 59 | 541 | 6.6 | 60.1 |
| 30 | Northern Illinois | 10 | 59 | 527 | 5.9 | 52.7 |
| 30 | Toledo | 12 | 63 | 527 | 5.3 | 43.9 |
| 32 | Western Michigan | 8 | 57 | 520 | 7.1 | 65.0 |
| 33 | East Carolina | 10 | 58 | 515 | 5.8 | 51.5 |
| 34 | Temple | 9 | 54 | 512 | 6.0 | 56.9 |
| 35 | Texas State | 11 | 57 | 498 | 5.2 | 45.3 |
| 36 | Troy | 11 | 60 | 495 | 5.5 | 45.0 |
| 37 | Jacksonville State | 11 | 55 | 490 | 5.0 | 44.5 |
| 38 | UTSA | 11 | 56 | 488 | 5.1 | 44.4 |
| 39 | Sam Houston State | 9 | 53 | 480 | 5.9 | 53.3 |
| 40 | South Alabama | 11 | 60 | 472 | 5.5 | 42.9 |
| 41 | Charlotte | 9 | 55 | 468 | 6.1 | 52.0 |
| 41 | Old Dominion | 10 | 56 | 468 | 5.6 | 46.8 |
| 43 | Buffalo | 10 | 53 | 466 | 5.3 | 46.6 |
| 44 | Memphis | 10 | 48 | 458 | 4.8 | 45.8 |
| 45 | Southern Miss | 9 | 50 | 448 | 5.6 | 49.8 |
| 46 | UNLV | 10 | 50 | 439 | 5.0 | 43.9 |
| 47 | Boise State | 10 | 58 | 437 | 5.8 | 43.7 |
| 48 | Ball State | 9 | 47 | 415 | 5.2 | 46.1 |
| 49 | Wyoming | 10 | 45 | 407 | 4.5 | 40.7 |
| 50 | FIU | 10 | 43 | 397 | 4.3 | 39.7 |
| 50 | James Madison | 11 | 47 | 397 | 4.3 | 36.1 |
| 52 | Bowling Green | 9 | 51 | 394 | 5.7 | 43.8 |
| 52 | Akron | 9 | 42 | 394 | 4.7 | 43.8 |
| 52 | Hawaii | 9 | 40 | 394 | 4.4 | 43.8 |
| 55 | North Texas | 10 | 49 | 389 | 4.9 | 38.9 |
| 56 | Louisiana-Monroe | 9 | 44 | 379 | 4.9 | 42.1 |
| 57 | Florida Atlantic | 9 | 46 | 378 | 5.1 | 42.0 |
| 58 | Tulane | 11 | 46 | 360 | 4.2 | 32.7 |
| 59 | San Diego State | 9 | 42 | 346 | 4.7 | 38.4 |
| 60 | Connecticut | 7 | 38 | 339 | 5.4 | 48.4 |
| 61 | Kent State | 9 | 43 | 327 | 4.8 | 36.3 |
| 62 | Army | 7 | 44 | 325 | 6.3 | 46.4 |
| 63 | Tulsa | 9 | 30 | 272 | 3.3 | 30.2 |
| 64 | Navy | 11 | 32 | 233 | 2.9 | 21.2 |
| 65 | Syracuse | 3 | 20 | 198 | 6.7 | 66.0 |
| 66 | NC State | 3 | 22 | 197 | 7.3 | 65.7 |
| 67 | Houston | 3 | 22 | 193 | 7.3 | 64.3 |
| 68 | Duke | 3 | 22 | 192 | 7.3 | 64.0 |
| 69 | Auburn | 2 | 22 | 189 | 11.0 | 94.5 |
| 70 | Colorado | 1 | 17 | 182 | 17.0 | 182.0 |
| 71 | Texas A&M | 2 | 16 | 169 | 8.0 | 84.5 |
| 72 | Boston College | 4 | 22 | 167 | 5.5 | 41.8 |
| 73 | Minnesota | 3 | 20 | 166 | 6.7 | 55.3 |
| 74 | Stanford | 2 | 16 | 163 | 8.0 | 81.5 |
| 75 | Oklahoma | 3 | 23 | 159 | 7.7 | 53.0 |
| 76 | Iowa | 2 | 18 | 155 | 9.0 | 77.5 |
| 77 | Michigan | 3 | 15 | 138 | 5.0 | 46.0 |
| 78 | Kansas | 2 | 12 | 129 | 6.0 | 64.5 |
| 79 | Alabama | 2 | 14 | 124 | 7.0 | 62.0 |
| 79 | USC | 3 | 12 | 124 | 4.0 | 41.3 |
| 81 | Vanderbilt | 2 | 17 | 123 | 8.5 | 61.5 |
| 82 | Nebraska | 2 | 16 | 120 | 8.0 | 60.0 |
| 83 | Mississippi State | 2 | 12 | 119 | 6.0 | 59.5 |
| 84 | Georgia Tech | 1 | 10 | 113 | 10.0 | 113.0 |
| 85 | Wisconsin | 2 | 11 | 110 | 5.5 | 55.0 |
| 85 | UCLA | 3 | 11 | 110 | 3.7 | 36.7 |
| 87 | Clemson | 2 | 11 | 100 | 5.5 | 50.0 |
| 88 | Indiana | 1 | 10 | 98 | 10.0 | 98.0 |
| 89 | Illinois | 2 | 13 | 94 | 6.5 | 47.0 |
| 89 | Washington | 2 | 10 | 94 | 5.0 | 47.0 |
| 91 | Florida State | 1 | 13 | 90 | 13.0 | 90.0 |
| 92 | Miami (FL) | 2 | 11 | 86 | 5.5 | 43.0 |
| 93 | Penn State | 1 | 9 | 81 | 9.0 | 81.0 |
| 93 | Missouri | 2 | 11 | 81 | 5.5 | 40.5 |
| 93 | Arkansas | 2 | 10 | 81 | 5.0 | 40.5 |
| 96 | Virginia Tech | 3 | 9 | 77 | 3.0 | 25.7 |
| 97 | Oregon | 2 | 11 | 76 | 5.5 | 38.0 |
| 98 | Michigan State | 1 | 7 | 75 | 7.0 | 75.0 |
| 98 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 6 | 75 | 6.0 | 75.0 |
| 98 | Ole Miss | 2 | 9 | 75 | 4.5 | 37.5 |
| 101 | Ohio State | 2 | 7 | 74 | 3.5 | 37.0 |
| 102 | North Carolina | 1 | 7 | 70 | 7.0 | 70.0 |
| 102 | Wake Forest | 2 | 8 | 70 | 4.0 | 35.0 |
| 104 | UCF | 2 | 8 | 69 | 4.0 | 34.5 |
| 105 | Tennessee | 2 | 11 | 68 | 5.5 | 34.0 |
| 106 | Kentucky | 2 | 10 | 67 | 5.0 | 33.5 |
| 107 | Purdue | 1 | 7 | 66 | 7.0 | 66.0 |
| 108 | Arizona | 1 | 6 | 60 | 6.0 | 60.0 |
| 108 | Oregon State | 3 | 9 | 60 | 3.0 | 20.0 |
| 110 | South Carolina | 1 | 7 | 57 | 7.0 | 57.0 |
| 111 | Virginia | 1 | 7 | 56 | 7.0 | 56.0 |
| 111 | Georgia | 2 | 7 | 56 | 3.5 | 28.0 |
| 113 | Texas | 2 | 8 | 55 | 4.0 | 27.5 |
| 114 | Arizona State | 1 | 9 | 53 | 9.0 | 53.0 |
| 115 | Rutgers | 1 | 7 | 51 | 7.0 | 51.0 |
| 116 | LSU | 2 | 7 | 50 | 3.5 | 25.0 |
| 117 | Florida | 1 | 7 | 48 | 7.0 | 48.0 |
| 118 | BYU | 1 | 7 | 47 | 7.0 | 47.0 |
| 119 | Notre Dame | 2 | 5 | 46 | 2.5 | 23.0 |
| 120 | Cincinnati | 1 | 7 | 42 | 7.0 | 42.0 |
| 120 | Northwestern | 1 | 6 | 42 | 6.0 | 42.0 |
| 122 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 8 | 40 | 8.0 | 40.0 |
| 122 | Maryland | 1 | 6 | 40 | 6.0 | 40.0 |
| 122 | Washington State | 1 | 4 | 40 | 4.0 | 40.0 |
| 125 | Louisville | 1 | 3 | 35 | 3.0 | 35.0 |
| 126 | Baylor | 1 | 4 | 31 | 4.0 | 31.0 |
| 127 | Kansas State | 1 | 3 | 22 | 3.0 | 22.0 |
| 128 | TCU | 1 | 4 | 20 | 4.0 | 20.0 |
| 128 | California | 1 | 2 | 20 | 2.0 | 20.0 |
| 130 | Texas Tech | 1 | 3 | 15 | 3.0 | 15.0 |
| 130 | Iowa State | 2 | 1 | 15 | 0.5 | 7.5 |