2023 National Leaders Penalties - Games vs. FBS (I-A) Teams Only through 01/08/2024
| Name | G | Pen. | Yards | Pen./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Air Force | 12 | 37 | 312 | 3.1 | 26.0 |
| 2 | Minnesota | 13 | 39 | 352 | 3.0 | 27.1 |
| 3 | Michigan | 15 | 45 | 412 | 3.0 | 27.5 |
| 4 | Baylor | 11 | 47 | 332 | 4.3 | 30.2 |
| 5 | Iowa | 14 | 51 | 433 | 3.6 | 30.9 |
| 6 | Boise State | 13 | 48 | 411 | 3.7 | 31.6 |
| 7 | Army | 10 | 38 | 322 | 3.8 | 32.2 |
| 8 | Florida Atlantic | 11 | 38 | 367 | 3.5 | 33.4 |
| 9 | Temple | 11 | 45 | 370 | 4.1 | 33.6 |
| 10 | Wyoming | 12 | 48 | 410 | 4.0 | 34.2 |
| 11 | Western Kentucky | 12 | 55 | 428 | 4.6 | 35.7 |
| 12 | San Diego State | 11 | 45 | 403 | 4.1 | 36.6 |
| 13 | Northern Illinois | 12 | 51 | 447 | 4.3 | 37.3 |
| 14 | Wake Forest | 11 | 45 | 416 | 4.1 | 37.8 |
| 15 | Miami (OH) | 13 | 62 | 502 | 4.8 | 38.6 |
| 16 | Fresno State | 12 | 51 | 470 | 4.3 | 39.2 |
| 16 | SMU | 13 | 58 | 509 | 4.5 | 39.2 |
| 16 | Tulane | 13 | 58 | 510 | 4.5 | 39.2 |
| 19 | Memphis | 12 | 48 | 481 | 4.0 | 40.1 |
| 20 | Buffalo | 11 | 50 | 443 | 4.5 | 40.3 |
| 21 | Iowa State | 12 | 54 | 488 | 4.5 | 40.7 |
| 22 | James Madison | 12 | 68 | 496 | 5.7 | 41.3 |
| 23 | Oklahoma State | 13 | 65 | 538 | 5.0 | 41.4 |
| 24 | Jacksonville State | 12 | 56 | 499 | 4.7 | 41.6 |
| 25 | Utah | 12 | 60 | 506 | 5.0 | 42.2 |
| 26 | Penn State | 12 | 58 | 508 | 4.8 | 42.3 |
| 26 | Northwestern | 12 | 61 | 508 | 5.1 | 42.3 |
| 28 | Nebraska | 12 | 61 | 513 | 5.1 | 42.8 |
| 28 | Ohio State | 12 | 68 | 514 | 5.7 | 42.8 |
| 30 | Appalachian State | 13 | 60 | 562 | 4.6 | 43.2 |
| 30 | Tulsa | 11 | 57 | 475 | 5.2 | 43.2 |
| 32 | Georgia | 13 | 57 | 564 | 4.4 | 43.4 |
| 33 | Clemson | 12 | 60 | 524 | 5.0 | 43.7 |
| 34 | Auburn | 12 | 66 | 525 | 5.5 | 43.8 |
| 35 | Kansas State | 12 | 59 | 532 | 4.9 | 44.3 |
| 36 | Vanderbilt | 11 | 56 | 490 | 5.1 | 44.5 |
| 36 | Kent State | 11 | 58 | 490 | 5.3 | 44.5 |
| 38 | Sam Houston State | 11 | 59 | 491 | 5.4 | 44.6 |
| 38 | BYU | 11 | 61 | 491 | 5.5 | 44.6 |
| 40 | Georgia Tech | 12 | 64 | 537 | 5.3 | 44.8 |
| 40 | California | 12 | 67 | 538 | 5.6 | 44.8 |
| 42 | North Texas | 11 | 51 | 494 | 4.6 | 44.9 |
| 43 | NC State | 12 | 69 | 541 | 5.8 | 45.1 |
| 44 | Ball State | 11 | 58 | 507 | 5.3 | 46.1 |
| 45 | Rutgers | 12 | 62 | 557 | 5.2 | 46.4 |
| 46 | Duke | 12 | 69 | 558 | 5.8 | 46.5 |
| 47 | Arizona State | 11 | 59 | 517 | 5.4 | 47.0 |
| 47 | Navy | 11 | 64 | 517 | 5.8 | 47.0 |
| 49 | Troy | 13 | 68 | 612 | 5.2 | 47.1 |
| 50 | Rice | 12 | 68 | 568 | 5.7 | 47.3 |
| 51 | West Virginia | 12 | 63 | 573 | 5.3 | 47.8 |
| 52 | FIU | 11 | 62 | 528 | 5.6 | 48.0 |
| 52 | Texas A&M | 12 | 74 | 576 | 6.2 | 48.0 |
| 54 | Wisconsin | 13 | 73 | 625 | 5.6 | 48.1 |
| 55 | Georgia Southern | 12 | 67 | 578 | 5.6 | 48.2 |
| 56 | Alabama | 13 | 75 | 630 | 5.8 | 48.5 |
| 57 | San Jose State | 12 | 68 | 583 | 5.7 | 48.6 |
| 58 | Notre Dame | 12 | 65 | 587 | 5.4 | 48.9 |
| 59 | Washington State | 11 | 68 | 540 | 6.2 | 49.1 |
| 60 | Houston | 12 | 68 | 590 | 5.7 | 49.2 |
| 61 | Kentucky | 12 | 69 | 591 | 5.8 | 49.3 |
| 62 | Louisville | 13 | 71 | 642 | 5.5 | 49.4 |
| 62 | Southern Miss | 11 | 70 | 543 | 6.4 | 49.4 |
| 64 | Indiana | 11 | 58 | 547 | 5.3 | 49.7 |
| 65 | Arizona | 12 | 71 | 598 | 5.9 | 49.8 |
| 66 | UCF | 12 | 72 | 608 | 6.0 | 50.7 |
| 66 | Boston College | 12 | 75 | 608 | 6.3 | 50.7 |
| 68 | Louisiana | 12 | 77 | 612 | 6.4 | 51.0 |
| 69 | UTSA | 13 | 73 | 666 | 5.6 | 51.2 |
| 70 | Middle Tennessee State | 11 | 69 | 565 | 6.3 | 51.4 |
| 71 | Texas Tech | 12 | 69 | 625 | 5.8 | 52.1 |
| 72 | Texas | 14 | 92 | 731 | 6.6 | 52.2 |
| 73 | Florida | 11 | 75 | 575 | 6.8 | 52.3 |
| 74 | Cincinnati | 11 | 61 | 576 | 5.5 | 52.4 |
| 75 | Oregon State | 12 | 71 | 630 | 5.9 | 52.5 |
| 76 | Arkansas | 11 | 69 | 579 | 6.3 | 52.6 |
| 77 | Hawaii | 12 | 69 | 633 | 5.8 | 52.8 |
| 78 | Ohio | 12 | 70 | 643 | 5.8 | 53.6 |
| 79 | TCU | 11 | 69 | 593 | 6.3 | 53.9 |
| 80 | LSU | 12 | 77 | 652 | 6.4 | 54.3 |
| 81 | Missouri | 12 | 86 | 653 | 7.2 | 54.4 |
| 82 | Florida State | 13 | 77 | 709 | 5.9 | 54.5 |
| 83 | UTEP | 11 | 73 | 604 | 6.6 | 54.9 |
| 84 | South Carolina | 11 | 78 | 606 | 7.1 | 55.1 |
| 85 | Louisiana-Monroe | 11 | 68 | 613 | 6.2 | 55.7 |
| 86 | East Carolina | 11 | 65 | 617 | 5.9 | 56.1 |
| 87 | Purdue | 12 | 72 | 676 | 6.0 | 56.3 |
| 88 | Virginia | 11 | 73 | 622 | 6.6 | 56.5 |
| 89 | Maryland | 12 | 66 | 681 | 5.5 | 56.8 |
| 89 | Connecticut | 11 | 69 | 625 | 6.3 | 56.8 |
| 91 | Georgia State | 12 | 78 | 683 | 6.5 | 56.9 |
| 92 | South Alabama | 12 | 82 | 685 | 6.8 | 57.1 |
| 93 | UAB | 11 | 75 | 630 | 6.8 | 57.3 |
| 94 | Central Michigan | 11 | 72 | 631 | 6.5 | 57.4 |
| 95 | Virginia Tech | 13 | 82 | 752 | 6.3 | 57.8 |
| 96 | Eastern Michigan | 12 | 75 | 698 | 6.3 | 58.2 |
| 97 | Stanford | 11 | 69 | 644 | 6.3 | 58.5 |
| 97 | Oklahoma | 13 | 88 | 760 | 6.8 | 58.5 |
| 99 | Marshall | 12 | 79 | 703 | 6.6 | 58.6 |
| 99 | Ole Miss | 12 | 87 | 703 | 7.3 | 58.6 |
| 101 | Kansas | 12 | 70 | 705 | 5.8 | 58.8 |
| 101 | Old Dominion | 12 | 77 | 706 | 6.4 | 58.8 |
| 103 | Akron | 11 | 75 | 651 | 6.8 | 59.2 |
| 104 | Miami (FL) | 12 | 74 | 717 | 6.2 | 59.8 |
| 105 | New Mexico State | 14 | 91 | 843 | 6.5 | 60.2 |
| 106 | Mississippi State | 11 | 74 | 667 | 6.7 | 60.6 |
| 107 | Louisiana Tech | 11 | 74 | 668 | 6.7 | 60.7 |
| 108 | Coastal Carolina | 12 | 70 | 729 | 5.8 | 60.8 |
| 108 | Charlotte | 11 | 78 | 669 | 7.1 | 60.8 |
| 110 | Bowling Green | 12 | 84 | 732 | 7.0 | 61.0 |
| 111 | UCLA | 12 | 89 | 735 | 7.4 | 61.3 |
| 112 | USF | 12 | 83 | 738 | 6.9 | 61.5 |
| 113 | Syracuse | 12 | 88 | 741 | 7.3 | 61.8 |
| 114 | Michigan State | 11 | 79 | 683 | 7.2 | 62.1 |
| 115 | Illinois | 12 | 79 | 749 | 6.6 | 62.4 |
| 116 | Liberty | 14 | 88 | 875 | 6.3 | 62.5 |
| 116 | Nevada | 11 | 78 | 687 | 7.1 | 62.5 |
| 118 | Arkansas State | 12 | 76 | 752 | 6.3 | 62.7 |
| 119 | UNLV | 13 | 90 | 820 | 6.9 | 63.1 |
| 120 | Toledo | 13 | 89 | 822 | 6.8 | 63.2 |
| 121 | North Carolina | 12 | 83 | 764 | 6.9 | 63.7 |
| 121 | Oregon | 13 | 91 | 828 | 7.0 | 63.7 |
| 123 | Pittsburgh | 11 | 87 | 706 | 7.9 | 64.2 |
| 124 | USC | 13 | 95 | 844 | 7.3 | 64.9 |
| 125 | Western Michigan | 11 | 83 | 722 | 7.5 | 65.6 |
| 126 | Tennessee | 12 | 91 | 795 | 7.6 | 66.3 |
| 127 | Texas State | 12 | 85 | 800 | 7.1 | 66.7 |
| 128 | Washington | 15 | 112 | 1029 | 7.5 | 68.6 |
| 129 | Massachusetts | 11 | 87 | 756 | 7.9 | 68.7 |
| 130 | Colorado State | 11 | 84 | 758 | 7.6 | 68.9 |
| 131 | Colorado | 12 | 107 | 854 | 8.9 | 71.2 |
| 132 | Utah State | 12 | 93 | 886 | 7.8 | 73.8 |
| 133 | New Mexico | 11 | 108 | 981 | 9.8 | 89.2 |