2024 National Leaders Opponent Penalties - All Games through 01/20/2025

Name G Pen. Yards Pen./G Yards/G
1 Georgia Southern 13 110 1007 8.5 77.5
2 San Jose State 13 106 977 8.2 75.2
2 Pittsburgh 13 103 977 7.9 75.2
4 Tulsa 12 97 963 8.1 80.3
5 South Florida 13 110 951 8.5 73.2
6 New Mexico State 12 84 907 7.0 75.6
7 Colorado 13 99 870 7.6 66.9
8 UNLV 14 90 844 6.4 60.3
9 Connecticut 13 100 835 7.7 64.2
10 LSU 13 92 832 7.1 64.0
11 North Texas 13 91 830 7.0 63.8
12 Toledo 13 90 829 6.9 63.8
13 Hawai'i 12 83 820 6.9 68.3
13 Fresno State 13 90 820 6.9 63.1
15 SMU 14 92 817 6.6 58.4
16 Nebraska 13 80 813 6.2 62.5
17 Marshall 13 91 798 7.0 61.4
18 Jacksonville State 14 86 796 6.1 56.9
19 East Carolina 13 90 791 6.9 60.8
20 Iowa State 14 92 789 6.6 56.4
21 New Mexico 12 84 785 7.0 65.4
22 California 13 86 784 6.6 60.3
23 Eastern Michigan 12 87 775 7.3 64.6
24 Notre Dame 16 87 773 5.4 48.3
25 North Carolina 13 87 772 6.7 59.4
25 Clemson 14 86 772 6.1 55.1
27 San Diego State 12 78 766 6.5 63.8
28 Texas 16 90 765 5.6 47.8
29 Vanderbilt 13 89 764 6.8 58.8
30 Arkansas State 13 94 762 7.2 58.6
31 Duke 13 87 755 6.7 58.1
32 Washington State 13 95 753 7.3 57.9
33 Stanford 12 81 742 6.8 61.8
34 Boise State 14 92 737 6.6 52.6
35 Ohio 14 80 733 5.7 52.4
36 Colorado State 13 87 730 6.7 56.2
37 Virginia 12 85 729 7.1 60.8
38 Sam Houston State 13 87 727 6.7 55.9
39 UTSA 13 88 725 6.8 55.8
39 Boston College 13 83 725 6.4 55.8
41 North Carolina State 13 80 717 6.2 55.2
42 UAB 12 76 715 6.3 59.6
43 Utah State 12 90 713 7.5 59.4
44 Rice 12 74 708 6.2 59.0
45 Wyoming 12 85 706 7.1 58.8
45 Central Michigan 12 77 706 6.4 58.8
45 Mississippi State 12 75 706 6.3 58.8
45 Texas Tech 13 85 706 6.5 54.3
45 Virginia Tech 13 78 706 6.0 54.3
50 Appalachian State 11 77 702 7.0 63.8
50 Wake Forest 12 74 702 6.2 58.5
52 Arkansas 13 85 701 6.5 53.9
53 Georgia State 12 79 700 6.6 58.3
54 Mississippi 13 80 699 6.2 53.8
55 Tennessee 13 89 691 6.8 53.2
56 Georgia 14 89 690 6.4 49.3
57 Oklahoma 13 81 688 6.2 52.9
58 Charlotte 12 79 682 6.6 56.8
58 Rutgers 13 84 682 6.5 52.5
58 Missouri 13 78 682 6.0 52.5
61 Coastal Carolina 13 82 681 6.3 52.4
62 BYU 13 80 679 6.2 52.2
63 Arizona State 14 76 678 5.4 48.4
64 Kent State 12 71 675 5.9 56.3
65 Texas A&M 13 81 673 6.2 51.8
66 West Virginia 13 77 664 5.9 51.1
67 Kentucky 12 81 662 6.8 55.2
68 Illinois 13 73 661 5.6 50.8
69 Southern Mississippi 12 74 659 6.2 54.9
70 Florida International 12 79 658 6.6 54.8
71 Tulane 14 80 653 5.7 46.6
72 Oregon 14 77 651 5.5 46.5
73 USC 13 78 648 6.0 49.8
73 Baylor 13 73 648 5.6 49.8
75 Louisiana-Lafayette 14 75 647 5.4 46.2
76 South Carolina 13 77 645 5.9 49.6
77 Auburn 12 78 642 6.5 53.5
78 Akron 12 80 641 6.7 53.4
79 Liberty 12 75 640 6.3 53.3
79 Massachusetts 12 72 640 6.0 53.3
81 Nevada 13 70 639 5.4 49.2
82 Navy 13 78 638 6.0 49.1
82 Minnesota 13 65 638 5.0 49.1
84 Louisiana-Monroe 12 79 637 6.6 53.1
85 Maryland 12 72 633 6.0 52.8
86 Texas State 13 82 632 6.3 48.6
87 Florida Atlantic 12 72 630 6.0 52.5
88 UTEP 12 69 629 5.8 52.4
89 South Alabama 13 70 628 5.4 48.3
89 Western Kentucky 14 71 628 5.1 44.9
91 Troy 12 69 623 5.8 51.9
92 Alabama 13 75 622 5.8 47.8
93 Middle Tennessee 12 66 611 5.5 50.9
94 Kennesaw State 12 64 606 5.3 50.5
94 Syracuse 13 66 606 5.1 46.6
96 Memphis 13 77 602 5.9 46.3
97 TCU 13 69 601 5.3 46.2
98 Oregon State 12 62 594 5.2 49.5
99 Ball State 12 64 593 5.3 49.4
100 Northern Illinois 13 67 592 5.2 45.5
101 Old Dominion 12 71 590 5.9 49.2
102 UCF 12 76 588 6.3 49.0
103 Oklahoma State 12 64 587 5.3 48.9
103 James Madison 13 68 587 5.2 45.2
103 Miami (Ohio) 14 69 587 4.9 41.9
106 Indiana 13 76 584 5.8 44.9
107 Air Force 12 63 581 5.3 48.4
107 Iowa 13 74 581 5.7 44.7
109 Louisville 13 61 576 4.7 44.3
110 Florida 13 63 573 4.8 44.1
111 Purdue 12 62 572 5.2 47.7
111 Bowling Green 13 67 572 5.2 44.0
113 Army 14 64 567 4.6 40.5
114 Temple 12 65 565 5.4 47.1
115 Wisconsin 12 68 559 5.7 46.6
116 Washington 13 65 546 5.0 42.0
117 Louisiana Tech 13 63 544 4.8 41.8
118 Penn State 16 70 542 4.4 33.9
119 Arizona 12 60 534 5.0 44.5
120 Florida State 12 57 526 4.8 43.8
121 Utah 12 74 525 6.2 43.8
122 Georgia Tech 13 56 524 4.3 40.3
123 Cincinnati 12 65 515 5.4 42.9
124 Miami (Florida) 13 66 514 5.1 39.5
124 Buffalo 13 61 514 4.7 39.5
126 Houston 12 54 507 4.5 42.3
127 Western Michigan 13 60 503 4.6 38.7
128 UCLA 12 58 496 4.8 41.3
129 Kansas 12 54 489 4.5 40.8
130 Ohio State 16 59 467 3.7 29.2
131 Kansas State 13 59 459 4.5 35.3
132 Michigan 13 54 409 4.2 31.5
133 Michigan State 12 50 407 4.2 33.9
134 Northwestern 12 46 386 3.8 32.2