2024 National Leaders Opponent Penalties - Games vs. FBS non-Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 01/20/2025
| Name | G | Pen. | Yards | Pen./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tulsa | 10 | 85 | 848 | 8.5 | 84.8 |
| 2 | Georgia Southern | 11 | 92 | 800 | 8.4 | 72.7 |
| 3 | New Mexico State | 10 | 68 | 766 | 6.8 | 76.6 |
| 4 | Jacksonville State | 13 | 81 | 754 | 6.2 | 58.0 |
| 5 | North Texas | 11 | 76 | 696 | 6.9 | 63.3 |
| 6 | Sam Houston State | 12 | 81 | 682 | 6.8 | 56.8 |
| 7 | East Carolina | 11 | 78 | 677 | 7.1 | 61.5 |
| 8 | Marshall | 10 | 73 | 651 | 7.3 | 65.1 |
| 9 | USF | 10 | 76 | 643 | 7.6 | 64.3 |
| 10 | Arkansas State | 10 | 74 | 616 | 7.4 | 61.6 |
| 11 | Toledo | 10 | 63 | 609 | 6.3 | 60.9 |
| 12 | Ohio | 11 | 64 | 606 | 5.8 | 55.1 |
| 13 | Rice | 10 | 63 | 604 | 6.3 | 60.4 |
| 14 | Eastern Michigan | 10 | 71 | 599 | 7.1 | 59.9 |
| 15 | Kennesaw State | 11 | 62 | 596 | 5.6 | 54.2 |
| 16 | UTSA | 11 | 73 | 592 | 6.6 | 53.8 |
| 17 | UAB | 10 | 63 | 589 | 6.3 | 58.9 |
| 18 | San Jose State | 9 | 66 | 576 | 7.3 | 64.0 |
| 19 | Fresno State | 9 | 67 | 563 | 7.4 | 62.6 |
| 20 | Hawaii | 8 | 54 | 556 | 6.8 | 69.5 |
| 21 | Liberty | 11 | 66 | 554 | 6.0 | 50.4 |
| 22 | Southern Miss | 10 | 63 | 553 | 6.3 | 55.3 |
| 23 | Appalachian State | 9 | 62 | 552 | 6.9 | 61.3 |
| 24 | Connecticut | 7 | 64 | 544 | 9.1 | 77.7 |
| 25 | Louisiana | 11 | 60 | 541 | 5.5 | 49.2 |
| 26 | Old Dominion | 10 | 64 | 538 | 6.4 | 53.8 |
| 27 | FIU | 10 | 64 | 532 | 6.4 | 53.2 |
| 28 | Central Michigan | 10 | 56 | 531 | 5.6 | 53.1 |
| 29 | Utah State | 8 | 68 | 530 | 8.5 | 66.3 |
| 30 | Colorado State | 9 | 62 | 528 | 6.9 | 58.7 |
| 30 | South Alabama | 11 | 58 | 528 | 5.3 | 48.0 |
| 32 | Navy | 11 | 63 | 524 | 5.7 | 47.6 |
| 33 | Louisiana-Monroe | 9 | 64 | 522 | 7.1 | 58.0 |
| 34 | Coastal Carolina | 11 | 65 | 519 | 5.9 | 47.2 |
| 35 | Miami (OH) | 12 | 60 | 517 | 5.0 | 43.1 |
| 35 | Army | 13 | 60 | 517 | 4.6 | 39.8 |
| 37 | Troy | 10 | 56 | 513 | 5.6 | 51.3 |
| 38 | Charlotte | 9 | 60 | 507 | 6.7 | 56.3 |
| 39 | UNLV | 8 | 49 | 503 | 6.1 | 62.9 |
| 39 | Temple | 11 | 58 | 503 | 5.3 | 45.7 |
| 39 | Northern Illinois | 11 | 56 | 503 | 5.1 | 45.7 |
| 42 | Georgia State | 9 | 54 | 493 | 6.0 | 54.8 |
| 43 | Texas State | 11 | 62 | 492 | 5.6 | 44.7 |
| 44 | James Madison | 11 | 56 | 486 | 5.1 | 44.2 |
| 45 | Memphis | 10 | 58 | 469 | 5.8 | 46.9 |
| 46 | Wyoming | 8 | 54 | 463 | 6.8 | 57.9 |
| 46 | Ball State | 9 | 50 | 463 | 5.6 | 51.4 |
| 48 | New Mexico | 8 | 54 | 460 | 6.8 | 57.5 |
| 49 | UTEP | 9 | 50 | 454 | 5.6 | 50.4 |
| 50 | Western Kentucky | 11 | 51 | 444 | 4.6 | 40.4 |
| 51 | Florida Atlantic | 10 | 50 | 434 | 5.0 | 43.4 |
| 52 | Nevada | 9 | 49 | 430 | 5.4 | 47.8 |
| 53 | Boise State | 9 | 53 | 425 | 5.9 | 47.2 |
| 54 | San Diego State | 8 | 41 | 419 | 5.1 | 52.4 |
| 55 | Akron | 8 | 52 | 416 | 6.5 | 52.0 |
| 55 | Kent State | 8 | 44 | 416 | 5.5 | 52.0 |
| 57 | Air Force | 9 | 43 | 413 | 4.8 | 45.9 |
| 57 | Bowling Green | 10 | 48 | 413 | 4.8 | 41.3 |
| 59 | Buffalo | 11 | 48 | 409 | 4.4 | 37.2 |
| 60 | Washington State | 8 | 50 | 408 | 6.3 | 51.0 |
| 61 | Massachusetts | 7 | 45 | 402 | 6.4 | 57.4 |
| 62 | Western Michigan | 10 | 45 | 393 | 4.5 | 39.3 |
| 63 | Middle Tennessee State | 9 | 44 | 386 | 4.9 | 42.9 |
| 64 | Oregon State | 7 | 42 | 378 | 6.0 | 54.0 |
| 64 | Tulane | 10 | 50 | 378 | 5.0 | 37.8 |
| 66 | Louisiana Tech | 10 | 45 | 358 | 4.5 | 35.8 |
| 67 | North Carolina | 3 | 24 | 207 | 8.0 | 69.0 |
| 68 | Notre Dame | 4 | 20 | 201 | 5.0 | 50.3 |
| 69 | Pittsburgh | 2 | 19 | 172 | 9.5 | 86.0 |
| 70 | Texas A&M | 3 | 18 | 163 | 6.0 | 54.3 |
| 71 | Syracuse | 3 | 14 | 158 | 4.7 | 52.7 |
| 71 | Penn State | 4 | 22 | 158 | 5.5 | 39.5 |
| 73 | Mississippi State | 2 | 17 | 149 | 8.5 | 74.5 |
| 74 | UCLA | 2 | 16 | 147 | 8.0 | 73.5 |
| 75 | California | 2 | 19 | 146 | 9.5 | 73.0 |
| 75 | Oklahoma | 3 | 21 | 146 | 7.0 | 48.7 |
| 77 | Virginia | 2 | 16 | 141 | 8.0 | 70.5 |
| 78 | Arkansas | 2 | 15 | 139 | 7.5 | 69.5 |
| 79 | Arizona State | 2 | 15 | 134 | 7.5 | 67.0 |
| 80 | Auburn | 2 | 18 | 132 | 9.0 | 66.0 |
| 80 | Alabama | 2 | 15 | 132 | 7.5 | 66.0 |
| 80 | Virginia Tech | 2 | 12 | 132 | 6.0 | 66.0 |
| 83 | Ohio State | 4 | 18 | 119 | 4.5 | 29.8 |
| 84 | Wake Forest | 2 | 12 | 118 | 6.0 | 59.0 |
| 85 | Georgia | 2 | 13 | 115 | 6.5 | 57.5 |
| 86 | Texas | 3 | 16 | 113 | 5.3 | 37.7 |
| 87 | Indiana | 3 | 16 | 111 | 5.3 | 37.0 |
| 88 | Ole Miss | 2 | 14 | 109 | 7.0 | 54.5 |
| 89 | USC | 2 | 12 | 108 | 6.0 | 54.0 |
| 90 | NC State | 3 | 12 | 106 | 4.0 | 35.3 |
| 91 | Duke | 2 | 12 | 105 | 6.0 | 52.5 |
| 92 | Louisville | 2 | 10 | 100 | 5.0 | 50.0 |
| 93 | Colorado | 1 | 10 | 94 | 10.0 | 94.0 |
| 94 | Minnesota | 1 | 8 | 89 | 8.0 | 89.0 |
| 95 | Miami (FL) | 2 | 14 | 88 | 7.0 | 44.0 |
| 95 | South Carolina | 2 | 11 | 88 | 5.5 | 44.0 |
| 97 | Rutgers | 1 | 12 | 82 | 12.0 | 82.0 |
| 98 | SMU | 1 | 11 | 81 | 11.0 | 81.0 |
| 99 | Kansas State | 1 | 9 | 80 | 9.0 | 80.0 |
| 99 | Stanford | 2 | 10 | 80 | 5.0 | 40.0 |
| 101 | Houston | 2 | 10 | 78 | 5.0 | 39.0 |
| 102 | Georgia Tech | 2 | 9 | 77 | 4.5 | 38.5 |
| 103 | Nebraska | 1 | 9 | 76 | 9.0 | 76.0 |
| 104 | Missouri | 2 | 8 | 75 | 4.0 | 37.5 |
| 105 | Clemson | 1 | 7 | 73 | 7.0 | 73.0 |
| 106 | Vanderbilt | 2 | 8 | 66 | 4.0 | 33.0 |
| 107 | Utah | 1 | 9 | 65 | 9.0 | 65.0 |
| 107 | Arizona | 1 | 8 | 65 | 8.0 | 65.0 |
| 107 | Florida State | 2 | 8 | 65 | 4.0 | 32.5 |
| 110 | TCU | 1 | 6 | 60 | 6.0 | 60.0 |
| 110 | Texas Tech | 1 | 5 | 60 | 5.0 | 60.0 |
| 110 | Kentucky | 2 | 9 | 60 | 4.5 | 30.0 |
| 113 | Michigan State | 1 | 5 | 55 | 5.0 | 55.0 |
| 114 | Boston College | 1 | 5 | 52 | 5.0 | 52.0 |
| 115 | Oregon | 1 | 6 | 50 | 6.0 | 50.0 |
| 115 | Iowa State | 1 | 5 | 50 | 5.0 | 50.0 |
| 117 | Illinois | 1 | 6 | 49 | 6.0 | 49.0 |
| 118 | Baylor | 1 | 5 | 48 | 5.0 | 48.0 |
| 118 | BYU | 1 | 4 | 48 | 4.0 | 48.0 |
| 120 | Michigan | 2 | 6 | 44 | 3.0 | 22.0 |
| 121 | Maryland | 1 | 5 | 42 | 5.0 | 42.0 |
| 121 | Washington | 1 | 4 | 42 | 4.0 | 42.0 |
| 123 | Purdue | 1 | 5 | 40 | 5.0 | 40.0 |
| 123 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 4 | 40 | 4.0 | 40.0 |
| 125 | Iowa | 1 | 6 | 39 | 6.0 | 39.0 |
| 126 | UCF | 1 | 6 | 35 | 6.0 | 35.0 |
| 126 | LSU | 1 | 5 | 35 | 5.0 | 35.0 |
| 128 | Florida | 1 | 3 | 33 | 3.0 | 33.0 |
| 129 | Tennessee | 2 | 7 | 26 | 3.5 | 13.0 |
| 130 | Kansas | 1 | 3 | 25 | 3.0 | 25.0 |
| 130 | Wisconsin | 1 | 3 | 25 | 3.0 | 25.0 |
| 132 | West Virginia | 1 | 2 | 19 | 2.0 | 19.0 |
| 133 | Northwestern | 1 | 3 | 15 | 3.0 | 15.0 |
| 134 | Cincinnati | 1 | 2 | 10 | 2.0 | 10.0 |