2025 National Leaders Opponent Penalties - All Games through 01/09/2026

Name G Pen. Yards Pen./G Yards/G
1 Arkansas State 13 116 999 8.9 76.8
2 Mississippi State 13 110 919 8.5 70.7
2 USF 13 111 917 8.5 70.5
4 Southern Miss 13 109 916 8.4 70.5
5 New Mexico State 12 99 924 8.3 77.0
6 Louisiana Tech 13 104 875 8.0 67.3
7 Pittsburgh 13 102 945 7.8 72.7
7 Boise State 14 109 913 7.8 65.2
7 Stanford 12 94 730 7.8 60.8
10 Western Kentucky 13 100 873 7.7 67.2
11 Florida Atlantic 12 91 815 7.6 67.9
11 UTEP 12 91 774 7.6 64.5
11 Oregon State 12 91 767 7.6 63.9
14 Missouri State 13 97 989 7.5 76.1
14 Houston 13 98 867 7.5 66.7
16 Kennesaw State 14 104 944 7.4 67.4
16 Old Dominion 13 96 859 7.4 66.1
16 California 13 96 817 7.4 62.8
16 Louisville 13 96 762 7.4 58.6
20 New Mexico 13 95 829 7.3 63.8
20 Coastal Carolina 13 95 820 7.3 63.1
20 South Alabama 12 87 691 7.3 57.6
23 SMU 13 92 796 7.1 61.2
24 NC State 13 91 841 7.0 64.7
24 Wyoming 12 84 752 7.0 62.7
24 San Jose State 12 84 724 7.0 60.3
24 LSU 13 91 773 7.0 59.5
24 Nevada 12 84 709 7.0 59.1
29 Hawaii 13 90 820 6.9 63.1
29 Vanderbilt 13 90 817 6.9 62.8
29 UNLV 14 96 873 6.9 62.4
29 Fresno State 13 90 792 6.9 60.9
29 Virginia Tech 12 83 701 6.9 58.4
34 Boston College 12 81 730 6.8 60.8
34 Georgia Southern 13 89 739 6.8 56.8
34 Missouri 13 89 704 6.8 54.2
37 Colorado State 12 80 712 6.7 59.3
37 West Virginia 12 80 650 6.7 54.2
39 Notre Dame 12 79 689 6.6 57.4
40 Louisiana 13 85 846 6.5 65.1
40 Delaware 13 85 830 6.5 63.8
40 Washington State 13 85 821 6.5 63.2
40 Duke 14 91 857 6.5 61.2
40 UTSA 13 84 783 6.5 60.2
40 Iowa State 12 78 694 6.5 57.8
40 Kentucky 12 78 692 6.5 57.7
40 Memphis 13 84 674 6.5 51.8
48 North Texas 14 90 784 6.4 56.0
48 Jacksonville State 14 90 746 6.4 53.3
50 Baylor 12 75 771 6.3 64.3
50 Ball State 12 75 673 6.3 56.1
50 Florida State 12 76 642 6.3 53.5
53 FIU 13 81 755 6.2 58.1
53 Eastern Michigan 12 74 681 6.2 56.8
53 Utah State 13 80 735 6.2 56.5
53 Georgia Tech 13 81 720 6.2 55.4
53 Florida 12 74 593 6.2 49.4
58 Syracuse 12 73 667 6.1 55.6
58 Central Michigan 13 79 702 6.1 54.0
58 Tennessee 13 79 674 6.1 51.8
58 Arkansas 12 73 607 6.1 50.6
58 Utah 13 79 643 6.1 49.5
58 BYU 14 85 631 6.1 45.1
64 Colorado 12 72 680 6.0 56.7
64 Clemson 13 78 705 6.0 54.2
64 Georgia State 12 72 644 6.0 53.7
64 UAB 12 72 616 6.0 51.3
64 Bowling Green 12 72 605 6.0 50.4
64 Texas A&M 13 78 654 6.0 50.3
70 Akron 12 71 669 5.9 55.8
70 Ole Miss 15 88 769 5.9 51.3
72 South Carolina 12 70 672 5.8 56.0
72 Auburn 12 69 630 5.8 52.5
72 Illinois 13 75 672 5.8 51.7
72 Northern Illinois 12 69 557 5.8 46.4
72 Texas 13 75 561 5.8 43.2
77 USC 13 74 750 5.7 57.7
77 Sam Houston State 12 68 664 5.7 55.3
77 Kent State 12 68 643 5.7 53.6
77 Alabama 15 85 787 5.7 52.5
77 Wake Forest 13 74 667 5.7 51.3
77 Rice 13 74 643 5.7 49.5
77 East Carolina 13 74 640 5.7 49.2
77 Minnesota 13 74 630 5.7 48.5
77 Oregon 15 85 622 5.7 41.5
86 Arizona State 13 73 701 5.6 53.9
86 Troy 14 79 688 5.6 49.1
86 James Madison 14 78 687 5.6 49.1
86 Kansas 12 67 572 5.6 47.7
86 Georgia 14 79 622 5.6 44.4
91 Tulane 14 77 680 5.5 48.6
91 Oklahoma State 12 66 564 5.5 47.0
91 San Diego State 13 72 577 5.5 44.4
91 Michigan State 12 66 522 5.5 43.5
95 Tulsa 12 65 643 5.4 53.6
95 Texas State 13 70 637 5.4 49.0
95 UCF 12 65 586 5.4 48.8
95 Washington 13 70 584 5.4 44.9
95 Air Force 12 65 536 5.4 44.7
95 Miami (OH) 14 76 555 5.4 39.6
101 Arizona 13 69 661 5.3 50.8
101 Louisiana-Monroe 12 63 598 5.3 49.8
101 Liberty 12 63 552 5.3 46.0
101 Marshall 12 64 550 5.3 45.8
105 North Carolina 12 62 610 5.2 50.8
105 Appalachian State 13 67 645 5.2 49.6
105 Michigan 13 67 562 5.2 43.2
108 Temple 12 61 502 5.1 41.8
109 Maryland 12 60 506 5.0 42.2
109 Cincinnati 13 65 499 5.0 38.4
111 Rutgers 12 59 555 4.9 46.3
111 TCU 13 64 565 4.9 43.5
111 Toledo 13 64 495 4.9 38.1
111 Buffalo 12 59 435 4.9 36.3
115 Virginia 14 67 598 4.8 42.7
115 Nebraska 13 62 528 4.8 40.6
115 Army 13 63 488 4.8 37.5
118 Massachusetts 12 56 511 4.7 42.6
118 Western Michigan 14 66 582 4.7 41.6
118 Texas Tech 14 66 512 4.7 36.6
121 Northwestern 13 60 578 4.6 44.5
122 Middle Tennessee State 12 54 514 4.5 42.8
122 Connecticut 13 58 504 4.5 38.8
122 Ohio 13 58 504 4.5 38.8
122 Miami (FL) 15 67 551 4.5 36.7
122 Oklahoma 13 58 469 4.5 36.1
127 Navy 13 57 448 4.4 34.5
127 Kansas State 12 53 397 4.4 33.1
129 Charlotte 12 51 550 4.3 45.8
129 UCLA 12 52 481 4.3 40.1
131 Purdue 12 50 494 4.2 41.2
131 Wisconsin 12 50 425 4.2 35.4
133 Indiana 15 58 499 3.9 33.3
134 Iowa 13 50 410 3.8 31.5
135 Ohio State 14 50 395 3.6 28.2
135 Penn State 13 47 358 3.6 27.5