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