2025 National Leaders Opponent Penalties - All Games through 01/19/2026

Name G Pen. Yards Pen./G Yards/G
1 Arkansas State 13 116 999 8.9 76.8
2 USF 13 111 917 8.5 70.5
3 Mississippi State 13 110 919 8.5 70.7
4 Southern Miss 13 109 916 8.4 70.5
4 Boise State 14 109 913 7.8 65.2
6 Kennesaw State 14 104 944 7.4 67.4
6 Louisiana Tech 13 104 875 8.0 67.3
8 Pittsburgh 13 102 945 7.8 72.7
9 Western Kentucky 13 100 873 7.7 67.2
10 New Mexico State 12 99 924 8.3 77.0
11 Houston 13 98 867 7.5 66.7
12 Missouri State 13 97 989 7.5 76.1
13 Old Dominion 13 96 859 7.4 66.1
13 California 13 96 817 7.4 62.8
13 UNLV 14 96 873 6.9 62.4
13 Louisville 13 96 762 7.4 58.6
17 New Mexico 13 95 829 7.3 63.8
17 Coastal Carolina 13 95 820 7.3 63.1
19 Stanford 12 94 730 7.8 60.8
20 SMU 13 92 796 7.1 61.2
21 Florida Atlantic 12 91 815 7.6 67.9
21 NC State 13 91 841 7.0 64.7
21 UTEP 12 91 774 7.6 64.5
21 Oregon State 12 91 767 7.6 63.9
21 Duke 14 91 857 6.5 61.2
21 LSU 13 91 773 7.0 59.5
27 Hawaii 13 90 820 6.9 63.1
27 Vanderbilt 13 90 817 6.9 62.8
27 Fresno State 13 90 792 6.9 60.9
27 North Texas 14 90 784 6.4 56.0
27 Jacksonville State 14 90 746 6.4 53.3
32 Georgia Southern 13 89 739 6.8 56.8
32 Missouri 13 89 704 6.8 54.2
34 Ole Miss 15 88 769 5.9 51.3
35 South Alabama 12 87 691 7.3 57.6
36 Louisiana 13 85 846 6.5 65.1
36 Delaware 13 85 830 6.5 63.8
36 Washington State 13 85 821 6.5 63.2
36 Alabama 15 85 787 5.7 52.5
36 BYU 14 85 631 6.1 45.1
36 Oregon 15 85 622 5.7 41.5
42 Wyoming 12 84 752 7.0 62.7
42 San Jose State 12 84 724 7.0 60.3
42 UTSA 13 84 783 6.5 60.2
42 Nevada 12 84 709 7.0 59.1
42 Memphis 13 84 674 6.5 51.8
47 Virginia Tech 12 83 701 6.9 58.4
48 Boston College 12 81 730 6.8 60.8
48 FIU 13 81 755 6.2 58.1
48 Georgia Tech 13 81 720 6.2 55.4
51 Colorado State 12 80 712 6.7 59.3
51 Utah State 13 80 735 6.2 56.5
51 West Virginia 12 80 650 6.7 54.2
54 Notre Dame 12 79 689 6.6 57.4
54 Central Michigan 13 79 702 6.1 54.0
54 Tennessee 13 79 674 6.1 51.8
54 Utah 13 79 643 6.1 49.5
54 Troy 14 79 688 5.6 49.1
54 Georgia 14 79 622 5.6 44.4
60 Iowa State 12 78 694 6.5 57.8
60 Kentucky 12 78 692 6.5 57.7
60 Clemson 13 78 705 6.0 54.2
60 Texas A&M 13 78 654 6.0 50.3
60 James Madison 14 78 687 5.6 49.1
65 Tulane 14 77 680 5.5 48.6
66 Florida State 12 76 642 6.3 53.5
66 Miami (OH) 14 76 555 5.4 39.6
68 Baylor 12 75 771 6.3 64.3
68 Ball State 12 75 673 6.3 56.1
68 Illinois 13 75 672 5.8 51.7
68 Texas 13 75 561 5.8 43.2
72 USC 13 74 750 5.7 57.7
72 Eastern Michigan 12 74 681 6.2 56.8
72 Wake Forest 13 74 667 5.7 51.3
72 Rice 13 74 643 5.7 49.5
72 Florida 12 74 593 6.2 49.4
72 East Carolina 13 74 640 5.7 49.2
72 Minnesota 13 74 630 5.7 48.5
79 Syracuse 12 73 667 6.1 55.6
79 Arizona State 13 73 701 5.6 53.9
79 Arkansas 12 73 607 6.1 50.6
82 Colorado 12 72 680 6.0 56.7
82 Georgia State 12 72 644 6.0 53.7
82 UAB 12 72 616 6.0 51.3
82 Bowling Green 12 72 605 6.0 50.4
82 San Diego State 13 72 577 5.5 44.4
82 Miami (FL) 16 72 589 4.5 36.8
88 Akron 12 71 669 5.9 55.8
89 South Carolina 12 70 672 5.8 56.0
89 Texas State 13 70 637 5.4 49.0
89 Washington 13 70 584 5.4 44.9
92 Auburn 12 69 630 5.8 52.5
92 Arizona 13 69 661 5.3 50.8
92 Northern Illinois 12 69 557 5.8 46.4
95 Sam Houston State 12 68 664 5.7 55.3
95 Kent State 12 68 643 5.7 53.6
97 Appalachian State 13 67 645 5.2 49.6
97 Kansas 12 67 572 5.6 47.7
97 Michigan 13 67 562 5.2 43.2
97 Virginia 14 67 598 4.8 42.7
101 Oklahoma State 12 66 564 5.5 47.0
101 Michigan State 12 66 522 5.5 43.5
101 Western Michigan 14 66 582 4.7 41.6
101 Texas Tech 14 66 512 4.7 36.6
105 Tulsa 12 65 643 5.4 53.6
105 UCF 12 65 586 5.4 48.8
105 Air Force 12 65 536 5.4 44.7
105 Cincinnati 13 65 499 5.0 38.4
105 Indiana 16 65 559 4.1 34.9
110 Marshall 12 64 550 5.3 45.8
110 TCU 13 64 565 4.9 43.5
110 Toledo 13 64 495 4.9 38.1
113 Louisiana-Monroe 12 63 598 5.3 49.8
113 Liberty 12 63 552 5.3 46.0
113 Army 13 63 488 4.8 37.5
116 North Carolina 12 62 610 5.2 50.8
116 Nebraska 13 62 528 4.8 40.6
118 Temple 12 61 502 5.1 41.8
119 Northwestern 13 60 578 4.6 44.5
119 Maryland 12 60 506 5.0 42.2
121 Rutgers 12 59 555 4.9 46.3
121 Buffalo 12 59 435 4.9 36.3
123 Connecticut 13 58 504 4.5 38.8
123 Ohio 13 58 504 4.5 38.8
123 Oklahoma 13 58 469 4.5 36.1
126 Navy 13 57 448 4.4 34.5
127 Massachusetts 12 56 511 4.7 42.6
128 Middle Tennessee State 12 54 514 4.5 42.8
129 Kansas State 12 53 397 4.4 33.1
130 UCLA 12 52 481 4.3 40.1
131 Charlotte 12 51 550 4.3 45.8
132 Purdue 12 50 494 4.2 41.2
132 Wisconsin 12 50 425 4.2 35.4
132 Iowa 13 50 410 3.8 31.5
132 Ohio State 14 50 395 3.6 28.2
136 Penn State 13 47 358 3.6 27.5