2025 National Leaders Opponent Penalties - Games vs. Non-Conference Teams Only through 12/23/2025
| Name | G | Pen. | Yards | Pen./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Notre Dame | 12 | 79 | 689 | 6.6 | 57.4 |
| 2 | Washington State | 11 | 68 | 657 | 6.2 | 59.7 |
| 3 | Oregon State | 10 | 72 | 600 | 7.2 | 60.0 |
| 4 | Connecticut | 12 | 58 | 504 | 4.8 | 42.0 |
| 5 | Southern Miss | 5 | 48 | 409 | 9.6 | 81.8 |
| 6 | Western Kentucky | 5 | 43 | 387 | 8.6 | 77.4 |
| 7 | UNLV | 5 | 41 | 386 | 8.2 | 77.2 |
| 8 | New Mexico | 4 | 39 | 374 | 9.8 | 93.5 |
| 9 | Boise State | 5 | 43 | 371 | 8.6 | 74.2 |
| 10 | Old Dominion | 5 | 40 | 362 | 8.0 | 72.4 |
| 11 | Missouri State | 5 | 35 | 360 | 7.0 | 72.0 |
| 12 | Arkansas State | 5 | 40 | 359 | 8.0 | 71.8 |
| 13 | USF | 5 | 43 | 354 | 8.6 | 70.8 |
| 14 | Louisiana | 5 | 29 | 351 | 5.8 | 70.2 |
| 15 | Louisville | 5 | 46 | 343 | 9.2 | 68.6 |
| 16 | Kennesaw State | 5 | 37 | 318 | 7.4 | 63.6 |
| 17 | North Texas | 4 | 37 | 308 | 9.3 | 77.0 |
| 17 | UTSA | 4 | 31 | 308 | 7.8 | 77.0 |
| 19 | Florida Atlantic | 4 | 36 | 307 | 9.0 | 76.8 |
| 19 | Pittsburgh | 4 | 34 | 307 | 8.5 | 76.8 |
| 21 | San Jose State | 4 | 39 | 306 | 9.8 | 76.5 |
| 21 | Kent State | 4 | 29 | 306 | 7.3 | 76.5 |
| 23 | Fresno State | 4 | 36 | 291 | 9.0 | 72.8 |
| 24 | Virginia Tech | 4 | 34 | 286 | 8.5 | 71.5 |
| 24 | Marshall | 4 | 29 | 286 | 7.3 | 71.5 |
| 26 | UTEP | 4 | 36 | 284 | 9.0 | 71.0 |
| 26 | Hawaii | 4 | 31 | 284 | 7.8 | 71.0 |
| 28 | SMU | 4 | 33 | 281 | 8.3 | 70.3 |
| 29 | Utah State | 5 | 27 | 276 | 5.4 | 55.2 |
| 30 | NC State | 4 | 29 | 271 | 7.3 | 67.8 |
| 31 | Sam Houston State | 4 | 27 | 270 | 6.8 | 67.5 |
| 32 | LSU | 4 | 27 | 268 | 6.8 | 67.0 |
| 33 | Wyoming | 4 | 29 | 267 | 7.3 | 66.8 |
| 34 | Louisiana Tech | 4 | 33 | 264 | 8.3 | 66.0 |
| 35 | Western Michigan | 5 | 30 | 262 | 6.0 | 52.4 |
| 36 | Kentucky | 4 | 33 | 261 | 8.3 | 65.3 |
| 36 | Delaware | 5 | 29 | 261 | 5.8 | 52.2 |
| 38 | Duke | 4 | 27 | 258 | 6.8 | 64.5 |
| 39 | California | 4 | 28 | 255 | 7.0 | 63.8 |
| 40 | New Mexico State | 4 | 30 | 254 | 7.5 | 63.5 |
| 41 | Nevada | 4 | 29 | 251 | 7.3 | 62.8 |
| 42 | Jacksonville State | 5 | 32 | 250 | 6.4 | 50.0 |
| 42 | Ole Miss | 5 | 28 | 250 | 5.6 | 50.0 |
| 44 | South Alabama | 4 | 31 | 247 | 7.8 | 61.8 |
| 45 | Ohio | 5 | 29 | 246 | 5.8 | 49.2 |
| 46 | Georgia State | 4 | 28 | 245 | 7.0 | 61.3 |
| 47 | East Carolina | 4 | 27 | 244 | 6.8 | 61.0 |
| 48 | Louisiana-Monroe | 4 | 25 | 242 | 6.3 | 60.5 |
| 49 | Florida | 4 | 31 | 233 | 7.8 | 58.3 |
| 49 | Charlotte | 4 | 22 | 233 | 5.5 | 58.3 |
| 51 | Clemson | 4 | 25 | 231 | 6.3 | 57.8 |
| 52 | James Madison | 5 | 25 | 230 | 5.0 | 46.0 |
| 53 | Mississippi State | 4 | 30 | 229 | 7.5 | 57.3 |
| 54 | FIU | 4 | 26 | 225 | 6.5 | 56.3 |
| 55 | Liberty | 4 | 26 | 223 | 6.5 | 55.8 |
| 55 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 26 | 223 | 6.5 | 55.8 |
| 57 | Oregon | 4 | 30 | 222 | 7.5 | 55.5 |
| 58 | Tennessee | 4 | 28 | 217 | 7.0 | 54.3 |
| 58 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 26 | 217 | 6.5 | 54.3 |
| 60 | Troy | 5 | 24 | 215 | 4.8 | 43.0 |
| 61 | Boston College | 4 | 22 | 214 | 5.5 | 53.5 |
| 62 | Wake Forest | 4 | 26 | 211 | 6.5 | 52.8 |
| 63 | West Virginia | 3 | 28 | 210 | 9.3 | 70.0 |
| 64 | Coastal Carolina | 4 | 30 | 208 | 7.5 | 52.0 |
| 65 | Memphis | 5 | 29 | 206 | 5.8 | 41.2 |
| 66 | Middle Tennessee State | 4 | 21 | 205 | 5.3 | 51.3 |
| 66 | Tulsa | 4 | 21 | 205 | 5.3 | 51.3 |
| 68 | South Carolina | 4 | 22 | 203 | 5.5 | 50.8 |
| 69 | Florida State | 4 | 25 | 202 | 6.3 | 50.5 |
| 70 | Texas A&M | 5 | 27 | 199 | 5.4 | 39.8 |
| 71 | Colorado State | 4 | 24 | 198 | 6.0 | 49.5 |
| 72 | Stanford | 4 | 23 | 194 | 5.8 | 48.5 |
| 72 | Syracuse | 4 | 22 | 194 | 5.5 | 48.5 |
| 74 | Illinois | 3 | 20 | 193 | 6.7 | 64.3 |
| 74 | UAB | 4 | 22 | 193 | 5.5 | 48.3 |
| 76 | Kansas | 3 | 21 | 190 | 7.0 | 63.3 |
| 76 | Bowling Green | 4 | 21 | 190 | 5.3 | 47.5 |
| 78 | Northern Illinois | 4 | 20 | 188 | 5.0 | 47.0 |
| 79 | Texas State | 4 | 21 | 186 | 5.3 | 46.5 |
| 79 | Toledo | 5 | 23 | 186 | 4.6 | 37.2 |
| 81 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 23 | 185 | 5.8 | 46.3 |
| 82 | San Diego State | 4 | 25 | 183 | 6.3 | 45.8 |
| 83 | Baylor | 3 | 19 | 181 | 6.3 | 60.3 |
| 83 | Alabama | 4 | 17 | 181 | 4.3 | 45.3 |
| 85 | Rutgers | 3 | 22 | 178 | 7.3 | 59.3 |
| 86 | Colorado | 3 | 18 | 176 | 6.0 | 58.7 |
| 87 | UCLA | 3 | 20 | 174 | 6.7 | 58.0 |
| 87 | Air Force | 4 | 21 | 174 | 5.3 | 43.5 |
| 89 | Ball State | 4 | 19 | 172 | 4.8 | 43.0 |
| 89 | Central Michigan | 4 | 17 | 172 | 4.3 | 43.0 |
| 91 | UCF | 3 | 19 | 169 | 6.3 | 56.3 |
| 92 | Appalachian State | 4 | 19 | 166 | 4.8 | 41.5 |
| 93 | Iowa State | 3 | 19 | 164 | 6.3 | 54.7 |
| 94 | Auburn | 4 | 20 | 162 | 5.0 | 40.5 |
| 95 | Arkansas | 4 | 22 | 160 | 5.5 | 40.0 |
| 96 | USC | 3 | 15 | 157 | 5.0 | 52.3 |
| 97 | Tulane | 5 | 19 | 154 | 3.8 | 30.8 |
| 98 | Temple | 4 | 19 | 151 | 4.8 | 37.8 |
| 98 | Rice | 4 | 17 | 151 | 4.3 | 37.8 |
| 100 | Akron | 4 | 19 | 150 | 4.8 | 37.5 |
| 101 | North Carolina | 4 | 19 | 149 | 4.8 | 37.3 |
| 102 | Georgia Southern | 4 | 16 | 145 | 4.0 | 36.3 |
| 103 | Georgia | 4 | 19 | 144 | 4.8 | 36.0 |
| 104 | Maryland | 3 | 15 | 143 | 5.0 | 47.7 |
| 105 | Wisconsin | 3 | 16 | 142 | 5.3 | 47.3 |
| 106 | BYU | 3 | 21 | 141 | 7.0 | 47.0 |
| 107 | Northwestern | 3 | 13 | 135 | 4.3 | 45.0 |
| 108 | Arizona | 2 | 14 | 133 | 7.0 | 66.5 |
| 109 | TCU | 3 | 13 | 130 | 4.3 | 43.3 |
| 110 | Washington | 4 | 22 | 125 | 5.5 | 31.3 |
| 111 | Oklahoma State | 3 | 17 | 119 | 5.7 | 39.7 |
| 111 | Miami (OH) | 4 | 17 | 119 | 4.3 | 29.8 |
| 113 | Minnesota | 3 | 14 | 117 | 4.7 | 39.0 |
| 114 | Ohio State | 3 | 15 | 115 | 5.0 | 38.3 |
| 114 | Arizona State | 3 | 13 | 115 | 4.3 | 38.3 |
| 116 | Purdue | 3 | 11 | 114 | 3.7 | 38.0 |
| 117 | Missouri | 4 | 16 | 112 | 4.0 | 28.0 |
| 118 | Army | 3 | 13 | 108 | 4.3 | 36.0 |
| 119 | Virginia | 3 | 16 | 104 | 5.3 | 34.7 |
| 120 | Texas | 4 | 17 | 103 | 4.3 | 25.8 |
| 121 | Michigan State | 3 | 16 | 102 | 5.3 | 34.0 |
| 122 | Buffalo | 4 | 13 | 100 | 3.3 | 25.0 |
| 123 | Indiana | 3 | 12 | 99 | 4.0 | 33.0 |
| 124 | Houston | 3 | 13 | 97 | 4.3 | 32.3 |
| 124 | Cincinnati | 3 | 12 | 97 | 4.0 | 32.3 |
| 126 | Oklahoma | 4 | 12 | 96 | 3.0 | 24.0 |
| 127 | Nebraska | 3 | 14 | 95 | 4.7 | 31.7 |
| 127 | Utah | 3 | 12 | 95 | 4.0 | 31.7 |
| 129 | Massachusetts | 4 | 11 | 94 | 2.8 | 23.5 |
| 130 | Texas Tech | 3 | 12 | 90 | 4.0 | 30.0 |
| 131 | Miami (FL) | 5 | 16 | 85 | 3.2 | 17.0 |
| 132 | Penn State | 3 | 11 | 83 | 3.7 | 27.7 |
| 133 | Navy | 3 | 8 | 70 | 2.7 | 23.3 |
| 134 | Iowa | 3 | 9 | 62 | 3.0 | 20.7 |
| 135 | Michigan | 3 | 7 | 59 | 2.3 | 19.7 |
| 136 | Kansas State | 2 | 6 | 40 | 3.0 | 20.0 |