2025 National Leaders Opponent Penalties - Games vs. FBS Teams With Winning Record Only through 01/09/2026

Name G Pen. Yards Pen./G Yards/G
1 Duke 11 68 652 6.2 59.3
2 Missouri State 7 62 648 8.9 92.6
3 Colorado State 9 68 618 7.6 68.7
4 Kennesaw State 9 64 594 7.1 66.0
5 USC 10 57 588 5.7 58.8
6 Virginia Tech 9 67 572 7.4 63.6
7 Arkansas State 7 61 568 8.7 81.1
8 Western Kentucky 8 64 557 8.0 69.6
9 NC State 9 58 555 6.4 61.7
10 Syracuse 9 57 550 6.3 61.1
11 Boston College 8 61 549 7.6 68.6
12 Mississippi State 9 71 546 7.9 60.7
13 Oregon State 8 65 545 8.1 68.1
14 LSU 9 60 541 6.7 60.1
15 Louisville 8 66 528 8.3 66.0
16 Colorado 9 58 514 6.4 57.1
17 Iowa State 7 54 507 7.7 72.4
18 Arkansas 9 58 500 6.4 55.6
19 New Mexico State 6 54 499 9.0 83.2
19 Sam Houston State 8 50 499 6.3 62.4
21 Stanford 8 57 494 7.1 61.8
22 Boise State 8 62 493 7.8 61.6
23 Kentucky 7 54 488 7.7 69.7
24 Pittsburgh 7 54 487 7.7 69.6
25 North Texas 8 53 483 6.6 60.4
26 Alabama 9 53 482 5.9 53.6
27 Utah State 8 50 478 6.3 59.8
27 South Carolina 8 49 478 6.1 59.8
29 Troy 8 49 473 6.1 59.1
30 SMU 8 55 472 6.9 59.0
31 Florida Atlantic 7 48 466 6.9 66.6
31 Washington State 8 48 466 6.0 58.3
31 Tulane 9 51 466 5.7 51.8
34 California 7 48 458 6.9 65.4
35 Louisiana Tech 7 55 456 7.9 65.1
35 West Virginia 8 59 456 7.4 57.0
37 Baylor 7 43 455 6.1 65.0
37 Jacksonville State 8 55 455 6.9 56.9
39 Southern Miss 7 52 445 7.4 63.6
40 Illinois 8 45 442 5.6 55.3
41 UAB 7 50 440 7.1 62.9
42 BYU 9 60 439 6.7 48.8
43 Auburn 6 43 436 7.2 72.7
44 Georgia State 7 48 433 6.9 61.9
45 USF 7 52 426 7.4 60.9
46 East Carolina 7 48 425 6.9 60.7
47 Delaware 6 41 423 6.8 70.5
48 Oregon 10 56 421 5.6 42.1
49 Ole Miss 8 47 417 5.9 52.1
50 North Carolina 7 37 414 5.3 59.1
51 UTSA 8 47 413 5.9 51.6
52 Notre Dame 7 49 412 7.0 58.9
53 Appalachian State 7 42 409 6.0 58.4
54 UCLA 10 45 407 4.5 40.7
55 Florida State 7 46 404 6.6 57.7
56 Georgia Tech 7 42 403 6.0 57.6
57 Clemson 7 46 399 6.6 57.0
58 Coastal Carolina 6 42 398 7.0 66.3
59 UTEP 6 44 395 7.3 65.8
59 Florida 8 50 395 6.3 49.4
61 Nevada 7 47 394 6.7 56.3
62 Kansas 7 42 392 6.0 56.0
63 FIU 8 39 391 4.9 48.9
64 Houston 5 43 386 8.6 77.2
65 Georgia Southern 7 42 384 6.0 54.9
66 San Diego State 7 48 383 6.9 54.7
67 Rutgers 8 38 369 4.8 46.1
68 San Jose State 6 44 366 7.3 61.0
69 Purdue 9 38 364 4.2 40.4
70 Air Force 7 44 362 6.3 51.7
70 Arizona State 8 41 362 5.1 45.3
72 Wyoming 5 37 360 7.4 72.0
72 Temple 8 42 360 5.3 45.0
74 Minnesota 7 41 355 5.9 50.7
74 Louisiana-Monroe 7 37 355 5.3 50.7
76 Vanderbilt 6 37 353 6.2 58.8
76 Louisiana 7 35 353 5.0 50.4
78 Memphis 6 42 352 7.0 58.7
78 Michigan 9 42 352 4.7 39.1
80 Hawaii 5 35 351 7.0 70.2
80 Rice 8 39 351 4.9 43.9
82 TCU 7 38 342 5.4 48.9
83 South Alabama 6 46 341 7.7 56.8
84 Northwestern 9 38 340 4.2 37.8
85 Virginia 8 37 338 4.6 42.3
86 Western Michigan 6 36 330 6.0 55.0
87 Liberty 8 39 328 4.9 41.0
88 Bowling Green 5 38 325 7.6 65.0
88 Wake Forest 7 39 325 5.6 46.4
90 Utah 5 39 316 7.8 63.2
90 Miami (FL) 9 40 316 4.4 35.1
90 Indiana 9 38 316 4.2 35.1
93 Georgia 7 37 306 5.3 43.7
93 Michigan State 8 39 306 4.9 38.3
95 Nebraska 8 35 302 4.4 37.8
96 Iowa 8 36 295 4.5 36.9
97 Texas State 6 35 294 5.8 49.0
98 James Madison 7 30 293 4.3 41.9
99 Texas 6 33 292 5.5 48.7
100 New Mexico 5 35 290 7.0 58.0
100 Wisconsin 9 37 290 4.1 32.2
102 Arizona 7 31 289 4.4 41.3
103 Missouri 5 32 288 6.4 57.6
104 UNLV 5 34 285 6.8 57.0
104 Oklahoma 8 32 285 4.0 35.6
106 UCF 5 30 281 6.0 56.2
107 Washington 6 31 275 5.2 45.8
108 Tennessee 5 33 273 6.6 54.6
109 Oklahoma State 6 29 268 4.8 44.7
110 Tulsa 5 28 264 5.6 52.8
111 Marshall 6 32 262 5.3 43.7
112 Central Michigan 5 27 257 5.4 51.4
113 Miami (OH) 6 30 251 5.0 41.8
114 Fresno State 4 28 242 7.0 60.5
115 Ohio State 9 29 240 3.2 26.7
116 Texas A&M 6 28 238 4.7 39.7
117 Northern Illinois 4 31 234 7.8 58.5
118 Ball State 4 23 225 5.8 56.3
119 Akron 3 22 219 7.3 73.0
120 Cincinnati 7 30 218 4.3 31.1
120 Penn State 8 27 218 3.4 27.3
122 Eastern Michigan 4 26 214 6.5 53.5
122 Middle Tennessee State 6 23 214 3.8 35.7
124 Charlotte 7 21 210 3.0 30.0
125 Navy 6 27 206 4.5 34.3
126 Old Dominion 5 24 205 4.8 41.0
127 Toledo 5 23 204 4.6 40.8
128 Maryland 5 25 203 5.0 40.6
129 Texas Tech 6 25 194 4.2 32.3
130 Army 6 23 183 3.8 30.5
131 Kansas State 6 27 181 4.5 30.2
132 Kent State 4 21 176 5.3 44.0
133 Connecticut 4 16 168 4.0 42.0
134 Massachusetts 5 17 164 3.4 32.8
135 Buffalo 5 15 140 3.0 28.0
136 Ohio 3 13 100 4.3 33.3