2025 National Leaders Opponent Penalties - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/19/2026

Name G Pen. Yards Pen./G Yards/G
1 Missouri State 12 92 944 7.7 78.7
2 New Mexico State 12 99 924 8.3 77.0
3 Mississippi State 9 81 692 9.0 76.9
4 Arkansas State 13 116 999 8.9 76.8
5 Pittsburgh 11 89 833 8.1 75.7
6 USF 10 90 748 9.0 74.8
7 Stanford 8 75 575 9.4 71.9
8 Old Dominion 11 88 789 8.0 71.7
9 Southern Miss 13 109 916 8.4 70.5
10 Baylor 9 64 633 7.1 70.3
11 Florida Atlantic 10 80 696 8.0 69.6
12 Kennesaw State 13 100 904 7.7 69.5
13 NC State 10 74 691 7.4 69.1
14 Louisiana Tech 13 104 875 8.0 67.3
15 Western Kentucky 13 100 873 7.7 67.2
16 Houston 11 83 732 7.5 66.5
17 Vanderbilt 10 73 664 7.3 66.4
18 Oregon State 9 69 592 7.7 65.8
19 California 12 91 777 7.6 64.8
20 Delaware 13 85 830 6.5 63.8
21 New Mexico 12 87 764 7.3 63.7
22 LSU 7 53 445 7.6 63.6
22 Coastal Carolina 11 82 700 7.5 63.6
24 UTEP 11 84 696 7.6 63.3
25 UTSA 10 63 632 6.3 63.2
26 Hawaii 13 90 820 6.9 63.1
27 UNLV 14 96 873 6.9 62.4
28 Washington State 9 61 558 6.8 62.0
28 Louisiana 12 75 744 6.3 62.0
30 Boise State 13 98 801 7.5 61.6
30 Iowa State 9 60 554 6.7 61.6
32 Notre Dame 8 53 490 6.6 61.3
33 Fresno State 13 90 792 6.9 60.9
34 Boston College 11 74 663 6.7 60.3
35 Colorado State 12 80 712 6.7 59.3
35 Wyoming 11 74 652 6.7 59.3
37 Nevada 12 84 709 7.0 59.1
38 West Virginia 7 50 411 7.1 58.7
39 Duke 11 70 642 6.4 58.4
40 FIU 13 81 755 6.2 58.1
41 SMU 11 71 635 6.5 57.7
42 Georgia Tech 11 72 626 6.5 56.9
43 North Texas 12 77 681 6.4 56.8
43 Eastern Michigan 12 74 681 6.2 56.8
45 South Alabama 10 71 563 7.1 56.3
46 Ball State 12 75 673 6.3 56.1
47 Utah State 11 69 616 6.3 56.0
48 Syracuse 10 63 558 6.3 55.8
48 Akron 12 71 669 5.9 55.8
48 Colorado 8 47 446 5.9 55.8
51 Ole Miss 9 56 500 6.2 55.6
52 San Jose State 11 72 609 6.5 55.4
53 Arizona State 9 49 495 5.4 55.0
54 Central Michigan 12 75 657 6.3 54.8
55 Alabama 9 56 490 6.2 54.4
56 Wake Forest 12 71 652 5.9 54.3
57 Clemson 13 78 705 6.0 54.2
58 Virginia Tech 9 58 486 6.4 54.0
58 Sam Houston State 11 59 594 5.4 54.0
60 Kentucky 8 50 428 6.3 53.5
61 Illinois 10 58 534 5.8 53.4
62 Georgia Southern 11 74 586 6.7 53.3
62 Jacksonville State 14 90 746 6.4 53.3
64 Louisville 10 68 532 6.8 53.2
65 Arizona 11 60 580 5.5 52.7
66 Minnesota 10 63 525 6.3 52.5
66 Rice 10 60 525 6.0 52.5
68 Florida 7 44 366 6.3 52.3
68 Tulane 11 66 575 6.0 52.3
70 Northwestern 9 47 469 5.2 52.1
71 Missouri 8 57 416 7.1 52.0
72 Texas A&M 10 62 515 6.2 51.5
73 Kent State 10 55 511 5.5 51.1
73 Charlotte 9 41 460 4.6 51.1
75 Georgia 9 57 455 6.3 50.6
76 Bowling Green 12 72 605 6.0 50.4
77 Marshall 10 59 503 5.9 50.3
78 Oklahoma State 9 51 451 5.7 50.1
79 Tulsa 10 49 500 4.9 50.0
80 South Carolina 7 38 347 5.4 49.6
81 Memphis 11 67 544 6.1 49.5
81 Texas State 12 64 594 5.3 49.5
83 UCF 9 49 445 5.4 49.4
83 Louisiana-Monroe 11 58 543 5.3 49.4
85 UAB 10 60 489 6.0 48.9
86 North Carolina 10 52 487 5.2 48.7
87 Florida State 9 51 433 5.7 48.1
88 Appalachian State 12 60 571 5.0 47.6
89 James Madison 13 73 616 5.6 47.4
90 Tennessee 9 50 421 5.6 46.8
90 Troy 13 72 608 5.5 46.8
92 Northern Illinois 12 69 557 5.8 46.4
92 UCLA 8 39 371 4.9 46.4
94 Rutgers 9 48 415 5.3 46.1
95 Massachusetts 11 55 506 5.0 46.0
96 TCU 10 52 458 5.2 45.8
97 Arkansas 8 47 363 5.9 45.4
98 Maryland 10 52 446 5.2 44.6
99 Air Force 11 57 487 5.2 44.3
100 Georgia State 9 43 394 4.8 43.8
101 Cincinnati 9 49 393 5.4 43.7
102 Liberty 11 56 480 5.1 43.6
103 Utah 11 60 479 5.5 43.5
104 Washington 10 55 431 5.5 43.1
105 Kansas 10 51 430 5.1 43.0
106 Miami (FL) 11 52 472 4.7 42.9
107 Middle Tennessee State 12 54 514 4.5 42.8
108 Virginia 14 67 598 4.8 42.7
109 BYU 10 57 424 5.7 42.4
109 Temple 8 42 339 5.3 42.4
111 USC 8 35 336 4.4 42.0
112 Michigan State 8 44 334 5.5 41.8
113 Nebraska 9 42 370 4.7 41.1
114 San Diego State 12 62 487 5.2 40.6
115 East Carolina 11 53 443 4.8 40.3
116 Miami (OH) 14 76 555 5.4 39.6
117 Texas Tech 9 47 355 5.2 39.4
118 Army 10 50 388 5.0 38.8
118 Connecticut 13 58 504 4.5 38.8
118 Wisconsin 6 25 233 4.2 38.8
121 Western Michigan 13 57 501 4.4 38.5
122 Texas 7 42 269 6.0 38.4
123 Toledo 13 64 495 4.9 38.1
124 Navy 11 53 418 4.8 38.0
125 Ohio 12 52 454 4.3 37.8
126 Buffalo 12 59 435 4.9 36.3
127 Purdue 7 26 251 3.7 35.9
128 Oklahoma 8 39 285 4.9 35.6
129 Auburn 7 30 244 4.3 34.9
130 Michigan 9 41 308 4.6 34.2
130 Indiana 10 41 342 4.1 34.2
132 Oregon 9 44 302 4.9 33.6
133 Kansas State 9 36 287 4.0 31.9
134 Ohio State 10 38 293 3.8 29.3
135 Penn State 9 33 253 3.7 28.1
136 Iowa 9 28 240 3.1 26.7