2025 National Leaders Opponent Penalties - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 12/23/2025

Name G Pen. Yards Pen./G Yards/G
1 Stanford 8 75 575 9.4 71.9
2 USF 10 90 748 9.0 74.8
3 Arkansas State 13 116 999 8.9 76.8
4 Mississippi State 7 61 542 8.7 77.4
5 Southern Miss 13 109 916 8.4 70.5
6 Pittsburgh 9 75 722 8.3 80.2
6 New Mexico State 12 99 924 8.3 77.0
8 Old Dominion 11 88 789 8.0 71.7
8 Florida Atlantic 10 80 696 8.0 69.6
10 NC State 9 70 668 7.8 74.2
11 Missouri State 12 92 944 7.7 78.7
11 Kennesaw State 13 100 904 7.7 69.5
11 Western Kentucky 13 100 873 7.7 67.2
11 Oregon State 10 77 652 7.7 65.2
15 LSU 7 53 445 7.6 63.6
15 UTEP 11 84 696 7.6 63.3
17 California 11 83 721 7.5 65.5
17 Louisiana Tech 12 90 760 7.5 63.3
17 Boise State 13 98 801 7.5 61.6
20 Houston 10 74 627 7.4 62.7
21 Vanderbilt 9 65 576 7.2 64.0
21 Fresno State 12 86 753 7.2 62.8
23 New Mexico 11 78 677 7.1 61.5
23 Coastal Carolina 10 71 587 7.1 58.7
23 South Alabama 10 71 563 7.1 56.3
23 Missouri 8 57 416 7.1 52.0
27 Duke 9 63 592 7.0 65.8
27 Nevada 12 84 709 7.0 59.1
29 UNLV 14 96 873 6.9 62.4
30 Boston College 10 68 629 6.8 62.9
30 Washington State 9 61 558 6.8 62.0
30 Iowa State 10 68 607 6.8 60.7
30 Georgia Southern 10 68 536 6.8 53.6
30 Louisville 10 68 532 6.8 53.2
35 Hawaii 11 74 681 6.7 61.9
35 Colorado State 12 80 712 6.7 59.3
35 Wyoming 11 74 652 6.7 59.3
35 SMU 11 74 640 6.7 58.2
39 UTSA 9 59 601 6.6 66.8
39 Notre Dame 8 53 490 6.6 61.3
39 Central Michigan 11 73 637 6.6 57.9
39 Syracuse 9 59 518 6.6 57.6
39 West Virginia 9 59 486 6.6 54.0
44 Louisiana 11 72 709 6.5 64.5
44 Delaware 13 85 830 6.5 63.8
44 Clemson 11 72 654 6.5 59.5
44 Georgia Tech 11 72 626 6.5 56.9
44 Alabama 8 52 445 6.5 55.6
44 San Jose State 11 72 609 6.5 55.4
44 Virginia Tech 8 52 416 6.5 52.0
44 Georgia 8 52 398 6.5 49.8
52 Jacksonville State 14 90 746 6.4 53.3
52 Texas A&M 9 58 477 6.4 53.0
54 Baylor 10 63 628 6.3 62.8
54 Ball State 12 75 673 6.3 56.1
54 Utah State 11 69 616 6.3 56.0
54 North Texas 11 69 604 6.3 54.9
54 Kentucky 8 50 428 6.3 53.5
54 Florida 7 44 366 6.3 52.3
60 Eastern Michigan 12 74 681 6.2 56.8
60 Ole Miss 9 56 500 6.2 55.6
60 Oklahoma State 9 56 490 6.2 54.4
63 Arizona State 9 55 527 6.1 58.6
63 Memphis 11 67 544 6.1 49.5
65 Wake Forest 10 60 569 6.0 56.9
65 Illinois 9 54 488 6.0 54.2
65 Tulane 11 66 575 6.0 52.3
65 Minnesota 10 60 510 6.0 51.0
65 Bowling Green 12 72 605 6.0 50.4
65 UAB 10 60 489 6.0 48.9
65 Arkansas 7 42 318 6.0 45.4
65 Texas 7 42 269 6.0 38.4
73 Akron 12 71 669 5.9 55.8
73 Marshall 10 59 503 5.9 50.3
75 FIU 12 70 622 5.8 51.8
75 Tennessee 8 46 401 5.8 50.1
75 Northern Illinois 12 69 557 5.8 46.4
75 Cincinnati 9 52 413 5.8 45.9
79 Florida State 9 51 433 5.7 48.1
79 BYU 9 51 392 5.7 43.6
81 James Madison 13 73 616 5.6 47.4
82 Kent State 10 55 511 5.5 51.1
82 South Carolina 6 33 293 5.5 48.8
82 Troy 13 72 608 5.5 46.8
82 Utah 10 55 444 5.5 44.4
82 Washington 10 55 431 5.5 43.1
87 Sam Houston State 11 59 594 5.4 54.0
87 Texas State 11 59 537 5.4 48.8
89 Colorado 8 42 431 5.3 53.9
89 Northwestern 8 42 423 5.3 52.9
89 Arizona 11 58 574 5.3 52.2
89 Louisiana-Monroe 11 58 543 5.3 49.4
89 Rice 10 53 461 5.3 46.1
89 Michigan State 9 48 374 5.3 41.6
95 North Carolina 11 57 545 5.2 49.5
95 UCF 10 52 470 5.2 47.0
95 Maryland 10 52 446 5.2 44.6
95 Air Force 11 57 487 5.2 44.3
95 Texas Tech 10 52 410 5.2 41.0
95 San Diego State 12 62 487 5.2 40.6
95 Miami (OH) 13 68 485 5.2 37.3
102 Appalachian State 11 56 531 5.1 48.3
102 Liberty 11 56 480 5.1 43.6
102 Kansas 8 41 328 5.1 41.0
102 Temple 7 36 284 5.1 40.6
106 Massachusetts 11 55 506 5.0 46.0
106 TCU 11 55 490 5.0 44.5
106 Rutgers 10 50 445 5.0 44.5
106 East Carolina 10 50 408 5.0 40.8
106 Army 9 45 352 5.0 39.1
111 Tulsa 10 49 500 4.9 50.0
111 UCLA 8 39 371 4.9 46.4
111 Toledo 13 64 495 4.9 38.1
111 Buffalo 12 59 435 4.9 36.3
115 Georgia State 9 43 394 4.8 43.8
115 Virginia 13 62 558 4.8 42.9
115 Connecticut 12 58 504 4.8 42.0
118 Miami (FL) 11 52 472 4.7 42.9
118 Oklahoma 7 33 234 4.7 33.4
120 Charlotte 9 41 460 4.6 51.1
120 USC 9 41 406 4.6 45.1
120 Nebraska 10 46 415 4.6 41.5
120 Michigan 9 41 308 4.6 34.2
124 Middle Tennessee State 12 54 514 4.5 42.8
124 Oregon 10 45 302 4.5 30.2
126 Western Michigan 13 57 501 4.4 38.5
126 Navy 10 44 342 4.4 34.2
128 Ohio 12 52 454 4.3 37.8
128 Auburn 6 26 194 4.3 32.3
130 Kansas State 9 37 290 4.1 32.2
131 Wisconsin 7 27 243 3.9 34.7
131 Indiana 11 43 367 3.9 33.4
131 Penn State 9 35 268 3.9 29.8
134 Ohio State 10 38 293 3.8 29.3
135 Purdue 7 26 251 3.7 35.9
136 Iowa 9 28 240 3.1 26.7