2025 National Leaders Opponent Penalties - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/09/2026

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 8 70 618 8.8 77.3
5 Southern Miss 13 109 916 8.4 70.5
6 New Mexico State 12 99 924 8.3 77.0
7 Pittsburgh 10 80 762 8.0 76.2
7 Old Dominion 11 88 789 8.0 71.7
7 Florida Atlantic 10 80 696 8.0 69.6
7 Louisiana Tech 13 104 875 8.0 67.3
11 NC State 9 70 668 7.8 74.2
12 Missouri State 12 92 944 7.7 78.7
12 Kennesaw State 13 100 904 7.7 69.5
12 Western Kentucky 13 100 873 7.7 67.2
12 Oregon State 10 77 652 7.7 65.2
16 California 12 91 777 7.6 64.8
16 UTEP 11 84 696 7.6 63.3
18 Houston 11 83 722 7.5 65.6
18 Coastal Carolina 11 82 700 7.5 63.6
18 Boise State 13 98 801 7.5 61.6
21 New Mexico 12 87 764 7.3 63.7
22 LSU 8 57 474 7.1 59.3
22 South Alabama 10 71 563 7.1 56.3
22 Missouri 8 57 416 7.1 52.0
25 Vanderbilt 10 70 629 7.0 62.9
25 Nevada 12 84 709 7.0 59.1
27 UNLV 14 96 873 6.9 62.4
27 Fresno State 13 90 792 6.9 60.9
29 Hawaii 12 82 766 6.8 63.8
29 Boston College 10 68 629 6.8 62.9
29 Washington State 9 61 558 6.8 62.0
29 Iowa State 10 68 607 6.8 60.7
29 Louisville 10 68 532 6.8 53.2
34 Colorado State 12 80 712 6.7 59.3
34 Wyoming 11 74 652 6.7 59.3
34 SMU 11 74 640 6.7 58.2
34 Georgia Southern 11 74 586 6.7 53.3
38 Duke 10 66 625 6.6 62.5
38 Notre Dame 8 53 490 6.6 61.3
38 Syracuse 9 59 518 6.6 57.6
38 West Virginia 9 59 486 6.6 54.0
42 Louisiana 11 72 709 6.5 64.5
42 Delaware 13 85 830 6.5 63.8
42 Georgia Tech 11 72 626 6.5 56.9
42 Alabama 8 52 445 6.5 55.6
42 San Jose State 11 72 609 6.5 55.4
42 Virginia Tech 8 52 416 6.5 52.0
42 Georgia 8 52 398 6.5 49.8
49 North Texas 12 77 681 6.4 56.8
49 Jacksonville State 14 90 746 6.4 53.3
49 Texas A&M 9 58 477 6.4 53.0
52 UTSA 10 63 632 6.3 63.2
52 Baylor 10 63 628 6.3 62.8
52 Clemson 12 75 689 6.3 57.4
52 Ball State 12 75 673 6.3 56.1
52 Utah State 11 69 616 6.3 56.0
52 Central Michigan 12 75 657 6.3 54.8
52 Kentucky 8 50 428 6.3 53.5
52 Florida 7 44 366 6.3 52.3
60 FIU 13 81 755 6.2 58.1
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
64 Arizona State 10 61 587 6.1 58.7
64 Wake Forest 11 67 629 6.1 57.2
64 Memphis 11 67 544 6.1 49.5
67 Tulane 11 66 575 6.0 52.3
67 Minnesota 11 66 560 6.0 50.9
67 Bowling Green 12 72 605 6.0 50.4
67 UAB 10 60 489 6.0 48.9
67 Arkansas 7 42 318 6.0 45.4
67 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 Illinois 10 58 534 5.8 53.4
75 Northern Illinois 12 69 557 5.8 46.4
75 Cincinnati 9 52 413 5.8 45.9
78 Florida State 9 51 433 5.7 48.1
78 BYU 9 51 392 5.7 43.6
80 Rice 11 62 548 5.6 49.8
80 James Madison 13 73 616 5.6 47.4
80 Tennessee 9 50 421 5.6 46.8
83 Kent State 10 55 511 5.5 51.1
83 South Carolina 6 33 293 5.5 48.8
83 Troy 13 72 608 5.5 46.8
83 Utah 11 60 479 5.5 43.5
83 Washington 10 55 431 5.5 43.1
88 Sam Houston State 11 59 594 5.4 54.0
88 Miami (OH) 14 76 555 5.4 39.6
90 Colorado 8 42 431 5.3 53.9
90 Arizona 12 64 619 5.3 51.6
90 Texas State 12 64 594 5.3 49.5
90 Louisiana-Monroe 11 58 543 5.3 49.4
90 Michigan State 9 48 374 5.3 41.6
95 Northwestern 9 47 469 5.2 52.1
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
102 USC 10 51 487 5.1 48.7
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 Appalachian State 12 60 571 5.0 47.6
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 Army 10 50 388 5.0 38.8
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 East Carolina 11 53 443 4.8 40.3
115 Navy 11 53 418 4.8 38.0
119 Miami (FL) 11 52 472 4.7 42.9
119 Oklahoma 7 33 234 4.7 33.4
121 Charlotte 9 41 460 4.6 51.1
121 Nebraska 10 46 415 4.6 41.5
121 Michigan 9 41 308 4.6 34.2
124 Middle Tennessee State 12 54 514 4.5 42.8
124 Connecticut 13 58 504 4.5 38.8
124 Oregon 10 45 302 4.5 30.2
127 Western Michigan 13 57 501 4.4 38.5
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
133 Ohio State 10 38 293 3.8 29.3
134 Purdue 7 26 251 3.7 35.9
135 Penn State 10 36 273 3.6 27.3
136 Iowa 9 28 240 3.1 26.7