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