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