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