2025 National Leaders Opponent Penalties - Games vs. FBS (I-A) Teams Only through 12/23/2025
| Name | G | Pen. | Yards | Pen./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Missouri State | 12 | 94 | 954 | 7.8 | 79.5 |
| 2 | Arkansas State | 12 | 108 | 928 | 9.0 | 77.3 |
| 3 | New Mexico State | 11 | 88 | 825 | 8.0 | 75.0 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh | 11 | 86 | 817 | 7.8 | 74.3 |
| 5 | USF | 12 | 102 | 862 | 8.5 | 71.8 |
| 6 | Mississippi State | 11 | 92 | 773 | 8.4 | 70.3 |
| 7 | Florida Atlantic | 11 | 85 | 763 | 7.7 | 69.4 |
| 8 | Southern Miss | 12 | 97 | 829 | 8.1 | 69.1 |
| 9 | Boise State | 13 | 104 | 874 | 8.0 | 67.2 |
| 9 | UTEP | 11 | 85 | 739 | 7.7 | 67.2 |
| 11 | Kennesaw State | 13 | 92 | 861 | 7.1 | 66.2 |
| 11 | Baylor | 11 | 71 | 728 | 6.5 | 66.2 |
| 13 | Western Kentucky | 12 | 93 | 793 | 7.8 | 66.1 |
| 14 | Louisiana Tech | 11 | 83 | 717 | 7.5 | 65.2 |
| 14 | Oregon State | 11 | 83 | 717 | 7.5 | 65.2 |
| 16 | Boston College | 11 | 79 | 715 | 7.2 | 65.0 |
| 17 | Houston | 11 | 82 | 712 | 7.5 | 64.7 |
| 17 | NC State | 12 | 84 | 776 | 7.0 | 64.7 |
| 19 | Vanderbilt | 11 | 80 | 710 | 7.3 | 64.5 |
| 20 | Old Dominion | 12 | 88 | 770 | 7.3 | 64.2 |
| 21 | Washington State | 12 | 79 | 764 | 6.6 | 63.7 |
| 22 | Duke | 12 | 81 | 762 | 6.8 | 63.5 |
| 23 | LSU | 11 | 82 | 689 | 7.5 | 62.6 |
| 24 | California | 11 | 78 | 686 | 7.1 | 62.4 |
| 25 | Louisiana | 12 | 77 | 741 | 6.4 | 61.8 |
| 26 | Georgia Southern | 11 | 80 | 677 | 7.3 | 61.5 |
| 27 | Wyoming | 11 | 75 | 672 | 6.8 | 61.1 |
| 28 | UNLV | 13 | 86 | 793 | 6.6 | 61.0 |
| 29 | Hawaii | 11 | 75 | 670 | 6.8 | 60.9 |
| 30 | Stanford | 12 | 94 | 730 | 7.8 | 60.8 |
| 31 | Colorado State | 11 | 75 | 668 | 6.8 | 60.7 |
| 32 | UTSA | 11 | 72 | 664 | 6.5 | 60.4 |
| 33 | Fresno State | 11 | 74 | 662 | 6.7 | 60.2 |
| 34 | San Jose State | 11 | 75 | 661 | 6.8 | 60.1 |
| 34 | Delaware | 12 | 72 | 721 | 6.0 | 60.1 |
| 36 | Eastern Michigan | 11 | 71 | 659 | 6.5 | 59.9 |
| 36 | Akron | 11 | 69 | 659 | 6.3 | 59.9 |
| 38 | Iowa State | 11 | 73 | 658 | 6.6 | 59.8 |
| 39 | Central Michigan | 11 | 74 | 657 | 6.7 | 59.7 |
| 40 | SMU | 11 | 75 | 656 | 6.8 | 59.6 |
| 41 | Utah State | 12 | 77 | 713 | 6.4 | 59.4 |
| 42 | Louisville | 12 | 88 | 711 | 7.3 | 59.3 |
| 43 | Georgia Tech | 11 | 72 | 651 | 6.5 | 59.2 |
| 44 | New Mexico | 11 | 77 | 643 | 7.0 | 58.5 |
| 44 | Kentucky | 11 | 72 | 644 | 6.5 | 58.5 |
| 46 | Coastal Carolina | 11 | 74 | 642 | 6.7 | 58.4 |
| 47 | Nevada | 11 | 75 | 638 | 6.8 | 58.0 |
| 48 | Clemson | 11 | 71 | 635 | 6.5 | 57.7 |
| 49 | Notre Dame | 12 | 79 | 689 | 6.6 | 57.4 |
| 50 | Virginia Tech | 11 | 76 | 628 | 6.9 | 57.1 |
| 50 | Alabama | 13 | 81 | 742 | 6.2 | 57.1 |
| 52 | West Virginia | 11 | 76 | 626 | 6.9 | 56.9 |
| 53 | Syracuse | 11 | 67 | 625 | 6.1 | 56.8 |
| 54 | Colorado | 12 | 72 | 680 | 6.0 | 56.7 |
| 55 | Tulsa | 11 | 62 | 618 | 5.6 | 56.2 |
| 56 | South Carolina | 11 | 64 | 617 | 5.8 | 56.1 |
| 57 | South Alabama | 11 | 76 | 615 | 6.9 | 55.9 |
| 57 | Auburn | 11 | 67 | 615 | 6.1 | 55.9 |
| 59 | Missouri | 11 | 80 | 614 | 7.3 | 55.8 |
| 59 | Georgia State | 11 | 69 | 614 | 6.3 | 55.8 |
| 59 | USC | 12 | 64 | 669 | 5.3 | 55.8 |
| 62 | Ball State | 11 | 69 | 611 | 6.3 | 55.5 |
| 63 | Sam Houston State | 12 | 68 | 664 | 5.7 | 55.3 |
| 64 | Tennessee | 11 | 67 | 606 | 6.1 | 55.1 |
| 65 | North Carolina | 11 | 60 | 602 | 5.5 | 54.7 |
| 66 | Arizona State | 11 | 61 | 596 | 5.5 | 54.2 |
| 67 | Memphis | 12 | 81 | 649 | 6.8 | 54.1 |
| 68 | Jacksonville State | 13 | 82 | 701 | 6.3 | 53.9 |
| 69 | Utah | 11 | 70 | 588 | 6.4 | 53.5 |
| 70 | Florida State | 11 | 69 | 587 | 6.3 | 53.4 |
| 71 | East Carolina | 11 | 68 | 580 | 6.2 | 52.7 |
| 72 | Appalachian State | 11 | 60 | 575 | 5.5 | 52.3 |
| 73 | UAB | 11 | 65 | 572 | 5.9 | 52.0 |
| 74 | Texas A&M | 12 | 75 | 622 | 6.3 | 51.8 |
| 74 | Bowling Green | 11 | 68 | 570 | 6.2 | 51.8 |
| 76 | Minnesota | 11 | 66 | 567 | 6.0 | 51.5 |
| 76 | Illinois | 11 | 63 | 567 | 5.7 | 51.5 |
| 78 | Arkansas | 11 | 66 | 565 | 6.0 | 51.4 |
| 79 | James Madison | 13 | 75 | 666 | 5.8 | 51.2 |
| 80 | Wake Forest | 11 | 62 | 559 | 5.6 | 50.8 |
| 81 | North Texas | 12 | 68 | 608 | 5.7 | 50.7 |
| 82 | Ole Miss | 12 | 69 | 605 | 5.8 | 50.4 |
| 83 | Northern Illinois | 11 | 68 | 552 | 6.2 | 50.2 |
| 84 | Arizona | 11 | 56 | 548 | 5.1 | 49.8 |
| 85 | FIU | 11 | 62 | 547 | 5.6 | 49.7 |
| 86 | Troy | 13 | 73 | 643 | 5.6 | 49.5 |
| 86 | Texas State | 11 | 61 | 544 | 5.5 | 49.5 |
| 88 | Louisiana-Monroe | 11 | 57 | 540 | 5.2 | 49.1 |
| 89 | Tulane | 14 | 77 | 680 | 5.5 | 48.6 |
| 90 | Liberty | 11 | 61 | 532 | 5.5 | 48.4 |
| 91 | Kent State | 11 | 57 | 528 | 5.2 | 48.0 |
| 92 | UCF | 11 | 58 | 527 | 5.3 | 47.9 |
| 93 | Northwestern | 11 | 52 | 519 | 4.7 | 47.2 |
| 94 | Georgia | 12 | 72 | 564 | 6.0 | 47.0 |
| 95 | BYU | 12 | 74 | 562 | 6.2 | 46.8 |
| 96 | Oklahoma State | 11 | 59 | 514 | 5.4 | 46.7 |
| 97 | Rutgers | 11 | 53 | 508 | 4.8 | 46.2 |
| 98 | Rice | 11 | 58 | 502 | 5.3 | 45.6 |
| 98 | Kansas | 11 | 57 | 502 | 5.2 | 45.6 |
| 98 | Virginia | 12 | 60 | 547 | 5.0 | 45.6 |
| 101 | Michigan State | 11 | 63 | 500 | 5.7 | 45.5 |
| 102 | Maryland | 11 | 58 | 495 | 5.3 | 45.0 |
| 103 | Florida | 11 | 62 | 493 | 5.6 | 44.8 |
| 104 | Air Force | 11 | 59 | 486 | 5.4 | 44.2 |
| 105 | Charlotte | 11 | 45 | 485 | 4.1 | 44.1 |
| 106 | Massachusetts | 11 | 52 | 484 | 4.7 | 44.0 |
| 107 | Marshall | 11 | 57 | 483 | 5.2 | 43.9 |
| 108 | TCU | 11 | 54 | 480 | 4.9 | 43.6 |
| 109 | Washington | 12 | 61 | 519 | 5.1 | 43.3 |
| 110 | Western Michigan | 13 | 63 | 557 | 4.8 | 42.8 |
| 111 | Oregon | 12 | 67 | 509 | 5.6 | 42.4 |
| 112 | Connecticut | 11 | 52 | 464 | 4.7 | 42.2 |
| 113 | Temple | 11 | 56 | 463 | 5.1 | 42.1 |
| 114 | San Diego State | 11 | 58 | 459 | 5.3 | 41.7 |
| 115 | Cincinnati | 11 | 58 | 447 | 5.3 | 40.6 |
| 116 | Miami (FL) | 12 | 59 | 482 | 4.9 | 40.2 |
| 117 | UCLA | 12 | 52 | 481 | 4.3 | 40.1 |
| 118 | Toledo | 12 | 59 | 476 | 4.9 | 39.7 |
| 119 | Nebraska | 11 | 49 | 433 | 4.5 | 39.4 |
| 120 | Ohio | 12 | 53 | 468 | 4.4 | 39.0 |
| 121 | Purdue | 11 | 45 | 428 | 4.1 | 38.9 |
| 122 | Texas | 12 | 66 | 466 | 5.5 | 38.8 |
| 123 | Middle Tennessee State | 11 | 45 | 426 | 4.1 | 38.7 |
| 124 | Oklahoma | 12 | 56 | 459 | 4.7 | 38.3 |
| 124 | Michigan | 12 | 55 | 459 | 4.6 | 38.3 |
| 126 | Texas Tech | 12 | 59 | 456 | 4.9 | 38.0 |
| 127 | Miami (OH) | 12 | 64 | 455 | 5.3 | 37.9 |
| 128 | Indiana | 12 | 52 | 451 | 4.3 | 37.6 |
| 129 | Buffalo | 11 | 53 | 405 | 4.8 | 36.8 |
| 130 | Wisconsin | 12 | 50 | 425 | 4.2 | 35.4 |
| 131 | Army | 11 | 49 | 379 | 4.5 | 34.5 |
| 132 | Kansas State | 11 | 49 | 367 | 4.5 | 33.4 |
| 133 | Iowa | 11 | 37 | 342 | 3.4 | 31.1 |
| 134 | Navy | 11 | 43 | 337 | 3.9 | 30.6 |
| 135 | Ohio State | 12 | 44 | 355 | 3.7 | 29.6 |
| 136 | Penn State | 11 | 42 | 324 | 3.8 | 29.5 |