2025 National Leaders Opponent Penalties - Games vs. FBS (I-A) Teams Only through 01/19/2026

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 USF 12 102 862 8.5 71.8
5 Pittsburgh 12 91 857 7.6 71.4
6 Mississippi State 12 101 849 8.4 70.8
7 Florida Atlantic 11 85 763 7.7 69.4
8 Louisiana Tech 12 97 832 8.1 69.3
9 Southern Miss 12 97 829 8.1 69.1
10 Houston 12 91 807 7.6 67.3
11 Boise State 13 104 874 8.0 67.2
11 UTEP 11 85 739 7.7 67.2
13 Kennesaw State 13 92 861 7.1 66.2
13 Baylor 11 71 728 6.5 66.2
15 Western Kentucky 12 93 793 7.8 66.1
16 Oregon State 11 83 717 7.5 65.2
17 Boston College 11 79 715 7.2 65.0
18 NC State 12 84 776 7.0 64.7
19 Old Dominion 12 88 770 7.3 64.2
20 Washington State 12 79 764 6.6 63.7
21 Vanderbilt 12 85 763 7.1 63.6
22 Coastal Carolina 12 85 755 7.1 62.9
22 Hawaii 12 83 755 6.9 62.9
24 Duke 13 84 810 6.5 62.3
25 California 12 86 742 7.2 61.8
25 Louisiana 12 77 741 6.4 61.8
27 Wyoming 11 75 672 6.8 61.1
28 UNLV 13 86 793 6.6 61.0
29 Stanford 12 94 730 7.8 60.8
29 New Mexico 12 86 730 7.2 60.8
31 Colorado State 11 75 668 6.8 60.7
32 Georgia Southern 12 86 727 7.2 60.6
33 San Jose State 11 75 661 6.8 60.1
33 Delaware 12 72 721 6.0 60.1
35 Eastern Michigan 11 71 659 6.5 59.9
35 Akron 11 69 659 6.3 59.9
37 LSU 12 86 718 7.2 59.8
37 Iowa State 11 73 658 6.6 59.8
39 SMU 12 81 716 6.8 59.7
40 Utah State 12 77 713 6.4 59.4
41 Louisville 12 88 711 7.3 59.3
42 Kentucky 11 72 644 6.5 58.5
43 Fresno State 12 78 701 6.5 58.4
44 Georgia Tech 12 76 700 6.3 58.3
45 Nevada 11 75 638 6.8 58.0
46 UTSA 12 76 695 6.3 57.9
47 USC 13 74 750 5.7 57.7
48 Notre Dame 12 79 689 6.6 57.4
49 Virginia Tech 11 76 628 6.9 57.1
50 West Virginia 11 76 626 6.9 56.9
51 Syracuse 11 67 625 6.1 56.8
52 FIU 12 73 680 6.1 56.7
52 Colorado 12 72 680 6.0 56.7
54 Central Michigan 12 76 677 6.3 56.4
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 Georgia State 11 69 614 6.3 55.8
59 Clemson 12 74 670 6.2 55.8
61 Ball State 11 69 611 6.3 55.5
62 Sam Houston State 12 68 664 5.7 55.3
63 Arizona State 12 67 656 5.6 54.7
63 North Carolina 11 60 602 5.5 54.7
65 Memphis 12 81 649 6.8 54.1
66 Jacksonville State 13 82 701 6.3 53.9
67 Missouri 12 84 644 7.0 53.7
67 Alabama 14 82 752 5.9 53.7
69 Florida State 11 69 587 6.3 53.4
70 North Texas 13 76 685 5.8 52.7
71 Tennessee 12 71 626 5.9 52.2
72 UAB 11 65 572 5.9 52.0
73 Utah 12 75 623 6.3 51.9
74 Texas A&M 12 75 622 6.3 51.8
74 Bowling Green 11 68 570 6.2 51.8
76 Wake Forest 12 69 619 5.8 51.6
77 Minnesota 12 72 617 6.0 51.4
77 Arkansas 11 66 565 6.0 51.4
79 East Carolina 12 71 615 5.9 51.3
79 Appalachian State 12 64 615 5.3 51.3
81 Ole Miss 14 83 717 5.9 51.2
81 James Madison 13 75 666 5.8 51.2
83 Illinois 12 67 613 5.6 51.1
84 Northern Illinois 11 68 552 6.2 50.2
85 Texas State 12 66 601 5.5 50.1
86 Troy 13 73 643 5.6 49.5
87 Arizona 12 62 593 5.2 49.4
88 Rice 12 67 589 5.6 49.1
88 Louisiana-Monroe 11 57 540 5.2 49.1
90 Tulane 14 77 680 5.5 48.6
91 Liberty 11 61 532 5.5 48.4
92 Kent State 11 57 528 5.2 48.0
93 UCF 11 58 527 5.3 47.9
94 Georgia 13 76 612 5.8 47.1
94 Northwestern 12 57 565 4.8 47.1
96 BYU 13 81 611 6.2 47.0
97 Oklahoma State 11 59 514 5.4 46.7
98 Rutgers 11 53 508 4.8 46.2
99 San Diego State 12 68 549 5.7 45.8
100 Kansas 11 57 502 5.2 45.6
101 Michigan State 11 63 500 5.7 45.5
102 Virginia 13 65 587 5.0 45.2
103 Maryland 11 58 495 5.3 45.0
104 Florida 11 62 493 5.6 44.8
105 Air Force 11 59 486 5.4 44.2
105 TCU 12 61 530 5.1 44.2
107 Charlotte 11 45 485 4.1 44.1
108 Massachusetts 11 52 484 4.7 44.0
109 Marshall 11 57 483 5.2 43.9
110 Washington 12 61 519 5.1 43.3
111 Texas 13 75 561 5.8 43.2
111 Michigan 13 67 562 5.2 43.2
113 Western Michigan 13 63 557 4.8 42.8
114 Temple 11 56 463 5.1 42.1
115 Oregon 14 78 568 5.6 40.6
116 Miami (OH) 13 72 525 5.5 40.4
117 UCLA 12 52 481 4.3 40.1
118 Toledo 12 59 476 4.9 39.7
119 Ohio 12 53 468 4.4 39.0
120 Purdue 11 45 428 4.1 38.9
121 Connecticut 12 52 464 4.3 38.7
121 Middle Tennessee State 11 45 426 4.1 38.7
123 Oklahoma 12 56 459 4.7 38.3
124 Nebraska 12 53 458 4.4 38.2
125 Cincinnati 12 60 457 5.0 38.1
126 Miami (FL) 15 70 569 4.7 37.9
127 Indiana 15 65 559 4.3 37.3
128 Texas Tech 13 62 481 4.8 37.0
129 Buffalo 11 53 405 4.8 36.8
130 Wisconsin 12 50 425 4.2 35.4
131 Army 12 54 415 4.5 34.6
132 Navy 12 52 413 4.3 34.4
133 Kansas State 11 49 367 4.5 33.4
134 Iowa 12 47 395 3.9 32.9
135 Penn State 12 43 329 3.6 27.4
136 Ohio State 13 44 355 3.4 27.3