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 Arkansas State 12 108 928 9.0 77.3
2 USF 12 102 862 8.5 71.8
3 Mississippi State 12 101 849 8.4 70.8
4 Louisiana Tech 12 97 832 8.1 69.3
4 Southern Miss 12 97 829 8.1 69.1
6 New Mexico State 11 88 825 8.0 75.0
6 Boise State 13 104 874 8.0 67.2
8 Missouri State 12 94 954 7.8 79.5
8 Western Kentucky 12 93 793 7.8 66.1
8 Stanford 12 94 730 7.8 60.8
11 Florida Atlantic 11 85 763 7.7 69.4
11 UTEP 11 85 739 7.7 67.2
13 Pittsburgh 12 91 857 7.6 71.4
13 Houston 12 91 807 7.6 67.3
15 Oregon State 11 83 717 7.5 65.2
16 Old Dominion 12 88 770 7.3 64.2
16 Louisville 12 88 711 7.3 59.3
18 Boston College 11 79 715 7.2 65.0
18 California 12 86 742 7.2 61.8
18 New Mexico 12 86 730 7.2 60.8
18 Georgia Southern 12 86 727 7.2 60.6
18 LSU 12 86 718 7.2 59.8
23 Kennesaw State 13 92 861 7.1 66.2
23 Vanderbilt 12 85 763 7.1 63.6
23 Coastal Carolina 12 85 755 7.1 62.9
26 NC State 12 84 776 7.0 64.7
26 Missouri 12 84 644 7.0 53.7
28 Hawaii 12 83 755 6.9 62.9
28 Virginia Tech 11 76 628 6.9 57.1
28 West Virginia 11 76 626 6.9 56.9
28 South Alabama 11 76 615 6.9 55.9
32 Wyoming 11 75 672 6.8 61.1
32 Colorado State 11 75 668 6.8 60.7
32 San Jose State 11 75 661 6.8 60.1
32 SMU 12 81 716 6.8 59.7
32 Nevada 11 75 638 6.8 58.0
32 Memphis 12 81 649 6.8 54.1
38 Washington State 12 79 764 6.6 63.7
38 UNLV 13 86 793 6.6 61.0
38 Iowa State 11 73 658 6.6 59.8
38 Notre Dame 12 79 689 6.6 57.4
42 Baylor 11 71 728 6.5 66.2
42 Duke 13 84 810 6.5 62.3
42 Eastern Michigan 11 71 659 6.5 59.9
42 Kentucky 11 72 644 6.5 58.5
42 Fresno State 12 78 701 6.5 58.4
47 Louisiana 12 77 741 6.4 61.8
47 Utah State 12 77 713 6.4 59.4
49 Akron 11 69 659 6.3 59.9
49 Georgia Tech 12 76 700 6.3 58.3
49 UTSA 12 76 695 6.3 57.9
49 Central Michigan 12 76 677 6.3 56.4
49 Georgia State 11 69 614 6.3 55.8
49 Ball State 11 69 611 6.3 55.5
49 Jacksonville State 13 82 701 6.3 53.9
49 Florida State 11 69 587 6.3 53.4
49 Utah 12 75 623 6.3 51.9
49 Texas A&M 12 75 622 6.3 51.8
59 Clemson 12 74 670 6.2 55.8
59 Bowling Green 11 68 570 6.2 51.8
59 Northern Illinois 11 68 552 6.2 50.2
59 BYU 13 81 611 6.2 47.0
63 Syracuse 11 67 625 6.1 56.8
63 FIU 12 73 680 6.1 56.7
63 Auburn 11 67 615 6.1 55.9
66 Delaware 12 72 721 6.0 60.1
66 Colorado 12 72 680 6.0 56.7
66 Minnesota 12 72 617 6.0 51.4
66 Arkansas 11 66 565 6.0 51.4
70 Alabama 14 82 752 5.9 53.7
70 Tennessee 12 71 626 5.9 52.2
70 UAB 11 65 572 5.9 52.0
70 East Carolina 12 71 615 5.9 51.3
70 Ole Miss 14 83 717 5.9 51.2
75 South Carolina 11 64 617 5.8 56.1
75 North Texas 13 76 685 5.8 52.7
75 Wake Forest 12 69 619 5.8 51.6
75 James Madison 13 75 666 5.8 51.2
75 Georgia 13 76 612 5.8 47.1
75 Texas 13 75 561 5.8 43.2
81 USC 13 74 750 5.7 57.7
81 Sam Houston State 12 68 664 5.7 55.3
81 San Diego State 12 68 549 5.7 45.8
81 Michigan State 11 63 500 5.7 45.5
85 Tulsa 11 62 618 5.6 56.2
85 Arizona State 12 67 656 5.6 54.7
85 Illinois 12 67 613 5.6 51.1
85 Troy 13 73 643 5.6 49.5
85 Rice 12 67 589 5.6 49.1
85 Florida 11 62 493 5.6 44.8
85 Oregon 14 78 568 5.6 40.6
92 North Carolina 11 60 602 5.5 54.7
92 Texas State 12 66 601 5.5 50.1
92 Tulane 14 77 680 5.5 48.6
92 Liberty 11 61 532 5.5 48.4
92 Miami (OH) 13 72 525 5.5 40.4
97 Oklahoma State 11 59 514 5.4 46.7
97 Air Force 11 59 486 5.4 44.2
99 Appalachian State 12 64 615 5.3 51.3
99 UCF 11 58 527 5.3 47.9
99 Maryland 11 58 495 5.3 45.0
102 Arizona 12 62 593 5.2 49.4
102 Louisiana-Monroe 11 57 540 5.2 49.1
102 Kent State 11 57 528 5.2 48.0
102 Kansas 11 57 502 5.2 45.6
102 Marshall 11 57 483 5.2 43.9
102 Michigan 13 67 562 5.2 43.2
108 TCU 12 61 530 5.1 44.2
108 Washington 12 61 519 5.1 43.3
108 Temple 11 56 463 5.1 42.1
111 Virginia 13 65 587 5.0 45.2
111 Cincinnati 12 60 457 5.0 38.1
113 Toledo 12 59 476 4.9 39.7
114 Northwestern 12 57 565 4.8 47.1
114 Rutgers 11 53 508 4.8 46.2
114 Western Michigan 13 63 557 4.8 42.8
114 Texas Tech 13 62 481 4.8 37.0
114 Buffalo 11 53 405 4.8 36.8
119 Massachusetts 11 52 484 4.7 44.0
119 Oklahoma 12 56 459 4.7 38.3
119 Miami (FL) 15 70 569 4.7 37.9
122 Army 12 54 415 4.5 34.6
122 Kansas State 11 49 367 4.5 33.4
124 Ohio 12 53 468 4.4 39.0
124 Nebraska 12 53 458 4.4 38.2
126 UCLA 12 52 481 4.3 40.1
126 Connecticut 12 52 464 4.3 38.7
126 Indiana 15 65 559 4.3 37.3
126 Navy 12 52 413 4.3 34.4
130 Wisconsin 12 50 425 4.2 35.4
131 Charlotte 11 45 485 4.1 44.1
131 Purdue 11 45 428 4.1 38.9
131 Middle Tennessee State 11 45 426 4.1 38.7
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