2025 National Leaders Opponent Penalties - Games vs. FBS (I-A) Teams Only through 01/09/2026

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 Boise State 13 104 874 8.0 67.2
4 USF 12 102 862 8.5 71.8
5 Kennesaw State 13 92 861 7.1 66.2
6 Pittsburgh 12 91 857 7.6 71.4
7 Mississippi State 12 101 849 8.4 70.8
8 Louisiana Tech 12 97 832 8.1 69.3
9 Southern Miss 12 97 829 8.1 69.1
10 New Mexico State 11 88 825 8.0 75.0
11 Duke 13 84 810 6.5 62.3
12 Houston 12 91 807 7.6 67.3
13 Western Kentucky 12 93 793 7.8 66.1
13 UNLV 13 86 793 6.6 61.0
15 NC State 12 84 776 7.0 64.7
16 Old Dominion 12 88 770 7.3 64.2
17 Washington State 12 79 764 6.6 63.7
18 Florida Atlantic 11 85 763 7.7 69.4
18 Vanderbilt 12 85 763 7.1 63.6
20 Coastal Carolina 12 85 755 7.1 62.9
20 Hawaii 12 83 755 6.9 62.9
22 Alabama 14 82 752 5.9 53.7
23 USC 13 74 750 5.7 57.7
24 California 12 86 742 7.2 61.8
25 Louisiana 12 77 741 6.4 61.8
26 UTEP 11 85 739 7.7 67.2
27 Stanford 12 94 730 7.8 60.8
27 New Mexico 12 86 730 7.2 60.8
29 Baylor 11 71 728 6.5 66.2
30 Georgia Southern 12 86 727 7.2 60.6
31 Delaware 12 72 721 6.0 60.1
32 LSU 12 86 718 7.2 59.8
33 Oregon State 11 83 717 7.5 65.2
33 Ole Miss 14 83 717 5.9 51.2
35 SMU 12 81 716 6.8 59.7
36 Boston College 11 79 715 7.2 65.0
37 Utah State 12 77 713 6.4 59.4
38 Louisville 12 88 711 7.3 59.3
39 Fresno State 12 78 701 6.5 58.4
39 Jacksonville State 13 82 701 6.3 53.9
41 Georgia Tech 12 76 700 6.3 58.3
42 UTSA 12 76 695 6.3 57.9
43 Notre Dame 12 79 689 6.6 57.4
44 North Texas 13 76 685 5.8 52.7
45 FIU 12 73 680 6.1 56.7
45 Colorado 12 72 680 6.0 56.7
45 Tulane 14 77 680 5.5 48.6
48 Central Michigan 12 76 677 6.3 56.4
49 Wyoming 11 75 672 6.8 61.1
50 Clemson 12 74 670 6.2 55.8
51 Colorado State 11 75 668 6.8 60.7
52 James Madison 13 75 666 5.8 51.2
53 Sam Houston State 12 68 664 5.7 55.3
54 San Jose State 11 75 661 6.8 60.1
55 Eastern Michigan 11 71 659 6.5 59.9
55 Akron 11 69 659 6.3 59.9
57 Iowa State 11 73 658 6.6 59.8
58 Arizona State 12 67 656 5.6 54.7
59 Memphis 12 81 649 6.8 54.1
60 Kentucky 11 72 644 6.5 58.5
60 Missouri 12 84 644 7.0 53.7
62 Troy 13 73 643 5.6 49.5
63 Nevada 11 75 638 6.8 58.0
64 Virginia Tech 11 76 628 6.9 57.1
65 West Virginia 11 76 626 6.9 56.9
65 Tennessee 12 71 626 5.9 52.2
67 Syracuse 11 67 625 6.1 56.8
68 Utah 12 75 623 6.3 51.9
69 Texas A&M 12 75 622 6.3 51.8
70 Wake Forest 12 69 619 5.8 51.6
71 Tulsa 11 62 618 5.6 56.2
72 South Carolina 11 64 617 5.8 56.1
72 Minnesota 12 72 617 6.0 51.4
74 South Alabama 11 76 615 6.9 55.9
74 Auburn 11 67 615 6.1 55.9
74 East Carolina 12 71 615 5.9 51.3
74 Appalachian State 12 64 615 5.3 51.3
78 Georgia State 11 69 614 6.3 55.8
79 Illinois 12 67 613 5.6 51.1
80 Georgia 13 76 612 5.8 47.1
81 Ball State 11 69 611 6.3 55.5
81 BYU 13 81 611 6.2 47.0
83 North Carolina 11 60 602 5.5 54.7
84 Texas State 12 66 601 5.5 50.1
85 Arizona 12 62 593 5.2 49.4
86 Rice 12 67 589 5.6 49.1
87 Florida State 11 69 587 6.3 53.4
87 Virginia 13 65 587 5.0 45.2
89 UAB 11 65 572 5.9 52.0
90 Bowling Green 11 68 570 6.2 51.8
91 Oregon 14 78 568 5.6 40.6
92 Arkansas 11 66 565 6.0 51.4
92 Northwestern 12 57 565 4.8 47.1
94 Michigan 13 67 562 5.2 43.2
95 Texas 13 75 561 5.8 43.2
96 Western Michigan 13 63 557 4.8 42.8
97 Northern Illinois 11 68 552 6.2 50.2
98 San Diego State 12 68 549 5.7 45.8
99 Louisiana-Monroe 11 57 540 5.2 49.1
100 Liberty 11 61 532 5.5 48.4
101 Miami (FL) 14 65 531 4.6 37.9
102 TCU 12 61 530 5.1 44.2
103 Kent State 11 57 528 5.2 48.0
104 UCF 11 58 527 5.3 47.9
105 Miami (OH) 13 72 525 5.5 40.4
106 Washington 12 61 519 5.1 43.3
107 Oklahoma State 11 59 514 5.4 46.7
108 Rutgers 11 53 508 4.8 46.2
109 Kansas 11 57 502 5.2 45.6
110 Michigan State 11 63 500 5.7 45.5
111 Indiana 14 58 499 4.1 35.6
112 Maryland 11 58 495 5.3 45.0
113 Florida 11 62 493 5.6 44.8
114 Air Force 11 59 486 5.4 44.2
115 Charlotte 11 45 485 4.1 44.1
116 Massachusetts 11 52 484 4.7 44.0
117 Marshall 11 57 483 5.2 43.9
118 UCLA 12 52 481 4.3 40.1
118 Texas Tech 13 62 481 4.8 37.0
120 Toledo 12 59 476 4.9 39.7
121 Ohio 12 53 468 4.4 39.0
122 Connecticut 12 52 464 4.3 38.7
123 Temple 11 56 463 5.1 42.1
124 Oklahoma 12 56 459 4.7 38.3
125 Nebraska 12 53 458 4.4 38.2
126 Cincinnati 12 60 457 5.0 38.1
127 Purdue 11 45 428 4.1 38.9
128 Middle Tennessee State 11 45 426 4.1 38.7
129 Wisconsin 12 50 425 4.2 35.4
130 Army 12 54 415 4.5 34.6
131 Navy 12 52 413 4.3 34.4
132 Buffalo 11 53 405 4.8 36.8
133 Iowa 12 47 395 3.9 32.9
134 Kansas State 11 49 367 4.5 33.4
135 Ohio State 13 44 355 3.4 27.3
136 Penn State 12 43 329 3.6 27.4