2025 National Leaders Opponent Penalties - Games vs. FBS non-Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 12/23/2025
| Name | G | Pen. | Yards | Pen./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arkansas State | 10 | 97 | 823 | 9.7 | 82.3 |
| 2 | Boise State | 12 | 95 | 804 | 7.9 | 67.0 |
| 3 | Missouri State | 10 | 77 | 779 | 7.7 | 77.9 |
| 4 | New Mexico State | 10 | 84 | 770 | 8.4 | 77.0 |
| 5 | Kennesaw State | 11 | 80 | 746 | 7.3 | 67.8 |
| 6 | Western Kentucky | 11 | 84 | 724 | 7.6 | 65.8 |
| 7 | Southern Miss | 11 | 83 | 710 | 7.5 | 64.5 |
| 8 | Louisiana | 11 | 74 | 706 | 6.7 | 64.2 |
| 9 | USF | 10 | 82 | 690 | 8.2 | 69.0 |
| 10 | UNLV | 12 | 72 | 664 | 6.0 | 55.3 |
| 11 | Florida Atlantic | 10 | 71 | 663 | 7.1 | 66.3 |
| 12 | UTEP | 10 | 78 | 661 | 7.8 | 66.1 |
| 13 | Delaware | 10 | 64 | 641 | 6.4 | 64.1 |
| 14 | Old Dominion | 10 | 73 | 632 | 7.3 | 63.2 |
| 15 | Jacksonville State | 12 | 73 | 621 | 6.1 | 51.8 |
| 16 | UTSA | 10 | 65 | 614 | 6.5 | 61.4 |
| 17 | Troy | 12 | 70 | 613 | 5.8 | 51.1 |
| 18 | Colorado State | 9 | 65 | 594 | 7.2 | 66.0 |
| 19 | Nevada | 10 | 70 | 593 | 7.0 | 59.3 |
| 20 | Eastern Michigan | 10 | 64 | 591 | 6.4 | 59.1 |
| 21 | Akron | 10 | 63 | 588 | 6.3 | 58.8 |
| 22 | Georgia Southern | 10 | 72 | 584 | 7.2 | 58.4 |
| 23 | South Alabama | 10 | 72 | 572 | 7.2 | 57.2 |
| 24 | Sam Houston State | 10 | 55 | 559 | 5.5 | 55.9 |
| 25 | North Texas | 11 | 62 | 554 | 5.6 | 50.4 |
| 26 | Louisiana Tech | 9 | 65 | 550 | 7.2 | 61.1 |
| 27 | Central Michigan | 9 | 64 | 549 | 7.1 | 61.0 |
| 27 | Coastal Carolina | 9 | 60 | 549 | 6.7 | 61.0 |
| 29 | Appalachian State | 10 | 56 | 548 | 5.6 | 54.8 |
| 30 | Hawaii | 9 | 60 | 546 | 6.7 | 60.7 |
| 31 | Memphis | 10 | 68 | 538 | 6.8 | 53.8 |
| 32 | FIU | 10 | 61 | 537 | 6.1 | 53.7 |
| 33 | Tulane | 10 | 60 | 536 | 6.0 | 53.6 |
| 34 | Liberty | 11 | 61 | 532 | 5.5 | 48.4 |
| 35 | Utah State | 9 | 60 | 522 | 6.7 | 58.0 |
| 35 | UAB | 10 | 60 | 522 | 6.0 | 52.2 |
| 37 | Ball State | 9 | 58 | 521 | 6.4 | 57.9 |
| 38 | Fresno State | 9 | 55 | 520 | 6.1 | 57.8 |
| 39 | Wyoming | 9 | 60 | 519 | 6.7 | 57.7 |
| 40 | Texas State | 10 | 56 | 504 | 5.6 | 50.4 |
| 41 | Tulsa | 9 | 52 | 503 | 5.8 | 55.9 |
| 42 | James Madison | 10 | 59 | 501 | 5.9 | 50.1 |
| 43 | Air Force | 11 | 59 | 486 | 5.4 | 44.2 |
| 44 | Rice | 10 | 56 | 479 | 5.6 | 47.9 |
| 45 | Western Michigan | 11 | 53 | 476 | 4.8 | 43.3 |
| 46 | Massachusetts | 9 | 50 | 474 | 5.6 | 52.7 |
| 47 | Marshall | 10 | 55 | 468 | 5.5 | 46.8 |
| 48 | Georgia State | 9 | 51 | 464 | 5.7 | 51.6 |
| 49 | Bowling Green | 9 | 57 | 463 | 6.3 | 51.4 |
| 50 | New Mexico | 9 | 56 | 462 | 6.2 | 51.3 |
| 51 | San Jose State | 9 | 52 | 451 | 5.8 | 50.1 |
| 52 | Louisiana-Monroe | 9 | 46 | 436 | 5.1 | 48.4 |
| 53 | Middle Tennessee State | 10 | 45 | 426 | 4.5 | 42.6 |
| 54 | Northern Illinois | 9 | 54 | 419 | 6.0 | 46.6 |
| 55 | East Carolina | 9 | 51 | 416 | 5.7 | 46.2 |
| 56 | Charlotte | 9 | 38 | 415 | 4.2 | 46.1 |
| 57 | Miami (OH) | 10 | 57 | 401 | 5.7 | 40.1 |
| 58 | Buffalo | 10 | 51 | 395 | 5.1 | 39.5 |
| 59 | Washington State | 7 | 42 | 386 | 6.0 | 55.1 |
| 60 | Temple | 9 | 47 | 383 | 5.2 | 42.6 |
| 61 | San Diego State | 9 | 44 | 364 | 4.9 | 40.4 |
| 61 | Army | 10 | 47 | 364 | 4.7 | 36.4 |
| 63 | Toledo | 9 | 45 | 354 | 5.0 | 39.3 |
| 64 | Kent State | 8 | 39 | 337 | 4.9 | 42.1 |
| 64 | Navy | 11 | 43 | 337 | 3.9 | 30.6 |
| 66 | Connecticut | 8 | 34 | 303 | 4.3 | 37.9 |
| 67 | Ohio | 9 | 34 | 298 | 3.8 | 33.1 |
| 68 | Louisville | 3 | 32 | 238 | 10.7 | 79.3 |
| 69 | Oregon State | 4 | 24 | 227 | 6.0 | 56.8 |
| 70 | NC State | 3 | 22 | 206 | 7.3 | 68.7 |
| 71 | Notre Dame | 2 | 19 | 169 | 9.5 | 84.5 |
| 72 | Duke | 2 | 13 | 160 | 6.5 | 80.0 |
| 73 | UCLA | 2 | 17 | 159 | 8.5 | 79.5 |
| 73 | Pittsburgh | 2 | 17 | 159 | 8.5 | 79.5 |
| 73 | Stanford | 3 | 19 | 159 | 6.3 | 53.0 |
| 76 | USC | 3 | 15 | 157 | 5.0 | 52.3 |
| 77 | LSU | 2 | 16 | 156 | 8.0 | 78.0 |
| 78 | Vanderbilt | 2 | 18 | 139 | 9.0 | 69.5 |
| 78 | Tennessee | 2 | 16 | 139 | 8.0 | 69.5 |
| 78 | Boston College | 2 | 14 | 139 | 7.0 | 69.5 |
| 81 | Kentucky | 2 | 18 | 138 | 9.0 | 69.0 |
| 82 | Texas A&M | 3 | 20 | 137 | 6.7 | 45.7 |
| 83 | Maryland | 2 | 13 | 132 | 6.5 | 66.0 |
| 84 | Rutgers | 2 | 16 | 131 | 8.0 | 65.5 |
| 85 | Ole Miss | 3 | 15 | 128 | 5.0 | 42.7 |
| 86 | Northwestern | 2 | 10 | 122 | 5.0 | 61.0 |
| 87 | Arkansas | 3 | 15 | 118 | 5.0 | 39.3 |
| 88 | Oregon | 1 | 13 | 113 | 13.0 | 113.0 |
| 89 | Colorado | 2 | 10 | 111 | 5.0 | 55.5 |
| 90 | Mississippi State | 2 | 13 | 110 | 6.5 | 55.0 |
| 91 | Indiana | 2 | 12 | 99 | 6.0 | 49.5 |
| 92 | Clemson | 1 | 10 | 97 | 10.0 | 97.0 |
| 93 | Wake Forest | 2 | 12 | 93 | 6.0 | 46.5 |
| 94 | Auburn | 2 | 12 | 92 | 6.0 | 46.0 |
| 95 | Iowa State | 1 | 10 | 90 | 10.0 | 90.0 |
| 96 | Texas | 3 | 15 | 88 | 5.0 | 29.3 |
| 97 | Syracuse | 2 | 9 | 87 | 4.5 | 43.5 |
| 98 | Virginia Tech | 1 | 8 | 85 | 8.0 | 85.0 |
| 98 | Wisconsin | 2 | 9 | 85 | 4.5 | 42.5 |
| 100 | Georgia | 2 | 11 | 77 | 5.5 | 38.5 |
| 101 | BYU | 1 | 11 | 76 | 11.0 | 76.0 |
| 102 | Florida | 1 | 9 | 75 | 9.0 | 75.0 |
| 102 | Georgia Tech | 1 | 8 | 75 | 8.0 | 75.0 |
| 102 | California | 1 | 7 | 75 | 7.0 | 75.0 |
| 105 | SMU | 1 | 7 | 72 | 7.0 | 72.0 |
| 106 | West Virginia | 1 | 10 | 68 | 10.0 | 68.0 |
| 107 | Arizona | 1 | 7 | 65 | 7.0 | 65.0 |
| 107 | Illinois | 1 | 6 | 65 | 6.0 | 65.0 |
| 109 | South Carolina | 1 | 5 | 63 | 5.0 | 63.0 |
| 110 | UCF | 1 | 7 | 60 | 7.0 | 60.0 |
| 110 | Virginia | 1 | 7 | 60 | 7.0 | 60.0 |
| 112 | Oklahoma | 2 | 7 | 54 | 3.5 | 27.0 |
| 112 | Penn State | 2 | 7 | 54 | 3.5 | 27.0 |
| 114 | Kansas | 1 | 4 | 50 | 4.0 | 50.0 |
| 114 | Washington | 2 | 11 | 50 | 5.5 | 25.0 |
| 116 | Purdue | 2 | 6 | 48 | 3.0 | 24.0 |
| 117 | Utah | 1 | 5 | 45 | 5.0 | 45.0 |
| 117 | Minnesota | 1 | 4 | 45 | 4.0 | 45.0 |
| 119 | North Carolina | 1 | 5 | 43 | 5.0 | 43.0 |
| 120 | Missouri | 2 | 9 | 42 | 4.5 | 21.0 |
| 121 | Alabama | 1 | 4 | 41 | 4.0 | 41.0 |
| 122 | Texas Tech | 1 | 4 | 36 | 4.0 | 36.0 |
| 123 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 4 | 34 | 4.0 | 34.0 |
| 124 | Florida State | 1 | 5 | 32 | 5.0 | 32.0 |
| 125 | Miami (FL) | 2 | 7 | 30 | 3.5 | 15.0 |
| 126 | Cincinnati | 1 | 4 | 28 | 4.0 | 28.0 |
| 127 | Ohio State | 1 | 3 | 25 | 3.0 | 25.0 |
| 128 | Michigan State | 1 | 5 | 21 | 5.0 | 21.0 |
| 129 | Michigan | 2 | 2 | 11 | 1.0 | 5.5 |
| 130 | Kansas State | 1 | 2 | 10 | 2.0 | 10.0 |
| 130 | Arizona State | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1.0 | 10.0 |
| 130 | Houston | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1.0 | 10.0 |
| 133 | Iowa | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| 133 | Nebraska | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1.0 | 5.0 |