2026 National Leaders Penalties - Games vs. FBS Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 09/19/2026
| Name | G | Pen. | Yards | Pen./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas A&M | 2 | 3 | 15 | 1.5 | 7.5 |
| 2 | Arkansas State | 1 | 2 | 10 | 2.0 | 10.0 |
| 2 | Fresno State | 1 | 3 | 10 | 3.0 | 10.0 |
| 4 | Ball State | 1 | 3 | 15 | 3.0 | 15.0 |
| 5 | Delaware | 1 | 3 | 18 | 3.0 | 18.0 |
| 6 | Texas | 2 | 6 | 47 | 3.0 | 23.5 |
| 7 | Kansas State | 1 | 2 | 25 | 2.0 | 25.0 |
| 7 | Boise State | 1 | 3 | 25 | 3.0 | 25.0 |
| 7 | Colorado State | 1 | 3 | 25 | 3.0 | 25.0 |
| 7 | Eastern Michigan | 2 | 7 | 50 | 3.5 | 25.0 |
| 7 | Iowa | 1 | 4 | 25 | 4.0 | 25.0 |
| 12 | North Carolina | 2 | 8 | 55 | 4.0 | 27.5 |
| 12 | Western Kentucky | 2 | 8 | 55 | 4.0 | 27.5 |
| 14 | San Jose State | 2 | 8 | 56 | 4.0 | 28.0 |
| 15 | Ohio | 1 | 2 | 30 | 2.0 | 30.0 |
| 15 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 2 | 30 | 2.0 | 30.0 |
| 15 | Buffalo | 1 | 3 | 30 | 3.0 | 30.0 |
| 15 | Texas State | 1 | 3 | 30 | 3.0 | 30.0 |
| 15 | UTEP | 2 | 8 | 60 | 4.0 | 30.0 |
| 20 | Hawaii | 1 | 7 | 31 | 7.0 | 31.0 |
| 21 | Boston College | 2 | 11 | 65 | 5.5 | 32.5 |
| 22 | Clemson | 2 | 9 | 66 | 4.5 | 33.0 |
| 23 | Florida State | 2 | 9 | 67 | 4.5 | 33.5 |
| 24 | Ohio State | 1 | 4 | 35 | 4.0 | 35.0 |
| 25 | Notre Dame | 2 | 7 | 71 | 3.5 | 35.5 |
| 26 | San Diego State | 1 | 4 | 37 | 4.0 | 37.0 |
| 27 | Washington State | 2 | 9 | 75 | 4.5 | 37.5 |
| 28 | Northern Illinois | 2 | 10 | 76 | 5.0 | 38.0 |
| 29 | NC State | 2 | 9 | 77 | 4.5 | 38.5 |
| 30 | Charlotte | 1 | 7 | 39 | 7.0 | 39.0 |
| 30 | Toledo | 1 | 7 | 39 | 7.0 | 39.0 |
| 32 | Rutgers | 2 | 10 | 79 | 5.0 | 39.5 |
| 33 | Baylor | 1 | 5 | 40 | 5.0 | 40.0 |
| 33 | Western Michigan | 1 | 5 | 40 | 5.0 | 40.0 |
| 35 | Georgia | 1 | 4 | 41 | 4.0 | 41.0 |
| 35 | Missouri State | 1 | 8 | 41 | 8.0 | 41.0 |
| 37 | Marshall | 1 | 4 | 45 | 4.0 | 45.0 |
| 37 | Iowa State | 1 | 6 | 45 | 6.0 | 45.0 |
| 37 | Old Dominion | 1 | 6 | 45 | 6.0 | 45.0 |
| 40 | Bowling Green | 2 | 13 | 91 | 6.5 | 45.5 |
| 41 | Utah | 2 | 12 | 93 | 6.0 | 46.5 |
| 42 | Wyoming | 1 | 6 | 47 | 6.0 | 47.0 |
| 43 | Georgia Tech | 2 | 14 | 95 | 7.0 | 47.5 |
| 43 | Purdue | 2 | 14 | 95 | 7.0 | 47.5 |
| 45 | Arkansas | 2 | 14 | 98 | 7.0 | 49.0 |
| 46 | Alabama | 2 | 15 | 100 | 7.5 | 50.0 |
| 46 | UCF | 1 | 9 | 50 | 9.0 | 50.0 |
| 48 | Oregon State | 2 | 12 | 102 | 6.0 | 51.0 |
| 49 | Utah State | 2 | 13 | 103 | 6.5 | 51.5 |
| 50 | West Virginia | 1 | 7 | 52 | 7.0 | 52.0 |
| 51 | Texas Tech | 2 | 12 | 105 | 6.0 | 52.5 |
| 52 | Memphis | 1 | 5 | 54 | 5.0 | 54.0 |
| 53 | Virginia | 2 | 11 | 109 | 5.5 | 54.5 |
| 53 | Akron | 2 | 12 | 109 | 6.0 | 54.5 |
| 53 | LSU | 2 | 13 | 109 | 6.5 | 54.5 |
| 56 | Louisiana-Monroe | 1 | 5 | 55 | 5.0 | 55.0 |
| 56 | Arizona | 1 | 7 | 55 | 7.0 | 55.0 |
| 56 | New Mexico | 1 | 8 | 55 | 8.0 | 55.0 |
| 59 | Auburn | 2 | 12 | 112 | 6.0 | 56.0 |
| 60 | USC | 2 | 13 | 115 | 6.5 | 57.5 |
| 61 | Temple | 1 | 5 | 60 | 5.0 | 60.0 |
| 61 | Louisiana | 1 | 6 | 60 | 6.0 | 60.0 |
| 61 | Troy | 1 | 6 | 60 | 6.0 | 60.0 |
| 61 | Sacramento State | 1 | 7 | 60 | 7.0 | 60.0 |
| 61 | Georgia State | 1 | 7 | 60 | 7.0 | 60.0 |
| 61 | Stanford | 2 | 14 | 120 | 7.0 | 60.0 |
| 61 | Massachusetts | 1 | 8 | 60 | 8.0 | 60.0 |
| 61 | Northwestern | 1 | 8 | 60 | 8.0 | 60.0 |
| 61 | Coastal Carolina | 1 | 10 | 60 | 10.0 | 60.0 |
| 70 | East Carolina | 1 | 7 | 61 | 7.0 | 61.0 |
| 71 | Miami (FL) | 2 | 12 | 125 | 6.0 | 62.5 |
| 71 | Houston | 2 | 17 | 125 | 8.5 | 62.5 |
| 73 | James Madison | 1 | 7 | 63 | 7.0 | 63.0 |
| 74 | Arizona State | 2 | 16 | 127 | 8.0 | 63.5 |
| 75 | Maryland | 1 | 8 | 64 | 8.0 | 64.0 |
| 76 | SMU | 2 | 14 | 129 | 7.0 | 64.5 |
| 76 | Kansas | 2 | 15 | 129 | 7.5 | 64.5 |
| 76 | Kentucky | 2 | 15 | 129 | 7.5 | 64.5 |
| 76 | Tulane | 2 | 20 | 129 | 10.0 | 64.5 |
| 80 | Louisiana Tech | 2 | 14 | 131 | 7.0 | 65.5 |
| 81 | BYU | 2 | 15 | 133 | 7.5 | 66.5 |
| 82 | Miami (OH) | 2 | 16 | 135 | 8.0 | 67.5 |
| 82 | Kent State | 2 | 18 | 135 | 9.0 | 67.5 |
| 84 | New Mexico State | 1 | 8 | 68 | 8.0 | 68.0 |
| 84 | Pittsburgh | 2 | 16 | 136 | 8.0 | 68.0 |
| 86 | Ole Miss | 2 | 14 | 137 | 7.0 | 68.5 |
| 87 | Cincinnati | 1 | 7 | 69 | 7.0 | 69.0 |
| 87 | UAB | 1 | 9 | 69 | 9.0 | 69.0 |
| 89 | Colorado | 2 | 15 | 140 | 7.5 | 70.0 |
| 90 | Illinois | 1 | 7 | 71 | 7.0 | 71.0 |
| 91 | Connecticut | 1 | 8 | 72 | 8.0 | 72.0 |
| 92 | California | 2 | 15 | 146 | 7.5 | 73.0 |
| 93 | Oklahoma | 1 | 9 | 76 | 9.0 | 76.0 |
| 93 | Virginia Tech | 1 | 9 | 76 | 9.0 | 76.0 |
| 93 | Missouri | 1 | 10 | 76 | 10.0 | 76.0 |
| 96 | Georgia Southern | 1 | 8 | 77 | 8.0 | 77.0 |
| 97 | Oregon | 2 | 17 | 156 | 8.5 | 78.0 |
| 98 | Mississippi State | 2 | 20 | 158 | 10.0 | 79.0 |
| 99 | Southern Miss | 1 | 11 | 85 | 11.0 | 85.0 |
| 100 | Wake Forest | 2 | 17 | 172 | 8.5 | 86.0 |
| 101 | Washington | 2 | 18 | 174 | 9.0 | 87.0 |
| 102 | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 9 | 88 | 9.0 | 88.0 |
| 103 | Kennesaw State | 1 | 9 | 90 | 9.0 | 90.0 |
| 103 | North Texas | 2 | 19 | 180 | 9.5 | 90.0 |
| 103 | Michigan | 1 | 11 | 90 | 11.0 | 90.0 |
| 103 | TCU | 1 | 11 | 90 | 11.0 | 90.0 |
| 107 | UCLA | 3 | 32 | 283 | 10.7 | 94.3 |
| 108 | Duke | 2 | 20 | 192 | 10.0 | 96.0 |
| 108 | Louisville | 2 | 20 | 192 | 10.0 | 96.0 |
| 110 | South Carolina | 1 | 9 | 98 | 9.0 | 98.0 |
| 111 | Tulsa | 1 | 9 | 102 | 9.0 | 102.0 |
| 111 | Syracuse | 2 | 24 | 204 | 12.0 | 102.0 |
| 113 | UTSA | 2 | 23 | 230 | 11.5 | 115.0 |
| 113 | Minnesota | 1 | 12 | 115 | 12.0 | 115.0 |
| 115 | Vanderbilt | 1 | 13 | 116 | 13.0 | 116.0 |
| 116 | Florida | 1 | 16 | 138 | 16.0 | 138.0 |
| 117 | Tennessee | 1 | 14 | 142 | 14.0 | 142.0 |