2026 National Leaders Penalties - Games vs. FBS Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 10/10/2026
| Name | G | Pen. | Yards | Pen./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arkansas State | 1 | 2 | 10 | 2.0 | 10.0 |
| 1 | Ohio | 1 | 2 | 30 | 2.0 | 30.0 |
| 3 | Middle Tennessee State | 1 | 3 | 15 | 3.0 | 15.0 |
| 3 | Appalachian State | 1 | 3 | 27 | 3.0 | 27.0 |
| 3 | Buffalo | 1 | 3 | 30 | 3.0 | 30.0 |
| 3 | Colorado State | 2 | 6 | 60 | 3.0 | 30.0 |
| 7 | Notre Dame | 5 | 16 | 146 | 3.2 | 29.2 |
| 8 | Penn State | 3 | 10 | 95 | 3.3 | 31.7 |
| 9 | Eastern Michigan | 2 | 7 | 50 | 3.5 | 25.0 |
| 10 | Fresno State | 3 | 11 | 72 | 3.7 | 24.0 |
| 10 | North Carolina | 3 | 11 | 77 | 3.7 | 25.7 |
| 10 | Rutgers | 3 | 11 | 84 | 3.7 | 28.0 |
| 10 | Indiana | 3 | 11 | 95 | 3.7 | 31.7 |
| 14 | Rice | 1 | 4 | 25 | 4.0 | 25.0 |
| 14 | Western Kentucky | 2 | 8 | 55 | 4.0 | 27.5 |
| 14 | San Jose State | 2 | 8 | 56 | 4.0 | 28.0 |
| 14 | Western Michigan | 2 | 8 | 75 | 4.0 | 37.5 |
| 14 | Marshall | 1 | 4 | 45 | 4.0 | 45.0 |
| 19 | Kansas State | 3 | 13 | 124 | 4.3 | 41.3 |
| 20 | Georgia | 4 | 18 | 159 | 4.5 | 39.8 |
| 21 | Boise State | 3 | 14 | 133 | 4.7 | 44.3 |
| 21 | Oklahoma State | 3 | 14 | 153 | 4.7 | 51.0 |
| 23 | Texas A&M | 5 | 24 | 179 | 4.8 | 35.8 |
| 23 | Illinois | 4 | 19 | 185 | 4.8 | 46.3 |
| 25 | Northern Illinois | 2 | 10 | 76 | 5.0 | 38.0 |
| 25 | Florida State | 4 | 20 | 176 | 5.0 | 44.0 |
| 25 | Michigan State | 3 | 15 | 134 | 5.0 | 44.7 |
| 25 | Memphis | 1 | 5 | 54 | 5.0 | 54.0 |
| 25 | Louisiana-Monroe | 1 | 5 | 55 | 5.0 | 55.0 |
| 25 | Temple | 1 | 5 | 60 | 5.0 | 60.0 |
| 31 | NC State | 4 | 21 | 170 | 5.3 | 42.5 |
| 31 | Kentucky | 4 | 21 | 187 | 5.3 | 46.8 |
| 31 | San Diego State | 3 | 16 | 141 | 5.3 | 47.0 |
| 31 | Oregon State | 4 | 21 | 197 | 5.3 | 49.3 |
| 35 | Texas State | 2 | 11 | 81 | 5.5 | 40.5 |
| 35 | Delaware | 2 | 11 | 96 | 5.5 | 48.0 |
| 35 | Virginia | 4 | 22 | 224 | 5.5 | 56.0 |
| 38 | Arizona State | 3 | 17 | 142 | 5.7 | 47.3 |
| 39 | Iowa | 4 | 23 | 177 | 5.8 | 44.3 |
| 40 | Central Michigan | 1 | 6 | 36 | 6.0 | 36.0 |
| 40 | Old Dominion | 1 | 6 | 45 | 6.0 | 45.0 |
| 40 | Iowa State | 4 | 24 | 187 | 6.0 | 46.8 |
| 40 | Wyoming | 1 | 6 | 47 | 6.0 | 47.0 |
| 40 | UTEP | 3 | 18 | 149 | 6.0 | 49.7 |
| 40 | South Alabama | 1 | 6 | 50 | 6.0 | 50.0 |
| 40 | Texas Tech | 3 | 18 | 156 | 6.0 | 52.0 |
| 40 | Baylor | 3 | 18 | 161 | 6.0 | 53.7 |
| 40 | Akron | 2 | 12 | 109 | 6.0 | 54.5 |
| 40 | Louisiana | 1 | 6 | 60 | 6.0 | 60.0 |
| 40 | Miami (FL) | 3 | 18 | 183 | 6.0 | 61.0 |
| 51 | USC | 5 | 31 | 278 | 6.2 | 55.6 |
| 52 | LSU | 4 | 25 | 194 | 6.3 | 48.5 |
| 52 | Clemson | 4 | 25 | 220 | 6.3 | 55.0 |
| 52 | Texas | 4 | 25 | 223 | 6.3 | 55.8 |
| 55 | Hawaii | 2 | 13 | 78 | 6.5 | 39.0 |
| 55 | Bowling Green | 2 | 13 | 91 | 6.5 | 45.5 |
| 55 | Purdue | 4 | 26 | 196 | 6.5 | 49.0 |
| 55 | UCF | 4 | 26 | 201 | 6.5 | 50.3 |
| 55 | Utah State | 4 | 26 | 250 | 6.5 | 62.5 |
| 55 | Troy | 2 | 13 | 135 | 6.5 | 67.5 |
| 61 | Alabama | 5 | 34 | 250 | 6.8 | 50.0 |
| 61 | Pittsburgh | 4 | 27 | 236 | 6.8 | 59.0 |
| 61 | Oregon | 4 | 27 | 251 | 6.8 | 62.8 |
| 61 | Missouri | 4 | 27 | 262 | 6.8 | 65.5 |
| 65 | Charlotte | 1 | 7 | 39 | 7.0 | 39.0 |
| 65 | Arkansas | 4 | 28 | 201 | 7.0 | 50.3 |
| 65 | Ohio State | 4 | 28 | 208 | 7.0 | 52.0 |
| 65 | Sam Houston State | 1 | 7 | 55 | 7.0 | 55.0 |
| 65 | West Virginia | 4 | 28 | 230 | 7.0 | 57.5 |
| 65 | BYU | 4 | 28 | 238 | 7.0 | 59.5 |
| 65 | Sacramento State | 1 | 7 | 60 | 7.0 | 60.0 |
| 65 | Georgia State | 1 | 7 | 60 | 7.0 | 60.0 |
| 65 | East Carolina | 1 | 7 | 61 | 7.0 | 61.0 |
| 65 | Cincinnati | 3 | 21 | 187 | 7.0 | 62.3 |
| 65 | Auburn | 4 | 28 | 250 | 7.0 | 62.5 |
| 65 | James Madison | 1 | 7 | 63 | 7.0 | 63.0 |
| 65 | Arizona | 4 | 28 | 261 | 7.0 | 65.3 |
| 65 | Louisiana Tech | 2 | 14 | 131 | 7.0 | 65.5 |
| 65 | Minnesota | 4 | 28 | 267 | 7.0 | 66.8 |
| 65 | UNLV | 1 | 7 | 67 | 7.0 | 67.0 |
| 65 | SMU | 3 | 21 | 203 | 7.0 | 67.7 |
| 65 | Virginia Tech | 4 | 28 | 291 | 7.0 | 72.8 |
| 83 | Washington State | 5 | 36 | 293 | 7.2 | 58.6 |
| 83 | Louisville | 5 | 36 | 357 | 7.2 | 71.4 |
| 85 | Stanford | 4 | 29 | 244 | 7.3 | 61.0 |
| 85 | South Carolina | 4 | 29 | 276 | 7.3 | 69.0 |
| 87 | Wisconsin | 2 | 15 | 118 | 7.5 | 59.0 |
| 87 | Boston College | 4 | 30 | 249 | 7.5 | 62.3 |
| 87 | Utah | 4 | 30 | 256 | 7.5 | 64.0 |
| 90 | Oklahoma | 3 | 23 | 196 | 7.7 | 65.3 |
| 91 | Tennessee | 4 | 31 | 262 | 7.8 | 65.5 |
| 92 | Missouri State | 2 | 16 | 101 | 8.0 | 50.5 |
| 92 | New Mexico | 1 | 8 | 55 | 8.0 | 55.0 |
| 92 | Massachusetts | 1 | 8 | 60 | 8.0 | 60.0 |
| 92 | Houston | 4 | 32 | 259 | 8.0 | 64.8 |
| 92 | Northwestern | 3 | 24 | 195 | 8.0 | 65.0 |
| 92 | Miami (OH) | 2 | 16 | 135 | 8.0 | 67.5 |
| 92 | Washington | 5 | 40 | 338 | 8.0 | 67.6 |
| 92 | Mississippi State | 4 | 32 | 271 | 8.0 | 67.8 |
| 92 | New Mexico State | 1 | 8 | 68 | 8.0 | 68.0 |
| 92 | Colorado | 4 | 32 | 306 | 8.0 | 76.5 |
| 102 | Wake Forest | 5 | 41 | 364 | 8.2 | 72.8 |
| 103 | TCU | 3 | 25 | 206 | 8.3 | 68.7 |
| 103 | Ole Miss | 4 | 33 | 276 | 8.3 | 69.0 |
| 103 | Michigan | 3 | 25 | 208 | 8.3 | 69.3 |
| 103 | Kansas | 3 | 25 | 219 | 8.3 | 73.0 |
| 103 | Maryland | 4 | 33 | 299 | 8.3 | 74.8 |
| 103 | California | 4 | 33 | 306 | 8.3 | 76.5 |
| 109 | Toledo | 2 | 17 | 122 | 8.5 | 61.0 |
| 109 | Georgia Southern | 2 | 17 | 141 | 8.5 | 70.5 |
| 111 | Duke | 3 | 26 | 263 | 8.7 | 87.7 |
| 111 | UTSA | 3 | 26 | 275 | 8.7 | 91.7 |
| 113 | Ball State | 2 | 18 | 134 | 9.0 | 67.0 |
| 113 | Kent State | 2 | 18 | 135 | 9.0 | 67.5 |
| 113 | UAB | 1 | 9 | 69 | 9.0 | 69.0 |
| 113 | Tulsa | 2 | 18 | 165 | 9.0 | 82.5 |
| 113 | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 9 | 88 | 9.0 | 88.0 |
| 113 | Kennesaw State | 1 | 9 | 90 | 9.0 | 90.0 |
| 119 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 37 | 311 | 9.3 | 77.8 |
| 119 | Florida | 4 | 37 | 340 | 9.3 | 85.0 |
| 121 | Connecticut | 2 | 19 | 141 | 9.5 | 70.5 |
| 121 | North Texas | 2 | 19 | 180 | 9.5 | 90.0 |
| 123 | UCLA | 5 | 49 | 421 | 9.8 | 84.2 |
| 124 | Coastal Carolina | 1 | 10 | 60 | 10.0 | 60.0 |
| 124 | Tulane | 2 | 20 | 129 | 10.0 | 64.5 |
| 124 | Nebraska | 3 | 30 | 251 | 10.0 | 83.7 |
| 127 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 41 | 311 | 10.3 | 77.8 |
| 128 | Southern Miss | 1 | 11 | 85 | 11.0 | 85.0 |
| 128 | Syracuse | 3 | 33 | 269 | 11.0 | 89.7 |