2023 National Leaders Opponent Penalties - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/08/2024

Name G Pen. Yards Pen./G Yards/G
1 Coastal Carolina 13 106 951 8.2 73.2
2 New Mexico 12 95 888 7.9 74.0
2 Appalachian State 14 95 870 6.8 62.1
4 Miami (Ohio) 14 94 834 6.7 59.6
5 South Florida 12 90 747 7.5 62.3
6 Utah State 12 88 809 7.3 67.4
7 SMU 13 86 809 6.6 62.2
8 Florida State 10 85 682 8.5 68.2
9 Eastern Michigan 13 84 747 6.5 57.5
9 Toledo 14 84 735 6.0 52.5
11 Ohio 13 82 787 6.3 60.5
11 New Mexico State 13 82 668 6.3 51.4
13 Georgia Southern 13 81 791 6.2 60.8
13 Liberty 13 81 722 6.2 55.5
13 Fresno State 13 81 688 6.2 52.9
16 San Jose State 13 80 730 6.2 56.2
16 Northern Illinois 13 80 729 6.2 56.1
18 Marshall 12 79 756 6.6 63.0
18 Central Michigan 11 79 692 7.2 62.9
20 Western Michigan 11 78 708 7.1 64.4
20 Arkansas State 12 78 717 6.5 59.8
22 Colorado State 12 77 744 6.4 62.0
22 Boise State 13 77 588 5.9 45.2
24 Colorado 10 76 716 7.6 71.6
24 Nevada 11 76 717 6.9 65.2
24 North Carolina 11 76 609 6.9 55.4
27 Iowa 11 75 628 6.8 57.1
27 Texas State 13 75 629 5.8 48.4
29 Arizona 11 73 625 6.6 56.8
29 Western Kentucky 11 73 604 6.6 54.9
31 Sam Houston State 11 72 631 6.5 57.4
32 Washington 10 70 644 7.0 64.4
32 Georgia State 12 70 614 5.8 51.2
32 Old Dominion 12 70 601 5.8 50.1
32 Louisiana-Lafayette 13 70 636 5.4 48.9
36 Massachusetts 10 69 661 6.9 66.1
36 Nebraska 10 69 621 6.9 62.1
36 West Virginia 10 69 607 6.9 60.7
36 Rice 11 69 665 6.3 60.5
36 UCLA 12 69 596 5.8 49.7
36 Air Force 13 69 629 5.3 48.4
36 Troy 13 69 568 5.3 43.7
43 Utah 10 68 514 6.8 51.4
44 Jacksonville State 12 67 613 5.6 51.1
44 Army 11 67 525 6.1 47.7
44 South Alabama 12 67 527 5.6 43.9
47 Temple 11 66 622 6.0 56.5
47 California 11 66 598 6.0 54.4
49 BYU 8 65 541 8.1 67.6
49 UTEP 10 65 611 6.5 61.1
49 Louisville 11 65 550 5.9 50.0
52 Texas A&M 8 63 564 7.9 70.5
52 Southern Mississippi 11 63 590 5.7 53.6
52 Hawai'i 12 63 617 5.3 51.4
52 Boston College 10 63 482 6.3 48.2
52 Bowling Green 11 63 448 5.7 40.7
57 Arizona State 8 62 499 7.8 62.4
57 Louisiana Tech 10 62 609 6.2 60.9
57 Middle Tennessee 9 62 512 6.9 56.9
57 Charlotte 11 62 527 5.6 47.9
57 James Madison 13 62 547 4.8 42.1
62 Stanford 8 61 557 7.6 69.6
62 Georgia Tech 9 61 529 6.8 58.8
62 UAB 11 61 560 5.5 50.9
65 Wake Forest 8 60 527 7.5 65.9
65 Florida Atlantic 11 60 512 5.5 46.5
65 Kent State 12 60 466 5.0 38.8
68 Indiana 8 59 550 7.4 68.8
68 Purdue 9 59 517 6.6 57.4
68 Syracuse 11 59 587 5.4 53.4
68 Maryland 10 59 521 5.9 52.1
68 San Diego State 12 59 525 4.9 43.8
68 Oregon 11 59 479 5.4 43.5
68 UTSA 12 59 513 4.9 42.8
75 Vanderbilt 8 58 474 7.3 59.3
75 Washington State 9 58 500 6.4 55.6
75 Minnesota 10 58 537 5.8 53.7
75 Miami (Florida) 9 58 478 6.4 53.1
75 Ball State 11 58 506 5.3 46.0
75 UNLV 12 58 528 4.8 44.0
75 North Texas 11 58 457 5.3 41.5
82 Auburn 9 57 510 6.3 56.7
82 Missouri 8 57 426 7.1 53.3
82 Clemson 10 57 515 5.7 51.5
82 East Carolina 10 57 510 5.7 51.0
82 LSU 9 57 446 6.3 49.6
82 Wisconsin 10 57 495 5.7 49.5
82 Tennessee 9 57 412 6.3 45.8
82 Oklahoma State 10 57 458 5.7 45.8
82 Akron 12 57 540 4.8 45.0
91 Michigan 10 55 476 5.5 47.6
91 Connecticut 10 55 453 5.5 45.3
91 Memphis 11 55 487 5.0 44.3
91 Buffalo 11 55 469 5.0 42.6
95 Wyoming 12 54 491 4.5 40.9
95 Louisiana-Monroe 11 54 444 4.9 40.4
97 Oklahoma 8 52 413 6.5 51.6
97 Houston 9 52 449 5.8 49.9
97 Tulane 12 52 400 4.3 33.3
100 Virginia 9 51 519 5.7 57.7
100 Pittsburgh 9 51 482 5.7 53.6
100 North Carolina State 9 51 480 5.7 53.3
100 Illinois 9 51 399 5.7 44.3
104 Mississippi 9 50 421 5.6 46.8
104 Baylor 10 50 447 5.0 44.7
104 Penn State 9 50 392 5.6 43.6
104 Florida International 11 50 468 4.5 42.5
108 Kentucky 7 49 428 7.0 61.1
108 Kansas 9 49 482 5.4 53.6
110 Virginia Tech 10 48 374 4.8 37.4
111 Duke 8 46 488 5.8 61.0
112 Northwestern 11 45 416 4.1 37.8
112 Oregon State 9 45 317 5.0 35.2
114 Mississippi State 8 44 371 5.5 46.4
114 Georgia 9 44 328 4.9 36.4
114 Cincinnati 9 44 309 4.9 34.3
117 Kansas State 8 43 423 5.4 52.9
117 Rutgers 9 43 403 4.8 44.8
117 Ohio State 9 43 373 4.8 41.4
117 Arkansas 8 43 310 5.4 38.8
117 UCF 9 43 347 4.8 38.6
122 USC 8 42 341 5.3 42.6
122 South Carolina 8 42 332 5.3 41.5
124 Texas Tech 9 41 337 4.6 37.4
125 Florida 7 40 318 5.7 45.4
126 TCU 8 37 296 4.6 37.0
126 Alabama 8 37 244 4.6 30.5
126 Navy 10 37 263 3.7 26.3
129 Notre Dame 9 35 328 3.9 36.4
130 Tulsa 9 31 290 3.4 32.2
130 Texas 8 31 232 3.9 29.0
132 Michigan State 7 28 310 4.0 44.3
133 Iowa State 7 25 217 3.6 31.0