college football teams with least penalties per game since 2000

Since 2000, the Air Force Falcons have the fewest penalties per game played by a team, with 3.62.

	TEAM	PEN/GP	PEN	GP	W	L	T	TD	PTS	PPG	OPP PTS	OPP PPG	1DWN	3DWN%	4DWN%
1	Air Force	3.62	590	163	96	67	0	581	4,820	29.6	3,935	24.1	3,294	47.0	68.4
2	Navy	3.89	658	169	97	72	0	602	4,896	29.0	4,391	26.0	3,103	42.7	67.9
3	Army	3.92	662	169	95	74	0	594	4,676	27.7	3,766	22.3	3,177	46.2	65.1
4	Iowa	4.24	734	173	118	55	0	545	4,528	26.2	3,086	17.8	3,128	38.1	55.2
5	Minnesota	4.49	754	168	101	67	0	544	4,433	26.4	3,741	22.3	3,275	41.5	61.1
6	Northwestern	4.61	761	165	83	82	0	448	3,665	22.2	3,806	23.1	3,235	38.4	49.7
7	Ball State	4.77	763	160	63	97	0	444	4,046	25.3	4,956	31.0	3,126	39.8	51.5
8	Penn State	4.86	846	174	118	56	0	696	5,522	31.7	3,413	19.6	3,699	39.0	58.5
9	Iowa State	4.87	823	169	83	86	0	575	4,681	27.7	4,329	25.6	3,515	39.9	58.4
10	Wyoming	4.88	796	163	76	87	0	433	3,847	23.6	4,186	25.7	2,787	37.1	52.4
11	Idaho	4.92	295	60	19	41	0	164	1,508	25.1	2,192	36.5	1,111	39.1	51.4
12	Michigan	5	850	170	121	49	0	659	5,333	31.4	3,214	18.9	3,473	42.2	56.9
13	Wisconsin	5.04	857	170	112	58	0	598	4,754	28.0	3,101	18.2	3,470	41.0	57.5
14	Buffalo	5.09	825	162	81	81	0	546	4,567	28.2	4,295	26.5	3,153	39.6	54.7
15	Boise State	5.16	909	176	128	48	0	705	6,008	34.1	4,032	22.9	3,761	45.7	53.8
16	Rice	5.17	838	162	59	103	0	440	3,764	23.2	5,033	31.1	2,907	37.8	52.3
17	Louisiana-Monroe	5.2	832	160	49	111	0	433	3,627	22.7	5,563	34.8	2,798	35.8	50.0
18	Georgia Tech	5.23	868	166	81	85	0	613	4,717	28.4	4,627	27.9	3,444	41.5	48.3
19	Kansas State	5.23	889	170	102	68	0	662	5,270	31.0	4,102	24.1	3,369	42.0	57.9
20	Ohio	5.24	870	166	103	63	0	569	4,874	29.4	3,984	24.0	3,323	42.8	54.8
21	Western Kentucky	5.27	938	178	108	70	0	694	5,753	32.3	4,735	26.6	3,783	43.2	49.7
22	Wake Forest	5.29	883	167	85	82	0	572	4,676	28.0	4,567	27.3	3,550	39.9	53.3
23	Clemson	5.3	975	184	150	34	0	834	6,531	35.5	3,413	18.5	4,371	43.6	57.3
24	Purdue	5.32	862	162	55	107	0	486	3,929	24.3	5,062	31.2	3,300	37.7	48.9
25	Georgia	5.32	974	183	151	32	0	800	6,414	35.0	3,272	17.9	4,175	44.7	63.7

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More Air Force Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

296

Szarka

RUSH

391

Szarka

REC

103

Kibbee

Team Rankings

PPG

28.8

76th

OPP PPG

17.4

31st

RUSH YDS/G

325.6

2nd

PASS YDS/G

74.4

224th

2026 MWC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
2	New Mexico	1-0	4-1
3	North Dakota State	2-1	5-1
4	Air Force	2-1	4-1
5	Wyoming	2-1	3-3
6	San Jose State	1-1	3-3

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/17	UNLV	@	AFA	3:30 PM
Fri 10/23	AFA	@	WYO	9:00 PM
Sat 10/31	CONN	@	AFA	3:00 PM
Sat 11/7	AFA	@	ARMY	7:30 PM
Sat 11/14	SJSU	@	AFA	7:00 PM

Last Game

Air Force

4 - 1

Final

Northern Illinois

0 - 5

Sat 10 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

838

Burgess

835

Riley

828

Roberts

Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

916

Smith

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

18

Stokes

18

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

12

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

11

Smith

9

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

200.5

Hoover

198.6

Stockton

Sack Leaders

9.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.6

46.2

44.2

44.0

43.4

42.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

13.0

Total Yards Rankings

562.3

554.8

533.8

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

303.5

299.4

295.5

253.2

Pass Yards Rankings

391.2

347.0

341.0

337.8

334.4

322.4

Sack Leaders

24.0

22.0

20.0

19.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	5	1	.833
2	Oregon State	4	2	.667
3	San Diego State	2	4	.333
4	Fresno State	4	2	.667
5	Texas State	3	3	.500
6	Utah State	2	4	.333
7	Colorado State	2	4	.333
8	Washington State	1	5	.167

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Utah	5	0	1.000
4	Baylor	4	1	.800
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Arizona State	3	2	.600
10	Iowa State	3	3	.500
11	UCF	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Kansas	2	3	.400
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	West Virginia	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	3	.571
2	Ohio	4	2	.667
3	Western Michigan	4	2	.667
4	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
5	Buffalo	3	3	.500
6	Toledo	4	2	.667
7	Central Michigan	3	3	.500
8	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
9	UMass	4	2	.667
10	Kent State	2	4	.333
11	Akron	1	5	.167
12	Ball State	1	5	.167
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	0	1.000
2	Alabama	5	1	.833
3	Kentucky	5	1	.833
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Missouri	5	1	.833
6	Tennessee	5	1	.833
7	Ole Miss	4	1	.800
8	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
9	Florida	4	2	.667
10	Texas	4	1	.800
11	LSU	4	2	.667
12	Auburn	3	2	.600
13	South Carolina	3	3	.500
14	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
15	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
16	Arkansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	UCLA	5	0	1.000
3	Ohio State	5	1	.833
4	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
5	USC	6	1	.857
6	Iowa	5	1	.833
7	Nebraska	5	1	.833
8	Minnesota	4	2	.667
9	Purdue	3	4	.429
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Washington	4	3	.571
14	Michigan	3	2	.600
15	Rutgers	1	4	.200
16	Penn State	3	3	.500
17	Maryland	2	4	.333
18	Michigan State	2	4	.333

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
3	Clemson	3	2	.600
4	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
5	SMU	4	1	.800
6	Virginia	4	2	.667
7	California	3	3	.500
8	Georgia Tech	2	3	.400
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Duke	4	1	.800
11	North Carolina	3	2	.600
12	Virginia Tech	4	2	.667
13	Florida State	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Stanford	2	4	.333
16	Boston College	2	3	.400
17	Syracuse	2	3	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	4	2	.667
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	North Dakota State	5	1	.833
4	Air Force	4	1	.800
5	Wyoming	3	3	.500
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Nevada	2	3	.400
8	Northern Illinois	0	5	.000
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	5	.167

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	0	1.000
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	5	1	.833
2	North Texas	4	2	.667
3	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
4	Memphis	5	2	.714
5	Army	3	2	.600
6	UAB	4	3	.571
7	East Carolina	3	3	.500
8	Tulane	3	3	.500
9	Temple	2	4	.333
10	South Florida	4	2	.667
11	Navy	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	3	3	.500
13	Rice	1	5	.167
14	Charlotte	0	6	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
2	Liberty	5	1	.833
3	Western Kentucky	3	4	.429
4	Florida International	3	3	.500
5	Middle Tennessee	3	3	.500
6	Missouri State	2	4	.333
7	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
8	Delaware	2	4	.333
9	Kennesaw State	1	5	.167
10	Sam Houston	1	5	.167

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	6	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
5	Troy	3	2	.600
6	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
7	Louisiana	4	2	.667
8	Appalachian State	4	2	.667
9	Coastal Carolina	2	5	.286
10	Old Dominion	2	5	.286
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333