college football teams with least penalties since 2000

Since 2000, the North Dakota State Bison have been charged with the fewest penalties by a team, with 54 penalties.

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Data note: Penalties: team season data complete from 2013

	TEAM	PEN	GP	W	L	T	TD	PTS	PPG	OPP PTS	OPP PPG	1DWN	3DWN%	4DWN%
1	North Dakota State	54	8	6	2	0	27	222	27.8	100	12.5	150	40.2	56.3
2	Sacramento State	61	8	1	7	0	14	122	15.3	263	32.9	141	32.1	44.4
3	Delaware	110	20	10	10	0	73	575	28.8	602	30.1	442	39.0	56.0
4	Missouri State	161	20	9	11	0	63	504	25.2	618	30.9	398	36.0	46.7
5	Kennesaw State	227	33	13	20	0	87	712	21.6	906	27.5	611	38.1	45.1
6	Sam Houston	257	44	16	28	0	111	903	20.5	1,211	27.5	776	33.0	44.6
7	Jacksonville State	274	48	32	16	0	185	1,481	30.9	1,153	24.0	1,053	39.9	56.4
8	Idaho	295	60	19	41	0	164	1,508	25.1	2,192	36.5	1,111	39.1	51.4
9	James Madison	383	59	47	12	0	273	2,133	36.2	1,152	19.5	1,285	40.6	50.5
10	Air Force	601	165	97	68	0	587	4,875	29.5	3,994	24.2	3,342	47.0	68.6
11	Navy	669	171	97	74	0	612	4,969	29.1	4,478	26.2	3,150	42.7	67.4
12	Army	670	171	97	74	0	606	4,770	27.9	3,825	22.4	3,215	46.2	65.5
13	Liberty	692	107	71	36	0	455	3,450	32.2	2,671	25.0	2,424	42.7	52.1
14	Coastal Carolina	704	120	66	54	0	452	3,528	29.4	3,442	28.7	2,483	41.9	57.1
15	Iowa	740	174	118	56	0	546	4,538	26.1	3,099	17.8	3,144	38.0	55.4
16	Minnesota	760	169	102	67	0	545	4,446	26.3	3,751	22.2	3,286	41.3	61.3
17	Northwestern	771	167	85	82	0	456	3,731	22.3	3,841	23.0	3,284	38.6	49.6
18	Ball State	776	162	65	97	0	453	4,112	25.4	5,004	30.9	3,175	39.9	51.9
19	Wyoming	803	165	78	87	0	442	3,916	23.7	4,223	25.6	2,825	37.2	52.3
20	Old Dominion	805	144	63	81	0	468	3,731	25.9	4,232	29.4	2,788	37.1	45.6
21	Buffalo	829	164	83	81	0	552	4,623	28.2	4,337	26.4	3,191	39.7	54.7
22	Iowa State	829	170	83	87	0	575	4,684	27.6	4,368	25.7	3,529	39.8	58.2
23	Louisiana-Monroe	846	162	50	112	0	436	3,648	22.5	5,601	34.6	2,827	35.6	50.0
24	Penn State	851	175	118	57	0	698	5,540	31.7	3,434	19.6	3,721	39.0	58.6
25	Rice	851	164	59	105	0	449	3,830	23.4	5,122	31.2	2,944	37.8	52.1

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More North Dakota State Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,470

Hayes

RUSH

388

Mitchell

REC

503

Williams

Team Rankings

PPG

27.8

80th

OPP PPG

12.5

4th

RUSH YDS/G

159.5

73rd

PASS YDS/G

188.6

133rd

2026 MWC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
2	Wyoming	4-1	5-3
3	UNLV	2-1	4-3
4	North Dakota State	3-2	6-2
5	Air Force	3-2	5-2
6	Nevada	2-2	3-4

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/31	UTEP	@	NDSU	3:30 PM
Sat 11/14	NDSU	@	HAW	11:00 PM
Sat 11/21	NIU	@	NDSU	4:00 PM
Fri 11/27	NDSU	@	SJSU	3:30 PM

Last Game

North Dakota State

6 - 2

Final

New Mexico

6 - 1

Sat 24 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,604

Atkinson

2,326

Mestemaker

2,302

Maiava

Rush Yards Leaders

963

Riley

957

Bishop

923

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

1,040

Legree

984

Smith

952

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

24

Atkinson

22

Mensah

21

Stokes

Rush TD Leaders

16

Hawkins

16

Hellums

13

Baugh

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

12

Smith

11

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

204.6

Mensah

185.9

Stockton

184.5

Sayin

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

9.0

Osunsanmi

8.5

Umanmielen

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.0

43.1

43.0

42.7

41.4

41.1

Opp PPG Rankings

11.3

12.0

12.5

13.4

13.9

Total Yards Rankings

551.9

529.1

527.0

525.7

517.7

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

345.7

337.4

307.7

272.0

271.4

261.6

Pass Yards Rankings

384.9

341.0

340.7

323.1

318.0

Sack Leaders

34.0

29.0

28.0

27.0

26.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	6	1	.857
2	Oregon State	5	2	.714
3	Texas State	4	3	.571
4	San Diego State	3	5	.375
5	Fresno State	4	3	.571
6	Colorado State	3	4	.429
7	Utah State	2	5	.286
8	Washington State	1	7	.125

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	7	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	6	1	.857
3	Indiana	7	1	.875
4	Northwestern	6	1	.857
5	Minnesota	5	2	.714
6	Wisconsin	5	2	.714
7	USC	6	2	.750
8	Purdue	3	4	.429
9	Illinois	4	3	.571
10	Oregon	4	3	.571
11	Iowa	5	2	.714
12	Nebraska	5	2	.714
13	Michigan	4	3	.571
14	Washington	4	3	.571
15	Rutgers	2	5	.286
16	Penn State	3	4	.429
17	Maryland	2	5	.286
18	Michigan State	2	6	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Kentucky	7	1	.875
2	Georgia	6	1	.857
3	Alabama	6	2	.750
4	Florida	5	2	.714
5	Ole Miss	5	2	.714
6	LSU	6	2	.750
7	Tennessee	6	2	.750
8	Oklahoma	4	3	.571
9	Missouri	5	2	.714
10	Texas	5	2	.714
11	Mississippi State	4	3	.571
12	Auburn	4	3	.571
13	South Carolina	4	3	.571
14	Arkansas	3	4	.429
15	Texas A&M	4	4	.500
16	Vanderbilt	3	5	.375

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	6	1	.857
2	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
3	New Mexico State	3	4	.429
4	Middle Tennessee	4	3	.571
5	Western Kentucky	3	4	.429
6	Delaware	3	4	.429
7	Florida International	3	4	.429
8	Missouri State	2	5	.286
9	Kennesaw State	1	6	.143
10	Sam Houston	1	6	.143

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	5	2	.714
2	James Madison	7	1	.875
3	Appalachian State	5	2	.714
4	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
5	South Alabama	4	3	.571
6	Louisiana	5	3	.625
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Georgia State	4	3	.571
9	Troy	3	4	.429
10	Coastal Carolina	2	5	.286
11	Southern Miss	2	5	.286
12	Louisiana-Monroe	1	6	.143
13	Marshall	4	3	.571
14	Old Dominion	2	6	.250

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	7	0	1.000
2	SMU	6	1	.857
3	Wake Forest	6	1	.857
4	Virginia Tech	6	2	.750
5	Louisville	4	3	.571
6	Clemson	4	3	.571
7	North Carolina	4	3	.571
8	Duke	5	2	.714
9	Boston College	4	3	.571
10	Pittsburgh	5	3	.625
11	Stanford	4	4	.500
12	Virginia	4	4	.500
13	California	3	5	.375
14	Florida State	3	4	.429
15	NC State	3	4	.429
16	Georgia Tech	2	5	.286
17	Syracuse	3	4	.429

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	6	1	.857
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	UNLV	4	3	.571
4	North Dakota State	6	2	.750
5	Air Force	5	2	.714
6	Nevada	3	4	.429
7	San Jose State	4	4	.500
8	Hawai'i	2	6	.250
9	UTEP	1	6	.143
10	Northern Illinois	0	7	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	1	.857
2	UConn	4	3	.571

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	6	2	.750
2	Toledo	6	2	.750
3	Western Michigan	5	3	.625
4	Buffalo	5	3	.625
5	Miami (OH)	5	3	.625
6	Eastern Michigan	4	5	.444
7	Kent State	3	5	.375
8	Ball State	3	5	.375
9	Bowling Green	2	6	.250
10	UMass	4	4	.500
11	Central Michigan	3	5	.375
12	Akron	1	7	.125
13	Sacramento State	1	7	.125

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	7	1	.875
2	North Texas	5	2	.714
3	Army	5	2	.714
4	Memphis	6	2	.750
5	Florida Atlantic	5	2	.714
6	UAB	4	3	.571
7	Charlotte	1	6	.143
8	Temple	2	5	.286
9	South Florida	5	2	.714
10	East Carolina	3	4	.429
11	Tulane	3	4	.429
12	Tulsa	4	4	.500
13	Navy	2	5	.286
14	Rice	1	7	.125

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	7	0	1.000
2	BYU	6	1	.857
3	Arizona	6	1	.857
4	Texas Tech	6	1	.857
5	Oklahoma State	5	2	.714
6	Houston	6	2	.750
7	Baylor	4	3	.571
8	Cincinnati	5	2	.714
9	Arizona State	4	3	.571
10	UCF	4	3	.571
11	West Virginia	5	3	.625
12	Kansas State	4	3	.571
13	Iowa State	3	4	.429
14	Kansas	3	4	.429
15	TCU	3	4	.429
16	Colorado	2	5	.286