college football teams with the least penalties 2024

The Air Force Falcons had the fewest penalties by a team in 2024, with 36 penalties.

	TEAM	PEN	SEASON	GP	W	L	T	TD	PTS	PPG	OPP PTS	OPP PPG	1DWN	3DWN%	4DWN%
1	Air Force	36	2024	12	5	7	0	29	227	18.9	279	23.3	216	42.4	63.9
2	Iowa	41	2024	13	8	5	0	43	360	27.7	232	17.8	217	41.1	37.5
3	Army	45	2024	14	12	2	0	58	435	31.1	217	15.5	292	48.5	77.5
4	Michigan	51	2024	13	8	5	0	32	286	22.0	259	19.9	210	41.8	70.6
5	Rutgers	51	2024	13	7	6	0	47	376	28.9	330	25.4	293	43.4	46.4
6	Western Michigan	53	2024	13	6	7	0	48	376	28.9	407	31.3	253	35.0	61.3
7	Iowa State	54	2024	14	11	3	0	53	435	31.1	321	22.9	317	42.7	80.0
8	Kansas	54	2024	12	5	7	0	46	356	29.7	312	26.0	258	50.7	66.7
9	Northern Illinois	55	2024	13	8	5	0	39	319	24.5	241	18.5	280	42.0	45.5
10	Northwestern	56	2024	12	4	8	0	23	214	17.8	316	26.3	192	32.9	50.0
11	West Virginia	57	2024	13	6	7	0	49	379	29.2	415	31.9	294	42.1	61.0
12	Boston College	58	2024	13	7	6	0	51	366	28.2	309	23.8	251	43.6	44.4
13	Buffalo	58	2024	13	9	4	0	46	375	28.8	343	26.4	241	33.7	60.7
14	Kent State	58	2024	12	0	12	0	22	167	13.9	529	44.1	156	18.5	38.1
15	Western Kentucky	58	2024	14	8	6	0	42	349	24.9	345	24.6	270	41.5	59.4
16	Ball State	59	2024	12	3	9	0	38	304	25.3	481	40.1	243	42.1	48.1
17	Oklahoma State	60	2024	12	3	9	0	41	326	27.2	427	35.6	245	35.4	65.4
18	Sam Houston	60	2024	13	10	3	0	38	309	23.8	266	20.5	245	38.8	70.0
19	Georgia State	61	2024	12	3	9	0	34	286	23.8	406	33.8	249	35.6	37.0
20	Indiana	61	2024	13	11	2	0	72	537	41.3	203	15.6	306	47.2	59.1
21	Oregon State	61	2024	12	5	7	0	37	291	24.3	359	29.9	268	43.7	52.4
22	Wake Forest	61	2024	12	4	8	0	37	308	25.7	390	32.5	261	39.2	64.0
23	Virginia	62	2024	12	5	7	0	31	272	22.7	345	28.8	234	34.1	51.7
24	Minnesota	63	2024	13	8	5	0	40	340	26.2	220	16.9	265	45.6	90.9
25	New Mexico State	63	2024	12	3	9	0	29	259	21.6	435	36.3	232	38.5	37.5

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More Air Force Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

296

Szarka

RUSH

391

Szarka

REC

103

Kibbee

Team Rankings

PPG

28.8

75th

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

835

Riley

828

Roberts

793

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

916

Smith

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

18

Maiava

17

Taylor

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

554.8

533.8

531.6

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

299.4

295.5

263.6

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	Fresno State	4	2	.667
4	San Diego State	2	4	.333
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Colorado State	2	3	.400
7	Texas State	2	3	.400
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	Purdue	3	3	.500
7	Iowa	5	1	.833
8	Nebraska	5	1	.833
9	Minnesota	4	2	.667
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Michigan	3	2	.600
14	Rutgers	1	4	.200
15	Penn State	3	3	.500
16	Washington	3	3	.500
17	Maryland	2	4	.333
18	Michigan State	2	4	.333

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

	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

	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	Louisiana	4	2	.667
7	Georgia Southern	2	4	.333
8	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
9	Old Dominion	2	4	.333
10	Appalachian State	3	2	.600
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333