college football teams with the least penalties 2024

The Air Force Falcons were charged with 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

214

Szarka

RUSH

310

Szarka

REC

80

Long

Team Rankings

PPG

34.0

53rd

OPP PPG

23.7

83rd

RUSH YDS/G

333.7

2nd

PASS YDS/G

96.7

212th

2026 MWC Standings

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

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/3	NAVY	@	AFA	12:00 PM
Sat 10/10	AFA	@	NIU	7:30 PM
Sat 10/17	UNLV	@	AFA	3:30 PM
Fri 10/23	AFA	@	WYO	9:00 PM
Sat 10/31	CONN	@	AFA	3:00 PM

Last Game

Air Force

2 - 1

Final

Nevada

1 - 3

Sat 26 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

1,423

Atkinson

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Mensah

14

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

8.5

9.0

9.8

10.3

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

523.8

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

332.3

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

346.5

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	4	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	4	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	0	1.000
5	Texas	4	0	1.000
6	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
7	Auburn	3	1	.750
8	Kentucky	3	1	.750
9	LSU	3	1	.750
10	Missouri	3	1	.750
11	Tennessee	3	1	.750
12	Vanderbilt	3	1	.750
13	Arkansas	2	2	.500
14	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
15	South Carolina	2	2	.500
16	Texas A&M	2	2	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Fresno State	3	1	.750
3	Colorado State	2	2	.500
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	Texas State	2	2	.500
6	San Diego State	1	3	.250
7	Utah State	1	3	.250
8	Washington State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	4	0	1.000
3	Iowa	4	0	1.000
4	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	3	1	.750
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Michigan	3	1	.750
11	Penn State	3	1	.750
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Northwestern	2	1	.667
14	Illinois	2	2	.500
15	Maryland	2	2	.500
16	Michigan State	2	2	.500
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Utah	4	0	1.000
4	BYU	3	0	1.000
5	Baylor	3	1	.750
6	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
7	UCF	3	1	.750
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	3	1	.750
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	1	.750
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	2	2	.500
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	0	1.000
2	Kent State	2	2	.500
3	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Buffalo	2	2	.500
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	3	.250
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	4	0	1.000
2	Clemson	3	1	.750
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	Pittsburgh	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia Tech	4	0	1.000
6	Virginia	3	1	.750
7	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
8	Louisville	2	2	.500
9	SMU	3	1	.750
10	California	2	2	.500
11	Stanford	2	2	.500
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Boston College	2	2	.500
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	UAB	2	2	.500
4	Army	2	1	.667
5	Memphis	3	1	.750
6	Tulsa	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	North Texas	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Rice	1	3	.250
12	Charlotte	0	4	.000
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
2	Liberty	3	1	.750
3	Delaware	2	2	.500
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	New Mexico State	1	3	.250
8	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
9	Western Kentucky	1	3	.250
10	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	4	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	3	1	.750
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
13	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	Wyoming	2	2	.500
4	Air Force	2	1	.667
5	New Mexico	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	3	.250
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sat 9/12	ODU	@	VT	21-44
Sat 9/12	PSU	@	TEM	27-9
Sat 9/12	ETSU	@	UNC	3-35
Sat 9/12	ORE	@	OKST	31-39
Sat 9/12	WOF	@	KENT	15-36

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 10/1	WKU	@	NMSU	8:00 PM
Thu 10/1	UNT	@	TLSA	9:00 PM
Fri 10/2	LIB	@	DEL	7:00 PM
Fri 10/2	PITT	@	VT	7:00 PM
Fri 10/2	PSU	@	NW	8:00 PM

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

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