college football teams with the least penalties 2025

The Army Black Knights had the fewest penalties by a team in 2025, with 34 penalties.

	TEAM	PEN	SEASON	GP	W	L	T	TD	PTS	PPG	OPP PTS	OPP PPG	1DWN	3DWN%	4DWN%
1	Army	34	2025	13	7	6	0	38	310	23.8	281	21.6	244	41.2	69.6
2	Iowa	39	2025	13	9	4	0	45	381	29.3	209	16.1	227	43.5	66.7
3	Air Force	43	2025	12	4	8	0	47	358	29.8	364	30.3	264	51.0	70.6
4	Wisconsin	43	2025	12	4	8	0	19	154	12.8	259	21.6	168	32.3	64.0
5	Kansas State	49	2025	12	6	6	0	45	353	29.4	320	26.7	207	37.2	56.3
6	Minnesota	49	2025	13	8	5	0	37	299	23.0	298	22.9	222	40.1	42.9
7	Rutgers	49	2025	12	5	7	0	45	344	28.7	382	31.8	279	42.5	61.8
8	Northern Illinois	52	2025	12	3	9	0	25	205	17.1	292	24.3	180	31.8	59.5
9	Penn State	53	2025	13	7	6	0	50	403	31.0	267	20.5	256	43.6	59.4
10	Iowa State	55	2025	12	8	4	0	40	329	27.4	242	20.2	253	40.1	67.9
11	Northwestern	55	2025	13	7	6	0	34	304	23.4	258	19.8	258	42.9	58.6
12	Ball State	56	2025	12	4	8	0	23	190	15.8	358	29.8	179	33.5	52.9
13	Clemson	57	2025	13	7	6	0	44	354	27.2	267	20.5	274	34.3	55.6
14	Michigan	57	2025	13	9	4	0	44	358	27.5	265	20.4	262	43.6	38.9
15	Ohio State	58	2025	14	12	2	0	60	468	33.4	130	9.3	317	53.3	66.7
16	Purdue	58	2025	12	2	10	0	26	225	18.8	382	31.8	231	38.4	60.0
17	Houston	60	2025	13	10	3	0	45	378	29.1	297	22.8	287	40.8	59.4
18	Illinois	60	2025	13	9	4	0	46	382	29.4	307	23.6	276	42.1	56.5
19	Indiana	60	2025	16	16	0	0	87	666	41.6	187	11.7	380	56.5	55.6
20	Kansas	60	2025	12	5	7	0	42	337	28.1	321	26.8	248	38.3	57.1
21	Kentucky	60	2025	12	5	7	0	34	276	23.0	317	26.4	237	40.8	52.4
22	Nebraska	60	2025	13	7	6	0	46	373	28.7	320	24.6	264	45.7	35.7
23	Temple	60	2025	12	5	7	0	43	334	27.8	356	29.7	219	37.6	73.7
24	Florida	61	2025	12	4	8	0	29	259	21.6	288	24.0	227	34.4	42.1
25	Tulsa	61	2025	12	4	8	0	33	278	23.2	347	28.9	265	37.9	57.1

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More Army Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

186

Hellums

RUSH

246

Hellums

REC

62

Howard

Team Rankings

PPG

34.7

51st

OPP PPG

16.0

33rd

RUSH YDS/G

355.7

1st

PASS YDS/G

81.0

218th

2026 AAC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
2	Florida Atlantic	1-0	3-1
3	UAB	1-0	2-2
4	Army	1-1	2-1
5	Memphis	0-0	3-1
6	Tulsa	0-0	3-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/3	ARMY	@	LT	7:30 PM
Sat 10/10	TULN	@	ARMY	12:00 PM
Sat 10/17	FAU	@	ARMY	12:00 PM
Fri 10/23	ARMY	@	TLSA	8:30 PM
Sat 10/31	ARMY	@	MEM	1:00 PM

Last Game

Army

2 - 1

Final

Temple

1 - 3

Fri 25 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