college football teams with the least penalty yards

The Fresno State Bulldogs have the fewest yards on penalties by a team, with 217 yards this season.

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Data note: Penalty Yards: team season data complete from 2013

	TEAM	PEN YDS	SEASON	GP	W	L	T	TD	PTS	PPG	OPP PTS	OPP PPG	1DWN	3DWN%	4DWN%
1	Fresno State	217	2026	7	4	3	0	22	193	27.6	146	20.9	128	35.7	28.6
2	North Carolina	222	2026	7	4	3	0	21	171	24.4	146	20.9	136	40.5	66.7
3	Notre Dame	231	2026	8	7	1	0	42	323	40.4	107	13.4	182	43.5	73.7
4	Rutgers	242	2026	8	2	6	0	28	222	27.8	261	32.6	157	40.0	58.3
5	Army	245	2026	7	5	2	0	32	247	35.3	155	22.1	156	49.4	81.3
6	Kansas State	261	2026	7	4	3	0	28	230	32.9	148	21.1	165	54.5	12.5
7	Temple	261	2026	7	2	5	0	22	180	25.7	196	28.0	127	41.7	55.6
8	Indiana	265	2026	8	7	1	0	34	269	33.6	96	12.0	157	43.6	54.5
9	Colorado State	279	2026	7	3	4	0	37	270	38.6	308	44.0	143	47.5	63.2
10	Illinois	280	2026	8	5	3	0	28	232	29.0	194	24.3	172	44.7	41.7
11	South Florida	296	2026	8	6	2	0	25	216	27.0	116	14.5	149	40.2	55.6
12	Arizona State	302	2026	7	4	3	0	27	216	30.9	209	29.9	145	30.1	47.4
13	Ohio	308	2026	8	6	2	0	29	237	29.6	175	21.9	165	48.5	58.3
14	Penn State	309	2026	7	3	4	0	24	201	28.7	132	18.9	145	36.2	75.0
15	Charlotte	323	2026	8	1	7	0	21	165	20.6	322	40.3	130	33.3	28.6
16	Air Force	324	2026	7	5	2	0	25	199	28.4	146	20.9	164	52.9	83.3
17	Iowa State	325	2026	7	3	4	0	22	181	25.9	169	24.1	129	29.4	41.7
18	Louisiana-Monroe	325	2026	7	1	6	0	18	141	20.1	261	37.3	123	29.2	62.5
19	Western Kentucky	326	2026	8	3	5	0	21	170	21.3	249	31.1	154	39.1	50.0
20	Michigan State	333	2026	8	2	6	0	18	159	19.9	206	25.8	147	37.9	57.9
21	Kentucky	335	2026	8	7	1	0	33	263	32.9	198	24.8	164	33.7	62.5
22	San Diego State	346	2026	8	3	5	0	26	212	26.5	289	36.1	134	33.3	35.7
23	Louisiana	347	2026	8	5	3	0	30	241	30.1	170	21.3	177	41.2	54.5
24	Iowa	355	2026	8	6	2	0	27	226	28.3	100	12.5	160	39.2	33.3
25	Wyoming	355	2026	8	5	3	0	18	156	19.5	160	20.0	140	33.7	57.1

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More Fresno State Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,393

Mandal

RUSH

333

Luke

REC

424

Freeman

Team Rankings

PPG

27.6

80th

OPP PPG

20.9

44th

RUSH YDS/G

139.0

111th

PASS YDS/G

212.1

101st

2026 Pac-12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
3	Texas State	2-1	4-3
4	San Diego State	2-2	3-5
5	Fresno State	1-2	4-3
6	Colorado State	1-2	3-4
7	Utah State	1-2	2-5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/31	ORST	@	FRES	11:00 PM
Sat 11/7	FRES	@	USU	9:30 PM
Sat 11/14	FRES	@	TXST	4:00 PM
Sat 11/21	CSU	@	FRES	7:30 PM

Last Game

Fresno State

4 - 3

Final

San Diego State

3 - 4

Sat 17 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,604

Atkinson

2,577

Jackson

2,536

Veltkamp

Rush Yards Leaders

1,054

White

982

Gutierrez

972

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

1,040

Legree

984

Smith

952

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

24

Atkinson

23

Veltkamp

22

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

16

Hawkins

16

Hellums

14

Sheppard

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

Bradley

9.0

Osunsanmi

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.0

43.8

43.0

42.7

40.4

40.1

Opp PPG Rankings

11.3

12.0

12.5

13.4

Total Yards Rankings

551.9

540.5

529.1

527.0

517.7

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

345.7

337.4

295.8

272.0

271.4

261.6

Pass Yards Rankings

384.9

348.9

341.0

340.7

329.6

324.1

Sack Leaders

35.0

34.0

29.0

28.0

27.0

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	3	.625
7	USC	6	2	.750
8	Purdue	3	4	.429
9	Illinois	5	3	.625
10	Oregon	4	3	.571
11	Iowa	6	2	.750
12	Nebraska	5	2	.714
13	Michigan	5	3	.625
14	Washington	4	3	.571
15	Rutgers	2	6	.250
16	Penn State	3	4	.429
17	Maryland	2	6	.250
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	6	2	.750
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	4	.500
13	South Carolina	4	3	.571
14	Arkansas	3	4	.429
15	Texas A&M	4	4	.500
16	Vanderbilt	3	5	.375

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	5	2	.714
2	Appalachian State	5	2	.714
3	South Alabama	4	3	.571
4	James Madison	7	2	.778
5	Louisiana	5	3	.625
6	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Coastal Carolina	2	5	.286
9	Troy	4	4	.500
10	Georgia State	4	3	.571
11	Southern Miss	2	5	.286
12	Marshall	4	3	.571
13	Louisiana-Monroe	1	6	.143
14	Old Dominion	2	6	.250

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	7	0	1.000
2	SMU	6	2	.750
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	6	2	.750
9	Boston College	4	4	.500
10	Pittsburgh	5	3	.625
11	Stanford	4	4	.500
12	Virginia	4	4	.500
13	California	3	6	.333
14	Florida State	3	4	.429
15	NC State	4	4	.500
16	Georgia Tech	2	5	.286
17	Syracuse	4	4	.500

	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	7	1	.875
2	UConn	4	3	.571

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	6	2	.750
2	Toledo	6	2	.750
3	Western Michigan	6	3	.667
4	Buffalo	5	3	.625
5	Miami (OH)	5	3	.625
6	Eastern Michigan	4	5	.444
7	Ball State	3	5	.375
8	Bowling Green	2	7	.222
9	Kent State	3	6	.333
10	UMass	4	4	.500
11	Central Michigan	3	5	.375
12	Sacramento State	2	7	.222
13	Akron	1	7	.125

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	7	1	.875
2	North Texas	6	2	.750
3	Army	5	2	.714
4	Memphis	6	2	.750
5	UAB	4	4	.500
6	Florida Atlantic	5	3	.625
7	Tulane	4	4	.500
8	Temple	2	5	.286
9	South Florida	6	2	.750
10	East Carolina	3	4	.429
11	Tulsa	4	4	.500
12	Charlotte	1	7	.125
13	Navy	2	6	.250
14	Rice	1	7	.125

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	7	0	1.000
2	BYU	6	1	.857
3	Arizona	6	2	.750
4	Texas Tech	7	1	.875
5	Oklahoma State	5	2	.714
6	Houston	6	2	.750
7	Baylor	5	3	.625
8	Cincinnati	5	2	.714
9	Arizona State	4	3	.571
10	West Virginia	5	3	.625
11	UCF	4	4	.500
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

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	6	2	.750
2	Liberty	6	1	.857
3	Delaware	4	4	.500
4	New Mexico State	3	5	.375
5	Middle Tennessee	4	4	.500
6	Western Kentucky	3	5	.375
7	Missouri State	3	5	.375
8	Florida International	3	4	.429
9	Kennesaw State	2	6	.250
10	Sam Houston	1	7	.125