fewest ncaa football team penalties since 2016 minimum 9 seasons played

Since 2016, the Air Force Falcons have the fewest penalties by a team when playing 9+ seasons, with 470 penalties.

	TEAM	PEN	SEAS	GP	W	L	T	TD	PTS	PPG	OPP PTS	OPP PPG	1DWN	3DWN%	4DWN%
1	Air Force	470	11	120	73	47	0	453	3,532	29.4	2,697	22.5	2,585	47.3	68.6
2	Minnesota	523	11	124	76	48	0	408	3,324	26.8	2,687	21.7	2,450	42.3	62.5
3	Army	532	11	129	84	45	0	499	3,725	28.9	2,565	19.9	2,582	47.1	67.7
4	Iowa	534	11	128	87	41	0	382	3,240	25.3	2,135	16.7	2,180	36.1	56.5
5	Navy	552	11	126	68	58	0	455	3,475	27.6	3,333	26.5	2,337	41.3	66.2
6	Northwestern	561	11	124	60	64	0	333	2,678	21.6	2,874	23.2	2,386	37.7	49.8
7	Ball State	612	11	118	44	74	0	349	2,829	24.0	3,701	31.4	2,447	40.3	48.8
8	Wyoming	614	11	122	62	60	0	356	2,917	23.9	2,856	23.4	2,187	37.4	51.0
9	UConn	623	10	112	38	74	0	317	2,552	22.8	3,702	33.1	2,112	35.8	46.1
10	Iowa State	623	11	128	73	55	0	449	3,665	28.6	2,919	22.8	2,676	40.6	62.2
11	Penn State	624	11	131	95	36	0	573	4,471	34.1	2,462	18.8	2,843	40.9	61.0
12	Rice	632	11	118	36	82	0	331	2,591	22.0	3,729	31.6	2,208	36.3	53.2
13	Liberty	633	9	101	65	36	0	429	3,242	32.1	2,593	25.7	2,293	42.7	52.2
14	Buffalo	634	11	121	61	60	0	432	3,394	28.0	3,156	26.1	2,481	39.9	53.6
15	Wisconsin	638	11	126	78	48	0	418	3,324	26.4	2,378	18.9	2,481	41.1	54.2
16	Michigan	639	11	128	97	31	0	516	4,153	32.4	2,316	18.1	2,612	42.1	59.9
17	Purdue	641	11	120	47	73	0	368	2,988	24.9	3,581	29.8	2,522	38.6	49.1
18	Kansas	642	11	120	37	83	0	395	3,085	25.7	4,127	34.4	2,274	38.5	43.9
19	Indiana	651	11	124	67	57	0	455	3,625	29.2	3,067	24.7	2,656	41.8	45.5
20	Wake Forest	651	11	126	71	55	0	477	3,886	30.8	3,553	28.2	2,818	41.7	53.6
21	Old Dominion	658	10	113	51	62	0	367	2,955	26.2	3,143	27.8	2,183	37.2	45.9
22	Louisiana-Monroe	659	11	119	37	82	0	354	2,739	23.0	4,250	35.7	2,232	36.5	50.0
23	Coastal Carolina	661	10	114	64	50	0	432	3,369	29.6	3,292	28.9	2,364	42.1	57.5
24	Georgia Tech	661	11	123	58	65	0	417	3,257	26.5	3,546	28.8	2,440	39.5	46.7
25	Ohio	674	11	123	78	45	0	476	3,770	30.7	2,901	23.6	2,662	43.2	55.2

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Team Leaders

PASS

19

Szarka

RUSH

74

Conti

REC

18

Long

Team Rankings

PPG

34.0

64th

OPP PPG

0.0

1st

RUSH YDS/G

431.0

4th

PASS YDS/G

19.0

187th

2026 MWC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	UNLV	1-0	1-1
2	North Dakota State	0-0	2-0
3	Air Force	0-0	1-0
4	Nevada	0-0	1-0
5	San Jose State	0-0	1-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/12	NDSU	@	AFA	10:00 PM
Sat 9/26	AFA	@	NEV	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	NAVY	@	AFA	12:00 PM
Sat 10/10	AFA	@	NIU	7:30 PM
Sat 10/17	UNLV	@	AFA	3:30 PM

Last Game

Duquesne

0 - 1

Final

Air Force

1 - 0

Sat 5 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

653

Mensah

635

Maiava

550

Weaver

Rush Yards Leaders

280

Carter

231

Kromah

227

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

330

Toney

222

Mosley

196

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

8

Mensah

7

Heintschel

6

Boley

Rush TD Leaders

5

Carter

3

Robinson

3

Anderson

Rec TD Leaders

4

Williams

4

Toney

3

Mosley

QB Rating Leaders

285.0

Hoover

281.3

Baker

272.0

Becht

Sack Leaders

3.5

Kinsler

3.0

Gilliam

3.0

Lester

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

80.0

73.0

71.0

70.0

66.0

Opp PPG Rankings

0.0

Total Yards Rankings

762.0

702.5

681.0

671.0

660.0

Rush Yards Rankings

569.0

506.0

458.0

431.0

365.0

364.0

Pass Yards Rankings

480.0

435.0

434.0

432.0

430.0

427.0

Sack Leaders

9.0

6.0

CFB 2026 Standings

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

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

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Arizona	1	0	1.000
2	Arizona State	1	0	1.000
3	BYU	1	0	1.000
4	Cincinnati	1	0	1.000
5	Colorado	1	0	1.000
6	Houston	1	0	1.000
7	Iowa State	1	0	1.000
8	Kansas	1	0	1.000
9	Kansas State	1	0	1.000
10	Texas Tech	1	0	1.000
11	UCF	1	0	1.000
12	Utah	1	0	1.000
13	West Virginia	1	0	1.000
14	Baylor	0	1	.000
15	Oklahoma State	0	1	.000
16	TCU	0	1	.000

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	1	0	1.000
2	San Diego State	1	0	1.000
3	Boise State	0	1	.000
4	Fresno State	0	1	.000
5	Oregon State	0	1	.000
6	Texas State	0	1	.000
7	Utah State	0	1	.000
8	Washington State	0	1	.000

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

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

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	2	0	1.000
2	SMU	1	0	1.000
3	Virginia	1	0	1.000
4	Duke	1	0	1.000
5	North Carolina	1	0	1.000
6	Pittsburgh	1	0	1.000
7	Syracuse	1	0	1.000
8	Virginia Tech	1	0	1.000
9	Wake Forest	1	0	1.000
10	Boston College	0	1	.000
11	California	0	1	.000
12	Clemson	0	1	.000
13	Georgia Tech	0	1	.000
14	Louisville	0	1	.000
15	Florida State	1	1	.500
16	Stanford	1	1	.500
17	NC State	0	1	.000

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

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	1	0	1.000
2	UConn	1	0	1.000

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	2	0	1.000
2	Illinois	1	0	1.000
3	Indiana	1	0	1.000
4	Iowa	1	0	1.000
5	Maryland	1	0	1.000
6	Michigan	1	0	1.000
7	Michigan State	1	0	1.000
8	Minnesota	1	0	1.000
9	Nebraska	1	0	1.000
10	Northwestern	1	0	1.000
11	Ohio State	1	0	1.000
12	Oregon	1	0	1.000
13	Penn State	1	0	1.000
14	Purdue	1	0	1.000
15	UCLA	1	0	1.000
16	Washington	1	0	1.000
17	Rutgers	0	1	.000
18	Wisconsin	0	1	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	1	0	1.000
2	Kennesaw State	1	0	1.000
3	Middle Tennessee	1	0	1.000
4	Jacksonville State	1	1	.500
5	New Mexico State	1	1	.500
6	Florida International	0	1	.000
7	Liberty	0	1	.000
8	Missouri State	0	1	.000
9	Sam Houston	0	1	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	1	.000