most ncaa football team penalties per game since 2019

Since 2019, the UAB Blazers have the most penalties per game played by a team, with 7.73.

	TEAM	PEN/GP	PEN	GP	W	L	T	TD	PTS	PPG	OPP PTS	OPP PPG	1DWN	3DWN%	4DWN%
1	UAB	7.73	657	85	42	43	0	294	2,345	27.6	2,411	28.4	1,746	40.4	49.7
2	Missouri State	7.62	99	13	7	6	0	42	333	25.6	374	28.8	265	36.3	61.5
3	Toledo	7.47	635	85	53	32	0	339	2,630	30.9	1,925	22.6	1,820	39.6	50.9
4	Syracuse	7.44	640	86	37	49	0	275	2,185	25.4	2,472	28.7	1,686	37.2	48.4
5	Pittsburgh	7.4	659	89	52	37	0	327	2,689	30.2	2,228	25.0	1,905	37.9	54.2
6	New Mexico	7.3	584	80	27	53	0	225	1,818	22.7	2,494	31.2	1,553	35.4	50.0
7	Cincinnati	7.2	634	88	57	31	0	342	2,671	30.4	1,948	22.1	1,815	41.0	61.0
8	UCLA	7.14	578	81	40	41	0	291	2,299	28.4	2,273	28.1	1,762	43.9	51.1
9	Tennessee	7.09	624	88	56	32	0	387	3,033	34.5	2,105	23.9	2,010	43.2	56.2
10	Utah State	7.04	591	84	41	43	0	308	2,434	29.0	2,634	31.4	1,783	38.5	51.6
11	Arizona State	6.98	565	81	43	38	0	271	2,174	26.8	2,048	25.3	1,645	39.2	54.5
12	Miami	6.96	626	90	56	34	0	357	2,875	31.9	2,084	23.2	2,040	42.0	59.3
13	Florida State	6.91	587	85	44	41	0	316	2,460	28.9	2,142	25.2	1,762	38.9	50.0
14	UCF	6.89	599	87	49	38	0	380	2,925	33.6	2,222	25.5	2,025	42.5	58.9
15	Texas	6.88	626	91	63	28	0	399	3,181	35.0	2,070	22.7	2,019	41.4	51.9
16	Bowling Green	6.88	550	80	31	49	0	209	1,749	21.9	2,363	29.5	1,371	34.3	41.8
17	UTSA	6.85	623	91	57	34	0	361	2,922	32.1	2,502	27.5	2,025	42.9	50.0
18	North Carolina	6.84	616	90	48	42	0	370	2,952	32.8	2,523	28.0	2,080	43.0	60.1
19	Central Michigan	6.82	559	82	40	42	0	277	2,173	26.5	2,285	27.9	1,634	35.7	58.6
20	UMass	6.79	516	76	8	68	0	156	1,276	16.8	3,026	39.8	1,238	32.9	40.5
21	Nevada	6.76	568	84	32	52	0	235	1,963	23.4	2,446	29.1	1,604	37.2	54.3
22	Arkansas	6.75	574	85	34	51	0	305	2,455	28.9	2,553	30.0	1,821	39.9	54.8
23	Tulsa	6.74	553	82	33	49	0	258	2,130	26.0	2,576	31.4	1,766	40.2	50.3
24	UTEP	6.74	546	81	24	57	0	218	1,791	22.1	2,426	30.0	1,473	34.7	54.6
25	Colorado	6.73	532	79	30	49	0	234	1,880	23.8	2,510	31.8	1,469	37.9	43.2

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PASS

2,462

Kitna

RUSH

900

Jackson

REC

927

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OPP PPG

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RUSH YDS/G

138.7

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PASS YDS/G

265.6

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2025 AAC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
10	Florida Atlantic	3-5	4-8
11	Rice	2-6	5-8
12	UAB	2-6	4-8
13	Tulsa	1-7	4-8
14	Charlotte	0-8	1-11

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 9/3	UAB	@	ILL	9:00 PM
Sat 9/12	ULM	@	UAB	3:30 PM
Sat 9/19	UAB	@	ULL	8:00 PM
Fri 9/25	NAVY	@	UAB	7:00 PM
Sat 10/3	SAM	@	UAB	3:30 PM

Last Game

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Sat 29 Nov 2025

CFB 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

3,973

Mensah

3,937

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Rush Yards Leaders

1,659

Cook

1,649

Hardy

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Rec Yards Leaders

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Pass TD Leaders

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Mendoza

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Rush TD Leaders

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24

Lacy

18

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Rec TD Leaders

15

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14

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13

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QB Rating Leaders

182.9

Mendoza

177.5

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170.4

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Sack Leaders

14.5

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14.5

Tucker

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PPG Rankings

45.1

42.0

41.6

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11.7

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13.3

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Total Yards Rankings

512.4

489.7

488.7

482.9

472.8

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Rush Yards Rankings

285.6

266.3

261.4

254.9

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Pass Yards Rankings

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CFB 2025 Standings

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Duke	9	5	.643
2	Virginia	11	3	.786
3	Miami	13	2	.867
4	Pittsburgh	8	5	.615
5	SMU	9	4	.692
6	Georgia Tech	9	4	.692
7	California	7	6	.538
8	Clemson	7	6	.538
9	NC State	8	5	.615
10	Louisville	9	4	.692
11	Wake Forest	9	4	.692
12	Stanford	4	8	.333
13	Florida State	5	7	.417
14	North Carolina	4	8	.333
15	Virginia Tech	3	9	.250
16	Boston College	2	10	.167
17	Syracuse	3	9	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	12	2	.857
2	Alabama	11	4	.733
3	Ole Miss	13	2	.867
4	Texas A&M	11	2	.846
5	Texas	10	3	.769
6	Oklahoma	10	3	.769
7	Vanderbilt	10	3	.769
8	Missouri	8	5	.615
9	Tennessee	8	5	.615
10	LSU	7	6	.538
11	Kentucky	5	7	.417
12	Florida	4	8	.333
13	Auburn	5	7	.417
14	Mississippi State	5	8	.385
15	South Carolina	4	8	.333
16	Arkansas	2	10	.167

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	15	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	12	2	.857
3	Oregon	13	2	.867
4	Michigan	9	4	.692
5	USC	9	4	.692
6	Iowa	9	4	.692
7	Illinois	9	4	.692
8	Minnesota	8	5	.615
9	Washington	9	4	.692
10	Nebraska	7	6	.538
11	Northwestern	7	6	.538
12	Penn State	7	6	.538
13	UCLA	3	9	.250
14	Rutgers	5	7	.417
15	Wisconsin	4	8	.333
16	Maryland	4	8	.333
17	Michigan State	4	8	.333
18	Purdue	2	10	.167

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	10	4	.714
2	New Mexico	9	4	.692
3	San Diego State	9	4	.692
4	Boise State	9	5	.643
5	Fresno State	9	4	.692
6	Hawaii	9	4	.692
7	Utah State	6	7	.462
8	Air Force	4	8	.333
9	Wyoming	4	8	.333
10	Nevada	3	9	.250
11	San José State	3	9	.250
12	Colorado State	2	10	.167

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	12	2	.857
2	Tulane	11	3	.786
3	Navy	11	2	.846
4	South Florida	9	4	.692
5	East Carolina	9	4	.692
6	Memphis	8	5	.615
7	Army	7	6	.538
8	UTSA	7	6	.538
9	Temple	5	7	.417
10	Florida Atlantic	4	8	.333
11	Rice	5	8	.385
12	UAB	4	8	.333
13	Tulsa	4	8	.333
14	Charlotte	1	11	.083

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	10	2	.833
2	UConn	9	4	.692

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	12	2	.857
2	BYU	12	2	.857
3	Utah	11	2	.846
4	Houston	10	3	.769
5	Arizona	9	4	.692
6	Arizona State	8	5	.615
7	Iowa State	8	4	.667
8	Kansas State	6	6	.500
9	TCU	9	4	.692
10	Cincinnati	7	6	.538
11	Baylor	5	7	.417
12	Kansas	5	7	.417
13	UCF	5	7	.417
14	West Virginia	4	8	.333
15	Colorado	3	9	.250
16	Oklahoma State	1	11	.083

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Washington State	7	6	.538
2	Oregon State	2	10	.167

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Western Michigan	10	4	.714
2	Miami (OH)	7	7	.500
3	Ohio	9	4	.692
4	Toledo	8	5	.615
5	Central Michigan	7	6	.538
6	Akron	5	7	.417
7	Buffalo	5	7	.417
8	Kent State	5	7	.417
9	Eastern Michigan	4	8	.333
10	Ball State	4	8	.333
11	Bowling Green	4	8	.333
12	Northern Illinois	3	9	.250
13	UMass	0	12	.000

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	JMU	12	2	.857
2	Troy	8	6	.571
3	Old Dominion	10	3	.769
4	Southern Miss	7	6	.538
5	Coastal Carolina	6	7	.462
6	Louisiana	6	7	.462
7	Georgia Southern	7	6	.538
8	Arkansas State	7	6	.538
9	Marshall	5	7	.417
10	Texas State	7	6	.538
11	Appalachian State	5	8	.385
12	South Alabama	4	8	.333
13	Georgia State	1	11	.083
14	Louisiana-Monroe	3	9	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Kennesaw State	10	4	.714
2	Jacksonville State	9	5	.643
3	Western Kentucky	9	4	.692
4	Louisiana Tech	8	5	.615
5	Missouri State	7	6	.538
6	FIU	7	6	.538
7	Delaware	7	6	.538
8	Liberty	4	8	.333
9	Middle Tennessee	3	9	.250
10	New Mexico State	4	8	.333
11	UTEP	2	10	.167
12	Sam Houston	2	10	.167