most penalties in college football

The California Golden Bears and the Kent State Golden Flashes are tied for the most penalties, with 47 penalties this season.

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TEAMPENSEASONGPWLTTDPTSPPGOPP PTSOPP PPG1DWN3DWN%4DWN%
1California
California
47
2026
5
2
3
0
17
135
27.0
133
26.6
101
34.2
23.1
2Kent State
Kent State
47
2026
5
2
3
0
9
75
15.0
157
31.4
75
39.2
44.4
3Coastal Carolina
Coastal Carolina
46
2026
5
1
4
0
16
124
24.8
125
25.0
104
35.5
45.5
4North Texas
North Texas
46
2026
5
3
2
0
26
203
40.6
165
33.0
134
51.4
45.5
5Wake Forest
Wake Forest
46
2026
5
4
1
0
22
183
36.6
115
23.0
111
45.9
57.1
6Colorado
Colorado
45
2026
5
2
3
0
12
93
18.6
127
25.4
109
35.6
35.7
7Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
45
2026
5
3
2
0
17
127
25.4
125
25.0
92
33.8
68.8
8UConn
UConn
44
2026
5
2
3
0
25
180
36.0
131
26.2
110
41.9
45.5
9Liberty
Liberty
44
2026
5
4
1
0
18
152
30.4
89
17.8
107
43.9
44.4
10Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh
44
2026
5
5
0
0
25
192
38.4
67
13.4
123
46.2
55.6
11Syracuse
Syracuse
44
2026
4
2
2
0
18
139
34.8
92
23.0
111
50.8
57.1
12UTSA
UTSA
44
2026
5
4
1
0
19
157
31.4
131
26.2
99
32.8
77.8
13Florida
Florida
43
2026
5
4
1
0
30
231
46.2
136
27.2
124
45.0
66.7
14Nebraska
Nebraska
43
2026
5
5
0
0
30
218
43.6
71
14.2
128
51.6
55.6
15Utah State
Utah State
42
2026
5
1
4
0
9
70
14.0
125
25.0
87
40.9
30.0
16Kennesaw State
Kennesaw State
42
2026
5
1
4
0
14
113
22.6
117
23.4
106
43.3
20.0
17USC
USC
41
2026
6
5
1
0
29
224
37.3
153
25.5
152
52.1
71.4
18Washington
Washington
41
2026
5
3
2
0
16
133
26.6
92
18.4
93
29.0
60.0
19UCLA
UCLA
40
2026
4
4
0
0
24
179
44.8
75
18.8
93
48.9
33.3
20Mississippi State
Mississippi State
40
2026
5
4
1
0
25
195
39.0
140
28.0
130
47.6
83.3
21New Mexico State
New Mexico State
40
2026
6
2
4
0
18
142
23.7
154
25.7
112
41.0
46.2
22Jacksonville State
Jacksonville State
40
2026
6
4
2
0
20
164
27.3
135
22.5
131
47.9
72.7
23Louisville
Louisville
39
2026
5
2
3
0
25
193
38.6
146
29.2
117
44.8
0.0
24SMU
SMU
39
2026
5
4
1
0
24
173
34.6
115
23.0
119
51.6
42.9
25Auburn
Auburn
38
2026
5
3
2
0
17
134
26.8
107
21.4
109
46.7
55.6
StatMuse has team, season-level data for penalties going back to the 2013 season.

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Team Leaders

PASS

1,180

Sagapolutele

Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele

RUSH

336

Mohammed

Adam Mohammed

REC

299

Strong

Ian Strong
Team Rankings

PPG

27.0

86th

OPP PPG

26.6

106th

RUSH YDS/G

95.0

171st

PASS YDS/G

301.0

18th

2026 ACC Standings
TEAMCONFOVERALL
9
1-1
4-1
10
1-1
3-2
11
California California
1-1
2-3
12
1-2
2-3
13
1-3
2-3
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
10/10
@
3:30 PM
Sat
10/17
@
10:30 PM
Sat
10/24
@
1:00 PM
Sat
10/31
@
1:00 PM
Sat
11/14
@
1:00 PM
Last Game

31

Final

39

UNLV UNLV

3 - 2

Sat 3 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

CFB 2026 Rankings

CFB 2026 Standings

SoutheasternWLPCT
1
5
0
1.000
2
5
0
1.000
3
4
0
1.000
4
4
1
.800
5
4
1
.800
6
4
1
.800
7
3
1
.750
8
4
1
.800
9
4
1
.800
10
4
1
.800
11
3
2
.600
12
3
2
.600
13
2
2
.500
14
3
2
.600
15
2
3
.400
16
2
3
.400
Pac-12WLPCT
1
4
1
.800
2
4
1
.800
3
3
2
.600
4
2
3
.400
5
2
3
.400
6
2
3
.400
7
1
4
.200
8
1
4
.200
Mid-AmericanWLPCT
1
3
3
.500
2
4
1
.800
3
3
2
.600
4
3
2
.600
5
3
2
.600
6
1
4
.200
7
4
1
.800
8
2
3
.400
9
2
3
.400
10
2
3
.400
11
1
4
.200
12
1
4
.200
13
1
4
.200
American AthleticWLPCT
1
4
1
.800
2
4
1
.800
3
4
1
.800
4
3
2
.600
5
3
2
.600
6
4
1
.800
7
2
2
.500
8
2
3
.400
9
2
2
.500
10
2
2
.500
11
3
2
.600
12
1
4
.200
13
0
5
.000
14
1
3
.250
Big 10WLPCT
1
5
0
1.000
2
5
0
1.000
3
4
0
1.000
4
4
1
.800
5
4
1
.800
6
4
1
.800
7
3
1
.750
8
5
1
.833
9
4
1
.800
10
3
1
.750
11
2
3
.400
12
3
2
.600
13
3
2
.600
14
3
2
.600
15
2
3
.400
16
2
3
.400
17
2
3
.400
18
1
4
.200
Atlantic CoastWLPCT
1
5
0
1.000
2
5
0
1.000
3
4
0
1.000
4
4
1
.800
5
4
1
.800
6
3
2
.600
7
3
2
.600
8
3
2
.600
9
4
1
.800
10
3
2
.600
11
2
3
.400
12
2
3
.400
13
2
3
.400
14
2
2
.500
15
1
3
.250
16
2
2
.500
17
2
3
.400
IndependentWLPCT
1
5
0
1.000
2
2
3
.400
Big 12WLPCT
1
5
0
1.000
2
4
0
1.000
3
4
1
.800
4
4
0
1.000
5
3
1
.750
6
4
1
.800
7
4
1
.800
8
4
1
.800
9
3
2
.600
10
3
2
.600
11
2
2
.500
12
3
1
.750
13
2
2
.500
14
3
2
.600
15
2
3
.400
16
2
3
.400
Conference USAWLPCT
1
4
2
.667
2
4
1
.800
3
3
2
.600
4
2
4
.333
5
1
3
.250
6
1
3
.250
7
2
3
.400
8
2
3
.400
9
1
4
.200
10
1
4
.200
Sun BeltWLPCT
1
5
0
1.000
2
4
1
.800
3
4
1
.800
4
3
2
.600
5
2
3
.400
6
3
2
.600
7
3
1
.750
8
2
2
.500
9
3
2
.600
10
2
3
.400
11
1
4
.200
12
1
4
.200
13
1
4
.200
14
0
5
.000
Mountain WestWLPCT
1
5
0
1.000
2
4
1
.800
3
3
2
.600
4
3
1
.750
5
2
3
.400
6
3
2
.600
7
0
4
.000
8
1
3
.250
9
1
4
.200
10
1
4
.200

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/19
@
14-22
Sat
9/19
@
35-49
Sat
9/19
@
24-17
Sat
9/19
@
3-59
Sat
9/19
@
20-28

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
10/8
@
7:00 PM
Thu
10/8
@
7:00 PM
Thu
10/8
@
7:30 PM
Thu
10/8
@
7:30 PM
Fri
10/9
@
7:00 PM