most penalties in college football in 2026

The Liberty Flames have the most penalties by a team in 2026, with 59 penalties.

	TEAM	PEN	SEASON	GP	W	L	T	TD	PTS	PPG	OPP PTS	OPP PPG	1DWN	3DWN%	4DWN%
1	Liberty	59	2026	6	5	1	0	23	187	31.2	92	15.3	129	45.2	44.4
2	California	57	2026	6	3	3	0	20	160	26.7	153	25.5	125	37.1	28.6
3	Kent State	57	2026	6	2	4	0	10	82	13.7	195	32.5	92	37.0	50.0
4	Vanderbilt	56	2026	6	3	3	0	19	144	24.0	177	29.5	111	37.6	61.1
5	North Texas	53	2026	6	4	2	0	32	253	42.2	175	29.2	158	48.8	50.0
6	Syracuse	53	2026	5	2	3	0	21	164	32.8	120	24.0	136	46.2	54.5
7	UConn	52	2026	6	3	3	0	29	214	35.7	151	25.2	133	41.9	46.2
8	Wake Forest	52	2026	6	5	1	0	27	221	36.8	129	21.5	133	47.3	66.7
9	Ball State	51	2026	6	1	5	0	14	110	18.3	234	39.0	105	28.9	69.2
10	UTSA	51	2026	6	5	1	0	22	188	31.3	155	25.8	124	37.0	70.0
11	Nebraska	50	2026	6	5	1	0	32	235	39.2	91	15.2	153	51.8	50.0
12	Utah State	50	2026	6	2	4	0	11	87	14.5	141	23.5	98	37.5	27.3
13	UCLA	49	2026	5	5	0	0	26	196	39.2	90	18.0	110	42.9	25.0
14	Coastal Carolina	48	2026	6	2	4	0	19	151	25.2	146	24.3	120	33.3	50.0
15	Florida	48	2026	6	4	2	0	32	250	41.7	174	29.0	144	45.2	63.6
16	Pittsburgh	48	2026	6	5	1	0	27	209	34.8	88	14.7	146	45.7	38.5
17	Toledo	48	2026	6	4	2	0	29	220	36.7	151	25.2	127	43.9	41.2
18	Washington	48	2026	6	3	3	0	19	157	26.2	133	22.2	117	31.3	66.7
19	Jacksonville State	48	2026	7	5	2	0	23	191	27.3	159	22.7	150	45.7	69.2
20	Washington State	47	2026	6	1	5	0	13	111	18.5	142	23.7	101	27.3	42.9
21	Florida International	46	2026	6	3	3	0	12	118	19.7	88	14.7	116	46.4	47.1
22	Colorado	45	2026	5	2	3	0	12	93	18.6	127	25.4	109	35.6	35.7
23	UMass	45	2026	6	4	2	0	22	178	29.7	109	18.2	98	35.8	62.5
24	Virginia Tech	45	2026	6	4	2	0	29	226	37.7	124	20.7	150	42.5	70.0
25	Maryland	44	2026	6	2	4	0	21	168	28.0	196	32.7	123	33.7	45.5

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More Liberty Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,050

Purdie

RUSH

524

Davis

REC

515

Jackson

Team Rankings

PPG

31.2

62nd

OPP PPG

15.3

21st

RUSH YDS/G

223.0

20th

PASS YDS/G

192.8

124th

2026 C-USA Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Jacksonville State	3-0	5-2
2	Liberty	2-0	5-1
3	Florida International	1-1	3-3
4	Middle Tennessee	1-1	3-3
5	New Mexico State	1-1	2-4

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 10/22	LIB	@	KENN	7:00 PM
Sat 10/31	FIU	@	LIB	3:30 PM
Sat 11/7	LIB	@	NMSU	5:00 PM
Sat 11/14	MTU	@	LIB	3:30 PM
Sat 11/21	WKU	@	LIB	1:00 PM

Last Game

Sam Houston

1 - 4

Final

Liberty

5 - 1

Thu 8 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

835

Riley

828

Roberts

793

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

916

Smith

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

18

Maiava

17

Taylor

Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

12

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

11

Smith

9

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

200.5

Hoover

198.6

Stockton

Sack Leaders

9.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.6

46.2

44.2

44.0

43.4

42.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

13.0

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

533.8

531.6

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

299.4

295.5

263.6

253.2

Pass Yards Rankings

391.2

347.0

341.0

337.8

334.4

322.4

Sack Leaders

24.0

22.0

20.0

19.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	5	1	.833
2	Oregon State	4	2	.667
3	Fresno State	4	2	.667
4	San Diego State	2	4	.333
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Colorado State	2	3	.400
7	Texas State	2	3	.400
8	Washington State	1	5	.167

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Utah	5	0	1.000
4	Baylor	4	1	.800
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Arizona State	3	2	.600
10	Iowa State	3	3	.500
11	UCF	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Kansas	2	3	.400
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	West Virginia	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	3	.571
2	Ohio	4	2	.667
3	Western Michigan	4	2	.667
4	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
5	Buffalo	3	3	.500
6	Toledo	4	2	.667
7	Central Michigan	3	3	.500
8	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
9	UMass	4	2	.667
10	Kent State	2	4	.333
11	Akron	1	5	.167
12	Ball State	1	5	.167
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	0	1.000
2	Alabama	5	1	.833
3	Kentucky	5	1	.833
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Missouri	5	1	.833
6	Tennessee	5	1	.833
7	Ole Miss	4	1	.800
8	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
9	Florida	4	2	.667
10	Texas	4	1	.800
11	LSU	4	2	.667
12	Auburn	3	2	.600
13	South Carolina	3	3	.500
14	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
15	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
16	Arkansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	UCLA	5	0	1.000
3	Ohio State	5	1	.833
4	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
5	USC	6	1	.857
6	Purdue	3	3	.500
7	Iowa	5	1	.833
8	Nebraska	5	1	.833
9	Minnesota	4	2	.667
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Michigan	3	2	.600
14	Rutgers	1	4	.200
15	Penn State	3	3	.500
16	Washington	3	3	.500
17	Maryland	2	4	.333
18	Michigan State	2	4	.333

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	5	1	.833
2	UTSA	5	1	.833
3	North Texas	4	2	.667
4	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
5	East Carolina	3	2	.600
6	Army	3	2	.600
7	UAB	3	3	.500
8	Temple	2	4	.333
9	South Florida	4	2	.667
10	Navy	2	3	.400
11	Tulane	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	3	3	.500
13	Rice	1	5	.167
14	Charlotte	0	6	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
3	Clemson	3	2	.600
4	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
5	SMU	4	1	.800
6	Virginia	4	2	.667
7	California	3	3	.500
8	Georgia Tech	2	3	.400
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Duke	4	1	.800
11	North Carolina	3	2	.600
12	Virginia Tech	4	2	.667
13	Florida State	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Stanford	2	4	.333
16	Boston College	2	3	.400
17	Syracuse	2	3	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	4	2	.667
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	North Dakota State	5	1	.833
4	Air Force	4	1	.800
5	Wyoming	3	3	.500
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Nevada	2	3	.400
8	Northern Illinois	0	5	.000
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	5	.167

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	0	1.000
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
2	Liberty	5	1	.833
3	Florida International	3	3	.500
4	Middle Tennessee	3	3	.500
5	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
6	Western Kentucky	2	4	.333
7	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
8	Missouri State	1	4	.200
9	Sam Houston	1	4	.200
10	Delaware	2	4	.333

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	6	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
5	Troy	3	2	.600
6	Louisiana	4	2	.667
7	Georgia Southern	2	4	.333
8	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
9	Old Dominion	2	4	.333
10	Appalachian State	3	2	.600
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333