team with fewest penalty yards per game in a season this year

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish have the fewest penalty yards per game played by a team this season, with 26.5.

	TEAM	PEN YDS/GP	PEN YDS	GP	SEASON	W	L	T	TD	PTS	PPG	OPP PTS	OPP PPG	1DWN	3DWN%	4DWN%
1	Notre Dame	26.5	106	4	2026	4	0	0	22	169	42.3	33	8.3	83	41.5	71.4
2	Western Kentucky	28.5	114	4	2026	1	3	0	12	86	21.5	164	41.0	74	38.1	60.0
3	South Florida	28.75	115	4	2026	4	0	0	15	120	30.0	56	14.0	84	45.0	50.0
4	North Carolina	31.67	95	3	2026	2	1	0	8	70	23.3	41	13.7	63	38.2	66.7
5	Rutgers	32	128	4	2026	1	3	0	18	135	33.8	114	28.5	93	43.5	64.3
6	Fresno State	32.5	130	4	2026	3	1	0	13	113	28.3	76	19.0	74	35.4	25.0
7	Texas A&M	33.5	134	4	2026	2	2	0	15	125	31.3	86	21.5	83	39.7	54.5
8	Eastern Michigan	33.8	169	5	2026	2	3	0	12	95	19.0	136	27.2	87	35.7	57.1
9	Indiana	34.5	138	4	2026	4	0	0	23	174	43.5	39	9.8	90	52.3	62.5
10	Kansas State	34.75	139	4	2026	3	1	0	21	162	40.5	61	15.3	103	65.0	50.0
11	Colorado State	35.5	142	4	2026	2	2	0	21	161	40.3	137	34.3	79	45.9	70.0
12	West Virginia	35.75	143	4	2026	3	1	0	19	145	36.3	99	24.8	91	52.4	40.0
13	Army	36.67	110	3	2026	2	1	0	14	104	34.7	48	16.0	74	50.0	100.0
14	Ohio	38	152	4	2026	2	2	0	15	121	30.3	124	31.0	80	50.9	75.0
15	Rice	38	152	4	2026	1	3	0	10	76	19.0	121	30.3	76	36.0	55.6
16	Temple	38	152	4	2026	1	3	0	14	112	28.0	111	27.8	71	39.6	71.4
17	Louisiana-Monroe	38.75	155	4	2026	0	4	0	10	85	21.3	171	42.8	73	33.3	55.6
18	Arkansas State	40.5	162	4	2026	2	2	0	13	100	25.0	94	23.5	76	45.5	40.0
19	Alabama	41.25	165	4	2026	4	0	0	24	192	48.0	81	20.3	95	45.8	100.0
20	Michigan State	41.25	165	4	2026	2	2	0	9	88	22.0	85	21.3	83	44.2	85.7
21	Illinois	42.75	171	4	2026	2	2	0	17	136	34.0	106	26.5	86	42.9	44.4
22	Utah	43	172	4	2026	4	0	0	23	173	43.3	41	10.3	101	54.2	42.9
23	Penn State	44	176	4	2026	3	1	0	18	147	36.8	46	11.5	85	40.4	40.0
24	Delaware	44	176	4	2026	2	2	0	12	93	23.3	98	24.5	79	33.3	60.0
25	Navy	45	135	3	2026	1	2	0	12	92	30.7	77	25.7	72	44.7	77.8

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More Notre Dame Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

963

Carr

RUSH

224

Williams

REC

334

Gilbert

Team Rankings

PPG

42.3

18th

OPP PPG

8.3

3rd

RUSH YDS/G

141.8

112th

PASS YDS/G

275.0

36th

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/3	ND	@	UNC	12:00 PM
Sat 10/10	STAN	@	ND	3:30 PM
Sat 10/17	ND	@	BYU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/31	ND	@	NAVY	12:00 PM
Sat 11/7	MIA	@	ND	7:30 PM

Last Game

Notre Dame

4 - 0

Final

Purdue

1 - 3

Sat 26 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

1,423

Atkinson

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Mensah

14

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

8.5

9.0

9.8

10.3

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

523.8

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

332.3

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

346.5

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	4	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	4	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	0	1.000
5	Texas	4	0	1.000
6	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
7	Auburn	3	1	.750
8	Kentucky	3	1	.750
9	LSU	3	1	.750
10	Missouri	3	1	.750
11	Tennessee	3	1	.750
12	Vanderbilt	3	1	.750
13	Arkansas	2	2	.500
14	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
15	South Carolina	2	2	.500
16	Texas A&M	2	2	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Fresno State	3	1	.750
3	Colorado State	2	2	.500
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	Texas State	2	2	.500
6	San Diego State	1	3	.250
7	Utah State	1	3	.250
8	Washington State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	4	0	1.000
3	Iowa	4	0	1.000
4	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	3	1	.750
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Michigan	3	1	.750
11	Penn State	3	1	.750
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Northwestern	2	1	.667
14	Illinois	2	2	.500
15	Maryland	2	2	.500
16	Michigan State	2	2	.500
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Utah	4	0	1.000
4	BYU	3	0	1.000
5	Baylor	3	1	.750
6	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
7	UCF	3	1	.750
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	3	1	.750
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	1	.750
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	2	2	.500
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	0	1.000
2	Kent State	2	2	.500
3	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Buffalo	2	2	.500
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	3	.250
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	4	0	1.000
2	Clemson	3	1	.750
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	Pittsburgh	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia Tech	4	0	1.000
6	Virginia	3	1	.750
7	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
8	Louisville	2	2	.500
9	SMU	3	1	.750
10	California	2	2	.500
11	Stanford	2	2	.500
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Boston College	2	2	.500
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	UAB	2	2	.500
4	Army	2	1	.667
5	Memphis	3	1	.750
6	Tulsa	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	North Texas	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Rice	1	3	.250
12	Charlotte	0	4	.000
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
2	Liberty	3	1	.750
3	Delaware	2	2	.500
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	New Mexico State	1	3	.250
8	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
9	Western Kentucky	1	3	.250
10	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	4	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	3	1	.750
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
13	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	Wyoming	2	2	.500
4	Air Force	2	1	.667
5	New Mexico	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	3	.250
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250