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

The Rutgers Scarlet Knights have the fewest penalty yards per game played by a team this season, with 26.6.

	TEAM	PEN YDS/GP	PEN YDS	GP	SEASON	W	L	T	TD	PTS	PPG	OPP PTS	OPP PPG	1DWN	3DWN%	4DWN%
1	Rutgers	26.6	133	5	2026	1	4	0	20	150	30.0	161	32.2	102	36.7	61.1
2	North Carolina	27.4	137	5	2026	3	2	0	15	117	23.4	95	19.0	94	38.2	75.0
3	Notre Dame	27.67	166	6	2026	6	0	0	35	264	44.0	66	11.0	135	44.6	66.7
4	Indiana	28.83	173	6	2026	6	0	0	31	241	40.2	71	11.8	129	45.3	66.7
5	Fresno State	32	192	6	2026	4	2	0	19	170	28.3	120	20.0	110	36.6	20.0
6	Temple	32.67	196	6	2026	2	4	0	18	149	24.8	158	26.3	107	40.3	71.4
7	South Florida	35	210	6	2026	4	2	0	19	157	26.2	104	17.3	120	42.4	66.7
8	Louisiana-Monroe	35.4	177	5	2026	0	5	0	15	120	24.0	223	44.6	94	31.4	66.7
9	Kansas State	37.6	188	5	2026	3	2	0	23	178	35.6	96	19.2	122	61.6	50.0
10	Illinois	38.83	233	6	2026	3	3	0	23	191	31.8	167	27.8	136	44.8	41.7
11	Ohio	38.83	233	6	2026	4	2	0	20	165	27.5	148	24.7	118	51.2	66.7
12	Army	39	195	5	2026	3	2	0	20	153	30.6	96	19.2	118	50.8	75.0
13	Navy	39.8	199	5	2026	2	3	0	18	135	27.0	117	23.4	107	43.3	76.9
14	Michigan State	39.83	239	6	2026	2	4	0	14	128	21.3	154	25.7	121	42.5	57.1
15	Rice	40.33	242	6	2026	1	5	0	13	102	17.0	165	27.5	102	29.5	58.8
16	Western Kentucky	41.57	291	7	2026	3	4	0	18	149	21.3	214	30.6	130	40.3	50.0
17	Louisiana	42.17	253	6	2026	4	2	0	22	177	29.5	129	21.5	133	38.2	75.0
18	Colorado State	42.33	254	6	2026	2	4	0	29	214	35.7	259	43.2	117	43.7	58.8
19	Texas A&M	42.33	254	6	2026	3	3	0	19	165	27.5	120	20.0	116	40.2	50.0
20	Penn State	42.67	256	6	2026	3	3	0	22	183	30.5	111	18.5	123	36.6	72.7
21	Eastern Michigan	43.43	304	7	2026	4	3	0	19	158	22.6	173	24.7	138	43.1	66.7
22	Arizona State	44	220	5	2026	3	2	0	20	163	32.6	139	27.8	105	29.7	50.0
23	Arkansas State	44.5	267	6	2026	2	4	0	22	169	28.2	173	28.8	123	50.8	33.3
24	New Mexico	44.8	224	5	2026	4	1	0	28	217	43.4	53	10.6	106	42.2	70.0
25	Tulsa	45	270	6	2026	3	3	0	22	165	27.5	140	23.3	106	28.4	80.0

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More Rutgers Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

775

Lonergan

RUSH

469

Raymond

REC

628

Duff

Team Rankings

PPG

30.0

67th

OPP PPG

32.2

136th

RUSH YDS/G

134.8

115th

PASS YDS/G

260.8

41st

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
12	Illinois	1-2	3-3
13	Michigan	0-2	3-2
14	Rutgers	0-2	1-4
15	Penn State	0-3	3-3
16	Washington	0-3	3-3

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/17	RUTG	@	MD	12:30 PM
Sat 10/24	RUTG	@	NW	12:00 PM
Sat 10/31	MICH	@	RUTG	1:00 PM
Sat 11/7	RUTG	@	WIS	1:00 PM
Sat 11/14	NEB	@	RUTG	1:00 PM

Last Game

Indiana

5 - 0

Final

Rutgers

1 - 4

Sat 3 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

838

Burgess

835

Riley

828

Roberts

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

562.3

554.8

533.8

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

303.5

299.4

295.5

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	4	.333
7	Texas State	3	3	.500
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	3	.500
6	Army	3	2	.600
7	UAB	4	3	.571
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	Western Kentucky	3	4	.429
4	Florida International	3	3	.500
5	Middle Tennessee	3	3	.500
6	Missouri State	2	4	.333
7	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
8	Delaware	2	4	.333
9	Kennesaw State	1	5	.167
10	Sam Houston	1	5	.167

	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	3	4	.429
8	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
9	Old Dominion	2	5	.286
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