which college football programs has the most penalties thrown against them

The Liberty Flames have been charged with the most penalties by a team, with 59 penalties this season.

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2026 season

	TEAM	PEN	ATT	SEASON	GP	CMP	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Liberty	59	129	2026	6	76	58.9	1,157	9.0	192.8	11	0	162.4	8.5	0.0	12	77
2	Kent State	58	167	2026	6	94	56.3	1,029	6.2	171.5	4	7	107.6	2.4	4.2	10	73
3	California	57	256	2026	6	166	64.8	1,826	7.1	304.3	11	5	135.0	4.3	2.0	11	76
4	Vanderbilt	56	186	2026	6	112	60.2	1,372	7.4	228.7	6	6	126.4	3.2	3.2	12	73
5	North Texas	53	220	2026	6	159	72.3	2,082	9.5	347.0	17	4	173.6	7.7	1.8	5	36
6	Syracuse	53	190	2026	5	113	59.5	1,408	7.4	281.6	12	7	135.2	6.3	3.7	11	75
7	UConn	52	175	2026	6	107	61.1	1,539	8.8	256.5	11	3	152.3	6.3	1.7	17	95
8	Wake Forest	52	190	2026	6	127	66.8	1,743	9.2	290.5	13	1	165.4	6.8	0.5	10	62
9	Ball State	51	199	2026	6	127	63.8	1,141	5.7	190.2	7	4	119.6	3.5	2.0	13	93
10	UTSA	51	186	2026	6	126	67.7	1,263	6.8	210.5	8	2	136.8	4.3	1.1	6	34
11	Nebraska	50	200	2026	6	128	64.0	1,486	7.4	247.7	14	3	146.5	7.0	1.5	10	73
12	Utah State	50	181	2026	6	95	52.5	1,139	6.3	189.8	9	10	110.7	5.0	5.5	19	101
13	UCLA	49	124	2026	5	75	60.5	1,025	8.3	205.0	5	4	136.8	4.0	3.2	8	58
14	Coastal Carolina	48	177	2026	6	94	53.1	1,346	7.6	224.3	13	3	137.8	7.3	1.7	19	139
15	Florida	48	179	2026	6	129	72.1	1,641	9.2	273.5	11	5	163.8	6.1	2.8	9	58
16	Pittsburgh	48	223	2026	6	147	65.9	1,799	8.1	299.8	17	3	156.2	7.6	1.3	7	46
17	Toledo	48	195	2026	6	123	63.1	1,626	8.3	271.0	14	2	154.8	7.2	1.0	3	20
18	Washington	48	218	2026	6	147	67.4	1,677	7.7	279.5	13	3	149.0	6.0	1.4	21	123
19	Washington State	47	178	2026	6	110	61.8	952	5.3	158.7	3	5	106.7	1.7	2.8	19	120
20	Colorado	45	181	2026	5	111	61.3	1,267	7.0	253.4	8	6	128.1	4.4	3.3	11	79
21	UMass	45	139	2026	6	97	69.8	1,085	7.8	180.8	8	2	151.5	5.8	1.4	6	42
22	Virginia Tech	45	222	2026	6	163	73.4	1,861	8.4	310.2	13	2	161.4	5.9	0.9	12	85
23	Maryland	44	232	2026	6	144	62.1	1,450	6.3	241.7	8	6	120.8	3.4	2.6	6	42
24	USC	44	239	2026	7	164	68.6	2,171	9.1	310.1	18	4	166.4	7.5	1.7	7	46
25	Georgia Tech	43	155	2026	5	107	69.0	1,193	7.7	238.6	7	3	144.7	4.5	1.9	10	99

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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

123rd

2026 C-USA Standings

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

12.2

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

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	5	1	.833
2	Jacksonville State	4	2	.667
3	Florida International	3	2	.600
4	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
5	Western Kentucky	2	4	.333
6	Delaware	2	3	.400
7	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
8	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
9	Missouri State	1	4	.200
10	Sam Houston	1	4	.200

	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

	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