which sec team has the most penalty yards in a season

The Alabama Crimson Tide have suffered the most penalty yards by an SEC team in a season, with 990 yards in 2021.

	TEAM	PEN YDS	SEASON	GP	W	L	T	TD	PTS	PPG	OPP PTS	OPP PPG	1DWN	3DWN%	4DWN%
1	Alabama	990	2021	15	13	2	0	75	598	39.9	302	20.1	367	52.2	52.9
2	Ole Miss	978	2021	13	10	3	0	56	438	33.7	321	24.7	337	38.2	63.3
3	Ole Miss	936	2024	13	10	3	0	62	502	38.6	187	14.4	322	42.3	58.6
4	LSU	936	2019	15	15	0	0	95	726	48.4	328	21.9	419	49.7	66.7
5	Florida	923	2021	13	6	7	0	53	399	30.7	348	26.8	290	41.4	53.8
6	Texas	906	2025	13	10	3	0	48	396	30.5	264	20.3	247	39.2	52.9
7	Tennessee	905	2022	13	11	2	0	79	599	46.1	296	22.8	330	41.6	66.7
8	Alabama	897	2024	13	9	4	0	59	439	33.8	226	17.4	271	47.3	50.0
9	Auburn	895	2014	13	8	5	0	58	461	35.5	347	26.7	324	52.2	42.9
10	Alabama	893	2022	13	11	2	0	67	534	41.1	236	18.2	310	45.7	60.0
11	Tennessee	883	2023	13	9	4	0	51	413	31.8	264	20.3	284	41.7	38.9
12	Tennessee	869	2024	13	10	3	0	57	464	35.7	209	16.1	304	47.2	61.1
13	Texas A&M	862	2024	13	8	5	0	48	395	30.4	289	22.2	279	44.9	44.4
14	Alabama	855	2019	13	11	2	0	84	614	47.2	242	18.6	318	52.3	68.4
15	Georgia	835	2017	15	13	2	0	67	531	35.4	246	16.4	306	45.2	58.3
16	Alabama	835	2015	15	14	1	0	66	526	35.1	227	15.1	331	37.2	50.0
17	Texas	829	2024	16	13	3	0	69	528	33.0	245	15.3	354	42.6	54.5
18	South Carolina	829	2022	13	8	5	0	55	418	32.2	375	28.8	247	38.8	59.1
19	Missouri	828	2022	13	6	7	0	37	323	24.8	327	25.2	242	39.4	50.0
20	Ole Miss	826	2022	13	8	5	0	56	435	33.5	332	25.5	329	47.1	48.6
21	Arkansas	825	2021	13	9	4	0	49	402	30.9	298	22.9	284	36.8	63.2
22	Missouri	818	2014	14	11	3	0	48	389	27.8	295	21.1	281	42.9	81.3
23	Missouri	808	2019	12	6	6	0	37	304	25.3	233	19.4	245	36.5	53.8
24	Arkansas	804	2025	12	2	10	0	50	395	32.9	406	33.8	278	47.2	52.9
25	Ole Miss	802	2018	12	5	7	0	49	407	33.9	434	36.2	289	35.0	50.0

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Team Leaders

PASS

3,567

Simpson

RUSH

504

Miller

REC

862

Bernard

Team Rankings

PPG

31.2

43rd

OPP PPG

17.4

12th

RUSH YDS/G

116.2

142nd

PASS YDS/G

273.2

28th

2025 SEC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Georgia	7-1	12-2
2	Alabama	7-1	11-4
3	Ole Miss	7-1	13-2
4	Texas A&M	7-1	11-2
5	Texas	6-2	10-3

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/5	ECU	@	ALA	12:00 PM
Sat 9/12	ALA	@	UK	3:30 PM
Sat 9/19	FSU	@	ALA	3:30 PM
Sat 9/26	SCAR	@	ALA	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	ALA	@	MSST	1:00 PM

Last Game

Alabama

1 - 1

Final

Indiana

1 - 0

Thu 1 Jan 2026

CFB 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

3,973

Mensah

3,937

Chambliss

Rush Yards Leaders

1,659

Cook

1,649

Hardy

1,567

Lacy

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

1,278

Bell

1,264

Young

Pass TD Leaders

41

Mendoza

34

Mensah

34

Mestemaker

Rush TD Leaders

25

Hawkins

24

Lacy

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

15

Sarratt

14

Brown

13

Cooper

QB Rating Leaders

182.9

Mendoza

177.5

Sayin

170.4

Pavia

Sack Leaders

14.5

Bailey

14.5

Tucker

12.5

Smith

CFB 2025 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.1

42.0

41.6

41.3

40.5

39.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.3

11.7

11.8

13.3

14.8

15.4

Total Yards Rankings

512.4

489.7

488.7

482.9

472.8

472.1

Rush Yards Rankings

285.6

266.3

261.4

254.9

246.8

241.5

Pass Yards Rankings

340.2

318.0

313.3

309.6

296.0

292.8

Sack Leaders

50.0

46.0

45.0

43.0

41.0

CFB 2025 Standings

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Duke	9	5	.643
2	Virginia	11	3	.786
3	Miami	13	2	.867
4	Pittsburgh	8	5	.615
5	SMU	9	4	.692
6	Georgia Tech	9	4	.692
7	California	7	6	.538
8	Clemson	7	6	.538
9	NC State	8	5	.615
10	Louisville	9	4	.692
11	Wake Forest	9	4	.692
12	Stanford	4	8	.333
13	Florida State	5	7	.417
14	North Carolina	4	8	.333
15	Virginia Tech	3	9	.250
16	Boston College	2	10	.167
17	Syracuse	3	9	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	12	2	.857
2	Alabama	11	4	.733
3	Ole Miss	13	2	.867
4	Texas A&M	11	2	.846
5	Texas	10	3	.769
6	Oklahoma	10	3	.769
7	Vanderbilt	10	3	.769
8	Missouri	8	5	.615
9	Tennessee	8	5	.615
10	LSU	7	6	.538
11	Kentucky	5	7	.417
12	Florida	4	8	.333
13	Auburn	5	7	.417
14	Mississippi State	5	8	.385
15	South Carolina	4	8	.333
16	Arkansas	2	10	.167

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	15	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	12	2	.857
3	Oregon	13	2	.867
4	Michigan	9	4	.692
5	USC	9	4	.692
6	Iowa	9	4	.692
7	Illinois	9	4	.692
8	Minnesota	8	5	.615
9	Washington	9	4	.692
10	Nebraska	7	6	.538
11	Northwestern	7	6	.538
12	Penn State	7	6	.538
13	UCLA	3	9	.250
14	Rutgers	5	7	.417
15	Wisconsin	4	8	.333
16	Maryland	4	8	.333
17	Michigan State	4	8	.333
18	Purdue	2	10	.167

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	10	4	.714
2	New Mexico	9	4	.692
3	San Diego State	9	4	.692
4	Boise State	9	5	.643
5	Fresno State	9	4	.692
6	Hawaii	9	4	.692
7	Utah State	6	7	.462
8	Air Force	4	8	.333
9	Wyoming	4	8	.333
10	Nevada	3	9	.250
11	San José State	3	9	.250
12	Colorado State	2	10	.167

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	12	2	.857
2	Tulane	11	3	.786
3	Navy	11	2	.846
4	South Florida	9	4	.692
5	East Carolina	9	4	.692
6	Memphis	8	5	.615
7	Army	7	6	.538
8	UTSA	7	6	.538
9	Temple	5	7	.417
10	Florida Atlantic	4	8	.333
11	Rice	5	8	.385
12	UAB	4	8	.333
13	Tulsa	4	8	.333
14	Charlotte	1	11	.083

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	10	2	.833
2	UConn	9	4	.692

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	12	2	.857
2	BYU	12	2	.857
3	Utah	11	2	.846
4	Houston	10	3	.769
5	Arizona	9	4	.692
6	Arizona State	8	5	.615
7	Iowa State	8	4	.667
8	Kansas State	6	6	.500
9	TCU	9	4	.692
10	Cincinnati	7	6	.538
11	Baylor	5	7	.417
12	Kansas	5	7	.417
13	UCF	5	7	.417
14	West Virginia	4	8	.333
15	Colorado	3	9	.250
16	Oklahoma State	1	11	.083

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Washington State	7	6	.538
2	Oregon State	2	10	.167

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Western Michigan	10	4	.714
2	Miami (OH)	7	7	.500
3	Ohio	9	4	.692
4	Toledo	8	5	.615
5	Central Michigan	7	6	.538
6	Akron	5	7	.417
7	Buffalo	5	7	.417
8	Kent State	5	7	.417
9	Eastern Michigan	4	8	.333
10	Ball State	4	8	.333
11	Bowling Green	4	8	.333
12	Northern Illinois	3	9	.250
13	UMass	0	12	.000

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	JMU	12	2	.857
2	Troy	8	6	.571
3	Old Dominion	10	3	.769
4	Southern Miss	7	6	.538
5	Coastal Carolina	6	7	.462
6	Louisiana	6	7	.462
7	Georgia Southern	7	6	.538
8	Arkansas State	7	6	.538
9	Marshall	5	7	.417
10	Texas State	7	6	.538
11	Appalachian State	5	8	.385
12	South Alabama	4	8	.333
13	Georgia State	1	11	.083
14	Louisiana-Monroe	3	9	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Kennesaw State	10	4	.714
2	Jacksonville State	9	5	.643
3	Western Kentucky	9	4	.692
4	Louisiana Tech	8	5	.615
5	Missouri State	7	6	.538
6	FIU	7	6	.538
7	Delaware	7	6	.538
8	Liberty	4	8	.333
9	Middle Tennessee	3	9	.250
10	New Mexico State	4	8	.333
11	UTEP	2	10	.167
12	Sam Houston	2	10	.167