who has the most penalties in ncaa football 2024

The SMU Mustangs were charged with the most penalties by a team in 2024, with 115 penalties.

	TEAM	PEN	SEASON	GP	W	L	T	TD	PTS	PPG	OPP PTS	OPP PPG	1DWN	3DWN%	4DWN%
1	SMU	115	2024	14	11	3	0	63	511	36.5	309	22.1	320	44.6	52.6
2	UTSA	113	2024	13	7	6	0	51	431	33.2	391	30.1	281	40.6	35.7
3	New Mexico	111	2024	12	5	7	0	52	402	33.5	456	38.0	298	43.6	68.4
4	San Diego State	109	2024	12	3	9	0	31	256	21.3	355	29.6	222	36.2	53.1
5	South Alabama	106	2024	13	7	6	0	58	447	34.4	327	25.2	281	38.7	70.0
6	South Florida	105	2024	13	7	6	0	53	418	32.2	387	29.8	265	38.9	55.6
7	Tennessee	105	2024	13	10	3	0	57	464	35.7	209	16.1	304	47.2	61.1
8	Texas	102	2024	16	13	3	0	69	528	33.0	245	15.3	354	42.6	54.5
9	Colorado	99	2024	13	9	4	0	56	428	32.9	300	23.1	265	40.9	38.1
10	East Carolina	99	2024	13	8	5	0	53	416	32.0	355	27.3	286	44.9	55.6
11	Nevada	99	2024	13	3	10	0	41	300	23.1	374	28.8	253	44.4	51.7
12	UAB	98	2024	12	3	9	0	36	314	26.2	411	34.3	260	37.5	46.2
13	North Carolina	98	2024	13	6	7	0	51	402	30.9	365	28.1	272	37.5	48.1
14	Texas A&M	98	2024	13	8	5	0	48	395	30.4	289	22.2	279	44.9	44.4
15	UCLA	97	2024	12	5	7	0	23	221	18.4	303	25.3	216	42.7	50.0
16	California	96	2024	13	6	7	0	36	326	25.1	290	22.3	271	37.1	44.4
17	Hawaii	96	2024	12	5	7	0	33	268	22.3	312	26.0	249	36.8	54.5
18	Alabama	95	2024	13	9	4	0	59	439	33.8	226	17.4	271	47.3	50.0
19	Ole Miss	94	2024	13	10	3	0	62	502	38.6	187	14.4	322	42.3	58.6
20	Texas Tech	94	2024	13	8	5	0	60	489	37.6	453	34.8	319	48.6	48.3
21	Arkansas	93	2024	13	7	6	0	50	402	30.9	325	25.0	314	43.6	60.9
22	Charlotte	93	2024	12	5	7	0	34	284	23.7	421	35.1	206	30.3	41.7
23	Notre Dame	93	2024	16	14	2	0	76	578	36.1	248	15.5	326	41.3	73.3
24	Syracuse	92	2024	13	10	3	0	58	443	34.1	379	29.2	339	48.7	66.7
25	Utah State	92	2024	12	4	8	0	51	383	31.9	453	37.8	270	39.8	50.0

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More SMU Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,453

Jennings

RUSH

373

Raphael

REC

345

Knight

Team Rankings

PPG

37.0

36th

OPP PPG

24.8

91st

RUSH YDS/G

158.3

82nd

PASS YDS/G

392.5

1st

2026 ACC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
7	Wake Forest	1-1	3-1
8	Louisville	1-1	2-2
9	SMU	1-1	3-1
10	California	1-1	2-2
11	Stanford	1-2	2-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/3	BC	@	SMU	12:00 PM
Sat 10/17	UVA	@	SMU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/24	CAL	@	SMU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/31	SMU	@	SYR	1:00 PM
Fri 11/6	VT	@	SMU	7:00 PM

Last Game

Missouri State

1 - 3

Final

SMU

3 - 1

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

7.0

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

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

347.0

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