Aug 28, 2025 - Sports
How San Diego State's penalties stack up among Division 1 schools
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The Aztecs had the second-most penalties in the Mountain West Conference in the 2024 season, trailing only New Mexico.
Why it matters: Penalties plagued SDSU throughout last season, and at one point the team led the nation in flags drawn.
By the numbers: SDSU tallied 109 penalties, an average of about nine penalties per game, Mountain West statistics show.
- Those penalties cost the Aztecs an average of 81.8 yards per game, the highest in the conference.
- New Mexico tallied 112 penalties, with an average loss of 81.5 yards per game.
State of play: The betting site Action Network tracked penalties per game for every Division I college football program over the past five seasons.
- SDSU's average was 6.44 infractions, which was higher than the national average (5.97).
- Among conferences, the SEC (6.5) ranks the highest, the Mountain West (6.0) is in the middle of the pack and the Big Ten (5.6) is the lowest.
- Air Force (3.76), Iowa (3.92) and Army (3.98) were the only schools to average less than four penalties per game.