Why penalties are such a concern for Vanderbilt football headed into Alabama game
But Vanderbilt knows where the real problem lies: penalties. The 2023 Commodores were 24th in the country with 42.5 penalty yards per game. This year, that number has almost doubled to 83.3 yards per game, ranked 124th of 134 teams in FBS. Alabama, too, is near the bottom of that leaderboard with 77.3 penalty yards per game, which is 120th.