2011 National Leaders Opponent Penalties - Games in August/September Only through 01/09/2012
| Name | G | Pen. | Yards | Pen./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh | 5 | 35 | 353 | 7.0 | 70.6 |
| 2 | West Virginia | 4 | 38 | 332 | 9.5 | 83.0 |
| 2 | California | 4 | 36 | 332 | 9.0 | 83.0 |
| 4 | Southern Mississippi | 4 | 35 | 311 | 8.8 | 77.8 |
| 5 | UTEP | 5 | 35 | 303 | 7.0 | 60.6 |
| 6 | Nebraska | 4 | 29 | 284 | 7.3 | 71.0 |
| 7 | Kentucky | 4 | 29 | 282 | 7.3 | 70.5 |
| 8 | Arizona State | 4 | 32 | 269 | 8.0 | 67.3 |
| 9 | Notre Dame | 4 | 39 | 266 | 9.8 | 66.5 |
| 10 | Houston | 5 | 32 | 265 | 6.4 | 53.0 |
| 11 | Mississippi State | 4 | 28 | 263 | 7.0 | 65.8 |
| 12 | TCU | 4 | 27 | 258 | 6.8 | 64.5 |
| 13 | Clemson | 4 | 30 | 255 | 7.5 | 63.8 |
| 14 | LSU | 4 | 33 | 254 | 8.3 | 63.5 |
| 15 | Ohio State | 4 | 32 | 251 | 8.0 | 62.8 |
| 15 | Connecticut | 4 | 30 | 251 | 7.5 | 62.8 |
| 17 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 4 | 26 | 250 | 6.5 | 62.5 |
| 18 | Louisiana Tech | 4 | 29 | 248 | 7.3 | 62.0 |
| 19 | Florida International | 4 | 30 | 247 | 7.5 | 61.8 |
| 20 | Indiana | 4 | 30 | 246 | 7.5 | 61.5 |
| 20 | Colorado State | 4 | 28 | 246 | 7.0 | 61.5 |
| 22 | Iowa | 4 | 31 | 245 | 7.8 | 61.3 |
| 23 | Northern Illinois | 4 | 28 | 242 | 7.0 | 60.5 |
| 24 | Colorado | 4 | 26 | 240 | 6.5 | 60.0 |
| 25 | Cincinnati | 4 | 30 | 239 | 7.5 | 59.8 |
| 26 | Tennessee | 3 | 24 | 234 | 8.0 | 78.0 |
| 26 | Kansas State | 3 | 23 | 234 | 7.7 | 78.0 |
| 26 | Syracuse | 4 | 26 | 234 | 6.5 | 58.5 |
| 29 | Rutgers | 3 | 27 | 226 | 9.0 | 75.3 |
| 30 | Michigan | 4 | 28 | 225 | 7.0 | 56.3 |
| 31 | Arizona | 4 | 28 | 224 | 7.0 | 56.0 |
| 32 | Fresno State | 4 | 25 | 222 | 6.3 | 55.5 |
| 33 | New Mexico State | 4 | 23 | 221 | 5.8 | 55.3 |
| 34 | Memphis | 4 | 25 | 219 | 6.3 | 54.8 |
| 34 | Wyoming | 4 | 23 | 219 | 5.8 | 54.8 |
| 36 | Florida State | 4 | 22 | 218 | 5.5 | 54.5 |
| 37 | Oregon | 4 | 25 | 217 | 6.3 | 54.3 |
| 37 | Idaho | 4 | 23 | 217 | 5.8 | 54.3 |
| 39 | Oklahoma State | 4 | 31 | 216 | 7.8 | 54.0 |
| 40 | Auburn | 4 | 28 | 214 | 7.0 | 53.5 |
| 40 | Boston College | 4 | 23 | 214 | 5.8 | 53.5 |
| 42 | Buffalo | 4 | 23 | 211 | 5.8 | 52.8 |
| 43 | Missouri | 4 | 29 | 210 | 7.3 | 52.5 |
| 44 | Washington | 4 | 26 | 209 | 6.5 | 52.3 |
| 45 | Florida | 4 | 26 | 206 | 6.5 | 51.5 |
| 46 | Temple | 4 | 24 | 204 | 6.0 | 51.0 |
| 47 | USC | 4 | 27 | 200 | 6.8 | 50.0 |
| 47 | San Jose State | 4 | 21 | 200 | 5.3 | 50.0 |
| 49 | San Diego State | 4 | 22 | 199 | 5.5 | 49.8 |
| 50 | North Carolina State | 4 | 23 | 198 | 5.8 | 49.5 |
| 50 | Illinois | 4 | 22 | 198 | 5.5 | 49.5 |
| 52 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 28 | 197 | 7.0 | 49.3 |
| 53 | New Mexico | 4 | 23 | 196 | 5.8 | 49.0 |
| 53 | Kent State | 4 | 21 | 196 | 5.3 | 49.0 |
| 55 | North Texas | 4 | 21 | 195 | 5.3 | 48.8 |
| 56 | Virginia | 4 | 21 | 194 | 5.3 | 48.5 |
| 56 | South Florida | 5 | 25 | 194 | 5.0 | 38.8 |
| 58 | Rice | 3 | 19 | 192 | 6.3 | 64.0 |
| 58 | Ball State | 4 | 17 | 192 | 4.3 | 48.0 |
| 60 | Washington State | 3 | 24 | 190 | 8.0 | 63.3 |
| 60 | Utah State | 4 | 20 | 190 | 5.0 | 47.5 |
| 62 | Arkansas | 4 | 19 | 188 | 4.8 | 47.0 |
| 63 | Ohio | 4 | 27 | 187 | 6.8 | 46.8 |
| 63 | UCLA | 4 | 21 | 187 | 5.3 | 46.8 |
| 65 | UNLV | 4 | 21 | 185 | 5.3 | 46.3 |
| 66 | Air Force | 3 | 22 | 184 | 7.3 | 61.3 |
| 66 | Minnesota | 4 | 23 | 184 | 5.8 | 46.0 |
| 68 | Tulane | 4 | 21 | 180 | 5.3 | 45.0 |
| 69 | Texas A&M | 3 | 23 | 179 | 7.7 | 59.7 |
| 69 | Akron | 4 | 19 | 179 | 4.8 | 44.8 |
| 69 | SMU | 4 | 18 | 179 | 4.5 | 44.8 |
| 72 | Western Kentucky | 3 | 20 | 177 | 6.7 | 59.0 |
| 73 | Wisconsin | 4 | 20 | 176 | 5.0 | 44.0 |
| 74 | Baylor | 3 | 24 | 174 | 8.0 | 58.0 |
| 74 | Georgia | 4 | 23 | 174 | 5.8 | 43.5 |
| 76 | Texas Tech | 3 | 25 | 173 | 8.3 | 57.7 |
| 77 | Middle Tennessee | 3 | 21 | 169 | 7.0 | 56.3 |
| 77 | Purdue | 3 | 19 | 169 | 6.3 | 56.3 |
| 77 | Utah | 3 | 19 | 169 | 6.3 | 56.3 |
| 77 | BYU | 5 | 24 | 169 | 4.8 | 33.8 |
| 81 | Bowling Green | 4 | 24 | 167 | 6.0 | 41.8 |
| 81 | North Carolina | 4 | 23 | 167 | 5.8 | 41.8 |
| 81 | Hawai'i | 4 | 19 | 167 | 4.8 | 41.8 |
| 84 | Michigan State | 4 | 18 | 166 | 4.5 | 41.5 |
| 85 | UAB | 3 | 17 | 162 | 5.7 | 54.0 |
| 86 | Western Michigan | 4 | 18 | 161 | 4.5 | 40.3 |
| 87 | South Carolina | 4 | 18 | 159 | 4.5 | 39.8 |
| 88 | Maryland | 3 | 19 | 158 | 6.3 | 52.7 |
| 89 | Boise State | 3 | 21 | 157 | 7.0 | 52.3 |
| 90 | Army | 4 | 20 | 155 | 5.0 | 38.8 |
| 91 | Mississippi | 4 | 22 | 154 | 5.5 | 38.5 |
| 92 | Iowa State | 3 | 23 | 153 | 7.7 | 51.0 |
| 92 | Tulsa | 4 | 17 | 153 | 4.3 | 38.3 |
| 94 | East Carolina | 3 | 20 | 147 | 6.7 | 49.0 |
| 95 | Oklahoma | 3 | 18 | 146 | 6.0 | 48.7 |
| 95 | Louisiana-Monroe | 4 | 19 | 146 | 4.8 | 36.5 |
| 95 | Alabama | 4 | 18 | 146 | 4.5 | 36.5 |
| 95 | Duke | 4 | 14 | 146 | 3.5 | 36.5 |
| 99 | Wake Forest | 3 | 17 | 144 | 5.7 | 48.0 |
| 100 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 18 | 141 | 4.5 | 35.3 |
| 101 | Miami (Ohio) | 3 | 16 | 138 | 5.3 | 46.0 |
| 101 | Central Michigan | 4 | 18 | 138 | 4.5 | 34.5 |
| 103 | Penn State | 4 | 16 | 137 | 4.0 | 34.3 |
| 104 | Kansas | 3 | 17 | 135 | 5.7 | 45.0 |
| 105 | Stanford | 3 | 14 | 133 | 4.7 | 44.3 |
| 106 | Toledo | 4 | 19 | 132 | 4.8 | 33.0 |
| 107 | Marshall | 4 | 19 | 121 | 4.8 | 30.3 |
| 108 | Texas | 3 | 14 | 120 | 4.7 | 40.0 |
| 109 | Oregon State | 3 | 14 | 115 | 4.7 | 38.3 |
| 110 | Navy | 3 | 13 | 114 | 4.3 | 38.0 |
| 111 | Miami (Florida) | 3 | 14 | 111 | 4.7 | 37.0 |
| 112 | Florida Atlantic | 3 | 16 | 110 | 5.3 | 36.7 |
| 112 | Nevada | 3 | 13 | 110 | 4.3 | 36.7 |
| 114 | UCF | 4 | 14 | 108 | 3.5 | 27.0 |
| 115 | Arkansas State | 4 | 13 | 106 | 3.3 | 26.5 |
| 116 | Louisville | 3 | 13 | 103 | 4.3 | 34.3 |
| 117 | Northwestern | 3 | 13 | 98 | 4.3 | 32.7 |
| 118 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 15 | 97 | 3.8 | 24.3 |
| 119 | Troy | 3 | 12 | 87 | 4.0 | 29.0 |
| 120 | Virginia Tech | 4 | 11 | 78 | 2.8 | 19.5 |