2011 National Leaders Opponent Penalties - Games vs. BCS Automatic Qualifying Teams through 01/09/2012
| Name | G | Pen. | Yards | Pen./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TCU | 1 | 11 | 116 | 11.0 | 116.0 |
| 2 | Colorado State | 1 | 10 | 114 | 10.0 | 114.0 |
| 3 | Arizona State | 11 | 91 | 858 | 8.3 | 78.0 |
| 4 | Fresno State | 3 | 24 | 222 | 8.0 | 74.0 |
| 5 | Colorado | 11 | 73 | 798 | 6.6 | 72.5 |
| 6 | Boise State | 2 | 17 | 142 | 8.5 | 71.0 |
| 6 | Washington State | 9 | 73 | 639 | 8.1 | 71.0 |
| 8 | Connecticut | 9 | 73 | 621 | 8.1 | 69.0 |
| 9 | Houston | 2 | 16 | 135 | 8.0 | 67.5 |
| 10 | UTEP | 1 | 8 | 67 | 8.0 | 67.0 |
| 10 | Utah | 11 | 87 | 737 | 7.9 | 67.0 |
| 12 | Arizona | 10 | 68 | 655 | 6.8 | 65.5 |
| 13 | Tennessee | 9 | 70 | 588 | 7.8 | 65.3 |
| 14 | Michigan | 10 | 73 | 652 | 7.3 | 65.2 |
| 15 | Notre Dame | 11 | 87 | 712 | 7.9 | 64.7 |
| 16 | California | 11 | 81 | 707 | 7.4 | 64.3 |
| 17 | Syracuse | 9 | 68 | 562 | 7.6 | 62.4 |
| 18 | Texas Tech | 9 | 60 | 555 | 6.7 | 61.7 |
| 19 | USC | 12 | 88 | 734 | 7.3 | 61.2 |
| 20 | Baylor | 10 | 68 | 609 | 6.8 | 60.9 |
| 21 | Texas A&M | 11 | 85 | 662 | 7.7 | 60.2 |
| 22 | Cincinnati | 10 | 76 | 600 | 7.6 | 60.0 |
| 22 | Northern Illinois | 2 | 15 | 120 | 7.5 | 60.0 |
| 22 | Utah State | 1 | 7 | 60 | 7.0 | 60.0 |
| 25 | Florida | 10 | 69 | 582 | 6.9 | 58.2 |
| 26 | Washington | 11 | 78 | 633 | 7.1 | 57.5 |
| 26 | Kansas State | 11 | 66 | 633 | 6.0 | 57.5 |
| 28 | Oregon State | 10 | 60 | 573 | 6.0 | 57.3 |
| 29 | Pittsburgh | 10 | 63 | 568 | 6.3 | 56.8 |
| 30 | Nebraska | 10 | 57 | 562 | 5.7 | 56.2 |
| 31 | Rutgers | 9 | 62 | 501 | 6.9 | 55.7 |
| 32 | Northwestern | 10 | 59 | 556 | 5.9 | 55.6 |
| 33 | Rice | 4 | 22 | 222 | 5.5 | 55.5 |
| 34 | Oregon | 12 | 77 | 659 | 6.4 | 54.9 |
| 35 | Vanderbilt | 11 | 68 | 601 | 6.2 | 54.6 |
| 36 | Temple | 2 | 11 | 109 | 5.5 | 54.5 |
| 37 | Middle Tennessee | 3 | 18 | 163 | 6.0 | 54.3 |
| 38 | East Carolina | 3 | 21 | 162 | 7.0 | 54.0 |
| 38 | South Florida | 9 | 56 | 486 | 6.2 | 54.0 |
| 38 | Air Force | 1 | 6 | 54 | 6.0 | 54.0 |
| 41 | Arkansas | 10 | 66 | 533 | 6.6 | 53.3 |
| 42 | Duke | 9 | 52 | 478 | 5.8 | 53.1 |
| 43 | LSU | 12 | 84 | 636 | 7.0 | 53.0 |
| 44 | Iowa | 11 | 67 | 577 | 6.1 | 52.5 |
| 44 | UNLV | 2 | 12 | 105 | 6.0 | 52.5 |
| 44 | UCLA | 12 | 65 | 630 | 5.4 | 52.5 |
| 47 | Michigan State | 11 | 73 | 575 | 6.6 | 52.3 |
| 47 | Western Michigan | 4 | 25 | 209 | 6.3 | 52.3 |
| 49 | Western Kentucky | 2 | 12 | 104 | 6.0 | 52.0 |
| 49 | Texas | 11 | 61 | 572 | 5.5 | 52.0 |
| 49 | Louisiana Tech | 2 | 11 | 104 | 5.5 | 52.0 |
| 52 | Army | 3 | 18 | 155 | 6.0 | 51.7 |
| 53 | Mississippi State | 9 | 52 | 458 | 5.8 | 50.9 |
| 54 | Clemson | 12 | 65 | 610 | 5.4 | 50.8 |
| 55 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 2 | 10 | 100 | 5.0 | 50.0 |
| 56 | Purdue | 9 | 50 | 443 | 5.6 | 49.2 |
| 57 | West Virginia | 10 | 59 | 491 | 5.9 | 49.1 |
| 58 | Marshall | 3 | 18 | 147 | 6.0 | 49.0 |
| 59 | Miami (Ohio) | 3 | 18 | 146 | 6.0 | 48.7 |
| 60 | Wisconsin | 11 | 63 | 535 | 5.7 | 48.6 |
| 61 | Indiana | 9 | 47 | 432 | 5.2 | 48.0 |
| 61 | Wyoming | 1 | 5 | 48 | 5.0 | 48.0 |
| 63 | Georgia | 11 | 76 | 527 | 6.9 | 47.9 |
| 64 | Virginia | 10 | 50 | 474 | 5.0 | 47.4 |
| 65 | Ohio State | 11 | 59 | 520 | 5.4 | 47.3 |
| 66 | Wake Forest | 12 | 65 | 566 | 5.4 | 47.2 |
| 67 | San Diego State | 2 | 11 | 94 | 5.5 | 47.0 |
| 68 | Kentucky | 9 | 52 | 420 | 5.8 | 46.7 |
| 69 | Florida State | 11 | 65 | 509 | 5.9 | 46.3 |
| 70 | Oklahoma | 11 | 72 | 505 | 6.5 | 45.9 |
| 71 | Stanford | 12 | 58 | 547 | 4.8 | 45.6 |
| 72 | Missouri | 11 | 64 | 498 | 5.8 | 45.3 |
| 73 | Ohio | 1 | 6 | 45 | 6.0 | 45.0 |
| 74 | Kansas | 10 | 50 | 448 | 5.0 | 44.8 |
| 75 | Maryland | 10 | 54 | 445 | 5.4 | 44.5 |
| 76 | Auburn | 10 | 58 | 440 | 5.8 | 44.0 |
| 76 | Hawai'i | 2 | 10 | 88 | 5.0 | 44.0 |
| 78 | Ball State | 3 | 10 | 131 | 3.3 | 43.7 |
| 79 | North Carolina State | 10 | 44 | 436 | 4.4 | 43.6 |
| 80 | Oklahoma State | 11 | 62 | 479 | 5.6 | 43.5 |
| 81 | Idaho | 2 | 10 | 85 | 5.0 | 42.5 |
| 82 | North Carolina | 11 | 56 | 466 | 5.1 | 42.4 |
| 83 | San Jose State | 2 | 9 | 84 | 4.5 | 42.0 |
| 84 | BYU | 4 | 23 | 167 | 5.8 | 41.8 |
| 85 | South Carolina | 10 | 57 | 417 | 5.7 | 41.7 |
| 86 | New Mexico | 2 | 12 | 80 | 6.0 | 40.0 |
| 86 | Kent State | 2 | 11 | 80 | 5.5 | 40.0 |
| 86 | UAB | 2 | 11 | 80 | 5.5 | 40.0 |
| 86 | Southern Mississippi | 1 | 4 | 40 | 4.0 | 40.0 |
| 90 | Virginia Tech | 10 | 44 | 399 | 4.4 | 39.9 |
| 91 | Illinois | 10 | 45 | 394 | 4.5 | 39.4 |
| 92 | Louisville | 10 | 58 | 392 | 5.8 | 39.2 |
| 93 | Tulane | 2 | 8 | 77 | 4.0 | 38.5 |
| 94 | Penn State | 9 | 43 | 344 | 4.8 | 38.2 |
| 95 | UCF | 1 | 6 | 38 | 6.0 | 38.0 |
| 95 | Navy | 3 | 15 | 114 | 5.0 | 38.0 |
| 95 | Iowa State | 12 | 55 | 456 | 4.6 | 38.0 |
| 98 | Buffalo | 3 | 12 | 113 | 4.0 | 37.7 |
| 99 | Nevada | 2 | 10 | 75 | 5.0 | 37.5 |
| 100 | Minnesota | 9 | 39 | 336 | 4.3 | 37.3 |
| 101 | SMU | 2 | 11 | 74 | 5.5 | 37.0 |
| 101 | Akron | 2 | 7 | 74 | 3.5 | 37.0 |
| 103 | Florida Atlantic | 3 | 16 | 110 | 5.3 | 36.7 |
| 104 | Mississippi | 8 | 38 | 286 | 4.8 | 35.8 |
| 105 | Boston College | 10 | 46 | 353 | 4.6 | 35.3 |
| 106 | Tulsa | 2 | 7 | 70 | 3.5 | 35.0 |
| 107 | North Texas | 2 | 9 | 69 | 4.5 | 34.5 |
| 108 | Miami (Florida) | 11 | 50 | 368 | 4.5 | 33.5 |
| 109 | New Mexico State | 2 | 7 | 63 | 3.5 | 31.5 |
| 110 | Alabama | 10 | 42 | 309 | 4.2 | 30.9 |
| 111 | Memphis | 1 | 6 | 30 | 6.0 | 30.0 |
| 112 | Georgia Tech | 11 | 46 | 322 | 4.2 | 29.3 |
| 113 | Arkansas State | 2 | 5 | 51 | 2.5 | 25.5 |
| 114 | Central Michigan | 3 | 10 | 75 | 3.3 | 25.0 |
| 114 | Florida International | 2 | 6 | 50 | 3.0 | 25.0 |
| 116 | Toledo | 2 | 6 | 42 | 3.0 | 21.0 |
| 116 | Louisiana-Monroe | 2 | 6 | 42 | 3.0 | 21.0 |
| 118 | Troy | 2 | 6 | 37 | 3.0 | 18.5 |
| 118 | Eastern Michigan | 2 | 6 | 37 | 3.0 | 18.5 |
| 120 | Bowling Green | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1.0 | 10.0 |