2012 National Leaders Opponent Penalties - Games vs. Conference Teams Only through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Pen. | Yards | Pen./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Louisiana Tech | 6 | 53 | 535 | 8.8 | 89.2 |
| 2 | Arizona | 9 | 83 | 801 | 9.2 | 89.0 |
| 3 | USC | 9 | 83 | 727 | 9.2 | 80.8 |
| 4 | South Florida | 7 | 59 | 543 | 8.4 | 77.6 |
| 5 | Washington State | 9 | 78 | 687 | 8.7 | 76.3 |
| 6 | California | 9 | 72 | 652 | 8.0 | 72.4 |
| 7 | Oregon State | 9 | 69 | 650 | 7.7 | 72.2 |
| 8 | UCLA | 10 | 73 | 700 | 7.3 | 70.0 |
| 9 | New Mexico State | 6 | 41 | 417 | 6.8 | 69.5 |
| 10 | Massachusetts | 8 | 66 | 547 | 8.3 | 68.4 |
| 11 | Ball State | 8 | 56 | 544 | 7.0 | 68.0 |
| 12 | Western Michigan | 8 | 56 | 525 | 7.0 | 65.6 |
| 13 | Troy | 8 | 60 | 521 | 7.5 | 65.1 |
| 14 | Miami (Florida) | 8 | 62 | 516 | 7.8 | 64.5 |
| 15 | Buffalo | 8 | 48 | 512 | 6.0 | 64.0 |
| 16 | Colorado | 9 | 61 | 568 | 6.8 | 63.1 |
| 17 | Boston College | 8 | 58 | 503 | 7.3 | 62.9 |
| 18 | UTSA | 6 | 41 | 373 | 6.8 | 62.2 |
| 19 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 8 | 64 | 491 | 8.0 | 61.4 |
| 20 | Miami (Ohio) | 8 | 50 | 486 | 6.3 | 60.8 |
| 21 | West Virginia | 9 | 60 | 544 | 6.7 | 60.4 |
| 21 | Hawai'i | 8 | 47 | 483 | 5.9 | 60.4 |
| 23 | Florida | 8 | 59 | 481 | 7.4 | 60.1 |
| 24 | South Alabama | 8 | 57 | 480 | 7.1 | 60.0 |
| 25 | Texas State | 6 | 34 | 358 | 5.7 | 59.7 |
| 26 | Cincinnati | 7 | 47 | 410 | 6.7 | 58.6 |
| 26 | Houston | 8 | 50 | 469 | 6.3 | 58.6 |
| 28 | Indiana | 8 | 48 | 468 | 6.0 | 58.5 |
| 29 | Connecticut | 7 | 46 | 409 | 6.6 | 58.4 |
| 29 | Michigan | 8 | 52 | 467 | 6.5 | 58.4 |
| 31 | Arkansas State | 8 | 61 | 466 | 7.6 | 58.3 |
| 32 | Tulane | 8 | 48 | 464 | 6.0 | 58.0 |
| 33 | Western Kentucky | 8 | 51 | 463 | 6.4 | 57.9 |
| 34 | Washington | 9 | 61 | 519 | 6.8 | 57.7 |
| 35 | Stanford | 10 | 61 | 564 | 6.1 | 56.4 |
| 36 | Temple | 7 | 44 | 393 | 6.3 | 56.1 |
| 37 | Utah | 9 | 61 | 501 | 6.8 | 55.7 |
| 38 | Syracuse | 7 | 46 | 389 | 6.6 | 55.6 |
| 39 | Texas A&M | 8 | 56 | 444 | 7.0 | 55.5 |
| 40 | North Texas | 8 | 51 | 441 | 6.4 | 55.1 |
| 41 | Minnesota | 8 | 52 | 439 | 6.5 | 54.9 |
| 41 | Iowa | 8 | 45 | 439 | 5.6 | 54.9 |
| 43 | Marshall | 8 | 53 | 438 | 6.6 | 54.8 |
| 43 | Duke | 8 | 47 | 438 | 5.9 | 54.8 |
| 43 | Oregon | 9 | 46 | 493 | 5.1 | 54.8 |
| 46 | Central Michigan | 8 | 50 | 436 | 6.3 | 54.5 |
| 47 | Iowa State | 9 | 60 | 489 | 6.7 | 54.3 |
| 48 | Utah State | 6 | 37 | 322 | 6.2 | 53.7 |
| 49 | Vanderbilt | 8 | 56 | 429 | 7.0 | 53.6 |
| 50 | North Carolina | 8 | 52 | 427 | 6.5 | 53.4 |
| 51 | Louisiana-Monroe | 8 | 50 | 425 | 6.3 | 53.1 |
| 52 | Southern Mississippi | 8 | 46 | 423 | 5.8 | 52.9 |
| 53 | Eastern Michigan | 8 | 48 | 421 | 6.0 | 52.6 |
| 54 | Ohio | 8 | 43 | 419 | 5.4 | 52.4 |
| 55 | Akron | 8 | 48 | 417 | 6.0 | 52.1 |
| 56 | Kent State | 9 | 49 | 466 | 5.4 | 51.8 |
| 57 | Penn State | 8 | 43 | 413 | 5.4 | 51.6 |
| 58 | Wake Forest | 8 | 49 | 410 | 6.1 | 51.3 |
| 58 | Texas | 9 | 47 | 462 | 5.2 | 51.3 |
| 60 | BYU | 1 | 5 | 51 | 5.0 | 51.0 |
| 61 | Arizona State | 9 | 52 | 457 | 5.8 | 50.8 |
| 61 | Wyoming | 8 | 46 | 406 | 5.8 | 50.8 |
| 63 | Ohio State | 8 | 43 | 404 | 5.4 | 50.5 |
| 64 | Kansas | 9 | 44 | 454 | 4.9 | 50.4 |
| 65 | Nebraska | 9 | 45 | 453 | 5.0 | 50.3 |
| 66 | Florida Atlantic | 8 | 45 | 400 | 5.6 | 50.0 |
| 67 | Virginia Tech | 8 | 53 | 394 | 6.6 | 49.3 |
| 68 | San Jose State | 6 | 30 | 294 | 5.0 | 49.0 |
| 69 | Baylor | 9 | 50 | 440 | 5.6 | 48.9 |
| 69 | Mississippi State | 8 | 42 | 391 | 5.3 | 48.9 |
| 71 | Maryland | 8 | 47 | 390 | 5.9 | 48.8 |
| 72 | Tulsa | 9 | 54 | 438 | 6.0 | 48.7 |
| 73 | Nevada | 8 | 39 | 389 | 4.9 | 48.6 |
| 74 | Fresno State | 8 | 43 | 382 | 5.4 | 47.8 |
| 74 | Colorado State | 8 | 39 | 382 | 4.9 | 47.8 |
| 76 | Missouri | 8 | 52 | 381 | 6.5 | 47.6 |
| 77 | Idaho | 6 | 34 | 285 | 5.7 | 47.5 |
| 77 | UAB | 8 | 39 | 380 | 4.9 | 47.5 |
| 79 | North Carolina State | 8 | 44 | 378 | 5.5 | 47.3 |
| 80 | Florida International | 8 | 45 | 373 | 5.6 | 46.6 |
| 80 | Toledo | 8 | 42 | 373 | 5.3 | 46.6 |
| 82 | East Carolina | 8 | 46 | 370 | 5.8 | 46.3 |
| 83 | Pittsburgh | 7 | 35 | 320 | 5.0 | 45.7 |
| 84 | Oklahoma State | 9 | 54 | 409 | 6.0 | 45.4 |
| 84 | Louisville | 7 | 38 | 318 | 5.4 | 45.4 |
| 86 | San Diego State | 8 | 36 | 361 | 4.5 | 45.1 |
| 87 | UNLV | 8 | 38 | 360 | 4.8 | 45.0 |
| 88 | Northern Illinois | 9 | 40 | 402 | 4.4 | 44.7 |
| 89 | Memphis | 8 | 39 | 355 | 4.9 | 44.4 |
| 90 | Kansas State | 9 | 44 | 399 | 4.9 | 44.3 |
| 91 | Army | 1 | 5 | 44 | 5.0 | 44.0 |
| 91 | Northwestern | 8 | 39 | 352 | 4.9 | 44.0 |
| 93 | New Mexico | 8 | 42 | 351 | 5.3 | 43.9 |
| 94 | SMU | 8 | 38 | 346 | 4.8 | 43.3 |
| 95 | Arkansas | 8 | 39 | 345 | 4.9 | 43.1 |
| 96 | Purdue | 8 | 45 | 344 | 5.6 | 43.0 |
| 97 | Texas Tech | 9 | 45 | 386 | 5.0 | 42.9 |
| 98 | South Carolina | 8 | 41 | 339 | 5.1 | 42.4 |
| 99 | Mississippi | 8 | 42 | 337 | 5.3 | 42.1 |
| 100 | Illinois | 8 | 36 | 335 | 4.5 | 41.9 |
| 101 | Michigan State | 8 | 38 | 328 | 4.8 | 41.0 |
| 102 | Florida State | 9 | 40 | 359 | 4.4 | 39.9 |
| 103 | Georgia | 9 | 48 | 358 | 5.3 | 39.8 |
| 104 | Rutgers | 7 | 35 | 278 | 5.0 | 39.7 |
| 105 | Air Force | 8 | 44 | 316 | 5.5 | 39.5 |
| 105 | Boise State | 8 | 41 | 316 | 5.1 | 39.5 |
| 107 | Rice | 8 | 37 | 310 | 4.6 | 38.8 |
| 108 | Clemson | 8 | 38 | 307 | 4.8 | 38.4 |
| 109 | Tennessee | 8 | 40 | 306 | 5.0 | 38.3 |
| 110 | Bowling Green | 8 | 39 | 304 | 4.9 | 38.0 |
| 111 | Oklahoma | 9 | 42 | 339 | 4.7 | 37.7 |
| 112 | LSU | 8 | 37 | 293 | 4.6 | 36.6 |
| 113 | TCU | 9 | 35 | 322 | 3.9 | 35.8 |
| 114 | Georgia Tech | 9 | 41 | 320 | 4.6 | 35.6 |
| 115 | UTEP | 8 | 30 | 284 | 3.8 | 35.5 |
| 116 | Kentucky | 8 | 38 | 283 | 4.8 | 35.4 |
| 116 | Alabama | 9 | 39 | 319 | 4.3 | 35.4 |
| 118 | Auburn | 8 | 34 | 279 | 4.3 | 34.9 |
| 119 | Middle Tennessee | 8 | 27 | 265 | 3.4 | 33.1 |
| 120 | Wisconsin | 9 | 31 | 290 | 3.4 | 32.2 |
| 121 | Virginia | 8 | 38 | 247 | 4.8 | 30.9 |
| 122 | UCF | 9 | 29 | 242 | 3.2 | 26.9 |
| 123 | Notre Dame | 2 | 6 | 50 | 3.0 | 25.0 |
| 124 | Navy | 2 | 7 | 45 | 3.5 | 22.5 |