2012 National Leaders Penalties - All Games through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Pen. | Yards | Pen./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Air Force | 13 | 44 | 341 | 3.4 | 26.2 |
| 2 | Kansas | 12 | 45 | 360 | 3.8 | 30.0 |
| 3 | Army | 12 | 47 | 361 | 3.9 | 30.1 |
| 4 | Navy | 13 | 48 | 378 | 3.7 | 29.1 |
| 4 | Boston College | 12 | 48 | 388 | 4.0 | 32.3 |
| 6 | Kansas State | 13 | 49 | 403 | 3.8 | 31.0 |
| 7 | Maryland | 12 | 50 | 465 | 4.2 | 38.8 |
| 8 | North Texas | 12 | 52 | 520 | 4.3 | 43.3 |
| 9 | Wisconsin | 14 | 53 | 506 | 3.8 | 36.1 |
| 9 | Wake Forest | 12 | 53 | 461 | 4.4 | 38.4 |
| 11 | Alabama | 14 | 54 | 467 | 3.9 | 33.4 |
| 11 | Wyoming | 12 | 54 | 514 | 4.5 | 42.8 |
| 13 | Central Michigan | 13 | 55 | 487 | 4.2 | 37.5 |
| 13 | Iowa | 12 | 55 | 491 | 4.6 | 40.9 |
| 13 | Kentucky | 12 | 55 | 496 | 4.6 | 41.3 |
| 13 | East Carolina | 13 | 55 | 567 | 4.2 | 43.6 |
| 17 | Arizona State | 13 | 56 | 459 | 4.3 | 35.3 |
| 17 | Connecticut | 12 | 56 | 466 | 4.7 | 38.8 |
| 19 | Miami (Ohio) | 12 | 57 | 443 | 4.8 | 36.9 |
| 19 | Southern Mississippi | 12 | 57 | 486 | 4.8 | 40.5 |
| 21 | UTEP | 12 | 58 | 501 | 4.8 | 41.8 |
| 22 | Boise State | 13 | 59 | 556 | 4.5 | 42.8 |
| 22 | Temple | 11 | 59 | 509 | 5.4 | 46.3 |
| 24 | UCF | 14 | 60 | 507 | 4.3 | 36.2 |
| 25 | New Mexico State | 12 | 61 | 481 | 5.1 | 40.1 |
| 25 | Mississippi State | 13 | 61 | 538 | 4.7 | 41.4 |
| 25 | Ball State | 13 | 61 | 614 | 4.7 | 47.2 |
| 28 | Mississippi | 13 | 62 | 480 | 4.8 | 36.9 |
| 28 | New Mexico | 13 | 62 | 530 | 4.8 | 40.8 |
| 28 | Michigan | 13 | 62 | 641 | 4.8 | 49.3 |
| 31 | South Carolina | 13 | 63 | 526 | 4.8 | 40.5 |
| 31 | Tulsa | 14 | 63 | 586 | 4.5 | 41.9 |
| 31 | Iowa State | 13 | 63 | 552 | 4.8 | 42.5 |
| 31 | Penn State | 12 | 63 | 604 | 5.3 | 50.3 |
| 35 | Arkansas State | 13 | 64 | 598 | 4.9 | 46.0 |
| 36 | Clemson | 13 | 66 | 561 | 5.1 | 43.2 |
| 37 | SMU | 13 | 67 | 518 | 5.2 | 39.8 |
| 37 | Missouri | 12 | 67 | 519 | 5.6 | 43.3 |
| 37 | UNLV | 13 | 67 | 678 | 5.2 | 52.2 |
| 40 | Georgia Tech | 14 | 68 | 558 | 4.9 | 39.9 |
| 40 | Texas | 13 | 68 | 589 | 5.2 | 45.3 |
| 40 | Middle Tennessee | 12 | 68 | 549 | 5.7 | 45.8 |
| 40 | San Jose State | 13 | 68 | 618 | 5.2 | 47.5 |
| 40 | Indiana | 12 | 68 | 591 | 5.7 | 49.3 |
| 40 | Northwestern | 13 | 68 | 657 | 5.2 | 50.5 |
| 46 | Ohio | 13 | 69 | 650 | 5.3 | 50.0 |
| 47 | Louisiana-Monroe | 13 | 70 | 567 | 5.4 | 43.6 |
| 48 | Notre Dame | 13 | 71 | 550 | 5.5 | 42.3 |
| 48 | Illinois | 12 | 71 | 595 | 5.9 | 49.6 |
| 48 | West Virginia | 13 | 71 | 655 | 5.5 | 50.4 |
| 48 | Eastern Michigan | 12 | 71 | 644 | 5.9 | 53.7 |
| 48 | Hawai'i | 12 | 71 | 648 | 5.9 | 54.0 |
| 53 | Arkansas | 12 | 72 | 528 | 6.0 | 44.0 |
| 53 | Rice | 13 | 72 | 675 | 5.5 | 51.9 |
| 55 | Kent State | 14 | 73 | 628 | 5.2 | 44.9 |
| 55 | San Diego State | 13 | 73 | 638 | 5.6 | 49.1 |
| 55 | Cincinnati | 13 | 73 | 695 | 5.6 | 53.5 |
| 55 | Colorado | 12 | 73 | 688 | 6.1 | 57.3 |
| 55 | Buffalo | 12 | 73 | 750 | 6.1 | 62.5 |
| 60 | Oklahoma | 13 | 74 | 598 | 5.7 | 46.0 |
| 60 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 13 | 74 | 633 | 5.7 | 48.7 |
| 60 | Purdue | 13 | 74 | 662 | 5.7 | 50.9 |
| 60 | UTSA | 10 | 74 | 724 | 7.4 | 72.4 |
| 64 | Auburn | 12 | 75 | 601 | 6.3 | 50.1 |
| 64 | Houston | 12 | 75 | 652 | 6.3 | 54.3 |
| 64 | Michigan State | 13 | 75 | 735 | 5.8 | 56.5 |
| 67 | Duke | 13 | 76 | 637 | 5.8 | 49.0 |
| 67 | Western Michigan | 12 | 76 | 624 | 6.3 | 52.0 |
| 67 | Tulane | 12 | 76 | 647 | 6.3 | 53.9 |
| 70 | Vanderbilt | 13 | 77 | 584 | 5.9 | 44.9 |
| 70 | Florida Atlantic | 12 | 77 | 616 | 6.4 | 51.3 |
| 70 | South Florida | 12 | 77 | 686 | 6.4 | 57.2 |
| 73 | Virginia Tech | 13 | 78 | 663 | 6.0 | 51.0 |
| 73 | Marshall | 12 | 78 | 726 | 6.5 | 60.5 |
| 73 | Colorado State | 12 | 78 | 775 | 6.5 | 64.6 |
| 76 | Oregon State | 13 | 79 | 724 | 6.1 | 55.7 |
| 77 | BYU | 13 | 80 | 703 | 6.2 | 54.1 |
| 77 | Texas A&M | 13 | 80 | 735 | 6.2 | 56.5 |
| 77 | Western Kentucky | 13 | 80 | 765 | 6.2 | 58.8 |
| 80 | Minnesota | 13 | 81 | 653 | 6.2 | 50.2 |
| 80 | Massachusetts | 12 | 81 | 679 | 6.8 | 56.6 |
| 82 | Tennessee | 12 | 82 | 630 | 6.8 | 52.5 |
| 82 | Louisville | 13 | 82 | 703 | 6.3 | 54.1 |
| 82 | Virginia | 12 | 82 | 706 | 6.8 | 58.8 |
| 85 | Northern Illinois | 14 | 83 | 767 | 5.9 | 54.8 |
| 85 | Arizona | 13 | 83 | 716 | 6.4 | 55.1 |
| 85 | Oklahoma State | 13 | 83 | 777 | 6.4 | 59.8 |
| 85 | Utah | 12 | 83 | 740 | 6.9 | 61.7 |
| 89 | Ohio State | 12 | 84 | 774 | 7.0 | 64.5 |
| 90 | Stanford | 14 | 85 | 745 | 6.1 | 53.2 |
| 90 | Memphis | 12 | 85 | 832 | 7.1 | 69.3 |
| 92 | Nevada | 13 | 86 | 819 | 6.6 | 63.0 |
| 93 | North Carolina State | 13 | 87 | 656 | 6.7 | 50.5 |
| 93 | Pittsburgh | 13 | 87 | 746 | 6.7 | 57.4 |
| 93 | Baylor | 13 | 87 | 770 | 6.7 | 59.2 |
| 93 | UAB | 12 | 87 | 761 | 7.3 | 63.4 |
| 93 | Idaho | 12 | 87 | 767 | 7.3 | 63.9 |
| 93 | Washington State | 12 | 87 | 769 | 7.3 | 64.1 |
| 93 | Texas State | 12 | 87 | 821 | 7.3 | 68.4 |
| 100 | Miami (Florida) | 12 | 88 | 686 | 7.3 | 57.2 |
| 100 | Nebraska | 14 | 88 | 847 | 6.3 | 60.5 |
| 100 | Fresno State | 13 | 88 | 799 | 6.8 | 61.5 |
| 103 | Florida State | 14 | 89 | 809 | 6.4 | 57.8 |
| 103 | TCU | 13 | 89 | 819 | 6.8 | 63.0 |
| 103 | Toledo | 13 | 89 | 884 | 6.8 | 68.0 |
| 106 | Florida International | 12 | 90 | 702 | 7.5 | 58.5 |
| 106 | North Carolina | 12 | 90 | 772 | 7.5 | 64.3 |
| 108 | Utah State | 13 | 91 | 941 | 7.0 | 72.4 |
| 109 | Bowling Green | 13 | 92 | 775 | 7.1 | 59.6 |
| 109 | Troy | 12 | 92 | 803 | 7.7 | 66.9 |
| 111 | LSU | 13 | 94 | 753 | 7.2 | 57.9 |
| 111 | Rutgers | 13 | 94 | 780 | 7.2 | 60.0 |
| 113 | Georgia | 14 | 96 | 749 | 6.9 | 53.5 |
| 113 | South Alabama | 13 | 96 | 877 | 7.4 | 67.5 |
| 115 | Louisiana Tech | 12 | 98 | 957 | 8.2 | 79.8 |
| 116 | California | 12 | 99 | 996 | 8.3 | 83.0 |
| 117 | Texas Tech | 13 | 100 | 981 | 7.7 | 75.5 |
| 118 | USC | 13 | 101 | 808 | 7.8 | 62.2 |
| 118 | Akron | 12 | 101 | 797 | 8.4 | 66.4 |
| 120 | Syracuse | 13 | 102 | 898 | 7.8 | 69.1 |
| 121 | Oregon | 13 | 103 | 924 | 7.9 | 71.1 |
| 122 | Florida | 13 | 105 | 895 | 8.1 | 68.8 |
| 123 | Washington | 13 | 108 | 969 | 8.3 | 74.5 |
| 124 | UCLA | 14 | 129 | 1273 | 9.2 | 90.9 |