2012 National Leaders Penalties - Games in November Only through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Pen. | Yards | Pen./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UCF | 4 | 10 | 72 | 2.5 | 18.0 |
| 2 | UTEP | 3 | 6 | 60 | 2.0 | 20.0 |
| 2 | Air Force | 4 | 10 | 80 | 2.5 | 20.0 |
| 4 | Kansas | 3 | 8 | 64 | 2.7 | 21.3 |
| 5 | Iowa | 4 | 13 | 95 | 3.3 | 23.8 |
| 6 | Alabama | 4 | 10 | 96 | 2.5 | 24.0 |
| 7 | Kent State | 5 | 15 | 121 | 3.0 | 24.2 |
| 8 | Navy | 3 | 9 | 78 | 3.0 | 26.0 |
| 8 | Army | 3 | 10 | 78 | 3.3 | 26.0 |
| 8 | Kansas State | 3 | 10 | 78 | 3.3 | 26.0 |
| 11 | New Mexico State | 3 | 11 | 84 | 3.7 | 28.0 |
| 12 | North Carolina State | 4 | 19 | 113 | 4.8 | 28.3 |
| 13 | Ball State | 3 | 8 | 86 | 2.7 | 28.7 |
| 14 | BYU | 3 | 12 | 88 | 4.0 | 29.3 |
| 14 | Mississippi | 4 | 18 | 117 | 4.5 | 29.3 |
| 16 | Georgia | 4 | 16 | 119 | 4.0 | 29.8 |
| 17 | USC | 4 | 16 | 121 | 4.0 | 30.3 |
| 18 | Tulsa | 4 | 13 | 122 | 3.3 | 30.5 |
| 19 | Ohio | 4 | 14 | 125 | 3.5 | 31.3 |
| 20 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 17 | 126 | 4.3 | 31.5 |
| 21 | Boston College | 4 | 18 | 129 | 4.5 | 32.3 |
| 22 | Florida State | 3 | 15 | 101 | 5.0 | 33.7 |
| 23 | Indiana | 4 | 22 | 135 | 5.5 | 33.8 |
| 24 | Maryland | 4 | 13 | 136 | 3.3 | 34.0 |
| 25 | North Texas | 4 | 15 | 137 | 3.8 | 34.3 |
| 26 | Massachusetts | 4 | 16 | 138 | 4.0 | 34.5 |
| 27 | Minnesota | 4 | 19 | 139 | 4.8 | 34.8 |
| 28 | Middle Tennessee | 3 | 12 | 106 | 4.0 | 35.3 |
| 29 | Iowa State | 4 | 15 | 143 | 3.8 | 35.8 |
| 30 | Oregon State | 4 | 17 | 146 | 4.3 | 36.5 |
| 30 | Nevada | 2 | 9 | 73 | 4.5 | 36.5 |
| 32 | Florida International | 3 | 14 | 110 | 4.7 | 36.7 |
| 33 | Louisiana-Monroe | 4 | 20 | 147 | 5.0 | 36.8 |
| 34 | Texas A&M | 4 | 17 | 150 | 4.3 | 37.5 |
| 35 | South Florida | 3 | 13 | 113 | 4.3 | 37.7 |
| 35 | Texas | 3 | 15 | 113 | 5.0 | 37.7 |
| 37 | Virginia Tech | 4 | 17 | 154 | 4.3 | 38.5 |
| 38 | Pittsburgh | 3 | 15 | 117 | 5.0 | 39.0 |
| 39 | Temple | 4 | 19 | 158 | 4.8 | 39.5 |
| 40 | Northwestern | 3 | 13 | 120 | 4.3 | 40.0 |
| 41 | Bowling Green | 3 | 15 | 124 | 5.0 | 41.3 |
| 42 | Wisconsin | 3 | 11 | 125 | 3.7 | 41.7 |
| 43 | Utah | 4 | 22 | 167 | 5.5 | 41.8 |
| 44 | LSU | 4 | 19 | 168 | 4.8 | 42.0 |
| 44 | Houston | 4 | 22 | 168 | 5.5 | 42.0 |
| 46 | Western Kentucky | 4 | 18 | 169 | 4.5 | 42.3 |
| 46 | Clemson | 4 | 18 | 169 | 4.5 | 42.3 |
| 46 | SMU | 4 | 24 | 169 | 6.0 | 42.3 |
| 49 | Duke | 3 | 16 | 130 | 5.3 | 43.3 |
| 50 | Marshall | 4 | 20 | 174 | 5.0 | 43.5 |
| 50 | Southern Mississippi | 4 | 21 | 174 | 5.3 | 43.5 |
| 52 | Connecticut | 3 | 13 | 131 | 4.3 | 43.7 |
| 53 | UAB | 4 | 20 | 176 | 5.0 | 44.0 |
| 54 | Mississippi State | 4 | 19 | 177 | 4.8 | 44.3 |
| 55 | Wyoming | 4 | 17 | 180 | 4.3 | 45.0 |
| 56 | Missouri | 4 | 24 | 183 | 6.0 | 45.8 |
| 57 | Michigan | 4 | 17 | 184 | 4.3 | 46.0 |
| 57 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 4 | 22 | 184 | 5.5 | 46.0 |
| 59 | UNLV | 4 | 20 | 187 | 5.0 | 46.8 |
| 60 | San Diego State | 3 | 19 | 141 | 6.3 | 47.0 |
| 61 | Central Michigan | 4 | 19 | 190 | 4.8 | 47.5 |
| 61 | Hawai'i | 4 | 22 | 190 | 5.5 | 47.5 |
| 61 | Virginia | 4 | 26 | 190 | 6.5 | 47.5 |
| 64 | Fresno State | 3 | 16 | 143 | 5.3 | 47.7 |
| 65 | Wake Forest | 4 | 20 | 191 | 5.0 | 47.8 |
| 66 | Notre Dame | 4 | 26 | 192 | 6.5 | 48.0 |
| 67 | Arkansas | 4 | 26 | 194 | 6.5 | 48.5 |
| 68 | Cincinnati | 4 | 18 | 195 | 4.5 | 48.8 |
| 68 | Arizona State | 4 | 21 | 195 | 5.3 | 48.8 |
| 70 | Boise State | 3 | 15 | 147 | 5.0 | 49.0 |
| 71 | Miami (Ohio) | 4 | 21 | 198 | 5.3 | 49.5 |
| 71 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 26 | 198 | 6.5 | 49.5 |
| 73 | Nebraska | 4 | 23 | 199 | 5.8 | 49.8 |
| 74 | Rice | 3 | 14 | 151 | 4.7 | 50.3 |
| 74 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 22 | 201 | 5.5 | 50.3 |
| 76 | Penn State | 4 | 22 | 205 | 5.5 | 51.3 |
| 76 | Tulane | 4 | 25 | 205 | 6.3 | 51.3 |
| 78 | Rutgers | 4 | 23 | 206 | 5.8 | 51.5 |
| 79 | TCU | 3 | 17 | 155 | 5.7 | 51.7 |
| 80 | Arizona | 4 | 23 | 209 | 5.8 | 52.3 |
| 80 | Illinois | 4 | 24 | 209 | 6.0 | 52.3 |
| 82 | Oklahoma | 4 | 25 | 210 | 6.3 | 52.5 |
| 83 | Troy | 4 | 24 | 211 | 6.0 | 52.8 |
| 84 | New Mexico | 4 | 18 | 212 | 4.5 | 53.0 |
| 84 | Colorado State | 4 | 25 | 212 | 6.3 | 53.0 |
| 86 | San Jose State | 4 | 22 | 214 | 5.5 | 53.5 |
| 87 | Louisville | 4 | 27 | 218 | 6.8 | 54.5 |
| 88 | Utah State | 3 | 15 | 165 | 5.0 | 55.0 |
| 88 | Florida Atlantic | 3 | 22 | 165 | 7.3 | 55.0 |
| 90 | Michigan State | 3 | 16 | 166 | 5.3 | 55.3 |
| 90 | North Carolina | 3 | 22 | 166 | 7.3 | 55.3 |
| 92 | Colorado | 4 | 25 | 224 | 6.3 | 56.0 |
| 93 | Arkansas State | 3 | 18 | 169 | 6.0 | 56.3 |
| 94 | Stanford | 5 | 31 | 284 | 6.2 | 56.8 |
| 95 | Northern Illinois | 4 | 26 | 231 | 6.5 | 57.8 |
| 96 | West Virginia | 4 | 27 | 232 | 6.8 | 58.0 |
| 97 | Ohio State | 3 | 17 | 178 | 5.7 | 59.3 |
| 98 | Kentucky | 3 | 16 | 180 | 5.3 | 60.0 |
| 98 | Florida | 4 | 31 | 240 | 7.8 | 60.0 |
| 100 | Oklahoma State | 4 | 27 | 242 | 6.8 | 60.5 |
| 101 | Western Michigan | 3 | 22 | 183 | 7.3 | 61.0 |
| 102 | South Alabama | 4 | 28 | 245 | 7.0 | 61.3 |
| 103 | Texas State | 4 | 26 | 246 | 6.5 | 61.5 |
| 104 | South Carolina | 3 | 20 | 186 | 6.7 | 62.0 |
| 105 | East Carolina | 3 | 17 | 188 | 5.7 | 62.7 |
| 106 | Washington State | 4 | 28 | 254 | 7.0 | 63.5 |
| 107 | Auburn | 4 | 29 | 261 | 7.3 | 65.3 |
| 108 | Miami (Florida) | 4 | 34 | 267 | 8.5 | 66.8 |
| 109 | Buffalo | 4 | 29 | 272 | 7.3 | 68.0 |
| 110 | Idaho | 4 | 27 | 273 | 6.8 | 68.3 |
| 111 | Akron | 3 | 31 | 214 | 10.3 | 71.3 |
| 112 | Texas Tech | 4 | 31 | 297 | 7.8 | 74.3 |
| 113 | Tennessee | 4 | 37 | 301 | 9.3 | 75.3 |
| 114 | Purdue | 4 | 30 | 308 | 7.5 | 77.0 |
| 114 | Syracuse | 4 | 34 | 308 | 8.5 | 77.0 |
| 116 | Baylor | 4 | 31 | 311 | 7.8 | 77.8 |
| 117 | Oregon | 4 | 35 | 324 | 8.8 | 81.0 |
| 118 | Louisiana Tech | 4 | 34 | 334 | 8.5 | 83.5 |
| 119 | Toledo | 3 | 23 | 256 | 7.7 | 85.3 |
| 120 | Memphis | 4 | 37 | 355 | 9.3 | 88.8 |
| 121 | UTSA | 4 | 39 | 396 | 9.8 | 99.0 |
| 122 | Washington | 4 | 46 | 398 | 11.5 | 99.5 |
| 123 | California | 3 | 28 | 316 | 9.3 | 105.3 |
| 124 | UCLA | 5 | 56 | 575 | 11.2 | 115.0 |