2012 National Leaders Penalties - Games vs. FBS (I-A) Teams Only through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Pen. | Yards | Pen./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Air Force | 12 | 40 | 294 | 3.3 | 24.5 |
| 2 | Navy | 12 | 41 | 326 | 3.4 | 27.2 |
| 3 | Army | 11 | 41 | 311 | 3.7 | 28.3 |
| 4 | Kansas | 11 | 40 | 315 | 3.6 | 28.6 |
| 5 | Kansas State | 12 | 47 | 388 | 3.9 | 32.3 |
| 6 | Boston College | 11 | 43 | 357 | 3.9 | 32.5 |
| 7 | Alabama | 13 | 53 | 452 | 4.1 | 34.8 |
| 8 | Arizona State | 12 | 52 | 429 | 4.3 | 35.8 |
| 9 | SMU | 12 | 57 | 432 | 4.8 | 36.0 |
| 10 | UCF | 14 | 60 | 507 | 4.3 | 36.2 |
| 11 | Miami (Ohio) | 11 | 52 | 408 | 4.7 | 37.1 |
| 12 | Wisconsin | 13 | 51 | 486 | 3.9 | 37.4 |
| 12 | New Mexico State | 11 | 54 | 411 | 4.9 | 37.4 |
| 14 | Maryland | 11 | 46 | 414 | 4.2 | 37.6 |
| 15 | Mississippi | 12 | 59 | 462 | 4.9 | 38.5 |
| 16 | Missouri | 11 | 58 | 425 | 5.3 | 38.6 |
| 17 | Connecticut | 12 | 56 | 466 | 4.7 | 38.8 |
| 18 | Wake Forest | 11 | 50 | 431 | 4.5 | 39.2 |
| 19 | Mississippi State | 12 | 55 | 474 | 4.6 | 39.5 |
| 20 | Iowa State | 12 | 56 | 477 | 4.7 | 39.8 |
| 21 | Georgia Tech | 13 | 64 | 520 | 4.9 | 40.0 |
| 22 | Kentucky | 11 | 49 | 441 | 4.5 | 40.1 |
| 23 | Southern Mississippi | 12 | 57 | 486 | 4.8 | 40.5 |
| 24 | Central Michigan | 12 | 55 | 487 | 4.6 | 40.6 |
| 25 | Iowa | 11 | 52 | 451 | 4.7 | 41.0 |
| 26 | Tulsa | 13 | 59 | 544 | 4.5 | 41.8 |
| 26 | UTEP | 12 | 58 | 501 | 4.8 | 41.8 |
| 28 | North Texas | 11 | 47 | 465 | 4.3 | 42.3 |
| 28 | Notre Dame | 13 | 71 | 550 | 5.5 | 42.3 |
| 30 | South Carolina | 12 | 60 | 511 | 5.0 | 42.6 |
| 31 | Boise State | 13 | 59 | 556 | 4.5 | 42.8 |
| 32 | Oklahoma | 12 | 66 | 518 | 5.5 | 43.2 |
| 33 | Louisiana-Monroe | 13 | 70 | 567 | 5.4 | 43.6 |
| 34 | New Mexico | 12 | 61 | 525 | 5.1 | 43.8 |
| 34 | Clemson | 12 | 63 | 526 | 5.3 | 43.8 |
| 36 | Arkansas State | 12 | 59 | 533 | 4.9 | 44.4 |
| 37 | Arkansas | 11 | 66 | 490 | 6.0 | 44.5 |
| 38 | Wyoming | 11 | 52 | 494 | 4.7 | 44.9 |
| 38 | Vanderbilt | 12 | 73 | 539 | 6.1 | 44.9 |
| 40 | East Carolina | 12 | 53 | 542 | 4.4 | 45.2 |
| 41 | Texas | 13 | 68 | 589 | 5.2 | 45.3 |
| 42 | Middle Tennessee | 11 | 62 | 499 | 5.6 | 45.4 |
| 43 | Kent State | 13 | 67 | 593 | 5.2 | 45.6 |
| 44 | San Diego State | 12 | 65 | 553 | 5.4 | 46.1 |
| 45 | San Jose State | 12 | 61 | 558 | 5.1 | 46.5 |
| 46 | Ball State | 13 | 61 | 614 | 4.7 | 47.2 |
| 47 | Auburn | 11 | 64 | 522 | 5.8 | 47.5 |
| 48 | Indiana | 11 | 60 | 526 | 5.5 | 47.8 |
| 49 | Illinois | 11 | 65 | 530 | 5.9 | 48.2 |
| 50 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 12 | 67 | 583 | 5.6 | 48.6 |
| 51 | Ohio | 12 | 62 | 590 | 5.2 | 49.2 |
| 52 | Michigan | 13 | 62 | 641 | 4.8 | 49.3 |
| 53 | Temple | 10 | 56 | 495 | 5.6 | 49.5 |
| 54 | UNLV | 12 | 59 | 600 | 4.9 | 50.0 |
| 55 | Penn State | 12 | 63 | 604 | 5.3 | 50.3 |
| 56 | Northwestern | 12 | 63 | 611 | 5.3 | 50.9 |
| 57 | Virginia Tech | 12 | 73 | 612 | 6.1 | 51.0 |
| 58 | Louisville | 12 | 73 | 616 | 6.1 | 51.3 |
| 59 | North Carolina State | 12 | 82 | 619 | 6.8 | 51.6 |
| 60 | Minnesota | 12 | 78 | 620 | 6.5 | 51.7 |
| 61 | Rice | 13 | 72 | 675 | 5.5 | 51.9 |
| 62 | Tennessee | 11 | 76 | 573 | 6.9 | 52.1 |
| 63 | Eastern Michigan | 11 | 62 | 575 | 5.6 | 52.3 |
| 63 | Duke | 12 | 74 | 627 | 6.2 | 52.3 |
| 65 | West Virginia | 12 | 68 | 630 | 5.7 | 52.5 |
| 66 | BYU | 12 | 74 | 634 | 6.2 | 52.8 |
| 67 | Stanford | 14 | 85 | 745 | 6.1 | 53.2 |
| 68 | Florida Atlantic | 11 | 75 | 591 | 6.8 | 53.7 |
| 69 | Purdue | 12 | 71 | 647 | 5.9 | 53.9 |
| 69 | Tulane | 12 | 76 | 647 | 6.3 | 53.9 |
| 71 | Western Michigan | 11 | 70 | 595 | 6.4 | 54.1 |
| 72 | Houston | 12 | 75 | 652 | 6.3 | 54.3 |
| 73 | Cincinnati | 11 | 65 | 600 | 5.9 | 54.5 |
| 74 | Georgia | 13 | 91 | 724 | 7.0 | 55.7 |
| 75 | Northern Illinois | 13 | 80 | 727 | 6.2 | 55.9 |
| 76 | Miami (Florida) | 11 | 79 | 616 | 7.2 | 56.0 |
| 77 | Hawai'i | 11 | 66 | 618 | 6.0 | 56.2 |
| 78 | Western Kentucky | 12 | 72 | 676 | 6.0 | 56.3 |
| 79 | Michigan State | 13 | 75 | 735 | 5.8 | 56.5 |
| 79 | South Florida | 11 | 70 | 622 | 6.4 | 56.5 |
| 81 | Massachusetts | 12 | 81 | 679 | 6.8 | 56.6 |
| 82 | Arizona | 12 | 79 | 682 | 6.6 | 56.8 |
| 83 | LSU | 12 | 84 | 684 | 7.0 | 57.0 |
| 84 | Nebraska | 13 | 79 | 743 | 6.1 | 57.2 |
| 84 | Baylor | 12 | 76 | 686 | 6.3 | 57.2 |
| 86 | Rutgers | 12 | 83 | 688 | 6.9 | 57.3 |
| 87 | Buffalo | 11 | 61 | 633 | 5.5 | 57.5 |
| 88 | Colorado | 11 | 68 | 638 | 6.2 | 58.0 |
| 89 | Pittsburgh | 11 | 76 | 639 | 6.9 | 58.1 |
| 90 | Oregon State | 12 | 76 | 699 | 6.3 | 58.3 |
| 91 | Nevada | 12 | 74 | 701 | 6.2 | 58.4 |
| 92 | Florida International | 12 | 90 | 702 | 7.5 | 58.5 |
| 93 | Marshall | 11 | 69 | 646 | 6.3 | 58.7 |
| 94 | Fresno State | 12 | 81 | 719 | 6.8 | 59.9 |
| 95 | Texas A&M | 11 | 73 | 664 | 6.6 | 60.4 |
| 96 | Colorado State | 11 | 69 | 674 | 6.3 | 61.3 |
| 96 | Bowling Green | 12 | 87 | 735 | 7.3 | 61.3 |
| 98 | Oklahoma State | 12 | 79 | 737 | 6.6 | 61.4 |
| 99 | Virginia | 11 | 79 | 680 | 7.2 | 61.8 |
| 100 | USC | 13 | 101 | 808 | 7.8 | 62.2 |
| 101 | Florida State | 12 | 84 | 754 | 7.0 | 62.8 |
| 101 | UAB | 11 | 80 | 691 | 7.3 | 62.8 |
| 103 | Washington State | 11 | 79 | 694 | 7.2 | 63.1 |
| 104 | Ohio State | 12 | 84 | 774 | 7.0 | 64.5 |
| 105 | Akron | 11 | 92 | 711 | 8.4 | 64.6 |
| 106 | Idaho | 11 | 80 | 715 | 7.3 | 65.0 |
| 107 | Texas State | 11 | 78 | 720 | 7.1 | 65.5 |
| 107 | Utah | 11 | 80 | 720 | 7.3 | 65.5 |
| 109 | South Alabama | 12 | 88 | 792 | 7.3 | 66.0 |
| 110 | Troy | 12 | 92 | 803 | 7.7 | 66.9 |
| 111 | TCU | 12 | 87 | 804 | 7.3 | 67.0 |
| 112 | Syracuse | 12 | 94 | 818 | 7.8 | 68.2 |
| 113 | Toledo | 12 | 82 | 820 | 6.8 | 68.3 |
| 113 | Oregon | 12 | 91 | 819 | 7.6 | 68.3 |
| 115 | North Carolina | 11 | 87 | 752 | 7.9 | 68.4 |
| 116 | Utah State | 12 | 81 | 833 | 6.8 | 69.4 |
| 117 | Memphis | 11 | 79 | 764 | 7.2 | 69.5 |
| 118 | Florida | 12 | 100 | 860 | 8.3 | 71.7 |
| 119 | Washington | 12 | 99 | 889 | 8.3 | 74.1 |
| 120 | Texas Tech | 12 | 94 | 936 | 7.8 | 78.0 |
| 121 | UTSA | 8 | 64 | 637 | 8.0 | 79.6 |
| 122 | Louisiana Tech | 12 | 98 | 957 | 8.2 | 79.8 |
| 123 | California | 11 | 87 | 890 | 7.9 | 80.9 |
| 124 | UCLA | 14 | 129 | 1273 | 9.2 | 90.9 |