2012 National Leaders Penalties - Games vs. BCS non-Automatic Qualifying Teams through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Pen. | Yards | Pen./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stanford | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| 2 | Kansas State | 1 | 1 | 15 | 1.0 | 15.0 |
| 2 | Temple | 1 | 2 | 15 | 2.0 | 15.0 |
| 4 | Alabama | 2 | 4 | 31 | 2.0 | 15.5 |
| 5 | Boston College | 1 | 3 | 19 | 3.0 | 19.0 |
| 6 | Air Force | 11 | 35 | 259 | 3.2 | 23.5 |
| 7 | Kansas | 2 | 9 | 49 | 4.5 | 24.5 |
| 8 | Arizona State | 1 | 2 | 25 | 2.0 | 25.0 |
| 9 | Navy | 8 | 24 | 217 | 3.0 | 27.1 |
| 10 | Texas | 2 | 6 | 55 | 3.0 | 27.5 |
| 11 | Washington | 2 | 6 | 56 | 3.0 | 28.0 |
| 12 | Army | 7 | 25 | 200 | 3.6 | 28.6 |
| 13 | SMU | 9 | 38 | 273 | 4.2 | 30.3 |
| 14 | Nebraska | 2 | 6 | 64 | 3.0 | 32.0 |
| 15 | Connecticut | 3 | 14 | 97 | 4.7 | 32.3 |
| 16 | Illinois | 2 | 9 | 65 | 4.5 | 32.5 |
| 17 | Wake Forest | 1 | 4 | 34 | 4.0 | 34.0 |
| 18 | Missouri | 1 | 5 | 35 | 5.0 | 35.0 |
| 19 | Miami (Ohio) | 9 | 38 | 318 | 4.2 | 35.3 |
| 20 | Penn State | 2 | 8 | 71 | 4.0 | 35.5 |
| 20 | Georgia | 2 | 13 | 71 | 6.5 | 35.5 |
| 22 | Louisville | 2 | 10 | 74 | 5.0 | 37.0 |
| 23 | Tulsa | 10 | 40 | 379 | 4.0 | 37.9 |
| 24 | Georgia Tech | 2 | 8 | 76 | 4.0 | 38.0 |
| 24 | Mississippi State | 3 | 16 | 114 | 5.3 | 38.0 |
| 26 | UCF | 12 | 53 | 457 | 4.4 | 38.1 |
| 27 | UTEP | 9 | 34 | 347 | 3.8 | 38.6 |
| 28 | West Virginia | 1 | 5 | 39 | 5.0 | 39.0 |
| 29 | Arizona | 2 | 11 | 79 | 5.5 | 39.5 |
| 30 | New Mexico State | 10 | 52 | 396 | 5.2 | 39.6 |
| 31 | Notre Dame | 2 | 9 | 81 | 4.5 | 40.5 |
| 32 | BYU | 7 | 35 | 285 | 5.0 | 40.7 |
| 33 | Southern Mississippi | 10 | 51 | 421 | 5.1 | 42.1 |
| 34 | Kentucky | 2 | 9 | 85 | 4.5 | 42.5 |
| 34 | Michigan | 2 | 10 | 85 | 5.0 | 42.5 |
| 36 | North Texas | 9 | 39 | 384 | 4.3 | 42.7 |
| 37 | Arkansas State | 10 | 47 | 437 | 4.7 | 43.7 |
| 38 | New Mexico | 10 | 49 | 438 | 4.9 | 43.8 |
| 38 | Middle Tennessee | 9 | 47 | 394 | 5.2 | 43.8 |
| 40 | South Carolina | 2 | 8 | 89 | 4.0 | 44.5 |
| 41 | San Jose State | 11 | 54 | 492 | 4.9 | 44.7 |
| 42 | Wyoming | 10 | 47 | 449 | 4.7 | 44.9 |
| 43 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 4 | 45 | 4.0 | 45.0 |
| 43 | Mississippi | 2 | 8 | 90 | 4.0 | 45.0 |
| 43 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 5 | 45 | 5.0 | 45.0 |
| 46 | Boise State | 11 | 53 | 498 | 4.8 | 45.3 |
| 47 | Louisiana-Monroe | 10 | 54 | 454 | 5.4 | 45.4 |
| 48 | Arkansas | 2 | 14 | 91 | 7.0 | 45.5 |
| 49 | Ball State | 10 | 46 | 462 | 4.6 | 46.2 |
| 49 | Central Michigan | 10 | 51 | 462 | 5.1 | 46.2 |
| 51 | San Diego State | 11 | 61 | 513 | 5.5 | 46.6 |
| 52 | Duke | 2 | 12 | 94 | 6.0 | 47.0 |
| 53 | Kent State | 11 | 57 | 518 | 5.2 | 47.1 |
| 54 | East Carolina | 10 | 47 | 477 | 4.7 | 47.7 |
| 55 | Nevada | 9 | 46 | 430 | 5.1 | 47.8 |
| 56 | UNLV | 10 | 48 | 486 | 4.8 | 48.6 |
| 57 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 10 | 57 | 490 | 5.7 | 49.0 |
| 58 | Tulane | 10 | 60 | 497 | 6.0 | 49.7 |
| 59 | Marshall | 9 | 50 | 452 | 5.6 | 50.2 |
| 60 | Massachusetts | 8 | 46 | 402 | 5.8 | 50.3 |
| 61 | Ohio | 11 | 57 | 555 | 5.2 | 50.5 |
| 62 | Wisconsin | 2 | 12 | 104 | 6.0 | 52.0 |
| 63 | Purdue | 2 | 12 | 105 | 6.0 | 52.5 |
| 64 | Western Michigan | 8 | 50 | 421 | 6.3 | 52.6 |
| 65 | Rice | 11 | 63 | 581 | 5.7 | 52.8 |
| 66 | Ohio State | 3 | 20 | 159 | 6.7 | 53.0 |
| 67 | Michigan State | 3 | 19 | 160 | 6.3 | 53.3 |
| 68 | Hawai'i | 10 | 57 | 535 | 5.7 | 53.5 |
| 68 | Houston | 11 | 67 | 588 | 6.1 | 53.5 |
| 68 | Iowa State | 2 | 13 | 107 | 6.5 | 53.5 |
| 71 | California | 1 | 7 | 55 | 7.0 | 55.0 |
| 71 | Oklahoma | 1 | 7 | 55 | 7.0 | 55.0 |
| 71 | North Carolina State | 1 | 7 | 55 | 7.0 | 55.0 |
| 74 | Eastern Michigan | 9 | 55 | 502 | 6.1 | 55.8 |
| 75 | Western Kentucky | 10 | 60 | 561 | 6.0 | 56.1 |
| 76 | LSU | 2 | 18 | 113 | 9.0 | 56.5 |
| 77 | Florida Atlantic | 9 | 67 | 521 | 7.4 | 57.9 |
| 78 | Colorado State | 10 | 61 | 585 | 6.1 | 58.5 |
| 79 | UAB | 9 | 65 | 529 | 7.2 | 58.8 |
| 80 | Florida International | 10 | 75 | 593 | 7.5 | 59.3 |
| 81 | Oregon State | 1 | 8 | 60 | 8.0 | 60.0 |
| 81 | Virginia Tech | 1 | 9 | 60 | 9.0 | 60.0 |
| 83 | Northern Illinois | 10 | 64 | 616 | 6.4 | 61.6 |
| 84 | Fresno State | 10 | 69 | 626 | 6.9 | 62.6 |
| 84 | Texas State | 10 | 70 | 626 | 7.0 | 62.6 |
| 86 | Clemson | 1 | 7 | 63 | 7.0 | 63.0 |
| 86 | Rutgers | 3 | 21 | 189 | 7.0 | 63.0 |
| 88 | Bowling Green | 10 | 75 | 636 | 7.5 | 63.6 |
| 89 | Tennessee | 2 | 15 | 128 | 7.5 | 64.0 |
| 90 | Cincinnati | 2 | 13 | 129 | 6.5 | 64.5 |
| 91 | North Carolina | 2 | 14 | 131 | 7.0 | 65.5 |
| 92 | Utah State | 10 | 62 | 661 | 6.2 | 66.1 |
| 93 | Troy | 10 | 77 | 664 | 7.7 | 66.4 |
| 94 | Akron | 10 | 86 | 671 | 8.6 | 67.1 |
| 95 | Idaho | 9 | 63 | 608 | 7.0 | 67.6 |
| 95 | Memphis | 10 | 71 | 676 | 7.1 | 67.6 |
| 97 | Iowa | 2 | 12 | 136 | 6.0 | 68.0 |
| 98 | Buffalo | 8 | 50 | 550 | 6.3 | 68.8 |
| 99 | Auburn | 2 | 14 | 140 | 7.0 | 70.0 |
| 99 | Oregon | 2 | 16 | 140 | 8.0 | 70.0 |
| 101 | Minnesota | 2 | 20 | 142 | 10.0 | 71.0 |
| 102 | South Alabama | 10 | 80 | 712 | 8.0 | 71.2 |
| 103 | Toledo | 10 | 71 | 719 | 7.1 | 71.9 |
| 104 | USC | 1 | 8 | 74 | 8.0 | 74.0 |
| 105 | Colorado | 2 | 18 | 149 | 9.0 | 74.5 |
| 106 | Baylor | 2 | 16 | 152 | 8.0 | 76.0 |
| 107 | Louisiana Tech | 9 | 75 | 714 | 8.3 | 79.3 |
| 108 | UTSA | 8 | 64 | 637 | 8.0 | 79.6 |
| 109 | Vanderbilt | 1 | 11 | 80 | 11.0 | 80.0 |
| 110 | Indiana | 3 | 23 | 252 | 7.7 | 84.0 |
| 111 | UCLA | 2 | 16 | 169 | 8.0 | 84.5 |
| 112 | Texas Tech | 2 | 15 | 180 | 7.5 | 90.0 |
| 113 | Florida | 2 | 24 | 185 | 12.0 | 92.5 |
| 114 | Florida State | 1 | 8 | 96 | 8.0 | 96.0 |
| 115 | Utah | 2 | 20 | 199 | 10.0 | 99.5 |
| 116 | Washington State | 2 | 20 | 201 | 10.0 | 100.5 |
| 117 | South Florida | 2 | 24 | 219 | 12.0 | 109.5 |
| 118 | Texas A&M | 2 | 28 | 250 | 14.0 | 125.0 |
| 119 | TCU | 1 | 13 | 140 | 13.0 | 140.0 |
| 120 | Virginia | 1 | 16 | 145 | 16.0 | 145.0 |