2016 National Leaders Opponent Penalties - All Games through 01/09/2017
| Name | G | Pen. | Yards | Pen./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clemson | 15 | 118 | 1012 | 7.9 | 67.5 |
| 2 | Washington State | 13 | 98 | 948 | 7.5 | 72.9 |
| 3 | California | 12 | 107 | 921 | 8.9 | 76.8 |
| 4 | Hawaii | 14 | 96 | 915 | 6.9 | 65.4 |
| 5 | Toledo | 13 | 85 | 901 | 6.5 | 69.3 |
| 6 | West Virginia | 13 | 95 | 891 | 7.3 | 68.5 |
| 7 | Ohio | 14 | 91 | 886 | 6.5 | 63.3 |
| 8 | Penn State | 14 | 101 | 884 | 7.2 | 63.1 |
| 9 | Oregon | 12 | 97 | 878 | 8.1 | 73.2 |
| 10 | Arizona | 12 | 102 | 877 | 8.5 | 73.1 |
| 11 | SMU | 12 | 92 | 866 | 7.7 | 72.2 |
| 12 | Bowling Green | 12 | 90 | 861 | 7.5 | 71.8 |
| 12 | Tulsa | 13 | 99 | 861 | 7.6 | 66.2 |
| 14 | Louisiana Tech | 14 | 89 | 852 | 6.4 | 60.9 |
| 15 | Virginia Tech | 14 | 114 | 830 | 8.1 | 59.3 |
| 16 | Northern Illinois | 12 | 83 | 825 | 6.9 | 68.8 |
| 17 | Marshall | 12 | 81 | 820 | 6.8 | 68.3 |
| 18 | Troy | 13 | 99 | 816 | 7.6 | 62.8 |
| 19 | North Texas | 13 | 92 | 808 | 7.1 | 62.2 |
| 20 | Massachusetts | 12 | 83 | 806 | 6.9 | 67.2 |
| 21 | North Carolina | 13 | 94 | 802 | 7.2 | 61.7 |
| 22 | Boise State | 13 | 99 | 801 | 7.6 | 61.6 |
| 23 | Rice | 12 | 91 | 800 | 7.6 | 66.7 |
| 23 | Charlotte | 12 | 89 | 800 | 7.4 | 66.7 |
| 23 | Miami (FL) | 13 | 92 | 800 | 7.1 | 61.5 |
| 26 | Akron | 12 | 80 | 794 | 6.7 | 66.2 |
| 27 | Kansas State | 13 | 85 | 793 | 6.5 | 61.0 |
| 28 | Texas State | 12 | 93 | 783 | 7.8 | 65.3 |
| 29 | Western Kentucky | 14 | 96 | 780 | 6.9 | 55.7 |
| 30 | Utah State | 12 | 86 | 778 | 7.2 | 64.8 |
| 31 | Memphis | 13 | 85 | 777 | 6.5 | 59.8 |
| 32 | Wyoming | 14 | 84 | 770 | 6.0 | 55.0 |
| 33 | Florida State | 13 | 86 | 768 | 6.6 | 59.1 |
| 34 | Purdue | 12 | 85 | 767 | 7.1 | 63.9 |
| 35 | UCLA | 12 | 81 | 765 | 6.8 | 63.8 |
| 36 | Southern Miss | 13 | 86 | 760 | 6.6 | 58.5 |
| 37 | Stanford | 13 | 87 | 757 | 6.7 | 58.2 |
| 38 | Louisiana-Monroe | 12 | 87 | 751 | 7.3 | 62.6 |
| 39 | BYU | 13 | 82 | 747 | 6.3 | 57.5 |
| 40 | Texas Tech | 12 | 78 | 741 | 6.5 | 61.8 |
| 40 | UCF | 13 | 80 | 741 | 6.2 | 57.0 |
| 42 | Middle Tennessee State | 13 | 79 | 739 | 6.1 | 56.8 |
| 43 | Texas | 12 | 83 | 738 | 6.9 | 61.5 |
| 43 | Louisville | 13 | 77 | 738 | 5.9 | 56.8 |
| 45 | Maryland | 13 | 81 | 737 | 6.2 | 56.7 |
| 46 | Indiana | 13 | 88 | 735 | 6.8 | 56.5 |
| 47 | South Carolina | 13 | 83 | 730 | 6.4 | 56.2 |
| 48 | Vanderbilt | 13 | 80 | 726 | 6.2 | 55.8 |
| 49 | Colorado | 14 | 81 | 724 | 5.8 | 51.7 |
| 50 | Arizona State | 12 | 82 | 723 | 6.8 | 60.3 |
| 51 | Arkansas State | 13 | 89 | 713 | 6.8 | 54.8 |
| 52 | Eastern Michigan | 13 | 73 | 704 | 5.6 | 54.2 |
| 52 | Washington | 14 | 86 | 704 | 6.1 | 50.3 |
| 54 | Oklahoma | 13 | 87 | 703 | 6.7 | 54.1 |
| 54 | Pittsburgh | 13 | 82 | 703 | 6.3 | 54.1 |
| 56 | Kansas | 12 | 78 | 696 | 6.5 | 58.0 |
| 57 | Idaho | 13 | 81 | 695 | 6.2 | 53.5 |
| 58 | Appalachian State | 13 | 77 | 694 | 5.9 | 53.4 |
| 59 | Ole Miss | 12 | 82 | 691 | 6.8 | 57.6 |
| 60 | Louisiana | 13 | 80 | 689 | 6.2 | 53.0 |
| 61 | Western Michigan | 14 | 83 | 683 | 5.9 | 48.8 |
| 62 | East Carolina | 12 | 76 | 673 | 6.3 | 56.1 |
| 62 | San Diego State | 14 | 73 | 673 | 5.2 | 48.1 |
| 64 | Tennessee | 13 | 83 | 672 | 6.4 | 51.7 |
| 65 | Kentucky | 13 | 84 | 668 | 6.5 | 51.4 |
| 66 | Temple | 14 | 81 | 664 | 5.8 | 47.4 |
| 67 | Virginia | 12 | 71 | 656 | 5.9 | 54.7 |
| 67 | UTSA | 13 | 76 | 656 | 5.8 | 50.5 |
| 69 | Nevada | 12 | 72 | 654 | 6.0 | 54.5 |
| 70 | New Mexico State | 12 | 71 | 653 | 5.9 | 54.4 |
| 71 | Oregon State | 12 | 70 | 652 | 5.8 | 54.3 |
| 72 | NC State | 13 | 78 | 651 | 6.0 | 50.1 |
| 73 | Miami (OH) | 13 | 61 | 644 | 4.7 | 49.5 |
| 74 | Auburn | 13 | 79 | 639 | 6.1 | 49.2 |
| 75 | Houston | 13 | 74 | 632 | 5.7 | 48.6 |
| 76 | Colorado State | 13 | 79 | 629 | 6.1 | 48.4 |
| 77 | San Jose State | 12 | 66 | 628 | 5.5 | 52.3 |
| 78 | TCU | 13 | 77 | 627 | 5.9 | 48.2 |
| 79 | Army | 13 | 79 | 626 | 6.1 | 48.2 |
| 80 | Fresno State | 12 | 69 | 624 | 5.8 | 52.0 |
| 81 | Georgia State | 12 | 70 | 623 | 5.8 | 51.9 |
| 82 | Baylor | 13 | 77 | 622 | 5.9 | 47.8 |
| 83 | Wake Forest | 13 | 70 | 618 | 5.4 | 47.5 |
| 84 | Boston College | 13 | 73 | 617 | 5.6 | 47.5 |
| 85 | Syracuse | 12 | 64 | 614 | 5.3 | 51.2 |
| 86 | FIU | 12 | 70 | 611 | 5.8 | 50.9 |
| 86 | South Alabama | 13 | 74 | 611 | 5.7 | 47.0 |
| 88 | Notre Dame | 12 | 68 | 606 | 5.7 | 50.5 |
| 88 | Oklahoma State | 13 | 69 | 606 | 5.3 | 46.6 |
| 88 | Old Dominion | 13 | 67 | 606 | 5.2 | 46.6 |
| 91 | Georgia Southern | 12 | 61 | 603 | 5.1 | 50.3 |
| 92 | Iowa State | 12 | 62 | 599 | 5.2 | 49.9 |
| 93 | Missouri | 12 | 75 | 596 | 6.3 | 49.7 |
| 94 | Northwestern | 13 | 61 | 593 | 4.7 | 45.6 |
| 95 | USC | 13 | 62 | 587 | 4.8 | 45.2 |
| 96 | Central Michigan | 13 | 59 | 586 | 4.5 | 45.1 |
| 97 | Duke | 12 | 72 | 585 | 6.0 | 48.8 |
| 97 | Tulane | 12 | 66 | 585 | 5.5 | 48.8 |
| 99 | Utah | 13 | 70 | 578 | 5.4 | 44.5 |
| 99 | Nebraska | 13 | 65 | 578 | 5.0 | 44.5 |
| 101 | Ball State | 12 | 70 | 577 | 5.8 | 48.1 |
| 102 | Texas A&M | 13 | 82 | 574 | 6.3 | 44.2 |
| 103 | Florida Atlantic | 12 | 64 | 569 | 5.3 | 47.4 |
| 104 | Mississippi State | 13 | 68 | 561 | 5.2 | 43.2 |
| 105 | Rutgers | 12 | 70 | 555 | 5.8 | 46.3 |
| 106 | Kent State | 12 | 58 | 550 | 4.8 | 45.8 |
| 107 | Minnesota | 13 | 61 | 547 | 4.7 | 42.1 |
| 108 | Michigan | 13 | 70 | 544 | 5.4 | 41.8 |
| 108 | New Mexico | 13 | 61 | 544 | 4.7 | 41.8 |
| 108 | USF | 13 | 60 | 544 | 4.6 | 41.8 |
| 111 | Cincinnati | 12 | 60 | 538 | 5.0 | 44.8 |
| 112 | Illinois | 12 | 62 | 537 | 5.2 | 44.8 |
| 113 | Ohio State | 13 | 59 | 536 | 4.5 | 41.2 |
| 114 | Georgia Tech | 13 | 66 | 535 | 5.1 | 41.2 |
| 115 | Air Force | 13 | 70 | 530 | 5.4 | 40.8 |
| 116 | Arkansas | 13 | 57 | 526 | 4.4 | 40.5 |
| 117 | Iowa | 13 | 67 | 522 | 5.2 | 40.2 |
| 118 | Georgia | 13 | 65 | 517 | 5.0 | 39.8 |
| 119 | LSU | 12 | 64 | 502 | 5.3 | 41.8 |
| 119 | Connecticut | 12 | 59 | 502 | 4.9 | 41.8 |
| 121 | UTEP | 12 | 56 | 496 | 4.7 | 41.3 |
| 122 | Navy | 14 | 60 | 494 | 4.3 | 35.3 |
| 123 | Wisconsin | 14 | 62 | 488 | 4.4 | 34.9 |
| 124 | Alabama | 15 | 58 | 471 | 3.9 | 31.4 |
| 125 | Florida | 13 | 56 | 466 | 4.3 | 35.8 |
| 126 | Michigan State | 12 | 50 | 463 | 4.2 | 38.6 |
| 127 | UNLV | 12 | 52 | 457 | 4.3 | 38.1 |
| 128 | Buffalo | 12 | 54 | 445 | 4.5 | 37.1 |