2016 National Leaders Opponent Penalties - Games vs. FBS (I-A) Teams Only through 01/09/2017
| Name | G | Pen. | Yards | Pen./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clemson | 14 | 113 | 993 | 8.1 | 70.9 |
| 2 | California | 12 | 107 | 921 | 8.9 | 76.8 |
| 3 | Penn State | 14 | 101 | 884 | 7.2 | 63.1 |
| 4 | Ohio | 13 | 88 | 856 | 6.8 | 65.8 |
| 5 | Hawaii | 13 | 87 | 852 | 6.7 | 65.5 |
| 6 | Toledo | 12 | 77 | 836 | 6.4 | 69.7 |
| 7 | Oregon | 11 | 90 | 833 | 8.2 | 75.7 |
| 8 | Washington State | 12 | 86 | 830 | 7.2 | 69.2 |
| 9 | West Virginia | 12 | 90 | 827 | 7.5 | 68.9 |
| 9 | Louisiana Tech | 13 | 86 | 827 | 6.6 | 63.6 |
| 11 | Boise State | 13 | 99 | 801 | 7.6 | 61.6 |
| 12 | Troy | 12 | 96 | 793 | 8.0 | 66.1 |
| 12 | Kansas State | 12 | 85 | 793 | 7.1 | 66.1 |
| 14 | Arizona | 11 | 90 | 791 | 8.2 | 71.9 |
| 15 | Bowling Green | 11 | 82 | 780 | 7.5 | 70.9 |
| 16 | SMU | 11 | 85 | 778 | 7.7 | 70.7 |
| 17 | Tulsa | 12 | 88 | 770 | 7.3 | 64.2 |
| 18 | UCLA | 12 | 81 | 765 | 6.8 | 63.8 |
| 19 | Utah State | 11 | 84 | 763 | 7.6 | 69.4 |
| 20 | Wyoming | 13 | 81 | 758 | 6.2 | 58.3 |
| 21 | Stanford | 13 | 87 | 757 | 6.7 | 58.2 |
| 22 | Virginia Tech | 13 | 101 | 755 | 7.8 | 58.1 |
| 23 | Marshall | 11 | 73 | 754 | 6.6 | 68.5 |
| 24 | Charlotte | 11 | 84 | 752 | 7.6 | 68.4 |
| 24 | Western Kentucky | 13 | 91 | 752 | 7.0 | 57.8 |
| 26 | Akron | 11 | 75 | 741 | 6.8 | 67.4 |
| 27 | Texas | 12 | 83 | 738 | 6.9 | 61.5 |
| 27 | Louisville | 13 | 77 | 738 | 5.9 | 56.8 |
| 29 | Indiana | 13 | 88 | 735 | 6.8 | 56.5 |
| 30 | Southern Miss | 12 | 81 | 734 | 6.8 | 61.2 |
| 31 | Texas State | 11 | 86 | 732 | 7.8 | 66.5 |
| 32 | North Texas | 12 | 82 | 729 | 6.8 | 60.8 |
| 33 | Purdue | 11 | 81 | 728 | 7.4 | 66.2 |
| 34 | Northern Illinois | 11 | 75 | 727 | 6.8 | 66.1 |
| 34 | BYU | 12 | 80 | 727 | 6.7 | 60.6 |
| 36 | Massachusetts | 11 | 76 | 717 | 6.9 | 65.2 |
| 36 | Florida State | 12 | 78 | 717 | 6.5 | 59.8 |
| 38 | Texas Tech | 11 | 75 | 716 | 6.8 | 65.1 |
| 38 | Miami (FL) | 12 | 83 | 716 | 6.9 | 59.7 |
| 40 | North Carolina | 11 | 83 | 713 | 7.5 | 64.8 |
| 41 | Louisiana-Monroe | 11 | 83 | 711 | 7.5 | 64.6 |
| 42 | Middle Tennessee State | 12 | 73 | 709 | 6.1 | 59.1 |
| 43 | South Carolina | 12 | 80 | 708 | 6.7 | 59.0 |
| 44 | Oklahoma | 13 | 87 | 703 | 6.7 | 54.1 |
| 45 | Memphis | 12 | 77 | 697 | 6.4 | 58.1 |
| 46 | Appalachian State | 13 | 77 | 694 | 5.9 | 53.4 |
| 47 | Rice | 11 | 80 | 693 | 7.3 | 63.0 |
| 48 | Washington | 13 | 85 | 689 | 6.5 | 53.0 |
| 49 | Arkansas State | 12 | 84 | 682 | 7.0 | 56.8 |
| 50 | Maryland | 12 | 74 | 672 | 6.2 | 56.0 |
| 51 | Ole Miss | 11 | 80 | 666 | 7.3 | 60.5 |
| 51 | Kansas | 11 | 73 | 666 | 6.6 | 60.5 |
| 53 | Idaho | 12 | 77 | 665 | 6.4 | 55.4 |
| 54 | Vanderbilt | 12 | 71 | 663 | 5.9 | 55.3 |
| 55 | New Mexico State | 12 | 71 | 653 | 5.9 | 54.4 |
| 56 | Pittsburgh | 12 | 75 | 648 | 6.3 | 54.0 |
| 57 | Colorado | 13 | 73 | 646 | 5.6 | 49.7 |
| 58 | Arizona State | 11 | 71 | 642 | 6.5 | 58.4 |
| 58 | East Carolina | 11 | 71 | 642 | 6.5 | 58.4 |
| 60 | Eastern Michigan | 12 | 62 | 638 | 5.2 | 53.2 |
| 61 | Temple | 13 | 76 | 631 | 5.8 | 48.5 |
| 62 | Tennessee | 12 | 78 | 627 | 6.5 | 52.3 |
| 63 | San Diego State | 13 | 65 | 624 | 5.0 | 48.0 |
| 64 | Louisiana | 12 | 72 | 622 | 6.0 | 51.8 |
| 65 | Kentucky | 12 | 77 | 613 | 6.4 | 51.1 |
| 65 | Wake Forest | 12 | 69 | 613 | 5.8 | 51.1 |
| 67 | Boston College | 12 | 72 | 612 | 6.0 | 51.0 |
| 68 | FIU | 12 | 70 | 611 | 5.8 | 50.9 |
| 69 | Fresno State | 11 | 66 | 609 | 6.0 | 55.4 |
| 69 | Oregon State | 11 | 64 | 609 | 5.8 | 55.4 |
| 71 | Notre Dame | 12 | 68 | 606 | 5.7 | 50.5 |
| 72 | Miami (OH) | 12 | 58 | 605 | 4.8 | 50.4 |
| 73 | Auburn | 12 | 73 | 604 | 6.1 | 50.3 |
| 74 | UCF | 12 | 67 | 603 | 5.6 | 50.3 |
| 75 | TCU | 12 | 72 | 596 | 6.0 | 49.7 |
| 76 | Houston | 12 | 68 | 589 | 5.7 | 49.1 |
| 77 | Western Michigan | 13 | 72 | 587 | 5.5 | 45.2 |
| 77 | USC | 13 | 62 | 587 | 4.8 | 45.2 |
| 79 | Virginia | 11 | 63 | 586 | 5.7 | 53.3 |
| 80 | Baylor | 12 | 70 | 585 | 5.8 | 48.8 |
| 81 | NC State | 12 | 70 | 581 | 5.8 | 48.4 |
| 82 | Nevada | 11 | 63 | 579 | 5.7 | 52.6 |
| 82 | Syracuse | 11 | 61 | 579 | 5.5 | 52.6 |
| 84 | Nebraska | 13 | 65 | 578 | 5.0 | 44.5 |
| 85 | UTSA | 12 | 63 | 577 | 5.3 | 48.1 |
| 86 | Old Dominion | 12 | 64 | 568 | 5.3 | 47.3 |
| 87 | Georgia State | 11 | 62 | 563 | 5.6 | 51.2 |
| 88 | Oklahoma State | 12 | 63 | 559 | 5.3 | 46.6 |
| 89 | San Jose State | 11 | 59 | 558 | 5.4 | 50.7 |
| 89 | Colorado State | 12 | 71 | 558 | 5.9 | 46.5 |
| 89 | Utah | 12 | 67 | 558 | 5.6 | 46.5 |
| 92 | Missouri | 11 | 69 | 551 | 6.3 | 50.1 |
| 93 | Army | 11 | 70 | 545 | 6.4 | 49.5 |
| 94 | Michigan | 13 | 70 | 544 | 5.4 | 41.8 |
| 95 | Ohio State | 13 | 59 | 536 | 4.5 | 41.2 |
| 96 | Georgia Southern | 11 | 55 | 535 | 5.0 | 48.6 |
| 97 | Iowa State | 11 | 57 | 534 | 5.2 | 48.5 |
| 98 | New Mexico | 12 | 59 | 529 | 4.9 | 44.1 |
| 99 | Central Michigan | 12 | 53 | 526 | 4.4 | 43.8 |
| 100 | Tulane | 11 | 60 | 523 | 5.5 | 47.5 |
| 101 | Florida Atlantic | 11 | 59 | 519 | 5.4 | 47.2 |
| 102 | Minnesota | 12 | 57 | 517 | 4.8 | 43.1 |
| 103 | Arkansas | 12 | 54 | 511 | 4.5 | 42.6 |
| 104 | Illinois | 11 | 58 | 508 | 5.3 | 46.2 |
| 105 | Iowa | 12 | 66 | 507 | 5.5 | 42.3 |
| 106 | Duke | 11 | 63 | 505 | 5.7 | 45.9 |
| 106 | South Alabama | 11 | 63 | 505 | 5.7 | 45.9 |
| 108 | Northwestern | 12 | 52 | 504 | 4.3 | 42.0 |
| 109 | Georgia | 12 | 61 | 499 | 5.1 | 41.6 |
| 110 | Rutgers | 11 | 59 | 493 | 5.4 | 44.8 |
| 111 | Georgia Tech | 12 | 61 | 490 | 5.1 | 40.8 |
| 112 | Wisconsin | 14 | 62 | 488 | 4.4 | 34.9 |
| 113 | Mississippi State | 12 | 59 | 484 | 4.9 | 40.3 |
| 114 | USF | 12 | 55 | 482 | 4.6 | 40.2 |
| 115 | Texas A&M | 12 | 71 | 479 | 5.9 | 39.9 |
| 116 | Cincinnati | 11 | 52 | 471 | 4.7 | 42.8 |
| 116 | Air Force | 12 | 62 | 471 | 5.2 | 39.3 |
| 118 | UTEP | 11 | 54 | 468 | 4.9 | 42.5 |
| 119 | Florida | 13 | 56 | 466 | 4.3 | 35.8 |
| 120 | Alabama | 14 | 56 | 461 | 4.0 | 32.9 |
| 121 | Navy | 13 | 55 | 459 | 4.2 | 35.3 |
| 122 | Connecticut | 11 | 55 | 456 | 5.0 | 41.5 |
| 123 | Ball State | 11 | 57 | 449 | 5.2 | 40.8 |
| 124 | UNLV | 11 | 50 | 447 | 4.5 | 40.6 |
| 125 | LSU | 11 | 57 | 441 | 5.2 | 40.1 |
| 126 | Michigan State | 11 | 46 | 429 | 4.2 | 39.0 |
| 127 | Kent State | 10 | 43 | 422 | 4.3 | 42.2 |
| 128 | Buffalo | 11 | 45 | 366 | 4.1 | 33.3 |