2017 National Leaders Opponent Penalties - Games Lost Only through 01/08/2018
| Name | G | Pen. | Yards | Pen./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tulsa | 10 | 85 | 848 | 8.5 | 84.8 |
| 2 | Baylor | 11 | 75 | 757 | 6.8 | 68.8 |
| 3 | Connecticut | 9 | 81 | 745 | 9.0 | 82.8 |
| 4 | East Carolina | 9 | 71 | 732 | 7.9 | 81.3 |
| 5 | UTEP | 12 | 77 | 693 | 6.4 | 57.8 |
| 6 | Nevada | 9 | 73 | 687 | 8.1 | 76.3 |
| 7 | Oregon State | 11 | 70 | 669 | 6.4 | 60.8 |
| 8 | San Jose State | 11 | 76 | 644 | 6.9 | 58.5 |
| 9 | Louisiana-Monroe | 8 | 61 | 597 | 7.6 | 74.6 |
| 10 | Illinois | 10 | 62 | 578 | 6.2 | 57.8 |
| 11 | Cincinnati | 8 | 57 | 562 | 7.1 | 70.3 |
| 12 | UCLA | 7 | 61 | 560 | 8.7 | 80.0 |
| 13 | Kansas | 11 | 66 | 553 | 6.0 | 50.3 |
| 14 | Texas State | 10 | 63 | 544 | 6.3 | 54.4 |
| 15 | Arizona | 6 | 56 | 543 | 9.3 | 90.5 |
| 16 | Akron | 7 | 53 | 519 | 7.6 | 74.1 |
| 17 | Massachusetts | 8 | 50 | 500 | 6.3 | 62.5 |
| 18 | North Carolina | 9 | 57 | 497 | 6.3 | 55.2 |
| 19 | Kent State | 10 | 59 | 487 | 5.9 | 48.7 |
| 20 | New Mexico | 9 | 50 | 477 | 5.6 | 53.0 |
| 21 | Charlotte | 11 | 56 | 470 | 5.1 | 42.7 |
| 22 | Texas Tech | 7 | 46 | 466 | 6.6 | 66.6 |
| 23 | Georgia Southern | 10 | 55 | 461 | 5.5 | 46.1 |
| 24 | Tulane | 7 | 47 | 458 | 6.7 | 65.4 |
| 25 | Coastal Carolina | 9 | 47 | 457 | 5.2 | 50.8 |
| 26 | California | 7 | 48 | 453 | 6.9 | 64.7 |
| 27 | Indiana | 7 | 48 | 445 | 6.9 | 63.6 |
| 28 | Bowling Green | 10 | 53 | 443 | 5.3 | 44.3 |
| 29 | Rutgers | 8 | 48 | 441 | 6.0 | 55.1 |
| 30 | Maryland | 8 | 44 | 435 | 5.5 | 54.4 |
| 31 | Nebraska | 8 | 47 | 428 | 5.9 | 53.5 |
| 32 | BYU | 9 | 48 | 427 | 5.3 | 47.4 |
| 33 | Syracuse | 8 | 49 | 425 | 6.1 | 53.1 |
| 34 | SMU | 6 | 41 | 424 | 6.8 | 70.7 |
| 35 | Utah State | 7 | 48 | 422 | 6.9 | 60.3 |
| 36 | Purdue | 6 | 48 | 402 | 8.0 | 67.0 |
| 37 | Vanderbilt | 7 | 60 | 396 | 8.6 | 56.6 |
| 38 | Iowa State | 5 | 41 | 395 | 8.2 | 79.0 |
| 39 | Tennessee | 8 | 49 | 391 | 6.1 | 48.9 |
| 39 | Rice | 11 | 47 | 391 | 4.3 | 35.5 |
| 41 | Western Michigan | 6 | 40 | 389 | 6.7 | 64.8 |
| 42 | Hawaii | 9 | 44 | 386 | 4.9 | 42.9 |
| 43 | Arizona State | 6 | 44 | 384 | 7.3 | 64.0 |
| 44 | Arkansas State | 5 | 44 | 379 | 8.8 | 75.8 |
| 45 | Kentucky | 6 | 40 | 376 | 6.7 | 62.7 |
| 45 | Arkansas | 8 | 43 | 376 | 5.4 | 47.0 |
| 47 | New Mexico State | 6 | 43 | 373 | 7.2 | 62.2 |
| 48 | Miami (OH) | 7 | 40 | 371 | 5.7 | 53.0 |
| 49 | Minnesota | 7 | 38 | 370 | 5.4 | 52.9 |
| 50 | Western Kentucky | 7 | 40 | 367 | 5.7 | 52.4 |
| 50 | Ball State | 10 | 37 | 367 | 3.7 | 36.7 |
| 52 | UNLV | 7 | 38 | 366 | 5.4 | 52.3 |
| 53 | Buffalo | 6 | 35 | 360 | 5.8 | 60.0 |
| 53 | Eastern Michigan | 7 | 42 | 360 | 6.0 | 51.4 |
| 53 | Idaho | 8 | 42 | 360 | 5.3 | 45.0 |
| 56 | Northern Illinois | 5 | 33 | 357 | 6.6 | 71.4 |
| 57 | Duke | 6 | 37 | 354 | 6.2 | 59.0 |
| 58 | Temple | 6 | 43 | 350 | 7.2 | 58.3 |
| 59 | West Virginia | 6 | 36 | 349 | 6.0 | 58.2 |
| 60 | Virginia | 7 | 35 | 345 | 5.0 | 49.3 |
| 60 | Old Dominion | 7 | 31 | 345 | 4.4 | 49.3 |
| 60 | South Alabama | 8 | 45 | 345 | 5.6 | 43.1 |
| 63 | Ole Miss | 6 | 33 | 344 | 5.5 | 57.3 |
| 64 | Florida | 7 | 43 | 339 | 6.1 | 48.4 |
| 65 | Middle Tennessee State | 6 | 36 | 338 | 6.0 | 56.3 |
| 66 | UAB | 5 | 32 | 334 | 6.4 | 66.8 |
| 67 | Ohio | 4 | 32 | 329 | 8.0 | 82.3 |
| 68 | Central Michigan | 5 | 34 | 328 | 6.8 | 65.6 |
| 69 | Louisiana | 7 | 36 | 320 | 5.1 | 45.7 |
| 70 | North Texas | 5 | 32 | 310 | 6.4 | 62.0 |
| 71 | Oregon | 6 | 29 | 306 | 4.8 | 51.0 |
| 72 | Texas | 6 | 45 | 303 | 7.5 | 50.5 |
| 73 | Colorado State | 6 | 33 | 298 | 5.5 | 49.7 |
| 74 | Houston | 5 | 38 | 291 | 7.6 | 58.2 |
| 74 | Colorado | 7 | 32 | 291 | 4.6 | 41.6 |
| 76 | Auburn | 4 | 30 | 286 | 7.5 | 71.5 |
| 77 | Air Force | 7 | 31 | 285 | 4.4 | 40.7 |
| 78 | Utah | 6 | 34 | 280 | 5.7 | 46.7 |
| 79 | Iowa | 5 | 31 | 279 | 6.2 | 55.8 |
| 80 | Michigan | 5 | 32 | 269 | 6.4 | 53.8 |
| 81 | FIU | 5 | 33 | 265 | 6.6 | 53.0 |
| 82 | Marshall | 5 | 26 | 262 | 5.2 | 52.4 |
| 82 | Missouri | 6 | 33 | 262 | 5.5 | 43.7 |
| 84 | Texas A&M | 6 | 27 | 260 | 4.5 | 43.3 |
| 85 | Stanford | 5 | 29 | 255 | 5.8 | 51.0 |
| 86 | Wake Forest | 5 | 31 | 254 | 6.2 | 50.8 |
| 87 | Georgia State | 5 | 31 | 253 | 6.2 | 50.6 |
| 87 | Florida State | 6 | 27 | 253 | 4.5 | 42.2 |
| 89 | Pittsburgh | 7 | 32 | 250 | 4.6 | 35.7 |
| 90 | Appalachian State | 4 | 33 | 249 | 8.3 | 62.3 |
| 91 | Louisville | 5 | 28 | 245 | 5.6 | 49.0 |
| 92 | Navy | 6 | 31 | 232 | 5.2 | 38.7 |
| 93 | Mississippi State | 4 | 24 | 231 | 6.0 | 57.8 |
| 94 | UTSA | 5 | 21 | 230 | 4.2 | 46.0 |
| 95 | Southern Miss | 5 | 25 | 218 | 5.0 | 43.6 |
| 95 | Louisiana Tech | 6 | 26 | 218 | 4.3 | 36.3 |
| 97 | Memphis | 3 | 23 | 197 | 7.7 | 65.7 |
| 98 | Boston College | 6 | 26 | 192 | 4.3 | 32.0 |
| 99 | Wyoming | 5 | 20 | 190 | 4.0 | 38.0 |
| 100 | Kansas State | 5 | 23 | 189 | 4.6 | 37.8 |
| 101 | Fresno State | 4 | 22 | 176 | 5.5 | 44.0 |
| 102 | Georgia Tech | 6 | 20 | 175 | 3.3 | 29.2 |
| 103 | Penn State | 2 | 18 | 166 | 9.0 | 83.0 |
| 104 | Notre Dame | 3 | 16 | 162 | 5.3 | 54.0 |
| 105 | Washington State | 4 | 18 | 160 | 4.5 | 40.0 |
| 106 | Virginia Tech | 4 | 20 | 151 | 5.0 | 37.8 |
| 107 | Oklahoma State | 3 | 19 | 145 | 6.3 | 48.3 |
| 107 | Toledo | 3 | 17 | 145 | 5.7 | 48.3 |
| 109 | USC | 3 | 16 | 140 | 5.3 | 46.7 |
| 110 | Troy | 2 | 15 | 137 | 7.5 | 68.5 |
| 110 | NC State | 4 | 17 | 137 | 4.3 | 34.3 |
| 110 | South Carolina | 4 | 16 | 137 | 4.0 | 34.3 |
| 113 | Northwestern | 3 | 16 | 132 | 5.3 | 44.0 |
| 114 | San Diego State | 3 | 12 | 122 | 4.0 | 40.7 |
| 115 | Boise State | 3 | 11 | 118 | 3.7 | 39.3 |
| 116 | Army | 3 | 12 | 115 | 4.0 | 38.3 |
| 117 | Clemson | 2 | 14 | 110 | 7.0 | 55.0 |
| 117 | LSU | 4 | 15 | 110 | 3.8 | 27.5 |
| 119 | Miami (FL) | 3 | 10 | 102 | 3.3 | 34.0 |
| 120 | Michigan State | 3 | 9 | 101 | 3.0 | 33.7 |
| 121 | TCU | 3 | 11 | 94 | 3.7 | 31.3 |
| 122 | USF | 2 | 11 | 83 | 5.5 | 41.5 |
| 123 | Florida Atlantic | 3 | 10 | 82 | 3.3 | 27.3 |
| 124 | Washington | 3 | 8 | 75 | 2.7 | 25.0 |
| 125 | Georgia | 2 | 11 | 70 | 5.5 | 35.0 |
| 126 | Ohio State | 2 | 8 | 60 | 4.0 | 30.0 |
| 127 | Oklahoma | 2 | 9 | 56 | 4.5 | 28.0 |
| 128 | Wisconsin | 1 | 5 | 48 | 5.0 | 48.0 |
| 129 | Alabama | 1 | 4 | 40 | 4.0 | 40.0 |