2017 National Leaders Penalties - Games vs. Conference Teams Only through 01/08/2018
| Name | G | Pen. | Yards | Pen./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boston College | 8 | 18 | 149 | 2.3 | 18.6 |
| 2 | Minnesota | 9 | 26 | 213 | 2.9 | 23.7 |
| 3 | UNLV | 8 | 28 | 237 | 3.5 | 29.6 |
| 4 | Massachusetts | 1 | 3 | 30 | 3.0 | 30.0 |
| 5 | Washington | 9 | 34 | 276 | 3.8 | 30.7 |
| 6 | Georgia Tech | 8 | 29 | 247 | 3.6 | 30.9 |
| 7 | Auburn | 9 | 35 | 288 | 3.9 | 32.0 |
| 8 | South Carolina | 8 | 36 | 259 | 4.5 | 32.4 |
| 9 | Nevada | 8 | 31 | 264 | 3.9 | 33.0 |
| 10 | BYU | 1 | 5 | 35 | 5.0 | 35.0 |
| 11 | Wyoming | 8 | 31 | 293 | 3.9 | 36.6 |
| 11 | North Texas | 9 | 36 | 329 | 4.0 | 36.6 |
| 13 | Old Dominion | 8 | 32 | 295 | 4.0 | 36.9 |
| 14 | Iowa State | 9 | 38 | 335 | 4.2 | 37.2 |
| 15 | Troy | 8 | 44 | 298 | 5.5 | 37.3 |
| 16 | Texas State | 8 | 37 | 299 | 4.6 | 37.4 |
| 17 | Ohio | 8 | 37 | 301 | 4.6 | 37.6 |
| 18 | Iowa | 9 | 44 | 342 | 4.9 | 38.0 |
| 19 | San Diego State | 8 | 36 | 308 | 4.5 | 38.5 |
| 20 | Kentucky | 8 | 40 | 315 | 5.0 | 39.4 |
| 21 | Duke | 8 | 40 | 319 | 5.0 | 39.9 |
| 22 | Penn State | 9 | 41 | 365 | 4.6 | 40.6 |
| 23 | Pittsburgh | 8 | 32 | 328 | 4.0 | 41.0 |
| 24 | Rice | 8 | 38 | 330 | 4.8 | 41.3 |
| 25 | Wake Forest | 8 | 42 | 331 | 5.3 | 41.4 |
| 26 | Louisiana | 8 | 37 | 332 | 4.6 | 41.5 |
| 27 | UTSA | 8 | 47 | 333 | 5.9 | 41.6 |
| 28 | Air Force | 8 | 34 | 337 | 4.3 | 42.1 |
| 29 | Ball State | 8 | 35 | 338 | 4.4 | 42.3 |
| 30 | Arizona State | 9 | 39 | 386 | 4.3 | 42.9 |
| 30 | Texas A&M | 8 | 42 | 343 | 5.3 | 42.9 |
| 32 | Tennessee | 8 | 51 | 344 | 6.4 | 43.0 |
| 33 | Virginia Tech | 8 | 39 | 345 | 4.9 | 43.1 |
| 34 | Kansas | 9 | 45 | 389 | 5.0 | 43.2 |
| 35 | Arkansas | 8 | 43 | 349 | 5.4 | 43.6 |
| 36 | Western Kentucky | 8 | 41 | 353 | 5.1 | 44.1 |
| 37 | Louisville | 8 | 43 | 358 | 5.4 | 44.8 |
| 38 | Kansas State | 9 | 47 | 406 | 5.2 | 45.1 |
| 38 | Georgia Southern | 8 | 45 | 361 | 5.6 | 45.1 |
| 40 | Baylor | 9 | 60 | 412 | 6.7 | 45.8 |
| 41 | Virginia | 8 | 39 | 369 | 4.9 | 46.1 |
| 42 | Louisiana Tech | 8 | 42 | 370 | 5.3 | 46.3 |
| 43 | Louisiana-Monroe | 8 | 43 | 372 | 5.4 | 46.5 |
| 44 | Clemson | 9 | 47 | 419 | 5.2 | 46.6 |
| 45 | Northern Illinois | 8 | 47 | 380 | 5.9 | 47.5 |
| 46 | Northwestern | 9 | 42 | 428 | 4.7 | 47.6 |
| 46 | Marshall | 8 | 45 | 381 | 5.6 | 47.6 |
| 46 | Rutgers | 9 | 50 | 428 | 5.6 | 47.6 |
| 49 | Akron | 9 | 45 | 431 | 5.0 | 47.9 |
| 49 | Syracuse | 8 | 50 | 383 | 6.3 | 47.9 |
| 51 | Mississippi State | 8 | 46 | 388 | 5.8 | 48.5 |
| 51 | Vanderbilt | 8 | 48 | 388 | 6.0 | 48.5 |
| 53 | UAB | 8 | 43 | 390 | 5.4 | 48.8 |
| 54 | Florida Atlantic | 9 | 48 | 440 | 5.3 | 48.9 |
| 55 | Fresno State | 9 | 52 | 443 | 5.8 | 49.2 |
| 56 | Alabama | 9 | 54 | 449 | 6.0 | 49.9 |
| 57 | Navy | 8 | 38 | 407 | 4.8 | 50.9 |
| 58 | Colorado | 9 | 49 | 460 | 5.4 | 51.1 |
| 59 | Tulane | 8 | 53 | 410 | 6.6 | 51.3 |
| 60 | New Mexico State | 8 | 52 | 411 | 6.5 | 51.4 |
| 61 | New Mexico | 8 | 48 | 412 | 6.0 | 51.5 |
| 62 | Oklahoma State | 9 | 49 | 466 | 5.4 | 51.8 |
| 63 | Buffalo | 8 | 46 | 415 | 5.8 | 51.9 |
| 64 | LSU | 8 | 42 | 417 | 5.3 | 52.1 |
| 64 | Idaho | 8 | 45 | 417 | 5.6 | 52.1 |
| 64 | Purdue | 9 | 57 | 469 | 6.3 | 52.1 |
| 67 | Miami (FL) | 9 | 48 | 473 | 5.3 | 52.6 |
| 68 | Utah | 9 | 55 | 475 | 6.1 | 52.8 |
| 69 | Western Michigan | 8 | 43 | 423 | 5.4 | 52.9 |
| 69 | Wisconsin | 10 | 56 | 529 | 5.6 | 52.9 |
| 69 | UTEP | 8 | 47 | 423 | 5.9 | 52.9 |
| 72 | California | 9 | 56 | 477 | 6.2 | 53.0 |
| 73 | Washington State | 9 | 55 | 478 | 6.1 | 53.1 |
| 74 | Appalachian State | 8 | 50 | 426 | 6.3 | 53.3 |
| 75 | Connecticut | 8 | 46 | 429 | 5.8 | 53.6 |
| 76 | NC State | 8 | 45 | 430 | 5.6 | 53.8 |
| 77 | Houston | 8 | 48 | 432 | 6.0 | 54.0 |
| 78 | TCU | 10 | 66 | 541 | 6.6 | 54.1 |
| 79 | FIU | 8 | 43 | 437 | 5.4 | 54.6 |
| 79 | Utah State | 8 | 46 | 437 | 5.8 | 54.6 |
| 81 | Missouri | 8 | 57 | 438 | 7.1 | 54.8 |
| 82 | Boise State | 9 | 56 | 500 | 6.2 | 55.6 |
| 83 | Illinois | 9 | 58 | 505 | 6.4 | 56.1 |
| 84 | Stanford | 10 | 67 | 562 | 6.7 | 56.2 |
| 85 | Michigan | 9 | 59 | 508 | 6.6 | 56.4 |
| 86 | Eastern Michigan | 8 | 44 | 455 | 5.5 | 56.9 |
| 87 | San Jose State | 8 | 53 | 456 | 6.6 | 57.0 |
| 88 | Georgia State | 8 | 48 | 458 | 6.0 | 57.3 |
| 88 | Georgia | 10 | 64 | 573 | 6.4 | 57.3 |
| 90 | Arizona | 9 | 46 | 522 | 5.1 | 58.0 |
| 90 | Colorado State | 8 | 49 | 464 | 6.1 | 58.0 |
| 92 | West Virginia | 9 | 55 | 529 | 6.1 | 58.8 |
| 92 | Texas | 9 | 58 | 529 | 6.4 | 58.8 |
| 92 | Tulsa | 8 | 58 | 470 | 7.3 | 58.8 |
| 95 | Indiana | 9 | 52 | 539 | 5.8 | 59.9 |
| 95 | Florida State | 8 | 52 | 479 | 6.5 | 59.9 |
| 95 | Southern Miss | 8 | 53 | 479 | 6.6 | 59.9 |
| 98 | Central Michigan | 8 | 47 | 485 | 5.9 | 60.6 |
| 99 | East Carolina | 8 | 56 | 486 | 7.0 | 60.8 |
| 100 | South Alabama | 8 | 51 | 489 | 6.4 | 61.1 |
| 101 | Coastal Carolina | 8 | 56 | 490 | 7.0 | 61.3 |
| 102 | Florida | 8 | 73 | 491 | 9.1 | 61.4 |
| 103 | Toledo | 9 | 60 | 559 | 6.7 | 62.1 |
| 104 | Hawaii | 8 | 59 | 499 | 7.4 | 62.4 |
| 104 | UCF | 9 | 73 | 562 | 8.1 | 62.4 |
| 106 | Michigan State | 9 | 62 | 566 | 6.9 | 62.9 |
| 107 | Charlotte | 8 | 47 | 507 | 5.9 | 63.4 |
| 108 | Ole Miss | 8 | 59 | 509 | 7.4 | 63.6 |
| 109 | SMU | 8 | 55 | 511 | 6.9 | 63.9 |
| 110 | Nebraska | 9 | 59 | 580 | 6.6 | 64.4 |
| 111 | Texas Tech | 9 | 62 | 585 | 6.9 | 65.0 |
| 112 | Middle Tennessee State | 8 | 52 | 527 | 6.5 | 65.9 |
| 113 | Miami (OH) | 8 | 60 | 531 | 7.5 | 66.4 |
| 114 | Oklahoma | 10 | 69 | 680 | 6.9 | 68.0 |
| 115 | Maryland | 9 | 61 | 613 | 6.8 | 68.1 |
| 116 | Ohio State | 10 | 72 | 686 | 7.2 | 68.6 |
| 117 | Arkansas State | 8 | 61 | 552 | 7.6 | 69.0 |
| 118 | Kent State | 8 | 57 | 559 | 7.1 | 69.9 |
| 119 | North Carolina | 8 | 63 | 575 | 7.9 | 71.9 |
| 120 | Oregon State | 9 | 69 | 652 | 7.7 | 72.4 |
| 121 | Bowling Green | 8 | 62 | 587 | 7.8 | 73.4 |
| 122 | UCLA | 9 | 71 | 666 | 7.9 | 74.0 |
| 123 | Temple | 8 | 62 | 596 | 7.8 | 74.5 |
| 124 | Memphis | 9 | 77 | 677 | 8.6 | 75.2 |
| 125 | USC | 10 | 80 | 757 | 8.0 | 75.7 |
| 126 | Cincinnati | 8 | 70 | 642 | 8.8 | 80.3 |
| 127 | USF | 8 | 70 | 695 | 8.8 | 86.9 |
| 128 | Oregon | 9 | 84 | 795 | 9.3 | 88.3 |