2018 National Leaders Opponent Penalties - Games Lost Only through 01/07/2019
| Name | G | Pen. | Yards | Pen./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Connecticut | 11 | 72 | 732 | 6.5 | 66.5 |
| 2 | East Carolina | 9 | 78 | 716 | 8.7 | 79.6 |
| 3 | Kent State | 10 | 69 | 677 | 6.9 | 67.7 |
| 4 | New Mexico State | 9 | 67 | 646 | 7.4 | 71.8 |
| 5 | Rutgers | 11 | 63 | 637 | 5.7 | 57.9 |
| 6 | UTSA | 9 | 64 | 632 | 7.1 | 70.2 |
| 7 | Arizona | 7 | 68 | 625 | 9.7 | 89.3 |
| 8 | San Jose State | 11 | 72 | 586 | 6.5 | 53.3 |
| 8 | Central Michigan | 11 | 60 | 586 | 5.5 | 53.3 |
| 10 | Bowling Green | 9 | 62 | 579 | 6.9 | 64.3 |
| 11 | UTEP | 11 | 60 | 574 | 5.5 | 52.2 |
| 12 | Tulsa | 9 | 64 | 572 | 7.1 | 63.6 |
| 13 | Arkansas | 10 | 64 | 559 | 6.4 | 55.9 |
| 14 | Georgia State | 10 | 61 | 523 | 6.1 | 52.3 |
| 15 | SMU | 7 | 52 | 521 | 7.4 | 74.4 |
| 16 | Akron | 8 | 52 | 513 | 6.5 | 64.1 |
| 17 | Colorado State | 9 | 58 | 509 | 6.4 | 56.6 |
| 18 | Colorado | 7 | 51 | 508 | 7.3 | 72.6 |
| 18 | South Alabama | 9 | 50 | 508 | 5.6 | 56.4 |
| 18 | Louisville | 10 | 52 | 508 | 5.2 | 50.8 |
| 21 | Western Kentucky | 9 | 52 | 505 | 5.8 | 56.1 |
| 22 | Texas State | 9 | 55 | 501 | 6.1 | 55.7 |
| 23 | Kansas | 9 | 56 | 495 | 6.2 | 55.0 |
| 24 | Oregon State | 10 | 51 | 483 | 5.1 | 48.3 |
| 25 | Illinois | 8 | 48 | 477 | 6.0 | 59.6 |
| 26 | Texas Tech | 7 | 53 | 461 | 7.6 | 65.9 |
| 27 | Old Dominion | 8 | 46 | 456 | 5.8 | 57.0 |
| 28 | Hawaii | 6 | 45 | 453 | 7.5 | 75.5 |
| 29 | South Carolina | 6 | 45 | 443 | 7.5 | 73.8 |
| 30 | Indiana | 7 | 44 | 442 | 6.3 | 63.1 |
| 31 | Northwestern | 5 | 47 | 430 | 9.4 | 86.0 |
| 32 | Purdue | 7 | 47 | 425 | 6.7 | 60.7 |
| 33 | Memphis | 6 | 46 | 424 | 7.7 | 70.7 |
| 34 | Nebraska | 8 | 50 | 414 | 6.3 | 51.8 |
| 35 | Ole Miss | 7 | 46 | 408 | 6.6 | 58.3 |
| 36 | UNLV | 8 | 46 | 407 | 5.8 | 50.9 |
| 36 | UCLA | 9 | 47 | 407 | 5.2 | 45.2 |
| 38 | Coastal Carolina | 7 | 47 | 403 | 6.7 | 57.6 |
| 39 | BYU | 6 | 44 | 401 | 7.3 | 66.8 |
| 39 | Tulane | 6 | 44 | 401 | 7.3 | 66.8 |
| 39 | Miami (OH) | 6 | 41 | 401 | 6.8 | 66.8 |
| 42 | Air Force | 7 | 45 | 399 | 6.4 | 57.0 |
| 43 | Vanderbilt | 7 | 47 | 395 | 6.7 | 56.4 |
| 44 | New Mexico | 9 | 50 | 380 | 5.6 | 42.2 |
| 45 | Louisiana-Monroe | 6 | 40 | 376 | 6.7 | 62.7 |
| 46 | Ball State | 8 | 41 | 375 | 5.1 | 46.9 |
| 47 | Kansas State | 7 | 38 | 373 | 5.4 | 53.3 |
| 48 | Florida State | 7 | 43 | 361 | 6.1 | 51.6 |
| 49 | Rice | 11 | 44 | 354 | 4.0 | 32.2 |
| 50 | North Carolina | 9 | 43 | 352 | 4.8 | 39.1 |
| 51 | Virginia Tech | 7 | 46 | 350 | 6.6 | 50.0 |
| 52 | Wyoming | 6 | 40 | 347 | 6.7 | 57.8 |
| 53 | Florida Atlantic | 7 | 31 | 342 | 4.4 | 48.9 |
| 54 | Charlotte | 7 | 31 | 339 | 4.4 | 48.4 |
| 55 | Southern Miss | 5 | 34 | 338 | 6.8 | 67.6 |
| 56 | Liberty | 6 | 32 | 336 | 5.3 | 56.0 |
| 57 | Western Michigan | 6 | 39 | 335 | 6.5 | 55.8 |
| 57 | Toledo | 6 | 31 | 335 | 5.2 | 55.8 |
| 59 | Minnesota | 6 | 35 | 332 | 5.8 | 55.3 |
| 60 | Ohio | 4 | 35 | 324 | 8.8 | 81.0 |
| 60 | California | 6 | 36 | 324 | 6.0 | 54.0 |
| 62 | Tennessee | 7 | 40 | 321 | 5.7 | 45.9 |
| 63 | Missouri | 5 | 33 | 316 | 6.6 | 63.2 |
| 64 | Auburn | 5 | 35 | 313 | 7.0 | 62.6 |
| 65 | Wake Forest | 6 | 36 | 310 | 6.0 | 51.7 |
| 65 | Arizona State | 6 | 32 | 310 | 5.3 | 51.7 |
| 67 | Pittsburgh | 7 | 36 | 308 | 5.1 | 44.0 |
| 67 | Massachusetts | 8 | 34 | 308 | 4.3 | 38.5 |
| 69 | Houston | 5 | 38 | 307 | 7.6 | 61.4 |
| 70 | Stanford | 4 | 30 | 306 | 7.5 | 76.5 |
| 70 | Baylor | 6 | 33 | 306 | 5.5 | 51.0 |
| 72 | Texas | 4 | 31 | 302 | 7.8 | 75.5 |
| 73 | USC | 7 | 35 | 301 | 5.0 | 43.0 |
| 74 | USF | 6 | 37 | 294 | 6.2 | 49.0 |
| 75 | Northern Illinois | 6 | 37 | 290 | 6.2 | 48.3 |
| 76 | Virginia | 5 | 30 | 289 | 6.0 | 57.8 |
| 77 | Eastern Michigan | 6 | 37 | 288 | 6.2 | 48.0 |
| 78 | Nevada | 5 | 30 | 287 | 6.0 | 57.4 |
| 78 | Middle Tennessee State | 6 | 39 | 287 | 6.5 | 47.8 |
| 78 | TCU | 6 | 39 | 287 | 6.5 | 47.8 |
| 81 | Buffalo | 4 | 26 | 284 | 6.5 | 71.0 |
| 82 | Marshall | 4 | 29 | 283 | 7.3 | 70.8 |
| 83 | West Virginia | 4 | 30 | 280 | 7.5 | 70.0 |
| 84 | Maryland | 7 | 30 | 276 | 4.3 | 39.4 |
| 84 | Navy | 10 | 32 | 276 | 3.2 | 27.6 |
| 86 | Utah | 5 | 27 | 272 | 5.4 | 54.4 |
| 87 | Temple | 5 | 35 | 270 | 7.0 | 54.0 |
| 87 | Oklahoma State | 6 | 31 | 270 | 5.2 | 45.0 |
| 89 | Miami (FL) | 6 | 27 | 267 | 4.5 | 44.5 |
| 90 | Texas A&M | 4 | 29 | 265 | 7.3 | 66.3 |
| 91 | Michigan State | 6 | 27 | 264 | 4.5 | 44.0 |
| 92 | Iowa State | 5 | 25 | 260 | 5.0 | 52.0 |
| 93 | Washington | 4 | 32 | 258 | 8.0 | 64.5 |
| 94 | NC State | 4 | 30 | 257 | 7.5 | 64.3 |
| 94 | Arkansas State | 5 | 28 | 257 | 5.6 | 51.4 |
| 96 | Louisiana | 7 | 32 | 255 | 4.6 | 36.4 |
| 97 | Florida | 3 | 27 | 251 | 9.0 | 83.7 |
| 98 | FIU | 4 | 24 | 250 | 6.0 | 62.5 |
| 99 | San Diego State | 6 | 22 | 236 | 3.7 | 39.3 |
| 100 | Penn State | 4 | 25 | 232 | 6.3 | 58.0 |
| 101 | Michigan | 3 | 21 | 230 | 7.0 | 76.7 |
| 102 | North Texas | 4 | 20 | 221 | 5.0 | 55.3 |
| 103 | Iowa | 4 | 25 | 215 | 6.3 | 53.8 |
| 103 | Duke | 5 | 25 | 215 | 5.0 | 43.0 |
| 105 | Oregon | 4 | 24 | 209 | 6.0 | 52.3 |
| 106 | Louisiana Tech | 5 | 22 | 208 | 4.4 | 41.6 |
| 107 | LSU | 3 | 20 | 199 | 6.7 | 66.3 |
| 108 | Georgia Tech | 6 | 24 | 197 | 4.0 | 32.8 |
| 109 | Boston College | 5 | 22 | 191 | 4.4 | 38.2 |
| 110 | Georgia Southern | 3 | 19 | 185 | 6.3 | 61.7 |
| 110 | Mississippi State | 5 | 21 | 185 | 4.2 | 37.0 |
| 112 | Troy | 3 | 20 | 176 | 6.7 | 58.7 |
| 113 | UCF | 1 | 14 | 145 | 14.0 | 145.0 |
| 114 | Utah State | 2 | 16 | 131 | 8.0 | 65.5 |
| 115 | Boise State | 3 | 18 | 130 | 6.0 | 43.3 |
| 116 | Oklahoma | 2 | 15 | 129 | 7.5 | 64.5 |
| 117 | UAB | 3 | 10 | 115 | 3.3 | 38.3 |
| 118 | Wisconsin | 5 | 13 | 113 | 2.6 | 22.6 |
| 119 | Washington State | 2 | 14 | 112 | 7.0 | 56.0 |
| 120 | Cincinnati | 2 | 11 | 105 | 5.5 | 52.5 |
| 121 | Kentucky | 3 | 14 | 100 | 4.7 | 33.3 |
| 122 | Syracuse | 3 | 13 | 96 | 4.3 | 32.0 |
| 123 | Ohio State | 1 | 7 | 95 | 7.0 | 95.0 |
| 124 | Georgia | 3 | 11 | 89 | 3.7 | 29.7 |
| 125 | Fresno State | 2 | 7 | 75 | 3.5 | 37.5 |
| 126 | Notre Dame | 1 | 6 | 65 | 6.0 | 65.0 |
| 127 | Army | 2 | 8 | 50 | 4.0 | 25.0 |
| 128 | Appalachian State | 2 | 4 | 21 | 2.0 | 10.5 |
| 129 | Alabama | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1.0 | 12.0 |