2018 National Leaders Penalties - Games vs. FBS Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 01/07/2019
| Name | G | Pen. | Yards | Pen./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Mexico | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1.0 | 10.0 |
| 1 | Old Dominion | 1 | 2 | 10 | 2.0 | 10.0 |
| 3 | Liberty | 2 | 4 | 35 | 2.0 | 17.5 |
| 4 | Georgia Southern | 1 | 4 | 20 | 4.0 | 20.0 |
| 5 | Buffalo | 1 | 3 | 25 | 3.0 | 25.0 |
| 6 | Louisiana-Monroe | 2 | 6 | 53 | 3.0 | 26.5 |
| 7 | Northwestern | 12 | 37 | 328 | 3.1 | 27.3 |
| 8 | Louisiana | 2 | 8 | 55 | 4.0 | 27.5 |
| 9 | East Carolina | 2 | 6 | 60 | 3.0 | 30.0 |
| 10 | Georgia Tech | 10 | 35 | 308 | 3.5 | 30.8 |
| 11 | Duke | 10 | 38 | 317 | 3.8 | 31.7 |
| 12 | UTSA | 3 | 18 | 100 | 6.0 | 33.3 |
| 13 | Minnesota | 10 | 34 | 334 | 3.4 | 33.4 |
| 14 | Massachusetts | 2 | 9 | 67 | 4.5 | 33.5 |
| 15 | Iowa | 11 | 43 | 385 | 3.9 | 35.0 |
| 15 | UNLV | 1 | 4 | 35 | 4.0 | 35.0 |
| 15 | Ohio | 1 | 5 | 35 | 5.0 | 35.0 |
| 18 | Coastal Carolina | 1 | 4 | 36 | 4.0 | 36.0 |
| 19 | Kansas State | 10 | 42 | 368 | 4.2 | 36.8 |
| 20 | Western Michigan | 2 | 10 | 75 | 5.0 | 37.5 |
| 21 | Fresno State | 3 | 15 | 113 | 5.0 | 37.7 |
| 22 | Toledo | 1 | 5 | 38 | 5.0 | 38.0 |
| 23 | Rice | 2 | 9 | 77 | 4.5 | 38.5 |
| 24 | TCU | 11 | 47 | 425 | 4.3 | 38.6 |
| 25 | Boise State | 1 | 5 | 40 | 5.0 | 40.0 |
| 26 | San Jose State | 2 | 12 | 81 | 6.0 | 40.5 |
| 27 | Colorado State | 3 | 17 | 122 | 5.7 | 40.7 |
| 28 | Northern Illinois | 3 | 14 | 123 | 4.7 | 41.0 |
| 28 | UAB | 1 | 6 | 41 | 6.0 | 41.0 |
| 30 | Iowa State | 11 | 55 | 452 | 5.0 | 41.1 |
| 31 | Clemson | 12 | 56 | 494 | 4.7 | 41.2 |
| 32 | Stanford | 10 | 52 | 414 | 5.2 | 41.4 |
| 33 | Penn State | 11 | 50 | 456 | 4.5 | 41.5 |
| 33 | Louisiana Tech | 2 | 11 | 83 | 5.5 | 41.5 |
| 35 | Connecticut | 1 | 5 | 42 | 5.0 | 42.0 |
| 35 | UTEP | 1 | 6 | 42 | 6.0 | 42.0 |
| 37 | Middle Tennessee State | 3 | 15 | 127 | 5.0 | 42.3 |
| 38 | Memphis | 2 | 11 | 85 | 5.5 | 42.5 |
| 39 | California | 11 | 54 | 475 | 4.9 | 43.2 |
| 40 | Marshall | 2 | 15 | 87 | 7.5 | 43.5 |
| 41 | Tulsa | 2 | 10 | 88 | 5.0 | 44.0 |
| 42 | Vanderbilt | 9 | 52 | 400 | 5.8 | 44.4 |
| 43 | Washington | 12 | 59 | 534 | 4.9 | 44.5 |
| 44 | Southern Miss | 1 | 7 | 46 | 7.0 | 46.0 |
| 45 | FIU | 2 | 10 | 93 | 5.0 | 46.5 |
| 46 | Tennessee | 9 | 53 | 419 | 5.9 | 46.6 |
| 47 | NC State | 9 | 42 | 424 | 4.7 | 47.1 |
| 48 | Oregon State | 10 | 55 | 472 | 5.5 | 47.2 |
| 49 | Bowling Green | 3 | 20 | 142 | 6.7 | 47.3 |
| 50 | Oregon | 10 | 51 | 474 | 5.1 | 47.4 |
| 50 | Virginia | 10 | 51 | 474 | 5.1 | 47.4 |
| 52 | Wake Forest | 8 | 36 | 380 | 4.5 | 47.5 |
| 53 | Georgia State | 1 | 5 | 48 | 5.0 | 48.0 |
| 53 | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 6 | 48 | 6.0 | 48.0 |
| 55 | Boston College | 9 | 53 | 433 | 5.9 | 48.1 |
| 56 | Notre Dame | 11 | 62 | 536 | 5.6 | 48.7 |
| 57 | Utah State | 1 | 7 | 49 | 7.0 | 49.0 |
| 58 | South Carolina | 10 | 61 | 494 | 6.1 | 49.4 |
| 59 | Texas A&M | 10 | 66 | 497 | 6.6 | 49.7 |
| 60 | New Mexico State | 1 | 5 | 50 | 5.0 | 50.0 |
| 61 | North Carolina | 9 | 52 | 462 | 5.8 | 51.3 |
| 62 | Utah | 11 | 60 | 566 | 5.5 | 51.5 |
| 62 | Wisconsin | 10 | 56 | 515 | 5.6 | 51.5 |
| 62 | Arkansas | 8 | 46 | 412 | 5.8 | 51.5 |
| 62 | Georgia | 11 | 65 | 566 | 5.9 | 51.5 |
| 66 | Miami (FL) | 10 | 66 | 527 | 6.6 | 52.7 |
| 67 | Virginia Tech | 8 | 46 | 425 | 5.8 | 53.1 |
| 68 | BYU | 5 | 32 | 267 | 6.4 | 53.4 |
| 69 | Michigan State | 11 | 64 | 594 | 5.8 | 54.0 |
| 70 | Arizona State | 10 | 58 | 545 | 5.8 | 54.5 |
| 71 | LSU | 9 | 55 | 494 | 6.1 | 54.9 |
| 72 | Miami (OH) | 1 | 6 | 55 | 6.0 | 55.0 |
| 72 | Charlotte | 1 | 8 | 55 | 8.0 | 55.0 |
| 74 | Missouri | 10 | 66 | 554 | 6.6 | 55.4 |
| 75 | Colorado | 10 | 59 | 560 | 5.9 | 56.0 |
| 75 | Kansas | 10 | 64 | 560 | 6.4 | 56.0 |
| 77 | UCLA | 10 | 65 | 562 | 6.5 | 56.2 |
| 78 | Kentucky | 10 | 63 | 563 | 6.3 | 56.3 |
| 79 | Alabama | 12 | 74 | 678 | 6.2 | 56.5 |
| 80 | Michigan | 10 | 61 | 582 | 6.1 | 58.2 |
| 81 | Kent State | 3 | 22 | 176 | 7.3 | 58.7 |
| 81 | Syracuse | 9 | 70 | 528 | 7.8 | 58.7 |
| 83 | Indiana | 10 | 58 | 594 | 5.8 | 59.4 |
| 84 | Army | 2 | 13 | 119 | 6.5 | 59.5 |
| 85 | Illinois | 9 | 54 | 538 | 6.0 | 59.8 |
| 86 | Temple | 3 | 18 | 180 | 6.0 | 60.0 |
| 87 | Rutgers | 10 | 59 | 601 | 5.9 | 60.1 |
| 88 | Auburn | 10 | 67 | 604 | 6.7 | 60.4 |
| 89 | Pittsburgh | 11 | 76 | 682 | 6.9 | 62.0 |
| 89 | Houston | 2 | 16 | 124 | 8.0 | 62.0 |
| 91 | Washington State | 10 | 61 | 623 | 6.1 | 62.3 |
| 92 | West Virginia | 11 | 73 | 686 | 6.6 | 62.4 |
| 93 | Purdue | 12 | 74 | 752 | 6.2 | 62.7 |
| 93 | Ole Miss | 9 | 64 | 564 | 7.1 | 62.7 |
| 95 | Mississippi State | 10 | 70 | 628 | 7.0 | 62.8 |
| 96 | Wyoming | 2 | 16 | 126 | 8.0 | 63.0 |
| 97 | Nevada | 2 | 11 | 127 | 5.5 | 63.5 |
| 98 | Oklahoma | 12 | 76 | 765 | 6.3 | 63.8 |
| 98 | Texas | 13 | 95 | 829 | 7.3 | 63.8 |
| 100 | Florida | 10 | 79 | 639 | 7.9 | 63.9 |
| 101 | SMU | 2 | 14 | 128 | 7.0 | 64.0 |
| 102 | Texas Tech | 10 | 73 | 669 | 7.3 | 66.9 |
| 103 | Western Kentucky | 2 | 14 | 134 | 7.0 | 67.0 |
| 104 | Tulane | 2 | 15 | 138 | 7.5 | 69.0 |
| 105 | Akron | 3 | 24 | 209 | 8.0 | 69.7 |
| 106 | Baylor | 11 | 88 | 772 | 8.0 | 70.2 |
| 107 | Cincinnati | 2 | 20 | 141 | 10.0 | 70.5 |
| 108 | Eastern Michigan | 1 | 10 | 71 | 10.0 | 71.0 |
| 109 | Oklahoma State | 10 | 69 | 725 | 6.9 | 72.5 |
| 110 | Nebraska | 10 | 77 | 738 | 7.7 | 73.8 |
| 111 | Central Michigan | 3 | 25 | 222 | 8.3 | 74.0 |
| 112 | Ohio State | 13 | 106 | 966 | 8.2 | 74.3 |
| 113 | Louisville | 10 | 89 | 746 | 8.9 | 74.6 |
| 114 | Ball State | 1 | 8 | 75 | 8.0 | 75.0 |
| 115 | USC | 10 | 82 | 754 | 8.2 | 75.4 |
| 116 | Florida State | 9 | 87 | 687 | 9.7 | 76.3 |
| 117 | Arizona | 9 | 73 | 699 | 8.1 | 77.7 |
| 118 | Maryland | 10 | 81 | 782 | 8.1 | 78.2 |
| 119 | USF | 2 | 19 | 159 | 9.5 | 79.5 |
| 120 | Arkansas State | 1 | 10 | 84 | 10.0 | 84.0 |
| 121 | South Alabama | 1 | 12 | 85 | 12.0 | 85.0 |
| 122 | UCF | 2 | 20 | 175 | 10.0 | 87.5 |
| 123 | Troy | 1 | 10 | 95 | 10.0 | 95.0 |
| 124 | North Texas | 1 | 9 | 102 | 9.0 | 102.0 |
| 125 | Appalachian State | 1 | 10 | 105 | 10.0 | 105.0 |
| 125 | San Diego State | 2 | 20 | 210 | 10.0 | 105.0 |
| 127 | Texas State | 1 | 15 | 119 | 15.0 | 119.0 |