2007 National Leaders Opponent Penalties - All Games through 01/07/2008
| Name | G | Pen. | Yards | Pen./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Syracuse | 12 | 109 | 885 | 9.1 | 73.8 |
| 2 | Rice | 12 | 92 | 880 | 7.7 | 73.3 |
| 3 | Middle Tennessee | 12 | 102 | 870 | 8.5 | 72.5 |
| 4 | SMU | 12 | 96 | 832 | 8.0 | 69.3 |
| 5 | Duke | 12 | 87 | 824 | 7.3 | 68.7 |
| 6 | Cincinnati | 13 | 97 | 872 | 7.5 | 67.1 |
| 7 | Alabama | 13 | 99 | 863 | 7.6 | 66.4 |
| 8 | North Texas | 12 | 90 | 796 | 7.5 | 66.3 |
| 9 | San Jose State | 12 | 95 | 793 | 7.9 | 66.1 |
| 10 | Florida State | 13 | 101 | 857 | 7.8 | 65.9 |
| 11 | Washington State | 12 | 83 | 784 | 6.9 | 65.3 |
| 12 | Louisville | 12 | 85 | 773 | 7.1 | 64.4 |
| 13 | UTEP | 12 | 78 | 770 | 6.5 | 64.2 |
| 14 | Ball State | 13 | 86 | 831 | 6.6 | 63.9 |
| 15 | Utah State | 12 | 86 | 765 | 7.2 | 63.8 |
| 16 | Washington | 13 | 99 | 825 | 7.6 | 63.5 |
| 17 | UAB | 12 | 79 | 761 | 6.6 | 63.4 |
| 18 | Arizona | 12 | 89 | 759 | 7.4 | 63.3 |
| 19 | Rutgers | 13 | 96 | 817 | 7.4 | 62.8 |
| 19 | Wyoming | 12 | 87 | 753 | 7.3 | 62.8 |
| 21 | Indiana | 13 | 84 | 814 | 6.5 | 62.6 |
| 22 | Florida Atlantic | 13 | 97 | 810 | 7.5 | 62.3 |
| 23 | Notre Dame | 12 | 85 | 741 | 7.1 | 61.8 |
| 24 | Tulsa | 14 | 94 | 862 | 6.7 | 61.6 |
| 25 | Arizona State | 13 | 97 | 800 | 7.5 | 61.5 |
| 26 | UNLV | 12 | 75 | 734 | 6.3 | 61.2 |
| 27 | Kansas State | 12 | 80 | 727 | 6.7 | 60.6 |
| 28 | Ohio | 12 | 89 | 725 | 7.4 | 60.4 |
| 28 | Troy | 12 | 87 | 725 | 7.3 | 60.4 |
| 30 | South Florida | 13 | 95 | 780 | 7.3 | 60.0 |
| 31 | Fresno State | 13 | 84 | 776 | 6.5 | 59.7 |
| 32 | Eastern Michigan | 12 | 85 | 715 | 7.1 | 59.6 |
| 33 | Army | 12 | 83 | 711 | 6.9 | 59.3 |
| 34 | Northern Illinois | 12 | 72 | 708 | 6.0 | 59.0 |
| 35 | Pittsburgh | 12 | 86 | 701 | 7.2 | 58.4 |
| 36 | Mississippi | 12 | 86 | 700 | 7.2 | 58.3 |
| 37 | Tulane | 12 | 85 | 698 | 7.1 | 58.2 |
| 37 | Texas Tech | 13 | 83 | 757 | 6.4 | 58.2 |
| 39 | Kansas | 13 | 81 | 753 | 6.2 | 57.9 |
| 40 | Baylor | 12 | 82 | 694 | 6.8 | 57.8 |
| 41 | Louisiana Tech | 12 | 82 | 685 | 6.8 | 57.1 |
| 42 | Florida International | 12 | 85 | 681 | 7.1 | 56.8 |
| 43 | West Virginia | 13 | 89 | 737 | 6.8 | 56.7 |
| 43 | Kentucky | 13 | 84 | 737 | 6.5 | 56.7 |
| 45 | Oklahoma | 14 | 94 | 793 | 6.7 | 56.6 |
| 45 | Temple | 12 | 74 | 679 | 6.2 | 56.6 |
| 47 | New Mexico State | 13 | 83 | 732 | 6.4 | 56.3 |
| 47 | Stanford | 12 | 73 | 675 | 6.1 | 56.3 |
| 49 | Kent State | 12 | 72 | 674 | 6.0 | 56.2 |
| 50 | Hawai'i | 13 | 85 | 727 | 6.5 | 55.9 |
| 51 | Northwestern | 12 | 77 | 670 | 6.4 | 55.8 |
| 52 | Missouri | 14 | 103 | 778 | 7.4 | 55.6 |
| 52 | South Carolina | 12 | 78 | 667 | 6.5 | 55.6 |
| 54 | Auburn | 13 | 90 | 715 | 6.9 | 55.0 |
| 55 | TCU | 13 | 78 | 714 | 6.0 | 54.9 |
| 56 | Boston College | 14 | 102 | 767 | 7.3 | 54.8 |
| 57 | Southern Mississippi | 13 | 90 | 709 | 6.9 | 54.5 |
| 58 | East Carolina | 13 | 71 | 699 | 5.5 | 53.8 |
| 59 | Miami (Ohio) | 13 | 83 | 697 | 6.4 | 53.6 |
| 60 | Mississippi State | 13 | 84 | 695 | 6.5 | 53.5 |
| 60 | Oregon | 13 | 83 | 696 | 6.4 | 53.5 |
| 60 | UCF | 14 | 84 | 749 | 6.0 | 53.5 |
| 63 | North Carolina | 12 | 79 | 640 | 6.6 | 53.3 |
| 64 | Georgia | 13 | 89 | 692 | 6.8 | 53.2 |
| 65 | North Carolina State | 12 | 79 | 636 | 6.6 | 53.0 |
| 65 | Idaho | 12 | 65 | 636 | 5.4 | 53.0 |
| 67 | Vanderbilt | 12 | 83 | 631 | 6.9 | 52.6 |
| 67 | Connecticut | 13 | 83 | 684 | 6.4 | 52.6 |
| 67 | Virginia | 13 | 82 | 684 | 6.3 | 52.6 |
| 70 | Texas | 13 | 85 | 682 | 6.5 | 52.5 |
| 71 | Colorado | 13 | 84 | 677 | 6.5 | 52.1 |
| 72 | Iowa State | 12 | 63 | 624 | 5.3 | 52.0 |
| 73 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 12 | 74 | 621 | 6.2 | 51.8 |
| 73 | Houston | 13 | 76 | 674 | 5.8 | 51.8 |
| 75 | Bowling Green | 13 | 75 | 669 | 5.8 | 51.5 |
| 76 | Georgia Tech | 13 | 77 | 668 | 5.9 | 51.4 |
| 77 | Miami (Florida) | 12 | 87 | 611 | 7.3 | 50.9 |
| 77 | Clemson | 13 | 93 | 662 | 7.2 | 50.9 |
| 79 | Memphis | 13 | 76 | 660 | 5.8 | 50.8 |
| 79 | San Diego State | 12 | 69 | 610 | 5.8 | 50.8 |
| 81 | UCLA | 13 | 78 | 657 | 6.0 | 50.5 |
| 82 | Arkansas State | 12 | 72 | 599 | 6.0 | 49.9 |
| 82 | Oregon State | 13 | 70 | 649 | 5.4 | 49.9 |
| 84 | Nebraska | 12 | 73 | 597 | 6.1 | 49.8 |
| 84 | Akron | 12 | 67 | 598 | 5.6 | 49.8 |
| 86 | Oklahoma State | 13 | 84 | 642 | 6.5 | 49.4 |
| 86 | Purdue | 13 | 77 | 642 | 5.9 | 49.4 |
| 88 | Louisiana-Monroe | 12 | 76 | 592 | 6.3 | 49.3 |
| 88 | Central Michigan | 14 | 82 | 690 | 5.9 | 49.3 |
| 90 | Virginia Tech | 14 | 87 | 687 | 6.2 | 49.1 |
| 91 | Western Michigan | 12 | 72 | 586 | 6.0 | 48.8 |
| 91 | New Mexico | 13 | 77 | 634 | 5.9 | 48.8 |
| 93 | Michigan | 13 | 75 | 632 | 5.8 | 48.6 |
| 94 | California | 13 | 82 | 631 | 6.3 | 48.5 |
| 95 | Buffalo | 12 | 65 | 571 | 5.4 | 47.6 |
| 96 | Utah | 13 | 76 | 618 | 5.8 | 47.5 |
| 96 | Wisconsin | 13 | 69 | 617 | 5.3 | 47.5 |
| 98 | Illinois | 13 | 75 | 615 | 5.8 | 47.3 |
| 99 | Navy | 13 | 69 | 614 | 5.3 | 47.2 |
| 100 | Florida | 13 | 83 | 600 | 6.4 | 46.2 |
| 100 | Nevada | 13 | 74 | 601 | 5.7 | 46.2 |
| 102 | Colorado State | 12 | 65 | 552 | 5.4 | 46.0 |
| 103 | Tennessee | 14 | 91 | 641 | 6.5 | 45.8 |
| 103 | BYU | 13 | 71 | 596 | 5.5 | 45.8 |
| 103 | Penn State | 13 | 68 | 596 | 5.2 | 45.8 |
| 106 | USC | 13 | 73 | 588 | 5.6 | 45.2 |
| 107 | Toledo | 12 | 61 | 537 | 5.1 | 44.8 |
| 108 | Arkansas | 13 | 70 | 581 | 5.4 | 44.7 |
| 109 | Maryland | 13 | 73 | 579 | 5.6 | 44.5 |
| 110 | Marshall | 12 | 58 | 524 | 4.8 | 43.7 |
| 111 | Wake Forest | 13 | 69 | 560 | 5.3 | 43.1 |
| 112 | Minnesota | 12 | 62 | 509 | 5.2 | 42.4 |
| 113 | Air Force | 13 | 71 | 547 | 5.5 | 42.1 |
| 114 | Michigan State | 13 | 71 | 542 | 5.5 | 41.7 |
| 115 | Iowa | 12 | 61 | 487 | 5.1 | 40.6 |
| 116 | LSU | 14 | 67 | 566 | 4.8 | 40.4 |
| 117 | Boise State | 13 | 67 | 518 | 5.2 | 39.8 |
| 118 | Texas A&M | 13 | 63 | 491 | 4.8 | 37.8 |
| 119 | Ohio State | 13 | 53 | 483 | 4.1 | 37.2 |