2011 National Leaders Penalties - Games in August/September Only through 01/09/2012
| Name | G | Pen. | Yards | Pen./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Navy | 3 | 5 | 35 | 1.7 | 11.7 |
| 2 | East Carolina | 3 | 7 | 90 | 2.3 | 30.0 |
| 3 | Stanford | 3 | 11 | 100 | 3.7 | 33.3 |
| 4 | Miami (Ohio) | 3 | 12 | 74 | 4.0 | 24.7 |
| 4 | UAB | 3 | 12 | 80 | 4.0 | 26.7 |
| 4 | Alabama | 4 | 12 | 119 | 3.0 | 29.8 |
| 7 | Oklahoma | 3 | 13 | 95 | 4.3 | 31.7 |
| 8 | Connecticut | 4 | 14 | 108 | 3.5 | 27.0 |
| 8 | Kentucky | 4 | 14 | 112 | 3.5 | 28.0 |
| 8 | Ball State | 4 | 14 | 129 | 3.5 | 32.3 |
| 8 | Cincinnati | 4 | 14 | 143 | 3.5 | 35.8 |
| 8 | Central Michigan | 4 | 14 | 146 | 3.5 | 36.5 |
| 8 | Texas Tech | 3 | 14 | 115 | 4.7 | 38.3 |
| 8 | Kansas | 3 | 14 | 115 | 4.7 | 38.3 |
| 15 | Illinois | 4 | 15 | 125 | 3.8 | 31.3 |
| 15 | Maryland | 3 | 15 | 150 | 5.0 | 50.0 |
| 17 | Michigan | 4 | 16 | 129 | 4.0 | 32.3 |
| 17 | Ohio State | 4 | 16 | 132 | 4.0 | 33.0 |
| 17 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 16 | 139 | 4.0 | 34.8 |
| 17 | Boston College | 4 | 16 | 145 | 4.0 | 36.3 |
| 17 | Clemson | 4 | 16 | 154 | 4.0 | 38.5 |
| 17 | Northwestern | 3 | 16 | 126 | 5.3 | 42.0 |
| 17 | Middle Tennessee | 3 | 16 | 128 | 5.3 | 42.7 |
| 17 | Florida Atlantic | 3 | 16 | 151 | 5.3 | 50.3 |
| 17 | Oregon State | 3 | 16 | 156 | 5.3 | 52.0 |
| 26 | Temple | 4 | 17 | 124 | 4.3 | 31.0 |
| 26 | North Carolina State | 4 | 17 | 139 | 4.3 | 34.8 |
| 26 | Army | 4 | 17 | 156 | 4.3 | 39.0 |
| 26 | Texas | 3 | 17 | 140 | 5.7 | 46.7 |
| 26 | Air Force | 3 | 17 | 169 | 5.7 | 56.3 |
| 31 | Iowa | 4 | 18 | 145 | 4.5 | 36.3 |
| 31 | Tulsa | 4 | 18 | 159 | 4.5 | 39.8 |
| 31 | Nebraska | 4 | 18 | 166 | 4.5 | 41.5 |
| 31 | Boise State | 3 | 18 | 128 | 6.0 | 42.7 |
| 31 | Utah | 3 | 18 | 134 | 6.0 | 44.7 |
| 31 | Nevada | 3 | 18 | 135 | 6.0 | 45.0 |
| 31 | Western Kentucky | 3 | 18 | 192 | 6.0 | 64.0 |
| 38 | San Diego State | 4 | 19 | 156 | 4.8 | 39.0 |
| 38 | Miami (Florida) | 3 | 19 | 126 | 6.3 | 42.0 |
| 38 | Northern Illinois | 4 | 19 | 180 | 4.8 | 45.0 |
| 38 | San Jose State | 4 | 19 | 197 | 4.8 | 49.3 |
| 38 | Texas A&M | 3 | 19 | 157 | 6.3 | 52.3 |
| 38 | Rice | 3 | 19 | 177 | 6.3 | 59.0 |
| 38 | Washington State | 3 | 19 | 178 | 6.3 | 59.3 |
| 38 | Wake Forest | 3 | 19 | 186 | 6.3 | 62.0 |
| 46 | Duke | 4 | 20 | 168 | 5.0 | 42.0 |
| 47 | Penn State | 4 | 21 | 159 | 5.3 | 39.8 |
| 47 | UCF | 4 | 21 | 163 | 5.3 | 40.8 |
| 47 | Georgia | 4 | 21 | 167 | 5.3 | 41.8 |
| 47 | Florida International | 4 | 21 | 183 | 5.3 | 45.8 |
| 47 | Rutgers | 3 | 21 | 150 | 7.0 | 50.0 |
| 47 | Tulane | 4 | 21 | 204 | 5.3 | 51.0 |
| 47 | Buffalo | 4 | 21 | 246 | 5.3 | 61.5 |
| 54 | Arkansas | 4 | 22 | 165 | 5.5 | 41.3 |
| 54 | TCU | 4 | 22 | 190 | 5.5 | 47.5 |
| 54 | SMU | 4 | 22 | 192 | 5.5 | 48.0 |
| 54 | Kansas State | 3 | 22 | 166 | 7.3 | 55.3 |
| 54 | Troy | 3 | 22 | 187 | 7.3 | 62.3 |
| 54 | Baylor | 3 | 22 | 224 | 7.3 | 74.7 |
| 60 | BYU | 5 | 23 | 195 | 4.6 | 39.0 |
| 60 | Arkansas State | 4 | 23 | 202 | 5.8 | 50.5 |
| 60 | Auburn | 4 | 23 | 210 | 5.8 | 52.5 |
| 60 | Louisiana-Monroe | 4 | 23 | 216 | 5.8 | 54.0 |
| 60 | North Carolina | 4 | 23 | 219 | 5.8 | 54.8 |
| 60 | Louisville | 3 | 23 | 173 | 7.7 | 57.7 |
| 60 | Purdue | 3 | 23 | 190 | 7.7 | 63.3 |
| 60 | Tennessee | 3 | 23 | 197 | 7.7 | 65.7 |
| 68 | Pittsburgh | 5 | 24 | 190 | 4.8 | 38.0 |
| 68 | Utah State | 4 | 24 | 184 | 6.0 | 46.0 |
| 68 | Virginia | 4 | 24 | 205 | 6.0 | 51.3 |
| 68 | Wisconsin | 4 | 24 | 222 | 6.0 | 55.5 |
| 68 | Syracuse | 4 | 24 | 248 | 6.0 | 62.0 |
| 73 | Wyoming | 4 | 25 | 218 | 6.3 | 54.5 |
| 73 | Bowling Green | 4 | 25 | 233 | 6.3 | 58.3 |
| 73 | West Virginia | 4 | 25 | 241 | 6.3 | 60.3 |
| 73 | Washington | 4 | 25 | 255 | 6.3 | 63.8 |
| 77 | UTEP | 5 | 26 | 221 | 5.2 | 44.2 |
| 77 | Minnesota | 4 | 26 | 184 | 6.5 | 46.0 |
| 77 | Mississippi State | 4 | 26 | 196 | 6.5 | 49.0 |
| 77 | Virginia Tech | 4 | 26 | 215 | 6.5 | 53.8 |
| 77 | UCLA | 4 | 26 | 224 | 6.5 | 56.0 |
| 77 | LSU | 4 | 26 | 226 | 6.5 | 56.5 |
| 77 | Mississippi | 4 | 26 | 245 | 6.5 | 61.3 |
| 77 | Fresno State | 4 | 26 | 250 | 6.5 | 62.5 |
| 85 | Michigan State | 4 | 27 | 181 | 6.8 | 45.3 |
| 85 | North Texas | 4 | 27 | 208 | 6.8 | 52.0 |
| 85 | Memphis | 4 | 27 | 245 | 6.8 | 61.3 |
| 85 | Idaho | 4 | 27 | 266 | 6.8 | 66.5 |
| 89 | South Carolina | 4 | 28 | 207 | 7.0 | 51.8 |
| 89 | Ohio | 4 | 28 | 226 | 7.0 | 56.5 |
| 89 | Hawai'i | 4 | 28 | 232 | 7.0 | 58.0 |
| 89 | Colorado State | 4 | 28 | 276 | 7.0 | 69.0 |
| 89 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 28 | 277 | 7.0 | 69.3 |
| 94 | New Mexico State | 4 | 29 | 213 | 7.3 | 53.3 |
| 94 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 29 | 230 | 7.3 | 57.5 |
| 94 | Oregon | 4 | 29 | 243 | 7.3 | 60.8 |
| 94 | Arizona State | 4 | 29 | 289 | 7.3 | 72.3 |
| 94 | Louisiana Tech | 4 | 29 | 324 | 7.3 | 81.0 |
| 99 | Western Michigan | 4 | 30 | 196 | 7.5 | 49.0 |
| 99 | New Mexico | 4 | 30 | 210 | 7.5 | 52.5 |
| 99 | Akron | 4 | 30 | 224 | 7.5 | 56.0 |
| 99 | Marshall | 4 | 30 | 230 | 7.5 | 57.5 |
| 99 | UNLV | 4 | 30 | 285 | 7.5 | 71.3 |
| 99 | Kent State | 4 | 30 | 309 | 7.5 | 77.3 |
| 99 | Iowa State | 3 | 30 | 256 | 10.0 | 85.3 |
| 106 | Notre Dame | 4 | 31 | 286 | 7.8 | 71.5 |
| 106 | USC | 4 | 31 | 286 | 7.8 | 71.5 |
| 108 | Toledo | 4 | 33 | 252 | 8.3 | 63.0 |
| 108 | Arizona | 4 | 33 | 257 | 8.3 | 64.3 |
| 108 | Southern Mississippi | 4 | 33 | 266 | 8.3 | 66.5 |
| 108 | California | 4 | 33 | 296 | 8.3 | 74.0 |
| 108 | Oklahoma State | 4 | 33 | 315 | 8.3 | 78.8 |
| 113 | Florida State | 4 | 34 | 297 | 8.5 | 74.3 |
| 113 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 4 | 34 | 298 | 8.5 | 74.5 |
| 115 | South Florida | 5 | 35 | 270 | 7.0 | 54.0 |
| 115 | Indiana | 4 | 35 | 277 | 8.8 | 69.3 |
| 117 | Missouri | 4 | 36 | 307 | 9.0 | 76.8 |
| 118 | Houston | 5 | 37 | 331 | 7.4 | 66.2 |
| 119 | Colorado | 4 | 38 | 353 | 9.5 | 88.3 |
| 120 | Florida | 4 | 39 | 315 | 9.8 | 78.8 |