2012 National Leaders Opponent Penalties - Games vs. FBS Teams With Non-Winning Record Only through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Pen. | Yards | Pen./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Louisiana Tech | 7 | 61 | 558 | 8.7 | 79.7 |
| 2 | Nevada | 8 | 52 | 491 | 6.5 | 61.4 |
| 3 | Troy | 6 | 54 | 450 | 9.0 | 75.0 |
| 4 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 6 | 55 | 418 | 9.2 | 69.7 |
| 5 | New Mexico State | 5 | 40 | 416 | 8.0 | 83.2 |
| 6 | Louisiana-Monroe | 7 | 44 | 409 | 6.3 | 58.4 |
| 7 | UNLV | 7 | 44 | 402 | 6.3 | 57.4 |
| 8 | Ohio | 7 | 42 | 400 | 6.0 | 57.1 |
| 9 | Central Michigan | 6 | 44 | 395 | 7.3 | 65.8 |
| 9 | Kent State | 7 | 38 | 395 | 5.4 | 56.4 |
| 11 | USC | 5 | 41 | 393 | 8.2 | 78.6 |
| 12 | Tulsa | 8 | 49 | 392 | 6.1 | 49.0 |
| 13 | Ball State | 6 | 41 | 389 | 6.8 | 64.8 |
| 14 | Vanderbilt | 6 | 41 | 375 | 6.8 | 62.5 |
| 15 | BYU | 6 | 38 | 373 | 6.3 | 62.2 |
| 16 | Western Kentucky | 6 | 45 | 372 | 7.5 | 62.0 |
| 17 | Houston | 6 | 41 | 361 | 6.8 | 60.2 |
| 18 | Massachusetts | 6 | 42 | 358 | 7.0 | 59.7 |
| 19 | Syracuse | 6 | 44 | 357 | 7.3 | 59.5 |
| 20 | Arizona State | 6 | 44 | 356 | 7.3 | 59.3 |
| 21 | UAB | 6 | 35 | 354 | 5.8 | 59.0 |
| 22 | UCLA | 5 | 36 | 353 | 7.2 | 70.6 |
| 23 | Utah State | 6 | 34 | 341 | 5.7 | 56.8 |
| 24 | Rutgers | 7 | 38 | 337 | 5.4 | 48.1 |
| 24 | Northern Illinois | 8 | 36 | 337 | 4.5 | 42.1 |
| 26 | North Carolina State | 7 | 43 | 336 | 6.1 | 48.0 |
| 26 | New Mexico | 7 | 37 | 336 | 5.3 | 48.0 |
| 28 | Arkansas State | 5 | 43 | 334 | 8.6 | 66.8 |
| 29 | South Alabama | 5 | 36 | 327 | 7.2 | 65.4 |
| 30 | Marshall | 5 | 40 | 321 | 8.0 | 64.2 |
| 31 | Western Michigan | 6 | 44 | 318 | 7.3 | 53.0 |
| 32 | Mississippi State | 6 | 34 | 314 | 5.7 | 52.3 |
| 33 | North Carolina | 6 | 37 | 312 | 6.2 | 52.0 |
| 34 | Fresno State | 6 | 36 | 305 | 6.0 | 50.8 |
| 35 | Florida International | 5 | 38 | 304 | 7.6 | 60.8 |
| 35 | Penn State | 6 | 38 | 304 | 6.3 | 50.7 |
| 35 | Bowling Green | 6 | 37 | 304 | 6.2 | 50.7 |
| 38 | Maryland | 6 | 30 | 303 | 5.0 | 50.5 |
| 39 | East Carolina | 7 | 38 | 302 | 5.4 | 43.1 |
| 39 | Louisville | 7 | 38 | 302 | 5.4 | 43.1 |
| 39 | Connecticut | 7 | 35 | 302 | 5.0 | 43.1 |
| 42 | Minnesota | 5 | 37 | 301 | 7.4 | 60.2 |
| 43 | Cincinnati | 6 | 35 | 296 | 5.8 | 49.3 |
| 44 | Rice | 8 | 38 | 295 | 4.8 | 36.9 |
| 45 | Air Force | 6 | 39 | 289 | 6.5 | 48.2 |
| 46 | Ohio State | 6 | 32 | 287 | 5.3 | 47.8 |
| 47 | Hawai'i | 5 | 30 | 286 | 6.0 | 57.2 |
| 48 | Oregon State | 3 | 28 | 281 | 9.3 | 93.7 |
| 49 | Middle Tennessee | 7 | 27 | 280 | 3.9 | 40.0 |
| 50 | Toledo | 5 | 33 | 278 | 6.6 | 55.6 |
| 51 | Washington State | 4 | 27 | 275 | 6.8 | 68.8 |
| 52 | Texas Tech | 5 | 25 | 272 | 5.0 | 54.4 |
| 53 | Michigan | 6 | 35 | 268 | 5.8 | 44.7 |
| 53 | Purdue | 6 | 34 | 268 | 5.7 | 44.7 |
| 55 | Southern Mississippi | 4 | 27 | 266 | 6.8 | 66.5 |
| 56 | Northwestern | 5 | 28 | 261 | 5.6 | 52.2 |
| 57 | Colorado State | 6 | 30 | 260 | 5.0 | 43.3 |
| 58 | Virginia Tech | 5 | 32 | 258 | 6.4 | 51.6 |
| 59 | Indiana | 4 | 28 | 257 | 7.0 | 64.3 |
| 59 | Memphis | 5 | 28 | 257 | 5.6 | 51.4 |
| 61 | West Virginia | 4 | 29 | 256 | 7.3 | 64.0 |
| 62 | Florida State | 6 | 29 | 251 | 4.8 | 41.8 |
| 63 | SMU | 5 | 28 | 245 | 5.6 | 49.0 |
| 64 | South Florida | 3 | 25 | 244 | 8.3 | 81.3 |
| 65 | San Diego State | 6 | 21 | 237 | 3.5 | 39.5 |
| 66 | Buffalo | 5 | 24 | 236 | 4.8 | 47.2 |
| 67 | North Texas | 4 | 29 | 235 | 7.3 | 58.8 |
| 68 | Mississippi | 5 | 34 | 234 | 6.8 | 46.8 |
| 68 | Wyoming | 5 | 27 | 234 | 5.4 | 46.8 |
| 70 | Boise State | 7 | 28 | 232 | 4.0 | 33.1 |
| 71 | Duke | 5 | 25 | 231 | 5.0 | 46.2 |
| 72 | Boston College | 4 | 26 | 229 | 6.5 | 57.3 |
| 73 | Tulane | 4 | 22 | 227 | 5.5 | 56.8 |
| 74 | Clemson | 6 | 26 | 225 | 4.3 | 37.5 |
| 75 | Texas State | 4 | 24 | 222 | 6.0 | 55.5 |
| 76 | Washington | 4 | 25 | 220 | 6.3 | 55.0 |
| 76 | UTSA | 4 | 24 | 220 | 6.0 | 55.0 |
| 78 | Georgia | 7 | 30 | 219 | 4.3 | 31.3 |
| 79 | Temple | 5 | 23 | 217 | 4.6 | 43.4 |
| 80 | Miami (Ohio) | 3 | 22 | 216 | 7.3 | 72.0 |
| 81 | Oregon | 3 | 19 | 215 | 6.3 | 71.7 |
| 82 | Iowa | 4 | 24 | 214 | 6.0 | 53.5 |
| 82 | UCF | 8 | 27 | 214 | 3.4 | 26.8 |
| 84 | South Carolina | 5 | 24 | 213 | 4.8 | 42.6 |
| 85 | Florida Atlantic | 4 | 23 | 200 | 5.8 | 50.0 |
| 86 | Wake Forest | 5 | 26 | 199 | 5.2 | 39.8 |
| 87 | Colorado | 3 | 21 | 195 | 7.0 | 65.0 |
| 88 | Miami (Florida) | 5 | 26 | 194 | 5.2 | 38.8 |
| 89 | Idaho | 3 | 22 | 185 | 7.3 | 61.7 |
| 90 | Stanford | 4 | 19 | 184 | 4.8 | 46.0 |
| 91 | UTEP | 4 | 23 | 183 | 5.8 | 45.8 |
| 92 | LSU | 4 | 24 | 177 | 6.0 | 44.3 |
| 93 | Illinois | 4 | 22 | 168 | 5.5 | 42.0 |
| 94 | Akron | 4 | 22 | 167 | 5.5 | 41.8 |
| 95 | Notre Dame | 4 | 24 | 164 | 6.0 | 41.0 |
| 96 | Navy | 6 | 21 | 163 | 3.5 | 27.2 |
| 97 | Wisconsin | 5 | 23 | 161 | 4.6 | 32.2 |
| 97 | Army | 5 | 20 | 161 | 4.0 | 32.2 |
| 99 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 18 | 157 | 4.5 | 39.3 |
| 100 | Tennessee | 4 | 19 | 151 | 4.8 | 37.8 |
| 101 | Texas A&M | 3 | 19 | 144 | 6.3 | 48.0 |
| 101 | San Jose State | 4 | 16 | 144 | 4.0 | 36.0 |
| 103 | Utah | 3 | 16 | 141 | 5.3 | 47.0 |
| 104 | Texas | 4 | 17 | 140 | 4.3 | 35.0 |
| 105 | Alabama | 5 | 17 | 137 | 3.4 | 27.4 |
| 106 | Oklahoma State | 3 | 14 | 136 | 4.7 | 45.3 |
| 106 | Michigan State | 4 | 16 | 136 | 4.0 | 34.0 |
| 108 | TCU | 3 | 13 | 133 | 4.3 | 44.3 |
| 108 | Pittsburgh | 4 | 17 | 133 | 4.3 | 33.3 |
| 110 | Florida | 3 | 21 | 129 | 7.0 | 43.0 |
| 111 | Missouri | 2 | 16 | 120 | 8.0 | 60.0 |
| 112 | Eastern Michigan | 3 | 16 | 119 | 5.3 | 39.7 |
| 113 | Arizona | 2 | 14 | 116 | 7.0 | 58.0 |
| 114 | California | 2 | 13 | 110 | 6.5 | 55.0 |
| 115 | Virginia | 4 | 17 | 103 | 4.3 | 25.8 |
| 116 | Kansas State | 3 | 13 | 97 | 4.3 | 32.3 |
| 117 | Kentucky | 3 | 12 | 94 | 4.0 | 31.3 |
| 118 | Iowa State | 2 | 7 | 79 | 3.5 | 39.5 |
| 119 | Nebraska | 3 | 9 | 77 | 3.0 | 25.7 |
| 120 | Oklahoma | 3 | 12 | 74 | 4.0 | 24.7 |
| 121 | Arkansas | 2 | 10 | 65 | 5.0 | 32.5 |
| 122 | Auburn | 2 | 6 | 51 | 3.0 | 25.5 |
| 123 | Kansas | 1 | 5 | 50 | 5.0 | 50.0 |
| 124 | Baylor | 2 | 7 | 49 | 3.5 | 24.5 |