2012 National Leaders Opponent Penalties - Games in October Only through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Pen. | Yards | Pen./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | USC | 4 | 37 | 347 | 9.3 | 86.8 |
| 1 | Texas A&M | 4 | 37 | 303 | 9.3 | 75.8 |
| 3 | Louisiana-Monroe | 4 | 36 | 306 | 9.0 | 76.5 |
| 4 | California | 4 | 34 | 299 | 8.5 | 74.8 |
| 5 | Arkansas State | 3 | 32 | 227 | 10.7 | 75.7 |
| 5 | Louisiana Tech | 4 | 32 | 280 | 8.0 | 70.0 |
| 5 | Utah | 4 | 32 | 259 | 8.0 | 64.8 |
| 8 | Arizona | 3 | 31 | 297 | 10.3 | 99.0 |
| 8 | Miami (Florida) | 3 | 31 | 286 | 10.3 | 95.3 |
| 8 | Washington | 4 | 31 | 269 | 7.8 | 67.3 |
| 8 | North Carolina | 4 | 31 | 252 | 7.8 | 63.0 |
| 8 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 31 | 249 | 7.8 | 62.3 |
| 13 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 30 | 256 | 7.5 | 64.0 |
| 14 | Massachusetts | 3 | 29 | 229 | 9.7 | 76.3 |
| 14 | Florida | 4 | 29 | 274 | 7.3 | 68.5 |
| 16 | Indiana | 4 | 28 | 297 | 7.0 | 74.3 |
| 17 | Virginia Tech | 3 | 27 | 215 | 9.0 | 71.7 |
| 17 | Oregon State | 4 | 27 | 253 | 6.8 | 63.3 |
| 17 | Florida International | 4 | 27 | 234 | 6.8 | 58.5 |
| 17 | UAB | 4 | 27 | 233 | 6.8 | 58.3 |
| 17 | Stanford | 4 | 27 | 226 | 6.8 | 56.5 |
| 17 | Iowa State | 4 | 27 | 201 | 6.8 | 50.3 |
| 23 | South Florida | 3 | 26 | 249 | 8.7 | 83.0 |
| 23 | Connecticut | 3 | 26 | 231 | 8.7 | 77.0 |
| 23 | Northern Illinois | 4 | 26 | 271 | 6.5 | 67.8 |
| 23 | Houston | 4 | 26 | 266 | 6.5 | 66.5 |
| 23 | Boston College | 4 | 26 | 249 | 6.5 | 62.3 |
| 23 | Ball State | 4 | 26 | 227 | 6.5 | 56.8 |
| 23 | Akron | 4 | 26 | 217 | 6.5 | 54.3 |
| 23 | Western Michigan | 4 | 26 | 207 | 6.5 | 51.8 |
| 31 | Ohio State | 4 | 25 | 239 | 6.3 | 59.8 |
| 31 | East Carolina | 4 | 25 | 233 | 6.3 | 58.3 |
| 31 | Maryland | 4 | 25 | 219 | 6.3 | 54.8 |
| 31 | Syracuse | 4 | 25 | 211 | 6.3 | 52.8 |
| 35 | Western Kentucky | 3 | 24 | 221 | 8.0 | 73.7 |
| 35 | San Diego State | 4 | 24 | 260 | 6.0 | 65.0 |
| 35 | Mississippi State | 4 | 24 | 229 | 6.0 | 57.3 |
| 35 | Notre Dame | 4 | 24 | 215 | 6.0 | 53.8 |
| 35 | Air Force | 4 | 24 | 153 | 6.0 | 38.3 |
| 40 | Washington State | 3 | 23 | 229 | 7.7 | 76.3 |
| 40 | Miami (Ohio) | 3 | 23 | 227 | 7.7 | 75.7 |
| 40 | Idaho | 3 | 23 | 195 | 7.7 | 65.0 |
| 40 | UNLV | 4 | 23 | 243 | 5.8 | 60.8 |
| 40 | Southern Mississippi | 4 | 23 | 235 | 5.8 | 58.8 |
| 40 | Michigan | 4 | 23 | 229 | 5.8 | 57.3 |
| 40 | Mississippi | 3 | 23 | 163 | 7.7 | 54.3 |
| 40 | Middle Tennessee | 4 | 23 | 202 | 5.8 | 50.5 |
| 40 | Northwestern | 4 | 23 | 189 | 5.8 | 47.3 |
| 40 | South Carolina | 4 | 23 | 188 | 5.8 | 47.0 |
| 40 | Bowling Green | 4 | 23 | 188 | 5.8 | 47.0 |
| 40 | New Mexico | 4 | 23 | 170 | 5.8 | 42.5 |
| 52 | Colorado | 3 | 22 | 208 | 7.3 | 69.3 |
| 52 | Wake Forest | 3 | 22 | 174 | 7.3 | 58.0 |
| 52 | Duke | 4 | 22 | 229 | 5.5 | 57.3 |
| 52 | Troy | 3 | 22 | 171 | 7.3 | 57.0 |
| 52 | SMU | 4 | 22 | 215 | 5.5 | 53.8 |
| 52 | Temple | 4 | 22 | 203 | 5.5 | 50.8 |
| 52 | Florida State | 4 | 22 | 188 | 5.5 | 47.0 |
| 52 | BYU | 4 | 22 | 171 | 5.5 | 42.8 |
| 52 | Purdue | 4 | 22 | 167 | 5.5 | 41.8 |
| 61 | New Mexico State | 3 | 21 | 208 | 7.0 | 69.3 |
| 61 | Buffalo | 4 | 21 | 245 | 5.3 | 61.3 |
| 61 | South Alabama | 3 | 21 | 178 | 7.0 | 59.3 |
| 61 | Minnesota | 3 | 21 | 177 | 7.0 | 59.0 |
| 61 | Nevada | 4 | 21 | 236 | 5.3 | 59.0 |
| 61 | Kent State | 4 | 21 | 218 | 5.3 | 54.5 |
| 61 | Cincinnati | 4 | 21 | 195 | 5.3 | 48.8 |
| 61 | Rutgers | 4 | 21 | 143 | 5.3 | 35.8 |
| 69 | Marshall | 3 | 20 | 196 | 6.7 | 65.3 |
| 69 | Oklahoma State | 3 | 20 | 171 | 6.7 | 57.0 |
| 69 | TCU | 4 | 20 | 183 | 5.0 | 45.8 |
| 69 | Central Michigan | 4 | 20 | 177 | 5.0 | 44.3 |
| 69 | Kansas State | 4 | 20 | 171 | 5.0 | 42.8 |
| 69 | Utah State | 4 | 20 | 164 | 5.0 | 41.0 |
| 69 | Texas Tech | 4 | 20 | 159 | 5.0 | 39.8 |
| 76 | Hawai'i | 3 | 19 | 219 | 6.3 | 73.0 |
| 76 | Iowa | 3 | 19 | 200 | 6.3 | 66.7 |
| 76 | San Jose State | 3 | 19 | 175 | 6.3 | 58.3 |
| 76 | Boise State | 4 | 19 | 180 | 4.8 | 45.0 |
| 76 | Fresno State | 4 | 19 | 173 | 4.8 | 43.3 |
| 76 | Texas | 4 | 19 | 167 | 4.8 | 41.8 |
| 76 | Michigan State | 4 | 19 | 156 | 4.8 | 39.0 |
| 83 | North Carolina State | 3 | 18 | 178 | 6.0 | 59.3 |
| 83 | Texas State | 3 | 18 | 169 | 6.0 | 56.3 |
| 83 | Florida Atlantic | 3 | 18 | 166 | 6.0 | 55.3 |
| 83 | UCLA | 3 | 18 | 166 | 6.0 | 55.3 |
| 83 | Arizona State | 3 | 18 | 157 | 6.0 | 52.3 |
| 83 | Louisville | 3 | 18 | 157 | 6.0 | 52.3 |
| 83 | Georgia | 3 | 18 | 152 | 6.0 | 50.7 |
| 83 | Pittsburgh | 4 | 18 | 164 | 4.5 | 41.0 |
| 83 | Wyoming | 4 | 18 | 164 | 4.5 | 41.0 |
| 83 | Tulane | 4 | 18 | 156 | 4.5 | 39.0 |
| 93 | Ohio | 3 | 17 | 170 | 5.7 | 56.7 |
| 93 | Nebraska | 3 | 17 | 165 | 5.7 | 55.0 |
| 93 | Missouri | 3 | 17 | 142 | 5.7 | 47.3 |
| 93 | Toledo | 4 | 17 | 181 | 4.3 | 45.3 |
| 93 | Army | 4 | 17 | 147 | 4.3 | 36.8 |
| 98 | LSU | 3 | 16 | 142 | 5.3 | 47.3 |
| 98 | UTSA | 3 | 16 | 138 | 5.3 | 46.0 |
| 98 | Navy | 4 | 16 | 147 | 4.0 | 36.8 |
| 101 | Oregon | 3 | 15 | 172 | 5.0 | 57.3 |
| 101 | Colorado State | 3 | 15 | 143 | 5.0 | 47.7 |
| 101 | West Virginia | 3 | 15 | 131 | 5.0 | 43.7 |
| 101 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 3 | 15 | 117 | 5.0 | 39.0 |
| 101 | UCF | 4 | 15 | 134 | 3.8 | 33.5 |
| 101 | Arkansas | 3 | 15 | 98 | 5.0 | 32.7 |
| 101 | Rice | 4 | 15 | 125 | 3.8 | 31.3 |
| 101 | Kentucky | 4 | 15 | 114 | 3.8 | 28.5 |
| 101 | Auburn | 4 | 15 | 113 | 3.8 | 28.3 |
| 110 | Baylor | 3 | 14 | 122 | 4.7 | 40.7 |
| 110 | UTEP | 4 | 14 | 128 | 3.5 | 32.0 |
| 110 | Memphis | 4 | 14 | 119 | 3.5 | 29.8 |
| 110 | Oklahoma | 4 | 14 | 111 | 3.5 | 27.8 |
| 110 | Wisconsin | 4 | 14 | 100 | 3.5 | 25.0 |
| 115 | Penn State | 3 | 13 | 145 | 4.3 | 48.3 |
| 115 | Tulsa | 3 | 13 | 131 | 4.3 | 43.7 |
| 115 | Illinois | 3 | 13 | 115 | 4.3 | 38.3 |
| 118 | Georgia Tech | 3 | 12 | 109 | 4.0 | 36.3 |
| 118 | Kansas | 4 | 12 | 130 | 3.0 | 32.5 |
| 118 | North Texas | 3 | 12 | 85 | 4.0 | 28.3 |
| 121 | Alabama | 3 | 10 | 80 | 3.3 | 26.7 |
| 122 | Clemson | 3 | 9 | 81 | 3.0 | 27.0 |
| 122 | Tennessee | 3 | 9 | 63 | 3.0 | 21.0 |
| 124 | Virginia | 3 | 8 | 56 | 2.7 | 18.7 |