2012 National Leaders Opponent Penalties - Games vs. BCS non-Automatic Qualifying Teams through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Pen. | Yards | Pen./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Louisiana Tech | 9 | 79 | 797 | 8.8 | 88.6 |
| 2 | New Mexico State | 10 | 69 | 684 | 6.9 | 68.4 |
| 3 | South Alabama | 10 | 74 | 674 | 7.4 | 67.4 |
| 4 | Houston | 11 | 72 | 664 | 6.5 | 60.4 |
| 5 | Ball State | 10 | 66 | 625 | 6.6 | 62.5 |
| 6 | Troy | 10 | 72 | 596 | 7.2 | 59.6 |
| 7 | Texas State | 10 | 59 | 595 | 5.9 | 59.5 |
| 8 | Hawai'i | 10 | 60 | 593 | 6.0 | 59.3 |
| 9 | Southern Mississippi | 10 | 59 | 574 | 5.9 | 57.4 |
| 10 | Western Kentucky | 10 | 65 | 566 | 6.5 | 56.6 |
| 11 | Louisiana-Monroe | 10 | 63 | 565 | 6.3 | 56.5 |
| 12 | Arkansas State | 10 | 72 | 564 | 7.2 | 56.4 |
| 13 | UNLV | 10 | 53 | 554 | 5.3 | 55.4 |
| 14 | Massachusetts | 8 | 66 | 547 | 8.3 | 68.4 |
| 14 | Wyoming | 10 | 61 | 547 | 6.1 | 54.7 |
| 16 | Rice | 11 | 62 | 546 | 5.6 | 49.6 |
| 17 | Florida International | 10 | 62 | 541 | 6.2 | 54.1 |
| 18 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 10 | 70 | 538 | 7.0 | 53.8 |
| 18 | Toledo | 10 | 57 | 538 | 5.7 | 53.8 |
| 20 | Tulsa | 10 | 61 | 526 | 6.1 | 52.6 |
| 21 | Western Michigan | 8 | 56 | 525 | 7.0 | 65.6 |
| 22 | Miami (Ohio) | 9 | 53 | 520 | 5.9 | 57.8 |
| 22 | Tulane | 10 | 54 | 520 | 5.4 | 52.0 |
| 22 | Kent State | 11 | 54 | 520 | 4.9 | 47.3 |
| 25 | Ohio | 11 | 55 | 519 | 5.0 | 47.2 |
| 26 | UTSA | 8 | 55 | 515 | 6.9 | 64.4 |
| 26 | Akron | 10 | 59 | 515 | 5.9 | 51.5 |
| 28 | Utah State | 10 | 59 | 513 | 5.9 | 51.3 |
| 29 | Buffalo | 8 | 48 | 512 | 6.0 | 64.0 |
| 30 | Central Michigan | 10 | 59 | 511 | 5.9 | 51.1 |
| 31 | San Diego State | 11 | 52 | 492 | 4.7 | 44.7 |
| 32 | Colorado State | 10 | 48 | 490 | 4.8 | 49.0 |
| 33 | UAB | 9 | 50 | 487 | 5.6 | 54.1 |
| 34 | Marshall | 9 | 57 | 471 | 6.3 | 52.3 |
| 34 | North Texas | 9 | 55 | 471 | 6.1 | 52.3 |
| 36 | Eastern Michigan | 9 | 54 | 469 | 6.0 | 52.1 |
| 37 | East Carolina | 10 | 53 | 460 | 5.3 | 46.0 |
| 38 | New Mexico | 10 | 56 | 451 | 5.6 | 45.1 |
| 39 | Boise State | 11 | 55 | 442 | 5.0 | 40.2 |
| 40 | Nevada | 9 | 45 | 439 | 5.0 | 48.8 |
| 40 | San Jose State | 11 | 47 | 439 | 4.3 | 39.9 |
| 42 | Memphis | 10 | 48 | 437 | 4.8 | 43.7 |
| 42 | Northern Illinois | 10 | 45 | 437 | 4.5 | 43.7 |
| 44 | Air Force | 11 | 57 | 432 | 5.2 | 39.3 |
| 45 | Florida Atlantic | 9 | 48 | 425 | 5.3 | 47.2 |
| 46 | Bowling Green | 10 | 53 | 417 | 5.3 | 41.7 |
| 47 | Idaho | 9 | 53 | 414 | 5.9 | 46.0 |
| 48 | Fresno State | 10 | 47 | 402 | 4.7 | 40.2 |
| 49 | BYU | 7 | 43 | 378 | 6.1 | 54.0 |
| 50 | SMU | 9 | 41 | 361 | 4.6 | 40.1 |
| 51 | Middle Tennessee | 9 | 34 | 340 | 3.8 | 37.8 |
| 52 | UTEP | 9 | 40 | 339 | 4.4 | 37.7 |
| 53 | UCF | 12 | 40 | 324 | 3.3 | 27.0 |
| 54 | Army | 7 | 33 | 301 | 4.7 | 43.0 |
| 55 | Navy | 8 | 30 | 252 | 3.8 | 31.5 |
| 56 | Utah | 2 | 24 | 177 | 12.0 | 88.5 |
| 56 | Ohio State | 3 | 21 | 177 | 7.0 | 59.0 |
| 58 | Washington State | 2 | 14 | 172 | 7.0 | 86.0 |
| 59 | Rutgers | 3 | 18 | 170 | 6.0 | 56.7 |
| 60 | Indiana | 3 | 17 | 168 | 5.7 | 56.0 |
| 61 | Colorado | 2 | 16 | 152 | 8.0 | 76.0 |
| 62 | South Florida | 2 | 14 | 149 | 7.0 | 74.5 |
| 63 | Mississippi State | 3 | 17 | 145 | 5.7 | 48.3 |
| 64 | Arizona | 2 | 15 | 143 | 7.5 | 71.5 |
| 65 | Minnesota | 2 | 15 | 136 | 7.5 | 68.0 |
| 66 | Iowa State | 2 | 15 | 133 | 7.5 | 66.5 |
| 67 | Texas Tech | 2 | 12 | 131 | 6.0 | 65.5 |
| 68 | Wisconsin | 2 | 17 | 126 | 8.5 | 63.0 |
| 69 | Texas A&M | 2 | 12 | 125 | 6.0 | 62.5 |
| 70 | North Carolina | 2 | 13 | 118 | 6.5 | 59.0 |
| 71 | Kentucky | 2 | 12 | 117 | 6.0 | 58.5 |
| 72 | Tennessee | 2 | 14 | 116 | 7.0 | 58.0 |
| 72 | Louisville | 2 | 13 | 116 | 6.5 | 58.0 |
| 74 | Purdue | 2 | 11 | 115 | 5.5 | 57.5 |
| 75 | Kansas | 2 | 12 | 114 | 6.0 | 57.0 |
| 76 | West Virginia | 1 | 11 | 112 | 11.0 | 112.0 |
| 76 | Connecticut | 3 | 14 | 112 | 4.7 | 37.3 |
| 78 | Duke | 2 | 12 | 111 | 6.0 | 55.5 |
| 79 | California | 1 | 11 | 110 | 11.0 | 110.0 |
| 79 | Georgia Tech | 2 | 14 | 110 | 7.0 | 55.0 |
| 81 | Virginia | 1 | 10 | 109 | 10.0 | 109.0 |
| 82 | Michigan | 2 | 15 | 104 | 7.5 | 52.0 |
| 83 | Mississippi | 2 | 13 | 100 | 6.5 | 50.0 |
| 84 | LSU | 2 | 14 | 95 | 7.0 | 47.5 |
| 84 | Texas | 2 | 13 | 95 | 6.5 | 47.5 |
| 86 | Vanderbilt | 1 | 11 | 94 | 11.0 | 94.0 |
| 86 | UCLA | 2 | 11 | 94 | 5.5 | 47.0 |
| 88 | TCU | 1 | 10 | 92 | 10.0 | 92.0 |
| 88 | Cincinnati | 2 | 12 | 92 | 6.0 | 46.0 |
| 90 | Oregon | 2 | 10 | 87 | 5.0 | 43.5 |
| 91 | USC | 1 | 9 | 83 | 9.0 | 83.0 |
| 92 | Baylor | 2 | 13 | 81 | 6.5 | 40.5 |
| 92 | Arkansas | 2 | 10 | 81 | 5.0 | 40.5 |
| 94 | Illinois | 2 | 11 | 78 | 5.5 | 39.0 |
| 95 | Penn State | 2 | 12 | 76 | 6.0 | 38.0 |
| 96 | Michigan State | 3 | 7 | 75 | 2.3 | 25.0 |
| 97 | Virginia Tech | 1 | 9 | 74 | 9.0 | 74.0 |
| 97 | Nebraska | 2 | 10 | 74 | 5.0 | 37.0 |
| 99 | Florida | 2 | 8 | 70 | 4.0 | 35.0 |
| 100 | South Carolina | 2 | 7 | 68 | 3.5 | 34.0 |
| 101 | Stanford | 1 | 7 | 66 | 7.0 | 66.0 |
| 102 | Georgia | 2 | 7 | 65 | 3.5 | 32.5 |
| 103 | Alabama | 2 | 9 | 63 | 4.5 | 31.5 |
| 103 | Washington | 2 | 7 | 63 | 3.5 | 31.5 |
| 105 | Oregon State | 1 | 6 | 60 | 6.0 | 60.0 |
| 105 | North Carolina State | 1 | 6 | 60 | 6.0 | 60.0 |
| 107 | Boston College | 1 | 7 | 56 | 7.0 | 56.0 |
| 108 | Notre Dame | 2 | 6 | 50 | 3.0 | 25.0 |
| 109 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 5 | 48 | 5.0 | 48.0 |
| 110 | Iowa | 2 | 9 | 46 | 4.5 | 23.0 |
| 111 | Arizona State | 1 | 6 | 43 | 6.0 | 43.0 |
| 112 | Florida State | 1 | 5 | 40 | 5.0 | 40.0 |
| 113 | Kansas State | 1 | 3 | 35 | 3.0 | 35.0 |
| 113 | Auburn | 2 | 4 | 35 | 2.0 | 17.5 |
| 115 | Oklahoma | 1 | 6 | 28 | 6.0 | 28.0 |
| 115 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 5 | 28 | 5.0 | 28.0 |
| 117 | Temple | 1 | 5 | 27 | 5.0 | 27.0 |
| 118 | Wake Forest | 1 | 2 | 18 | 2.0 | 18.0 |
| 119 | Clemson | 1 | 4 | 14 | 4.0 | 14.0 |
| 120 | Missouri | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1.0 | 5.0 |