2012 National Leaders Penalties - Games at Home Only through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Pen. | Yards | Pen./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kansas State | 7 | 16 | 140 | 2.3 | 20.0 |
| 2 | Tulsa | 7 | 20 | 165 | 2.9 | 23.6 |
| 3 | Navy | 5 | 15 | 112 | 3.0 | 22.4 |
| 4 | Alabama | 7 | 22 | 183 | 3.1 | 26.1 |
| 5 | Air Force | 6 | 20 | 167 | 3.3 | 27.8 |
| 5 | Kansas | 6 | 20 | 169 | 3.3 | 28.2 |
| 7 | Texas | 6 | 22 | 191 | 3.7 | 31.8 |
| 7 | UCF | 6 | 22 | 194 | 3.7 | 32.3 |
| 7 | Wisconsin | 7 | 26 | 244 | 3.7 | 34.9 |
| 10 | Arizona State | 6 | 23 | 162 | 3.8 | 27.0 |
| 11 | Central Michigan | 7 | 27 | 241 | 3.9 | 34.4 |
| 12 | Clemson | 7 | 28 | 256 | 4.0 | 36.6 |
| 13 | South Carolina | 7 | 29 | 260 | 4.1 | 37.1 |
| 14 | Miami (Ohio) | 5 | 21 | 163 | 4.2 | 32.6 |
| 14 | Wyoming | 6 | 25 | 221 | 4.2 | 36.8 |
| 14 | Arkansas State | 6 | 25 | 244 | 4.2 | 40.7 |
| 17 | Army | 7 | 30 | 238 | 4.3 | 34.0 |
| 17 | Boston College | 6 | 26 | 216 | 4.3 | 36.0 |
| 17 | Michigan | 6 | 26 | 246 | 4.3 | 41.0 |
| 17 | UTEP | 6 | 26 | 247 | 4.3 | 41.2 |
| 21 | Connecticut | 6 | 27 | 204 | 4.5 | 34.0 |
| 21 | New Mexico | 6 | 27 | 219 | 4.5 | 36.5 |
| 23 | Iowa State | 7 | 32 | 255 | 4.6 | 36.4 |
| 23 | Iowa | 7 | 32 | 324 | 4.6 | 46.3 |
| 23 | Kentucky | 7 | 32 | 334 | 4.6 | 47.7 |
| 26 | Purdue | 7 | 33 | 293 | 4.7 | 41.9 |
| 26 | Mississippi State | 7 | 33 | 294 | 4.7 | 42.0 |
| 26 | San Diego State | 7 | 33 | 312 | 4.7 | 44.6 |
| 26 | West Virginia | 7 | 33 | 314 | 4.7 | 44.9 |
| 26 | Colorado | 6 | 28 | 281 | 4.7 | 46.8 |
| 26 | Boise State | 6 | 28 | 288 | 4.7 | 48.0 |
| 26 | East Carolina | 6 | 28 | 290 | 4.7 | 48.3 |
| 33 | Rice | 5 | 24 | 203 | 4.8 | 40.6 |
| 33 | North Texas | 5 | 24 | 221 | 4.8 | 44.2 |
| 33 | Texas A&M | 6 | 29 | 275 | 4.8 | 45.8 |
| 36 | Wake Forest | 7 | 34 | 293 | 4.9 | 41.9 |
| 36 | Northwestern | 7 | 34 | 327 | 4.9 | 46.7 |
| 38 | Mississippi | 7 | 35 | 257 | 5.0 | 36.7 |
| 38 | Oklahoma | 6 | 30 | 222 | 5.0 | 37.0 |
| 38 | Kent State | 5 | 25 | 214 | 5.0 | 42.8 |
| 38 | Penn State | 7 | 35 | 336 | 5.0 | 48.0 |
| 38 | Southern Mississippi | 6 | 30 | 302 | 5.0 | 50.3 |
| 43 | North Carolina State | 6 | 31 | 226 | 5.2 | 37.7 |
| 43 | New Mexico State | 6 | 31 | 254 | 5.2 | 42.3 |
| 43 | San Jose State | 6 | 31 | 287 | 5.2 | 47.8 |
| 43 | Hawai'i | 6 | 31 | 287 | 5.2 | 47.8 |
| 47 | Duke | 7 | 37 | 308 | 5.3 | 44.0 |
| 47 | Virginia Tech | 6 | 32 | 279 | 5.3 | 46.5 |
| 47 | Maryland | 6 | 32 | 300 | 5.3 | 50.0 |
| 50 | Michigan State | 7 | 38 | 388 | 5.4 | 55.4 |
| 50 | Ball State | 5 | 27 | 288 | 5.4 | 57.6 |
| 52 | Western Michigan | 6 | 33 | 226 | 5.5 | 37.7 |
| 52 | Marshall | 6 | 33 | 291 | 5.5 | 48.5 |
| 54 | Georgia | 7 | 39 | 262 | 5.6 | 37.4 |
| 54 | Arkansas | 7 | 39 | 265 | 5.6 | 37.9 |
| 54 | Georgia Tech | 7 | 39 | 302 | 5.6 | 43.1 |
| 54 | SMU | 7 | 39 | 316 | 5.6 | 45.1 |
| 54 | Middle Tennessee | 5 | 28 | 238 | 5.6 | 47.6 |
| 59 | Florida State | 7 | 40 | 363 | 5.7 | 51.9 |
| 59 | Temple | 6 | 34 | 313 | 5.7 | 52.2 |
| 59 | Cincinnati | 7 | 40 | 411 | 5.7 | 58.7 |
| 59 | Colorado State | 6 | 34 | 388 | 5.7 | 64.7 |
| 63 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 6 | 35 | 290 | 5.8 | 48.3 |
| 63 | Ohio | 6 | 35 | 317 | 5.8 | 52.8 |
| 65 | Stanford | 7 | 41 | 337 | 5.9 | 48.1 |
| 65 | Illinois | 7 | 41 | 365 | 5.9 | 52.1 |
| 65 | Nebraska | 7 | 41 | 444 | 5.9 | 63.4 |
| 68 | Florida Atlantic | 5 | 30 | 218 | 6.0 | 43.6 |
| 68 | USC | 6 | 36 | 299 | 6.0 | 49.8 |
| 68 | South Florida | 6 | 36 | 315 | 6.0 | 52.5 |
| 68 | Oklahoma State | 7 | 42 | 369 | 6.0 | 52.7 |
| 68 | Arizona | 8 | 48 | 435 | 6.0 | 54.4 |
| 68 | Oregon State | 7 | 42 | 410 | 6.0 | 58.6 |
| 68 | Northern Illinois | 6 | 36 | 364 | 6.0 | 60.7 |
| 68 | UNLV | 7 | 42 | 433 | 6.0 | 61.9 |
| 76 | Buffalo | 6 | 37 | 351 | 6.2 | 58.5 |
| 77 | Notre Dame | 6 | 38 | 299 | 6.3 | 49.8 |
| 77 | Missouri | 7 | 44 | 349 | 6.3 | 49.9 |
| 77 | Auburn | 7 | 44 | 351 | 6.3 | 50.1 |
| 77 | TCU | 6 | 38 | 330 | 6.3 | 55.0 |
| 77 | Houston | 7 | 44 | 401 | 6.3 | 57.3 |
| 77 | Indiana | 6 | 38 | 358 | 6.3 | 59.7 |
| 77 | Western Kentucky | 6 | 38 | 378 | 6.3 | 63.0 |
| 77 | BYU | 6 | 38 | 381 | 6.3 | 63.5 |
| 85 | Massachusetts | 5 | 32 | 304 | 6.4 | 60.8 |
| 86 | Washington | 6 | 39 | 357 | 6.5 | 59.5 |
| 86 | Texas Tech | 6 | 39 | 368 | 6.5 | 61.3 |
| 88 | LSU | 8 | 53 | 381 | 6.6 | 47.6 |
| 89 | Minnesota | 7 | 47 | 363 | 6.7 | 51.9 |
| 89 | Tulane | 7 | 47 | 411 | 6.7 | 58.7 |
| 89 | Rutgers | 6 | 40 | 367 | 6.7 | 61.2 |
| 89 | Nevada | 6 | 40 | 377 | 6.7 | 62.8 |
| 89 | Memphis | 6 | 40 | 403 | 6.7 | 67.2 |
| 89 | South Alabama | 6 | 40 | 421 | 6.7 | 70.2 |
| 95 | Miami (Florida) | 6 | 41 | 310 | 6.8 | 51.7 |
| 95 | Vanderbilt | 6 | 41 | 318 | 6.8 | 53.0 |
| 95 | Fresno State | 6 | 41 | 378 | 6.8 | 63.0 |
| 98 | Louisiana-Monroe | 5 | 35 | 258 | 7.0 | 51.6 |
| 98 | Eastern Michigan | 6 | 42 | 369 | 7.0 | 61.5 |
| 98 | Toledo | 6 | 42 | 426 | 7.0 | 71.0 |
| 101 | Tennessee | 7 | 50 | 398 | 7.1 | 56.9 |
| 102 | Bowling Green | 5 | 36 | 293 | 7.2 | 58.6 |
| 102 | Idaho | 5 | 36 | 331 | 7.2 | 66.2 |
| 102 | Pittsburgh | 6 | 43 | 411 | 7.2 | 68.5 |
| 105 | Louisville | 7 | 51 | 458 | 7.3 | 65.4 |
| 106 | North Carolina | 7 | 52 | 435 | 7.4 | 62.1 |
| 106 | Ohio State | 8 | 59 | 518 | 7.4 | 64.8 |
| 108 | Utah | 6 | 45 | 422 | 7.5 | 70.3 |
| 109 | Florida | 7 | 53 | 422 | 7.6 | 60.3 |
| 109 | Virginia | 7 | 53 | 446 | 7.6 | 63.7 |
| 109 | Syracuse | 5 | 38 | 325 | 7.6 | 65.0 |
| 109 | Washington State | 5 | 38 | 340 | 7.6 | 68.0 |
| 113 | UAB | 6 | 46 | 371 | 7.7 | 61.8 |
| 113 | Utah State | 6 | 46 | 464 | 7.7 | 77.3 |
| 115 | Oregon | 7 | 55 | 532 | 7.9 | 76.0 |
| 116 | Akron | 6 | 49 | 390 | 8.2 | 65.0 |
| 116 | Florida International | 6 | 49 | 396 | 8.2 | 66.0 |
| 116 | Troy | 6 | 49 | 420 | 8.2 | 70.0 |
| 116 | Baylor | 6 | 49 | 435 | 8.2 | 72.5 |
| 120 | California | 7 | 59 | 587 | 8.4 | 83.9 |
| 121 | UTSA | 4 | 35 | 328 | 8.8 | 82.0 |
| 122 | Texas State | 6 | 57 | 575 | 9.5 | 95.8 |
| 123 | Louisiana Tech | 6 | 58 | 565 | 9.7 | 94.2 |
| 124 | UCLA | 7 | 70 | 671 | 10.0 | 95.9 |