2012 National Leaders Penalties - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Pen. | Yards | Pen./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Carolina | 7 | 28 | 250 | 4.0 | 35.7 |
| 2 | Boston College | 8 | 29 | 231 | 3.6 | 28.9 |
| 3 | Mississippi | 7 | 31 | 257 | 4.4 | 36.7 |
| 3 | Wisconsin | 8 | 31 | 300 | 3.9 | 37.5 |
| 3 | Kentucky | 7 | 31 | 280 | 4.4 | 40.0 |
| 6 | Alabama | 9 | 34 | 286 | 3.8 | 31.8 |
| 6 | Kansas | 8 | 34 | 288 | 4.3 | 36.0 |
| 8 | Michigan | 7 | 35 | 325 | 5.0 | 46.4 |
| 9 | Kansas State | 10 | 36 | 287 | 3.6 | 28.7 |
| 9 | Missouri | 6 | 36 | 307 | 6.0 | 51.2 |
| 11 | Michigan State | 7 | 38 | 383 | 5.4 | 54.7 |
| 12 | Air Force | 12 | 39 | 306 | 3.3 | 25.5 |
| 12 | Wake Forest | 8 | 39 | 334 | 4.9 | 41.8 |
| 14 | Mississippi State | 9 | 40 | 365 | 4.4 | 40.6 |
| 15 | Army | 11 | 42 | 326 | 3.8 | 29.6 |
| 16 | Penn State | 9 | 43 | 409 | 4.8 | 45.4 |
| 16 | Auburn | 6 | 43 | 344 | 7.2 | 57.3 |
| 18 | Maryland | 10 | 44 | 404 | 4.4 | 40.4 |
| 18 | North Texas | 10 | 44 | 439 | 4.4 | 43.9 |
| 20 | Iowa | 8 | 45 | 420 | 5.6 | 52.5 |
| 21 | Navy | 11 | 46 | 363 | 4.2 | 33.0 |
| 21 | Southern Mississippi | 9 | 46 | 364 | 5.1 | 40.4 |
| 23 | Texas | 10 | 48 | 405 | 4.8 | 40.5 |
| 23 | Wyoming | 10 | 48 | 464 | 4.8 | 46.4 |
| 23 | Florida | 6 | 48 | 374 | 8.0 | 62.3 |
| 26 | Central Michigan | 12 | 49 | 436 | 4.1 | 36.3 |
| 26 | New Mexico | 11 | 49 | 443 | 4.5 | 40.3 |
| 28 | Miami (Ohio) | 10 | 50 | 405 | 5.0 | 40.5 |
| 28 | Clemson | 10 | 50 | 425 | 5.0 | 42.5 |
| 28 | Iowa State | 10 | 50 | 450 | 5.0 | 45.0 |
| 28 | Oklahoma | 9 | 50 | 427 | 5.6 | 47.4 |
| 28 | Ball State | 11 | 50 | 530 | 4.5 | 48.2 |
| 28 | Northwestern | 10 | 50 | 497 | 5.0 | 49.7 |
| 34 | Arizona State | 11 | 51 | 419 | 4.6 | 38.1 |
| 34 | Tennessee | 7 | 51 | 423 | 7.3 | 60.4 |
| 36 | Connecticut | 11 | 52 | 435 | 4.7 | 39.5 |
| 36 | UTEP | 11 | 52 | 473 | 4.7 | 43.0 |
| 36 | Arkansas State | 11 | 52 | 502 | 4.7 | 45.6 |
| 36 | Illinois | 9 | 52 | 426 | 5.8 | 47.3 |
| 36 | BYU | 8 | 52 | 464 | 6.5 | 58.0 |
| 41 | Notre Dame | 9 | 53 | 391 | 5.9 | 43.4 |
| 41 | Vanderbilt | 9 | 53 | 408 | 5.9 | 45.3 |
| 41 | Temple | 10 | 53 | 469 | 5.3 | 46.9 |
| 44 | UCF | 13 | 54 | 462 | 4.2 | 35.5 |
| 44 | East Carolina | 12 | 54 | 562 | 4.5 | 46.8 |
| 44 | LSU | 8 | 54 | 422 | 6.8 | 52.8 |
| 44 | Texas A&M | 9 | 54 | 506 | 6.0 | 56.2 |
| 48 | Georgia | 9 | 55 | 379 | 6.1 | 42.1 |
| 48 | Arkansas | 8 | 55 | 390 | 6.9 | 48.8 |
| 48 | Nebraska | 10 | 55 | 537 | 5.5 | 53.7 |
| 51 | Duke | 10 | 56 | 441 | 5.6 | 44.1 |
| 51 | San Jose State | 11 | 56 | 512 | 5.1 | 46.5 |
| 53 | New Mexico State | 10 | 57 | 442 | 5.7 | 44.2 |
| 53 | West Virginia | 10 | 57 | 545 | 5.7 | 54.5 |
| 55 | San Diego State | 11 | 58 | 537 | 5.3 | 48.8 |
| 55 | UNLV | 11 | 58 | 595 | 5.3 | 54.1 |
| 55 | Massachusetts | 9 | 58 | 496 | 6.4 | 55.1 |
| 58 | Boise State | 13 | 59 | 556 | 4.5 | 42.8 |
| 58 | Georgia Tech | 11 | 59 | 480 | 5.4 | 43.6 |
| 58 | Minnesota | 10 | 59 | 466 | 5.9 | 46.6 |
| 58 | UTSA | 8 | 59 | 600 | 7.4 | 75.0 |
| 62 | Indiana | 10 | 60 | 513 | 6.0 | 51.3 |
| 62 | Purdue | 10 | 60 | 552 | 6.0 | 55.2 |
| 64 | SMU | 12 | 63 | 488 | 5.3 | 40.7 |
| 64 | Tulsa | 14 | 63 | 586 | 4.5 | 41.9 |
| 64 | Colorado | 10 | 63 | 588 | 6.3 | 58.8 |
| 64 | Buffalo | 10 | 63 | 622 | 6.3 | 62.2 |
| 68 | Arizona | 10 | 64 | 553 | 6.4 | 55.3 |
| 68 | South Florida | 10 | 64 | 580 | 6.4 | 58.0 |
| 68 | Colorado State | 9 | 64 | 663 | 7.1 | 73.7 |
| 71 | Stanford | 10 | 65 | 557 | 6.5 | 55.7 |
| 71 | Oklahoma State | 10 | 65 | 613 | 6.5 | 61.3 |
| 73 | Hawai'i | 11 | 66 | 608 | 6.0 | 55.3 |
| 73 | Utah | 10 | 66 | 584 | 6.6 | 58.4 |
| 73 | Ohio State | 10 | 66 | 624 | 6.6 | 62.4 |
| 76 | Cincinnati | 12 | 67 | 636 | 5.6 | 53.0 |
| 76 | Florida State | 11 | 67 | 612 | 6.1 | 55.6 |
| 78 | Middle Tennessee | 12 | 68 | 549 | 5.7 | 45.8 |
| 78 | Eastern Michigan | 11 | 68 | 614 | 6.2 | 55.8 |
| 78 | Idaho | 9 | 68 | 597 | 7.6 | 66.3 |
| 78 | California | 8 | 68 | 632 | 8.5 | 79.0 |
| 82 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 12 | 69 | 588 | 5.8 | 49.0 |
| 82 | Ohio | 13 | 69 | 650 | 5.3 | 50.0 |
| 82 | Virginia Tech | 11 | 69 | 580 | 6.3 | 52.7 |
| 82 | Florida Atlantic | 10 | 69 | 546 | 6.9 | 54.6 |
| 82 | Washington State | 9 | 69 | 623 | 7.7 | 69.2 |
| 87 | Louisiana-Monroe | 13 | 70 | 567 | 5.4 | 43.6 |
| 87 | North Carolina State | 10 | 70 | 509 | 7.0 | 50.9 |
| 87 | Baylor | 10 | 70 | 595 | 7.0 | 59.5 |
| 90 | Western Michigan | 11 | 71 | 593 | 6.5 | 53.9 |
| 90 | Miami (Florida) | 9 | 71 | 555 | 7.9 | 61.7 |
| 90 | Oregon State | 10 | 71 | 678 | 7.1 | 67.8 |
| 93 | Rice | 13 | 72 | 675 | 5.5 | 51.9 |
| 93 | UAB | 10 | 72 | 599 | 7.2 | 59.9 |
| 95 | Kent State | 13 | 73 | 628 | 5.6 | 48.3 |
| 95 | TCU | 10 | 73 | 669 | 7.3 | 66.9 |
| 95 | Texas State | 10 | 73 | 690 | 7.3 | 69.0 |
| 98 | Houston | 12 | 75 | 652 | 6.3 | 54.3 |
| 98 | Pittsburgh | 11 | 75 | 661 | 6.8 | 60.1 |
| 98 | Western Kentucky | 12 | 75 | 732 | 6.3 | 61.0 |
| 98 | Fresno State | 11 | 75 | 684 | 6.8 | 62.2 |
| 98 | Washington | 8 | 75 | 674 | 9.4 | 84.3 |
| 103 | Tulane | 12 | 76 | 647 | 6.3 | 53.9 |
| 103 | Louisiana Tech | 9 | 76 | 746 | 8.4 | 82.9 |
| 105 | Northern Illinois | 13 | 78 | 727 | 6.0 | 55.9 |
| 105 | Marshall | 12 | 78 | 726 | 6.5 | 60.5 |
| 107 | Florida International | 11 | 79 | 616 | 7.2 | 56.0 |
| 107 | Toledo | 11 | 79 | 800 | 7.2 | 72.7 |
| 109 | Louisville | 12 | 80 | 678 | 6.7 | 56.5 |
| 110 | Texas Tech | 10 | 81 | 783 | 8.1 | 78.3 |
| 111 | Virginia | 12 | 82 | 706 | 6.8 | 58.8 |
| 112 | Syracuse | 11 | 83 | 771 | 7.5 | 70.1 |
| 113 | Bowling Green | 11 | 84 | 695 | 7.6 | 63.2 |
| 113 | North Carolina | 11 | 84 | 734 | 7.6 | 66.7 |
| 113 | Oregon | 10 | 84 | 751 | 8.4 | 75.1 |
| 116 | Memphis | 12 | 85 | 832 | 7.1 | 69.3 |
| 117 | Nevada | 12 | 86 | 819 | 7.2 | 68.3 |
| 117 | Utah State | 12 | 86 | 896 | 7.2 | 74.7 |
| 119 | USC | 10 | 87 | 689 | 8.7 | 68.9 |
| 120 | Rutgers | 12 | 91 | 745 | 7.6 | 62.1 |
| 121 | Troy | 12 | 92 | 803 | 7.7 | 66.9 |
| 121 | UCLA | 10 | 92 | 891 | 9.2 | 89.1 |
| 123 | Akron | 11 | 94 | 730 | 8.5 | 66.4 |
| 124 | South Alabama | 13 | 96 | 877 | 7.4 | 67.5 |