2012 National Leaders Penalties - Games vs. BCS Automatic Qualifying Teams through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Pen. | Yards | Pen./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Mexico State | 1 | 2 | 15 | 2.0 | 15.0 |
| 2 | Central Michigan | 2 | 4 | 25 | 2.0 | 12.5 |
| 3 | Air Force | 1 | 5 | 35 | 5.0 | 35.0 |
| 3 | Ohio | 1 | 5 | 35 | 5.0 | 35.0 |
| 5 | San Diego State | 1 | 4 | 40 | 4.0 | 40.0 |
| 5 | Akron | 1 | 6 | 40 | 6.0 | 40.0 |
| 7 | Wyoming | 1 | 5 | 45 | 5.0 | 45.0 |
| 8 | UCF | 2 | 7 | 50 | 3.5 | 25.0 |
| 9 | Boise State | 2 | 6 | 58 | 3.0 | 29.0 |
| 10 | Houston | 1 | 8 | 64 | 8.0 | 64.0 |
| 11 | East Carolina | 2 | 6 | 65 | 3.0 | 32.5 |
| 11 | Southern Mississippi | 2 | 6 | 65 | 3.0 | 32.5 |
| 13 | San Jose State | 1 | 7 | 66 | 7.0 | 66.0 |
| 14 | Florida Atlantic | 2 | 8 | 70 | 4.0 | 35.0 |
| 15 | Eastern Michigan | 2 | 7 | 73 | 3.5 | 36.5 |
| 16 | Kent State | 2 | 10 | 75 | 5.0 | 37.5 |
| 17 | South Alabama | 2 | 8 | 80 | 4.0 | 40.0 |
| 18 | North Texas | 2 | 8 | 81 | 4.0 | 40.5 |
| 19 | Buffalo | 3 | 11 | 83 | 3.7 | 27.7 |
| 19 | Hawai'i | 1 | 9 | 83 | 9.0 | 83.0 |
| 21 | New Mexico | 2 | 12 | 87 | 6.0 | 43.5 |
| 22 | Memphis | 1 | 8 | 88 | 8.0 | 88.0 |
| 23 | Colorado State | 1 | 8 | 89 | 8.0 | 89.0 |
| 24 | Miami (Ohio) | 2 | 14 | 90 | 7.0 | 45.0 |
| 25 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 2 | 10 | 93 | 5.0 | 46.5 |
| 25 | Fresno State | 2 | 12 | 93 | 6.0 | 46.5 |
| 27 | Rice | 2 | 9 | 94 | 4.5 | 47.0 |
| 27 | Texas State | 1 | 8 | 94 | 8.0 | 94.0 |
| 29 | Arkansas State | 2 | 12 | 96 | 6.0 | 48.0 |
| 30 | Bowling Green | 2 | 12 | 99 | 6.0 | 49.5 |
| 31 | Toledo | 2 | 11 | 101 | 5.5 | 50.5 |
| 32 | Middle Tennessee | 2 | 15 | 105 | 7.5 | 52.5 |
| 33 | Idaho | 2 | 17 | 107 | 8.5 | 53.5 |
| 34 | Navy | 4 | 17 | 109 | 4.3 | 27.3 |
| 34 | Florida International | 2 | 15 | 109 | 7.5 | 54.5 |
| 36 | Army | 4 | 16 | 111 | 4.0 | 27.8 |
| 36 | Northern Illinois | 3 | 16 | 111 | 5.3 | 37.0 |
| 38 | Louisiana-Monroe | 3 | 16 | 113 | 5.3 | 37.7 |
| 39 | UNLV | 2 | 11 | 114 | 5.5 | 57.0 |
| 40 | Western Kentucky | 2 | 12 | 115 | 6.0 | 57.5 |
| 41 | Troy | 2 | 15 | 139 | 7.5 | 69.5 |
| 42 | Tulane | 2 | 16 | 150 | 8.0 | 75.0 |
| 43 | Ball State | 3 | 15 | 152 | 5.0 | 50.7 |
| 44 | UTEP | 3 | 24 | 154 | 8.0 | 51.3 |
| 45 | SMU | 3 | 19 | 159 | 6.3 | 53.0 |
| 46 | UAB | 2 | 15 | 162 | 7.5 | 81.0 |
| 47 | Tulsa | 3 | 19 | 165 | 6.3 | 55.0 |
| 48 | Utah State | 2 | 19 | 172 | 9.5 | 86.0 |
| 49 | Western Michigan | 3 | 20 | 174 | 6.7 | 58.0 |
| 50 | Marshall | 2 | 19 | 194 | 9.5 | 97.0 |
| 51 | Louisiana Tech | 3 | 23 | 243 | 7.7 | 81.0 |
| 52 | Kansas | 9 | 31 | 266 | 3.4 | 29.6 |
| 53 | Nevada | 3 | 28 | 271 | 9.3 | 90.3 |
| 54 | Indiana | 8 | 37 | 274 | 4.6 | 34.3 |
| 55 | Massachusetts | 4 | 35 | 277 | 8.8 | 69.3 |
| 56 | Iowa | 9 | 40 | 315 | 4.4 | 35.0 |
| 57 | Boston College | 10 | 40 | 338 | 4.0 | 33.8 |
| 58 | BYU | 5 | 39 | 349 | 7.8 | 69.8 |
| 59 | Kentucky | 9 | 40 | 356 | 4.4 | 39.6 |
| 60 | Mississippi State | 9 | 39 | 360 | 4.3 | 40.0 |
| 61 | Connecticut | 9 | 42 | 369 | 4.7 | 41.0 |
| 62 | Iowa State | 10 | 43 | 370 | 4.3 | 37.0 |
| 63 | Mississippi | 10 | 51 | 372 | 5.1 | 37.2 |
| 64 | Kansas State | 11 | 46 | 373 | 4.2 | 33.9 |
| 65 | Wisconsin | 11 | 39 | 382 | 3.5 | 34.7 |
| 65 | Auburn | 9 | 50 | 382 | 5.6 | 42.4 |
| 67 | Missouri | 10 | 53 | 390 | 5.3 | 39.0 |
| 68 | Wake Forest | 10 | 46 | 397 | 4.6 | 39.7 |
| 69 | Arkansas | 9 | 52 | 399 | 5.8 | 44.3 |
| 70 | South Florida | 9 | 46 | 403 | 5.1 | 44.8 |
| 71 | Arizona State | 11 | 50 | 404 | 4.5 | 36.7 |
| 72 | Maryland | 11 | 46 | 414 | 4.2 | 37.6 |
| 72 | Texas A&M | 9 | 45 | 414 | 5.0 | 46.0 |
| 74 | Alabama | 11 | 49 | 421 | 4.5 | 38.3 |
| 75 | South Carolina | 10 | 52 | 422 | 5.2 | 42.2 |
| 76 | Georgia Tech | 11 | 56 | 444 | 5.1 | 40.4 |
| 77 | Tennessee | 9 | 61 | 445 | 6.8 | 49.4 |
| 78 | Vanderbilt | 11 | 62 | 459 | 5.6 | 41.7 |
| 79 | Clemson | 11 | 56 | 463 | 5.1 | 42.1 |
| 79 | Oklahoma | 11 | 59 | 463 | 5.4 | 42.1 |
| 81 | Illinois | 9 | 56 | 465 | 6.2 | 51.7 |
| 82 | Notre Dame | 11 | 62 | 469 | 5.6 | 42.6 |
| 83 | Cincinnati | 9 | 52 | 471 | 5.8 | 52.3 |
| 84 | Minnesota | 10 | 58 | 478 | 5.8 | 47.8 |
| 85 | Temple | 9 | 54 | 480 | 6.0 | 53.3 |
| 86 | Colorado | 9 | 50 | 489 | 5.6 | 54.3 |
| 87 | Washington State | 9 | 59 | 493 | 6.6 | 54.8 |
| 88 | Rutgers | 9 | 62 | 499 | 6.9 | 55.4 |
| 89 | Utah | 9 | 60 | 521 | 6.7 | 57.9 |
| 90 | Penn State | 10 | 55 | 533 | 5.5 | 53.3 |
| 90 | Duke | 10 | 62 | 533 | 6.2 | 53.3 |
| 92 | Texas | 11 | 62 | 534 | 5.6 | 48.5 |
| 92 | Baylor | 10 | 60 | 534 | 6.0 | 53.4 |
| 94 | Virginia | 10 | 63 | 535 | 6.3 | 53.5 |
| 95 | Purdue | 10 | 59 | 542 | 5.9 | 54.2 |
| 95 | Louisville | 10 | 63 | 542 | 6.3 | 54.2 |
| 97 | Virginia Tech | 11 | 64 | 552 | 5.8 | 50.2 |
| 98 | Michigan | 11 | 52 | 556 | 4.7 | 50.5 |
| 99 | North Carolina State | 11 | 75 | 564 | 6.8 | 51.3 |
| 100 | LSU | 10 | 66 | 571 | 6.6 | 57.1 |
| 101 | Michigan State | 10 | 56 | 575 | 5.6 | 57.5 |
| 102 | West Virginia | 11 | 63 | 591 | 5.7 | 53.7 |
| 103 | Pittsburgh | 10 | 72 | 594 | 7.2 | 59.4 |
| 104 | Arizona | 10 | 68 | 603 | 6.8 | 60.3 |
| 105 | Northwestern | 12 | 63 | 611 | 5.3 | 50.9 |
| 106 | Ohio State | 9 | 64 | 615 | 7.1 | 68.3 |
| 107 | Miami (Florida) | 11 | 79 | 616 | 7.2 | 56.0 |
| 108 | North Carolina | 9 | 73 | 621 | 8.1 | 69.0 |
| 109 | Oregon State | 11 | 68 | 639 | 6.2 | 58.1 |
| 110 | Georgia | 11 | 78 | 653 | 7.1 | 59.4 |
| 111 | Florida State | 11 | 76 | 658 | 6.9 | 59.8 |
| 112 | TCU | 11 | 74 | 664 | 6.7 | 60.4 |
| 113 | Florida | 10 | 76 | 675 | 7.6 | 67.5 |
| 114 | Nebraska | 11 | 73 | 679 | 6.6 | 61.7 |
| 114 | Oregon | 10 | 75 | 679 | 7.5 | 67.9 |
| 116 | Oklahoma State | 11 | 74 | 692 | 6.7 | 62.9 |
| 117 | USC | 12 | 93 | 734 | 7.8 | 61.2 |
| 118 | Stanford | 13 | 84 | 740 | 6.5 | 56.9 |
| 119 | Texas Tech | 10 | 79 | 756 | 7.9 | 75.6 |
| 120 | Syracuse | 12 | 94 | 818 | 7.8 | 68.2 |
| 121 | Washington | 10 | 93 | 833 | 9.3 | 83.3 |
| 122 | California | 10 | 80 | 835 | 8.0 | 83.5 |
| 123 | UCLA | 12 | 113 | 1104 | 9.4 | 92.0 |