2012 National Leaders Passes Defended - All Games through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Int. | Passes Broken Up | Passes Defended | Passes Defended/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ohio State | 12 | 14 | 74 | 88 | 7.33 |
| 2 | Oregon | 13 | 25 | 62 | 87 | 6.69 |
| 3 | TCU | 13 | 21 | 65 | 86 | 6.62 |
| 4 | SMU | 13 | 21 | 63 | 84 | 6.46 |
| 4 | Utah State | 13 | 14 | 70 | 84 | 6.46 |
| 6 | Houston | 12 | 19 | 57 | 76 | 6.33 |
| 7 | Texas A&M | 13 | 12 | 70 | 82 | 6.31 |
| 8 | Stanford | 14 | 15 | 69 | 84 | 6.00 |
| 8 | Northern Illinois | 14 | 15 | 69 | 84 | 6.00 |
| 8 | Cincinnati | 13 | 16 | 62 | 78 | 6.00 |
| 11 | Michigan State | 13 | 14 | 63 | 77 | 5.92 |
| 12 | Northwestern | 13 | 13 | 63 | 76 | 5.85 |
| 13 | Arizona State | 13 | 21 | 54 | 75 | 5.77 |
| 13 | Purdue | 13 | 14 | 61 | 75 | 5.77 |
| 15 | BYU | 13 | 12 | 62 | 74 | 5.69 |
| 16 | Rutgers | 13 | 18 | 55 | 73 | 5.62 |
| 17 | Kent State | 14 | 23 | 55 | 78 | 5.57 |
| 18 | East Carolina | 13 | 10 | 62 | 72 | 5.54 |
| 19 | Baylor | 13 | 18 | 53 | 71 | 5.46 |
| 19 | LSU | 13 | 18 | 53 | 71 | 5.46 |
| 19 | Toledo | 13 | 17 | 54 | 71 | 5.46 |
| 19 | Iowa State | 13 | 14 | 57 | 71 | 5.46 |
| 23 | Alabama | 14 | 18 | 58 | 76 | 5.43 |
| 24 | North Carolina | 12 | 16 | 49 | 65 | 5.42 |
| 24 | Boston College | 12 | 10 | 55 | 65 | 5.42 |
| 26 | Minnesota | 13 | 13 | 57 | 70 | 5.38 |
| 26 | Arizona | 13 | 12 | 58 | 70 | 5.38 |
| 28 | Florida International | 12 | 10 | 54 | 64 | 5.33 |
| 28 | Connecticut | 12 | 6 | 58 | 64 | 5.33 |
| 30 | Florida | 13 | 20 | 49 | 69 | 5.31 |
| 30 | North Carolina State | 13 | 16 | 53 | 69 | 5.31 |
| 30 | San Jose State | 13 | 15 | 54 | 69 | 5.31 |
| 30 | Ohio | 13 | 13 | 56 | 69 | 5.31 |
| 34 | Fresno State | 13 | 22 | 46 | 68 | 5.23 |
| 34 | USC | 13 | 19 | 49 | 68 | 5.23 |
| 36 | Wisconsin | 14 | 8 | 65 | 73 | 5.21 |
| 37 | Louisiana Tech | 12 | 10 | 52 | 62 | 5.17 |
| 38 | Kansas State | 13 | 18 | 49 | 67 | 5.15 |
| 38 | Mississippi | 13 | 15 | 52 | 67 | 5.15 |
| 40 | Oregon State | 13 | 20 | 46 | 66 | 5.08 |
| 40 | Miami (Florida) | 12 | 11 | 50 | 61 | 5.08 |
| 42 | Florida State | 14 | 11 | 59 | 70 | 5.00 |
| 42 | Virginia Tech | 13 | 13 | 52 | 65 | 5.00 |
| 42 | Vanderbilt | 13 | 11 | 54 | 65 | 5.00 |
| 45 | Nebraska | 14 | 13 | 56 | 69 | 4.93 |
| 45 | Tulsa | 14 | 12 | 57 | 69 | 4.93 |
| 47 | Oklahoma State | 13 | 11 | 52 | 63 | 4.85 |
| 48 | Nevada | 13 | 6 | 56 | 62 | 4.77 |
| 49 | Tulane | 12 | 15 | 42 | 57 | 4.75 |
| 49 | Hawai'i | 12 | 9 | 48 | 57 | 4.75 |
| 51 | Boise State | 13 | 18 | 43 | 61 | 4.69 |
| 52 | Penn State | 12 | 10 | 46 | 56 | 4.67 |
| 53 | UCLA | 14 | 15 | 50 | 65 | 4.64 |
| 54 | Mississippi State | 13 | 19 | 41 | 60 | 4.62 |
| 54 | Central Michigan | 13 | 13 | 47 | 60 | 4.62 |
| 54 | West Virginia | 13 | 10 | 50 | 60 | 4.62 |
| 54 | UNLV | 13 | 9 | 51 | 60 | 4.62 |
| 58 | Virginia | 12 | 4 | 51 | 55 | 4.58 |
| 59 | South Carolina | 13 | 15 | 44 | 59 | 4.54 |
| 59 | Arkansas State | 13 | 13 | 46 | 59 | 4.54 |
| 59 | Rice | 13 | 11 | 48 | 59 | 4.54 |
| 59 | Louisville | 13 | 11 | 48 | 59 | 4.54 |
| 63 | Utah | 12 | 8 | 46 | 54 | 4.50 |
| 63 | UTEP | 12 | 7 | 47 | 54 | 4.50 |
| 65 | Louisiana-Monroe | 13 | 16 | 42 | 58 | 4.46 |
| 65 | Pittsburgh | 13 | 15 | 43 | 58 | 4.46 |
| 65 | Clemson | 13 | 13 | 45 | 58 | 4.46 |
| 68 | California | 12 | 14 | 39 | 53 | 4.42 |
| 68 | Buffalo | 12 | 13 | 40 | 53 | 4.42 |
| 68 | Western Michigan | 12 | 8 | 45 | 53 | 4.42 |
| 68 | Arkansas | 12 | 6 | 47 | 53 | 4.42 |
| 68 | Maryland | 12 | 4 | 49 | 53 | 4.42 |
| 73 | Washington | 13 | 17 | 40 | 57 | 4.38 |
| 73 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 13 | 13 | 44 | 57 | 4.38 |
| 75 | Texas State | 12 | 14 | 38 | 52 | 4.33 |
| 75 | Colorado State | 12 | 7 | 45 | 52 | 4.33 |
| 77 | Western Kentucky | 13 | 13 | 43 | 56 | 4.31 |
| 77 | Texas Tech | 13 | 8 | 48 | 56 | 4.31 |
| 79 | Washington State | 12 | 15 | 36 | 51 | 4.25 |
| 79 | Massachusetts | 12 | 13 | 38 | 51 | 4.25 |
| 79 | Wake Forest | 12 | 11 | 40 | 51 | 4.25 |
| 82 | San Diego State | 13 | 14 | 41 | 55 | 4.23 |
| 82 | Oklahoma | 13 | 13 | 42 | 55 | 4.23 |
| 82 | Bowling Green | 13 | 10 | 45 | 55 | 4.23 |
| 85 | UTSA | 10 | 10 | 32 | 42 | 4.20 |
| 86 | Missouri | 12 | 7 | 43 | 50 | 4.17 |
| 87 | Georgia Tech | 14 | 16 | 40 | 56 | 4.00 |
| 87 | UCF | 14 | 11 | 45 | 56 | 4.00 |
| 87 | South Alabama | 13 | 11 | 41 | 52 | 4.00 |
| 87 | Iowa | 12 | 10 | 38 | 48 | 4.00 |
| 91 | Duke | 13 | 11 | 40 | 51 | 3.92 |
| 91 | New Mexico | 13 | 11 | 40 | 51 | 3.92 |
| 91 | Tennessee | 12 | 12 | 35 | 47 | 3.92 |
| 91 | North Texas | 12 | 11 | 36 | 47 | 3.92 |
| 91 | Kansas | 12 | 11 | 36 | 47 | 3.92 |
| 91 | Marshall | 12 | 9 | 38 | 47 | 3.92 |
| 97 | Georgia | 14 | 13 | 41 | 54 | 3.86 |
| 98 | Notre Dame | 13 | 16 | 34 | 50 | 3.85 |
| 99 | Idaho | 12 | 9 | 37 | 46 | 3.83 |
| 99 | Indiana | 12 | 7 | 39 | 46 | 3.83 |
| 101 | Ball State | 13 | 7 | 42 | 49 | 3.77 |
| 102 | Wyoming | 12 | 6 | 38 | 44 | 3.67 |
| 103 | Miami (Ohio) | 12 | 12 | 31 | 43 | 3.58 |
| 103 | Troy | 12 | 6 | 37 | 43 | 3.58 |
| 105 | Texas | 13 | 15 | 31 | 46 | 3.54 |
| 106 | Southern Mississippi | 12 | 5 | 37 | 42 | 3.50 |
| 106 | New Mexico State | 12 | 4 | 38 | 42 | 3.50 |
| 106 | Auburn | 12 | 2 | 40 | 42 | 3.50 |
| 109 | Illinois | 12 | 7 | 33 | 40 | 3.33 |
| 109 | Kentucky | 12 | 5 | 35 | 40 | 3.33 |
| 111 | Temple | 11 | 4 | 31 | 35 | 3.18 |
| 112 | Florida Atlantic | 12 | 8 | 30 | 38 | 3.17 |
| 112 | Akron | 12 | 5 | 33 | 38 | 3.17 |
| 114 | Air Force | 13 | 8 | 33 | 41 | 3.15 |
| 115 | Army | 12 | 7 | 29 | 36 | 3.00 |
| 116 | Eastern Michigan | 12 | 7 | 28 | 35 | 2.92 |
| 117 | Memphis | 12 | 8 | 26 | 34 | 2.83 |
| 117 | UAB | 12 | 6 | 28 | 34 | 2.83 |
| 117 | South Florida | 12 | 2 | 32 | 34 | 2.83 |
| 120 | Syracuse | 13 | 9 | 27 | 36 | 2.77 |
| 121 | Colorado | 12 | 3 | 29 | 32 | 2.67 |
| 122 | Navy | 13 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 2.54 |
| 123 | Middle Tennessee | 12 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 2.42 |
| 124 | Michigan | 13 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 2.15 |