2012 National Leaders Passes Defended - Games vs. FBS Teams With Winning Record Only through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Int. | Passes Broken Up | Passes Defended | Passes Defended/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oregon | 9 | 20 | 44 | 64 | 7.11 |
| 2 | TCU | 9 | 16 | 43 | 59 | 6.56 |
| 2 | Arizona | 10 | 10 | 49 | 59 | 5.90 |
| 2 | Stanford | 10 | 9 | 50 | 59 | 5.90 |
| 5 | Iowa State | 10 | 11 | 46 | 57 | 5.70 |
| 6 | Michigan State | 9 | 9 | 44 | 53 | 5.89 |
| 7 | Baylor | 10 | 12 | 38 | 50 | 5.00 |
| 8 | Northwestern | 7 | 8 | 41 | 49 | 7.00 |
| 9 | Alabama | 8 | 10 | 37 | 47 | 5.88 |
| 9 | Kansas State | 9 | 13 | 34 | 47 | 5.22 |
| 11 | Florida | 9 | 10 | 36 | 46 | 5.11 |
| 11 | Nebraska | 10 | 7 | 39 | 46 | 4.60 |
| 13 | Texas A&M | 8 | 7 | 38 | 45 | 5.63 |
| 14 | Virginia Tech | 7 | 5 | 39 | 44 | 6.29 |
| 14 | LSU | 8 | 10 | 34 | 44 | 5.50 |
| 14 | Oklahoma State | 9 | 6 | 38 | 44 | 4.89 |
| 17 | UCLA | 9 | 6 | 36 | 42 | 4.67 |
| 17 | Arkansas | 9 | 3 | 39 | 42 | 4.67 |
| 19 | Ohio State | 6 | 8 | 33 | 41 | 6.83 |
| 20 | Wisconsin | 8 | 2 | 38 | 40 | 5.00 |
| 20 | Oregon State | 9 | 11 | 29 | 40 | 4.44 |
| 22 | Oklahoma | 9 | 9 | 30 | 39 | 4.33 |
| 23 | Utah State | 6 | 7 | 31 | 38 | 6.33 |
| 23 | South Carolina | 7 | 10 | 28 | 38 | 5.43 |
| 23 | Toledo | 7 | 10 | 28 | 38 | 5.43 |
| 26 | Arkansas State | 7 | 8 | 29 | 37 | 5.29 |
| 26 | San Jose State | 8 | 6 | 31 | 37 | 4.63 |
| 26 | Missouri | 9 | 6 | 31 | 37 | 4.11 |
| 29 | North Carolina State | 5 | 5 | 31 | 36 | 7.20 |
| 29 | Texas Tech | 7 | 2 | 34 | 36 | 5.14 |
| 29 | Kansas | 10 | 7 | 29 | 36 | 3.60 |
| 32 | Virginia | 7 | 4 | 31 | 35 | 5.00 |
| 32 | California | 9 | 10 | 25 | 35 | 3.89 |
| 34 | Kent State | 6 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 5.67 |
| 34 | Clemson | 6 | 8 | 26 | 34 | 5.67 |
| 34 | Florida State | 6 | 6 | 28 | 34 | 5.67 |
| 37 | BYU | 6 | 6 | 27 | 33 | 5.50 |
| 37 | Vanderbilt | 6 | 4 | 29 | 33 | 5.50 |
| 37 | Minnesota | 7 | 7 | 26 | 33 | 4.71 |
| 37 | Mississippi | 7 | 6 | 27 | 33 | 4.71 |
| 37 | Boston College | 7 | 4 | 29 | 33 | 4.71 |
| 37 | SMU | 7 | 3 | 30 | 33 | 4.71 |
| 37 | USC | 8 | 10 | 23 | 33 | 4.13 |
| 37 | Tulane | 8 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 4.13 |
| 37 | Texas | 9 | 10 | 23 | 33 | 3.67 |
| 46 | Fresno State | 6 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 5.33 |
| 46 | Arizona State | 6 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 5.33 |
| 46 | Pittsburgh | 7 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 4.57 |
| 46 | Florida International | 7 | 4 | 28 | 32 | 4.57 |
| 46 | Washington | 8 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 4.00 |
| 46 | UTEP | 8 | 5 | 27 | 32 | 4.00 |
| 46 | Notre Dame | 9 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 3.56 |
| 46 | Georgia Tech | 9 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 3.56 |
| 54 | North Carolina | 5 | 5 | 26 | 31 | 6.20 |
| 54 | West Virginia | 8 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 3.88 |
| 54 | Idaho | 8 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 3.88 |
| 57 | Northern Illinois | 5 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 6.00 |
| 57 | Hawai'i | 6 | 2 | 28 | 30 | 5.00 |
| 57 | Indiana | 7 | 4 | 26 | 30 | 4.29 |
| 60 | Washington State | 7 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 4.14 |
| 60 | Auburn | 9 | 1 | 28 | 29 | 3.22 |
| 62 | Louisville | 5 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 5.60 |
| 62 | Duke | 7 | 5 | 23 | 28 | 4.00 |
| 64 | Tulsa | 5 | 1 | 26 | 27 | 5.40 |
| 64 | Miami (Florida) | 6 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 4.50 |
| 64 | Wyoming | 6 | 3 | 24 | 27 | 4.50 |
| 64 | Texas State | 7 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 3.86 |
| 68 | Mississippi State | 6 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 4.33 |
| 68 | Houston | 6 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 4.33 |
| 68 | Western Kentucky | 6 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 4.33 |
| 68 | Penn State | 6 | 3 | 23 | 26 | 4.33 |
| 68 | Florida Atlantic | 7 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 3.71 |
| 68 | Southern Mississippi | 8 | 3 | 23 | 26 | 3.25 |
| 68 | South Florida | 8 | 0 | 26 | 26 | 3.25 |
| 75 | Cincinnati | 5 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 5.00 |
| 75 | Connecticut | 5 | 1 | 24 | 25 | 5.00 |
| 75 | Wake Forest | 6 | 4 | 21 | 25 | 4.17 |
| 75 | New Mexico State | 6 | 1 | 24 | 25 | 4.17 |
| 75 | Miami (Ohio) | 8 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 3.13 |
| 80 | UNLV | 5 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 4.80 |
| 80 | Maryland | 5 | 1 | 23 | 24 | 4.80 |
| 80 | San Diego State | 6 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 4.00 |
| 80 | Purdue | 6 | 3 | 21 | 24 | 4.00 |
| 80 | Massachusetts | 6 | 3 | 21 | 24 | 4.00 |
| 80 | South Alabama | 7 | 3 | 21 | 24 | 3.43 |
| 80 | Ball State | 7 | 3 | 21 | 24 | 3.43 |
| 80 | Kentucky | 8 | 3 | 21 | 24 | 3.00 |
| 80 | Utah | 8 | 1 | 23 | 24 | 3.00 |
| 89 | Rutgers | 5 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 4.60 |
| 89 | Western Michigan | 5 | 2 | 21 | 23 | 4.60 |
| 89 | Boise State | 6 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 3.83 |
| 89 | UCF | 6 | 4 | 19 | 23 | 3.83 |
| 89 | Central Michigan | 6 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 3.83 |
| 89 | Marshall | 6 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 3.83 |
| 89 | Tennessee | 7 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 3.29 |
| 96 | East Carolina | 5 | 2 | 20 | 22 | 4.40 |
| 96 | Georgia | 6 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 3.67 |
| 98 | New Mexico | 5 | 2 | 19 | 21 | 4.20 |
| 98 | Troy | 6 | 2 | 19 | 21 | 3.50 |
| 98 | Iowa | 7 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 3.00 |
| 101 | Louisiana Tech | 5 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 4.00 |
| 101 | Louisiana-Monroe | 6 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 3.33 |
| 101 | Air Force | 6 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 3.33 |
| 101 | North Texas | 7 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 2.86 |
| 101 | Eastern Michigan | 8 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 2.50 |
| 106 | Rice | 5 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 3.80 |
| 106 | Buffalo | 6 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 3.17 |
| 106 | Bowling Green | 6 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 3.17 |
| 106 | Illinois | 7 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 2.71 |
| 110 | Nevada | 4 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 4.50 |
| 110 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 6 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 3.00 |
| 110 | Akron | 7 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 2.57 |
| 113 | UAB | 5 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 3.20 |
| 113 | Colorado State | 5 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 3.20 |
| 113 | Temple | 5 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 3.20 |
| 113 | Syracuse | 6 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 2.67 |
| 113 | Colorado | 8 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 2.00 |
| 118 | UTSA | 4 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 3.75 |
| 118 | Ohio | 5 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 3.00 |
| 120 | Army | 6 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 2.33 |
| 121 | Memphis | 6 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 1.83 |
| 121 | Michigan | 7 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 1.57 |
| 123 | Navy | 6 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1.67 |
| 124 | Middle Tennessee | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2.00 |