2012 National Leaders Passes Defended - Games Won Only 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 | 12 | 24 | 59 | 83 | 6.92 |
| 3 | Stanford | 12 | 14 | 62 | 76 | 6.33 |
| 4 | Northern Illinois | 12 | 15 | 60 | 75 | 6.25 |
| 5 | Kent State | 11 | 22 | 51 | 73 | 6.64 |
| 5 | Texas A&M | 11 | 12 | 61 | 73 | 6.64 |
| 7 | Utah State | 11 | 13 | 59 | 72 | 6.55 |
| 8 | Alabama | 13 | 18 | 53 | 71 | 5.46 |
| 9 | Cincinnati | 10 | 13 | 54 | 67 | 6.70 |
| 10 | SMU | 7 | 21 | 42 | 63 | 9.00 |
| 10 | San Jose State | 11 | 15 | 48 | 63 | 5.73 |
| 12 | LSU | 10 | 18 | 44 | 62 | 6.20 |
| 13 | Florida | 11 | 16 | 44 | 60 | 5.45 |
| 13 | Kansas State | 11 | 16 | 44 | 60 | 5.45 |
| 15 | Toledo | 9 | 12 | 45 | 57 | 6.33 |
| 15 | Ohio | 9 | 11 | 46 | 57 | 6.33 |
| 15 | Nebraska | 10 | 11 | 46 | 57 | 5.70 |
| 15 | Tulsa | 11 | 10 | 47 | 57 | 5.18 |
| 19 | Oregon State | 9 | 16 | 40 | 56 | 6.22 |
| 19 | Florida State | 12 | 10 | 46 | 56 | 4.67 |
| 21 | Northwestern | 10 | 12 | 43 | 55 | 5.50 |
| 22 | TCU | 7 | 17 | 37 | 54 | 7.71 |
| 22 | Rutgers | 9 | 15 | 39 | 54 | 6.00 |
| 22 | Boise State | 11 | 14 | 40 | 54 | 4.91 |
| 25 | North Carolina | 8 | 13 | 40 | 53 | 6.63 |
| 25 | BYU | 8 | 10 | 43 | 53 | 6.63 |
| 27 | Baylor | 8 | 16 | 35 | 51 | 6.38 |
| 27 | Louisiana Tech | 9 | 8 | 43 | 51 | 5.67 |
| 27 | South Carolina | 11 | 14 | 37 | 51 | 4.64 |
| 30 | East Carolina | 8 | 8 | 42 | 50 | 6.25 |
| 30 | Fresno State | 9 | 16 | 34 | 50 | 5.56 |
| 30 | UCLA | 9 | 13 | 37 | 50 | 5.56 |
| 33 | Purdue | 6 | 11 | 38 | 49 | 8.17 |
| 33 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 9 | 12 | 37 | 49 | 5.44 |
| 33 | Arkansas State | 10 | 12 | 37 | 49 | 4.90 |
| 33 | Notre Dame | 12 | 16 | 33 | 49 | 4.08 |
| 33 | Georgia | 12 | 12 | 37 | 49 | 4.08 |
| 38 | Houston | 5 | 11 | 37 | 48 | 9.60 |
| 38 | Vanderbilt | 9 | 10 | 38 | 48 | 5.33 |
| 38 | Louisville | 11 | 10 | 38 | 48 | 4.36 |
| 41 | Wisconsin | 8 | 8 | 39 | 47 | 5.88 |
| 41 | Clemson | 11 | 12 | 35 | 47 | 4.27 |
| 43 | Arizona State | 8 | 14 | 31 | 45 | 5.63 |
| 43 | Oklahoma | 10 | 12 | 33 | 45 | 4.50 |
| 45 | Mississippi | 7 | 11 | 33 | 44 | 6.29 |
| 46 | Arizona | 8 | 11 | 32 | 43 | 5.38 |
| 47 | USC | 7 | 15 | 27 | 42 | 6.00 |
| 47 | Oklahoma State | 8 | 9 | 33 | 42 | 5.25 |
| 47 | Penn State | 8 | 8 | 34 | 42 | 5.25 |
| 50 | Michigan State | 7 | 8 | 33 | 41 | 5.86 |
| 50 | UCF | 10 | 7 | 34 | 41 | 4.10 |
| 52 | Iowa State | 6 | 9 | 31 | 40 | 6.67 |
| 52 | Virginia Tech | 7 | 9 | 31 | 40 | 5.71 |
| 52 | Miami (Florida) | 7 | 8 | 32 | 40 | 5.71 |
| 52 | Bowling Green | 8 | 8 | 32 | 40 | 5.00 |
| 56 | Minnesota | 6 | 8 | 31 | 39 | 6.50 |
| 56 | West Virginia | 7 | 5 | 34 | 39 | 5.57 |
| 56 | Nevada | 7 | 4 | 35 | 39 | 5.57 |
| 59 | Washington | 7 | 12 | 26 | 38 | 5.43 |
| 59 | Mississippi State | 8 | 14 | 24 | 38 | 4.75 |
| 59 | Louisiana-Monroe | 8 | 10 | 28 | 38 | 4.75 |
| 62 | Connecticut | 5 | 4 | 33 | 37 | 7.40 |
| 62 | Georgia Tech | 7 | 10 | 27 | 37 | 5.29 |
| 64 | Utah | 5 | 8 | 28 | 36 | 7.20 |
| 64 | Central Michigan | 7 | 9 | 27 | 36 | 5.14 |
| 64 | Texas | 9 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 4.00 |
| 67 | North Carolina State | 7 | 12 | 23 | 35 | 5.00 |
| 68 | Pittsburgh | 6 | 9 | 25 | 34 | 5.67 |
| 68 | Texas Tech | 8 | 8 | 26 | 34 | 4.25 |
| 68 | San Diego State | 9 | 8 | 26 | 34 | 3.78 |
| 68 | Ball State | 9 | 6 | 28 | 34 | 3.78 |
| 72 | Rice | 7 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 4.71 |
| 73 | Duke | 6 | 6 | 24 | 30 | 5.00 |
| 73 | Western Kentucky | 7 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 4.29 |
| 75 | Buffalo | 4 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 7.00 |
| 75 | Navy | 8 | 5 | 23 | 28 | 3.50 |
| 77 | UTSA | 6 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 4.50 |
| 78 | Colorado State | 4 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 6.50 |
| 79 | Texas State | 4 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 6.25 |
| 79 | Virginia | 4 | 3 | 22 | 25 | 6.25 |
| 79 | Tennessee | 5 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 5.00 |
| 79 | Middle Tennessee | 8 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 3.13 |
| 83 | Florida International | 3 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 8.00 |
| 83 | North Texas | 4 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 6.00 |
| 83 | Wake Forest | 5 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 4.80 |
| 86 | Western Michigan | 4 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 5.50 |
| 86 | Maryland | 4 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 5.50 |
| 86 | Missouri | 5 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 4.40 |
| 86 | Michigan | 8 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 2.75 |
| 90 | Hawai'i | 3 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 7.00 |
| 90 | Marshall | 5 | 2 | 19 | 21 | 4.20 |
| 90 | Air Force | 6 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 3.50 |
| 93 | California | 3 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 6.67 |
| 93 | Iowa | 4 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 5.00 |
| 95 | Boston College | 2 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 9.50 |
| 95 | Miami (Ohio) | 4 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 4.75 |
| 95 | New Mexico | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 4.75 |
| 95 | Arkansas | 4 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 4.75 |
| 99 | Tulane | 2 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 9.00 |
| 99 | Washington State | 3 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 6.00 |
| 99 | Memphis | 4 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 4.50 |
| 102 | Troy | 5 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 3.40 |
| 102 | Syracuse | 8 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 2.13 |
| 104 | Auburn | 3 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 5.33 |
| 105 | UTEP | 3 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 5.00 |
| 105 | Temple | 4 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 3.75 |
| 107 | Army | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 7.00 |
| 108 | Illinois | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 6.50 |
| 108 | South Alabama | 2 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 6.50 |
| 108 | Florida Atlantic | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 4.33 |
| 108 | Indiana | 4 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 3.25 |
| 108 | Wyoming | 4 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 3.25 |
| 113 | Eastern Michigan | 2 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 5.50 |
| 114 | Kentucky | 2 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 5.00 |
| 115 | Kansas | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 9.00 |
| 116 | Colorado | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 8.00 |
| 116 | UAB | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2.67 |
| 118 | Massachusetts | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7.00 |
| 118 | South Florida | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2.33 |
| 120 | Idaho | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6.00 |
| 121 | UNLV | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2.50 |
| 122 | New Mexico State | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3.00 |
| 123 | Akron | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2.00 |