2012 National Leaders Interceptions - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Int. | Yards | TD | Int./G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kent State | 13 | 22 | 155 | 2 | 1.69 |
| 2 | Fresno State | 11 | 21 | 374 | 6 | 1.91 |
| 2 | SMU | 12 | 21 | 557 | 8 | 1.75 |
| 4 | Arizona State | 11 | 19 | 345 | 2 | 1.73 |
| 4 | Houston | 12 | 19 | 286 | 2 | 1.58 |
| 6 | Oregon | 10 | 18 | 425 | 4 | 1.80 |
| 6 | Boise State | 13 | 18 | 213 | 2 | 1.38 |
| 8 | Oregon State | 10 | 17 | 276 | 1 | 1.70 |
| 8 | USC | 10 | 17 | 222 | 2 | 1.70 |
| 8 | Rutgers | 12 | 17 | 144 | 2 | 1.42 |
| 11 | Mississippi State | 9 | 16 | 322 | 2 | 1.78 |
| 11 | TCU | 10 | 16 | 209 | 2 | 1.60 |
| 11 | Toledo | 11 | 16 | 331 | 4 | 1.45 |
| 11 | North Carolina | 11 | 16 | 180 | 2 | 1.45 |
| 11 | Louisiana-Monroe | 13 | 16 | 137 | 2 | 1.23 |
| 16 | Kansas State | 10 | 15 | 206 | 2 | 1.50 |
| 16 | San Jose State | 11 | 15 | 250 | 1 | 1.36 |
| 16 | Tulane | 12 | 15 | 321 | 1 | 1.25 |
| 16 | Cincinnati | 12 | 15 | 303 | 2 | 1.25 |
| 16 | Northern Illinois | 13 | 15 | 187 | 0 | 1.15 |
| 21 | Baylor | 10 | 14 | 274 | 3 | 1.40 |
| 21 | Utah State | 12 | 14 | 191 | 1 | 1.17 |
| 23 | LSU | 8 | 13 | 218 | 3 | 1.63 |
| 23 | Alabama | 9 | 13 | 135 | 0 | 1.44 |
| 23 | Stanford | 10 | 13 | 332 | 4 | 1.30 |
| 23 | Buffalo | 10 | 13 | 153 | 1 | 1.30 |
| 23 | North Carolina State | 10 | 13 | 126 | 1 | 1.30 |
| 23 | UCLA | 10 | 13 | 105 | 0 | 1.30 |
| 23 | Pittsburgh | 11 | 13 | 154 | 0 | 1.18 |
| 23 | Georgia Tech | 11 | 13 | 110 | 1 | 1.18 |
| 23 | Central Michigan | 12 | 13 | 178 | 2 | 1.08 |
| 23 | Western Kentucky | 12 | 13 | 141 | 1 | 1.08 |
| 23 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 12 | 13 | 114 | 1 | 1.08 |
| 23 | Ohio | 13 | 13 | 51 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 35 | Massachusetts | 9 | 12 | 191 | 0 | 1.33 |
| 35 | Iowa State | 10 | 12 | 253 | 3 | 1.20 |
| 35 | Purdue | 10 | 12 | 234 | 3 | 1.20 |
| 35 | Northwestern | 10 | 12 | 221 | 2 | 1.20 |
| 35 | Minnesota | 10 | 12 | 125 | 2 | 1.20 |
| 35 | Arkansas State | 11 | 12 | 222 | 0 | 1.09 |
| 35 | San Diego State | 11 | 12 | 219 | 3 | 1.09 |
| 35 | Middle Tennessee | 12 | 12 | 263 | 2 | 1.00 |
| 35 | Tulsa | 14 | 12 | 67 | 1 | 0.86 |
| 44 | Florida | 6 | 11 | 210 | 2 | 1.83 |
| 44 | Mississippi | 7 | 11 | 159 | 0 | 1.57 |
| 44 | Washington | 8 | 11 | 170 | 1 | 1.38 |
| 44 | California | 8 | 11 | 154 | 1 | 1.38 |
| 44 | Arizona | 10 | 11 | 213 | 1 | 1.10 |
| 44 | Clemson | 10 | 11 | 136 | 1 | 1.10 |
| 44 | Miami (Ohio) | 10 | 11 | 85 | 1 | 1.10 |
| 44 | Texas | 10 | 11 | 72 | 1 | 1.10 |
| 44 | New Mexico | 11 | 11 | 233 | 2 | 1.00 |
| 44 | Virginia Tech | 11 | 11 | 95 | 0 | 1.00 |
| 44 | Rice | 13 | 11 | 159 | 2 | 0.85 |
| 44 | South Alabama | 13 | 11 | 152 | 0 | 0.85 |
| 56 | Vanderbilt | 9 | 10 | 303 | 2 | 1.11 |
| 56 | Washington State | 9 | 10 | 127 | 0 | 1.11 |
| 56 | Miami (Florida) | 9 | 10 | 123 | 1 | 1.11 |
| 56 | Oklahoma | 9 | 10 | 110 | 1 | 1.11 |
| 56 | Ohio State | 10 | 10 | 111 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 56 | Texas State | 10 | 10 | 72 | 0 | 1.00 |
| 56 | Bowling Green | 11 | 10 | 147 | 2 | 0.91 |
| 56 | East Carolina | 12 | 10 | 88 | 1 | 0.83 |
| 56 | UCF | 13 | 10 | 243 | 2 | 0.77 |
| 65 | South Carolina | 7 | 9 | 134 | 2 | 1.29 |
| 65 | Tennessee | 7 | 9 | 77 | 0 | 1.29 |
| 65 | BYU | 8 | 9 | 139 | 1 | 1.13 |
| 65 | UTSA | 8 | 9 | 56 | 0 | 1.13 |
| 65 | Wake Forest | 8 | 9 | 45 | 1 | 1.13 |
| 65 | Penn State | 9 | 9 | 201 | 0 | 1.00 |
| 65 | Texas A&M | 9 | 9 | 162 | 2 | 1.00 |
| 65 | West Virginia | 10 | 9 | 123 | 0 | 0.90 |
| 65 | Oklahoma State | 10 | 9 | 100 | 0 | 0.90 |
| 65 | North Texas | 10 | 9 | 45 | 0 | 0.90 |
| 65 | Florida State | 11 | 9 | 133 | 0 | 0.82 |
| 65 | Hawai'i | 11 | 9 | 79 | 1 | 0.82 |
| 65 | Marshall | 12 | 9 | 73 | 1 | 0.75 |
| 65 | Louisville | 12 | 9 | 29 | 0 | 0.75 |
| 79 | Michigan State | 7 | 8 | 104 | 0 | 1.14 |
| 79 | Iowa | 8 | 8 | 155 | 2 | 1.00 |
| 79 | Kansas | 8 | 8 | 81 | 0 | 1.00 |
| 79 | Louisiana Tech | 9 | 8 | 102 | 1 | 0.89 |
| 79 | Georgia | 9 | 8 | 90 | 1 | 0.89 |
| 79 | Notre Dame | 9 | 8 | 54 | 0 | 0.89 |
| 79 | Texas Tech | 10 | 8 | 200 | 1 | 0.80 |
| 79 | Nebraska | 10 | 8 | 110 | 2 | 0.80 |
| 79 | Utah | 10 | 8 | 96 | 1 | 0.80 |
| 79 | Florida International | 11 | 8 | 81 | 0 | 0.73 |
| 79 | Syracuse | 11 | 8 | 78 | 1 | 0.73 |
| 79 | Western Michigan | 11 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0.73 |
| 79 | Memphis | 12 | 8 | 48 | 2 | 0.67 |
| 92 | Boston College | 8 | 7 | 60 | 0 | 0.88 |
| 92 | Duke | 10 | 7 | 86 | 2 | 0.70 |
| 92 | Eastern Michigan | 11 | 7 | 100 | 1 | 0.64 |
| 92 | UNLV | 11 | 7 | 97 | 0 | 0.64 |
| 92 | Ball State | 11 | 7 | 53 | 0 | 0.64 |
| 92 | UTEP | 11 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 0.64 |
| 92 | Air Force | 12 | 7 | 208 | 1 | 0.58 |
| 99 | Wisconsin | 8 | 6 | 129 | 0 | 0.75 |
| 99 | Illinois | 9 | 6 | 97 | 1 | 0.67 |
| 99 | Florida Atlantic | 10 | 6 | 60 | 0 | 0.60 |
| 99 | Army | 11 | 6 | 118 | 0 | 0.55 |
| 99 | Navy | 11 | 6 | 50 | 2 | 0.55 |
| 99 | Troy | 12 | 6 | 123 | 1 | 0.50 |
| 99 | Nevada | 12 | 6 | 107 | 1 | 0.50 |
| 106 | Arkansas | 8 | 5 | 34 | 0 | 0.63 |
| 106 | Colorado State | 9 | 5 | 165 | 3 | 0.56 |
| 106 | Idaho | 9 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0.56 |
| 106 | Wyoming | 10 | 5 | 214 | 1 | 0.50 |
| 106 | UAB | 10 | 5 | 71 | 1 | 0.50 |
| 106 | Akron | 11 | 5 | 62 | 1 | 0.45 |
| 106 | Connecticut | 11 | 5 | 36 | 1 | 0.45 |
| 113 | Missouri | 6 | 4 | 80 | 1 | 0.67 |
| 113 | Michigan | 7 | 4 | 120 | 1 | 0.57 |
| 113 | Indiana | 10 | 4 | 80 | 0 | 0.40 |
| 113 | Temple | 10 | 4 | 71 | 1 | 0.40 |
| 113 | Virginia | 12 | 4 | 77 | 0 | 0.33 |
| 118 | Kentucky | 7 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0.43 |
| 118 | Southern Mississippi | 9 | 3 | 51 | 1 | 0.33 |
| 118 | Colorado | 10 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 0.30 |
| 118 | Maryland | 10 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 0.30 |
| 118 | New Mexico State | 10 | 3 | -1 | 0 | 0.30 |
| 123 | South Florida | 10 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 0.20 |
| 124 | Auburn | 6 | 1 | 60 | 1 | 0.17 |