2012 National Leaders Passes Defended - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Int. | Passes Broken Up | Passes Defended | Passes Defended/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northern Illinois | 13 | 15 | 67 | 82 | 6.31 |
| 2 | Utah State | 12 | 14 | 67 | 81 | 6.75 |
| 3 | SMU | 12 | 21 | 59 | 80 | 6.67 |
| 4 | Ohio State | 10 | 10 | 69 | 79 | 7.90 |
| 5 | Houston | 12 | 19 | 57 | 76 | 6.33 |
| 5 | Kent State | 13 | 22 | 54 | 76 | 5.85 |
| 7 | Cincinnati | 12 | 15 | 58 | 73 | 6.08 |
| 8 | TCU | 10 | 16 | 54 | 70 | 7.00 |
| 9 | Rutgers | 12 | 17 | 52 | 69 | 5.75 |
| 9 | Ohio | 13 | 13 | 56 | 69 | 5.31 |
| 9 | Tulsa | 14 | 12 | 57 | 69 | 4.93 |
| 12 | Oregon | 10 | 18 | 50 | 68 | 6.80 |
| 13 | East Carolina | 12 | 10 | 56 | 66 | 5.50 |
| 14 | Stanford | 10 | 13 | 52 | 65 | 6.50 |
| 15 | Fresno State | 11 | 21 | 43 | 64 | 5.82 |
| 15 | North Carolina | 11 | 16 | 48 | 64 | 5.82 |
| 15 | Toledo | 11 | 16 | 48 | 64 | 5.82 |
| 18 | Purdue | 10 | 12 | 51 | 63 | 6.30 |
| 18 | Arizona State | 11 | 19 | 44 | 63 | 5.73 |
| 18 | San Jose State | 11 | 15 | 48 | 63 | 5.73 |
| 21 | Iowa State | 10 | 12 | 50 | 62 | 6.20 |
| 22 | Texas A&M | 9 | 9 | 52 | 61 | 6.78 |
| 22 | Boise State | 13 | 18 | 43 | 61 | 4.69 |
| 24 | Minnesota | 10 | 12 | 48 | 60 | 6.00 |
| 25 | USC | 10 | 17 | 42 | 59 | 5.90 |
| 25 | Rice | 13 | 11 | 48 | 59 | 4.54 |
| 27 | Oregon State | 10 | 17 | 41 | 58 | 5.80 |
| 27 | Nevada | 12 | 6 | 52 | 58 | 4.83 |
| 27 | Louisiana-Monroe | 13 | 16 | 42 | 58 | 4.46 |
| 30 | Northwestern | 10 | 12 | 45 | 57 | 5.70 |
| 30 | Tulane | 12 | 15 | 42 | 57 | 4.75 |
| 32 | Kansas State | 10 | 15 | 41 | 56 | 5.60 |
| 32 | Baylor | 10 | 14 | 42 | 56 | 5.60 |
| 32 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 12 | 13 | 43 | 56 | 4.67 |
| 35 | Virginia Tech | 11 | 11 | 44 | 55 | 5.00 |
| 35 | Florida State | 11 | 9 | 46 | 55 | 5.00 |
| 35 | Western Kentucky | 12 | 13 | 42 | 55 | 4.58 |
| 35 | Virginia | 12 | 4 | 51 | 55 | 4.58 |
| 39 | Florida International | 11 | 8 | 46 | 54 | 4.91 |
| 40 | Arkansas State | 11 | 12 | 41 | 53 | 4.82 |
| 40 | UCF | 13 | 10 | 43 | 53 | 4.08 |
| 42 | Miami (Florida) | 9 | 10 | 42 | 52 | 5.78 |
| 42 | Oklahoma State | 10 | 9 | 43 | 52 | 5.20 |
| 42 | Hawai'i | 11 | 9 | 43 | 52 | 4.73 |
| 42 | Connecticut | 11 | 5 | 47 | 52 | 4.73 |
| 42 | Central Michigan | 12 | 13 | 39 | 52 | 4.33 |
| 42 | South Alabama | 13 | 11 | 41 | 52 | 4.00 |
| 48 | Boston College | 8 | 7 | 44 | 51 | 6.38 |
| 48 | Louisiana Tech | 9 | 8 | 43 | 51 | 5.67 |
| 48 | Arizona | 10 | 11 | 40 | 51 | 5.10 |
| 48 | Nebraska | 10 | 8 | 43 | 51 | 5.10 |
| 48 | Western Michigan | 11 | 8 | 43 | 51 | 4.64 |
| 53 | Buffalo | 10 | 13 | 37 | 50 | 5.00 |
| 53 | Louisville | 12 | 9 | 41 | 50 | 4.17 |
| 55 | LSU | 8 | 13 | 36 | 49 | 6.13 |
| 55 | BYU | 8 | 9 | 40 | 49 | 6.13 |
| 55 | Alabama | 9 | 13 | 36 | 49 | 5.44 |
| 55 | West Virginia | 10 | 9 | 40 | 49 | 4.90 |
| 55 | Utah | 10 | 8 | 41 | 49 | 4.90 |
| 55 | Georgia Tech | 11 | 13 | 36 | 49 | 4.45 |
| 55 | Bowling Green | 11 | 10 | 39 | 49 | 4.45 |
| 55 | UTEP | 11 | 7 | 42 | 49 | 4.45 |
| 55 | UNLV | 11 | 7 | 42 | 49 | 4.45 |
| 64 | Vanderbilt | 9 | 10 | 38 | 48 | 5.33 |
| 64 | North Carolina State | 10 | 13 | 35 | 48 | 4.80 |
| 64 | Maryland | 10 | 3 | 45 | 48 | 4.80 |
| 64 | Pittsburgh | 11 | 13 | 35 | 48 | 4.36 |
| 68 | San Diego State | 11 | 12 | 35 | 47 | 4.27 |
| 68 | Marshall | 12 | 9 | 38 | 47 | 3.92 |
| 70 | Massachusetts | 9 | 12 | 34 | 46 | 5.11 |
| 71 | Wisconsin | 8 | 6 | 39 | 45 | 5.63 |
| 71 | UCLA | 10 | 13 | 32 | 45 | 4.50 |
| 71 | Texas State | 10 | 10 | 35 | 45 | 4.50 |
| 71 | North Texas | 10 | 9 | 36 | 45 | 4.50 |
| 71 | Ball State | 11 | 7 | 38 | 45 | 4.09 |
| 76 | Mississippi | 7 | 11 | 33 | 44 | 6.29 |
| 76 | Mississippi State | 9 | 16 | 28 | 44 | 4.89 |
| 76 | Colorado State | 9 | 5 | 39 | 44 | 4.89 |
| 79 | Troy | 12 | 6 | 37 | 43 | 3.58 |
| 80 | Oklahoma | 9 | 10 | 32 | 42 | 4.67 |
| 80 | Clemson | 10 | 11 | 31 | 42 | 4.20 |
| 80 | Texas Tech | 10 | 8 | 34 | 42 | 4.20 |
| 83 | Penn State | 9 | 9 | 32 | 41 | 4.56 |
| 83 | New Mexico | 11 | 11 | 30 | 41 | 3.73 |
| 85 | Duke | 10 | 7 | 33 | 40 | 4.00 |
| 86 | Wake Forest | 8 | 9 | 30 | 39 | 4.88 |
| 86 | Iowa | 8 | 8 | 31 | 39 | 4.88 |
| 86 | Indiana | 10 | 4 | 35 | 39 | 3.90 |
| 89 | Michigan State | 7 | 8 | 30 | 38 | 5.43 |
| 89 | Georgia | 9 | 8 | 30 | 38 | 4.22 |
| 91 | Tennessee | 7 | 9 | 28 | 37 | 5.29 |
| 91 | California | 8 | 11 | 26 | 37 | 4.63 |
| 91 | Washington State | 9 | 10 | 27 | 37 | 4.11 |
| 91 | Notre Dame | 9 | 8 | 29 | 37 | 4.11 |
| 91 | Miami (Ohio) | 10 | 11 | 26 | 37 | 3.70 |
| 96 | Wyoming | 10 | 5 | 31 | 36 | 3.60 |
| 96 | New Mexico State | 10 | 3 | 33 | 36 | 3.60 |
| 98 | Florida | 6 | 11 | 24 | 35 | 5.83 |
| 98 | UTSA | 8 | 9 | 26 | 35 | 4.38 |
| 98 | Eastern Michigan | 11 | 7 | 28 | 35 | 3.18 |
| 98 | Akron | 11 | 5 | 30 | 35 | 3.18 |
| 98 | Air Force | 12 | 7 | 28 | 35 | 2.92 |
| 103 | Arkansas | 8 | 5 | 29 | 34 | 4.25 |
| 103 | Idaho | 9 | 5 | 29 | 34 | 3.78 |
| 103 | Southern Mississippi | 9 | 3 | 31 | 34 | 3.78 |
| 103 | Texas | 10 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 3.40 |
| 103 | Memphis | 12 | 8 | 26 | 34 | 2.83 |
| 108 | Kansas | 8 | 8 | 24 | 32 | 4.00 |
| 108 | Illinois | 9 | 6 | 26 | 32 | 3.56 |
| 108 | Temple | 10 | 4 | 28 | 32 | 3.20 |
| 108 | Army | 11 | 6 | 26 | 32 | 2.91 |
| 112 | Washington | 8 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 3.88 |
| 112 | Florida Atlantic | 10 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 3.10 |
| 112 | South Florida | 10 | 2 | 29 | 31 | 3.10 |
| 112 | Navy | 11 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 2.82 |
| 116 | Kentucky | 7 | 3 | 27 | 30 | 4.29 |
| 116 | Syracuse | 11 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 2.73 |
| 118 | Middle Tennessee | 12 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 2.42 |
| 119 | South Carolina | 7 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 4.00 |
| 119 | Colorado | 10 | 3 | 25 | 28 | 2.80 |
| 121 | Missouri | 6 | 4 | 23 | 27 | 4.50 |
| 121 | UAB | 10 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 2.70 |
| 123 | Auburn | 6 | 1 | 22 | 23 | 3.83 |
| 124 | Michigan | 7 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 2.86 |