2012 National Leaders Passes Defended - Games in November Only through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Int. | Passes Broken Up | Passes Defended | Passes Defended/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miami (Florida) | 4 | 5 | 27 | 32 | 8.00 |
| 1 | Kent State | 5 | 7 | 25 | 32 | 6.40 |
| 3 | Arizona State | 4 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 7.75 |
| 3 | Purdue | 4 | 3 | 28 | 31 | 7.75 |
| 5 | Buffalo | 4 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 7.50 |
| 5 | Houston | 4 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 7.50 |
| 5 | San Jose State | 4 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 7.50 |
| 8 | Northern Illinois | 4 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 7.00 |
| 9 | LSU | 4 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 6.75 |
| 9 | Texas A&M | 4 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 6.75 |
| 9 | Cincinnati | 4 | 3 | 24 | 27 | 6.75 |
| 12 | Stanford | 5 | 4 | 22 | 26 | 5.20 |
| 13 | Oregon | 4 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 6.25 |
| 13 | Tulsa | 4 | 4 | 21 | 25 | 6.25 |
| 13 | SMU | 4 | 3 | 22 | 25 | 6.25 |
| 13 | UCLA | 5 | 3 | 22 | 25 | 5.00 |
| 17 | TCU | 3 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 8.00 |
| 17 | North Carolina State | 4 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 6.00 |
| 17 | Nebraska | 4 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 6.00 |
| 17 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 6.00 |
| 17 | Boston College | 4 | 1 | 23 | 24 | 6.00 |
| 22 | East Carolina | 3 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 7.67 |
| 22 | Tulane | 4 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 5.75 |
| 22 | Mississippi | 4 | 4 | 19 | 23 | 5.75 |
| 22 | West Virginia | 4 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 5.75 |
| 26 | Kansas State | 3 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 7.33 |
| 26 | Michigan State | 3 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 7.33 |
| 26 | Connecticut | 3 | 2 | 20 | 22 | 7.33 |
| 26 | Baylor | 4 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 5.50 |
| 26 | Central Michigan | 4 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 5.50 |
| 26 | Florida | 4 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 5.50 |
| 26 | Oklahoma | 4 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 5.50 |
| 26 | Virginia Tech | 4 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 5.50 |
| 26 | Penn State | 4 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 5.50 |
| 26 | Clemson | 4 | 2 | 20 | 22 | 5.50 |
| 26 | Arkansas | 4 | 1 | 21 | 22 | 5.50 |
| 37 | Washington | 4 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 5.25 |
| 38 | Northwestern | 3 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 6.67 |
| 38 | BYU | 3 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 6.67 |
| 38 | Wake Forest | 4 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 5.00 |
| 38 | Utah | 4 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 5.00 |
| 38 | Missouri | 4 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 5.00 |
| 43 | Memphis | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 4.75 |
| 43 | Hawai'i | 4 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 4.75 |
| 43 | Rutgers | 4 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 4.75 |
| 43 | Oklahoma State | 4 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 4.75 |
| 43 | Louisville | 4 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 4.75 |
| 48 | Utah State | 3 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 6.00 |
| 48 | Florida International | 3 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 6.00 |
| 48 | North Texas | 4 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 4.50 |
| 51 | Arkansas State | 3 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 5.67 |
| 51 | Massachusetts | 4 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 4.25 |
| 51 | Oregon State | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 4.25 |
| 51 | Virginia | 4 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 4.25 |
| 55 | Pittsburgh | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 5.33 |
| 55 | Wisconsin | 3 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 5.33 |
| 55 | Bowling Green | 3 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 5.33 |
| 55 | Mississippi State | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 4.00 |
| 55 | Miami (Ohio) | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 4.00 |
| 55 | UCF | 4 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 4.00 |
| 55 | Iowa State | 4 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 4.00 |
| 55 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 4 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 4.00 |
| 55 | Iowa | 4 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 4.00 |
| 55 | Colorado State | 4 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 4.00 |
| 55 | Tennessee | 4 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 4.00 |
| 55 | Troy | 4 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 4.00 |
| 67 | Boise State | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 5.00 |
| 67 | Fresno State | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 5.00 |
| 67 | Western Kentucky | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 3.75 |
| 67 | USC | 4 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 3.75 |
| 67 | Idaho | 4 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 3.75 |
| 67 | Notre Dame | 4 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 3.75 |
| 67 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 3.75 |
| 67 | Southern Mississippi | 4 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 3.75 |
| 75 | Middle Tennessee | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 4.67 |
| 75 | Texas State | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 3.50 |
| 75 | New Mexico | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 3.50 |
| 75 | Marshall | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 3.50 |
| 75 | UNLV | 4 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 3.50 |
| 75 | Auburn | 4 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 3.50 |
| 75 | Arizona | 4 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 3.50 |
| 75 | Texas Tech | 4 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 3.50 |
| 83 | Ohio State | 3 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 4.33 |
| 83 | Kentucky | 3 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 4.33 |
| 83 | Syracuse | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 3.25 |
| 83 | Minnesota | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 3.25 |
| 83 | Alabama | 4 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 3.25 |
| 83 | UTSA | 4 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 3.25 |
| 83 | South Alabama | 4 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 3.25 |
| 90 | Toledo | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 4.00 |
| 90 | Rice | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 4.00 |
| 90 | New Mexico State | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 4.00 |
| 90 | Louisiana-Monroe | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 3.00 |
| 90 | Maryland | 4 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 3.00 |
| 95 | Florida Atlantic | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3.67 |
| 95 | North Carolina | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3.67 |
| 95 | South Florida | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 3.67 |
| 95 | Kansas | 3 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 3.67 |
| 95 | Western Michigan | 3 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 3.67 |
| 95 | Georgia | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 2.75 |
| 101 | Army | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3.33 |
| 101 | Florida State | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 3.33 |
| 101 | Ball State | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 3.33 |
| 101 | Washington State | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2.50 |
| 101 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2.50 |
| 101 | Air Force | 4 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 2.50 |
| 101 | Illinois | 4 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 2.50 |
| 101 | Louisiana Tech | 4 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 2.50 |
| 109 | California | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3.00 |
| 109 | Indiana | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2.25 |
| 109 | Wyoming | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2.25 |
| 112 | South Carolina | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2.67 |
| 112 | San Diego State | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2.67 |
| 112 | Texas | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2.67 |
| 112 | Akron | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2.67 |
| 112 | Navy | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2.67 |
| 112 | Temple | 4 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 2.00 |
| 118 | Duke | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2.33 |
| 118 | Ohio | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1.75 |
| 118 | Michigan | 4 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 1.75 |
| 121 | UAB | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1.50 |
| 122 | UTEP | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1.67 |
| 122 | Colorado | 4 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1.25 |
| 124 | Nevada | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2.00 |