2012 National Leaders Passing Defense - From Opponent's 1 To 20 Yard Line through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Att | Comp | Pct. | Yards | TD | Int | Rating | Long | 1st | 15+ | 25+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miami (Ohio) | 10 | 20 | 9 | 45.0 | 102 | 0 | 1 | 77.84 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Illinois | 9 | 22 | 12 | 54.5 | 105 | 0 | 1 | 85.55 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | Arkansas State | 9 | 25 | 15 | 60.0 | 107 | 0 | 1 | 87.95 | 35 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | Texas Tech | 11 | 27 | 13 | 48.1 | 117 | 0 | 1 | 77.14 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Army | 9 | 19 | 13 | 68.4 | 124 | 0 | 0 | 123.24 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | Washington | 11 | 32 | 19 | 59.4 | 141 | 0 | 2 | 83.89 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | Indiana | 9 | 20 | 12 | 60.0 | 156 | 0 | 0 | 125.52 | 39 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 8 | Mississippi | 13 | 27 | 18 | 66.7 | 159 | 0 | 1 | 108.73 | 32 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | Temple | 9 | 21 | 13 | 61.9 | 174 | 0 | 0 | 131.51 | 39 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| 10 | Buffalo | 10 | 20 | 13 | 65.0 | 178 | 0 | 2 | 119.76 | 35 | 8 | 6 | 1 |
| 11 | Navy | 10 | 29 | 18 | 62.1 | 179 | 0 | 4 | 86.32 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | South Carolina | 11 | 38 | 21 | 55.3 | 183 | 0 | 2 | 85.18 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | Hawai'i | 11 | 36 | 19 | 52.8 | 185 | 0 | 2 | 84.84 | 31 | 7 | 4 | 2 |
| 14 | Southern Mississippi | 10 | 35 | 20 | 57.1 | 189 | 0 | 1 | 96.79 | 36 | 9 | 4 | 1 |
| 15 | San Diego State | 13 | 30 | 19 | 63.3 | 195 | 0 | 2 | 104.60 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| 16 | Eastern Michigan | 9 | 29 | 16 | 55.2 | 198 | 0 | 1 | 105.63 | 40 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| 16 | Air Force | 10 | 24 | 15 | 62.5 | 198 | 0 | 1 | 123.47 | 53 | 8 | 3 | 2 |
| 18 | Akron | 10 | 27 | 18 | 66.7 | 199 | 0 | 0 | 128.58 | 31 | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| 19 | Nebraska | 11 | 36 | 16 | 44.4 | 202 | 1 | 2 | 89.63 | 87 | 7 | 3 | 2 |
| 20 | Maryland | 10 | 42 | 22 | 52.4 | 206 | 0 | 0 | 93.58 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| 21 | Auburn | 10 | 36 | 22 | 61.1 | 207 | 0 | 0 | 109.41 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | Oregon | 13 | 51 | 29 | 56.9 | 211 | 0 | 3 | 79.85 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | Kentucky | 10 | 26 | 19 | 73.1 | 220 | 0 | 1 | 136.47 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 0 |
| 24 | Nevada | 10 | 35 | 20 | 57.1 | 222 | 0 | 0 | 110.42 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | Massachusetts | 10 | 37 | 17 | 45.9 | 224 | 0 | 4 | 75.18 | 36 | 11 | 7 | 2 |
| 25 | Michigan | 11 | 22 | 15 | 68.2 | 224 | 0 | 1 | 144.62 | 45 | 7 | 6 | 3 |
| 27 | East Carolina | 11 | 43 | 22 | 51.2 | 227 | 0 | 2 | 86.20 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 2 |
| 28 | Middle Tennessee | 11 | 29 | 18 | 62.1 | 228 | 0 | 1 | 121.21 | 63 | 8 | 6 | 1 |
| 29 | California | 11 | 33 | 21 | 63.6 | 233 | 0 | 1 | 116.89 | 40 | 10 | 6 | 1 |
| 30 | Western Kentucky | 13 | 49 | 25 | 51.0 | 257 | 0 | 1 | 91.00 | 29 | 7 | 6 | 2 |
| 31 | Wyoming | 10 | 36 | 24 | 66.7 | 258 | 0 | 0 | 126.87 | 44 | 11 | 5 | 2 |
| 32 | Minnesota | 11 | 42 | 29 | 69.0 | 259 | 0 | 1 | 116.09 | 31 | 9 | 6 | 1 |
| 33 | Georgia Tech | 13 | 37 | 22 | 59.5 | 260 | 0 | 2 | 107.68 | 57 | 9 | 5 | 2 |
| 33 | Florida International | 9 | 34 | 24 | 70.6 | 260 | 0 | 1 | 128.94 | 27 | 12 | 7 | 1 |
| 35 | Colorado State | 10 | 34 | 23 | 67.6 | 262 | 0 | 0 | 132.38 | 51 | 12 | 3 | 3 |
| 36 | Louisville | 10 | 31 | 18 | 58.1 | 263 | 1 | 0 | 139.99 | 85 | 10 | 6 | 1 |
| 37 | UAB | 12 | 29 | 15 | 51.7 | 268 | 1 | 1 | 133.82 | 94 | 7 | 4 | 2 |
| 38 | Iowa | 12 | 35 | 25 | 71.4 | 272 | 0 | 1 | 131.00 | 37 | 12 | 8 | 1 |
| 39 | South Alabama | 9 | 29 | 21 | 72.4 | 273 | 0 | 0 | 151.49 | 53 | 9 | 6 | 2 |
| 40 | Penn State | 12 | 45 | 25 | 55.6 | 275 | 0 | 1 | 102.45 | 47 | 13 | 6 | 1 |
| 41 | Central Michigan | 11 | 43 | 28 | 65.1 | 278 | 0 | 3 | 105.48 | 22 | 16 | 5 | 0 |
| 42 | Wisconsin | 14 | 64 | 36 | 56.3 | 282 | 0 | 0 | 93.26 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 0 |
| 42 | SMU | 13 | 45 | 27 | 60.0 | 282 | 0 | 2 | 103.75 | 42 | 8 | 6 | 3 |
| 44 | Marshall | 12 | 47 | 27 | 57.4 | 283 | 0 | 0 | 108.03 | 33 | 14 | 6 | 1 |
| 45 | Virginia Tech | 13 | 48 | 23 | 47.9 | 284 | 0 | 3 | 85.12 | 43 | 13 | 7 | 2 |
| 46 | Kansas | 11 | 35 | 28 | 80.0 | 287 | 0 | 0 | 148.88 | 50 | 14 | 5 | 2 |
| 47 | UTSA | 9 | 31 | 19 | 61.3 | 291 | 1 | 3 | 131.44 | 84 | 11 | 6 | 3 |
| 48 | Texas State | 9 | 38 | 26 | 68.4 | 293 | 0 | 1 | 127.93 | 37 | 16 | 4 | 3 |
| 49 | Ball State | 11 | 56 | 31 | 55.4 | 295 | 0 | 1 | 96.04 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 1 |
| 50 | San Jose State | 13 | 57 | 34 | 59.6 | 298 | 0 | 1 | 100.06 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 0 |
| 50 | UCF | 13 | 50 | 31 | 62.0 | 298 | 1 | 2 | 110.66 | 80 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| 52 | UTEP | 10 | 31 | 23 | 74.2 | 300 | 1 | 0 | 166.13 | 81 | 10 | 5 | 3 |
| 53 | Bowling Green | 13 | 63 | 34 | 54.0 | 301 | 0 | 1 | 90.94 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 0 |
| 53 | Duke | 11 | 40 | 20 | 50.0 | 301 | 1 | 1 | 116.46 | 83 | 13 | 7 | 2 |
| 55 | Idaho | 8 | 23 | 19 | 82.6 | 303 | 0 | 0 | 193.27 | 80 | 11 | 7 | 4 |
| 56 | Alabama | 12 | 52 | 25 | 48.1 | 304 | 0 | 3 | 85.65 | 42 | 13 | 5 | 2 |
| 56 | Northwestern | 12 | 65 | 34 | 52.3 | 304 | 0 | 1 | 88.52 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 0 |
| 58 | Ohio | 13 | 55 | 31 | 56.4 | 305 | 0 | 2 | 95.67 | 26 | 15 | 7 | 1 |
| 59 | Connecticut | 10 | 46 | 24 | 52.2 | 306 | 0 | 0 | 108.05 | 59 | 13 | 7 | 2 |
| 60 | Notre Dame | 12 | 47 | 30 | 63.8 | 309 | 0 | 1 | 114.79 | 29 | 15 | 8 | 1 |
| 60 | Purdue | 12 | 47 | 32 | 68.1 | 309 | 0 | 0 | 123.31 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 2 |
| 62 | North Texas | 11 | 52 | 31 | 59.6 | 313 | 0 | 1 | 106.33 | 37 | 10 | 6 | 3 |
| 63 | Western Michigan | 9 | 28 | 23 | 82.1 | 319 | 0 | 0 | 177.84 | 52 | 10 | 6 | 6 |
| 64 | Fresno State | 13 | 52 | 23 | 44.2 | 321 | 0 | 4 | 80.70 | 67 | 11 | 6 | 3 |
| 65 | Troy | 10 | 47 | 28 | 59.6 | 323 | 0 | 1 | 113.03 | 66 | 13 | 4 | 4 |
| 66 | Florida State | 14 | 74 | 38 | 51.4 | 330 | 0 | 0 | 88.81 | 55 | 10 | 5 | 2 |
| 67 | Wake Forest | 10 | 43 | 22 | 51.2 | 331 | 0 | 3 | 101.87 | 56 | 11 | 9 | 2 |
| 68 | North Carolina State | 12 | 49 | 33 | 67.3 | 332 | 0 | 2 | 116.11 | 28 | 15 | 7 | 3 |
| 68 | South Florida | 9 | 32 | 25 | 78.1 | 332 | 1 | 0 | 175.59 | 87 | 11 | 6 | 4 |
| 70 | Mississippi State | 12 | 51 | 33 | 64.7 | 333 | 0 | 1 | 115.63 | 30 | 16 | 6 | 1 |
| 71 | Georgia | 14 | 43 | 23 | 53.5 | 335 | 0 | 3 | 104.98 | 56 | 14 | 6 | 3 |
| 72 | Tulsa | 14 | 61 | 30 | 49.2 | 336 | 0 | 0 | 95.45 | 33 | 15 | 9 | 3 |
| 73 | Virginia | 12 | 57 | 33 | 57.9 | 338 | 0 | 1 | 104.20 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 3 |
| 74 | Oklahoma State | 11 | 55 | 32 | 58.2 | 342 | 0 | 3 | 99.50 | 75 | 15 | 8 | 2 |
| 75 | Rice | 11 | 40 | 23 | 57.5 | 346 | 0 | 0 | 130.16 | 55 | 10 | 8 | 4 |
| 76 | Memphis | 12 | 51 | 29 | 56.9 | 350 | 0 | 2 | 106.67 | 36 | 14 | 8 | 2 |
| 76 | Boise State | 13 | 53 | 35 | 66.0 | 350 | 0 | 0 | 121.51 | 53 | 12 | 6 | 4 |
| 78 | West Virginia | 10 | 27 | 21 | 77.8 | 354 | 1 | 0 | 200.13 | 94 | 10 | 6 | 3 |
| 79 | Baylor | 10 | 37 | 24 | 64.9 | 357 | 1 | 1 | 149.43 | 87 | 9 | 7 | 4 |
| 80 | Arizona State | 12 | 50 | 23 | 46.0 | 361 | 1 | 0 | 113.25 | 80 | 13 | 10 | 3 |
| 80 | Tennessee | 11 | 47 | 28 | 59.6 | 361 | 0 | 2 | 115.58 | 40 | 15 | 13 | 5 |
| 82 | BYU | 13 | 70 | 41 | 58.6 | 362 | 0 | 1 | 99.15 | 38 | 15 | 4 | 2 |
| 83 | Missouri | 11 | 57 | 34 | 59.6 | 367 | 0 | 1 | 110.23 | 31 | 14 | 9 | 5 |
| 84 | Iowa State | 12 | 55 | 36 | 65.5 | 372 | 0 | 0 | 122.28 | 47 | 16 | 9 | 4 |
| 85 | Syracuse | 11 | 48 | 31 | 64.6 | 374 | 0 | 1 | 125.86 | 59 | 12 | 9 | 4 |
| 85 | Colorado | 11 | 38 | 27 | 71.1 | 374 | 1 | 0 | 162.41 | 97 | 12 | 5 | 2 |
| 87 | USC | 12 | 45 | 29 | 64.4 | 377 | 0 | 1 | 130.38 | 60 | 11 | 6 | 3 |
| 88 | New Mexico State | 11 | 38 | 24 | 63.2 | 378 | 1 | 0 | 155.40 | 82 | 13 | 8 | 3 |
| 89 | Kansas State | 13 | 57 | 35 | 61.4 | 379 | 0 | 4 | 103.21 | 70 | 15 | 6 | 3 |
| 90 | Utah State | 13 | 80 | 39 | 48.8 | 402 | 0 | 0 | 90.96 | 52 | 16 | 7 | 3 |
| 91 | Tulane | 11 | 31 | 18 | 58.1 | 404 | 0 | 0 | 167.54 | 61 | 12 | 9 | 5 |
| 92 | Texas | 12 | 34 | 20 | 58.8 | 407 | 2 | 2 | 167.03 | 82 | 11 | 7 | 5 |
| 93 | Florida | 13 | 61 | 39 | 63.9 | 413 | 0 | 2 | 114.24 | 76 | 14 | 7 | 2 |
| 94 | Toledo | 11 | 49 | 31 | 63.3 | 415 | 0 | 2 | 126.25 | 44 | 15 | 8 | 4 |
| 95 | Louisiana-Monroe | 12 | 42 | 31 | 73.8 | 417 | 1 | 1 | 160.31 | 81 | 11 | 10 | 3 |
| 96 | Florida Atlantic | 9 | 29 | 21 | 72.4 | 421 | 1 | 1 | 198.83 | 85 | 13 | 10 | 5 |
| 97 | Washington State | 10 | 44 | 34 | 77.3 | 422 | 1 | 0 | 165.33 | 93 | 13 | 4 | 3 |
| 98 | Pittsburgh | 13 | 52 | 26 | 50.0 | 425 | 1 | 3 | 113.46 | 85 | 16 | 13 | 4 |
| 99 | UNLV | 10 | 35 | 27 | 77.1 | 439 | 1 | 0 | 191.93 | 81 | 15 | 9 | 5 |
| 100 | UCLA | 12 | 61 | 35 | 57.4 | 441 | 0 | 2 | 111.55 | 48 | 17 | 9 | 4 |
| 101 | Michigan State | 13 | 46 | 32 | 69.6 | 449 | 0 | 1 | 147.21 | 61 | 15 | 12 | 3 |
| 102 | Texas A&M | 12 | 51 | 35 | 68.6 | 451 | 0 | 2 | 135.07 | 68 | 15 | 8 | 4 |
| 103 | Clemson | 12 | 53 | 33 | 62.3 | 453 | 0 | 0 | 134.05 | 53 | 15 | 11 | 8 |
| 104 | Louisiana Tech | 12 | 50 | 35 | 70.0 | 456 | 1 | 3 | 141.21 | 86 | 16 | 10 | 4 |
| 105 | Oklahoma | 13 | 57 | 33 | 57.9 | 457 | 1 | 2 | 124.02 | 80 | 17 | 9 | 6 |
| 106 | North Carolina | 11 | 58 | 41 | 70.7 | 458 | 1 | 2 | 135.81 | 83 | 15 | 9 | 4 |
| 107 | Cincinnati | 11 | 58 | 34 | 58.6 | 462 | 0 | 1 | 122.08 | 51 | 15 | 10 | 6 |
| 108 | New Mexico | 12 | 45 | 30 | 66.7 | 463 | 2 | 0 | 167.77 | 89 | 16 | 9 | 3 |
| 109 | Utah | 11 | 59 | 35 | 59.3 | 467 | 1 | 1 | 128.01 | 83 | 15 | 8 | 5 |
| 110 | Oregon State | 12 | 59 | 38 | 64.4 | 476 | 0 | 1 | 128.79 | 35 | 17 | 12 | 7 |
| 111 | Ohio State | 12 | 54 | 35 | 64.8 | 485 | 1 | 4 | 131.56 | 83 | 15 | 8 | 4 |
| 112 | LSU | 13 | 67 | 36 | 53.7 | 493 | 1 | 3 | 111.51 | 80 | 21 | 12 | 3 |
| 113 | Miami (Florida) | 11 | 59 | 32 | 54.2 | 499 | 1 | 2 | 124.10 | 99 | 16 | 10 | 4 |
| 114 | Northern Illinois | 13 | 60 | 35 | 58.3 | 508 | 1 | 0 | 134.95 | 92 | 16 | 10 | 6 |
| 115 | Boston College | 10 | 58 | 38 | 65.5 | 509 | 0 | 3 | 128.90 | 69 | 17 | 8 | 4 |
| 116 | Houston | 12 | 47 | 38 | 80.9 | 521 | 1 | 1 | 176.72 | 88 | 20 | 12 | 4 |
| 117 | Arkansas | 12 | 47 | 33 | 70.2 | 524 | 1 | 0 | 170.88 | 80 | 21 | 8 | 6 |
| 118 | TCU | 13 | 80 | 37 | 46.3 | 525 | 0 | 4 | 91.38 | 62 | 18 | 10 | 6 |
| 118 | Arizona | 12 | 55 | 36 | 65.5 | 525 | 0 | 0 | 145.64 | 57 | 22 | 14 | 4 |
| 120 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 13 | 53 | 43 | 81.1 | 542 | 1 | 1 | 169.49 | 81 | 21 | 13 | 3 |
| 121 | Vanderbilt | 13 | 65 | 37 | 56.9 | 557 | 1 | 4 | 121.67 | 85 | 18 | 13 | 7 |
| 122 | Stanford | 14 | 88 | 57 | 64.8 | 563 | 0 | 2 | 113.96 | 71 | 22 | 9 | 3 |
| 122 | Kent State | 14 | 54 | 34 | 63.0 | 563 | 2 | 5 | 144.24 | 81 | 18 | 15 | 5 |
| 124 | Rutgers | 12 | 57 | 36 | 63.2 | 645 | 1 | 3 | 153.47 | 80 | 23 | 19 | 9 |
| 1st: First Downs; 15+: Pass completions of 15 or more yards; 25+: Pass completions of 25 or more yards | |||||||||||||