2012 National Leaders Passing Defense - When Winning By 8-14 Pts through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Att | Comp | Pct. | Yards | TD | Int | Rating | Long | 1st | 15+ | 25+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BYU | 6 | 24 | 7 | 29.2 | 66 | 0 | 2 | 35.60 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Illinois | 2 | 23 | 9 | 39.1 | 105 | 0 | 3 | 51.39 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | South Alabama | 1 | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 52.93 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Virginia Tech | 3 | 19 | 7 | 36.8 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 62.92 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Alabama | 12 | 47 | 22 | 46.8 | 208 | 0 | 4 | 66.97 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | Boston College | 5 | 37 | 17 | 45.9 | 154 | 1 | 3 | 73.61 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | North Texas | 4 | 58 | 23 | 39.7 | 263 | 0 | 1 | 74.30 | 43 | 10 | 6 | 2 |
| 8 | SMU | 7 | 67 | 30 | 44.8 | 332 | 1 | 5 | 76.40 | 34 | 18 | 9 | 2 |
| 9 | Colorado State | 3 | 21 | 9 | 42.9 | 113 | 0 | 1 | 78.54 | 48 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | Army | 1 | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 47 | 0 | 1 | 78.96 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | Michigan State | 5 | 38 | 20 | 52.6 | 177 | 0 | 2 | 81.23 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | USC | 7 | 71 | 38 | 53.5 | 350 | 2 | 7 | 84.51 | 29 | 17 | 10 | 1 |
| 13 | Utah State | 12 | 95 | 48 | 50.5 | 480 | 1 | 4 | 88.03 | 52 | 19 | 10 | 5 |
| 14 | Michigan | 5 | 31 | 14 | 45.2 | 184 | 0 | 1 | 88.56 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 2 |
| 15 | California | 3 | 47 | 24 | 51.1 | 268 | 1 | 4 | 88.96 | 36 | 13 | 7 | 2 |
| 16 | Houston | 5 | 68 | 35 | 51.5 | 377 | 0 | 3 | 89.22 | 62 | 16 | 7 | 2 |
| 17 | Iowa State | 6 | 77 | 36 | 46.8 | 423 | 1 | 3 | 89.40 | 30 | 24 | 9 | 4 |
| 18 | Florida | 8 | 81 | 40 | 49.4 | 481 | 1 | 5 | 90.99 | 53 | 25 | 13 | 1 |
| 19 | Tulane | 2 | 43 | 19 | 44.2 | 263 | 2 | 4 | 92.31 | 38 | 12 | 7 | 3 |
| 20 | Virginia | 2 | 21 | 11 | 52.4 | 86 | 1 | 1 | 92.97 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Baylor | 7 | 108 | 55 | 50.9 | 594 | 3 | 7 | 93.34 | 37 | 32 | 14 | 1 |
| 22 | Tennessee | 6 | 49 | 26 | 53.1 | 256 | 1 | 2 | 95.52 | 51 | 14 | 3 | 2 |
| 23 | Pittsburgh | 7 | 88 | 46 | 52.3 | 387 | 3 | 2 | 95.91 | 45 | 21 | 6 | 1 |
| 24 | Penn State | 9 | 66 | 35 | 53.0 | 347 | 1 | 2 | 96.14 | 43 | 17 | 6 | 3 |
| 25 | North Carolina | 8 | 87 | 42 | 48.3 | 473 | 2 | 2 | 96.94 | 32 | 23 | 15 | 2 |
| 26 | UNLV | 3 | 16 | 9 | 56.3 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 97.20 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 27 | Auburn | 3 | 27 | 14 | 51.9 | 108 | 1 | 0 | 97.67 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | Wisconsin | 8 | 57 | 27 | 47.4 | 295 | 2 | 1 | 98.91 | 31 | 15 | 6 | 4 |
| 29 | Bowling Green | 8 | 79 | 42 | 53.2 | 457 | 2 | 4 | 99.99 | 64 | 18 | 8 | 2 |
| 30 | Purdue | 7 | 59 | 31 | 52.5 | 327 | 2 | 3 | 100.11 | 46 | 13 | 7 | 2 |
| 31 | Oregon | 11 | 108 | 66 | 61.1 | 635 | 1 | 6 | 102.45 | 37 | 29 | 13 | 5 |
| 32 | North Carolina State | 8 | 45 | 28 | 62.2 | 256 | 2 | 5 | 102.46 | 43 | 11 | 4 | 2 |
| 33 | UCF | 9 | 86 | 49 | 57.0 | 456 | 1 | 1 | 103.03 | 31 | 24 | 11 | 1 |
| 34 | Mississippi State | 8 | 75 | 41 | 54.7 | 415 | 3 | 4 | 103.68 | 32 | 22 | 6 | 4 |
| 35 | Kansas State | 11 | 73 | 39 | 53.4 | 522 | 1 | 5 | 104.32 | 56 | 23 | 11 | 6 |
| 36 | Louisiana-Monroe | 6 | 47 | 27 | 57.4 | 297 | 1 | 3 | 104.78 | 45 | 12 | 5 | 2 |
| 37 | Georgia Tech | 7 | 53 | 29 | 54.7 | 292 | 2 | 2 | 105.90 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 1 |
| 38 | Georgia | 11 | 45 | 22 | 48.9 | 275 | 2 | 2 | 106.00 | 62 | 12 | 8 | 1 |
| 39 | Kansas | 3 | 30 | 15 | 50.0 | 256 | 1 | 4 | 106.01 | 65 | 9 | 6 | 4 |
| 40 | Hawai'i | 2 | 7 | 5 | 71.4 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 106.23 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Boise State | 10 | 68 | 37 | 54.4 | 416 | 1 | 1 | 107.71 | 47 | 17 | 9 | 5 |
| 42 | Florida State | 12 | 81 | 45 | 55.6 | 474 | 2 | 2 | 107.93 | 55 | 20 | 7 | 4 |
| 43 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 29 | 18 | 62.1 | 206 | 0 | 2 | 107.95 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 3 |
| 44 | Western Michigan | 4 | 54 | 30 | 55.6 | 325 | 1 | 1 | 108.53 | 25 | 18 | 8 | 1 |
| 45 | East Carolina | 8 | 88 | 49 | 55.7 | 554 | 2 | 3 | 109.24 | 66 | 24 | 12 | 3 |
| 46 | UAB | 5 | 26 | 14 | 53.8 | 160 | 1 | 1 | 110.54 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 1 |
| 47 | Arkansas State | 9 | 60 | 35 | 58.3 | 308 | 3 | 2 | 111.28 | 35 | 15 | 7 | 1 |
| 48 | Connecticut | 6 | 72 | 38 | 52.8 | 471 | 2 | 2 | 111.34 | 59 | 23 | 12 | 4 |
| 49 | TCU | 9 | 121 | 58 | 47.9 | 923 | 4 | 7 | 111.35 | 77 | 35 | 20 | 10 |
| 50 | Fresno State | 6 | 48 | 25 | 52.1 | 249 | 3 | 1 | 112.12 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 2 |
| 51 | Buffalo | 3 | 21 | 12 | 57.1 | 122 | 1 | 1 | 112.13 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| 52 | Ohio | 8 | 79 | 43 | 54.4 | 506 | 5 | 6 | 113.93 | 55 | 24 | 12 | 4 |
| 53 | Washington | 7 | 52 | 27 | 51.9 | 330 | 2 | 1 | 114.07 | 54 | 13 | 7 | 5 |
| 54 | Rutgers | 10 | 92 | 50 | 54.3 | 675 | 2 | 4 | 114.45 | 80 | 28 | 20 | 7 |
| 55 | Eastern Michigan | 3 | 54 | 28 | 51.9 | 324 | 3 | 1 | 116.88 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 3 |
| 56 | Nebraska | 6 | 29 | 15 | 51.7 | 214 | 1 | 1 | 118.18 | 49 | 11 | 5 | 1 |
| 57 | Florida International | 5 | 80 | 44 | 55.0 | 535 | 3 | 2 | 118.56 | 60 | 23 | 15 | 5 |
| 58 | Arizona State | 9 | 67 | 33 | 49.3 | 385 | 5 | 1 | 119.16 | 50 | 20 | 12 | 1 |
| 59 | Notre Dame | 8 | 83 | 52 | 62.7 | 543 | 1 | 1 | 119.17 | 53 | 29 | 12 | 3 |
| 60 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 9 | 126 | 76 | 60.3 | 832 | 5 | 6 | 119.36 | 45 | 42 | 20 | 5 |
| 61 | Central Michigan | 8 | 88 | 53 | 60.2 | 527 | 3 | 1 | 119.52 | 36 | 25 | 11 | 5 |
| 62 | Mississippi | 10 | 62 | 38 | 61.3 | 423 | 2 | 3 | 119.57 | 66 | 18 | 10 | 2 |
| 63 | Massachusetts | 2 | 36 | 25 | 69.4 | 249 | 1 | 3 | 120.04 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 1 |
| 64 | Missouri | 6 | 39 | 20 | 51.3 | 265 | 2 | 1 | 120.15 | 34 | 12 | 8 | 2 |
| 65 | Navy | 5 | 69 | 44 | 63.8 | 390 | 2 | 0 | 120.82 | 32 | 17 | 6 | 2 |
| 66 | Oklahoma | 8 | 75 | 41 | 54.7 | 547 | 3 | 3 | 121.13 | 80 | 19 | 10 | 7 |
| 67 | Kent State | 11 | 84 | 48 | 57.1 | 627 | 4 | 6 | 121.26 | 72 | 27 | 14 | 6 |
| 68 | Miami (Florida) | 9 | 127 | 71 | 55.9 | 785 | 6 | 1 | 121.85 | 60 | 35 | 18 | 7 |
| 69 | San Jose State | 10 | 121 | 70 | 57.9 | 829 | 5 | 4 | 122.43 | 52 | 40 | 18 | 6 |
| 70 | Texas A&M | 11 | 70 | 44 | 62.9 | 440 | 3 | 2 | 124.09 | 54 | 20 | 9 | 2 |
| 71 | Cincinnati | 10 | 102 | 62 | 60.8 | 740 | 2 | 2 | 124.27 | 74 | 35 | 15 | 6 |
| 72 | Troy | 4 | 48 | 24 | 50.0 | 376 | 2 | 1 | 125.38 | 68 | 14 | 9 | 2 |
| 73 | Indiana | 5 | 68 | 41 | 60.3 | 450 | 2 | 0 | 125.59 | 35 | 24 | 10 | 2 |
| 74 | Texas | 7 | 84 | 54 | 64.3 | 606 | 2 | 3 | 125.61 | 36 | 24 | 12 | 3 |
| 75 | Arkansas | 7 | 69 | 41 | 59.4 | 435 | 4 | 2 | 125.70 | 24 | 23 | 11 | 0 |
| 76 | Duke | 8 | 77 | 42 | 54.5 | 515 | 5 | 2 | 126.97 | 42 | 21 | 12 | 8 |
| 77 | New Mexico State | 1 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 127.30 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | Southern Mississippi | 1 | 11 | 6 | 54.5 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 127.31 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 79 | Northwestern | 13 | 135 | 80 | 59.3 | 857 | 7 | 1 | 128.21 | 42 | 46 | 19 | 5 |
| 80 | Arizona | 8 | 61 | 35 | 57.4 | 497 | 2 | 2 | 130.08 | 50 | 21 | 13 | 6 |
| 81 | Ohio State | 9 | 74 | 43 | 58.1 | 571 | 3 | 2 | 130.89 | 76 | 21 | 10 | 8 |
| 82 | LSU | 9 | 97 | 57 | 58.8 | 649 | 6 | 2 | 131.25 | 40 | 32 | 21 | 3 |
| 83 | Northern Illinois | 11 | 90 | 50 | 55.6 | 679 | 4 | 1 | 131.38 | 92 | 24 | 12 | 8 |
| 84 | Western Kentucky | 8 | 61 | 35 | 57.4 | 395 | 5 | 2 | 132.26 | 47 | 21 | 9 | 2 |
| 85 | Texas State | 5 | 62 | 35 | 56.5 | 491 | 3 | 2 | 132.49 | 64 | 20 | 9 | 6 |
| 86 | Oklahoma State | 10 | 90 | 51 | 56.7 | 619 | 5 | 0 | 132.78 | 75 | 30 | 12 | 3 |
| 87 | Air Force | 7 | 51 | 32 | 62.7 | 386 | 1 | 0 | 132.80 | 35 | 19 | 11 | 2 |
| 88 | Minnesota | 5 | 59 | 38 | 64.4 | 427 | 2 | 1 | 133.00 | 31 | 20 | 11 | 2 |
| 89 | Iowa | 4 | 48 | 31 | 64.6 | 343 | 2 | 1 | 134.19 | 22 | 19 | 11 | 0 |
| 90 | Stanford | 9 | 66 | 49 | 74.2 | 417 | 2 | 1 | 134.28 | 22 | 17 | 8 | 0 |
| 91 | San Diego State | 9 | 95 | 63 | 66.3 | 656 | 3 | 0 | 134.74 | 53 | 25 | 15 | 4 |
| 92 | Louisville | 8 | 74 | 47 | 63.5 | 434 | 5 | 0 | 135.08 | 50 | 20 | 9 | 1 |
| 93 | Rice | 7 | 60 | 32 | 53.3 | 524 | 4 | 4 | 135.36 | 62 | 18 | 14 | 7 |
| 94 | Washington State | 3 | 71 | 49 | 69.0 | 484 | 2 | 0 | 135.57 | 37 | 23 | 13 | 2 |
| 95 | Louisiana Tech | 8 | 103 | 62 | 60.2 | 785 | 5 | 2 | 136.35 | 67 | 33 | 17 | 6 |
| 96 | Oregon State | 11 | 131 | 85 | 64.9 | 1031 | 6 | 5 | 138.48 | 65 | 43 | 20 | 11 |
| 97 | New Mexico | 6 | 67 | 40 | 59.7 | 536 | 3 | 1 | 138.69 | 40 | 26 | 16 | 5 |
| 98 | Miami (Ohio) | 4 | 37 | 24 | 64.9 | 358 | 1 | 3 | 138.85 | 56 | 16 | 8 | 3 |
| 99 | Maryland | 3 | 41 | 20 | 48.8 | 307 | 4 | 1 | 138.99 | 50 | 13 | 9 | 3 |
| 100 | Nevada | 9 | 120 | 69 | 57.5 | 854 | 10 | 3 | 139.78 | 52 | 46 | 18 | 6 |
| 101 | South Carolina | 10 | 67 | 34 | 50.7 | 546 | 6 | 3 | 139.79 | 78 | 21 | 12 | 4 |
| 102 | Toledo | 9 | 86 | 50 | 58.1 | 662 | 7 | 4 | 140.36 | 44 | 28 | 17 | 7 |
| 103 | Idaho | 1 | 11 | 5 | 45.5 | 109 | 1 | 1 | 140.52 | 41 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 104 | Marshall | 6 | 63 | 39 | 61.9 | 475 | 3 | 0 | 140.96 | 61 | 21 | 9 | 3 |
| 105 | UCLA | 9 | 98 | 62 | 63.3 | 701 | 6 | 1 | 141.52 | 39 | 32 | 21 | 5 |
| 106 | Memphis | 4 | 18 | 12 | 66.7 | 145 | 1 | 1 | 141.56 | 42 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 107 | Kentucky | 3 | 15 | 11 | 73.3 | 86 | 1 | 0 | 143.49 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 108 | Clemson | 10 | 50 | 27 | 54.0 | 499 | 4 | 4 | 148.23 | 77 | 12 | 10 | 6 |
| 109 | Florida Atlantic | 4 | 38 | 22 | 57.9 | 346 | 3 | 2 | 149.90 | 51 | 16 | 12 | 3 |
| 110 | Tulsa | 9 | 64 | 44 | 68.8 | 591 | 2 | 2 | 150.38 | 72 | 25 | 15 | 6 |
| 111 | Texas Tech | 8 | 59 | 34 | 57.6 | 485 | 5 | 1 | 151.26 | 60 | 18 | 8 | 6 |
| 112 | Syracuse | 6 | 30 | 20 | 66.7 | 275 | 2 | 2 | 152.34 | 59 | 11 | 6 | 3 |
| 113 | UTSA | 6 | 80 | 56 | 70.0 | 644 | 5 | 2 | 153.25 | 57 | 35 | 14 | 4 |
| 114 | Ball State | 9 | 64 | 38 | 59.4 | 521 | 5 | 0 | 153.54 | 70 | 21 | 13 | 6 |
| 115 | West Virginia | 7 | 71 | 44 | 62.0 | 576 | 6 | 1 | 155.19 | 44 | 22 | 13 | 6 |
| 116 | Wake Forest | 3 | 48 | 32 | 66.7 | 422 | 3 | 1 | 156.98 | 52 | 23 | 10 | 2 |
| 117 | Temple | 4 | 19 | 11 | 57.9 | 202 | 2 | 2 | 160.90 | 41 | 10 | 7 | 2 |
| 118 | Utah | 7 | 36 | 22 | 61.1 | 315 | 3 | 0 | 162.11 | 51 | 13 | 9 | 2 |
| 119 | South Florida | 2 | 16 | 13 | 81.3 | 136 | 1 | 0 | 173.28 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 120 | Middle Tennessee | 7 | 43 | 30 | 69.8 | 405 | 4 | 1 | 174.94 | 45 | 16 | 13 | 2 |
| 121 | Wyoming | 6 | 50 | 34 | 68.0 | 495 | 6 | 0 | 190.76 | 52 | 22 | 11 | 5 |
| 122 | Colorado | 3 | 14 | 11 | 78.6 | 111 | 2 | 0 | 192.31 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 123 | Akron | 5 | 16 | 14 | 87.5 | 209 | 2 | 0 | 238.48 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 1 |
| 124 | UTEP | 2 | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 70 | 1 | 0 | 243.60 | 45 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 1st: First Downs; 15+: Pass completions of 15 or more yards; 25+: Pass completions of 25 or more yards | |||||||||||||