2012 National Leaders Passes Defended - Games at Home Only through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Int. | Passes Broken Up | Passes Defended | Passes Defended/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMU | 7 | 16 | 37 | 53 | 7.57 |
| 1 | Houston | 7 | 12 | 41 | 53 | 7.57 |
| 1 | UCLA | 7 | 10 | 43 | 53 | 7.57 |
| 1 | Stanford | 7 | 9 | 44 | 53 | 7.57 |
| 1 | Ohio State | 8 | 13 | 40 | 53 | 6.63 |
| 6 | Arizona | 8 | 9 | 41 | 50 | 6.25 |
| 7 | LSU | 8 | 12 | 34 | 46 | 5.75 |
| 8 | Purdue | 7 | 12 | 33 | 45 | 6.43 |
| 9 | Texas A&M | 6 | 5 | 39 | 44 | 7.33 |
| 9 | Oregon | 7 | 10 | 34 | 44 | 6.29 |
| 11 | North Carolina | 7 | 11 | 32 | 43 | 6.14 |
| 11 | Cincinnati | 7 | 7 | 36 | 43 | 6.14 |
| 11 | Iowa State | 7 | 7 | 36 | 43 | 6.14 |
| 11 | Michigan State | 7 | 6 | 37 | 43 | 6.14 |
| 15 | Toledo | 6 | 9 | 33 | 42 | 7.00 |
| 15 | BYU | 6 | 6 | 36 | 42 | 7.00 |
| 15 | Florida | 7 | 11 | 31 | 42 | 6.00 |
| 15 | Oregon State | 7 | 11 | 31 | 42 | 6.00 |
| 19 | Colorado State | 6 | 7 | 34 | 41 | 6.83 |
| 19 | Wisconsin | 7 | 3 | 38 | 41 | 5.86 |
| 21 | Utah State | 6 | 7 | 33 | 40 | 6.67 |
| 21 | Boston College | 6 | 7 | 33 | 40 | 6.67 |
| 23 | Kansas State | 7 | 11 | 28 | 39 | 5.57 |
| 23 | Minnesota | 7 | 8 | 31 | 39 | 5.57 |
| 25 | Nebraska | 7 | 9 | 29 | 38 | 5.43 |
| 25 | Louisville | 7 | 7 | 31 | 38 | 5.43 |
| 27 | Florida State | 7 | 3 | 34 | 37 | 5.29 |
| 28 | Utah | 6 | 4 | 32 | 36 | 6.00 |
| 28 | Oklahoma State | 7 | 8 | 28 | 36 | 5.14 |
| 30 | Baylor | 6 | 12 | 23 | 35 | 5.83 |
| 30 | USC | 6 | 10 | 25 | 35 | 5.83 |
| 30 | East Carolina | 6 | 8 | 27 | 35 | 5.83 |
| 30 | Northern Illinois | 6 | 8 | 27 | 35 | 5.83 |
| 30 | Miami (Florida) | 6 | 8 | 27 | 35 | 5.83 |
| 30 | Florida International | 6 | 4 | 31 | 35 | 5.83 |
| 30 | Tulane | 7 | 10 | 25 | 35 | 5.00 |
| 30 | Clemson | 7 | 9 | 26 | 35 | 5.00 |
| 30 | Penn State | 7 | 5 | 30 | 35 | 5.00 |
| 30 | Northwestern | 7 | 4 | 31 | 35 | 5.00 |
| 30 | Tulsa | 7 | 3 | 32 | 35 | 5.00 |
| 30 | Virginia | 7 | 0 | 35 | 35 | 5.00 |
| 42 | Fresno State | 6 | 12 | 22 | 34 | 5.67 |
| 42 | Mississippi | 7 | 7 | 27 | 34 | 4.86 |
| 42 | Central Michigan | 7 | 6 | 28 | 34 | 4.86 |
| 45 | San Jose State | 6 | 10 | 23 | 33 | 5.50 |
| 45 | Washington | 6 | 10 | 23 | 33 | 5.50 |
| 45 | Virginia Tech | 6 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 5.50 |
| 45 | Buffalo | 6 | 7 | 26 | 33 | 5.50 |
| 45 | TCU | 6 | 6 | 27 | 33 | 5.50 |
| 45 | Ohio | 6 | 6 | 27 | 33 | 5.50 |
| 45 | Louisiana Tech | 6 | 4 | 29 | 33 | 5.50 |
| 45 | San Diego State | 7 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 4.71 |
| 45 | South Carolina | 7 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 4.71 |
| 54 | Hawai'i | 6 | 5 | 27 | 32 | 5.33 |
| 54 | Mississippi State | 7 | 12 | 20 | 32 | 4.57 |
| 54 | California | 7 | 7 | 25 | 32 | 4.57 |
| 54 | Alabama | 7 | 7 | 25 | 32 | 4.57 |
| 58 | South Alabama | 6 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 5.17 |
| 58 | Connecticut | 6 | 3 | 28 | 31 | 5.17 |
| 58 | UTEP | 6 | 2 | 29 | 31 | 5.17 |
| 58 | Nevada | 6 | 1 | 30 | 31 | 5.17 |
| 58 | West Virginia | 7 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 4.43 |
| 58 | Arkansas | 7 | 1 | 30 | 31 | 4.43 |
| 64 | Rice | 5 | 4 | 26 | 30 | 6.00 |
| 64 | Western Kentucky | 6 | 5 | 25 | 30 | 5.00 |
| 64 | Georgia Tech | 7 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 4.29 |
| 64 | Missouri | 7 | 6 | 24 | 30 | 4.29 |
| 64 | Auburn | 7 | 1 | 29 | 30 | 4.29 |
| 69 | Massachusetts | 5 | 4 | 25 | 29 | 5.80 |
| 69 | Pittsburgh | 6 | 5 | 24 | 29 | 4.83 |
| 69 | Duke | 7 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 4.14 |
| 69 | Iowa | 7 | 6 | 23 | 29 | 4.14 |
| 69 | UNLV | 7 | 5 | 24 | 29 | 4.14 |
| 74 | Kent State | 5 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 5.60 |
| 74 | Boise State | 6 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 4.67 |
| 74 | Texas State | 6 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 4.67 |
| 74 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 6 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 4.67 |
| 74 | Arkansas State | 6 | 5 | 23 | 28 | 4.67 |
| 74 | Maryland | 6 | 2 | 26 | 28 | 4.67 |
| 74 | Wake Forest | 7 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 4.00 |
| 81 | Texas Tech | 6 | 0 | 27 | 27 | 4.50 |
| 81 | Georgia | 7 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 3.86 |
| 83 | North Carolina State | 6 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 4.33 |
| 83 | Kansas | 6 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 4.33 |
| 83 | Indiana | 6 | 3 | 23 | 26 | 4.33 |
| 83 | Illinois | 7 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 3.71 |
| 83 | Tennessee | 7 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 3.71 |
| 88 | Louisiana-Monroe | 5 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 5.00 |
| 88 | Notre Dame | 6 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 4.17 |
| 88 | Rutgers | 6 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 4.17 |
| 88 | UCF | 6 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 4.17 |
| 88 | New Mexico State | 6 | 2 | 23 | 25 | 4.17 |
| 93 | Arizona State | 6 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 4.00 |
| 93 | Vanderbilt | 6 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 4.00 |
| 93 | Western Michigan | 6 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 4.00 |
| 93 | Kentucky | 7 | 2 | 22 | 24 | 3.43 |
| 97 | Washington State | 5 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 4.60 |
| 97 | North Texas | 5 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 4.60 |
| 97 | New Mexico | 6 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 3.83 |
| 100 | Miami (Ohio) | 5 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 4.40 |
| 100 | Idaho | 5 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 4.40 |
| 100 | Texas | 6 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 3.67 |
| 100 | Oklahoma | 6 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 3.67 |
| 100 | Marshall | 6 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 3.67 |
| 100 | Akron | 6 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 3.67 |
| 100 | Army | 7 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 3.14 |
| 107 | Navy | 5 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 4.20 |
| 107 | Wyoming | 6 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 3.50 |
| 107 | Southern Mississippi | 6 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 3.50 |
| 107 | Troy | 6 | 2 | 19 | 21 | 3.50 |
| 111 | Temple | 6 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 3.33 |
| 111 | South Florida | 6 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 3.33 |
| 113 | Ball State | 5 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 3.60 |
| 113 | Memphis | 6 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 3.00 |
| 113 | Air Force | 6 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 3.00 |
| 116 | Bowling Green | 5 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 3.40 |
| 116 | Colorado | 6 | 0 | 17 | 17 | 2.83 |
| 118 | Eastern Michigan | 6 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 2.50 |
| 118 | UAB | 6 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 2.50 |
| 120 | Florida Atlantic | 5 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 2.80 |
| 120 | Michigan | 6 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 2.33 |
| 122 | Middle Tennessee | 5 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 2.60 |
| 123 | UTSA | 4 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 3.00 |
| 123 | Syracuse | 5 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 2.40 |