2012 National Leaders Passes Defended - Games vs. Conference Teams Only through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Int. | Passes Broken Up | Passes Defended | Passes Defended/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oregon | 9 | 20 | 39 | 59 | 6.56 |
| 2 | Kansas State | 9 | 17 | 38 | 55 | 6.11 |
| 3 | Kent State | 9 | 15 | 44 | 59 | 6.56 |
| 3 | Houston | 8 | 15 | 42 | 57 | 7.13 |
| 5 | Northern Illinois | 9 | 14 | 50 | 64 | 7.11 |
| 5 | USC | 9 | 14 | 35 | 49 | 5.44 |
| 5 | Washington | 9 | 14 | 32 | 46 | 5.11 |
| 5 | Florida | 8 | 14 | 31 | 45 | 5.63 |
| 9 | TCU | 9 | 13 | 47 | 60 | 6.67 |
| 9 | Alabama | 9 | 13 | 43 | 56 | 6.22 |
| 9 | Arizona State | 9 | 13 | 41 | 54 | 6.00 |
| 9 | Buffalo | 8 | 13 | 30 | 43 | 5.38 |
| 9 | Oregon State | 9 | 13 | 30 | 43 | 4.78 |
| 9 | Rutgers | 7 | 13 | 24 | 37 | 5.29 |
| 15 | SMU | 8 | 12 | 44 | 56 | 7.00 |
| 15 | Central Michigan | 8 | 12 | 33 | 45 | 5.63 |
| 15 | California | 9 | 12 | 32 | 44 | 4.89 |
| 15 | LSU | 8 | 12 | 31 | 43 | 5.38 |
| 15 | Toledo | 8 | 12 | 30 | 42 | 5.25 |
| 15 | Baylor | 9 | 12 | 30 | 42 | 4.67 |
| 15 | Fresno State | 8 | 12 | 29 | 41 | 5.13 |
| 15 | Washington State | 9 | 12 | 20 | 32 | 3.56 |
| 23 | Tulane | 8 | 11 | 37 | 48 | 6.00 |
| 23 | Oklahoma | 9 | 11 | 26 | 37 | 4.11 |
| 25 | Stanford | 10 | 10 | 53 | 63 | 6.30 |
| 25 | North Carolina State | 8 | 10 | 40 | 50 | 6.25 |
| 25 | Michigan State | 8 | 10 | 38 | 48 | 6.00 |
| 25 | North Carolina | 8 | 10 | 35 | 45 | 5.63 |
| 25 | Arkansas State | 8 | 10 | 33 | 43 | 5.38 |
| 25 | Georgia Tech | 9 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 3.44 |
| 25 | Texas State | 6 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 4.50 |
| 25 | Middle Tennessee | 8 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 3.00 |
| 33 | Mississippi | 8 | 9 | 36 | 45 | 5.63 |
| 33 | Iowa State | 9 | 9 | 36 | 45 | 5.00 |
| 33 | Georgia | 9 | 9 | 29 | 38 | 4.22 |
| 33 | Massachusetts | 8 | 9 | 28 | 37 | 4.63 |
| 33 | Utah State | 6 | 9 | 26 | 35 | 5.83 |
| 33 | San Jose State | 6 | 9 | 24 | 33 | 5.50 |
| 33 | Miami (Ohio) | 8 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 4.00 |
| 40 | Texas A&M | 8 | 8 | 45 | 53 | 6.63 |
| 40 | Northwestern | 8 | 8 | 42 | 50 | 6.25 |
| 40 | Nebraska | 9 | 8 | 37 | 45 | 5.00 |
| 40 | Cincinnati | 7 | 8 | 36 | 44 | 6.29 |
| 40 | Penn State | 8 | 8 | 36 | 44 | 5.50 |
| 40 | Florida State | 9 | 8 | 36 | 44 | 4.89 |
| 40 | Boston College | 8 | 8 | 33 | 41 | 5.13 |
| 40 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 8 | 8 | 32 | 40 | 5.00 |
| 40 | Bowling Green | 8 | 8 | 32 | 40 | 5.00 |
| 40 | Wisconsin | 9 | 8 | 32 | 40 | 4.44 |
| 40 | UCLA | 10 | 8 | 32 | 40 | 4.00 |
| 40 | Wake Forest | 8 | 8 | 31 | 39 | 4.88 |
| 40 | South Carolina | 8 | 8 | 31 | 39 | 4.88 |
| 40 | Boise State | 8 | 8 | 31 | 39 | 4.88 |
| 40 | Western Kentucky | 8 | 8 | 27 | 35 | 4.38 |
| 40 | Mississippi State | 8 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 4.13 |
| 40 | Duke | 8 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 4.13 |
| 40 | UCF | 9 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 3.67 |
| 58 | Ohio State | 8 | 7 | 49 | 56 | 7.00 |
| 58 | East Carolina | 8 | 7 | 46 | 53 | 6.63 |
| 58 | Tulsa | 9 | 7 | 46 | 53 | 5.89 |
| 58 | Miami (Florida) | 8 | 7 | 40 | 47 | 5.88 |
| 58 | Oklahoma State | 9 | 7 | 37 | 44 | 4.89 |
| 58 | Rice | 8 | 7 | 31 | 38 | 4.75 |
| 58 | Iowa | 8 | 7 | 28 | 35 | 4.38 |
| 58 | Louisville | 7 | 7 | 26 | 33 | 4.71 |
| 58 | Virginia Tech | 8 | 7 | 25 | 32 | 4.00 |
| 58 | San Diego State | 8 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 3.38 |
| 58 | Louisiana-Monroe | 8 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 3.38 |
| 58 | Texas | 9 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 3.00 |
| 70 | Arizona | 9 | 6 | 39 | 45 | 5.00 |
| 70 | Purdue | 8 | 6 | 38 | 44 | 5.50 |
| 70 | West Virginia | 9 | 6 | 37 | 43 | 4.78 |
| 70 | Utah | 9 | 6 | 32 | 38 | 4.22 |
| 70 | Hawai'i | 8 | 6 | 30 | 36 | 4.50 |
| 70 | North Texas | 8 | 6 | 30 | 36 | 4.50 |
| 70 | Marshall | 8 | 6 | 26 | 32 | 4.00 |
| 70 | New Mexico | 8 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 3.88 |
| 70 | Clemson | 8 | 6 | 24 | 30 | 3.75 |
| 70 | Air Force | 8 | 6 | 23 | 29 | 3.63 |
| 70 | Indiana | 8 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 3.50 |
| 70 | Pittsburgh | 7 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 3.86 |
| 82 | Texas Tech | 9 | 5 | 38 | 43 | 4.78 |
| 82 | Colorado State | 8 | 5 | 34 | 39 | 4.88 |
| 82 | Florida International | 8 | 5 | 32 | 37 | 4.63 |
| 82 | Ohio | 8 | 5 | 29 | 34 | 4.25 |
| 82 | Ball State | 8 | 5 | 28 | 33 | 4.13 |
| 82 | UTEP | 8 | 5 | 27 | 32 | 4.00 |
| 82 | Arkansas | 8 | 5 | 26 | 31 | 3.88 |
| 82 | Kansas | 9 | 5 | 25 | 30 | 3.33 |
| 82 | South Alabama | 8 | 5 | 23 | 28 | 3.50 |
| 82 | UNLV | 8 | 5 | 23 | 28 | 3.50 |
| 82 | Troy | 8 | 5 | 23 | 28 | 3.50 |
| 82 | Wyoming | 8 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 3.38 |
| 82 | Memphis | 8 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 3.38 |
| 82 | Florida Atlantic | 8 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 3.13 |
| 82 | Eastern Michigan | 8 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 3.13 |
| 82 | Idaho | 6 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 3.50 |
| 82 | Syracuse | 7 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 2.71 |
| 82 | Michigan | 8 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 2.38 |
| 100 | Vanderbilt | 8 | 4 | 35 | 39 | 4.88 |
| 100 | Minnesota | 8 | 4 | 31 | 35 | 4.38 |
| 100 | Nevada | 8 | 4 | 30 | 34 | 4.25 |
| 100 | Kentucky | 8 | 4 | 23 | 27 | 3.38 |
| 100 | UTSA | 6 | 4 | 22 | 26 | 4.33 |
| 100 | Tennessee | 8 | 4 | 21 | 25 | 3.13 |
| 100 | Louisiana Tech | 6 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 3.50 |
| 100 | UAB | 8 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 2.63 |
| 108 | Connecticut | 7 | 3 | 34 | 37 | 5.29 |
| 108 | Virginia | 8 | 3 | 30 | 33 | 4.13 |
| 108 | Western Michigan | 8 | 3 | 28 | 31 | 3.88 |
| 108 | Missouri | 8 | 3 | 28 | 31 | 3.88 |
| 108 | Akron | 8 | 3 | 23 | 26 | 3.25 |
| 108 | Illinois | 8 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 2.88 |
| 108 | Notre Dame | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2.50 |
| 115 | Maryland | 8 | 2 | 40 | 42 | 5.25 |
| 115 | Southern Mississippi | 8 | 2 | 29 | 31 | 3.88 |
| 115 | New Mexico State | 6 | 2 | 23 | 25 | 4.17 |
| 115 | Colorado | 9 | 2 | 21 | 23 | 2.56 |
| 115 | South Florida | 7 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 2.71 |
| 115 | Temple | 7 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 2.71 |
| 121 | BYU | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3.00 |
| 121 | Navy | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.00 |
| 123 | Auburn | 8 | 0 | 22 | 22 | 2.75 |
| 123 | Army | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 |