2012 National Leaders Passes Defended - Games on the Road/Neutral Site Only through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Int. | Passes Broken Up | Passes Defended | Passes Defended/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northern Illinois | 8 | 7 | 42 | 49 | 6.13 |
| 2 | Arizona State | 7 | 10 | 41 | 51 | 7.29 |
| 3 | TCU | 7 | 15 | 38 | 53 | 7.57 |
| 4 | Rutgers | 7 | 11 | 37 | 48 | 6.86 |
| 4 | Utah State | 7 | 7 | 37 | 44 | 6.29 |
| 4 | Vanderbilt | 7 | 4 | 37 | 41 | 5.86 |
| 7 | North Carolina State | 7 | 8 | 35 | 43 | 6.14 |
| 7 | East Carolina | 7 | 2 | 35 | 37 | 5.29 |
| 9 | Ohio State | 4 | 1 | 34 | 35 | 8.75 |
| 10 | Kent State | 9 | 17 | 33 | 50 | 5.56 |
| 10 | Alabama | 7 | 11 | 33 | 44 | 6.29 |
| 10 | Bowling Green | 8 | 5 | 33 | 38 | 4.75 |
| 13 | Northwestern | 6 | 9 | 32 | 41 | 6.83 |
| 14 | Texas A&M | 7 | 7 | 31 | 38 | 5.43 |
| 14 | San Jose State | 7 | 5 | 31 | 36 | 5.14 |
| 16 | Baylor | 7 | 6 | 30 | 36 | 5.14 |
| 16 | Connecticut | 6 | 3 | 30 | 33 | 5.50 |
| 18 | Ohio | 7 | 7 | 29 | 36 | 5.14 |
| 18 | Ball State | 8 | 2 | 29 | 31 | 3.88 |
| 20 | Oregon | 6 | 15 | 28 | 43 | 7.17 |
| 20 | Purdue | 6 | 2 | 28 | 30 | 5.00 |
| 22 | Virginia Tech | 7 | 5 | 27 | 32 | 4.57 |
| 22 | Wisconsin | 7 | 5 | 27 | 32 | 4.57 |
| 22 | UNLV | 6 | 4 | 27 | 31 | 5.17 |
| 22 | Nebraska | 7 | 4 | 27 | 31 | 4.43 |
| 26 | Cincinnati | 6 | 9 | 26 | 35 | 5.83 |
| 26 | Michigan State | 6 | 8 | 26 | 34 | 5.67 |
| 26 | BYU | 7 | 6 | 26 | 32 | 4.57 |
| 26 | Minnesota | 6 | 5 | 26 | 31 | 5.17 |
| 26 | SMU | 6 | 5 | 26 | 31 | 5.17 |
| 26 | Nevada | 7 | 5 | 26 | 31 | 4.43 |
| 32 | Tulsa | 7 | 9 | 25 | 34 | 4.86 |
| 32 | Mississippi | 6 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 5.50 |
| 32 | Florida State | 7 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 4.71 |
| 32 | Stanford | 7 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 4.43 |
| 32 | UCF | 8 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 3.88 |
| 32 | West Virginia | 6 | 4 | 25 | 29 | 4.83 |
| 32 | Western Michigan | 6 | 4 | 25 | 29 | 4.83 |
| 39 | Fresno State | 7 | 10 | 24 | 34 | 4.86 |
| 39 | USC | 7 | 9 | 24 | 33 | 4.71 |
| 39 | Oklahoma | 7 | 9 | 24 | 33 | 4.71 |
| 39 | Boise State | 7 | 9 | 24 | 33 | 4.71 |
| 39 | New Mexico | 7 | 4 | 24 | 28 | 4.00 |
| 39 | Oklahoma State | 6 | 3 | 24 | 27 | 4.50 |
| 45 | Louisiana-Monroe | 8 | 10 | 23 | 33 | 4.13 |
| 45 | Arkansas State | 7 | 8 | 23 | 31 | 4.43 |
| 45 | Florida International | 6 | 6 | 23 | 29 | 4.83 |
| 45 | Louisiana Tech | 6 | 6 | 23 | 29 | 4.83 |
| 45 | Miami (Florida) | 6 | 3 | 23 | 26 | 4.33 |
| 45 | Maryland | 6 | 2 | 23 | 25 | 4.17 |
| 51 | UTSA | 6 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 5.00 |
| 51 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 7 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 4.14 |
| 51 | Rice | 8 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 3.63 |
| 51 | Boston College | 6 | 3 | 22 | 25 | 4.17 |
| 51 | Wyoming | 6 | 1 | 22 | 23 | 3.83 |
| 56 | Toledo | 7 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 4.14 |
| 56 | Texas Tech | 7 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 4.14 |
| 56 | Mississippi State | 6 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 4.67 |
| 56 | Iowa State | 6 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 4.67 |
| 56 | Kansas State | 6 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 4.67 |
| 56 | Hawai'i | 6 | 4 | 21 | 25 | 4.17 |
| 62 | Washington State | 7 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 4.00 |
| 62 | Georgia | 7 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 3.86 |
| 62 | Notre Dame | 7 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 3.57 |
| 62 | Air Force | 7 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 3.29 |
| 62 | Southern Mississippi | 6 | 1 | 20 | 21 | 3.50 |
| 67 | Pittsburgh | 7 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 4.14 |
| 67 | Central Michigan | 6 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 4.33 |
| 67 | South Carolina | 6 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 4.33 |
| 67 | LSU | 5 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 5.00 |
| 67 | Marshall | 6 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 4.17 |
| 67 | Florida Atlantic | 7 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 3.43 |
| 67 | Idaho | 7 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 3.43 |
| 67 | Syracuse | 8 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 3.00 |
| 67 | Wake Forest | 5 | 4 | 19 | 23 | 4.60 |
| 67 | Clemson | 6 | 4 | 19 | 23 | 3.83 |
| 67 | Missouri | 5 | 1 | 19 | 20 | 4.00 |
| 78 | Florida | 6 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 4.50 |
| 78 | Western Kentucky | 7 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 3.71 |
| 78 | Georgia Tech | 7 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 3.71 |
| 78 | North Texas | 7 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 3.43 |
| 78 | UTEP | 6 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 3.83 |
| 78 | Duke | 6 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 3.67 |
| 78 | Troy | 6 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 3.67 |
| 78 | Kansas | 6 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 3.50 |
| 86 | Washington | 7 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 3.43 |
| 86 | Arkansas | 5 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 4.40 |
| 86 | North Carolina | 5 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 4.40 |
| 86 | Tulane | 5 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 4.40 |
| 86 | Louisville | 6 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 3.50 |
| 86 | Arizona | 5 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 4.00 |
| 86 | Eastern Michigan | 6 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 3.33 |
| 93 | Texas State | 6 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 4.00 |
| 93 | Texas | 7 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 3.43 |
| 93 | Houston | 5 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 4.60 |
| 93 | San Diego State | 6 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 3.67 |
| 93 | Penn State | 5 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 4.20 |
| 93 | South Alabama | 7 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 3.00 |
| 93 | Miami (Ohio) | 7 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 3.00 |
| 93 | Virginia | 5 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 4.00 |
| 93 | Indiana | 6 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 3.33 |
| 93 | UAB | 6 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 3.17 |
| 103 | Oregon State | 6 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 4.00 |
| 103 | Iowa | 5 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 3.80 |
| 103 | New Mexico State | 6 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 2.83 |
| 106 | California | 5 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 4.20 |
| 106 | Tennessee | 5 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 4.20 |
| 106 | Buffalo | 6 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 3.33 |
| 106 | Utah | 6 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 3.00 |
| 106 | Akron | 6 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 2.67 |
| 106 | Memphis | 6 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 2.67 |
| 106 | Temple | 5 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 3.00 |
| 106 | South Florida | 6 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 2.33 |
| 114 | Massachusetts | 7 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 3.14 |
| 114 | Kentucky | 5 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 3.20 |
| 116 | Colorado | 6 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 2.50 |
| 116 | Army | 5 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 2.80 |
| 116 | Illinois | 5 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 2.80 |
| 119 | Auburn | 5 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 2.40 |
| 119 | Colorado State | 6 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 1.83 |
| 121 | Middle Tennessee | 7 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 2.29 |
| 122 | Michigan | 7 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 2.00 |
| 122 | Navy | 8 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 1.50 |
| 124 | UCLA | 7 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 1.71 |