2012 National Leaders Passes Defended - Games vs. FBS (I-A) Teams Only through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Int. | Passes Broken Up | Passes Defended | Passes Defended/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oregon | 12 | 23 | 59 | 82 | 6.83 |
| 2 | Kent State | 13 | 21 | 52 | 73 | 5.62 |
| 2 | Fresno State | 12 | 21 | 43 | 64 | 5.33 |
| 4 | TCU | 12 | 20 | 61 | 81 | 6.75 |
| 5 | Houston | 12 | 19 | 57 | 76 | 6.33 |
| 5 | USC | 13 | 19 | 49 | 68 | 5.23 |
| 5 | Florida | 12 | 19 | 44 | 63 | 5.25 |
| 8 | Alabama | 13 | 18 | 56 | 74 | 5.69 |
| 8 | Rutgers | 12 | 18 | 52 | 70 | 5.83 |
| 8 | Arizona State | 12 | 18 | 51 | 69 | 5.75 |
| 8 | LSU | 12 | 18 | 50 | 68 | 5.67 |
| 8 | Boise State | 13 | 18 | 43 | 61 | 4.69 |
| 8 | Oregon State | 12 | 18 | 41 | 59 | 4.92 |
| 14 | Toledo | 12 | 17 | 45 | 62 | 5.17 |
| 14 | Kansas State | 12 | 17 | 42 | 59 | 4.92 |
| 14 | Mississippi State | 12 | 17 | 39 | 56 | 4.67 |
| 17 | Louisiana-Monroe | 13 | 16 | 42 | 58 | 4.46 |
| 17 | Notre Dame | 13 | 16 | 34 | 50 | 3.85 |
| 19 | Stanford | 14 | 15 | 69 | 84 | 6.00 |
| 19 | North Carolina State | 12 | 15 | 53 | 68 | 5.67 |
| 19 | Cincinnati | 11 | 15 | 52 | 67 | 6.09 |
| 19 | UCLA | 14 | 15 | 50 | 65 | 4.64 |
| 19 | Baylor | 12 | 15 | 48 | 63 | 5.25 |
| 19 | South Carolina | 12 | 15 | 44 | 59 | 4.92 |
| 19 | Tulane | 12 | 15 | 42 | 57 | 4.75 |
| 19 | Washington | 12 | 15 | 38 | 53 | 4.42 |
| 19 | Georgia Tech | 13 | 15 | 33 | 48 | 3.69 |
| 19 | Texas | 13 | 15 | 31 | 46 | 3.54 |
| 29 | Ohio State | 12 | 14 | 74 | 88 | 7.33 |
| 29 | Northern Illinois | 13 | 14 | 64 | 78 | 6.00 |
| 29 | Michigan State | 13 | 14 | 63 | 77 | 5.92 |
| 29 | SMU | 12 | 14 | 55 | 69 | 5.75 |
| 29 | Iowa State | 12 | 14 | 54 | 68 | 5.67 |
| 29 | Mississippi | 12 | 14 | 50 | 64 | 5.33 |
| 29 | North Carolina | 11 | 14 | 44 | 58 | 5.27 |
| 29 | Pittsburgh | 11 | 14 | 36 | 50 | 4.55 |
| 37 | Utah State | 12 | 13 | 66 | 79 | 6.58 |
| 37 | Northwestern | 12 | 13 | 58 | 71 | 5.92 |
| 37 | Central Michigan | 12 | 13 | 42 | 55 | 4.58 |
| 37 | Georgia | 13 | 13 | 40 | 53 | 4.08 |
| 37 | Buffalo | 11 | 13 | 38 | 51 | 4.64 |
| 37 | Massachusetts | 12 | 13 | 38 | 51 | 4.25 |
| 37 | San Diego State | 12 | 13 | 35 | 48 | 4.00 |
| 37 | California | 11 | 13 | 34 | 47 | 4.27 |
| 37 | Washington State | 11 | 13 | 30 | 43 | 3.91 |
| 46 | BYU | 12 | 12 | 56 | 68 | 5.67 |
| 46 | Purdue | 12 | 12 | 55 | 67 | 5.58 |
| 46 | Minnesota | 12 | 12 | 54 | 66 | 5.50 |
| 46 | San Jose State | 12 | 12 | 51 | 63 | 5.25 |
| 46 | Arkansas State | 12 | 12 | 44 | 56 | 4.67 |
| 46 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 12 | 12 | 44 | 56 | 4.67 |
| 46 | Oklahoma | 12 | 12 | 39 | 51 | 4.25 |
| 46 | Western Kentucky | 12 | 12 | 38 | 50 | 4.17 |
| 46 | Texas State | 11 | 12 | 32 | 44 | 4.00 |
| 46 | Middle Tennessee | 11 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 2.45 |
| 56 | Arizona | 12 | 11 | 54 | 65 | 5.42 |
| 56 | Tulsa | 13 | 11 | 54 | 65 | 5.00 |
| 56 | Ohio | 12 | 11 | 52 | 63 | 5.25 |
| 56 | Virginia Tech | 12 | 11 | 49 | 60 | 5.00 |
| 56 | Nebraska | 13 | 11 | 49 | 60 | 4.62 |
| 56 | Rice | 13 | 11 | 48 | 59 | 4.54 |
| 56 | UCF | 14 | 11 | 45 | 56 | 4.00 |
| 56 | Clemson | 12 | 11 | 42 | 53 | 4.42 |
| 56 | Tennessee | 11 | 11 | 31 | 42 | 3.82 |
| 65 | Texas A&M | 11 | 10 | 58 | 68 | 6.18 |
| 65 | Florida International | 12 | 10 | 54 | 64 | 5.33 |
| 65 | Vanderbilt | 12 | 10 | 52 | 62 | 5.17 |
| 65 | Louisiana Tech | 12 | 10 | 52 | 62 | 5.17 |
| 65 | Florida State | 12 | 10 | 47 | 57 | 4.75 |
| 65 | Penn State | 12 | 10 | 46 | 56 | 4.67 |
| 65 | Miami (Florida) | 11 | 10 | 44 | 54 | 4.91 |
| 65 | Bowling Green | 12 | 10 | 44 | 54 | 4.50 |
| 65 | Louisville | 12 | 10 | 44 | 54 | 4.50 |
| 65 | Wake Forest | 11 | 10 | 36 | 46 | 4.18 |
| 65 | Miami (Ohio) | 11 | 10 | 28 | 38 | 3.45 |
| 76 | East Carolina | 12 | 9 | 62 | 71 | 5.92 |
| 76 | Hawai'i | 11 | 9 | 48 | 57 | 5.18 |
| 76 | Oklahoma State | 12 | 9 | 48 | 57 | 4.75 |
| 76 | West Virginia | 12 | 9 | 45 | 54 | 4.50 |
| 76 | UNLV | 12 | 9 | 45 | 54 | 4.50 |
| 76 | New Mexico | 12 | 9 | 40 | 49 | 4.08 |
| 76 | Duke | 12 | 9 | 37 | 46 | 3.83 |
| 76 | South Alabama | 12 | 9 | 36 | 45 | 3.75 |
| 76 | Iowa | 11 | 9 | 35 | 44 | 4.00 |
| 85 | Wisconsin | 13 | 8 | 58 | 66 | 5.08 |
| 85 | Boston College | 11 | 8 | 47 | 55 | 5.00 |
| 85 | Texas Tech | 12 | 8 | 45 | 53 | 4.42 |
| 85 | Marshall | 11 | 8 | 35 | 43 | 3.91 |
| 85 | Idaho | 11 | 8 | 34 | 42 | 3.82 |
| 85 | North Texas | 11 | 8 | 32 | 40 | 3.64 |
| 91 | UTEP | 12 | 7 | 47 | 54 | 4.50 |
| 91 | Ball State | 13 | 7 | 42 | 49 | 3.77 |
| 91 | Utah | 11 | 7 | 40 | 47 | 4.27 |
| 91 | Colorado State | 11 | 7 | 40 | 47 | 4.27 |
| 91 | Air Force | 12 | 7 | 32 | 39 | 3.25 |
| 91 | Kansas | 11 | 7 | 31 | 38 | 3.45 |
| 91 | Army | 11 | 7 | 29 | 36 | 3.27 |
| 91 | Florida Atlantic | 11 | 7 | 28 | 35 | 3.18 |
| 91 | Syracuse | 12 | 7 | 26 | 33 | 2.75 |
| 91 | Michigan | 13 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 2.15 |
| 101 | Connecticut | 12 | 6 | 58 | 64 | 5.33 |
| 101 | Nevada | 12 | 6 | 50 | 56 | 4.67 |
| 101 | Arkansas | 11 | 6 | 43 | 49 | 4.45 |
| 101 | Missouri | 11 | 6 | 39 | 45 | 4.09 |
| 101 | Western Michigan | 11 | 6 | 38 | 44 | 4.00 |
| 101 | Indiana | 11 | 6 | 38 | 44 | 4.00 |
| 101 | Troy | 12 | 6 | 37 | 43 | 3.58 |
| 101 | Illinois | 11 | 6 | 29 | 35 | 3.18 |
| 101 | Eastern Michigan | 11 | 6 | 27 | 33 | 3.00 |
| 101 | UTSA | 8 | 6 | 26 | 32 | 4.00 |
| 101 | Memphis | 11 | 6 | 26 | 32 | 2.91 |
| 101 | Navy | 12 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 2.25 |
| 113 | Southern Mississippi | 12 | 5 | 37 | 42 | 3.50 |
| 113 | Wyoming | 11 | 5 | 36 | 41 | 3.73 |
| 113 | Akron | 11 | 5 | 31 | 36 | 3.27 |
| 113 | Kentucky | 11 | 5 | 31 | 36 | 3.27 |
| 113 | UAB | 11 | 5 | 25 | 30 | 2.73 |
| 118 | Virginia | 11 | 4 | 47 | 51 | 4.64 |
| 119 | Maryland | 11 | 3 | 47 | 50 | 4.55 |
| 119 | New Mexico State | 11 | 3 | 36 | 39 | 3.55 |
| 119 | Temple | 10 | 3 | 26 | 29 | 2.90 |
| 119 | Colorado | 11 | 3 | 24 | 27 | 2.45 |
| 123 | South Florida | 11 | 2 | 31 | 33 | 3.00 |
| 124 | Auburn | 11 | 1 | 36 | 37 | 3.36 |