2021 National Leaders Passes Defended - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/10/2022

Name G Int. Passes Broken Up Passes Defended Passes Defended/G
1 Western Kentucky 13 21 59 80 6.15
2 Middle Tennessee 13 17 57 74 5.69
3 Iowa 12 22 46 68 5.67
4 UCF 12 11 56 67 5.58
5 Hawai'i 11 14 51 65 5.91
6 Toledo 12 7 56 63 5.25
7 San Diego State 12 15 47 62 5.17
7 Florida Atlantic 12 13 49 62 5.17
9 UTEP 13 8 53 61 4.69
9 Central Michigan 13 5 56 61 4.69
9 Louisiana-Lafayette 14 10 51 61 4.36
12 California 11 13 47 60 5.45
12 Nevada 12 14 46 60 5.00
14 Kent State 13 16 43 59 4.54
15 East Carolina 10 13 43 56 5.60
15 Georgia State 12 10 46 56 4.67
17 Memphis 11 7 48 55 5.00
17 Appalachian State 12 14 41 55 4.58
17 Houston 13 14 41 55 4.23
20 Cincinnati 11 15 39 54 4.91
21 Michigan State 10 7 46 53 5.30
21 San Jose State 10 5 48 53 5.30
21 UAB 11 9 44 53 4.82
21 UTSA 13 12 41 53 4.08
25 Oregon State 10 13 39 52 5.20
25 Arizona State 11 12 40 52 4.73
25 Eastern Michigan 13 8 44 52 4.00
28 Fresno State 11 9 42 51 4.64
28 Illinois 11 8 43 51 4.64
28 Old Dominion 12 7 44 51 4.25
31 Rice 10 13 37 50 5.00
31 North Carolina State 10 11 39 50 5.00
33 Utah 9 7 42 49 5.44
33 Arkansas 10 13 36 49 4.90
33 Arkansas State 11 10 39 49 4.45
33 Coastal Carolina 13 6 43 49 3.77
37 Georgia 9 11 37 48 5.33
37 Ohio State 9 11 37 48 5.33
37 Miami (Ohio) 12 7 41 48 4.00
40 Texas A&M 9 9 38 47 5.22
40 South Carolina 10 11 36 47 4.70
40 Michigan 10 5 42 47 4.70
40 Notre Dame 11 15 32 47 4.27
44 Tennessee 8 11 35 46 5.75
44 Penn State 8 10 36 46 5.75
44 Utah State 12 12 34 46 3.83
44 Marshall 12 10 36 46 3.83
44 Army 12 10 36 46 3.83
49 Florida State 8 10 35 45 5.63
49 Washington State 9 14 31 45 5.00
49 Clemson 9 10 35 45 5.00
49 UCLA 10 10 35 45 4.50
49 New Mexico 10 9 36 45 4.50
49 Mississippi 10 8 37 45 4.50
49 Liberty 11 9 36 45 4.09
56 Vanderbilt 9 10 34 44 4.89
56 Tulsa 9 7 37 44 4.89
56 Duke 10 8 36 44 4.40
56 Wake Forest 11 12 32 44 4.00
56 Minnesota 11 7 37 44 4.00
61 Alabama 10 13 30 43 4.30
61 Southern Mississippi 11 10 33 43 3.91
61 Virginia Tech 11 8 35 43 3.91
61 Bowling Green 12 12 31 43 3.58
61 Ball State 13 15 28 43 3.31
66 Texas Tech 9 6 36 42 4.67
66 BYU 10 11 31 42 4.20
66 South Alabama 11 15 27 42 3.82
69 Maryland 9 5 36 41 4.56
69 Wisconsin 10 15 26 41 4.10
69 Oregon 10 14 27 41 4.10
69 SMU 10 10 31 41 4.10
69 Pittsburgh 11 9 32 41 3.73
69 Kentucky 11 6 35 41 3.73
69 Wyoming 12 9 32 41 3.42
76 Purdue 9 8 32 40 4.44
76 Louisiana-Monroe 10 10 30 40 4.00
76 Connecticut 10 8 32 40 4.00
79 Rutgers 9 6 33 39 4.33
79 Washington 10 9 30 39 3.90
79 Troy 11 16 23 39 3.55
79 Air Force 11 7 32 39 3.55
79 Charlotte 12 8 31 39 3.25
79 Northern Illinois 13 3 36 39 3.00
85 Kansas State 10 10 28 38 3.80
86 Baylor 9 7 30 37 4.11
86 Texas State 10 3 34 37 3.70
86 Western Michigan 11 3 34 37 3.36
89 Louisville 8 9 27 36 4.50
89 LSU 9 8 28 36 4.00
89 Colorado 10 7 29 36 3.60
89 Louisiana Tech 11 9 27 36 3.27
89 North Texas 13 6 30 36 2.77
94 Georgia Southern 9 5 30 35 3.89
94 Florida 10 6 29 35 3.50
96 Northwestern 9 6 28 34 3.78
96 Missouri 10 9 25 34 3.40
96 Massachusetts 11 2 32 34 3.09
96 Buffalo 12 3 31 34 2.83
100 Virginia 8 5 28 33 4.13
100 Boston College 9 9 24 33 3.67
100 Stanford 9 4 29 33 3.67
100 Oklahoma State 10 8 25 33 3.30
104 Colorado State 10 4 28 32 3.20
104 Ohio 11 5 27 32 2.91
104 Florida International 12 3 29 32 2.67
107 Iowa State 8 9 22 31 3.88
107 TCU 9 8 23 31 3.44
109 Boise State 8 10 20 30 3.75
109 Auburn 8 5 25 30 3.75
109 Temple 10 6 24 30 3.00
112 South Florida 8 8 21 29 3.63
113 North Carolina 9 8 20 28 3.11
113 Navy 9 6 22 28 3.11
115 Tulane 8 7 19 26 3.25
115 Miami (Florida) 8 6 20 26 3.25
115 Arizona 8 4 22 26 3.25
115 West Virginia 10 7 19 26 2.60
119 New Mexico State 8 7 18 25 3.13
119 USC 9 11 14 25 2.78
121 Indiana 7 1 23 24 3.43
121 Georgia Tech 8 3 21 24 3.00
121 Kansas 9 6 18 24 2.67
124 Nebraska 7 6 17 23 3.29
124 Mississippi State 8 5 18 23 2.88
124 Oklahoma 10 7 16 23 2.30
127 Akron 11 5 17 22 2.00
128 Syracuse 8 2 19 21 2.63
128 UNLV 10 7 14 21 2.10
130 Texas 7 2 17 19 2.71