2023 National Leaders Passes Defended - Games vs. Ranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/08/2024

Name G Int. Passes Broken Up Passes Defended Passes Defended/G
1 Iowa State 6 5 32 37 6.17
2 Alabama 6 2 30 32 5.33
3 Florida State 4 2 27 29 7.25
4 Oklahoma 5 7 21 28 5.60
5 Notre Dame 4 4 22 26 6.50
5 Duke 5 3 23 26 5.20
5 Washington 5 2 24 26 5.20
8 Texas 6 4 20 24 4.00
9 Michigan 5 4 19 23 4.60
10 UCF 4 5 17 22 5.50
10 Georgia 5 5 17 22 4.40
10 Missouri 5 2 20 22 4.40
13 Kansas State 5 5 16 21 4.20
13 Florida 5 1 20 21 4.20
15 BYU 4 3 16 19 4.75
16 Mississippi State 4 4 14 18 4.50
16 Georgia Tech 4 3 15 18 4.50
18 Pittsburgh 3 4 13 17 5.67
18 Oklahoma State 4 7 10 17 4.25
18 Arizona State 4 5 12 17 4.25
18 Auburn 4 4 13 17 4.25
18 TCU 4 4 13 17 4.25
18 Indiana 4 3 14 17 4.25
18 LSU 4 3 14 17 4.25
25 North Carolina State 4 4 12 16 4.00
25 South Carolina 4 3 13 16 4.00
25 Texas Tech 4 2 14 16 4.00
25 Kentucky 6 5 11 16 2.67
29 Louisville 3 5 10 15 5.00
29 Mississippi 4 3 12 15 3.75
29 Penn State 4 0 15 15 3.75
29 Texas A&M 5 4 11 15 3.00
29 Michigan State 5 2 13 15 3.00
34 Tennessee 4 4 10 14 3.50
34 Kansas 4 3 11 14 3.50
34 Vanderbilt 4 2 12 14 3.50
37 East Carolina 2 0 13 13 6.50
37 Clemson 3 2 11 13 4.33
37 Maryland 3 1 12 13 4.33
37 Arkansas 4 1 12 13 3.25
37 Oregon State 4 1 12 13 3.25
37 USC 5 2 11 13 2.60
43 Oregon 3 3 9 12 4.00
43 Wisconsin 3 3 9 12 4.00
43 Virginia 3 2 10 12 4.00
43 Cincinnati 3 1 11 12 4.00
43 Rutgers 4 2 10 12 3.00
48 Nebraska 2 1 10 11 5.50
48 Syracuse 2 0 11 11 5.50
48 West Virginia 3 1 10 11 3.67
48 Ohio State 4 0 11 11 2.75
52 Arizona 2 3 7 10 5.00
52 Tulane 2 3 7 10 5.00
52 Rice 2 0 10 10 5.00
52 Illinois 3 1 9 10 3.33
52 Purdue 3 1 9 10 3.33
57 UNLV 2 4 5 9 4.50
57 Louisiana Tech 2 0 9 9 4.50
57 Miami (Florida) 4 3 6 9 2.25
57 Stanford 4 3 6 9 2.25
61 Colorado 2 1 7 8 4.00
61 Minnesota 3 1 7 8 2.67
61 Washington State 3 1 7 8 2.67
61 Wake Forest 4 0 8 8 2.00
65 Southern Mississippi 1 0 7 7 7.00
65 Northwestern 2 1 6 7 3.50
65 Memphis 2 0 7 7 3.50
65 Houston 3 1 6 7 2.33
65 Middle Tennessee 3 1 6 7 2.33
65 Utah 3 0 7 7 2.33
71 Western Michigan 1 2 4 6 6.00
71 UTSA 1 0 6 6 6.00
71 Baylor 2 0 6 6 3.00
71 Connecticut 2 0 6 6 3.00
71 Tulsa 3 2 4 6 2.00
71 Boston College 3 0 6 6 2.00
71 Virginia Tech 3 0 6 6 2.00
78 Marshall 1 3 2 5 5.00
78 UAB 1 1 4 5 5.00
78 Utah State 1 0 5 5 5.00
78 Bowling Green 2 3 2 5 2.50
78 California 2 2 3 5 2.50
78 Navy 2 0 5 5 2.50
84 Ball State 1 1 3 4 4.00
84 Charlotte 1 1 3 4 4.00
84 North Texas 1 1 3 4 4.00
84 South Alabama 1 1 3 4 4.00
84 Buffalo 1 0 4 4 4.00
84 Florida Atlantic 1 0 4 4 4.00
84 Liberty 1 0 4 4 4.00
84 UTEP 2 0 4 4 2.00
84 Iowa 3 0 4 4 1.33
93 UCLA 1 1 2 3 3.00
93 Florida International 1 1 2 3 3.00
93 Troy 1 1 2 3 3.00
93 South Florida 1 0 3 3 3.00
93 SMU 1 0 3 3 3.00
93 Temple 1 0 3 3 3.00
93 Wyoming 1 0 3 3 3.00
93 Massachusetts 2 1 2 3 1.50
93 Western Kentucky 2 1 2 3 1.50
93 North Carolina 2 0 3 3 1.50
103 Boise State 1 0 2 2 2.00
103 Nevada 1 0 2 2 2.00
103 Louisiana-Monroe 1 0 2 2 2.00
103 New Mexico State 2 0 2 2 1.00
107 Old Dominion 1 1 0 1 1.00
107 Sam Houston State 1 1 0 1 1.00
107 Arkansas State 1 0 1 1 1.00
107 Hawai'i 1 0 1 1 1.00
107 Jacksonville State 1 0 1 1 1.00
107 Army 1 0 1 1 1.00