2016 National Leaders Passes Defended - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/09/2017
| Name | G | Int. | Passes Broken Up | Passes Defended | Passes Defended/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Western Kentucky | 13 | 14 | 73 | 87 | 6.69 |
| 1 | San Diego State | 14 | 26 | 61 | 87 | 6.21 |
| 3 | Middle Tennessee State | 13 | 11 | 68 | 79 | 6.08 |
| 4 | UCF | 10 | 14 | 59 | 73 | 7.30 |
| 5 | Troy | 12 | 20 | 48 | 68 | 5.67 |
| 6 | UNLV | 12 | 5 | 60 | 65 | 5.42 |
| 7 | Auburn | 9 | 8 | 56 | 64 | 7.11 |
| 8 | Miami (OH) | 12 | 14 | 49 | 63 | 5.25 |
| 8 | Virginia Tech | 12 | 14 | 49 | 63 | 5.25 |
| 8 | Tulsa | 12 | 10 | 53 | 63 | 5.25 |
| 8 | Ohio | 13 | 13 | 50 | 63 | 4.85 |
| 12 | Colorado | 9 | 11 | 51 | 62 | 6.89 |
| 12 | West Virginia | 11 | 13 | 49 | 62 | 5.64 |
| 14 | Charlotte | 10 | 15 | 46 | 61 | 6.10 |
| 14 | Vanderbilt | 11 | 5 | 56 | 61 | 5.55 |
| 14 | Air Force | 13 | 15 | 46 | 61 | 4.69 |
| 17 | Texas A&M | 10 | 10 | 50 | 60 | 6.00 |
| 17 | BYU | 12 | 20 | 40 | 60 | 5.00 |
| 17 | Boise State | 13 | 7 | 53 | 60 | 4.62 |
| 20 | Eastern Michigan | 12 | 10 | 49 | 59 | 4.92 |
| 21 | Missouri | 9 | 10 | 48 | 58 | 6.44 |
| 21 | Northern Illinois | 10 | 14 | 44 | 58 | 5.80 |
| 21 | Memphis | 11 | 14 | 44 | 58 | 5.27 |
| 21 | Arkansas State | 12 | 11 | 47 | 58 | 4.83 |
| 25 | Appalachian State | 13 | 20 | 37 | 57 | 4.38 |
| 25 | Old Dominion | 13 | 11 | 46 | 57 | 4.38 |
| 25 | Louisiana Tech | 14 | 9 | 48 | 57 | 4.07 |
| 28 | UCLA | 9 | 9 | 47 | 56 | 6.22 |
| 28 | Utah | 10 | 17 | 39 | 56 | 5.60 |
| 28 | Stanford | 10 | 13 | 43 | 56 | 5.60 |
| 31 | Nebraska | 10 | 14 | 41 | 55 | 5.50 |
| 31 | UTSA | 13 | 7 | 48 | 55 | 4.23 |
| 33 | Idaho | 12 | 17 | 37 | 54 | 4.50 |
| 33 | Western Michigan | 13 | 15 | 39 | 54 | 4.15 |
| 35 | Oklahoma | 9 | 7 | 46 | 53 | 5.89 |
| 35 | Houston | 11 | 7 | 46 | 53 | 4.82 |
| 37 | Indiana | 9 | 8 | 44 | 52 | 5.78 |
| 38 | Kansas | 9 | 10 | 41 | 51 | 5.67 |
| 38 | Ball State | 11 | 7 | 44 | 51 | 4.64 |
| 38 | FIU | 12 | 6 | 45 | 51 | 4.25 |
| 38 | New Mexico | 13 | 8 | 43 | 51 | 3.92 |
| 42 | Kansas State | 9 | 12 | 38 | 50 | 5.56 |
| 42 | Cincinnati | 10 | 17 | 33 | 50 | 5.00 |
| 42 | Baylor | 10 | 10 | 40 | 50 | 5.00 |
| 42 | TCU | 10 | 8 | 42 | 50 | 5.00 |
| 42 | Central Michigan | 11 | 12 | 38 | 50 | 4.55 |
| 42 | UTEP | 12 | 6 | 44 | 50 | 4.17 |
| 48 | Iowa State | 8 | 8 | 41 | 49 | 6.13 |
| 48 | SMU | 10 | 15 | 34 | 49 | 4.90 |
| 48 | USF | 11 | 15 | 34 | 49 | 4.45 |
| 48 | Louisiana | 13 | 10 | 39 | 49 | 3.77 |
| 52 | USC | 8 | 6 | 42 | 48 | 6.00 |
| 52 | Boston College | 9 | 10 | 38 | 48 | 5.33 |
| 52 | Southern Miss | 12 | 9 | 39 | 48 | 4.00 |
| 52 | Toledo | 12 | 6 | 42 | 48 | 4.00 |
| 56 | Northwestern | 7 | 12 | 35 | 47 | 6.71 |
| 56 | Texas | 9 | 5 | 42 | 47 | 5.22 |
| 56 | Navy | 12 | 7 | 40 | 47 | 3.92 |
| 56 | Wyoming | 13 | 14 | 33 | 47 | 3.62 |
| 60 | Oregon State | 9 | 7 | 39 | 46 | 5.11 |
| 60 | Texas Tech | 9 | 5 | 41 | 46 | 5.11 |
| 60 | Washington | 10 | 14 | 32 | 46 | 4.60 |
| 60 | South Carolina | 10 | 12 | 34 | 46 | 4.60 |
| 60 | NC State | 10 | 9 | 37 | 46 | 4.60 |
| 60 | Louisiana-Monroe | 10 | 6 | 40 | 46 | 4.60 |
| 66 | Wisconsin | 7 | 15 | 30 | 45 | 6.43 |
| 66 | Clemson | 8 | 12 | 33 | 45 | 5.63 |
| 66 | Georgia | 11 | 13 | 32 | 45 | 4.09 |
| 66 | North Texas | 12 | 13 | 32 | 45 | 3.75 |
| 66 | South Alabama | 13 | 10 | 35 | 45 | 3.46 |
| 71 | LSU | 7 | 6 | 38 | 44 | 6.29 |
| 71 | Kent State | 9 | 12 | 32 | 44 | 4.89 |
| 71 | Tennessee | 9 | 9 | 35 | 44 | 4.89 |
| 71 | Mississippi State | 10 | 12 | 32 | 44 | 4.40 |
| 71 | Akron | 10 | 8 | 36 | 44 | 4.40 |
| 71 | Marshall | 10 | 7 | 37 | 44 | 4.40 |
| 71 | Georgia State | 11 | 10 | 34 | 44 | 4.00 |
| 71 | San Jose State | 12 | 10 | 34 | 44 | 3.67 |
| 79 | California | 9 | 10 | 33 | 43 | 4.78 |
| 79 | Rice | 11 | 5 | 38 | 43 | 3.91 |
| 79 | Massachusetts | 11 | 4 | 39 | 43 | 3.91 |
| 82 | Alabama | 9 | 8 | 34 | 42 | 4.67 |
| 82 | Virginia | 9 | 8 | 34 | 42 | 4.67 |
| 82 | Bowling Green | 11 | 8 | 34 | 42 | 3.82 |
| 82 | Army | 12 | 14 | 28 | 42 | 3.50 |
| 86 | Iowa | 8 | 6 | 35 | 41 | 5.13 |
| 86 | Minnesota | 9 | 7 | 34 | 41 | 4.56 |
| 86 | Miami (FL) | 9 | 6 | 35 | 41 | 4.56 |
| 86 | Louisville | 10 | 10 | 31 | 41 | 4.10 |
| 86 | Georgia Southern | 11 | 9 | 32 | 41 | 3.73 |
| 91 | Arizona State | 9 | 7 | 33 | 40 | 4.44 |
| 91 | East Carolina | 9 | 5 | 35 | 40 | 4.44 |
| 91 | New Mexico State | 12 | 13 | 27 | 40 | 3.33 |
| 94 | Florida | 9 | 12 | 27 | 39 | 4.33 |
| 94 | Oklahoma State | 9 | 10 | 29 | 39 | 4.33 |
| 94 | Wake Forest | 9 | 10 | 29 | 39 | 4.33 |
| 97 | Ohio State | 7 | 12 | 26 | 38 | 5.43 |
| 97 | Arkansas | 8 | 6 | 32 | 38 | 4.75 |
| 97 | Arizona | 8 | 5 | 33 | 38 | 4.75 |
| 97 | Tulane | 11 | 12 | 26 | 38 | 3.45 |
| 97 | Fresno State | 11 | 5 | 33 | 38 | 3.45 |
| 97 | Temple | 12 | 10 | 28 | 38 | 3.17 |
| 97 | Colorado State | 12 | 8 | 30 | 38 | 3.17 |
| 104 | Michigan | 7 | 6 | 31 | 37 | 5.29 |
| 104 | Maryland | 9 | 5 | 32 | 37 | 4.11 |
| 104 | Kentucky | 10 | 9 | 28 | 37 | 3.70 |
| 107 | Penn State | 7 | 6 | 30 | 36 | 5.14 |
| 107 | Connecticut | 10 | 3 | 33 | 36 | 3.60 |
| 107 | Utah State | 11 | 6 | 30 | 36 | 3.27 |
| 107 | Florida Atlantic | 12 | 10 | 26 | 36 | 3.00 |
| 107 | Hawaii | 13 | 10 | 26 | 36 | 2.77 |
| 112 | Oregon | 7 | 6 | 28 | 34 | 4.86 |
| 112 | Duke | 9 | 9 | 25 | 34 | 3.78 |
| 112 | Pittsburgh | 9 | 5 | 29 | 34 | 3.78 |
| 112 | North Carolina | 9 | 1 | 33 | 34 | 3.78 |
| 112 | Georgia Tech | 10 | 8 | 26 | 34 | 3.40 |
| 117 | Florida State | 8 | 9 | 24 | 33 | 4.13 |
| 117 | Ole Miss | 8 | 7 | 26 | 33 | 4.13 |
| 117 | Notre Dame | 9 | 6 | 27 | 33 | 3.67 |
| 120 | Washington State | 10 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 3.20 |
| 120 | Buffalo | 11 | 5 | 27 | 32 | 2.91 |
| 122 | Purdue | 8 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 3.88 |
| 122 | Nevada | 12 | 5 | 26 | 31 | 2.58 |
| 124 | Rutgers | 7 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 4.00 |
| 124 | Michigan State | 8 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 3.50 |
| 126 | Texas State | 12 | 3 | 23 | 26 | 2.17 |
| 127 | Syracuse | 6 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 4.17 |
| 128 | Illinois | 7 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 3.14 |