2016 National Leaders Passes Defended - Games vs. FBS non-Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 01/09/2017
| Name | G | Int. | Passes Broken Up | Passes Defended | Passes Defended/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Western Kentucky | 11 | 12 | 64 | 76 | 6.91 |
| 2 | San Diego State | 12 | 22 | 48 | 70 | 5.83 |
| 3 | UCF | 10 | 14 | 54 | 68 | 6.80 |
| 4 | Middle Tennessee State | 10 | 10 | 56 | 66 | 6.60 |
| 4 | Troy | 11 | 19 | 47 | 66 | 6.00 |
| 6 | Charlotte | 10 | 13 | 49 | 62 | 6.20 |
| 7 | Ohio | 11 | 13 | 47 | 60 | 5.45 |
| 8 | Tulsa | 11 | 8 | 51 | 59 | 5.36 |
| 9 | Air Force | 12 | 15 | 43 | 58 | 4.83 |
| 10 | Northern Illinois | 11 | 14 | 41 | 55 | 5.00 |
| 11 | Houston | 10 | 7 | 46 | 53 | 5.30 |
| 11 | Arkansas State | 11 | 11 | 42 | 53 | 4.82 |
| 11 | Eastern Michigan | 11 | 11 | 42 | 53 | 4.82 |
| 14 | Miami (OH) | 10 | 13 | 39 | 52 | 5.20 |
| 14 | UNLV | 10 | 3 | 49 | 52 | 5.20 |
| 16 | Navy | 13 | 7 | 44 | 51 | 3.92 |
| 17 | Appalachian State | 11 | 18 | 32 | 50 | 4.55 |
| 17 | Old Dominion | 11 | 10 | 40 | 50 | 4.55 |
| 19 | Memphis | 10 | 12 | 35 | 47 | 4.70 |
| 19 | UTEP | 10 | 6 | 41 | 47 | 4.70 |
| 19 | Louisiana Tech | 11 | 7 | 40 | 47 | 4.27 |
| 19 | New Mexico | 11 | 7 | 40 | 47 | 4.27 |
| 23 | Western Michigan | 10 | 14 | 32 | 46 | 4.60 |
| 23 | Akron | 10 | 8 | 38 | 46 | 4.60 |
| 25 | Idaho | 10 | 15 | 30 | 45 | 4.50 |
| 25 | FIU | 10 | 6 | 39 | 45 | 4.50 |
| 25 | Wyoming | 12 | 13 | 32 | 45 | 3.75 |
| 28 | Toledo | 12 | 6 | 38 | 44 | 3.67 |
| 29 | Cincinnati | 10 | 10 | 33 | 43 | 4.30 |
| 29 | Ball State | 10 | 5 | 38 | 43 | 4.30 |
| 31 | Central Michigan | 10 | 9 | 33 | 42 | 4.20 |
| 31 | Southern Miss | 10 | 8 | 34 | 42 | 4.20 |
| 31 | North Texas | 11 | 12 | 30 | 42 | 3.82 |
| 31 | Louisiana | 11 | 9 | 33 | 42 | 3.82 |
| 35 | Bowling Green | 10 | 8 | 33 | 41 | 4.10 |
| 35 | UTSA | 10 | 6 | 35 | 41 | 4.10 |
| 35 | Boise State | 10 | 5 | 36 | 41 | 4.10 |
| 38 | Marshall | 9 | 6 | 34 | 40 | 4.44 |
| 39 | Louisiana-Monroe | 9 | 5 | 34 | 39 | 4.33 |
| 40 | Kent State | 8 | 9 | 29 | 38 | 4.75 |
| 41 | South Alabama | 10 | 9 | 27 | 36 | 3.60 |
| 42 | New Mexico State | 10 | 12 | 23 | 35 | 3.50 |
| 42 | Georgia State | 10 | 7 | 28 | 35 | 3.50 |
| 44 | Georgia Southern | 9 | 7 | 27 | 34 | 3.78 |
| 44 | Tulane | 10 | 10 | 24 | 34 | 3.40 |
| 44 | Colorado State | 10 | 6 | 28 | 34 | 3.40 |
| 44 | Fresno State | 10 | 3 | 31 | 34 | 3.40 |
| 48 | East Carolina | 8 | 4 | 29 | 33 | 4.13 |
| 48 | SMU | 9 | 11 | 22 | 33 | 3.67 |
| 50 | USF | 9 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 3.56 |
| 50 | Utah State | 10 | 5 | 27 | 32 | 3.20 |
| 52 | San Jose State | 9 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 3.44 |
| 52 | Rice | 9 | 2 | 29 | 31 | 3.44 |
| 54 | BYU | 6 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 5.00 |
| 54 | Temple | 11 | 6 | 24 | 30 | 2.73 |
| 56 | Army | 9 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 3.22 |
| 56 | Buffalo | 10 | 5 | 24 | 29 | 2.90 |
| 58 | Hawaii | 10 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 2.80 |
| 59 | Massachusetts | 7 | 2 | 25 | 27 | 3.86 |
| 59 | Florida Atlantic | 9 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 3.00 |
| 59 | Nevada | 10 | 4 | 23 | 27 | 2.70 |
| 62 | Connecticut | 8 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 3.25 |
| 63 | Baylor | 3 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 8.00 |
| 64 | Missouri | 2 | 2 | 19 | 21 | 10.50 |
| 65 | Boston College | 3 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 6.33 |
| 65 | Mississippi State | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 4.75 |
| 67 | Ohio State | 2 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 9.00 |
| 67 | Vanderbilt | 2 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 9.00 |
| 69 | Indiana | 2 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 8.50 |
| 69 | UCLA | 2 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 8.50 |
| 71 | Kentucky | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 8.00 |
| 71 | Ole Miss | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 8.00 |
| 71 | South Carolina | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 5.33 |
| 71 | Texas State | 10 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 1.60 |
| 75 | Stanford | 2 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 7.50 |
| 75 | Wisconsin | 3 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 5.00 |
| 77 | Nebraska | 2 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 6.50 |
| 77 | USC | 2 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 6.50 |
| 77 | Virginia | 2 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 6.50 |
| 77 | Miami (FL) | 3 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 4.33 |
| 81 | Iowa State | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 12.00 |
| 81 | Kansas | 2 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 6.00 |
| 83 | Auburn | 2 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 5.50 |
| 83 | Florida | 2 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 5.50 |
| 83 | NC State | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 3.67 |
| 83 | Louisville | 3 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 3.67 |
| 87 | Clemson | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 10.00 |
| 87 | Penn State | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 5.00 |
| 87 | Washington State | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 5.00 |
| 90 | Utah | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4.50 |
| 90 | Arkansas | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4.50 |
| 90 | California | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4.50 |
| 90 | Maryland | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4.50 |
| 90 | Tennessee | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 4.50 |
| 90 | Notre Dame | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3.00 |
| 90 | Wake Forest | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3.00 |
| 97 | Duke | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4.00 |
| 97 | Michigan | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4.00 |
| 97 | Arizona | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4.00 |
| 97 | Texas A&M | 2 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 4.00 |
| 97 | Texas | 2 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 4.00 |
| 97 | Syracuse | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2.67 |
| 103 | West Virginia | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7.00 |
| 103 | Alabama | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3.50 |
| 103 | Virginia Tech | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3.50 |
| 106 | Colorado | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6.00 |
| 106 | TCU | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6.00 |
| 106 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6.00 |
| 106 | Michigan State | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3.00 |
| 110 | Kansas State | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5.00 |
| 110 | Iowa | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5.00 |
| 110 | Texas Tech | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5.00 |
| 110 | Oklahoma | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2.50 |
| 110 | Purdue | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2.50 |
| 115 | Georgia | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4.00 |
| 115 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4.00 |
| 115 | Rutgers | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4.00 |
| 115 | Northwestern | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4.00 |
| 119 | Florida State | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 |
| 119 | Minnesota | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3.00 |
| 119 | Washington | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3.00 |
| 119 | Arizona State | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3.00 |
| 123 | Georgia Tech | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2.00 |
| 123 | Illinois | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2.00 |
| 123 | LSU | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2.00 |