2019 National Leaders Passes Defended - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/13/2020
| Name | G | Int. | Passes Broken Up | Passes Defended | Passes Defended/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florida Atlantic | 12 | 22 | 35 | 57 | 4.75 |
| 2 | San Diego State | 13 | 18 | 61 | 79 | 6.08 |
| 3 | Louisiana Tech | 12 | 17 | 49 | 66 | 5.50 |
| 3 | Clemson | 13 | 17 | 47 | 64 | 4.92 |
| 5 | Oregon | 11 | 15 | 47 | 62 | 5.64 |
| 5 | Alabama | 10 | 15 | 42 | 57 | 5.70 |
| 5 | Ball State | 12 | 15 | 41 | 56 | 4.67 |
| 5 | San Jose State | 10 | 15 | 28 | 43 | 4.30 |
| 9 | Appalachian State | 14 | 14 | 59 | 73 | 5.21 |
| 9 | Baylor | 10 | 14 | 39 | 53 | 5.30 |
| 11 | Hawaii | 12 | 13 | 52 | 65 | 5.42 |
| 11 | Utah | 12 | 13 | 50 | 63 | 5.25 |
| 11 | Central Michigan | 13 | 13 | 49 | 62 | 4.77 |
| 11 | Wake Forest | 12 | 13 | 46 | 59 | 4.92 |
| 11 | Western Michigan | 13 | 13 | 36 | 49 | 3.77 |
| 11 | North Carolina | 11 | 13 | 35 | 48 | 4.36 |
| 11 | Florida | 10 | 13 | 34 | 47 | 4.70 |
| 11 | BYU | 11 | 13 | 33 | 46 | 4.18 |
| 19 | UCF | 12 | 12 | 61 | 73 | 6.08 |
| 19 | Virginia Tech | 12 | 12 | 50 | 62 | 5.17 |
| 19 | FIU | 13 | 12 | 50 | 62 | 4.77 |
| 19 | Arkansas State | 12 | 12 | 44 | 56 | 4.67 |
| 19 | Liberty | 13 | 12 | 36 | 48 | 3.69 |
| 19 | Tennessee | 10 | 12 | 34 | 46 | 4.60 |
| 19 | Ohio State | 8 | 12 | 31 | 43 | 5.38 |
| 26 | Syracuse | 11 | 11 | 52 | 63 | 5.73 |
| 26 | Western Kentucky | 13 | 11 | 50 | 61 | 4.69 |
| 26 | Fresno State | 10 | 11 | 49 | 60 | 6.00 |
| 26 | Oklahoma State | 10 | 11 | 46 | 57 | 5.70 |
| 26 | Wyoming | 11 | 11 | 46 | 57 | 5.18 |
| 26 | LSU | 8 | 11 | 43 | 54 | 6.75 |
| 26 | Tulane | 9 | 11 | 42 | 53 | 5.89 |
| 26 | Cincinnati | 10 | 11 | 40 | 51 | 5.10 |
| 26 | Eastern Michigan | 13 | 11 | 40 | 51 | 3.92 |
| 26 | Virginia | 11 | 11 | 37 | 48 | 4.36 |
| 26 | Nevada | 12 | 11 | 37 | 48 | 4.00 |
| 26 | Minnesota | 9 | 11 | 35 | 46 | 5.11 |
| 26 | Buffalo | 12 | 11 | 35 | 46 | 3.83 |
| 26 | Navy | 10 | 11 | 33 | 44 | 4.40 |
| 26 | Washington | 10 | 11 | 27 | 38 | 3.80 |
| 41 | Arizona State | 11 | 10 | 49 | 59 | 5.36 |
| 41 | Utah State | 10 | 10 | 47 | 57 | 5.70 |
| 41 | Louisiana | 12 | 10 | 43 | 53 | 4.42 |
| 41 | Michigan State | 9 | 10 | 41 | 51 | 5.67 |
| 41 | Mississippi State | 10 | 10 | 39 | 49 | 4.90 |
| 41 | Miami (OH) | 11 | 10 | 37 | 47 | 4.27 |
| 41 | Nebraska | 8 | 10 | 36 | 46 | 5.75 |
| 41 | Texas | 9 | 10 | 36 | 46 | 5.11 |
| 41 | Boston College | 10 | 10 | 34 | 44 | 4.40 |
| 41 | TCU | 9 | 10 | 33 | 43 | 4.78 |
| 41 | Colorado | 9 | 10 | 27 | 37 | 4.11 |
| 41 | Texas Tech | 9 | 10 | 26 | 36 | 4.00 |
| 41 | Troy | 11 | 10 | 26 | 36 | 3.27 |
| 41 | Coastal Carolina | 11 | 10 | 25 | 35 | 3.18 |
| 41 | Massachusetts | 12 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 2.50 |
| 56 | SMU | 11 | 9 | 49 | 58 | 5.27 |
| 56 | Boise State | 13 | 9 | 48 | 57 | 4.38 |
| 56 | UNLV | 11 | 9 | 43 | 52 | 4.73 |
| 56 | Notre Dame | 10 | 9 | 36 | 45 | 4.50 |
| 56 | Iowa | 9 | 9 | 34 | 43 | 4.78 |
| 56 | Arizona | 10 | 9 | 33 | 42 | 4.20 |
| 56 | Old Dominion | 12 | 9 | 33 | 42 | 3.50 |
| 56 | Kansas State | 9 | 9 | 31 | 40 | 4.44 |
| 56 | Southern Miss | 12 | 9 | 31 | 40 | 3.33 |
| 56 | Illinois | 9 | 9 | 26 | 35 | 3.89 |
| 56 | East Carolina | 9 | 9 | 25 | 34 | 3.78 |
| 56 | Washington State | 10 | 9 | 25 | 34 | 3.40 |
| 68 | Missouri | 10 | 8 | 49 | 57 | 5.70 |
| 68 | Miami (FL) | 12 | 8 | 44 | 52 | 4.33 |
| 68 | Wisconsin | 8 | 8 | 40 | 48 | 6.00 |
| 68 | Middle Tennessee State | 10 | 8 | 39 | 47 | 4.70 |
| 68 | Texas A&M | 8 | 8 | 38 | 46 | 5.75 |
| 68 | USC | 9 | 8 | 38 | 46 | 5.11 |
| 68 | Marshall | 10 | 8 | 38 | 46 | 4.60 |
| 68 | Georgia Southern | 10 | 8 | 36 | 44 | 4.40 |
| 68 | Georgia State | 12 | 8 | 36 | 44 | 3.67 |
| 68 | Stanford | 9 | 8 | 33 | 41 | 4.56 |
| 68 | Charlotte | 11 | 8 | 32 | 40 | 3.64 |
| 68 | Oregon State | 10 | 8 | 28 | 36 | 3.60 |
| 68 | South Alabama | 10 | 8 | 28 | 36 | 3.60 |
| 68 | Louisiana-Monroe | 10 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 3.30 |
| 68 | Maryland | 8 | 8 | 23 | 31 | 3.88 |
| 68 | USF | 7 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 3.86 |
| 84 | Pittsburgh | 11 | 7 | 59 | 66 | 6.00 |
| 84 | UAB | 13 | 7 | 51 | 58 | 4.46 |
| 84 | California | 11 | 7 | 48 | 55 | 5.00 |
| 84 | Kentucky | 11 | 7 | 47 | 54 | 4.91 |
| 84 | Toledo | 12 | 7 | 47 | 54 | 4.50 |
| 84 | West Virginia | 9 | 7 | 43 | 50 | 5.56 |
| 84 | Air Force | 11 | 7 | 38 | 45 | 4.09 |
| 84 | Duke | 10 | 7 | 37 | 44 | 4.40 |
| 84 | Texas State | 11 | 7 | 35 | 42 | 3.82 |
| 84 | Kent State | 11 | 7 | 33 | 40 | 3.64 |
| 84 | Ole Miss | 8 | 7 | 30 | 37 | 4.63 |
| 84 | Bowling Green | 11 | 7 | 29 | 36 | 3.27 |
| 84 | South Carolina | 7 | 7 | 27 | 34 | 4.86 |
| 84 | Connecticut | 9 | 7 | 25 | 32 | 3.56 |
| 98 | Florida State | 10 | 6 | 39 | 45 | 4.50 |
| 98 | Indiana | 10 | 6 | 39 | 45 | 4.50 |
| 98 | Oklahoma | 10 | 6 | 37 | 43 | 4.30 |
| 98 | Penn State | 8 | 6 | 36 | 42 | 5.25 |
| 98 | Houston | 7 | 6 | 33 | 39 | 5.57 |
| 98 | Rice | 10 | 6 | 33 | 39 | 3.90 |
| 98 | Temple | 10 | 6 | 32 | 38 | 3.80 |
| 98 | UTSA | 11 | 6 | 32 | 38 | 3.45 |
| 98 | Memphis | 10 | 6 | 31 | 37 | 3.70 |
| 98 | Purdue | 8 | 6 | 30 | 36 | 4.50 |
| 98 | Auburn | 7 | 6 | 28 | 34 | 4.86 |
| 98 | Arkansas | 9 | 6 | 28 | 34 | 3.78 |
| 98 | Michigan | 7 | 6 | 24 | 30 | 4.29 |
| 98 | Army | 10 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 2.70 |
| 112 | Ohio | 13 | 5 | 48 | 53 | 4.08 |
| 112 | Louisville | 11 | 5 | 44 | 49 | 4.45 |
| 112 | New Mexico State | 11 | 5 | 37 | 42 | 3.82 |
| 112 | Colorado State | 10 | 5 | 36 | 41 | 4.10 |
| 112 | Iowa State | 8 | 5 | 34 | 39 | 4.88 |
| 112 | Georgia Tech | 10 | 5 | 34 | 39 | 3.90 |
| 112 | UTEP | 12 | 5 | 33 | 38 | 3.17 |
| 112 | Akron | 12 | 5 | 31 | 36 | 3.00 |
| 112 | Northwestern | 8 | 5 | 27 | 32 | 4.00 |
| 121 | NC State | 11 | 4 | 42 | 46 | 4.18 |
| 121 | Georgia | 9 | 4 | 40 | 44 | 4.89 |
| 121 | North Texas | 12 | 4 | 38 | 42 | 3.50 |
| 121 | UCLA | 9 | 4 | 28 | 32 | 3.56 |
| 121 | Rutgers | 7 | 4 | 26 | 30 | 4.29 |
| 121 | Northern Illinois | 11 | 4 | 26 | 30 | 2.73 |
| 127 | Tulsa | 8 | 3 | 33 | 36 | 4.50 |
| 127 | New Mexico | 9 | 3 | 33 | 36 | 4.00 |
| 127 | Kansas | 9 | 3 | 27 | 30 | 3.33 |
| 127 | Vanderbilt | 9 | 3 | 23 | 26 | 2.89 |