2021 National Leaders Passes Defended - Games vs. Conference Teams Only through 01/10/2022
| Name | G | Int. | Passes Broken Up | Passes Defended | Passes Defended/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Western Kentucky | 9 | 18 | 44 | 62 | 6.89 |
| 2 | Middle Tennessee State | 8 | 10 | 36 | 46 | 5.75 |
| 2 | Louisville | 8 | 7 | 39 | 46 | 5.75 |
| 4 | Fresno State | 8 | 9 | 36 | 45 | 5.63 |
| 5 | San Diego State | 9 | 10 | 40 | 50 | 5.56 |
| 6 | Georgia | 10 | 9 | 46 | 55 | 5.50 |
| 6 | Utah | 10 | 8 | 47 | 55 | 5.50 |
| 6 | Florida Atlantic | 8 | 8 | 36 | 44 | 5.50 |
| 9 | Rice | 8 | 11 | 32 | 43 | 5.38 |
| 9 | Old Dominion | 8 | 7 | 36 | 43 | 5.38 |
| 11 | Georgia State | 8 | 10 | 32 | 42 | 5.25 |
| 11 | NC State | 8 | 9 | 33 | 42 | 5.25 |
| 11 | Central Michigan | 8 | 3 | 39 | 42 | 5.25 |
| 11 | Toledo | 8 | 3 | 39 | 42 | 5.25 |
| 15 | California | 9 | 10 | 37 | 47 | 5.22 |
| 16 | Iowa | 10 | 21 | 31 | 52 | 5.20 |
| 17 | Nevada | 8 | 12 | 29 | 41 | 5.13 |
| 17 | UTEP | 8 | 6 | 35 | 41 | 5.13 |
| 19 | Ohio State | 9 | 8 | 38 | 46 | 5.11 |
| 20 | Wisconsin | 9 | 14 | 31 | 45 | 5.00 |
| 20 | Appalachian State | 9 | 13 | 32 | 45 | 5.00 |
| 20 | Arizona State | 9 | 10 | 35 | 45 | 5.00 |
| 20 | North Carolina | 9 | 9 | 36 | 45 | 5.00 |
| 20 | Virginia Tech | 8 | 6 | 34 | 40 | 5.00 |
| 20 | Clemson | 8 | 5 | 35 | 40 | 5.00 |
| 26 | Penn State | 9 | 9 | 35 | 44 | 4.89 |
| 27 | Coastal Carolina | 8 | 6 | 33 | 39 | 4.88 |
| 27 | San Jose State | 8 | 5 | 34 | 39 | 4.88 |
| 29 | East Carolina | 8 | 10 | 28 | 38 | 4.75 |
| 29 | Auburn | 8 | 4 | 34 | 38 | 4.75 |
| 31 | Pittsburgh | 9 | 13 | 29 | 42 | 4.67 |
| 31 | Michigan State | 9 | 6 | 36 | 42 | 4.67 |
| 31 | Army | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 4.67 |
| 34 | Tennessee | 8 | 6 | 31 | 37 | 4.63 |
| 34 | Virginia | 8 | 6 | 31 | 37 | 4.63 |
| 36 | Baylor | 10 | 13 | 32 | 45 | 4.50 |
| 36 | Oregon | 10 | 13 | 32 | 45 | 4.50 |
| 36 | Michigan | 10 | 7 | 38 | 45 | 4.50 |
| 36 | Hawaii | 8 | 9 | 27 | 36 | 4.50 |
| 36 | Florida State | 8 | 8 | 28 | 36 | 4.50 |
| 36 | UCF | 8 | 5 | 31 | 36 | 4.50 |
| 42 | Purdue | 9 | 11 | 29 | 40 | 4.44 |
| 42 | UTSA | 9 | 10 | 30 | 40 | 4.44 |
| 42 | Kent State | 9 | 7 | 33 | 40 | 4.44 |
| 45 | South Carolina | 8 | 8 | 27 | 35 | 4.38 |
| 45 | Tulsa | 8 | 7 | 28 | 35 | 4.38 |
| 45 | Georgia Southern | 8 | 5 | 30 | 35 | 4.38 |
| 48 | Memphis | 8 | 8 | 26 | 34 | 4.25 |
| 48 | UAB | 8 | 7 | 27 | 34 | 4.25 |
| 48 | Marshall | 8 | 7 | 27 | 34 | 4.25 |
| 48 | Texas A&M | 8 | 6 | 28 | 34 | 4.25 |
| 48 | Eastern Michigan | 8 | 4 | 30 | 34 | 4.25 |
| 48 | Duke | 8 | 3 | 31 | 34 | 4.25 |
| 54 | Houston | 9 | 11 | 27 | 38 | 4.22 |
| 55 | Cincinnati | 9 | 10 | 27 | 37 | 4.11 |
| 55 | Illinois | 9 | 7 | 30 | 37 | 4.11 |
| 55 | Nebraska | 9 | 6 | 31 | 37 | 4.11 |
| 58 | UCLA | 9 | 8 | 28 | 36 | 4.00 |
| 58 | Louisiana | 9 | 5 | 31 | 36 | 4.00 |
| 58 | Maryland | 9 | 3 | 33 | 36 | 4.00 |
| 58 | Vanderbilt | 8 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 4.00 |
| 58 | Southern Miss | 8 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 4.00 |
| 58 | Arkansas State | 8 | 6 | 26 | 32 | 4.00 |
| 58 | Massachusetts | 4 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 4.00 |
| 58 | Liberty | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4.00 |
| 58 | New Mexico State | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4.00 |
| 67 | Boise State | 8 | 7 | 24 | 31 | 3.88 |
| 67 | Miami (OH) | 8 | 5 | 26 | 31 | 3.88 |
| 69 | Oklahoma State | 10 | 7 | 31 | 38 | 3.80 |
| 70 | Washington State | 9 | 12 | 22 | 34 | 3.78 |
| 70 | Utah State | 9 | 9 | 25 | 34 | 3.78 |
| 70 | Oregon State | 9 | 8 | 26 | 34 | 3.78 |
| 70 | Texas Tech | 9 | 4 | 30 | 34 | 3.78 |
| 74 | Ole Miss | 8 | 6 | 24 | 30 | 3.75 |
| 75 | Indiana | 9 | 4 | 29 | 33 | 3.67 |
| 76 | Ball State | 8 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 3.63 |
| 76 | South Alabama | 8 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 3.63 |
| 76 | Arkansas | 8 | 6 | 23 | 29 | 3.63 |
| 76 | Florida | 8 | 5 | 24 | 29 | 3.63 |
| 76 | Tulane | 8 | 5 | 24 | 29 | 3.63 |
| 76 | SMU | 8 | 4 | 25 | 29 | 3.63 |
| 76 | Wyoming | 8 | 4 | 25 | 29 | 3.63 |
| 83 | Wake Forest | 10 | 9 | 27 | 36 | 3.60 |
| 84 | Stanford | 9 | 3 | 29 | 32 | 3.56 |
| 85 | Colorado State | 8 | 5 | 23 | 28 | 3.50 |
| 85 | LSU | 8 | 5 | 23 | 28 | 3.50 |
| 85 | Louisiana-Monroe | 8 | 5 | 23 | 28 | 3.50 |
| 85 | Temple | 8 | 3 | 25 | 28 | 3.50 |
| 89 | Iowa State | 9 | 7 | 24 | 31 | 3.44 |
| 89 | Texas | 9 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 3.44 |
| 89 | Rutgers | 9 | 4 | 27 | 31 | 3.44 |
| 92 | Alabama | 10 | 10 | 24 | 34 | 3.40 |
| 93 | Missouri | 8 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 3.38 |
| 93 | Boston College | 8 | 4 | 23 | 27 | 3.38 |
| 93 | North Texas | 8 | 3 | 24 | 27 | 3.38 |
| 96 | Louisiana Tech | 8 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 3.25 |
| 96 | Air Force | 8 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 3.25 |
| 96 | Kentucky | 8 | 3 | 23 | 26 | 3.25 |
| 99 | Colorado | 9 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 3.22 |
| 99 | Oklahoma | 9 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 3.22 |
| 99 | TCU | 9 | 6 | 23 | 29 | 3.22 |
| 99 | Arizona | 9 | 2 | 27 | 29 | 3.22 |
| 103 | Bowling Green | 8 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 3.13 |
| 103 | Charlotte | 8 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 3.13 |
| 103 | Miami (FL) | 8 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 3.13 |
| 103 | Ohio | 8 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 3.13 |
| 103 | Syracuse | 8 | 3 | 22 | 25 | 3.13 |
| 103 | Buffalo | 8 | 1 | 24 | 25 | 3.13 |
| 109 | Washington | 9 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 3.11 |
| 109 | Northern Illinois | 9 | 3 | 25 | 28 | 3.11 |
| 111 | West Virginia | 9 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 3.00 |
| 111 | USF | 8 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 3.00 |
| 111 | Texas State | 8 | 2 | 22 | 24 | 3.00 |
| 111 | Western Michigan | 8 | 0 | 24 | 24 | 3.00 |
| 115 | Minnesota | 9 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 2.89 |
| 115 | Northwestern | 9 | 3 | 23 | 26 | 2.89 |
| 117 | Troy | 8 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 2.88 |
| 118 | UNLV | 8 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 2.75 |
| 119 | Akron | 8 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 2.63 |
| 120 | Kansas State | 9 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 2.56 |
| 121 | Navy | 8 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 2.50 |
| 121 | New Mexico | 8 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 2.50 |
| 123 | USC | 9 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 2.44 |
| 123 | Kansas | 9 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 2.44 |
| 125 | Georgia Tech | 8 | 1 | 18 | 19 | 2.38 |
| 126 | Mississippi State | 8 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 2.13 |
| 127 | FIU | 8 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 2.00 |
| 128 | Connecticut | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 |