2021 National Leaders Passes Defended - Games Won Only through 01/10/2022
| Name | G | Int. | Passes Broken Up | Passes Defended | Passes Defended/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia | 14 | 16 | 57 | 73 | 5.21 |
| 2 | San Diego State | 12 | 16 | 51 | 67 | 5.58 |
| 3 | Louisiana | 13 | 10 | 50 | 60 | 4.62 |
| 4 | Western Kentucky | 9 | 20 | 49 | 69 | 7.67 |
| 4 | Cincinnati | 13 | 18 | 49 | 67 | 5.15 |
| 4 | Ohio State | 11 | 11 | 49 | 60 | 5.45 |
| 4 | Utah | 10 | 9 | 49 | 58 | 5.80 |
| 4 | Michigan State | 11 | 9 | 49 | 58 | 5.27 |
| 4 | Michigan | 12 | 6 | 49 | 55 | 4.58 |
| 10 | UCF | 9 | 9 | 48 | 57 | 6.33 |
| 11 | Clemson | 10 | 11 | 45 | 56 | 5.60 |
| 11 | Oklahoma State | 12 | 9 | 45 | 54 | 4.50 |
| 13 | Central Michigan | 9 | 3 | 44 | 47 | 5.22 |
| 14 | Fresno State | 10 | 10 | 43 | 53 | 5.30 |
| 15 | Iowa | 10 | 22 | 41 | 63 | 6.30 |
| 15 | Alabama | 13 | 14 | 41 | 55 | 4.23 |
| 17 | Baylor | 12 | 16 | 40 | 56 | 4.67 |
| 17 | UTSA | 12 | 12 | 40 | 52 | 4.33 |
| 17 | UAB | 9 | 9 | 40 | 49 | 5.44 |
| 20 | Pittsburgh | 11 | 14 | 39 | 53 | 4.82 |
| 20 | Houston | 12 | 14 | 39 | 53 | 4.42 |
| 20 | Nevada | 8 | 13 | 39 | 52 | 6.50 |
| 20 | NC State | 9 | 12 | 39 | 51 | 5.67 |
| 20 | Ole Miss | 10 | 9 | 39 | 48 | 4.80 |
| 25 | East Carolina | 7 | 10 | 38 | 48 | 6.86 |
| 26 | BYU | 10 | 13 | 37 | 50 | 5.00 |
| 27 | Toledo | 7 | 4 | 36 | 40 | 5.71 |
| 28 | Appalachian State | 10 | 14 | 35 | 49 | 4.90 |
| 28 | Purdue | 9 | 13 | 35 | 48 | 5.33 |
| 28 | Hawaii | 6 | 11 | 35 | 46 | 7.67 |
| 28 | Utah State | 11 | 10 | 35 | 45 | 4.09 |
| 28 | Tennessee | 7 | 9 | 35 | 44 | 6.29 |
| 28 | Texas Tech | 7 | 9 | 35 | 44 | 6.29 |
| 28 | Kentucky | 10 | 9 | 35 | 44 | 4.40 |
| 35 | Middle Tennessee State | 7 | 12 | 34 | 46 | 6.57 |
| 35 | Arkansas | 9 | 12 | 34 | 46 | 5.11 |
| 35 | Arizona State | 8 | 10 | 34 | 44 | 5.50 |
| 35 | Georgia State | 8 | 10 | 34 | 44 | 5.50 |
| 39 | Oregon State | 7 | 11 | 33 | 44 | 6.29 |
| 39 | UTEP | 7 | 7 | 33 | 40 | 5.71 |
| 39 | Memphis | 6 | 4 | 33 | 37 | 6.17 |
| 42 | Notre Dame | 11 | 15 | 32 | 47 | 4.27 |
| 42 | Wake Forest | 11 | 14 | 32 | 46 | 4.18 |
| 42 | Kent State | 7 | 10 | 32 | 42 | 6.00 |
| 42 | Army | 9 | 10 | 32 | 42 | 4.67 |
| 42 | UCLA | 8 | 9 | 32 | 41 | 5.13 |
| 42 | Liberty | 8 | 8 | 32 | 40 | 5.00 |
| 42 | Maryland | 7 | 5 | 32 | 37 | 5.29 |
| 49 | Tulsa | 7 | 7 | 31 | 38 | 5.43 |
| 49 | Coastal Carolina | 11 | 6 | 31 | 37 | 3.36 |
| 49 | San Jose State | 5 | 3 | 31 | 34 | 6.80 |
| 52 | Air Force | 10 | 7 | 30 | 37 | 3.70 |
| 52 | Minnesota | 9 | 6 | 30 | 36 | 4.00 |
| 52 | Eastern Michigan | 7 | 5 | 30 | 35 | 5.00 |
| 55 | Penn State | 7 | 9 | 29 | 38 | 5.43 |
| 55 | Florida Atlantic | 5 | 8 | 29 | 37 | 7.40 |
| 57 | Oregon | 10 | 15 | 28 | 43 | 4.30 |
| 57 | Wyoming | 7 | 9 | 28 | 37 | 5.29 |
| 57 | California | 5 | 6 | 28 | 34 | 6.80 |
| 57 | Northern Illinois | 9 | 3 | 28 | 31 | 3.44 |
| 61 | Wisconsin | 9 | 14 | 27 | 41 | 4.56 |
| 61 | Texas A&M | 8 | 10 | 27 | 37 | 4.63 |
| 61 | South Carolina | 7 | 8 | 27 | 35 | 5.00 |
| 64 | Kansas State | 8 | 9 | 26 | 35 | 4.38 |
| 65 | SMU | 8 | 7 | 25 | 32 | 4.00 |
| 65 | Virginia | 6 | 4 | 25 | 29 | 4.83 |
| 67 | Boise State | 7 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 4.86 |
| 67 | Washington State | 7 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 4.86 |
| 67 | Miami (OH) | 7 | 4 | 23 | 27 | 3.86 |
| 70 | Florida State | 5 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 5.80 |
| 70 | Florida | 6 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 4.67 |
| 70 | Western Michigan | 8 | 4 | 22 | 26 | 3.25 |
| 73 | Rice | 4 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 7.50 |
| 73 | Old Dominion | 6 | 4 | 21 | 25 | 4.17 |
| 73 | North Texas | 6 | 3 | 21 | 24 | 4.00 |
| 76 | South Alabama | 5 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 5.60 |
| 76 | Virginia Tech | 6 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 4.33 |
| 76 | Rutgers | 5 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 5.00 |
| 76 | Illinois | 5 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 4.80 |
| 76 | Auburn | 6 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 4.00 |
| 76 | Charlotte | 5 | 2 | 20 | 22 | 4.40 |
| 82 | North Carolina | 6 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 4.67 |
| 82 | Mississippi State | 7 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 3.86 |
| 82 | Boston College | 6 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 4.33 |
| 82 | Louisville | 6 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 4.33 |
| 82 | Missouri | 6 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 4.33 |
| 82 | Miami (FL) | 7 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 3.57 |
| 88 | Ball State | 6 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 4.83 |
| 88 | LSU | 6 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 4.17 |
| 90 | Oklahoma | 11 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 2.27 |
| 90 | New Mexico | 3 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 7.33 |
| 90 | Stanford | 3 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 6.67 |
| 93 | Bowling Green | 4 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 6.25 |
| 94 | Marshall | 7 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 3.29 |
| 94 | Louisiana-Monroe | 4 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 5.50 |
| 94 | Colorado | 4 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 5.25 |
| 94 | TCU | 5 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 4.00 |
| 98 | Georgia Southern | 3 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 6.33 |
| 98 | Syracuse | 5 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 3.00 |
| 100 | Texas State | 4 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 3.50 |
| 101 | Washington | 4 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 4.75 |
| 101 | Iowa State | 7 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 2.57 |
| 101 | Duke | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 5.67 |
| 101 | Colorado State | 3 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 5.00 |
| 105 | Troy | 5 | 13 | 11 | 24 | 4.80 |
| 105 | West Virginia | 6 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 2.67 |
| 105 | Vanderbilt | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 7.00 |
| 105 | Ohio | 3 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 4.33 |
| 109 | Southern Miss | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 5.00 |
| 109 | USC | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 3.75 |
| 109 | Louisiana Tech | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 4.33 |
| 109 | Northwestern | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 4.00 |
| 109 | Temple | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 4.00 |
| 109 | Indiana | 2 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 5.00 |
| 115 | Nebraska | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4.33 |
| 115 | Navy | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 2.75 |
| 117 | New Mexico State | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 5.00 |
| 117 | Buffalo | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2.25 |
| 119 | Connecticut | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 10.00 |
| 119 | Arkansas State | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 5.00 |
| 119 | Georgia Tech | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3.00 |
| 119 | Kansas | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4.00 |
| 119 | USF | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4.00 |
| 124 | Massachusetts | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6.00 |
| 124 | Texas | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1.20 |
| 124 | Arizona | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4.00 |
| 127 | Tulane | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3.00 |
| 127 | FIU | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3.00 |
| 129 | Akron | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2.50 |
| 129 | UNLV | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2.00 |