2021 National Leaders Passes Defended - Games on the Road/Neutral Site Only through 01/10/2022
| Name | G | Int. | Passes Broken Up | Passes Defended | Passes Defended/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Tennessee State | 8 | 9 | 43 | 52 | 6.50 |
| 2 | Baylor | 7 | 14 | 28 | 42 | 6.00 |
| 3 | Cincinnati | 7 | 12 | 29 | 41 | 5.86 |
| 4 | Fresno State | 7 | 7 | 32 | 39 | 5.57 |
| 4 | Toledo | 7 | 5 | 34 | 39 | 5.57 |
| 6 | Boise State | 6 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 5.50 |
| 7 | Georgia | 9 | 11 | 38 | 49 | 5.44 |
| 8 | Iowa | 7 | 16 | 22 | 38 | 5.43 |
| 9 | Western Kentucky | 8 | 9 | 34 | 43 | 5.38 |
| 10 | NC State | 5 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 5.20 |
| 11 | Louisiana | 7 | 6 | 29 | 35 | 5.00 |
| 11 | San Jose State | 6 | 2 | 28 | 30 | 5.00 |
| 11 | Tennessee | 5 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 5.00 |
| 14 | Wisconsin | 6 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 4.83 |
| 15 | Vanderbilt | 5 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 4.80 |
| 15 | Memphis | 5 | 3 | 21 | 24 | 4.80 |
| 15 | Virginia | 5 | 3 | 21 | 24 | 4.80 |
| 18 | Texas Tech | 7 | 7 | 26 | 33 | 4.71 |
| 18 | Michigan State | 7 | 6 | 27 | 33 | 4.71 |
| 18 | Clemson | 7 | 5 | 28 | 33 | 4.71 |
| 21 | Appalachian State | 8 | 9 | 28 | 37 | 4.63 |
| 21 | Utah | 8 | 5 | 32 | 37 | 4.63 |
| 23 | Illinois | 5 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 4.60 |
| 23 | Duke | 5 | 1 | 22 | 23 | 4.60 |
| 25 | BYU | 7 | 8 | 24 | 32 | 4.57 |
| 25 | Oregon | 7 | 6 | 26 | 32 | 4.57 |
| 27 | Minnesota | 6 | 4 | 23 | 27 | 4.50 |
| 27 | Louisville | 6 | 3 | 24 | 27 | 4.50 |
| 29 | Purdue | 7 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 4.43 |
| 29 | Eastern Michigan | 7 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 4.43 |
| 29 | Rutgers | 7 | 3 | 28 | 31 | 4.43 |
| 32 | Texas A&M | 5 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 4.40 |
| 33 | Alabama | 8 | 10 | 25 | 35 | 4.38 |
| 33 | UAB | 8 | 6 | 29 | 35 | 4.38 |
| 35 | Houston | 9 | 11 | 28 | 39 | 4.33 |
| 35 | Arkansas State | 6 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 4.33 |
| 35 | San Diego State | 6 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 4.33 |
| 35 | California | 6 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 4.33 |
| 35 | Colorado State | 6 | 4 | 22 | 26 | 4.33 |
| 40 | Pittsburgh | 7 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 4.29 |
| 40 | UTSA | 7 | 3 | 27 | 30 | 4.29 |
| 42 | UCLA | 5 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 4.20 |
| 43 | South Carolina | 6 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 4.17 |
| 43 | Maryland | 6 | 3 | 22 | 25 | 4.17 |
| 45 | Central Michigan | 7 | 4 | 25 | 29 | 4.14 |
| 46 | Marshall | 7 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 4.00 |
| 46 | Michigan | 7 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 4.00 |
| 46 | Wyoming | 7 | 5 | 23 | 28 | 4.00 |
| 46 | Troy | 6 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 4.00 |
| 46 | Auburn | 6 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 4.00 |
| 46 | Coastal Carolina | 6 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 4.00 |
| 46 | Texas | 6 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 4.00 |
| 46 | Stanford | 6 | 3 | 21 | 24 | 4.00 |
| 46 | Arizona | 6 | 1 | 23 | 24 | 4.00 |
| 46 | Florida State | 5 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 4.00 |
| 56 | Miami (OH) | 8 | 8 | 23 | 31 | 3.88 |
| 56 | Utah State | 8 | 5 | 26 | 31 | 3.88 |
| 58 | Oregon State | 7 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 3.86 |
| 58 | Tulsa | 7 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 3.86 |
| 58 | Oklahoma State | 7 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 3.86 |
| 61 | Florida Atlantic | 6 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 3.83 |
| 61 | Bowling Green | 6 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 3.83 |
| 61 | Ohio State | 6 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 3.83 |
| 61 | New Mexico | 6 | 4 | 19 | 23 | 3.83 |
| 61 | UCF | 6 | 2 | 21 | 23 | 3.83 |
| 66 | Iowa State | 7 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 3.71 |
| 66 | Liberty | 7 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 3.71 |
| 66 | Old Dominion | 7 | 4 | 22 | 26 | 3.71 |
| 69 | Penn State | 6 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 3.67 |
| 69 | Rice | 6 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 3.67 |
| 69 | North Carolina | 6 | 2 | 20 | 22 | 3.67 |
| 69 | Tulane | 6 | 2 | 20 | 22 | 3.67 |
| 73 | Nevada | 7 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 3.57 |
| 73 | UTEP | 7 | 2 | 23 | 25 | 3.57 |
| 75 | Notre Dame | 6 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 3.50 |
| 75 | Washington State | 6 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 3.50 |
| 75 | Charlotte | 6 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 3.50 |
| 75 | Arizona State | 6 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 3.50 |
| 75 | Louisiana Tech | 6 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 3.50 |
| 75 | Missouri | 6 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 3.50 |
| 75 | Temple | 6 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 3.50 |
| 75 | Buffalo | 6 | 2 | 19 | 21 | 3.50 |
| 75 | Georgia Southern | 6 | 1 | 20 | 21 | 3.50 |
| 75 | Texas State | 6 | 0 | 21 | 21 | 3.50 |
| 85 | Georgia State | 7 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 3.43 |
| 86 | Washington | 5 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 3.40 |
| 86 | TCU | 5 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 3.40 |
| 88 | Virginia Tech | 6 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 3.33 |
| 88 | Northwestern | 6 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 3.33 |
| 88 | Indiana | 6 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 3.33 |
| 91 | West Virginia | 7 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 3.29 |
| 92 | Wake Forest | 8 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 3.25 |
| 93 | Nebraska | 5 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 3.20 |
| 94 | Arkansas | 6 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 3.17 |
| 94 | Connecticut | 6 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 3.17 |
| 94 | Massachusetts | 6 | 0 | 19 | 19 | 3.17 |
| 97 | Boston College | 6 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 3.00 |
| 97 | Ole Miss | 6 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 3.00 |
| 97 | Syracuse | 5 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 3.00 |
| 100 | Hawaii | 7 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 2.86 |
| 101 | Kansas State | 6 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 2.83 |
| 101 | Southern Miss | 6 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 2.83 |
| 101 | Colorado | 6 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 2.83 |
| 101 | SMU | 6 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 2.83 |
| 105 | Army | 7 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 2.71 |
| 106 | East Carolina | 6 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 2.67 |
| 106 | Kentucky | 6 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 2.67 |
| 106 | Oklahoma | 6 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 2.67 |
| 106 | Louisiana-Monroe | 6 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 2.67 |
| 106 | Georgia Tech | 6 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 2.67 |
| 111 | Ball State | 7 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 2.57 |
| 111 | Air Force | 7 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 2.57 |
| 111 | Florida | 7 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 2.57 |
| 114 | Ohio | 6 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 2.50 |
| 114 | LSU | 6 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 2.50 |
| 114 | Navy | 6 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 2.50 |
| 117 | New Mexico State | 7 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 2.43 |
| 118 | USC | 5 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 2.40 |
| 119 | Kent State | 9 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 2.33 |
| 119 | South Alabama | 6 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 2.33 |
| 119 | Mississippi State | 6 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 2.33 |
| 119 | FIU | 6 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 2.33 |
| 123 | North Texas | 7 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 2.29 |
| 123 | Western Michigan | 7 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 2.29 |
| 125 | Miami (FL) | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 2.20 |
| 126 | Akron | 6 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 2.17 |
| 126 | USF | 6 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 2.17 |
| 128 | Kansas | 6 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 2.00 |
| 129 | Northern Illinois | 8 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 1.38 |
| 130 | UNLV | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1.33 |