2023 National Leaders Passes Defended - Games Lost Only through 01/08/2024

Name G Int. Passes Broken Up Passes Defended Passes Defended/G
1 East Carolina 10 5 40 45 4.50
2 Western Michigan 8 6 35 41 5.13
3 Middle Tennessee 8 6 33 39 4.88
3 UTEP 9 3 36 39 4.33
3 Kent State 11 4 35 39 3.55
6 Virginia 9 6 31 37 4.11
6 Vanderbilt 10 9 28 37 3.70
8 Old Dominion 7 9 27 36 5.14
9 Arizona State 9 5 30 35 3.89
10 UAB 8 6 28 34 4.25
10 Baylor 9 5 29 34 3.78
12 Nebraska 7 3 29 32 4.57
12 Purdue 8 5 27 32 4.00
12 Louisiana-Monroe 10 7 25 32 3.20
12 Nevada 10 6 26 32 3.20
16 Sam Houston State 9 7 24 31 3.44
16 Indiana 9 6 25 31 3.44
16 Southern Mississippi 9 4 27 31 3.44
16 Cincinnati 9 3 28 31 3.44
16 Louisiana Tech 9 1 30 31 3.44
21 BYU 7 5 25 30 4.29
21 South Carolina 7 5 25 30 4.29
21 Georgia Southern 7 2 28 30 4.29
21 Arkansas 8 5 25 30 3.75
21 Charlotte 9 9 21 30 3.33
21 Massachusetts 9 4 26 30 3.33
27 Iowa State 6 2 27 29 4.83
27 Marshall 7 7 22 29 4.14
27 Buffalo 9 7 22 29 3.22
27 Akron 10 4 25 29 2.90
31 California 7 4 24 28 4.00
31 Rice 7 1 27 28 4.00
31 Florida Atlantic 8 7 21 28 3.50
31 Michigan State 8 6 22 28 3.50
31 Colorado 8 4 24 28 3.50
36 South Florida 6 2 25 27 4.50
36 Auburn 7 5 22 27 3.86
36 Hawai'i 8 1 26 27 3.38
39 Illinois 7 4 22 26 3.71
39 Louisiana-Lafayette 7 4 22 26 3.71
39 Syracuse 7 1 25 26 3.71
39 Tulsa 8 4 22 26 3.25
39 Houston 8 3 23 26 3.25
39 Pittsburgh 9 6 20 26 2.89
45 Georgia Tech 6 4 21 25 4.17
45 Florida 7 1 24 25 3.57
45 New Mexico 8 1 24 25 3.13
45 Connecticut 9 4 21 25 2.78
49 Washington State 7 4 20 24 3.43
49 San Diego State 8 4 20 24 3.00
51 Coastal Carolina 5 5 18 23 4.60
51 UCF 7 4 19 23 3.29
51 Ball State 8 4 19 23 2.88
54 Wisconsin 6 3 19 22 3.67
54 TCU 7 2 20 22 3.14
54 Stanford 9 6 16 22 2.44
54 Temple 9 2 20 22 2.44
58 Eastern Michigan 7 4 17 21 3.00
58 Utah State 7 2 19 21 3.00
60 Boise State 6 4 16 20 3.33
60 Texas Tech 6 3 17 20 3.33
60 North Texas 7 5 15 20 2.86
60 Wake Forest 8 3 17 20 2.50
64 Maryland 5 2 17 19 3.80
64 Texas A&M 6 4 15 19 3.17
64 Minnesota 7 4 15 19 2.71
64 Navy 7 3 16 19 2.71
68 Georgia State 6 5 13 18 3.00
68 Colorado State 7 4 14 18 2.57
70 Oklahoma 3 4 13 17 5.67
70 Kansas 4 3 14 17 4.25
70 Louisville 4 2 15 17 4.25
70 UNLV 5 7 10 17 3.40
70 Duke 5 2 15 17 3.40
70 Rutgers 6 3 14 17 2.83
76 Clemson 4 1 15 16 4.00
76 Oregon State 5 1 15 16 3.20
76 Kentucky 6 4 12 16 2.67
79 Notre Dame 3 1 14 15 5.00
79 Kansas State 4 2 13 15 3.75
79 UCLA 5 4 11 15 3.00
79 Northwestern 5 3 12 15 3.00
79 Western Kentucky 5 2 13 15 3.00
79 New Mexico State 5 1 14 15 3.00
79 Miami (Florida) 6 4 11 15 2.50
79 Army 6 4 11 15 2.50
79 San Jose State 6 2 13 15 2.50
79 Central Michigan 7 1 14 15 2.14
89 Jacksonville State 4 3 11 14 3.50
89 UTSA 4 0 14 14 3.50
89 Utah 5 1 13 14 2.80
89 Bowling Green 6 5 9 14 2.33
89 Virginia Tech 6 2 12 14 2.33
89 Mississippi State 7 0 14 14 2.00
95 LSU 3 1 12 13 4.33
95 Toledo 3 1 12 13 4.33
95 Northern Illinois 6 2 11 13 2.17
95 Boston College 6 0 13 13 2.17
95 Arkansas State 7 2 11 13 1.86
95 Florida International 8 3 10 13 1.63
101 Troy 3 2 10 12 4.00
101 North Carolina State 4 3 9 12 3.00
101 West Virginia 4 1 11 12 3.00
101 USC 5 2 10 12 2.40
105 Alabama 2 0 11 11 5.50
105 Tulane 3 3 8 11 3.67
105 Penn State 3 0 11 11 3.67
105 Fresno State 4 2 9 11 2.75
105 North Carolina 5 2 9 11 2.20
105 Appalachian State 5 1 10 11 2.20
105 Texas State 5 0 11 11 2.20
112 Missouri 2 0 10 10 5.00
112 Miami (Ohio) 3 2 8 10 3.33
112 Air Force 4 4 6 10 2.50
112 South Alabama 6 2 8 10 1.67
116 Memphis 3 0 9 9 3.00
117 Wyoming 4 0 8 8 2.00
118 Oregon 2 2 5 7 3.50
118 James Madison 2 1 6 7 3.50
118 Texas 2 0 7 7 3.50
118 Tennessee 4 2 5 7 1.75
118 Iowa 4 0 7 7 1.75
123 SMU 3 1 5 6 2.00
124 Arizona 3 0 5 5 1.67
124 Oklahoma State 4 1 4 5 1.25
126 Liberty 1 0 4 4 4.00
126 Washington 1 0 4 4 4.00
126 Ohio 3 0 4 4 1.33
129 Florida State 1 0 3 3 3.00
129 Georgia 1 0 3 3 3.00
129 Mississippi 2 2 1 3 1.50