2023 National Leaders Passes Defended - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/08/2024

Name G Int. Passes Broken Up Passes Defended Passes Defended/G
1 Liberty 13 21 59 80 6.15
2 James Madison 13 13 66 79 6.08
3 Toledo 14 11 64 75 5.36
4 Georgia Southern 13 13 61 74 5.69
5 Miami (Ohio) 14 11 60 71 5.07
6 SMU 13 12 57 69 5.31
7 Wyoming 12 11 57 68 5.67
8 UTSA 12 10 57 67 5.58
9 Clemson 10 14 51 65 6.50
9 California 11 10 55 65 5.91
9 Appalachian State 14 15 50 65 4.64
12 Oregon 11 9 53 62 5.64
12 Coastal Carolina 13 14 48 62 4.77
14 Florida State 10 8 53 61 6.10
14 San Diego State 12 12 49 61 5.08
14 Old Dominion 12 10 51 61 5.08
14 Fresno State 13 17 44 61 4.69
18 Washington 10 14 46 60 6.00
18 Iowa 11 10 50 60 5.45
20 Marshall 12 10 49 59 4.92
21 Utah State 12 10 48 58 4.83
21 Louisiana-Lafayette 13 13 45 58 4.46
21 Eastern Michigan 13 8 50 58 4.46
24 Jacksonville State 12 16 41 57 4.75
24 South Florida 12 14 43 57 4.75
24 Tulane 12 14 43 57 4.75
27 Bowling Green 11 14 42 56 5.09
28 Memphis 11 11 44 55 5.00
28 UAB 11 9 46 55 5.00
30 Middle Tennessee 9 7 47 54 6.00
31 West Virginia 10 10 43 53 5.30
31 Western Michigan 11 7 46 53 4.82
31 UCLA 12 14 39 53 4.42
31 Troy 13 9 44 53 4.08
31 New Mexico State 13 7 46 53 4.08
36 Western Kentucky 11 14 38 52 4.73
36 Arizona 11 6 46 52 4.73
36 New Mexico 12 4 48 52 4.33
36 Boise State 13 11 41 52 4.00
40 UTEP 10 6 45 51 5.10
40 North Carolina 11 12 39 51 4.64
42 South Carolina 8 7 43 50 6.25
42 Oregon State 9 11 39 50 5.56
42 Hawai'i 12 7 43 50 4.17
42 San Jose State 13 12 38 50 3.85
46 Kansas 9 11 38 49 5.44
47 Mississippi 9 10 38 48 5.33
47 Maryland 10 16 32 48 4.80
49 Nebraska 10 8 39 47 4.70
49 Louisville 11 8 39 47 4.27
51 Georgia Tech 9 11 35 46 5.11
51 Michigan 10 14 32 46 4.60
51 Arkansas State 12 8 38 46 3.83
54 Texas A&M 8 5 40 45 5.63
54 Ohio State 9 7 38 45 5.00
54 Rice 11 5 40 45 4.09
54 Texas State 13 11 34 45 3.46
58 Rutgers 9 7 37 44 4.89
58 Illinois 9 6 38 44 4.89
58 Kent State 12 6 38 44 3.67
61 Utah 10 8 35 43 4.30
61 Sam Houston State 11 12 31 43 3.91
61 Central Michigan 11 5 38 43 3.91
61 UNLV 12 13 30 43 3.58
65 Iowa State 7 11 31 42 6.00
65 Texas 8 12 30 42 5.25
65 North Carolina State 9 13 29 42 4.67
65 Texas Tech 9 11 31 42 4.67
65 Wisconsin 10 10 32 42 4.20
65 East Carolina 10 6 36 42 4.20
65 Northwestern 11 12 30 42 3.82
65 Ohio 13 15 27 42 3.23
65 Northern Illinois 13 10 32 42 3.23
74 Oklahoma 8 13 28 41 5.13
74 Duke 8 7 34 41 5.13
74 Georgia 9 9 32 41 4.56
74 Auburn 9 8 33 41 4.56
74 Virginia 9 6 35 41 4.56
74 Navy 10 10 31 41 4.10
74 Baylor 10 7 34 41 4.10
74 Syracuse 11 9 32 41 3.73
74 South Alabama 12 12 29 41 3.42
74 Georgia State 12 11 30 41 3.42
84 LSU 9 7 33 40 4.44
84 Colorado 10 9 31 40 4.00
84 Massachusetts 10 7 33 40 4.00
84 Louisiana Tech 10 5 35 40 4.00
84 Nevada 11 9 31 40 3.64
89 Purdue 9 9 30 39 4.33
89 Tennessee 9 8 31 39 4.33
89 Cincinnati 9 7 32 39 4.33
89 Washington State 9 7 32 39 4.33
89 Buffalo 11 11 28 39 3.55
89 North Texas 11 9 30 39 3.55
89 Southern Mississippi 11 9 30 39 3.55
89 Air Force 13 10 29 39 3.00
97 BYU 8 11 27 38 4.75
97 Notre Dame 9 12 26 38 4.22
97 Houston 9 8 30 38 4.22
97 Minnesota 10 11 27 38 3.80
97 Charlotte 11 10 28 38 3.45
102 Arkansas 8 11 26 37 4.63
102 Kansas State 8 8 29 37 4.63
102 Louisiana-Monroe 11 11 26 37 3.36
102 Akron 12 6 31 37 3.08
106 Miami (Florida) 9 9 27 36 4.00
106 Florida Atlantic 11 10 26 36 3.27
106 Colorado State 12 9 27 36 3.00
109 Michigan State 7 7 28 35 5.00
109 USC 8 5 30 35 4.38
109 Ball State 11 4 31 35 3.18
112 Virginia Tech 10 7 27 34 3.40
113 Missouri 8 7 26 33 4.13
113 Boston College 10 8 25 33 3.30
115 Vanderbilt 8 10 22 32 4.00
115 Indiana 8 7 25 32 4.00
115 Connecticut 10 6 26 32 3.20
118 Wake Forest 8 8 23 31 3.88
118 Arizona State 8 0 31 31 3.88
118 Tulsa 9 8 23 31 3.44
121 Kentucky 7 6 24 30 4.29
121 Alabama 8 10 20 30 3.75
121 TCU 8 4 26 30 3.75
121 Penn State 9 12 18 30 3.33
125 Pittsburgh 9 6 23 29 3.22
125 Army 11 9 20 29 2.64
125 Florida International 11 5 24 29 2.64
128 UCF 9 7 20 27 3.00
128 Oklahoma State 10 6 21 27 2.70
130 Stanford 8 5 17 22 2.75
130 Temple 11 3 19 22 2.00
132 Mississippi State 8 3 18 21 2.63
133 Florida 7 2 17 19 2.71