2023 National Leaders Passes Defended - Games vs. FBS non-Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 01/08/2024
| Name | G | Int. | Passes Broken Up | Passes Defended | Passes Defended/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Madison | 11 | 12 | 64 | 76 | 6.91 |
| 2 | Toledo | 12 | 9 | 60 | 69 | 5.75 |
| 3 | Liberty | 13 | 21 | 59 | 80 | 6.15 |
| 4 | UTSA | 11 | 10 | 55 | 65 | 5.91 |
| 5 | Georgia Southern | 11 | 13 | 51 | 64 | 5.82 |
| 5 | SMU | 10 | 11 | 51 | 62 | 6.20 |
| 7 | Miami (OH) | 11 | 8 | 50 | 58 | 5.27 |
| 8 | Middle Tennessee State | 9 | 8 | 47 | 55 | 6.11 |
| 9 | Appalachian State | 12 | 13 | 45 | 58 | 4.83 |
| 10 | UAB | 10 | 9 | 44 | 53 | 5.30 |
| 10 | Eastern Michigan | 11 | 7 | 44 | 51 | 4.64 |
| 10 | New Mexico State | 13 | 7 | 44 | 51 | 3.92 |
| 13 | Tulane | 11 | 12 | 43 | 55 | 5.00 |
| 14 | Marshall | 10 | 10 | 42 | 52 | 5.20 |
| 15 | Louisiana | 11 | 12 | 41 | 53 | 4.82 |
| 15 | Memphis | 10 | 11 | 41 | 52 | 5.20 |
| 15 | Coastal Carolina | 11 | 8 | 41 | 49 | 4.45 |
| 15 | East Carolina | 10 | 6 | 41 | 47 | 4.70 |
| 19 | Wyoming | 10 | 9 | 40 | 49 | 4.90 |
| 19 | Utah State | 11 | 8 | 40 | 48 | 4.36 |
| 21 | UTEP | 9 | 5 | 39 | 44 | 4.89 |
| 22 | Old Dominion | 10 | 9 | 38 | 47 | 4.70 |
| 22 | Louisiana Tech | 10 | 2 | 38 | 40 | 4.00 |
| 24 | USF | 10 | 9 | 37 | 46 | 4.60 |
| 24 | Western Michigan | 8 | 7 | 37 | 44 | 5.50 |
| 24 | New Mexico | 10 | 4 | 37 | 41 | 4.10 |
| 24 | Rice | 10 | 4 | 37 | 41 | 4.10 |
| 28 | Western Kentucky | 11 | 13 | 36 | 49 | 4.45 |
| 28 | Bowling Green | 9 | 10 | 36 | 46 | 5.11 |
| 30 | Jacksonville State | 11 | 13 | 35 | 48 | 4.36 |
| 30 | Troy | 11 | 7 | 35 | 42 | 3.82 |
| 32 | Boise State | 10 | 9 | 34 | 43 | 4.30 |
| 32 | San Diego State | 9 | 7 | 34 | 41 | 4.56 |
| 32 | Kent State | 9 | 2 | 34 | 36 | 4.00 |
| 35 | Fresno State | 10 | 11 | 33 | 44 | 4.40 |
| 35 | Arkansas State | 11 | 8 | 33 | 41 | 3.73 |
| 37 | San Jose State | 10 | 11 | 32 | 43 | 4.30 |
| 37 | Navy | 11 | 9 | 32 | 41 | 3.73 |
| 39 | Air Force | 12 | 10 | 29 | 39 | 3.25 |
| 39 | Charlotte | 9 | 8 | 29 | 37 | 4.11 |
| 39 | Central Michigan | 10 | 4 | 29 | 33 | 3.30 |
| 42 | South Alabama | 11 | 11 | 28 | 39 | 3.55 |
| 42 | Nevada | 9 | 9 | 28 | 37 | 4.11 |
| 44 | Massachusetts | 9 | 8 | 27 | 35 | 3.89 |
| 45 | Georgia State | 11 | 9 | 26 | 35 | 3.18 |
| 45 | Hawaii | 9 | 6 | 26 | 32 | 3.56 |
| 45 | Akron | 9 | 2 | 26 | 28 | 3.11 |
| 45 | Ball State | 9 | 2 | 26 | 28 | 3.11 |
| 49 | Northern Illinois | 10 | 9 | 25 | 34 | 3.40 |
| 49 | Texas State | 11 | 9 | 25 | 34 | 3.09 |
| 51 | Buffalo | 10 | 9 | 24 | 33 | 3.30 |
| 52 | North Texas | 10 | 8 | 23 | 31 | 3.10 |
| 52 | Southern Miss | 9 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 3.33 |
| 52 | Tulsa | 9 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 3.33 |
| 55 | Ohio | 11 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 2.91 |
| 55 | Louisiana-Monroe | 9 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 3.33 |
| 57 | Sam Houston State | 9 | 12 | 20 | 32 | 3.56 |
| 57 | UNLV | 10 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 3.10 |
| 57 | Colorado State | 9 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 3.00 |
| 60 | Duke | 3 | 1 | 19 | 20 | 6.67 |
| 61 | Florida Atlantic | 9 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 3.00 |
| 61 | FIU | 10 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 2.40 |
| 63 | Connecticut | 7 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 3.14 |
| 64 | Army | 7 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 3.14 |
| 65 | Temple | 9 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 2.00 |
| 66 | Illinois | 2 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 8.00 |
| 67 | Rutgers | 1 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 15.00 |
| 68 | Ole Miss | 2 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 7.00 |
| 69 | Washington | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 7.00 |
| 69 | Ohio State | 2 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 6.50 |
| 69 | Texas A&M | 2 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 6.00 |
| 72 | Oklahoma | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 5.33 |
| 72 | Clemson | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 7.50 |
| 72 | Houston | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 5.00 |
| 72 | Washington State | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 12.00 |
| 72 | USC | 3 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 3.33 |
| 72 | Boston College | 4 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 2.50 |
| 78 | UCLA | 3 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 5.00 |
| 78 | Minnesota | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4.00 |
| 78 | Syracuse | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4.00 |
| 78 | Miami (FL) | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 5.50 |
| 78 | Missouri | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 5.50 |
| 78 | Oregon State | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 3.33 |
| 84 | Georgia | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 6.00 |
| 84 | Nebraska | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 5.00 |
| 84 | Iowa State | 2 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 4.00 |
| 87 | Texas | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 5.00 |
| 87 | Michigan | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3.33 |
| 87 | UCF | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4.50 |
| 87 | Kansas | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4.50 |
| 87 | NC State | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3.00 |
| 87 | Virginia | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7.00 |
| 87 | Kentucky | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3.50 |
| 94 | Wisconsin | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 5.50 |
| 94 | Tennessee | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 5.00 |
| 94 | Vanderbilt | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 5.00 |
| 94 | TCU | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 8.00 |
| 94 | Oregon | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4.00 |
| 94 | North Carolina | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 7.00 |
| 94 | Iowa | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3.50 |
| 101 | Arkansas | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4.00 |
| 101 | LSU | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4.00 |
| 101 | Mississippi State | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3.50 |
| 101 | Stanford | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3.50 |
| 101 | Florida State | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6.00 |
| 101 | Michigan State | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6.00 |
| 107 | BYU | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7.00 |
| 107 | Indiana | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7.00 |
| 107 | Louisville | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7.00 |
| 107 | South Carolina | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6.00 |
| 107 | Alabama | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3.00 |
| 107 | Kansas State | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5.00 |
| 107 | Purdue | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5.00 |
| 107 | Arizona | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4.00 |
| 107 | Georgia Tech | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4.00 |
| 107 | Texas Tech | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4.00 |
| 117 | California | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6.00 |
| 117 | Colorado | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6.00 |
| 117 | Northwestern | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6.00 |
| 117 | Virginia Tech | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2.00 |
| 117 | Penn State | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4.00 |
| 117 | Auburn | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2.00 |
| 117 | Arizona State | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3.00 |
| 117 | Notre Dame | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1.50 |
| 125 | Maryland | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3.00 |
| 125 | Baylor | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2.00 |
| 127 | Cincinnati | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 |
| 127 | Wake Forest | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.00 |
| 127 | Florida | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 127 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 131 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.00 |