2024 National Leaders Passes Defended - Games vs. FBS non-Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 01/20/2025
| Name | G | Int. | Passes Broken Up | Passes Defended | Passes Defended/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miami (OH) | 12 | 13 | 50 | 63 | 5.25 |
| 2 | Jacksonville State | 13 | 12 | 48 | 60 | 4.62 |
| 3 | James Madison | 11 | 13 | 45 | 58 | 5.27 |
| 3 | Buffalo | 11 | 10 | 48 | 58 | 5.27 |
| 5 | Sam Houston State | 12 | 16 | 41 | 57 | 4.75 |
| 6 | UTSA | 11 | 10 | 45 | 55 | 5.00 |
| 7 | Marshall | 10 | 11 | 43 | 54 | 5.40 |
| 8 | USF | 10 | 9 | 43 | 52 | 5.20 |
| 9 | UNLV | 8 | 11 | 39 | 50 | 6.25 |
| 10 | Fresno State | 9 | 12 | 37 | 49 | 5.44 |
| 10 | Western Michigan | 10 | 8 | 41 | 49 | 4.90 |
| 12 | Colorado State | 9 | 8 | 40 | 48 | 5.33 |
| 12 | Toledo | 10 | 8 | 40 | 48 | 4.80 |
| 12 | Memphis | 10 | 7 | 41 | 48 | 4.80 |
| 15 | Navy | 11 | 17 | 30 | 47 | 4.27 |
| 15 | Northern Illinois | 11 | 9 | 38 | 47 | 4.27 |
| 15 | Ohio | 11 | 9 | 38 | 47 | 4.27 |
| 18 | Connecticut | 7 | 7 | 39 | 46 | 6.57 |
| 19 | Charlotte | 9 | 6 | 38 | 44 | 4.89 |
| 19 | Rice | 10 | 6 | 38 | 44 | 4.40 |
| 19 | Louisiana | 11 | 13 | 31 | 44 | 4.00 |
| 19 | East Carolina | 11 | 12 | 32 | 44 | 4.00 |
| 23 | Florida Atlantic | 10 | 9 | 34 | 43 | 4.30 |
| 23 | South Alabama | 11 | 11 | 32 | 43 | 3.91 |
| 23 | Army | 13 | 16 | 27 | 43 | 3.31 |
| 26 | UTEP | 9 | 11 | 30 | 41 | 4.56 |
| 26 | Bowling Green | 10 | 11 | 30 | 41 | 4.10 |
| 26 | UAB | 10 | 6 | 35 | 41 | 4.10 |
| 29 | Boise State | 9 | 6 | 34 | 40 | 4.44 |
| 29 | Arkansas State | 10 | 9 | 31 | 40 | 4.00 |
| 29 | Coastal Carolina | 11 | 11 | 29 | 40 | 3.64 |
| 29 | Georgia Southern | 11 | 11 | 29 | 40 | 3.64 |
| 29 | Liberty | 11 | 8 | 32 | 40 | 3.64 |
| 29 | Texas State | 11 | 8 | 32 | 40 | 3.64 |
| 35 | Temple | 11 | 9 | 30 | 39 | 3.55 |
| 36 | Old Dominion | 10 | 11 | 27 | 38 | 3.80 |
| 36 | Tulane | 10 | 10 | 28 | 38 | 3.80 |
| 38 | Washington State | 8 | 9 | 28 | 37 | 4.63 |
| 39 | New Mexico State | 10 | 6 | 30 | 36 | 3.60 |
| 39 | Troy | 10 | 6 | 30 | 36 | 3.60 |
| 39 | Kennesaw State | 11 | 3 | 33 | 36 | 3.27 |
| 42 | San Jose State | 9 | 12 | 23 | 35 | 3.89 |
| 42 | FIU | 10 | 10 | 25 | 35 | 3.50 |
| 44 | Central Michigan | 10 | 1 | 33 | 34 | 3.40 |
| 45 | Louisiana Tech | 10 | 3 | 30 | 33 | 3.30 |
| 46 | Georgia State | 9 | 6 | 26 | 32 | 3.56 |
| 46 | Nevada | 9 | 4 | 28 | 32 | 3.56 |
| 46 | North Texas | 11 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 2.91 |
| 49 | Ball State | 9 | 7 | 24 | 31 | 3.44 |
| 49 | Middle Tennessee State | 9 | 3 | 28 | 31 | 3.44 |
| 51 | Utah State | 8 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 3.75 |
| 51 | Wyoming | 8 | 4 | 26 | 30 | 3.75 |
| 51 | Tulsa | 10 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 3.00 |
| 51 | Eastern Michigan | 10 | 4 | 26 | 30 | 3.00 |
| 55 | New Mexico | 8 | 2 | 27 | 29 | 3.63 |
| 55 | Louisiana-Monroe | 9 | 3 | 26 | 29 | 3.22 |
| 55 | Southern Miss | 10 | 4 | 25 | 29 | 2.90 |
| 58 | Massachusetts | 7 | 4 | 24 | 28 | 4.00 |
| 58 | Western Kentucky | 11 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 2.55 |
| 60 | Oregon State | 7 | 2 | 25 | 27 | 3.86 |
| 60 | Hawaii | 8 | 4 | 23 | 27 | 3.38 |
| 62 | Akron | 8 | 1 | 25 | 26 | 3.25 |
| 63 | Penn State | 4 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 6.00 |
| 63 | Kent State | 8 | 2 | 22 | 24 | 3.00 |
| 65 | Air Force | 9 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 2.33 |
| 66 | NC State | 3 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 6.67 |
| 67 | Notre Dame | 4 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 4.50 |
| 67 | San Diego State | 8 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 2.25 |
| 67 | Appalachian State | 9 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 2.00 |
| 70 | Alabama | 2 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 8.00 |
| 70 | UCLA | 2 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 8.00 |
| 72 | Michigan | 2 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 7.50 |
| 72 | Pittsburgh | 2 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 7.50 |
| 72 | Virginia Tech | 2 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 7.50 |
| 75 | Texas | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 4.67 |
| 75 | Ohio State | 4 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 3.50 |
| 77 | Oregon | 1 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 13.00 |
| 77 | Duke | 2 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 6.50 |
| 77 | Texas A&M | 3 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 4.33 |
| 80 | Clemson | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 12.00 |
| 80 | California | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 6.00 |
| 80 | Indiana | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 4.00 |
| 83 | South Carolina | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 5.50 |
| 83 | Tennessee | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 5.50 |
| 83 | Oklahoma | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3.67 |
| 83 | Syracuse | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 3.67 |
| 87 | Virginia | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 5.00 |
| 87 | Florida State | 2 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 5.00 |
| 89 | Colorado | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 9.00 |
| 89 | Arizona State | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4.50 |
| 89 | Auburn | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4.50 |
| 89 | Houston | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4.50 |
| 89 | Arkansas | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 4.50 |
| 94 | Northwestern | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 8.00 |
| 94 | Utah | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 8.00 |
| 94 | Kentucky | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4.00 |
| 94 | Miami (FL) | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4.00 |
| 94 | Missouri | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4.00 |
| 94 | Mississippi State | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4.00 |
| 94 | Wake Forest | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4.00 |
| 101 | Arizona | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7.00 |
| 101 | TCU | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7.00 |
| 101 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 7.00 |
| 101 | Rutgers | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 7.00 |
| 101 | Ole Miss | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3.50 |
| 106 | Florida | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6.00 |
| 106 | Minnesota | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6.00 |
| 106 | Boston College | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6.00 |
| 106 | BYU | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6.00 |
| 106 | Georgia Tech | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3.00 |
| 106 | Vanderbilt | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3.00 |
| 112 | Maryland | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5.00 |
| 112 | Illinois | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5.00 |
| 112 | Kansas | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5.00 |
| 112 | Washington | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5.00 |
| 112 | USC | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2.50 |
| 112 | Georgia | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2.50 |
| 118 | Texas Tech | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4.00 |
| 118 | Nebraska | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4.00 |
| 118 | Cincinnati | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4.00 |
| 118 | Iowa | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4.00 |
| 118 | Stanford | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2.00 |
| 123 | UCF | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 |
| 123 | Iowa State | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 |
| 123 | Michigan State | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 |
| 123 | LSU | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3.00 |
| 123 | North Carolina | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1.00 |
| 128 | Baylor | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 |
| 128 | Kansas State | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 |
| 128 | Wisconsin | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 |
| 128 | SMU | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2.00 |
| 128 | Louisville | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.00 |
| 133 | Purdue | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 133 | West Virginia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 |