2025 National Leaders Passes Defended - All Games through 11/14/2025
| Name | G | Int. | Passes Broken Up | Passes Defended | Passes Defended/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Southern Miss | 9 | 20 | 49 | 69 | 7.67 |
| 2 | Maryland | 9 | 17 | 24 | 41 | 4.56 |
| 3 | SMU | 10 | 16 | 56 | 72 | 7.20 |
| 3 | Notre Dame | 9 | 16 | 38 | 54 | 6.00 |
| 5 | Louisiana Tech | 9 | 15 | 54 | 69 | 7.67 |
| 6 | Indiana | 10 | 14 | 31 | 45 | 4.50 |
| 7 | Arizona | 9 | 12 | 40 | 52 | 5.78 |
| 7 | Memphis | 10 | 12 | 40 | 52 | 5.20 |
| 7 | Louisville | 10 | 12 | 38 | 50 | 5.00 |
| 7 | Miami (OH) | 10 | 12 | 38 | 50 | 5.00 |
| 7 | Central Michigan | 10 | 12 | 37 | 49 | 4.90 |
| 7 | New Mexico State | 9 | 12 | 36 | 48 | 5.33 |
| 7 | UNLV | 9 | 12 | 34 | 46 | 5.11 |
| 7 | Fresno State | 9 | 12 | 32 | 44 | 4.89 |
| 7 | BYU | 9 | 12 | 30 | 42 | 4.67 |
| 16 | Texas Tech | 10 | 11 | 53 | 64 | 6.40 |
| 16 | San Diego State | 9 | 11 | 43 | 54 | 6.00 |
| 16 | Mississippi State | 10 | 11 | 37 | 48 | 4.80 |
| 16 | TCU | 9 | 11 | 30 | 41 | 4.56 |
| 16 | Michigan | 9 | 11 | 29 | 40 | 4.44 |
| 16 | Marshall | 9 | 11 | 28 | 39 | 4.33 |
| 16 | USF | 9 | 11 | 27 | 38 | 4.22 |
| 16 | Boise State | 9 | 11 | 24 | 35 | 3.89 |
| 24 | Virginia | 10 | 10 | 47 | 57 | 5.70 |
| 24 | LSU | 9 | 10 | 39 | 49 | 5.44 |
| 24 | Connecticut | 10 | 10 | 36 | 46 | 4.60 |
| 24 | Toledo | 10 | 10 | 36 | 46 | 4.60 |
| 24 | West Virginia | 10 | 10 | 33 | 43 | 4.30 |
| 24 | Pittsburgh | 9 | 10 | 30 | 40 | 4.44 |
| 24 | Iowa | 9 | 10 | 27 | 37 | 4.11 |
| 24 | Kentucky | 9 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 3.44 |
| 24 | Florida State | 9 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 3.22 |
| 33 | Oregon | 10 | 9 | 46 | 55 | 5.50 |
| 33 | Kansas State | 9 | 9 | 40 | 49 | 5.44 |
| 33 | Appalachian State | 9 | 9 | 38 | 47 | 5.22 |
| 33 | Old Dominion | 10 | 9 | 38 | 47 | 4.70 |
| 33 | James Madison | 9 | 9 | 36 | 45 | 5.00 |
| 33 | Miami (FL) | 9 | 9 | 35 | 44 | 4.89 |
| 33 | Iowa State | 10 | 9 | 35 | 44 | 4.40 |
| 33 | Akron | 11 | 9 | 34 | 43 | 3.91 |
| 33 | Wyoming | 9 | 9 | 32 | 41 | 4.56 |
| 33 | Texas | 9 | 9 | 31 | 40 | 4.44 |
| 33 | Coastal Carolina | 9 | 9 | 30 | 39 | 4.33 |
| 33 | Auburn | 10 | 9 | 26 | 35 | 3.50 |
| 33 | South Carolina | 9 | 9 | 25 | 34 | 3.78 |
| 33 | North Texas | 9 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 3.22 |
| 33 | USC | 9 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 3.00 |
| 48 | Colorado State | 9 | 8 | 41 | 49 | 5.44 |
| 48 | Oregon State | 10 | 8 | 41 | 49 | 4.90 |
| 48 | Missouri State | 9 | 8 | 40 | 48 | 5.33 |
| 48 | Houston | 10 | 8 | 40 | 48 | 4.80 |
| 48 | FIU | 9 | 8 | 38 | 46 | 5.11 |
| 48 | Utah | 9 | 8 | 35 | 43 | 4.78 |
| 48 | Florida | 9 | 8 | 32 | 40 | 4.44 |
| 48 | UCF | 9 | 8 | 30 | 38 | 4.22 |
| 48 | Ohio | 10 | 8 | 30 | 38 | 3.80 |
| 48 | Washington | 9 | 8 | 29 | 37 | 4.11 |
| 48 | Utah State | 9 | 8 | 28 | 36 | 4.00 |
| 48 | Duke | 9 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 3.67 |
| 48 | Alabama | 9 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 3.33 |
| 48 | Louisiana | 10 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 2.50 |
| 62 | California | 10 | 7 | 51 | 58 | 5.80 |
| 62 | Western Kentucky | 9 | 7 | 39 | 46 | 5.11 |
| 62 | UTSA | 9 | 7 | 36 | 43 | 4.78 |
| 62 | Hawaii | 10 | 7 | 34 | 41 | 4.10 |
| 62 | Baylor | 9 | 7 | 32 | 39 | 4.33 |
| 62 | Tulane | 9 | 7 | 31 | 38 | 4.22 |
| 62 | Troy | 10 | 7 | 29 | 36 | 3.60 |
| 62 | Western Michigan | 10 | 7 | 29 | 36 | 3.60 |
| 62 | Arkansas State | 10 | 7 | 28 | 35 | 3.50 |
| 62 | Temple | 10 | 7 | 28 | 35 | 3.50 |
| 62 | Northern Illinois | 10 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 2.90 |
| 73 | Clemson | 10 | 6 | 44 | 50 | 5.00 |
| 73 | Arizona State | 9 | 6 | 42 | 48 | 5.33 |
| 73 | Arkansas | 9 | 6 | 37 | 43 | 4.78 |
| 73 | Boston College | 10 | 6 | 35 | 41 | 4.10 |
| 73 | Buffalo | 10 | 6 | 35 | 41 | 4.10 |
| 73 | Tennessee | 9 | 6 | 34 | 40 | 4.44 |
| 73 | Liberty | 9 | 6 | 32 | 38 | 4.22 |
| 73 | NC State | 9 | 6 | 30 | 36 | 4.00 |
| 73 | San Jose State | 9 | 6 | 30 | 36 | 4.00 |
| 73 | Georgia Southern | 9 | 6 | 29 | 35 | 3.89 |
| 73 | Middle Tennessee State | 9 | 6 | 29 | 35 | 3.89 |
| 73 | North Carolina | 9 | 6 | 27 | 33 | 3.67 |
| 73 | Northwestern | 9 | 6 | 27 | 33 | 3.67 |
| 73 | Nebraska | 10 | 6 | 27 | 33 | 3.30 |
| 73 | Ohio State | 9 | 6 | 26 | 32 | 3.56 |
| 73 | Eastern Michigan | 10 | 6 | 26 | 32 | 3.20 |
| 73 | Delaware | 9 | 6 | 24 | 30 | 3.33 |
| 73 | Army | 9 | 6 | 24 | 30 | 3.33 |
| 73 | Minnesota | 10 | 6 | 23 | 29 | 2.90 |
| 73 | Penn State | 9 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 3.11 |
| 73 | Sam Houston State | 9 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 3.11 |
| 73 | Air Force | 9 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 2.78 |
| 95 | Kennesaw State | 9 | 5 | 40 | 45 | 5.00 |
| 95 | Colorado | 10 | 5 | 38 | 43 | 4.30 |
| 95 | Ole Miss | 10 | 5 | 36 | 41 | 4.10 |
| 95 | Missouri | 9 | 5 | 32 | 37 | 4.11 |
| 95 | Oklahoma | 9 | 5 | 32 | 37 | 4.11 |
| 95 | Kent State | 10 | 5 | 32 | 37 | 3.70 |
| 95 | Syracuse | 10 | 5 | 32 | 37 | 3.70 |
| 95 | Bowling Green | 10 | 5 | 30 | 35 | 3.50 |
| 95 | Ball State | 9 | 5 | 29 | 34 | 3.78 |
| 95 | East Carolina | 9 | 5 | 28 | 33 | 3.67 |
| 95 | Jacksonville State | 9 | 5 | 28 | 33 | 3.67 |
| 95 | Nevada | 9 | 5 | 28 | 33 | 3.67 |
| 95 | Tulsa | 9 | 5 | 26 | 31 | 3.44 |
| 95 | Rutgers | 10 | 5 | 25 | 30 | 3.00 |
| 95 | Texas State | 9 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 3.00 |
| 95 | Wisconsin | 9 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 2.67 |
| 111 | Kansas | 10 | 4 | 40 | 44 | 4.40 |
| 111 | Wake Forest | 9 | 4 | 37 | 41 | 4.56 |
| 111 | Purdue | 10 | 4 | 36 | 40 | 4.00 |
| 111 | Georgia | 9 | 4 | 33 | 37 | 4.11 |
| 111 | New Mexico | 9 | 4 | 32 | 36 | 4.00 |
| 111 | South Alabama | 9 | 4 | 31 | 35 | 3.89 |
| 111 | UTEP | 9 | 4 | 30 | 34 | 3.78 |
| 111 | Vanderbilt | 10 | 4 | 29 | 33 | 3.30 |
| 111 | Louisiana-Monroe | 9 | 4 | 26 | 30 | 3.33 |
| 111 | Navy | 9 | 4 | 24 | 28 | 3.11 |
| 111 | Virginia Tech | 9 | 4 | 24 | 28 | 3.11 |
| 111 | Massachusetts | 10 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 2.10 |
| 123 | Stanford | 10 | 3 | 35 | 38 | 3.80 |
| 123 | Rice | 10 | 3 | 33 | 36 | 3.60 |
| 123 | UCLA | 9 | 3 | 31 | 34 | 3.78 |
| 123 | Oklahoma State | 9 | 3 | 27 | 30 | 3.33 |
| 123 | Michigan State | 9 | 3 | 26 | 29 | 3.22 |
| 123 | UAB | 9 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 2.56 |
| 123 | Charlotte | 9 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 2.11 |
| 130 | Cincinnati | 9 | 2 | 33 | 35 | 3.89 |
| 130 | Texas A&M | 9 | 2 | 31 | 33 | 3.67 |
| 130 | Florida Atlantic | 9 | 2 | 30 | 32 | 3.56 |
| 130 | Georgia State | 9 | 2 | 28 | 30 | 3.33 |
| 130 | Illinois | 9 | 2 | 27 | 29 | 3.22 |
| 130 | Georgia Tech | 9 | 2 | 25 | 27 | 3.00 |
| 136 | Washington State | 9 | 1 | 17 | 18 | 2.00 |