2025 National Leaders Passes Defended - Games at Home Only through 11/14/2025
| Name | G | Int. | Passes Broken Up | Passes Defended | Passes Defended/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Louisiana Tech | 5 | 7 | 35 | 42 | 8.40 |
| 1 | Clemson | 6 | 5 | 35 | 40 | 6.67 |
| 3 | Southern Miss | 5 | 10 | 34 | 44 | 8.80 |
| 4 | California | 5 | 2 | 33 | 35 | 7.00 |
| 5 | SMU | 5 | 8 | 32 | 40 | 8.00 |
| 5 | Arizona | 6 | 8 | 32 | 40 | 6.67 |
| 5 | Colorado State | 6 | 8 | 32 | 40 | 6.67 |
| 5 | Texas Tech | 6 | 5 | 32 | 37 | 6.17 |
| 9 | Oregon State | 7 | 6 | 30 | 36 | 5.14 |
| 9 | Oregon | 6 | 4 | 30 | 34 | 5.67 |
| 11 | Virginia | 6 | 5 | 29 | 34 | 5.67 |
| 11 | Arkansas | 6 | 4 | 29 | 33 | 5.50 |
| 13 | New Mexico State | 5 | 8 | 28 | 36 | 7.20 |
| 14 | Missouri | 7 | 3 | 27 | 30 | 4.29 |
| 15 | Western Kentucky | 5 | 4 | 26 | 30 | 6.00 |
| 16 | Miami (FL) | 7 | 7 | 25 | 32 | 4.57 |
| 16 | Utah | 5 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 6.20 |
| 16 | San Diego State | 4 | 5 | 25 | 30 | 7.50 |
| 16 | Louisville | 7 | 5 | 25 | 30 | 4.29 |
| 16 | Arizona State | 5 | 4 | 25 | 29 | 5.80 |
| 16 | Stanford | 4 | 3 | 25 | 28 | 7.00 |
| 16 | Kennesaw State | 5 | 3 | 25 | 28 | 5.60 |
| 23 | Memphis | 5 | 8 | 24 | 32 | 6.40 |
| 23 | Boston College | 6 | 5 | 24 | 29 | 4.83 |
| 23 | Ole Miss | 7 | 5 | 24 | 29 | 4.14 |
| 23 | Colorado | 6 | 3 | 24 | 27 | 4.50 |
| 27 | Notre Dame | 6 | 12 | 23 | 35 | 5.83 |
| 27 | LSU | 5 | 8 | 23 | 31 | 6.20 |
| 27 | UCF | 6 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 5.00 |
| 27 | Middle Tennessee State | 5 | 2 | 23 | 25 | 5.00 |
| 31 | Old Dominion | 5 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 5.80 |
| 31 | Central Michigan | 4 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 6.75 |
| 31 | Western Michigan | 6 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 4.50 |
| 31 | Liberty | 5 | 3 | 22 | 25 | 5.00 |
| 31 | Buffalo | 5 | 2 | 22 | 24 | 4.80 |
| 31 | Wake Forest | 5 | 2 | 22 | 24 | 4.80 |
| 37 | TCU | 5 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 6.20 |
| 37 | Indiana | 6 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 4.67 |
| 37 | Baylor | 5 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 5.40 |
| 37 | Hawaii | 6 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 4.50 |
| 37 | Utah State | 5 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 5.20 |
| 37 | Akron | 6 | 4 | 21 | 25 | 4.17 |
| 37 | Illinois | 5 | 1 | 21 | 22 | 4.40 |
| 37 | Rice | 6 | 1 | 21 | 22 | 3.67 |
| 45 | Mississippi State | 6 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 4.50 |
| 45 | Kansas | 6 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 3.83 |
| 45 | Georgia | 5 | 2 | 20 | 22 | 4.40 |
| 45 | Oklahoma | 5 | 1 | 20 | 21 | 4.20 |
| 45 | Cincinnati | 5 | 0 | 20 | 20 | 4.00 |
| 50 | Connecticut | 5 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 5.60 |
| 50 | Coastal Carolina | 5 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 5.20 |
| 50 | Iowa State | 5 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 5.00 |
| 50 | Northwestern | 5 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 4.40 |
| 50 | West Virginia | 5 | 2 | 19 | 21 | 4.20 |
| 50 | Georgia State | 5 | 0 | 19 | 19 | 3.80 |
| 56 | Miami (OH) | 5 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 5.20 |
| 56 | UTSA | 4 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 6.25 |
| 56 | Wyoming | 5 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 4.80 |
| 56 | Minnesota | 6 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 4.00 |
| 56 | Kansas State | 5 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 4.60 |
| 56 | Pittsburgh | 5 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 4.00 |
| 56 | South Alabama | 5 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 4.00 |
| 63 | Michigan | 5 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 5.00 |
| 63 | Boise State | 5 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 4.80 |
| 63 | Appalachian State | 4 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 5.50 |
| 63 | Tulane | 4 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 5.50 |
| 63 | USF | 5 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 4.40 |
| 63 | Temple | 5 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 4.40 |
| 63 | Penn State | 6 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 3.67 |
| 63 | Virginia Tech | 6 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 3.50 |
| 63 | Ball State | 4 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 5.00 |
| 63 | Florida | 4 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 5.00 |
| 63 | Syracuse | 5 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 4.00 |
| 63 | Toledo | 5 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 3.80 |
| 63 | UCLA | 5 | 1 | 17 | 18 | 3.60 |
| 63 | Oklahoma State | 5 | 1 | 17 | 18 | 3.60 |
| 63 | Texas A&M | 5 | 1 | 17 | 18 | 3.60 |
| 63 | Vanderbilt | 6 | 1 | 17 | 18 | 3.00 |
| 79 | Maryland | 6 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 4.67 |
| 79 | Fresno State | 4 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 5.25 |
| 79 | Washington | 5 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 4.20 |
| 79 | Nebraska | 6 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 3.50 |
| 79 | Delaware | 5 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 4.00 |
| 79 | Houston | 5 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 4.00 |
| 79 | Rutgers | 6 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 3.33 |
| 79 | Kent State | 4 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 4.75 |
| 79 | New Mexico | 4 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 4.75 |
| 79 | Missouri State | 4 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 4.50 |
| 89 | Kentucky | 6 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 3.67 |
| 89 | Wisconsin | 6 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 3.33 |
| 89 | Texas | 4 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 4.75 |
| 89 | North Carolina | 5 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 3.80 |
| 89 | South Carolina | 5 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 3.60 |
| 89 | Georgia Southern | 4 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 4.25 |
| 89 | NC State | 5 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 3.40 |
| 89 | UTEP | 5 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 3.40 |
| 97 | North Texas | 6 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 3.67 |
| 97 | Marshall | 5 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 4.20 |
| 97 | Northern Illinois | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 4.75 |
| 97 | Massachusetts | 5 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 3.40 |
| 97 | Ohio State | 5 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 3.40 |
| 97 | San Jose State | 5 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 3.40 |
| 97 | Tennessee | 5 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 3.40 |
| 97 | Florida Atlantic | 4 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 4.00 |
| 97 | Georgia Tech | 5 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 3.20 |
| 97 | Purdue | 6 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 2.50 |
| 107 | James Madison | 4 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 4.75 |
| 107 | Bowling Green | 5 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 3.40 |
| 107 | Arkansas State | 5 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 3.20 |
| 107 | Navy | 5 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 3.20 |
| 107 | Louisiana-Monroe | 4 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 3.75 |
| 107 | Michigan State | 5 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 3.00 |
| 107 | UAB | 4 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 3.50 |
| 114 | UNLV | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 4.50 |
| 114 | Eastern Michigan | 5 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 3.60 |
| 114 | Florida State | 6 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 3.00 |
| 114 | Alabama | 5 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 3.40 |
| 114 | Auburn | 5 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 3.40 |
| 114 | USC | 5 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 3.40 |
| 114 | FIU | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 4.00 |
| 114 | Troy | 5 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 3.20 |
| 114 | East Carolina | 5 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 2.60 |
| 123 | Ohio | 5 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 3.40 |
| 123 | Air Force | 5 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 3.00 |
| 123 | Jacksonville State | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 4.67 |
| 123 | Duke | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 3.50 |
| 123 | Nevada | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 3.50 |
| 128 | Iowa | 6 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 2.83 |
| 128 | Tulsa | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 3.25 |
| 128 | Charlotte | 6 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 1.83 |
| 128 | Army | 4 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 2.50 |
| 132 | BYU | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 3.50 |
| 132 | Washington State | 4 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 2.50 |
| 134 | Louisiana | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 1.80 |
| 134 | Texas State | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2.00 |
| 136 | Sam Houston State | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2.00 |