2025 National Leaders Passes Defended - Games vs. Conference Teams Only through 01/09/2026

Name G Int. Passes Broken Up Passes Defended Passes Defended/G
1 Texas Tech 10 12 51 63 6.30
2 Arizona 10 14 46 60 6.00
2 Georgia 10 5 46 51 5.10
4 Oregon 10 11 44 55 5.50
5 Louisiana Tech 8 16 43 59 7.38
5 Kansas State 10 13 43 56 5.60
7 Virginia 10 10 42 52 5.20
7 James Madison 9 8 42 50 5.56
9 Arizona State 9 6 41 47 5.22
10 Illinois 9 5 40 45 5.00
11 Utah 9 10 39 49 5.44
12 Houston 9 9 38 47 5.22
12 Alabama 10 7 38 45 4.50
12 California 8 5 38 43 5.38
12 Kansas 9 2 38 40 4.44
16 Indiana 11 14 36 50 4.55
16 New Mexico State 8 10 36 46 5.75
16 FIU 8 9 36 45 5.63
16 Miami (FL) 8 9 36 45 5.63
16 Kennesaw State 9 8 36 44 4.89
16 Utah State 8 7 36 43 5.38
16 Missouri State 8 5 36 41 5.13
16 Ole Miss 9 5 36 41 4.56
16 Western Kentucky 8 4 36 40 5.00
16 Clemson 8 3 36 39 4.88
26 Southern Miss 8 16 35 51 6.38
26 SMU 8 11 35 46 5.75
26 Appalachian State 9 8 35 43 4.78
26 Oklahoma 9 8 35 43 4.78
26 NC State 9 7 35 42 4.67
31 BYU 10 12 34 46 4.60
31 Troy 9 8 34 42 4.67
31 Iowa State 9 7 34 41 4.56
31 Bowling Green 8 4 34 38 4.75
31 UCLA 9 4 34 38 4.22
31 Purdue 9 4 34 38 4.22
37 San Diego State 8 10 33 43 5.38
37 Toledo 8 9 33 42 5.25
37 Stanford 8 3 33 36 4.50
40 Fresno State 8 16 32 48 6.00
40 Iowa 9 11 32 43 4.78
40 Jacksonville State 9 10 32 42 4.67
40 Miami (OH) 9 9 32 41 4.56
40 Georgia Southern 9 8 32 40 4.44
40 Washington 9 5 32 37 4.11
40 Wake Forest 8 2 32 34 4.25
40 Cincinnati 9 2 32 34 3.78
48 Middle Tennessee State 8 7 31 38 4.75
48 Missouri 8 4 31 35 4.38
50 Louisville 8 9 30 39 4.88
50 Michigan 9 8 30 38 4.22
50 Central Michigan 8 7 30 37 4.63
50 Vanderbilt 8 6 30 36 4.50
50 Arkansas 8 2 30 32 4.00
55 LSU 8 14 29 43 5.38
55 Tulane 9 10 29 39 4.33
55 TCU 9 9 29 38 4.22
55 Ohio 8 7 29 36 4.50
55 West Virginia 9 7 29 36 4.00
55 South Alabama 8 5 29 34 4.25
55 Baylor 9 5 29 34 3.78
55 UCF 9 5 29 34 3.78
55 Texas A&M 8 2 29 31 3.88
64 Duke 9 13 28 41 4.56
64 UNLV 9 5 28 33 3.67
64 Oklahoma State 9 5 28 33 3.67
67 Pittsburgh 8 11 27 38 4.75
67 USF 8 10 27 37 4.63
67 Mississippi State 8 7 27 34 4.25
67 Old Dominion 8 7 27 34 4.25
67 Memphis 8 6 27 33 4.13
67 Colorado 9 4 27 31 3.44
67 North Carolina 8 2 27 29 3.63
74 Maryland 9 12 26 38 4.22
74 Texas 8 9 26 35 4.38
74 Western Michigan 9 8 26 34 3.78
74 Wyoming 8 7 26 33 4.13
74 Louisiana 8 6 26 32 4.00
74 Ohio State 10 6 26 32 3.20
74 Hawaii 8 5 26 31 3.88
74 Liberty 8 4 26 30 3.75
74 UTEP 8 4 26 30 3.75
74 Georgia State 8 1 26 27 3.38
84 Nevada 8 8 25 33 4.13
84 UTSA 8 6 25 31 3.88
84 Kent State 8 5 25 30 3.75
87 Boise State 9 10 24 34 3.78
87 South Carolina 8 9 24 33 4.13
87 Auburn 8 8 24 32 4.00
87 Rice 8 2 24 26 3.25
91 Ball State 8 9 23 32 4.00
91 Navy 9 6 23 29 3.22
91 Boston College 8 5 23 28 3.50
91 Colorado State 8 5 23 28 3.50
91 Michigan State 9 3 23 26 2.89
91 Virginia Tech 8 2 23 25 3.13
97 Delaware 8 9 22 31 3.88
97 North Texas 9 8 22 30 3.33
97 Texas State 8 7 22 29 3.63
97 Tennessee 8 6 22 28 3.50
97 Buffalo 8 5 22 27 3.38
102 Florida 8 8 21 29 3.63
102 Northwestern 9 7 21 28 3.11
102 USC 9 7 21 28 3.11
102 East Carolina 8 6 21 27 3.38
102 New Mexico 8 6 21 27 3.38
102 Minnesota 9 6 21 27 3.00
102 Army 9 5 21 26 2.89
102 Arkansas State 8 4 21 25 3.13
102 Florida Atlantic 8 3 21 24 3.00
102 Georgia Tech 8 2 21 23 2.88
102 Louisiana-Monroe 8 2 21 23 2.88
102 Penn State 9 2 21 23 2.56
114 Marshall 8 9 20 29 3.63
114 Akron 8 8 20 28 3.50
116 Kentucky 8 9 19 28 3.50
116 Northern Illinois 8 6 19 25 3.13
116 Air Force 8 5 19 24 3.00
116 Rutgers 9 3 19 22 2.44
116 Wisconsin 9 2 19 21 2.33
121 Coastal Carolina 8 9 18 27 3.38
121 Nebraska 9 5 18 23 2.56
121 Sam Houston State 8 4 18 22 2.75
121 Temple 8 4 18 22 2.75
121 Syracuse 8 3 18 21 2.63
126 San Jose State 8 6 17 23 2.88
127 Tulsa 8 6 16 22 2.75
127 Eastern Michigan 8 5 16 21 2.63
129 Florida State 8 8 15 23 2.88
129 Charlotte 8 6 15 21 2.63
131 UAB 8 3 11 14 1.75
132 Massachusetts 8 1 9 10 1.25
133 Washington State 2 2 6 8 4.00
134 Oregon State 2 2 5 7 3.50