2025 National Leaders Passes Defended - Games vs. Non-Conference Teams Only through 11/14/2025
| Name | G | Int. | Passes Broken Up | Passes Defended | Passes Defended/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oregon State | 9 | 6 | 39 | 45 | 5.00 |
| 2 | Notre Dame | 9 | 16 | 38 | 54 | 6.00 |
| 3 | Connecticut | 10 | 10 | 36 | 46 | 4.60 |
| 4 | SMU | 4 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 7.75 |
| 5 | Colorado State | 4 | 3 | 21 | 24 | 6.00 |
| 5 | New Mexico | 4 | 3 | 21 | 24 | 6.00 |
| 7 | Southern Miss | 4 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 6.25 |
| 7 | San Diego State | 4 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 5.75 |
| 7 | Buffalo | 4 | 2 | 20 | 22 | 5.50 |
| 10 | Louisiana Tech | 3 | 4 | 19 | 23 | 7.67 |
| 10 | Missouri | 4 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 5.50 |
| 12 | Appalachian State | 4 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 5.75 |
| 12 | Akron | 4 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 5.25 |
| 12 | California | 4 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 5.25 |
| 12 | Syracuse | 3 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 6.67 |
| 16 | UNLV | 4 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 6.25 |
| 16 | Memphis | 4 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 5.75 |
| 16 | Miami (OH) | 4 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 5.50 |
| 16 | Tulane | 4 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 5.50 |
| 16 | Marshall | 4 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 5.25 |
| 16 | Old Dominion | 4 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 5.25 |
| 16 | Virginia | 3 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 6.67 |
| 16 | UTSA | 4 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 5.00 |
| 16 | Tennessee | 3 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 6.33 |
| 16 | Arizona State | 3 | 1 | 17 | 18 | 6.00 |
| 26 | Arkansas | 4 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 5.00 |
| 26 | James Madison | 3 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 6.33 |
| 26 | East Carolina | 4 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 4.75 |
| 26 | Hawaii | 4 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 4.75 |
| 26 | Temple | 4 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 4.75 |
| 26 | Colorado | 3 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 6.00 |
| 26 | LSU | 3 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 5.67 |
| 26 | Rice | 4 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 4.25 |
| 26 | Washington State | 8 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 2.13 |
| 26 | Kennesaw State | 4 | 0 | 16 | 16 | 4.00 |
| 36 | Central Michigan | 4 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 5.00 |
| 36 | Texas | 4 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 4.75 |
| 36 | Fresno State | 4 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 4.50 |
| 36 | FIU | 4 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 4.50 |
| 36 | Wake Forest | 3 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 5.67 |
| 36 | Northwestern | 3 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 5.33 |
| 36 | UAB | 4 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 4.00 |
| 36 | San Jose State | 4 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 4.00 |
| 36 | Florida Atlantic | 3 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 5.00 |
| 45 | Houston | 3 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 5.67 |
| 45 | Coastal Carolina | 3 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 5.33 |
| 45 | Georgia State | 4 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 4.00 |
| 45 | Ole Miss | 4 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 4.00 |
| 45 | South Alabama | 4 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 3.75 |
| 45 | Ball State | 4 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 3.50 |
| 51 | Mississippi State | 4 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 4.50 |
| 51 | Sam Houston State | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 4.25 |
| 51 | Toledo | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 4.25 |
| 51 | Nevada | 4 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 4.00 |
| 51 | Louisiana-Monroe | 4 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 4.00 |
| 51 | Wyoming | 4 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 4.00 |
| 51 | Oregon | 3 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 5.00 |
| 51 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 3.75 |
| 51 | Boston College | 4 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 3.50 |
| 60 | Michigan | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 5.67 |
| 60 | UCF | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 5.33 |
| 60 | Georgia Southern | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 4.00 |
| 60 | Arkansas State | 4 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 3.75 |
| 60 | Liberty | 4 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 3.75 |
| 60 | Northern Illinois | 4 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 3.75 |
| 60 | Missouri State | 4 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 3.75 |
| 60 | Jacksonville State | 4 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 3.50 |
| 60 | UTEP | 4 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 3.25 |
| 60 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 3.25 |
| 70 | Texas Tech | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 5.00 |
| 70 | North Carolina | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 3.75 |
| 70 | USF | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 3.75 |
| 70 | New Mexico State | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 4.67 |
| 70 | Army | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 4.67 |
| 70 | Western Kentucky | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 4.67 |
| 70 | Florida | 3 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 4.00 |
| 70 | Texas State | 4 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 3.00 |
| 70 | Duke | 4 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 2.75 |
| 79 | Maryland | 3 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 5.67 |
| 79 | Iowa State | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 4.67 |
| 79 | West Virginia | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 4.67 |
| 79 | Boise State | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 3.50 |
| 79 | Louisville | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 4.33 |
| 79 | Miami (FL) | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 3.25 |
| 79 | Middle Tennessee State | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 3.25 |
| 79 | Kansas | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 4.00 |
| 79 | Western Michigan | 4 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 3.00 |
| 79 | Nebraska | 3 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 3.67 |
| 79 | NC State | 3 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 3.67 |
| 79 | Texas A&M | 3 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 3.67 |
| 79 | Tulsa | 3 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 3.67 |
| 79 | Oklahoma | 4 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 2.75 |
| 93 | Arizona | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 7.00 |
| 93 | Massachusetts | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 3.00 |
| 93 | Michigan State | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 3.67 |
| 93 | Rutgers | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 3.67 |
| 93 | Troy | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 2.75 |
| 93 | Virginia Tech | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 2.75 |
| 93 | Kent State | 4 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 2.50 |
| 93 | Georgia Tech | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 3.00 |
| 93 | Stanford | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 3.00 |
| 102 | North Texas | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 3.25 |
| 102 | Baylor | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4.00 |
| 102 | Indiana | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4.00 |
| 102 | Penn State | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4.00 |
| 102 | Utah | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4.00 |
| 102 | Washington | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4.00 |
| 102 | Ohio | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 3.00 |
| 102 | Clemson | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 5.50 |
| 102 | Florida State | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3.67 |
| 102 | Utah State | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 2.75 |
| 102 | Delaware | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 3.33 |
| 102 | Ohio State | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 3.33 |
| 102 | Pittsburgh | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 3.33 |
| 102 | Bowling Green | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2.50 |
| 102 | Iowa | 3 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 2.67 |
| 117 | BYU | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 3.67 |
| 117 | TCU | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3.33 |
| 117 | Illinois | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2.67 |
| 117 | Charlotte | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 2.33 |
| 121 | Minnesota | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2.67 |
| 121 | Auburn | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2.33 |
| 121 | Oklahoma State | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2.33 |
| 121 | Navy | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2.00 |
| 125 | USC | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 3.00 |
| 125 | Wisconsin | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2.67 |
| 125 | Cincinnati | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1.67 |
| 125 | Purdue | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1.67 |
| 129 | Louisiana | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1.75 |
| 129 | Kentucky | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3.00 |
| 129 | South Carolina | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3.00 |
| 129 | Georgia | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2.50 |
| 129 | Kansas State | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2.00 |
| 129 | UCLA | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1.33 |
| 135 | Alabama | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2.00 |
| 135 | Air Force | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1.33 |