2025 National Leaders Passes Defended - Games vs. Non-Conference Teams Only through 12/24/2025

Name G Int. Passes Broken Up Passes Defended Passes Defended/G
1 Notre Dame 12 21 55 76 6.33
2 Oregon State 10 6 42 48 4.80
3 Connecticut 12 11 39 50 4.17
4 Washington State 11 4 26 30 2.73
5 Clemson 4 6 25 31 7.75
5 SMU 4 6 25 31 7.75
5 Western Kentucky 5 5 25 30 6.00
5 Tennessee 4 4 25 29 7.25
9 Southern Miss 5 7 24 31 6.20
9 Oregon 4 2 24 26 6.50
11 James Madison 5 6 22 28 5.60
12 Colorado State 4 3 21 24 6.00
12 LSU 4 3 21 24 6.00
12 New Mexico 4 3 21 24 6.00
12 Syracuse 4 2 21 23 5.75
16 Old Dominion 5 8 20 28 5.60
16 Memphis 5 6 20 26 5.20
16 Louisiana Tech 4 4 20 24 6.00
16 San Diego State 4 3 20 23 5.75
16 Hawaii 5 3 20 23 4.60
16 Ole Miss 5 3 20 23 4.60
16 Buffalo 4 2 20 22 5.50
16 Wake Forest 4 2 20 22 5.50
24 Tulane 5 5 19 24 4.80
24 Missouri 4 3 19 22 5.50
24 California 5 3 19 22 4.40
24 Florida Atlantic 4 0 19 19 4.75
28 UNLV 5 9 18 27 5.40
28 Appalachian State 4 5 18 23 5.75
28 Akron 4 3 18 21 5.25
28 Missouri State 5 3 18 21 4.20
32 Miami (OH) 4 5 17 22 5.50
32 Marshall 4 4 17 21 5.25
32 Jacksonville State 5 4 17 21 4.20
32 Virginia 3 3 17 20 6.67
32 UTSA 4 3 17 20 5.00
32 Coastal Carolina 4 2 17 19 4.75
32 Arizona State 3 1 17 18 6.00
32 Kennesaw State 5 1 17 18 3.60
40 Louisville 5 5 16 21 4.20
40 Arkansas 4 4 16 20 5.00
40 Toledo 5 4 16 20 4.00
40 Western Michigan 5 4 16 20 4.00
40 East Carolina 4 3 16 19 4.75
40 Temple 4 3 16 19 4.75
40 Arkansas State 5 3 16 19 3.80
40 Colorado 3 2 16 18 6.00
40 Rice 4 1 16 17 4.25
49 Central Michigan 4 5 15 20 5.00
49 Texas 4 4 15 19 4.75
49 Fresno State 4 3 15 18 4.50
49 FIU 4 3 15 18 4.50
49 Florida 4 2 15 17 4.25
49 Northwestern 3 1 15 16 5.33
49 UAB 4 1 15 16 4.00
49 San Jose State 4 1 15 16 4.00
57 Washington 4 9 14 23 5.75
57 Delaware 5 5 14 19 3.80
57 Houston 3 3 14 17 5.67
57 Georgia State 4 2 14 16 4.00
57 NC State 4 2 14 16 4.00
57 South Alabama 4 1 14 15 3.75
57 Tulsa 4 1 14 15 3.75
57 Texas A&M 5 1 14 15 3.00
57 Ball State 4 0 14 14 3.50
57 Stanford 4 0 14 14 3.50
67 Mississippi State 4 5 13 18 4.50
67 Sam Houston State 4 4 13 17 4.25
67 Boise State 5 4 13 17 3.40
67 USF 5 4 13 17 3.40
67 Nevada 4 3 13 16 4.00
67 Louisiana-Monroe 4 3 13 16 4.00
67 Wyoming 4 3 13 16 4.00
67 Eastern Michigan 4 2 13 15 3.75
67 Boston College 4 1 13 14 3.50
67 Georgia Tech 4 1 13 14 3.50
77 Utah State 5 6 12 18 3.60
77 Michigan 3 5 12 17 5.67
77 New Mexico State 4 5 12 17 4.25
77 Miami (FL) 5 5 12 17 3.40
77 UCF 3 4 12 16 5.33
77 Georgia Southern 4 4 12 16 4.00
77 Pittsburgh 4 4 12 16 4.00
77 Liberty 4 3 12 15 3.75
77 Northern Illinois 4 3 12 15 3.75
77 South Carolina 4 3 12 15 3.75
77 UTEP 4 1 12 13 3.25
77 Vanderbilt 4 1 12 13 3.25
89 Texas Tech 3 4 11 15 5.00
89 North Carolina 4 4 11 15 3.75
89 Army 3 3 11 14 4.67
89 Kentucky 4 3 11 14 3.50
89 Texas State 4 1 11 12 3.00
89 Duke 4 0 11 11 2.75
95 Maryland 3 7 10 17 5.67
95 Ohio 5 5 10 15 3.00
95 Iowa State 3 4 10 14 4.67
95 West Virginia 3 4 10 14 4.67
95 Auburn 4 3 10 13 3.25
95 Middle Tennessee State 4 3 10 13 3.25
95 Kansas 3 2 10 12 4.00
95 Troy 5 2 10 12 2.40
95 Nebraska 3 1 10 11 3.67
95 Oklahoma 4 1 10 11 2.75
105 Arizona 2 5 9 14 7.00
105 Florida State 4 4 9 13 3.25
105 Massachusetts 4 3 9 12 3.00
105 Michigan State 3 2 9 11 3.67
105 Rutgers 3 2 9 11 3.67
105 Virginia Tech 4 2 9 11 2.75
105 Kent State 4 1 9 10 2.50
105 Charlotte 4 1 9 10 2.50
113 North Texas 4 5 8 13 3.25
113 Baylor 3 4 8 12 4.00
113 Indiana 3 4 8 12 4.00
113 Penn State 3 4 8 12 4.00
113 Utah 3 4 8 12 4.00
113 Georgia 4 4 8 12 3.00
113 Louisiana 5 3 8 11 2.20
113 Ohio State 3 2 8 10 3.33
113 Bowling Green 4 2 8 10 2.50
113 Iowa 3 0 8 8 2.67
123 BYU 3 4 7 11 3.67
123 TCU 3 3 7 10 3.33
123 Illinois 3 1 7 8 2.67
126 Alabama 4 4 6 10 2.50
126 Minnesota 3 2 6 8 2.67
126 Air Force 4 2 6 8 2.00
126 Oklahoma State 3 1 6 7 2.33
126 Navy 3 0 6 6 2.00
131 USC 3 4 5 9 3.00
131 Wisconsin 3 3 5 8 2.67
131 Cincinnati 3 0 5 5 1.67
131 Purdue 3 0 5 5 1.67
135 Kansas State 2 0 4 4 2.00
135 UCLA 3 0 4 4 1.33