2025 National Leaders Passes Defended - Games Lost Only through 01/09/2026
| Name | G | Int. | Passes Broken Up | Passes Defended | Passes Defended/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oregon State | 10 | 5 | 38 | 43 | 4.30 |
| 2 | New Mexico State | 8 | 10 | 30 | 40 | 5.00 |
| 2 | Arkansas | 10 | 4 | 36 | 40 | 4.00 |
| 4 | Purdue | 10 | 4 | 35 | 39 | 3.90 |
| 5 | UTEP | 10 | 5 | 33 | 38 | 3.80 |
| 6 | Oklahoma State | 11 | 5 | 32 | 37 | 3.36 |
| 6 | Georgia State | 11 | 3 | 34 | 37 | 3.36 |
| 8 | Maryland | 8 | 11 | 25 | 36 | 4.50 |
| 8 | South Carolina | 8 | 8 | 28 | 36 | 4.50 |
| 8 | Appalachian State | 8 | 6 | 30 | 36 | 4.50 |
| 8 | Middle Tennessee State | 9 | 5 | 31 | 36 | 4.00 |
| 8 | Colorado State | 10 | 4 | 32 | 36 | 3.60 |
| 13 | Nevada | 9 | 6 | 29 | 35 | 3.89 |
| 14 | Buffalo | 7 | 6 | 28 | 34 | 4.86 |
| 14 | Bowling Green | 8 | 3 | 31 | 34 | 4.25 |
| 14 | Boston College | 10 | 5 | 29 | 34 | 3.40 |
| 17 | Clemson | 6 | 1 | 32 | 33 | 5.50 |
| 18 | Mississippi State | 8 | 8 | 24 | 32 | 4.00 |
| 18 | West Virginia | 8 | 8 | 24 | 32 | 4.00 |
| 18 | Colorado | 9 | 4 | 28 | 32 | 3.56 |
| 21 | Utah State | 7 | 7 | 24 | 31 | 4.43 |
| 22 | Kansas | 7 | 1 | 29 | 30 | 4.29 |
| 23 | Sam Houston State | 10 | 5 | 24 | 29 | 2.90 |
| 23 | Charlotte | 11 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 2.64 |
| 25 | Northern Illinois | 9 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 3.11 |
| 26 | Arkansas State | 6 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 4.50 |
| 26 | Miami (OH) | 7 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 3.86 |
| 26 | Auburn | 7 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 3.86 |
| 26 | Florida | 8 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 3.38 |
| 26 | Wyoming | 8 | 3 | 24 | 27 | 3.38 |
| 26 | North Carolina | 8 | 2 | 25 | 27 | 3.38 |
| 26 | San Jose State | 9 | 4 | 23 | 27 | 3.00 |
| 33 | Tennessee | 5 | 4 | 22 | 26 | 5.20 |
| 33 | LSU | 6 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 4.33 |
| 33 | Ball State | 8 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 3.25 |
| 33 | Liberty | 8 | 3 | 23 | 26 | 3.25 |
| 37 | Tulsa | 8 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 3.13 |
| 37 | Eastern Michigan | 8 | 2 | 23 | 25 | 3.13 |
| 39 | SMU | 4 | 3 | 21 | 24 | 6.00 |
| 39 | Southern Miss | 6 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 4.00 |
| 39 | Coastal Carolina | 7 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 3.43 |
| 39 | Florida Atlantic | 8 | 1 | 23 | 24 | 3.00 |
| 39 | Virginia Tech | 9 | 3 | 21 | 24 | 2.67 |
| 44 | Arizona State | 5 | 1 | 22 | 23 | 4.60 |
| 44 | Central Michigan | 6 | 4 | 19 | 23 | 3.83 |
| 44 | FIU | 6 | 1 | 22 | 23 | 3.83 |
| 44 | Marshall | 7 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 3.29 |
| 44 | Akron | 7 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 3.29 |
| 44 | Stanford | 8 | 2 | 21 | 23 | 2.88 |
| 44 | UCLA | 9 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 2.56 |
| 51 | NC State | 5 | 2 | 20 | 22 | 4.40 |
| 51 | Kansas State | 6 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 3.67 |
| 51 | Kentucky | 7 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 3.14 |
| 51 | Michigan State | 8 | 2 | 20 | 22 | 2.75 |
| 51 | Rice | 8 | 2 | 20 | 22 | 2.75 |
| 51 | Syracuse | 9 | 2 | 20 | 22 | 2.44 |
| 51 | Massachusetts | 12 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 1.83 |
| 58 | Arizona | 4 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 5.25 |
| 58 | Toledo | 5 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 4.20 |
| 58 | California | 6 | 1 | 20 | 21 | 3.50 |
| 58 | UCF | 7 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 3.00 |
| 62 | Pittsburgh | 5 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 4.00 |
| 62 | Louisiana Tech | 5 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 4.00 |
| 62 | Northwestern | 6 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 3.33 |
| 62 | Missouri State | 6 | 1 | 19 | 20 | 3.33 |
| 62 | South Alabama | 8 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 2.50 |
| 67 | Jacksonville State | 5 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 3.80 |
| 67 | Troy | 6 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 3.17 |
| 67 | Louisiana | 7 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 2.71 |
| 67 | Louisiana-Monroe | 9 | 1 | 18 | 19 | 2.11 |
| 71 | San Diego State | 4 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 4.50 |
| 71 | Duke | 5 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 3.60 |
| 71 | UTSA | 6 | 1 | 17 | 18 | 3.00 |
| 71 | Florida State | 7 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 2.57 |
| 71 | Baylor | 7 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 2.57 |
| 71 | Temple | 7 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 2.57 |
| 77 | Texas State | 6 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 2.83 |
| 77 | Nebraska | 6 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 2.83 |
| 79 | Missouri | 5 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 3.20 |
| 79 | Army | 6 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 2.67 |
| 79 | Penn State | 6 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 2.67 |
| 79 | Cincinnati | 6 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 2.67 |
| 79 | Kent State | 7 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 2.29 |
| 79 | Wisconsin | 8 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 2.00 |
| 85 | Oklahoma | 3 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 5.00 |
| 85 | Iowa | 4 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 3.75 |
| 85 | Ohio | 4 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 3.75 |
| 85 | Rutgers | 7 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 2.14 |
| 89 | USF | 4 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 3.50 |
| 89 | East Carolina | 4 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 3.50 |
| 89 | Iowa State | 4 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 3.50 |
| 89 | Wake Forest | 4 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 3.50 |
| 89 | Delaware | 6 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 2.33 |
| 94 | Michigan | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 3.25 |
| 94 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 3.25 |
| 94 | TCU | 4 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 3.25 |
| 94 | Western Kentucky | 4 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 3.25 |
| 94 | Connecticut | 4 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 3.25 |
| 94 | New Mexico | 4 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 3.25 |
| 94 | Georgia Southern | 6 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 2.17 |
| 94 | UAB | 8 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 1.63 |
| 102 | Texas Tech | 2 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 6.00 |
| 102 | BYU | 2 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 6.00 |
| 102 | Miami (FL) | 2 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 6.00 |
| 102 | Virginia | 3 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 4.00 |
| 102 | Western Michigan | 4 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 3.00 |
| 102 | Air Force | 8 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 1.50 |
| 108 | Georgia | 2 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 5.50 |
| 108 | USC | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 2.75 |
| 108 | Louisville | 4 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 2.75 |
| 108 | Memphis | 5 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 2.20 |
| 112 | Houston | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3.33 |
| 112 | UNLV | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2.50 |
| 112 | Fresno State | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2.50 |
| 112 | Washington State | 6 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 1.67 |
| 116 | Kennesaw State | 4 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 2.25 |
| 116 | Alabama | 4 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 2.25 |
| 116 | Boise State | 5 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 1.80 |
| 119 | Utah | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4.00 |
| 119 | Ole Miss | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4.00 |
| 119 | Notre Dame | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4.00 |
| 119 | Oregon | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4.00 |
| 119 | Vanderbilt | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2.67 |
| 119 | Hawaii | 4 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 2.00 |
| 119 | Illinois | 4 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 2.00 |
| 126 | James Madison | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3.50 |
| 126 | Texas A&M | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3.50 |
| 126 | Texas | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2.33 |
| 126 | Old Dominion | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 2.33 |
| 126 | Tulane | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 2.33 |
| 126 | Minnesota | 5 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 1.40 |
| 132 | Washington | 4 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1.50 |
| 133 | Ohio State | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2.50 |
| 134 | North Texas | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2.00 |
| 135 | Navy | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 |