2025 National Leaders Passes Defended - Games Lost Only through 12/05/2025
| 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 | Middle Tennessee State | 9 | 5 | 31 | 36 | 4.00 |
| 8 | Colorado State | 10 | 4 | 32 | 36 | 3.60 |
| 12 | Nevada | 9 | 6 | 29 | 35 | 3.89 |
| 13 | Buffalo | 7 | 6 | 28 | 34 | 4.86 |
| 13 | Appalachian State | 7 | 5 | 29 | 34 | 4.86 |
| 13 | Bowling Green | 8 | 3 | 31 | 34 | 4.25 |
| 13 | Boston College | 10 | 5 | 29 | 34 | 3.40 |
| 17 | West Virginia | 8 | 8 | 24 | 32 | 4.00 |
| 17 | Colorado | 9 | 4 | 28 | 32 | 3.56 |
| 19 | Mississippi State | 7 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 4.29 |
| 19 | Kansas | 7 | 1 | 29 | 30 | 4.29 |
| 21 | Sam Houston State | 10 | 5 | 24 | 29 | 2.90 |
| 21 | Charlotte | 11 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 2.64 |
| 23 | Clemson | 5 | 1 | 27 | 28 | 5.60 |
| 23 | Northern Illinois | 9 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 3.11 |
| 25 | Arkansas State | 6 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 4.50 |
| 25 | Auburn | 7 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 3.86 |
| 25 | Florida | 8 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 3.38 |
| 25 | Wyoming | 8 | 3 | 24 | 27 | 3.38 |
| 25 | North Carolina | 8 | 2 | 25 | 27 | 3.38 |
| 25 | San Jose State | 9 | 4 | 23 | 27 | 3.00 |
| 31 | Ball State | 8 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 3.25 |
| 31 | Liberty | 8 | 3 | 23 | 26 | 3.25 |
| 33 | Tulsa | 8 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 3.13 |
| 33 | Eastern Michigan | 8 | 2 | 23 | 25 | 3.13 |
| 35 | SMU | 4 | 3 | 21 | 24 | 6.00 |
| 35 | LSU | 5 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 4.80 |
| 35 | Utah State | 6 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 4.00 |
| 35 | Florida Atlantic | 8 | 1 | 23 | 24 | 3.00 |
| 35 | Virginia Tech | 9 | 3 | 21 | 24 | 2.67 |
| 40 | Miami (OH) | 5 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 4.60 |
| 40 | Marshall | 7 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 3.29 |
| 40 | Akron | 7 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 3.29 |
| 40 | Stanford | 8 | 2 | 21 | 23 | 2.88 |
| 40 | UCLA | 9 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 2.56 |
| 45 | NC State | 5 | 2 | 20 | 22 | 4.40 |
| 45 | FIU | 5 | 1 | 21 | 22 | 4.40 |
| 45 | Kansas State | 6 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 3.67 |
| 45 | Kentucky | 7 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 3.14 |
| 45 | Michigan State | 8 | 2 | 20 | 22 | 2.75 |
| 45 | Syracuse | 9 | 2 | 20 | 22 | 2.44 |
| 45 | Massachusetts | 12 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 1.83 |
| 52 | UCF | 7 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 3.00 |
| 52 | Rice | 7 | 2 | 19 | 21 | 3.00 |
| 54 | Louisiana Tech | 5 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 4.00 |
| 54 | California | 5 | 1 | 19 | 20 | 4.00 |
| 54 | Northwestern | 6 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 3.33 |
| 54 | South Alabama | 8 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 2.50 |
| 58 | Jacksonville State | 5 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 3.80 |
| 58 | Coastal Carolina | 6 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 3.17 |
| 58 | Louisiana-Monroe | 9 | 1 | 18 | 19 | 2.11 |
| 61 | Pittsburgh | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 4.50 |
| 61 | Toledo | 4 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 4.50 |
| 61 | Tennessee | 4 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 4.50 |
| 61 | Duke | 5 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 3.60 |
| 61 | Southern Miss | 5 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 3.60 |
| 61 | Troy | 5 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 3.60 |
| 61 | UTSA | 6 | 1 | 17 | 18 | 3.00 |
| 61 | Florida State | 7 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 2.57 |
| 61 | Baylor | 7 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 2.57 |
| 61 | Temple | 7 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 2.57 |
| 71 | Texas State | 6 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 2.83 |
| 72 | Central Michigan | 5 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 3.20 |
| 72 | Penn State | 6 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 2.67 |
| 72 | Kent State | 7 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 2.29 |
| 72 | Wisconsin | 8 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 2.00 |
| 76 | Iowa | 4 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 3.75 |
| 76 | Ohio | 4 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 3.75 |
| 76 | Missouri | 4 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 3.75 |
| 76 | Cincinnati | 5 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 3.00 |
| 76 | Louisiana | 6 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 2.50 |
| 76 | Rutgers | 7 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 2.14 |
| 82 | Arizona | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 4.67 |
| 82 | East Carolina | 4 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 3.50 |
| 82 | Iowa State | 4 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 3.50 |
| 82 | Arizona State | 4 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 3.50 |
| 82 | Wake Forest | 4 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 3.50 |
| 82 | Army | 5 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 2.80 |
| 82 | Missouri State | 5 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 2.80 |
| 82 | Delaware | 6 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 2.33 |
| 90 | Oklahoma | 2 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 6.50 |
| 90 | Connecticut | 3 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 4.33 |
| 90 | TCU | 4 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 3.25 |
| 90 | Western Kentucky | 4 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 3.25 |
| 90 | Nebraska | 5 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 2.60 |
| 90 | Georgia Southern | 6 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 2.17 |
| 90 | UAB | 8 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 1.63 |
| 97 | Miami (FL) | 2 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 6.00 |
| 97 | USF | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 4.00 |
| 97 | Western Michigan | 4 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 3.00 |
| 97 | Air Force | 8 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 1.50 |
| 101 | Louisville | 4 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 2.75 |
| 102 | Virginia | 2 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 5.00 |
| 102 | Houston | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3.33 |
| 102 | Fresno State | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2.50 |
| 102 | Washington State | 6 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 1.67 |
| 106 | Michigan | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3.00 |
| 106 | San Diego State | 3 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 3.00 |
| 108 | Utah | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4.00 |
| 108 | Notre Dame | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4.00 |
| 108 | UNLV | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2.67 |
| 108 | Georgia Tech | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2.67 |
| 108 | Memphis | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2.00 |
| 108 | Hawaii | 4 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 2.00 |
| 108 | Illinois | 4 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 2.00 |
| 115 | Oregon | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 7.00 |
| 115 | Texas Tech | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7.00 |
| 115 | Texas | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2.33 |
| 115 | New Mexico | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 2.33 |
| 115 | Old Dominion | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 2.33 |
| 115 | Kennesaw State | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 2.33 |
| 115 | Minnesota | 5 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 1.40 |
| 122 | USC | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2.00 |
| 122 | Boise State | 4 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1.50 |
| 122 | Washington | 4 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1.50 |
| 125 | BYU | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5.00 |
| 125 | Texas A&M | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5.00 |
| 125 | Vanderbilt | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2.50 |
| 125 | Tulane | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2.50 |
| 129 | Georgia | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4.00 |
| 129 | James Madison | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4.00 |
| 129 | North Texas | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2.00 |
| 132 | Alabama | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1.50 |
| 133 | Navy | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 |
| 134 | Ole Miss | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 |