2025 National Leaders Passes Defended - Games vs. Ranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/19/2026

Name G Int. Passes Broken Up Passes Defended Passes Defended/G
1 Texas Tech 5 8 26 34 6.80
1 Oregon 6 5 29 34 5.67
3 Ole Miss 6 3 29 32 5.33
4 Georgia 5 2 27 29 5.80
5 Indiana 6 7 19 26 4.33
5 LSU 6 6 20 26 4.33
7 Texas 6 9 16 25 4.17
8 Alabama 6 2 22 24 4.00
9 South Carolina 5 4 19 23 4.60
10 Miami (FL) 5 5 17 22 4.40
11 BYU 4 3 18 21 5.25
12 Arizona State 4 3 16 19 4.75
12 Notre Dame 4 3 16 19 4.75
12 Florida 5 6 13 19 3.80
12 Oklahoma 5 1 18 19 3.80
16 Tennessee 4 4 14 18 4.50
17 USC 5 6 11 17 3.40
17 West Virginia 5 5 12 17 3.40
17 Auburn 5 1 16 17 3.40
20 Iowa State 3 3 13 16 5.33
20 Northwestern 4 4 12 16 4.00
20 Missouri 5 1 15 16 3.20
23 Louisville 3 5 10 15 5.00
23 Kansas State 3 3 12 15 5.00
23 Tulane 3 3 12 15 5.00
23 Kentucky 4 5 10 15 3.75
23 Iowa 4 2 13 15 3.75
23 Nebraska 4 1 14 15 3.75
23 Temple 4 1 14 15 3.75
23 Arkansas 4 0 15 15 3.75
23 Colorado 4 0 15 15 3.75
32 SMU 2 3 11 14 7.00
32 Duke 3 4 10 14 4.67
32 UTSA 3 3 11 14 4.67
32 UCLA 4 2 12 14 3.50
32 Mississippi State 4 2 12 14 3.50
32 Cincinnati 4 1 13 14 3.50
38 UCF 3 3 10 13 4.33
38 Michigan 4 3 10 13 3.25
40 Florida State 3 3 9 12 4.00
40 Oregon State 3 3 9 12 4.00
40 Texas A&M 3 1 11 12 4.00
40 Purdue 5 2 10 12 2.40
44 California 1 0 11 11 11.00
44 Kansas 2 1 10 11 5.50
44 Georgia State 3 2 9 11 3.67
44 Virginia Tech 3 1 10 11 3.67
44 Penn State 4 2 9 11 2.75
44 Wisconsin 6 1 10 11 1.83
50 Arizona 2 2 8 10 5.00
50 Georgia Tech 2 2 8 10 5.00
50 NC State 3 2 8 10 3.33
50 Oklahoma State 3 0 10 10 3.33
50 Ohio State 4 3 7 10 2.50
50 Michigan State 4 1 9 10 2.50
56 San Diego State 1 2 7 9 9.00
56 Houston 2 3 6 9 4.50
56 Pittsburgh 2 3 6 9 4.50
56 USF 3 5 4 9 3.00
56 Charlotte 3 4 5 9 3.00
56 Washington State 4 1 8 9 2.25
56 Stanford 4 0 9 9 2.25
63 Utah 2 2 6 8 4.00
63 Coastal Carolina 2 1 7 8 4.00
63 Marshall 2 1 7 8 4.00
63 TCU 3 3 5 8 2.67
63 Vanderbilt 3 2 6 8 2.67
63 Rice 3 1 7 8 2.67
69 Appalachian State 1 1 6 7 7.00
69 North Carolina 2 2 5 7 3.50
69 Tulsa 2 2 5 7 3.50
69 East Carolina 2 0 7 7 3.50
69 Illinois 3 1 6 7 2.33
74 Ohio 1 2 4 6 6.00
74 Troy 1 1 5 6 6.00
74 Western Michigan 1 0 6 6 6.00
74 Maryland 2 1 5 6 3.00
74 Old Dominion 2 0 6 6 3.00
74 South Alabama 2 0 6 6 3.00
74 Syracuse 2 0 6 6 3.00
74 Army 3 2 4 6 2.00
82 Liberty 1 1 4 5 5.00
82 Louisiana 1 1 4 5 5.00
82 Kent State 2 0 5 5 2.50
82 Baylor 3 1 4 5 1.67
82 Rutgers 3 1 4 5 1.67
87 San Jose State 1 1 3 4 4.00
87 UTEP 1 1 3 4 4.00
87 Utah State 2 2 2 4 2.00
87 Georgia Southern 2 0 4 4 2.00
87 Memphis 2 0 4 4 2.00
87 Minnesota 3 0 4 4 1.33
93 James Madison 1 2 1 3 3.00
93 Central Michigan 1 1 2 3 3.00
93 Texas State 1 1 2 3 3.00
93 Wake Forest 1 0 3 3 3.00
93 Wyoming 1 0 3 3 3.00
93 Kennesaw State 1 0 3 3 3.00
93 North Texas 2 2 1 3 1.50
93 Florida Atlantic 2 1 2 3 1.50
93 Washington 3 0 3 3 1.00
102 Boston College 1 0 2 2 2.00
102 New Mexico 1 0 2 2 2.00
102 Navy 2 0 2 2 1.00
105 Boise State 1 0 1 1 1.00
105 Sam Houston State 1 0 1 1 1.00
105 Missouri State 1 0 1 1 1.00
105 UAB 2 0 1 1 0.50