2025 National Leaders Passes Defended - Games vs. Ranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/09/2026

Name G Int. Passes Broken Up Passes Defended Passes Defended/G
1 Oregon 5 5 29 34 6.80
1 Ole Miss 6 3 29 32 5.33
3 Georgia 6 3 28 31 5.17
4 Alabama 7 4 24 28 4.00
4 BYU 5 3 24 27 5.40
6 Oklahoma 6 3 23 26 4.33
7 South Carolina 6 5 22 27 4.50
8 Texas Tech 4 6 20 26 6.50
9 Auburn 6 3 19 22 3.67
9 Kansas 4 1 19 20 5.00
11 LSU 5 6 18 24 4.80
12 Colorado 4 1 17 18 4.50
13 Texas 6 9 16 25 4.17
13 Notre Dame 4 3 16 19 4.75
15 Arizona State 3 1 15 16 5.33
15 Missouri 5 1 15 16 3.20
15 Temple 5 1 15 16 3.20
15 Arkansas 5 0 15 15 3.00
19 Duke 4 4 14 18 4.50
19 Tennessee 4 4 14 18 4.50
19 Texas A&M 4 1 14 15 3.75
22 Florida 5 6 13 19 3.80
22 Miami (FL) 4 5 13 18 4.50
22 Mississippi State 5 3 13 16 3.20
22 Iowa 4 2 13 15 3.75
22 Nebraska 3 1 13 14 4.67
22 Cincinnati 4 1 13 14 3.50
28 Northwestern 4 4 12 16 4.00
28 Tulane 3 3 12 15 5.00
28 Kansas State 3 2 12 14 4.67
28 UCLA 4 2 12 14 3.50
32 UTSA 3 3 11 14 4.67
32 Virginia Tech 4 1 11 12 3.00
32 California 1 0 11 11 11.00
35 Louisville 3 5 10 15 5.00
35 Kentucky 4 5 10 15 3.75
35 Michigan 4 3 10 13 3.25
35 Iowa State 2 2 10 12 6.00
35 Oklahoma State 3 2 10 12 4.00
35 Purdue 5 2 10 12 2.40
41 Pittsburgh 3 5 9 14 4.67
41 Indiana 4 4 9 13 3.25
41 SMU 2 3 9 12 6.00
41 Florida State 3 3 9 12 4.00
41 NC State 4 3 9 12 3.00
41 Georgia State 3 2 9 11 3.67
41 Stanford 4 0 9 9 2.25
41 Wisconsin 5 0 9 9 1.80
49 Georgia Tech 2 2 8 10 5.00
49 Penn State 3 1 8 9 3.00
49 Washington State 4 1 8 9 2.25
49 Michigan State 3 0 8 8 2.67
53 Ohio State 4 3 7 10 2.50
53 San Diego State 1 2 7 9 9.00
53 Oregon State 2 2 7 9 4.50
53 Coastal Carolina 2 1 7 8 4.00
53 Marshall 2 1 7 8 4.00
53 East Carolina 2 0 7 7 3.50
53 Syracuse 3 0 7 7 2.33
60 Utah 2 2 6 8 4.00
60 Appalachian State 1 1 6 7 7.00
60 Illinois 3 1 6 7 2.33
60 Western Michigan 1 0 6 6 6.00
60 UCF 2 0 6 6 3.00
60 Houston 2 0 6 6 3.00
60 Old Dominion 2 0 6 6 3.00
60 South Alabama 2 0 6 6 3.00
60 Wake Forest 2 0 6 6 3.00
69 Charlotte 3 4 5 9 3.00
69 Louisiana 2 2 5 7 3.50
69 Tulsa 2 2 5 7 3.50
69 Troy 1 1 5 6 6.00
69 Baylor 2 1 5 6 3.00
69 Maryland 2 1 5 6 3.00
69 Kent State 2 0 5 5 2.50
76 USF 3 5 4 9 3.00
76 USC 3 4 4 8 2.67
76 West Virginia 3 3 4 7 2.33
76 Arizona 1 2 4 6 6.00
76 Ohio 1 2 4 6 6.00
76 TCU 2 2 4 6 3.00
76 Army 3 2 4 6 2.00
76 Liberty 1 1 4 5 5.00
76 Vanderbilt 3 1 4 5 1.67
76 Georgia Southern 2 0 4 4 2.00
76 Memphis 2 0 4 4 2.00
87 North Carolina 1 1 3 4 4.00
87 San Jose State 1 1 3 4 4.00
87 UTEP 1 1 3 4 4.00
87 Virginia 1 1 3 4 4.00
87 Rutgers 2 1 3 4 2.00
87 Wyoming 1 0 3 3 3.00
87 Kennesaw State 1 0 3 3 3.00
87 Boston College 2 0 3 3 1.50
87 Minnesota 2 0 3 3 1.50
87 Washington 3 0 3 3 1.00
97 Utah State 2 2 2 4 2.00
97 Central Michigan 1 1 2 3 3.00
97 Texas State 1 1 2 3 3.00
97 Florida Atlantic 2 1 2 3 1.50
97 New Mexico 1 0 2 2 2.00
97 Navy 2 0 2 2 1.00
103 James Madison 1 2 1 3 3.00
103 North Texas 2 2 1 3 1.50
103 Rice 2 1 1 2 1.00
103 Boise State 1 0 1 1 1.00
103 Clemson 1 0 1 1 1.00
103 Hawaii 1 0 1 1 1.00
103 Sam Houston State 1 0 1 1 1.00
103 Missouri State 1 0 1 1 1.00
103 UAB 2 0 1 1 0.50
112 Massachusetts 1 1 0 1 1.00