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