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

Name G Int. Passes Broken Up Passes Defended Passes Defended/G
1 Louisiana Tech 13 22 67 89 6.85
2 Southern Miss 13 23 59 82 6.31
3 Virginia 14 14 63 77 5.50
4 James Madison 13 12 63 75 5.77
4 Clemson 13 9 66 75 5.77
6 Fresno State 13 20 52 72 5.54
7 Arizona 11 20 51 71 6.45
8 Western Kentucky 13 9 61 70 5.38
9 SMU 11 15 54 69 6.27
10 San Diego State 12 13 53 66 5.50
11 Miami (OH) 14 14 51 65 4.64
12 FIU 13 12 52 64 4.92
13 New Mexico State 12 15 48 63 5.25
13 Jacksonville State 14 14 49 63 4.50
15 Toledo 13 13 49 62 4.77
16 Central Michigan 12 12 49 61 5.08
16 Missouri State 12 8 53 61 5.08
18 UNLV 14 14 46 60 4.29
19 Appalachian State 12 12 47 59 4.92
19 Kennesaw State 13 9 50 59 4.54
21 Notre Dame 8 18 39 57 7.13
21 Washington 10 14 43 57 5.70
21 Utah State 11 11 46 57 5.18
21 Houston 11 9 48 57 5.18
25 Old Dominion 11 15 41 56 5.09
26 Arizona State 9 5 50 55 6.11
26 Utah 11 13 42 55 5.00
26 Memphis 11 12 43 55 5.00
26 New Mexico 12 9 46 55 4.58
30 Oregon 9 10 44 54 6.00
30 Miami (FL) 11 11 43 54 4.91
30 California 12 8 46 54 4.50
30 Wake Forest 12 4 50 54 4.50
30 Hawaii 13 8 46 54 4.15
35 Georgia Southern 11 12 40 52 4.73
35 Colorado State 12 8 44 52 4.33
37 Middle Tennessee State 12 10 41 51 4.25
38 Boise State 13 14 36 50 3.85
38 Delaware 13 14 36 50 3.85
38 Connecticut 13 11 39 50 3.85
41 Texas Tech 9 9 40 49 5.44
41 Maryland 10 18 31 49 4.90
41 Akron 12 11 38 49 4.08
41 Nevada 12 11 38 49 4.08
41 Buffalo 12 7 42 49 4.08
46 NC State 10 7 41 48 4.80
46 Tulane 11 12 36 48 4.36
46 Bowling Green 12 6 42 48 4.00
46 Western Michigan 13 12 36 48 3.69
46 Troy 13 9 39 48 3.69
51 Tennessee 9 6 41 47 5.22
51 Indiana 10 12 35 47 4.70
51 UTSA 10 8 39 47 4.70
51 Pittsburgh 11 12 35 47 4.27
55 Michigan 9 10 36 46 5.11
55 Illinois 10 5 41 46 4.60
55 Wyoming 11 10 36 46 4.18
55 North Texas 12 13 33 46 3.83
55 Ball State 12 9 37 46 3.83
60 Kansas State 9 10 35 45 5.00
60 Louisville 10 9 36 45 4.50
60 USF 10 9 36 45 4.50
60 Ohio 12 10 35 45 3.75
64 TCU 10 11 33 44 4.40
64 Vanderbilt 10 6 38 44 4.40
64 East Carolina 11 10 34 44 4.00
64 Arkansas State 13 7 37 44 3.38
68 LSU 7 11 32 43 6.14
68 Oregon State 9 5 38 43 4.78
68 South Alabama 10 6 37 43 4.30
68 Coastal Carolina 11 11 32 43 3.91
72 Missouri 8 6 36 42 5.25
72 Marshall 10 12 30 42 4.20
74 Stanford 8 3 38 41 5.13
74 Baylor 9 8 33 41 4.56
74 Kansas 10 3 38 41 4.10
77 Mississippi State 9 11 29 40 4.44
77 Iowa 9 9 31 40 4.44
77 Florida Atlantic 10 2 38 40 4.00
77 Boston College 11 6 34 40 3.64
77 Liberty 11 6 34 40 3.64
77 Northern Illinois 12 9 31 40 3.33
77 Texas State 12 8 32 40 3.33
84 Iowa State 9 8 31 39 4.33
84 Ole Miss 9 6 33 39 4.33
84 BYU 10 14 25 39 3.90
84 Duke 11 10 29 39 3.55
84 Louisiana-Monroe 11 5 34 39 3.55
84 UTEP 11 4 35 39 3.55
84 Louisiana 12 8 31 39 3.25
91 Syracuse 10 5 33 38 3.80
91 Sam Houston State 11 8 30 38 3.45
93 Arkansas 8 6 31 37 4.63
93 UCF 9 6 31 37 4.11
93 North Carolina 10 4 33 37 3.70
96 Minnesota 10 9 27 36 3.60
96 Army 10 6 30 36 3.60
96 Rice 10 2 34 36 3.60
96 Eastern Michigan 12 7 29 36 3.00
100 Texas 7 7 28 35 5.00
100 Oklahoma 8 8 27 35 4.38
100 Kent State 10 6 29 35 3.50
100 San Jose State 11 6 29 35 3.18
104 Colorado 8 6 28 34 4.25
104 Georgia 9 7 27 34 3.78
104 Ohio State 10 5 29 34 3.40
104 Texas A&M 10 2 32 34 3.40
104 Navy 11 7 27 34 3.09
109 West Virginia 7 6 27 33 4.71
109 Alabama 9 9 24 33 3.67
111 Penn State 9 4 28 32 3.56
111 Georgia State 9 1 31 32 3.56
111 Air Force 11 7 25 32 2.91
111 Georgia Tech 11 2 30 32 2.91
115 Purdue 7 2 29 31 4.43
115 Northwestern 9 5 26 31 3.44
117 Oklahoma State 9 6 24 30 3.33
117 Tulsa 10 5 25 30 3.00
119 Washington State 9 5 24 29 3.22
119 UAB 10 4 25 29 2.90
121 Auburn 7 10 18 28 4.00
121 UCLA 8 2 26 28 3.50
121 Rutgers 9 4 24 28 3.11
124 Florida 7 4 23 27 3.86
124 Kentucky 8 7 20 27 3.38
124 Michigan State 8 4 23 27 3.38
127 Temple 8 6 20 26 3.25
127 Cincinnati 9 1 25 26 2.89
129 South Carolina 7 8 17 25 3.57
129 USC 8 6 19 25 3.13
129 Virginia Tech 9 3 22 25 2.78
132 Florida State 9 9 15 24 2.67
133 Nebraska 9 5 18 23 2.56
134 Charlotte 9 3 19 22 2.44
134 Massachusetts 11 4 18 22 2.00
136 Wisconsin 6 4 14 18 3.00