2025 National Leaders Passes Defended - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 12/24/2025

Name G Int. Passes Broken Up Passes Defended Passes Defended/G
1 Louisiana Tech 12 20 63 83 6.92
2 Southern Miss 13 23 59 82 6.31
3 James Madison 13 12 63 75 5.77
4 Virginia 13 13 59 72 5.54
5 SMU 11 15 56 71 6.45
6 Western Kentucky 13 9 61 70 5.38
7 Clemson 11 9 60 69 6.27
8 Arizona 11 17 51 68 6.18
9 Fresno State 12 19 47 66 5.50
9 San Diego State 12 13 53 66 5.50
11 New Mexico State 12 15 48 63 5.25
11 FIU 12 12 51 63 5.25
11 Miami (OH) 13 14 49 63 4.85
11 Jacksonville State 14 14 49 63 4.50
15 Toledo 13 13 49 62 4.77
16 Missouri State 12 8 53 61 5.08
17 UNLV 14 14 46 60 4.29
18 Kennesaw State 13 9 50 59 4.54
19 Houston 10 12 46 58 5.80
20 Notre Dame 8 18 39 57 7.13
20 Washington 10 14 43 57 5.70
20 Texas Tech 10 11 46 57 5.70
20 Appalachian State 11 11 46 57 5.18
20 Utah State 11 11 46 57 5.18
25 Old Dominion 11 15 41 56 5.09
26 Memphis 11 12 43 55 5.00
27 Oregon 10 10 44 54 5.40
27 Central Michigan 11 11 43 54 4.91
27 Miami (FL) 11 11 43 54 4.91
27 California 12 8 46 54 4.50
31 Utah 10 12 41 53 5.30
31 Hawaii 12 8 45 53 4.42
33 Indiana 11 14 38 52 4.73
33 Colorado State 12 8 44 52 4.33
35 Middle Tennessee State 12 10 41 51 4.25
36 Wake Forest 10 4 46 50 5.00
36 Connecticut 12 11 39 50 4.17
36 Boise State 13 14 36 50 3.85
36 Delaware 13 14 36 50 3.85
40 Arizona State 9 6 43 49 5.44
40 Maryland 10 18 31 49 4.90
40 New Mexico 11 9 40 49 4.45
40 Akron 12 11 38 49 4.08
40 Nevada 12 11 38 49 4.08
40 Buffalo 12 7 42 49 4.08
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
50 Kansas State 9 11 35 46 5.11
50 Michigan 9 10 36 46 5.11
50 NC State 9 6 40 46 5.11
50 Illinois 9 5 41 46 5.11
50 Georgia Southern 10 8 38 46 4.60
50 Oregon State 10 6 40 46 4.60
50 TCU 11 12 34 46 4.18
50 Wyoming 11 10 36 46 4.18
50 Ball State 12 9 37 46 3.83
59 Louisville 10 9 36 45 4.50
59 USF 10 9 36 45 4.50
59 Ohio 12 10 35 45 3.75
62 Vanderbilt 9 6 38 44 4.89
62 UCF 10 9 35 44 4.40
62 Arkansas State 13 7 37 44 3.38
65 LSU 7 11 32 43 6.14
65 West Virginia 9 8 35 43 4.78
65 Iowa State 10 9 34 43 4.30
65 South Alabama 10 6 37 43 4.30
69 Missouri 8 6 36 42 5.25
69 Marshall 10 12 30 42 4.20
71 Stanford 8 3 38 41 5.13
71 Rice 10 2 39 41 4.10
73 Pittsburgh 9 10 30 40 4.44
73 Iowa 9 9 31 40 4.44
73 Baylor 10 8 32 40 4.00
73 Florida Atlantic 10 2 38 40 4.00
73 North Texas 11 11 29 40 3.64
73 Liberty 11 6 34 40 3.64
73 North Carolina 11 5 35 40 3.64
73 Northern Illinois 12 9 31 40 3.33
81 Tennessee 8 6 33 39 4.88
81 Ole Miss 9 6 33 39 4.33
81 East Carolina 10 9 30 39 3.90
81 Boston College 10 6 33 39 3.90
81 Louisiana-Monroe 11 5 34 39 3.55
81 UTEP 11 4 35 39 3.55
87 Coastal Carolina 10 10 28 38 3.80
87 Sam Houston State 11 8 30 38 3.45
87 Texas State 11 7 31 38 3.45
90 Arkansas 7 6 31 37 5.29
90 UTSA 9 6 31 37 4.11
90 Syracuse 9 5 32 37 4.11
93 Mississippi State 7 9 27 36 5.14
93 Louisiana 11 7 29 36 3.27
93 Eastern Michigan 12 7 29 36 3.00
96 Texas 7 7 28 35 5.00
96 Kent State 10 6 29 35 3.50
96 San Jose State 11 6 29 35 3.18
99 Duke 9 9 25 34 3.78
99 Army 9 6 28 34 3.78
99 Ohio State 10 5 29 34 3.40
102 BYU 9 14 19 33 3.67
102 Navy 10 6 27 33 3.30
104 Georgia 8 6 26 32 4.00
104 Kansas 8 3 29 32 4.00
104 Georgia State 9 1 31 32 3.56
104 Minnesota 10 8 24 32 3.20
104 Air Force 11 7 25 32 2.91
104 Georgia Tech 11 2 30 32 2.91
110 Purdue 7 2 29 31 4.43
110 Colorado 8 5 26 31 3.88
110 Texas A&M 9 2 29 31 3.44
113 Tulsa 10 5 25 30 3.00
114 Alabama 8 7 22 29 3.63
114 USC 9 7 22 29 3.22
114 Michigan State 9 5 24 29 3.22
114 Washington State 9 5 24 29 3.22
114 UAB 10 4 25 29 2.90
114 Rutgers 10 4 25 29 2.90
120 Oklahoma 7 6 22 28 4.00
120 Northwestern 8 4 24 28 3.50
120 UCLA 8 2 26 28 3.50
120 Oklahoma State 9 4 24 28 3.11
124 Florida 7 4 23 27 3.86
124 Kentucky 8 7 20 27 3.38
126 Penn State 9 5 21 26 2.89
126 Cincinnati 9 1 25 26 2.89
128 Temple 7 6 19 25 3.57
129 Virginia Tech 8 3 21 24 3.00
129 Florida State 9 9 15 24 2.67
129 Nebraska 10 5 19 24 2.40
132 Auburn 6 8 15 23 3.83
133 Charlotte 9 3 19 22 2.44
134 South Carolina 6 7 14 21 3.50
134 Massachusetts 11 3 18 21 1.91
136 Wisconsin 7 5 15 20 2.86