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

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 Arizona 12 20 55 75 6.25
3 James Madison 13 12 63 75 5.77
5 Clemson 12 9 65 74 6.17
6 Fresno State 13 20 52 72 5.54
6 Virginia 13 13 59 72 5.54
8 SMU 11 15 56 71 6.45
9 Western Kentucky 13 9 61 70 5.38
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 Houston 11 12 48 60 5.45
18 UNLV 14 14 46 60 4.29
20 Appalachian State 12 12 47 59 4.92
20 Kennesaw State 13 9 50 59 4.54
22 Arizona State 10 7 51 58 5.80
23 Notre Dame 8 18 39 57 7.13
23 Washington 10 14 43 57 5.70
23 Texas Tech 10 11 46 57 5.70
23 Utah State 11 11 46 57 5.18
27 Old Dominion 11 15 41 56 5.09
28 Utah 11 13 42 55 5.00
28 Memphis 11 12 43 55 5.00
28 New Mexico 12 9 46 55 4.58
31 Oregon 10 10 44 54 5.40
31 Miami (FL) 11 11 43 54 4.91
31 California 12 8 46 54 4.50
34 Hawaii 12 8 45 53 4.42
35 Indiana 11 14 38 52 4.73
35 Georgia Southern 11 12 40 52 4.73
35 Colorado State 12 8 44 52 4.33
38 Wake Forest 11 4 47 51 4.64
38 Middle Tennessee State 12 10 41 51 4.25
40 Boise State 13 14 36 50 3.85
40 Delaware 13 14 36 50 3.85
40 Connecticut 13 11 39 50 3.85
43 Maryland 10 18 31 49 4.90
43 Akron 12 11 38 49 4.08
43 Nevada 12 11 38 49 4.08
43 Buffalo 12 7 42 49 4.08
47 Tulane 11 12 36 48 4.36
47 Bowling Green 12 6 42 48 4.00
47 Western Michigan 13 12 36 48 3.69
47 Troy 13 9 39 48 3.69
51 Tennessee 9 6 41 47 5.22
51 UTSA 10 8 39 47 4.70
51 Vanderbilt 10 7 40 47 4.70
54 Kansas State 9 11 35 46 5.11
54 Michigan 9 10 36 46 5.11
54 NC State 9 6 40 46 5.11
54 Oregon State 10 6 40 46 4.60
54 Illinois 10 5 41 46 4.60
54 TCU 11 12 34 46 4.18
54 Wyoming 11 10 36 46 4.18
54 North Texas 12 13 33 46 3.83
54 Ball State 12 9 37 46 3.83
63 LSU 8 11 34 45 5.63
63 Louisville 10 9 36 45 4.50
63 USF 10 9 36 45 4.50
63 Ohio 12 10 35 45 3.75
67 UCF 10 9 35 44 4.40
67 East Carolina 11 10 34 44 4.00
67 Arkansas State 13 7 37 44 3.38
70 West Virginia 9 8 35 43 4.78
70 Iowa State 10 9 34 43 4.30
70 South Alabama 10 6 37 43 4.30
70 Coastal Carolina 11 11 32 43 3.91
74 Missouri 8 6 36 42 5.25
74 Marshall 10 12 30 42 4.20
74 Pittsburgh 10 10 32 42 4.20
74 Rice 11 2 40 42 3.82
78 Stanford 8 3 38 41 5.13
79 Iowa 9 9 31 40 4.44
79 Baylor 10 8 32 40 4.00
79 Florida Atlantic 10 2 38 40 4.00
79 Liberty 11 6 34 40 3.64
79 North Carolina 11 5 35 40 3.64
79 Northern Illinois 12 9 31 40 3.33
79 Texas State 12 8 32 40 3.33
86 Ole Miss 9 6 33 39 4.33
86 Boston College 10 6 33 39 3.90
86 Louisiana-Monroe 11 5 34 39 3.55
86 UTEP 11 4 35 39 3.55
90 Mississippi State 8 10 28 38 4.75
90 Sam Houston State 11 8 30 38 3.45
92 Arkansas 7 6 31 37 5.29
92 Syracuse 9 5 32 37 4.11
92 Minnesota 11 9 28 37 3.36
92 Louisiana 11 7 30 37 3.36
96 Army 10 6 30 36 3.60
96 Eastern Michigan 12 7 29 36 3.00
98 Texas 7 7 28 35 5.00
98 Duke 10 10 25 35 3.50
98 Kent State 10 6 29 35 3.50
98 San Jose State 11 6 29 35 3.18
102 USC 10 8 26 34 3.40
102 Ohio State 10 5 29 34 3.40
102 Penn State 10 5 29 34 3.40
102 Navy 11 7 27 34 3.09
106 BYU 9 14 19 33 3.67
107 Georgia 8 6 26 32 4.00
107 Kansas 8 3 29 32 4.00
107 Georgia State 9 1 31 32 3.56
107 Air Force 11 7 25 32 2.91
107 Georgia Tech 11 2 30 32 2.91
112 Purdue 7 2 29 31 4.43
112 Colorado 8 5 26 31 3.88
112 Northwestern 9 5 26 31 3.44
112 Texas A&M 9 2 29 31 3.44
116 Tulsa 10 5 25 30 3.00
117 Alabama 8 7 22 29 3.63
117 Michigan State 9 5 24 29 3.22
117 Washington State 9 5 24 29 3.22
117 UAB 10 4 25 29 2.90
117 Rutgers 10 4 25 29 2.90
122 Oklahoma 7 6 22 28 4.00
122 UCLA 8 2 26 28 3.50
122 Oklahoma State 9 4 24 28 3.11
125 Florida 7 4 23 27 3.86
125 Kentucky 8 7 20 27 3.38
127 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