2025 National Leaders Passes Defended - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 12/05/2025

Name G Int. Passes Broken Up Passes Defended Passes Defended/G
1 Notre Dame 8 18 39 57 7.13
2 Louisiana Tech 12 20 63 83 6.92
3 SMU 11 15 56 71 6.45
4 Southern Miss 12 21 55 76 6.33
5 Clemson 11 9 60 69 6.27
6 Arizona 11 17 51 68 6.18
7 LSU 7 11 32 43 6.14
8 Virginia 12 12 58 70 5.83
9 Houston 10 12 46 58 5.80
10 James Madison 13 12 63 75 5.77
11 Texas Tech 10 11 46 57 5.70
12 Fresno State 12 19 47 66 5.50
12 San Diego State 12 13 53 66 5.50
14 Arizona State 9 6 43 49 5.44
15 Utah 10 12 41 53 5.30
15 Oregon 10 10 43 53 5.30
17 Arkansas 7 6 31 37 5.29
18 New Mexico State 12 15 48 63 5.25
18 FIU 12 12 51 63 5.25
18 Missouri 8 6 36 42 5.25
21 Memphis 10 12 40 52 5.20
22 Appalachian State 11 11 46 57 5.18
23 Mississippi State 7 9 27 36 5.14
24 NC State 8 5 36 41 5.13
24 Stanford 8 3 38 41 5.13
26 Kansas State 9 11 35 46 5.11
26 Michigan 9 10 36 46 5.11
26 Washington 9 9 37 46 5.11
26 Illinois 9 5 41 46 5.11
30 Miami (OH) 12 14 47 61 5.08
30 Western Kentucky 12 8 53 61 5.08
32 Missouri State 11 8 47 55 5.00
32 Utah State 10 8 42 50 5.00
32 Wake Forest 10 4 46 50 5.00
32 Texas 7 7 28 35 5.00
36 Toledo 12 13 46 59 4.92
37 Central Michigan 11 11 43 54 4.91
37 Miami (FL) 11 11 43 54 4.91
39 Maryland 10 18 31 49 4.90
39 Old Dominion 10 11 38 49 4.90
41 Vanderbilt 9 6 38 44 4.89
42 Tennessee 8 6 33 39 4.88
43 California 11 8 45 53 4.82
44 USF 9 9 34 43 4.78
44 West Virginia 9 8 35 43 4.78
46 Kennesaw State 12 8 49 57 4.75
47 Indiana 11 14 38 52 4.73
48 Louisville 9 9 33 42 4.67
49 Georgia Southern 10 8 38 46 4.60
49 Oregon State 10 6 40 46 4.60
51 UNLV 13 13 45 58 4.46
52 New Mexico 11 9 40 49 4.45
52 Hawaii 11 8 41 49 4.45
54 Pittsburgh 9 10 30 40 4.44
54 Iowa 9 9 31 40 4.44
56 Purdue 7 2 29 31 4.43
57 UCF 10 9 35 44 4.40
58 Tulane 11 12 36 48 4.36
59 Colorado State 12 8 44 52 4.33
59 Ole Miss 9 6 33 39 4.33
61 Jacksonville State 13 12 44 56 4.31
62 Iowa State 10 9 34 43 4.30
62 South Alabama 10 6 37 43 4.30
64 Middle Tennessee State 12 10 41 51 4.25
65 Marshall 10 12 30 42 4.20
66 TCU 11 12 34 46 4.18
66 Wyoming 11 10 36 46 4.18
68 Connecticut 12 11 39 50 4.17
69 UTSA 9 6 31 37 4.11
69 Syracuse 9 5 32 37 4.11
71 Rice 10 2 39 41 4.10
72 Akron 12 11 38 49 4.08
72 Nevada 12 11 38 49 4.08
72 Buffalo 12 7 42 49 4.08
75 Bowling Green 12 6 42 48 4.00
75 Baylor 10 8 32 40 4.00
75 Florida Atlantic 10 2 38 40 4.00
75 Georgia 8 6 26 32 4.00
75 Kansas 8 3 29 32 4.00
75 Oklahoma 7 6 22 28 4.00
81 Boise State 12 14 33 47 3.92
81 Troy 12 9 38 47 3.92
83 East Carolina 10 9 30 39 3.90
83 Boston College 10 6 33 39 3.90
85 Colorado 8 5 26 31 3.88
86 Florida 7 4 23 27 3.86
87 Ball State 12 9 37 46 3.83
87 Auburn 6 8 15 23 3.83
89 Ohio 11 9 33 42 3.82
90 Coastal Carolina 10 10 28 38 3.80
91 Duke 9 9 25 34 3.78
91 Army 9 6 28 34 3.78
93 Delaware 12 13 32 45 3.75
94 BYU 9 14 19 33 3.67
95 North Texas 11 11 29 40 3.64
95 Liberty 11 6 34 40 3.64
95 North Carolina 11 5 35 40 3.64
98 Alabama 8 7 22 29 3.63
99 Temple 7 6 19 25 3.57
100 Georgia State 9 1 31 32 3.56
101 Louisiana-Monroe 11 5 34 39 3.55
101 UTEP 11 4 35 39 3.55
103 Kent State 10 6 29 35 3.50
103 Northwestern 8 4 24 28 3.50
103 UCLA 8 2 26 28 3.50
103 South Carolina 6 7 14 21 3.50
107 Sam Houston State 11 8 30 38 3.45
107 Texas State 11 7 31 38 3.45
109 Navy 9 5 26 31 3.44
109 Texas A&M 9 2 29 31 3.44
111 Ohio State 10 5 29 34 3.40
112 Kentucky 8 7 20 27 3.38
113 Northern Illinois 12 9 31 40 3.33
113 Arkansas State 12 7 33 40 3.33
115 Western Michigan 11 10 26 36 3.27
116 USC 9 7 22 29 3.22
116 Michigan State 9 5 24 29 3.22
118 Minnesota 10 8 24 32 3.20
118 Louisiana 10 7 25 32 3.20
120 San Jose State 11 6 29 35 3.18
121 Oklahoma State 9 4 24 28 3.11
122 Eastern Michigan 12 7 29 36 3.00
122 Tulsa 10 5 25 30 3.00
122 Washington State 8 4 20 24 3.00
122 Virginia Tech 8 3 21 24 3.00
126 Air Force 11 7 25 32 2.91
126 Georgia Tech 11 2 30 32 2.91
128 UAB 10 4 25 29 2.90
128 Rutgers 10 4 25 29 2.90
130 Penn State 9 5 21 26 2.89
130 Cincinnati 9 1 25 26 2.89
132 Wisconsin 7 5 15 20 2.86
133 Florida State 9 9 15 24 2.67
134 Charlotte 9 3 19 22 2.44
135 Nebraska 10 5 19 24 2.40
136 Massachusetts 11 3 18 21 1.91