2025 National Leaders Passes Defended - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 11/14/2025
| Name | G | Int. | Passes Broken Up | Passes Defended | Passes Defended/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Louisiana Tech | 9 | 15 | 54 | 69 | 7.67 |
| 2 | SMU | 9 | 14 | 52 | 66 | 7.33 |
| 3 | Southern Miss | 9 | 20 | 49 | 69 | 7.67 |
| 4 | San Diego State | 9 | 11 | 43 | 54 | 6.00 |
| 5 | Texas Tech | 8 | 8 | 42 | 50 | 6.25 |
| 6 | Colorado State | 9 | 8 | 41 | 49 | 5.44 |
| 6 | Clemson | 8 | 6 | 41 | 47 | 5.88 |
| 8 | Oregon | 9 | 8 | 40 | 48 | 5.33 |
| 9 | Virginia | 9 | 9 | 39 | 48 | 5.33 |
| 9 | Missouri State | 8 | 8 | 39 | 47 | 5.88 |
| 9 | Western Kentucky | 9 | 7 | 39 | 46 | 5.11 |
| 12 | Miami (OH) | 10 | 12 | 38 | 50 | 5.00 |
| 12 | Appalachian State | 9 | 9 | 38 | 47 | 5.22 |
| 12 | FIU | 9 | 8 | 38 | 46 | 5.11 |
| 15 | Kansas State | 8 | 8 | 37 | 45 | 5.63 |
| 15 | Kennesaw State | 8 | 5 | 37 | 42 | 5.25 |
| 17 | New Mexico State | 9 | 12 | 36 | 48 | 5.33 |
| 17 | Arizona | 8 | 10 | 36 | 46 | 5.75 |
| 17 | Connecticut | 10 | 10 | 36 | 46 | 4.60 |
| 17 | Toledo | 10 | 10 | 36 | 46 | 4.60 |
| 17 | Houston | 9 | 8 | 36 | 44 | 4.89 |
| 22 | Buffalo | 10 | 6 | 35 | 41 | 4.10 |
| 23 | UNLV | 9 | 12 | 34 | 46 | 5.11 |
| 23 | Akron | 11 | 9 | 34 | 43 | 3.91 |
| 23 | Hawaii | 10 | 7 | 34 | 41 | 4.10 |
| 23 | Oregon State | 8 | 6 | 34 | 40 | 5.00 |
| 27 | UTSA | 7 | 7 | 33 | 40 | 5.71 |
| 27 | California | 8 | 6 | 33 | 39 | 4.88 |
| 27 | Rice | 10 | 3 | 33 | 36 | 3.60 |
| 30 | Fresno State | 9 | 12 | 32 | 44 | 4.89 |
| 30 | Central Michigan | 8 | 10 | 32 | 42 | 5.25 |
| 30 | James Madison | 8 | 9 | 32 | 41 | 5.13 |
| 30 | Old Dominion | 8 | 9 | 32 | 41 | 5.13 |
| 30 | Arizona State | 7 | 5 | 32 | 37 | 5.29 |
| 35 | Memphis | 9 | 11 | 31 | 42 | 4.67 |
| 35 | Baylor | 8 | 7 | 31 | 38 | 4.75 |
| 35 | Wake Forest | 7 | 4 | 31 | 35 | 5.00 |
| 35 | South Alabama | 9 | 4 | 31 | 35 | 3.89 |
| 35 | Kansas | 8 | 3 | 31 | 34 | 4.25 |
| 40 | TCU | 9 | 11 | 30 | 41 | 4.56 |
| 40 | Ole Miss | 8 | 5 | 30 | 35 | 4.38 |
| 40 | New Mexico | 8 | 4 | 30 | 34 | 4.25 |
| 43 | Wyoming | 8 | 9 | 29 | 38 | 4.75 |
| 43 | West Virginia | 7 | 7 | 29 | 36 | 5.14 |
| 43 | Troy | 10 | 7 | 29 | 36 | 3.60 |
| 43 | Western Michigan | 10 | 7 | 29 | 36 | 3.60 |
| 43 | Middle Tennessee State | 9 | 6 | 29 | 35 | 3.89 |
| 43 | Ball State | 9 | 5 | 29 | 34 | 3.78 |
| 43 | Purdue | 6 | 2 | 29 | 31 | 5.17 |
| 50 | Indiana | 9 | 12 | 28 | 40 | 4.44 |
| 50 | Arkansas State | 10 | 7 | 28 | 35 | 3.50 |
| 50 | Liberty | 8 | 5 | 28 | 33 | 4.13 |
| 50 | Jacksonville State | 9 | 5 | 28 | 33 | 3.67 |
| 50 | Nevada | 9 | 5 | 28 | 33 | 3.67 |
| 50 | Florida Atlantic | 8 | 2 | 28 | 30 | 3.75 |
| 56 | Iowa State | 8 | 9 | 27 | 36 | 4.50 |
| 56 | Pittsburgh | 8 | 9 | 27 | 36 | 4.50 |
| 56 | UCF | 8 | 8 | 27 | 35 | 4.38 |
| 56 | Kent State | 8 | 5 | 27 | 32 | 4.00 |
| 56 | San Jose State | 8 | 5 | 27 | 32 | 4.00 |
| 56 | UTEP | 8 | 3 | 27 | 30 | 3.75 |
| 56 | Texas A&M | 8 | 1 | 27 | 28 | 3.50 |
| 63 | USF | 8 | 9 | 26 | 35 | 4.38 |
| 63 | Washington | 7 | 8 | 26 | 34 | 4.86 |
| 63 | Tulane | 8 | 7 | 26 | 33 | 4.13 |
| 63 | Utah State | 7 | 6 | 26 | 32 | 4.57 |
| 63 | Ohio | 9 | 6 | 26 | 32 | 3.56 |
| 63 | Eastern Michigan | 10 | 6 | 26 | 32 | 3.20 |
| 63 | Bowling Green | 8 | 5 | 26 | 31 | 3.88 |
| 63 | Tulsa | 9 | 5 | 26 | 31 | 3.44 |
| 63 | Louisiana-Monroe | 8 | 4 | 26 | 30 | 3.75 |
| 72 | Notre Dame | 6 | 13 | 25 | 38 | 6.33 |
| 72 | Georgia Southern | 7 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 4.43 |
| 72 | Boston College | 7 | 5 | 25 | 30 | 4.29 |
| 72 | East Carolina | 8 | 5 | 25 | 30 | 3.75 |
| 72 | Vanderbilt | 8 | 3 | 25 | 28 | 3.50 |
| 72 | Georgia Tech | 9 | 2 | 25 | 27 | 3.00 |
| 72 | Stanford | 6 | 1 | 25 | 26 | 4.33 |
| 72 | Cincinnati | 8 | 1 | 25 | 26 | 3.25 |
| 80 | Michigan | 7 | 9 | 24 | 33 | 4.71 |
| 80 | Coastal Carolina | 8 | 9 | 24 | 33 | 4.13 |
| 80 | Iowa | 7 | 8 | 24 | 32 | 4.57 |
| 80 | LSU | 5 | 7 | 24 | 31 | 6.20 |
| 80 | Arkansas | 5 | 6 | 24 | 30 | 6.00 |
| 80 | Delaware | 9 | 6 | 24 | 30 | 3.33 |
| 80 | Army | 9 | 6 | 24 | 30 | 3.33 |
| 80 | North Carolina | 8 | 5 | 24 | 29 | 3.63 |
| 80 | Ohio State | 8 | 5 | 24 | 29 | 3.63 |
| 80 | Missouri | 6 | 4 | 24 | 28 | 4.67 |
| 80 | Tennessee | 6 | 4 | 24 | 28 | 4.67 |
| 80 | Colorado | 7 | 4 | 24 | 28 | 4.00 |
| 80 | Rutgers | 9 | 4 | 24 | 28 | 3.11 |
| 80 | UCLA | 7 | 1 | 24 | 25 | 3.57 |
| 94 | Navy | 8 | 4 | 23 | 27 | 3.38 |
| 95 | Maryland | 8 | 16 | 22 | 38 | 4.75 |
| 95 | Mississippi State | 6 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 4.83 |
| 95 | Northern Illinois | 10 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 2.90 |
| 95 | Louisville | 6 | 4 | 22 | 26 | 4.33 |
| 95 | Syracuse | 6 | 4 | 22 | 26 | 4.33 |
| 95 | Northwestern | 7 | 4 | 22 | 26 | 3.71 |
| 95 | Oklahoma State | 6 | 3 | 22 | 25 | 4.17 |
| 102 | Boise State | 7 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 4.57 |
| 102 | BYU | 7 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 4.57 |
| 102 | Marshall | 7 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 4.43 |
| 102 | Duke | 8 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 3.63 |
| 102 | Texas | 6 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 4.50 |
| 102 | Sam Houston State | 8 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 3.38 |
| 102 | Illinois | 6 | 1 | 21 | 22 | 3.67 |
| 109 | Miami (FL) | 6 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 4.50 |
| 109 | Minnesota | 8 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 3.25 |
| 109 | Temple | 8 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 3.25 |
| 109 | Utah | 6 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 4.17 |
| 109 | Texas State | 8 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 3.00 |
| 114 | Air Force | 9 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 2.78 |
| 114 | Georgia | 6 | 2 | 19 | 21 | 3.50 |
| 114 | Virginia Tech | 6 | 2 | 19 | 21 | 3.50 |
| 114 | Georgia State | 6 | 0 | 19 | 19 | 3.17 |
| 118 | Michigan State | 6 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 3.50 |
| 119 | North Texas | 8 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 3.13 |
| 119 | Massachusetts | 10 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 2.10 |
| 119 | UAB | 8 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 2.38 |
| 122 | NC State | 5 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 3.60 |
| 123 | USC | 7 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 3.00 |
| 124 | Auburn | 6 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 3.67 |
| 124 | Penn State | 6 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 3.17 |
| 124 | Oklahoma | 5 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 3.40 |
| 124 | Charlotte | 8 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 1.88 |
| 128 | Louisiana | 9 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 2.22 |
| 128 | Nebraska | 7 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 2.43 |
| 128 | Florida | 4 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 4.00 |
| 131 | Kentucky | 5 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 3.60 |
| 131 | Alabama | 6 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 3.00 |
| 131 | Washington State | 7 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 1.86 |
| 134 | Florida State | 5 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 3.00 |
| 134 | Wisconsin | 5 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 3.00 |
| 136 | South Carolina | 5 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 3.20 |