2025 National Leaders Passes Defended - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 10/04/2025
Name | G | Int. | Passes Broken Up | Passes Defended | Passes Defended/G | |
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1 | SMU | 5 | 9 | 32 | 41 | 8.20 |
1 | Southern Miss | 5 | 8 | 32 | 40 | 8.00 |
3 | Louisiana Tech | 4 | 10 | 30 | 40 | 10.00 |
4 | Memphis | 6 | 9 | 28 | 37 | 6.17 |
4 | Connecticut | 6 | 5 | 28 | 33 | 5.50 |
6 | Arizona State | 5 | 4 | 26 | 30 | 6.00 |
7 | UNLV | 5 | 9 | 25 | 34 | 6.80 |
7 | Virginia | 5 | 2 | 25 | 27 | 5.40 |
9 | California | 6 | 5 | 24 | 29 | 4.83 |
9 | Western Kentucky | 6 | 5 | 24 | 29 | 4.83 |
9 | San Diego State | 5 | 3 | 24 | 27 | 5.40 |
9 | Rice | 6 | 3 | 24 | 27 | 4.50 |
9 | Buffalo | 6 | 2 | 24 | 26 | 4.33 |
14 | Colorado State | 5 | 3 | 23 | 26 | 5.20 |
15 | Arizona | 4 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 7.00 |
15 | Missouri | 5 | 3 | 22 | 25 | 5.00 |
15 | Akron | 6 | 3 | 22 | 25 | 4.17 |
18 | Fresno State | 6 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 5.00 |
18 | Oregon | 5 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 5.20 |
18 | Syracuse | 5 | 4 | 21 | 25 | 5.00 |
18 | Tennessee | 4 | 3 | 21 | 24 | 6.00 |
18 | Ole Miss | 4 | 2 | 21 | 23 | 5.75 |
18 | Boston College | 5 | 2 | 21 | 23 | 4.60 |
24 | LSU | 4 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 6.50 |
24 | Appalachian State | 5 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 5.20 |
24 | Central Michigan | 5 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 5.20 |
24 | Miami (OH) | 5 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 5.20 |
24 | Iowa State | 6 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 4.33 |
24 | FIU | 5 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 4.80 |
24 | New Mexico | 4 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 5.75 |
24 | James Madison | 5 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 4.60 |
24 | Kansas | 5 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 4.60 |
24 | Wyoming | 5 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 4.60 |
24 | Wake Forest | 4 | 2 | 20 | 22 | 5.50 |
35 | UTSA | 4 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 5.50 |
35 | Army | 5 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 4.40 |
35 | Florida Atlantic | 4 | 0 | 19 | 19 | 4.75 |
38 | Texas Tech | 5 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 5.20 |
38 | Tulane | 4 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 6.00 |
38 | Old Dominion | 4 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 5.75 |
38 | Baylor | 5 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 4.60 |
38 | Louisiana-Monroe | 4 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 5.50 |
38 | Eastern Michigan | 6 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 3.33 |
44 | Michigan | 4 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 5.75 |
44 | San Jose State | 5 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 4.20 |
44 | Hawaii | 6 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 3.50 |
44 | Jacksonville State | 5 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 4.00 |
44 | UTEP | 5 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 3.80 |
44 | South Alabama | 6 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 3.17 |
44 | Colorado | 4 | 1 | 17 | 18 | 4.50 |
44 | Northwestern | 4 | 1 | 17 | 18 | 4.50 |
44 | Kennesaw State | 4 | 1 | 17 | 18 | 4.50 |
44 | Ball State | 5 | 0 | 17 | 17 | 3.40 |
54 | Louisville | 4 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 5.50 |
54 | Houston | 4 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 5.25 |
54 | New Mexico State | 5 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 4.20 |
54 | Ohio | 5 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 4.20 |
54 | Kansas State | 5 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 4.00 |
54 | North Carolina | 5 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 4.00 |
54 | Pittsburgh | 5 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 4.00 |
54 | Clemson | 3 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 6.33 |
54 | Michigan State | 5 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 3.80 |
54 | Missouri State | 5 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 3.80 |
54 | Toledo | 5 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 3.80 |
54 | Vanderbilt | 5 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 3.80 |
54 | NC State | 5 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 3.60 |
67 | Texas | 4 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 5.00 |
67 | Western Michigan | 5 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 4.00 |
67 | Nevada | 5 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 3.80 |
67 | Oklahoma State | 4 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 4.50 |
67 | Northern Illinois | 5 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 3.60 |
67 | Tulsa | 5 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 3.60 |
67 | Sam Houston State | 5 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 3.40 |
67 | Virginia Tech | 5 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 3.40 |
67 | Georgia Tech | 5 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 3.20 |
76 | Temple | 3 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 6.00 |
76 | Georgia Southern | 5 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 3.60 |
78 | Maryland | 5 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 4.40 |
78 | Notre Dame | 3 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 6.67 |
78 | Marshall | 4 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 4.75 |
78 | UCF | 5 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 3.60 |
78 | West Virginia | 5 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 3.60 |
78 | Delaware | 5 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 3.40 |
78 | East Carolina | 4 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 4.00 |
78 | Liberty | 5 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 3.20 |
78 | Oregon State | 4 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 3.75 |
78 | Iowa | 3 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 4.67 |
78 | Oklahoma | 4 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 3.50 |
78 | Texas State | 4 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 3.50 |
90 | TCU | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 4.50 |
90 | Washington | 4 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 4.25 |
90 | Minnesota | 4 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 3.75 |
90 | Navy | 5 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 3.00 |
90 | Ohio State | 5 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 2.80 |
90 | Stanford | 3 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 4.33 |
90 | Texas A&M | 4 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 3.25 |
97 | BYU | 5 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 3.60 |
97 | Indiana | 4 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 4.25 |
97 | Coastal Carolina | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 3.75 |
97 | Penn State | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 3.75 |
97 | USF | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 3.75 |
97 | Utah | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 3.75 |
97 | Bowling Green | 5 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 2.80 |
97 | Middle Tennessee State | 5 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 2.80 |
97 | Illinois | 5 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 2.60 |
97 | Rutgers | 5 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 2.60 |
107 | Duke | 5 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 3.60 |
107 | Mississippi State | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 4.33 |
107 | Nebraska | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 3.25 |
107 | Arkansas State | 5 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 2.60 |
107 | Arkansas | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 6.00 |
107 | Troy | 4 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 3.00 |
107 | UAB | 4 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 2.50 |
107 | Washington State | 5 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 2.00 |
115 | North Texas | 5 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 3.00 |
115 | Utah State | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4.00 |
115 | Georgia | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 3.67 |
115 | Massachusetts | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 2.75 |
115 | Georgia State | 2 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 4.50 |
120 | Boise State | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 4.33 |
120 | Wisconsin | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3.67 |
120 | Air Force | 5 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2.00 |
120 | UCLA | 5 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 1.60 |
124 | Purdue | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 2.33 |
124 | Charlotte | 4 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 1.75 |
126 | USC | 4 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 3.00 |
126 | Auburn | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2.33 |
126 | Cincinnati | 4 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1.50 |
129 | South Carolina | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 3.00 |
129 | Florida | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3.50 |
131 | Kentucky | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2.00 |
132 | Alabama | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3.00 |
132 | Florida State | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3.00 |
132 | Louisiana | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1.25 |
132 | Kent State | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2.00 |
136 | Miami (FL) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.50 |