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 Clemson 12 9 65 74 6.17
3 James Madison 13 12 63 75 5.77
4 Western Kentucky 13 9 61 70 5.38
5 Southern Miss 13 23 59 82 6.31
5 Virginia 13 13 59 72 5.54
7 SMU 11 15 56 71 6.45
8 Arizona 12 20 55 75 6.25
9 San Diego State 12 13 53 66 5.50
9 Missouri State 12 8 53 61 5.08
11 Fresno State 13 20 52 72 5.54
11 FIU 13 12 52 64 4.92
13 Miami (OH) 14 14 51 65 4.64
13 Arizona State 10 7 51 58 5.80
15 Kennesaw State 13 9 50 59 4.54
16 Jacksonville State 14 14 49 63 4.50
16 Toledo 13 13 49 62 4.77
16 Central Michigan 12 12 49 61 5.08
19 New Mexico State 12 15 48 63 5.25
19 Houston 11 12 48 60 5.45
21 Appalachian State 12 12 47 59 4.92
21 Wake Forest 11 4 47 51 4.64
23 UNLV 14 14 46 60 4.29
23 Texas Tech 10 11 46 57 5.70
23 Utah State 11 11 46 57 5.18
23 New Mexico 12 9 46 55 4.58
23 California 12 8 46 54 4.50
28 Hawaii 12 8 45 53 4.42
29 Oregon 10 10 44 54 5.40
29 Colorado State 12 8 44 52 4.33
31 Washington 10 14 43 57 5.70
31 Memphis 11 12 43 55 5.00
31 Miami (FL) 11 11 43 54 4.91
34 Utah 11 13 42 55 5.00
34 Buffalo 12 7 42 49 4.08
34 Bowling Green 12 6 42 48 4.00
37 Old Dominion 11 15 41 56 5.09
37 Middle Tennessee State 12 10 41 51 4.25
37 Tennessee 9 6 41 47 5.22
37 Illinois 10 5 41 46 4.60
41 Georgia Southern 11 12 40 52 4.73
41 Vanderbilt 10 7 40 47 4.70
41 NC State 9 6 40 46 5.11
41 Oregon State 10 6 40 46 4.60
41 Rice 11 2 40 42 3.82
46 Notre Dame 8 18 39 57 7.13
46 Connecticut 13 11 39 50 3.85
46 Troy 13 9 39 48 3.69
46 UTSA 10 8 39 47 4.70
50 Indiana 11 14 38 52 4.73
50 Akron 12 11 38 49 4.08
50 Nevada 12 11 38 49 4.08
50 Stanford 8 3 38 41 5.13
50 Florida Atlantic 10 2 38 40 4.00
55 Ball State 12 9 37 46 3.83
55 Arkansas State 13 7 37 44 3.38
55 South Alabama 10 6 37 43 4.30
58 Boise State 13 14 36 50 3.85
58 Delaware 13 14 36 50 3.85
58 Tulane 11 12 36 48 4.36
58 Western Michigan 13 12 36 48 3.69
58 Michigan 9 10 36 46 5.11
58 Wyoming 11 10 36 46 4.18
58 Louisville 10 9 36 45 4.50
58 USF 10 9 36 45 4.50
58 Missouri 8 6 36 42 5.25
67 Kansas State 9 11 35 46 5.11
67 Ohio 12 10 35 45 3.75
67 UCF 10 9 35 44 4.40
67 West Virginia 9 8 35 43 4.78
67 North Carolina 11 5 35 40 3.64
67 UTEP 11 4 35 39 3.55
73 TCU 11 12 34 46 4.18
73 LSU 8 11 34 45 5.63
73 East Carolina 11 10 34 44 4.00
73 Iowa State 10 9 34 43 4.30
73 Liberty 11 6 34 40 3.64
73 Louisiana-Monroe 11 5 34 39 3.55
79 North Texas 12 13 33 46 3.83
79 Ole Miss 9 6 33 39 4.33
79 Boston College 10 6 33 39 3.90
82 Coastal Carolina 11 11 32 43 3.91
82 Pittsburgh 10 10 32 42 4.20
82 Baylor 10 8 32 40 4.00
82 Texas State 12 8 32 40 3.33
82 Syracuse 9 5 32 37 4.11
87 Maryland 10 18 31 49 4.90
87 Iowa 9 9 31 40 4.44
87 Northern Illinois 12 9 31 40 3.33
87 Arkansas 7 6 31 37 5.29
87 Georgia State 9 1 31 32 3.56
92 Marshall 10 12 30 42 4.20
92 Sam Houston State 11 8 30 38 3.45
92 Louisiana 11 7 30 37 3.36
92 Army 10 6 30 36 3.60
92 Georgia Tech 11 2 30 32 2.91
97 Eastern Michigan 12 7 29 36 3.00
97 Kent State 10 6 29 35 3.50
97 San Jose State 11 6 29 35 3.18
97 Ohio State 10 5 29 34 3.40
97 Penn State 10 5 29 34 3.40
97 Kansas 8 3 29 32 4.00
97 Purdue 7 2 29 31 4.43
97 Texas A&M 9 2 29 31 3.44
105 Mississippi State 8 10 28 38 4.75
105 Minnesota 11 9 28 37 3.36
105 Texas 7 7 28 35 5.00
108 Navy 11 7 27 34 3.09
109 USC 10 8 26 34 3.40
109 Georgia 8 6 26 32 4.00
109 Colorado 8 5 26 31 3.88
109 Northwestern 9 5 26 31 3.44
109 UCLA 8 2 26 28 3.50
114 Duke 10 10 25 35 3.50
114 Air Force 11 7 25 32 2.91
114 Tulsa 10 5 25 30 3.00
114 UAB 10 4 25 29 2.90
114 Rutgers 10 4 25 29 2.90
114 Cincinnati 9 1 25 26 2.89
120 Michigan State 9 5 24 29 3.22
120 Washington State 9 5 24 29 3.22
120 Oklahoma State 9 4 24 28 3.11
123 Florida 7 4 23 27 3.86
124 Alabama 8 7 22 29 3.63
124 Oklahoma 7 6 22 28 4.00
126 Virginia Tech 8 3 21 24 3.00
127 Kentucky 8 7 20 27 3.38
128 BYU 9 14 19 33 3.67
128 Temple 7 6 19 25 3.57
128 Nebraska 10 5 19 24 2.40
128 Charlotte 9 3 19 22 2.44
132 Massachusetts 11 3 18 21 1.91
133 Florida State 9 9 15 24 2.67
133 Auburn 6 8 15 23 3.83
133 Wisconsin 7 5 15 20 2.86
136 South Carolina 6 7 14 21 3.50