2025 National Leaders Passes Defended - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/19/2026

Name G Int. Passes Broken Up Passes Defended Passes Defended/G
1 Louisiana Tech 13 22 67 89 6.85
2 Clemson 13 9 66 75 5.77
3 Virginia 14 14 63 77 5.50
3 James Madison 13 12 63 75 5.77
5 Western Kentucky 13 9 61 70 5.38
6 Southern Miss 13 23 59 82 6.31
7 SMU 11 15 54 69 6.27
8 San Diego State 12 13 53 66 5.50
8 Missouri State 12 8 53 61 5.08
10 Fresno State 13 20 52 72 5.54
10 FIU 13 12 52 64 4.92
12 Arizona 11 20 51 71 6.45
12 Miami (OH) 14 14 51 65 4.64
14 Kennesaw State 13 9 50 59 4.54
14 Arizona State 9 5 50 55 6.11
14 Wake Forest 12 4 50 54 4.50
17 Jacksonville State 14 14 49 63 4.50
17 Toledo 13 13 49 62 4.77
17 Central Michigan 12 12 49 61 5.08
20 New Mexico State 12 15 48 63 5.25
20 Houston 11 9 48 57 5.18
22 Appalachian State 12 12 47 59 4.92
23 UNLV 14 14 46 60 4.29
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
23 Hawaii 13 8 46 54 4.15
28 Oregon 9 10 44 54 6.00
28 Colorado State 12 8 44 52 4.33
30 Washington 10 14 43 57 5.70
30 Memphis 11 12 43 55 5.00
30 Miami (FL) 11 11 43 54 4.91
33 Utah 11 13 42 55 5.00
33 Buffalo 12 7 42 49 4.08
33 Bowling Green 12 6 42 48 4.00
36 Old Dominion 11 15 41 56 5.09
36 Middle Tennessee State 12 10 41 51 4.25
36 NC State 10 7 41 48 4.80
36 Tennessee 9 6 41 47 5.22
36 Illinois 10 5 41 46 4.60
41 Georgia Southern 11 12 40 52 4.73
41 Texas Tech 9 9 40 49 5.44
43 Notre Dame 8 18 39 57 7.13
43 Connecticut 13 11 39 50 3.85
43 Troy 13 9 39 48 3.69
43 UTSA 10 8 39 47 4.70
47 Akron 12 11 38 49 4.08
47 Nevada 12 11 38 49 4.08
47 Vanderbilt 10 6 38 44 4.40
47 Oregon State 9 5 38 43 4.78
47 Stanford 8 3 38 41 5.13
47 Kansas 10 3 38 41 4.10
47 Florida Atlantic 10 2 38 40 4.00
54 Ball State 12 9 37 46 3.83
54 Arkansas State 13 7 37 44 3.38
54 South Alabama 10 6 37 43 4.30
57 Boise State 13 14 36 50 3.85
57 Delaware 13 14 36 50 3.85
57 Tulane 11 12 36 48 4.36
57 Western Michigan 13 12 36 48 3.69
57 Michigan 9 10 36 46 5.11
57 Wyoming 11 10 36 46 4.18
57 Louisville 10 9 36 45 4.50
57 USF 10 9 36 45 4.50
57 Missouri 8 6 36 42 5.25
66 Indiana 10 12 35 47 4.70
66 Pittsburgh 11 12 35 47 4.27
66 Kansas State 9 10 35 45 5.00
66 Ohio 12 10 35 45 3.75
66 UTEP 11 4 35 39 3.55
71 East Carolina 11 10 34 44 4.00
71 Boston College 11 6 34 40 3.64
71 Liberty 11 6 34 40 3.64
71 Louisiana-Monroe 11 5 34 39 3.55
71 Rice 10 2 34 36 3.60
76 North Texas 12 13 33 46 3.83
76 TCU 10 11 33 44 4.40
76 Baylor 9 8 33 41 4.56
76 Ole Miss 9 6 33 39 4.33
76 Syracuse 10 5 33 38 3.80
76 North Carolina 10 4 33 37 3.70
82 LSU 7 11 32 43 6.14
82 Coastal Carolina 11 11 32 43 3.91
82 Texas State 12 8 32 40 3.33
82 Texas A&M 10 2 32 34 3.40
86 Maryland 10 18 31 49 4.90
86 Iowa 9 9 31 40 4.44
86 Northern Illinois 12 9 31 40 3.33
86 Iowa State 9 8 31 39 4.33
86 Louisiana 12 8 31 39 3.25
86 Arkansas 8 6 31 37 4.63
86 UCF 9 6 31 37 4.11
86 Georgia State 9 1 31 32 3.56
94 Marshall 10 12 30 42 4.20
94 Sam Houston State 11 8 30 38 3.45
94 Army 10 6 30 36 3.60
94 Georgia Tech 11 2 30 32 2.91
98 Mississippi State 9 11 29 40 4.44
98 Duke 11 10 29 39 3.55
98 Eastern Michigan 12 7 29 36 3.00
98 Kent State 10 6 29 35 3.50
98 San Jose State 11 6 29 35 3.18
98 Ohio State 10 5 29 34 3.40
98 Purdue 7 2 29 31 4.43
105 Texas 7 7 28 35 5.00
105 Colorado 8 6 28 34 4.25
105 Penn State 9 4 28 32 3.56
108 Minnesota 10 9 27 36 3.60
108 Oklahoma 8 8 27 35 4.38
108 Georgia 9 7 27 34 3.78
108 Navy 11 7 27 34 3.09
108 West Virginia 7 6 27 33 4.71
113 Northwestern 9 5 26 31 3.44
113 UCLA 8 2 26 28 3.50
115 BYU 10 14 25 39 3.90
115 Air Force 11 7 25 32 2.91
115 Tulsa 10 5 25 30 3.00
115 UAB 10 4 25 29 2.90
115 Cincinnati 9 1 25 26 2.89
120 Alabama 9 9 24 33 3.67
120 Oklahoma State 9 6 24 30 3.33
120 Washington State 9 5 24 29 3.22
120 Rutgers 9 4 24 28 3.11
124 Florida 7 4 23 27 3.86
124 Michigan State 8 4 23 27 3.38
126 Virginia Tech 9 3 22 25 2.78
127 Kentucky 8 7 20 27 3.38
127 Temple 8 6 20 26 3.25
129 USC 8 6 19 25 3.13
129 Charlotte 9 3 19 22 2.44
131 Auburn 7 10 18 28 4.00
131 Nebraska 9 5 18 23 2.56
131 Massachusetts 11 4 18 22 2.00
134 South Carolina 7 8 17 25 3.57
135 Florida State 9 9 15 24 2.67
136 Wisconsin 6 4 14 18 3.00