2025 National Leaders Passes Defended - Games vs. FBS Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 01/19/2026

Name G Int. Passes Broken Up Passes Defended Passes Defended/G
1 Texas Tech 12 15 60 75 6.25
2 Oregon 13 15 59 74 5.69
3 Notre Dame 10 17 50 67 6.70
3 Arizona 11 17 50 67 6.09
3 SMU 11 13 54 67 6.09
6 Virginia 12 13 52 65 5.42
7 Arizona State 11 7 56 63 5.73
7 Clemson 11 5 58 63 5.73
7 Miami (FL) 13 13 50 63 4.85
10 Indiana 13 15 46 61 4.69
11 Kansas State 10 13 43 56 5.60
11 California 10 7 49 56 5.60
13 Houston 11 9 46 55 5.00
14 Utah 11 12 41 53 4.82
14 Georgia 11 6 47 53 4.82
16 LSU 10 15 37 52 5.20
16 BYU 12 15 37 52 4.33
18 Iowa 11 11 40 51 4.64
19 Ole Miss 11 6 44 50 4.55
19 Alabama 13 9 41 50 3.85
21 TCU 12 14 35 49 4.08
22 Tennessee 10 7 40 47 4.70
22 Michigan 11 9 38 47 4.27
22 Illinois 11 6 41 47 4.27
25 Duke 11 14 32 46 4.18
26 Iowa State 10 8 37 45 4.50
27 Louisville 9 11 33 44 4.89
27 South Carolina 10 12 32 44 4.40
27 Oklahoma 10 8 36 44 4.40
27 Kansas 10 2 42 44 4.40
31 Pittsburgh 9 13 30 43 4.78
31 Texas 10 12 31 43 4.30
31 Vanderbilt 10 7 36 43 4.30
34 NC State 9 7 35 42 4.67
34 Washington 10 7 35 42 4.20
36 Mississippi State 10 10 31 41 4.10
37 West Virginia 10 8 32 40 4.00
37 Wake Forest 10 3 37 40 4.00
37 Baylor 11 6 34 40 3.64
40 UCF 10 7 32 39 3.90
40 Missouri 10 5 34 39 3.90
40 UCLA 10 4 35 39 3.90
43 Maryland 9 12 26 38 4.22
43 Purdue 9 4 34 38 4.22
43 Florida 10 10 28 38 3.80
46 Ohio State 12 7 30 37 3.08
47 Auburn 9 8 28 36 4.00
47 Stanford 9 3 33 36 4.00
47 Cincinnati 10 2 34 36 3.60
50 Georgia Tech 11 4 31 35 3.18
51 Kentucky 9 9 25 34 3.78
51 Colorado 10 5 29 34 3.40
53 Texas A&M 9 2 31 33 3.67
53 USC 10 8 25 33 3.30
53 Oklahoma State 10 5 28 33 3.30
53 North Carolina 10 3 30 33 3.30
53 Nebraska 11 6 27 33 3.00
58 Arkansas 8 2 30 32 4.00
59 Penn State 10 2 29 31 3.10
60 Florida State 10 9 21 30 3.00
60 Virginia Tech 10 3 27 30 3.00
62 Oregon State 7 5 24 29 4.14
62 Boston College 9 5 24 29 3.22
62 Michigan State 10 3 26 29 2.90
65 Northwestern 9 7 21 28 3.11
65 Minnesota 10 6 22 28 2.80
67 Syracuse 9 3 22 25 2.78
68 Tulane 4 5 17 22 5.50
68 Rutgers 9 3 19 22 2.44
68 Wisconsin 10 2 20 22 2.20
71 San Diego State 2 2 15 17 8.50
72 New Mexico 3 1 15 16 5.33
73 Central Michigan 3 3 11 14 4.67
74 Old Dominion 2 1 12 13 6.50
74 James Madison 3 3 10 13 4.33
74 Toledo 3 3 10 13 4.33
74 Washington State 5 2 11 13 2.60
78 Arkansas State 2 3 9 12 6.00
78 Connecticut 3 3 9 12 4.00
78 East Carolina 3 2 10 12 4.00
81 Utah State 3 5 6 11 3.67
81 Ohio 3 3 8 11 3.67
81 Hawaii 3 1 10 11 3.67
84 Memphis 2 2 7 9 4.50
84 Miami (OH) 2 1 8 9 4.50
84 Temple 2 1 8 9 4.50
84 Coastal Carolina 2 0 9 9 4.50
84 Colorado State 2 0 9 9 4.50
89 Fresno State 2 2 6 8 4.00
89 Georgia State 2 2 6 8 4.00
89 San Jose State 2 1 7 8 4.00
89 Tulsa 2 0 8 8 4.00
89 Kent State 3 1 7 8 2.67
94 Southern Miss 1 1 6 7 7.00
94 Western Kentucky 1 1 6 7 7.00
94 Delaware 2 2 5 7 3.50
94 Sam Houston State 2 2 5 7 3.50
94 Louisiana Tech 2 1 6 7 3.50
99 Appalachian State 1 2 4 6 6.00
99 Buffalo 1 1 5 6 6.00
99 Army 1 1 5 6 6.00
99 Florida Atlantic 1 0 6 6 6.00
99 FIU 1 0 6 6 6.00
99 Marshall 1 0 6 6 6.00
99 Rice 1 0 6 6 6.00
99 Missouri State 2 1 5 6 3.00
107 North Texas 1 3 2 5 5.00
107 UNLV 1 1 4 5 5.00
107 Troy 1 1 4 5 5.00
107 USF 2 3 2 5 2.50
107 Charlotte 2 1 4 5 2.50
107 Ball State 2 0 5 5 2.50
107 Kennesaw State 2 0 5 5 2.50
114 UAB 1 1 3 4 4.00
114 UTEP 1 1 3 4 4.00
114 Eastern Michigan 1 0 4 4 4.00
114 Bowling Green 2 0 4 4 2.00
114 Northern Illinois 2 0 4 4 2.00
114 Wyoming 2 0 4 4 2.00
120 New Mexico State 1 2 1 3 3.00
120 Boise State 1 0 3 3 3.00
122 Louisiana 1 1 1 2 2.00
122 Akron 1 0 2 2 2.00
122 Georgia Southern 1 0 2 2 2.00
122 Jacksonville State 1 0 2 2 2.00
122 South Alabama 1 0 2 2 2.00
122 Texas State 1 0 2 2 2.00
122 UTSA 1 0 2 2 2.00
122 Western Michigan 2 1 1 2 1.00
122 Louisiana-Monroe 2 0 2 2 1.00
131 Middle Tennessee State 1 1 0 1 1.00
131 Navy 1 1 0 1 1.00
131 Nevada 1 0 1 1 1.00
131 Massachusetts 2 1 0 1 0.50