2025 National Leaders Passes Defended - Games vs. FBS non-Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 01/09/2026

Name G Int. Passes Broken Up Passes Defended Passes Defended/G
1 Louisiana Tech 10 19 55 74 7.40
2 Southern Miss 11 20 46 66 6.00
3 Fresno State 10 18 43 61 6.10
4 Western Kentucky 11 8 49 57 5.18
5 James Madison 10 8 48 56 5.60
5 FIU 11 12 44 56 5.09
7 New Mexico State 10 12 43 55 5.50
7 Jacksonville State 12 12 43 55 4.58
9 Kennesaw State 11 9 45 54 4.91
10 San Diego State 10 13 40 53 5.30
10 Missouri State 10 6 47 53 5.30
12 UTSA 11 9 43 52 4.73
13 Appalachian State 11 9 42 51 4.64
14 Miami (OH) 11 11 39 50 4.55
15 Georgia Southern 11 11 37 48 4.36
15 Western Michigan 11 10 38 48 4.36
17 Nevada 10 10 37 47 4.70
17 Memphis 10 8 39 47 4.70
17 Troy 12 8 39 47 3.92
20 Toledo 9 10 36 46 5.11
20 Utah State 9 8 38 46 5.11
20 Middle Tennessee State 10 9 37 46 4.60
23 USF 10 10 35 45 4.50
24 Central Michigan 9 9 35 44 4.89
24 Boise State 12 13 31 44 3.67
24 UNLV 12 9 35 44 3.67
27 Bowling Green 9 6 37 43 4.78
27 Old Dominion 10 12 31 43 4.30
27 North Texas 12 11 32 43 3.58
30 Liberty 11 6 36 42 3.82
31 Wyoming 9 8 33 41 4.56
31 Tulane 10 10 31 41 4.10
33 Akron 10 9 31 40 4.00
33 South Alabama 10 5 35 40 4.00
35 Ohio 9 8 31 39 4.33
35 New Mexico 9 7 32 39 4.33
35 Delaware 10 10 29 39 3.90
35 Buffalo 10 6 33 39 3.90
35 Texas State 11 8 31 39 3.55
35 Louisiana 11 7 32 39 3.55
41 Marshall 10 11 27 38 3.80
42 Colorado State 9 7 30 37 4.11
43 Hawaii 9 6 30 36 4.00
43 Coastal Carolina 10 11 25 36 3.60
43 UTEP 10 4 32 36 3.60
46 East Carolina 9 8 27 35 3.89
47 Ball State 9 9 25 34 3.78
47 Louisiana-Monroe 9 4 30 34 3.78
47 Rice 11 3 31 34 3.09
50 Connecticut 9 8 24 32 3.56
50 Sam Houston State 10 6 26 32 3.20
52 Northern Illinois 9 8 23 31 3.44
52 Arkansas State 10 4 27 31 3.10
52 Florida Atlantic 10 3 28 31 3.10
52 Army 11 7 24 31 2.82
52 Navy 11 6 25 31 2.82
57 Kent State 8 5 25 30 3.75
58 Temple 9 5 24 29 3.22
58 Georgia State 9 1 28 29 3.22
60 Air Force 11 6 22 28 2.55
61 San Jose State 9 6 20 26 2.89
61 Tulsa 9 6 20 26 2.89
61 Eastern Michigan 10 7 19 26 2.60
64 Charlotte 9 6 18 24 2.67
64 UAB 10 3 21 24 2.40
66 Washington State 7 4 18 22 3.14
67 Ole Miss 3 3 15 18 6.00
67 Oregon State 4 2 16 18 4.50
69 Texas 3 4 13 17 5.67
70 Washington 2 6 9 15 7.50
70 Colorado 2 1 14 15 7.50
70 Arkansas 3 4 11 15 5.00
73 Tennessee 2 3 11 14 7.00
73 Missouri 2 1 13 14 7.00
73 Stanford 3 0 14 14 4.67
76 Maryland 2 6 7 13 6.50
76 Louisville 3 3 10 13 4.33
76 NC State 3 2 11 13 4.33
76 Massachusetts 9 1 12 13 1.44
80 Michigan 2 4 8 12 6.00
80 LSU 2 2 10 12 6.00
80 Miami (FL) 2 2 10 12 6.00
83 Oregon 1 0 11 11 11.00
83 Texas A&M 3 1 10 11 3.67
85 Virginia 1 1 9 10 10.00
85 Syracuse 2 0 10 10 5.00
85 Wake Forest 2 0 10 10 5.00
85 Pittsburgh 3 2 8 10 3.33
85 Northwestern 3 1 9 10 3.33
90 Indiana 2 4 5 9 4.50
90 Notre Dame 2 4 5 9 4.50
90 Mississippi State 2 2 7 9 4.50
90 Minnesota 2 1 8 9 4.50
90 USC 3 4 5 9 3.00
95 Arizona 1 3 5 8 8.00
95 West Virginia 1 3 5 8 8.00
95 Penn State 2 2 6 8 4.00
98 North Carolina 1 2 5 7 7.00
98 Wisconsin 2 3 4 7 3.50
100 Clemson 1 3 3 6 6.00
100 SMU 1 3 3 6 6.00
100 BYU 1 2 4 6 6.00
100 Kansas 1 2 4 6 6.00
100 UCF 1 1 5 6 6.00
100 Michigan State 1 1 5 6 6.00
100 Florida 1 0 6 6 6.00
100 Georgia 2 2 4 6 3.00
100 Kentucky 2 2 4 6 3.00
100 Rutgers 2 1 5 6 3.00
100 Duke 2 0 6 6 3.00
111 Iowa State 1 1 4 5 5.00
111 Texas Tech 1 1 4 5 5.00
111 Arizona State 1 0 5 5 5.00
111 Georgia Tech 1 0 5 5 5.00
111 Oklahoma 2 1 4 5 2.50
111 Boston College 2 0 5 5 2.50
111 Vanderbilt 2 0 5 5 2.50
118 Illinois 1 0 4 4 4.00
118 Nebraska 1 0 4 4 4.00
118 Ohio State 1 0 4 4 4.00
118 Oklahoma State 1 0 4 4 4.00
118 California 2 0 4 4 2.00
123 Alabama 1 1 2 3 3.00
123 Utah 1 1 2 3 3.00
123 Iowa 1 0 3 3 3.00
123 South Carolina 1 0 3 3 3.00
123 Auburn 2 1 2 3 1.50
123 UCLA 2 0 3 3 1.50
129 Florida State 1 1 1 2 2.00
129 Houston 1 1 1 2 2.00
129 Virginia Tech 1 0 2 2 2.00
129 Cincinnati 2 0 2 2 1.00
129 Purdue 2 0 2 2 1.00