2025 National Leaders Passes Defended - Games vs. FBS non-Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 12/24/2025
| Name | G | Int. | Passes Broken Up | Passes Defended | Passes Defended/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Louisiana Tech | 9 | 17 | 51 | 68 | 7.56 |
| 2 | Southern Miss | 11 | 20 | 46 | 66 | 6.00 |
| 3 | Western Kentucky | 11 | 8 | 49 | 57 | 5.18 |
| 4 | James Madison | 10 | 8 | 48 | 56 | 5.60 |
| 5 | Fresno State | 9 | 17 | 38 | 55 | 6.11 |
| 5 | FIU | 10 | 12 | 43 | 55 | 5.50 |
| 5 | New Mexico State | 10 | 12 | 43 | 55 | 5.50 |
| 5 | Jacksonville State | 12 | 12 | 43 | 55 | 4.58 |
| 9 | Kennesaw State | 11 | 9 | 45 | 54 | 4.91 |
| 10 | Missouri State | 10 | 6 | 47 | 53 | 5.30 |
| 11 | Appalachian State | 10 | 8 | 41 | 49 | 4.90 |
| 12 | Miami (OH) | 10 | 11 | 37 | 48 | 4.80 |
| 12 | Western Michigan | 11 | 10 | 38 | 48 | 4.36 |
| 14 | Nevada | 10 | 10 | 37 | 47 | 4.70 |
| 14 | Memphis | 10 | 8 | 39 | 47 | 4.70 |
| 14 | Troy | 12 | 8 | 39 | 47 | 3.92 |
| 17 | Toledo | 9 | 10 | 36 | 46 | 5.11 |
| 17 | Utah State | 9 | 8 | 38 | 46 | 5.11 |
| 17 | Middle Tennessee State | 10 | 9 | 37 | 46 | 4.60 |
| 20 | USF | 10 | 10 | 35 | 45 | 4.50 |
| 21 | San Diego State | 9 | 11 | 33 | 44 | 4.89 |
| 21 | Central Michigan | 9 | 9 | 35 | 44 | 4.89 |
| 21 | Boise State | 12 | 13 | 31 | 44 | 3.67 |
| 21 | UNLV | 12 | 9 | 35 | 44 | 3.67 |
| 25 | Bowling Green | 9 | 6 | 37 | 43 | 4.78 |
| 25 | Old Dominion | 10 | 12 | 31 | 43 | 4.30 |
| 27 | Georgia Southern | 10 | 7 | 35 | 42 | 4.20 |
| 27 | UTSA | 10 | 7 | 35 | 42 | 4.20 |
| 27 | Liberty | 11 | 6 | 36 | 42 | 3.82 |
| 30 | Wyoming | 9 | 8 | 33 | 41 | 4.56 |
| 30 | Tulane | 10 | 10 | 31 | 41 | 4.10 |
| 32 | Akron | 10 | 9 | 31 | 40 | 4.00 |
| 32 | South Alabama | 10 | 5 | 35 | 40 | 4.00 |
| 34 | Ohio | 9 | 8 | 31 | 39 | 4.33 |
| 34 | New Mexico | 9 | 7 | 32 | 39 | 4.33 |
| 34 | Delaware | 10 | 10 | 29 | 39 | 3.90 |
| 34 | Buffalo | 10 | 6 | 33 | 39 | 3.90 |
| 34 | Louisiana | 11 | 7 | 32 | 39 | 3.55 |
| 39 | Marshall | 10 | 11 | 27 | 38 | 3.80 |
| 40 | Colorado State | 9 | 7 | 30 | 37 | 4.11 |
| 40 | Texas State | 10 | 7 | 30 | 37 | 3.70 |
| 40 | North Texas | 11 | 9 | 28 | 37 | 3.36 |
| 43 | Hawaii | 9 | 6 | 30 | 36 | 4.00 |
| 43 | UTEP | 10 | 4 | 32 | 36 | 3.60 |
| 45 | East Carolina | 9 | 8 | 27 | 35 | 3.89 |
| 46 | Ball State | 9 | 9 | 25 | 34 | 3.78 |
| 46 | Louisiana-Monroe | 9 | 4 | 30 | 34 | 3.78 |
| 48 | Rice | 10 | 3 | 30 | 33 | 3.30 |
| 49 | Connecticut | 8 | 8 | 24 | 32 | 4.00 |
| 49 | Sam Houston State | 10 | 6 | 26 | 32 | 3.20 |
| 51 | Coastal Carolina | 9 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 3.44 |
| 51 | Northern Illinois | 9 | 8 | 23 | 31 | 3.44 |
| 51 | Arkansas State | 10 | 4 | 27 | 31 | 3.10 |
| 51 | Florida Atlantic | 10 | 3 | 28 | 31 | 3.10 |
| 51 | Navy | 11 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 2.82 |
| 56 | Kent State | 8 | 5 | 25 | 30 | 3.75 |
| 57 | Temple | 9 | 5 | 24 | 29 | 3.22 |
| 57 | Georgia State | 9 | 1 | 28 | 29 | 3.22 |
| 57 | Army | 10 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 2.90 |
| 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 |
| 88 | Indiana | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4.50 |
| 88 | Notre Dame | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4.50 |
| 88 | Mississippi State | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4.50 |
| 88 | USC | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 3.00 |
| 92 | Arizona | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8.00 |
| 92 | West Virginia | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8.00 |
| 92 | Penn State | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4.00 |
| 92 | Pittsburgh | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4.00 |
| 96 | North Carolina | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7.00 |
| 96 | Wisconsin | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3.50 |
| 96 | Northwestern | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3.50 |
| 99 | Clemson | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6.00 |
| 99 | SMU | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6.00 |
| 99 | BYU | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6.00 |
| 99 | Kansas | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6.00 |
| 99 | UCF | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6.00 |
| 99 | Michigan State | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6.00 |
| 99 | Florida | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6.00 |
| 99 | Georgia | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3.00 |
| 99 | Kentucky | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3.00 |
| 99 | Rutgers | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3.00 |
| 99 | Duke | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 3.00 |
| 110 | Iowa State | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5.00 |
| 110 | Texas Tech | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5.00 |
| 110 | Arizona State | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5.00 |
| 110 | Georgia Tech | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5.00 |
| 110 | Oklahoma | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2.50 |
| 110 | Boston College | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2.50 |
| 110 | Vanderbilt | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2.50 |
| 117 | Illinois | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4.00 |
| 117 | Minnesota | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4.00 |
| 117 | Nebraska | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4.00 |
| 117 | Ohio State | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4.00 |
| 117 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4.00 |
| 117 | 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 | Purdue | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 |
| 133 | Cincinnati | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 |