2025 National Leaders Passes Defended - Games vs. FBS non-Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 10/25/2025
| Name | G | Int. | Passes Broken Up | Passes Defended | Passes Defended/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Southern Miss | 6 | 12 | 32 | 44 | 7.33 |
| 2 | Louisiana Tech | 5 | 9 | 31 | 40 | 8.00 |
| 3 | Memphis | 6 | 7 | 32 | 39 | 6.50 |
| 4 | New Mexico State | 6 | 8 | 24 | 32 | 5.33 |
| 5 | Akron | 7 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 4.29 |
| 6 | Colorado State | 5 | 6 | 23 | 29 | 5.80 |
| 7 | Central Michigan | 5 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 5.60 |
| 7 | Miami (OH) | 5 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 5.60 |
| 7 | Boise State | 7 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 4.00 |
| 7 | Western Kentucky | 7 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 4.00 |
| 11 | Kennesaw State | 4 | 3 | 24 | 27 | 6.75 |
| 11 | Wyoming | 5 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 5.40 |
| 11 | Nevada | 6 | 4 | 23 | 27 | 4.50 |
| 14 | USF | 5 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 5.20 |
| 14 | UTSA | 5 | 2 | 24 | 26 | 5.20 |
| 16 | Missouri State | 4 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 6.25 |
| 16 | Fresno State | 5 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 5.00 |
| 16 | Appalachian State | 6 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 4.17 |
| 16 | South Alabama | 6 | 3 | 22 | 25 | 4.17 |
| 20 | Louisiana-Monroe | 5 | 3 | 21 | 24 | 4.80 |
| 20 | Troy | 6 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 4.00 |
| 20 | Liberty | 6 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 4.00 |
| 20 | Rice | 6 | 3 | 21 | 24 | 4.00 |
| 24 | Ohio | 4 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 5.75 |
| 24 | FIU | 5 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 4.60 |
| 24 | Marshall | 5 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 4.60 |
| 24 | UNLV | 5 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 4.60 |
| 24 | Utah State | 5 | 4 | 19 | 23 | 4.60 |
| 24 | Buffalo | 6 | 2 | 21 | 23 | 3.83 |
| 30 | Connecticut | 5 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 4.40 |
| 30 | Western Michigan | 5 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 4.40 |
| 30 | New Mexico | 5 | 2 | 20 | 22 | 4.40 |
| 30 | Navy | 6 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 3.67 |
| 34 | Coastal Carolina | 5 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 4.20 |
| 34 | Old Dominion | 5 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 4.20 |
| 34 | Temple | 5 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 4.20 |
| 37 | Middle Tennessee State | 5 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 4.00 |
| 37 | Georgia Southern | 6 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 3.33 |
| 37 | Tulsa | 6 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 3.33 |
| 37 | Sam Houston State | 6 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 3.33 |
| 41 | San Jose State | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 4.75 |
| 41 | Toledo | 5 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 3.80 |
| 41 | Delaware | 5 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 3.80 |
| 41 | Hawaii | 5 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 3.80 |
| 41 | North Texas | 6 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 3.17 |
| 46 | San Diego State | 4 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 4.50 |
| 46 | Ball State | 5 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 3.60 |
| 46 | UTEP | 5 | 1 | 17 | 18 | 3.60 |
| 46 | Eastern Michigan | 7 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 2.57 |
| 50 | Texas | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 5.67 |
| 50 | Kent State | 4 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 4.25 |
| 50 | Northern Illinois | 5 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 3.40 |
| 50 | Bowling Green | 5 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 3.40 |
| 50 | James Madison | 5 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 3.40 |
| 55 | Tulane | 4 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 4.00 |
| 56 | Colorado | 2 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 7.50 |
| 56 | Arkansas | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 5.00 |
| 56 | East Carolina | 4 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 3.75 |
| 56 | Army | 5 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 3.00 |
| 56 | Jacksonville State | 5 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 3.00 |
| 56 | Texas State | 5 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 3.00 |
| 56 | Georgia State | 5 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 3.00 |
| 63 | Missouri | 2 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 7.00 |
| 63 | UAB | 5 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 2.80 |
| 65 | Maryland | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 6.50 |
| 65 | Louisiana | 6 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 2.17 |
| 65 | Air Force | 6 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 2.17 |
| 68 | Michigan | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 6.00 |
| 68 | Miami (FL) | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 6.00 |
| 68 | Florida Atlantic | 6 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 2.00 |
| 71 | Ole Miss | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 5.50 |
| 71 | Texas A&M | 3 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 3.67 |
| 71 | Massachusetts | 5 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 2.20 |
| 71 | Charlotte | 6 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 1.83 |
| 75 | Virginia | 1 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 10.00 |
| 75 | Louisville | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 5.00 |
| 77 | Indiana | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4.50 |
| 77 | Mississippi State | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4.50 |
| 77 | Stanford | 2 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 4.50 |
| 77 | USC | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 3.00 |
| 77 | Washington State | 4 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 2.25 |
| 82 | Arizona | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8.00 |
| 82 | West Virginia | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8.00 |
| 82 | Penn State | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4.00 |
| 82 | NC State | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4.00 |
| 86 | North Carolina | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7.00 |
| 86 | Syracuse | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7.00 |
| 86 | Wisconsin | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3.50 |
| 86 | Northwestern | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3.50 |
| 86 | Arkansas State | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1.40 |
| 91 | Notre Dame | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6.00 |
| 91 | Clemson | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6.00 |
| 91 | SMU | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6.00 |
| 91 | BYU | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6.00 |
| 91 | Kansas | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6.00 |
| 91 | UCF | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6.00 |
| 91 | Michigan State | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6.00 |
| 91 | Florida | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6.00 |
| 91 | Kentucky | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3.00 |
| 91 | Oregon State | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3.00 |
| 91 | Rutgers | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3.00 |
| 102 | Iowa State | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5.00 |
| 102 | Texas Tech | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5.00 |
| 102 | Arizona State | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5.00 |
| 102 | Georgia Tech | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5.00 |
| 102 | LSU | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5.00 |
| 102 | Wake Forest | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5.00 |
| 102 | Oklahoma | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2.50 |
| 102 | Vanderbilt | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2.50 |
| 110 | Tennessee | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4.00 |
| 110 | Washington | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4.00 |
| 110 | Illinois | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4.00 |
| 110 | Minnesota | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4.00 |
| 110 | Nebraska | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4.00 |
| 110 | Ohio State | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4.00 |
| 110 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4.00 |
| 117 | Alabama | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3.00 |
| 117 | Utah | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3.00 |
| 117 | Boston College | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3.00 |
| 117 | California | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3.00 |
| 117 | Iowa | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3.00 |
| 117 | Auburn | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 |
| 117 | UCLA | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1.50 |
| 124 | Florida State | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 |
| 124 | Houston | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 |
| 124 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2.00 |
| 124 | Virginia Tech | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2.00 |
| 124 | Purdue | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 |
| 129 | Cincinnati | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 129 | Duke | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 129 | Georgia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 |