2025 National Leaders Passes Defended - Games vs. FBS non-Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 11/15/2025
| Name | G | Int. | Passes Broken Up | Passes Defended | Passes Defended/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Louisiana Tech | 7 | 12 | 43 | 55 | 7.86 |
| 2 | Southern Miss | 8 | 17 | 36 | 53 | 6.63 |
| 3 | Western Kentucky | 9 | 7 | 40 | 47 | 5.22 |
| 4 | Memphis | 9 | 8 | 38 | 46 | 5.11 |
| 5 | FIU | 8 | 10 | 35 | 45 | 5.63 |
| 6 | Missouri State | 7 | 6 | 37 | 43 | 6.14 |
| 6 | New Mexico State | 8 | 11 | 32 | 43 | 5.38 |
| 6 | James Madison | 8 | 7 | 36 | 43 | 5.38 |
| 9 | Kennesaw State | 7 | 5 | 34 | 39 | 5.57 |
| 9 | Appalachian State | 8 | 6 | 33 | 39 | 4.88 |
| 11 | Fresno State | 7 | 11 | 26 | 37 | 5.29 |
| 11 | Utah State | 7 | 7 | 30 | 37 | 5.29 |
| 11 | Wyoming | 7 | 7 | 30 | 37 | 5.29 |
| 11 | Nevada | 8 | 8 | 29 | 37 | 4.63 |
| 11 | UTSA | 8 | 6 | 31 | 37 | 4.63 |
| 16 | Central Michigan | 7 | 9 | 27 | 36 | 5.14 |
| 16 | San Diego State | 7 | 9 | 27 | 36 | 5.14 |
| 16 | Colorado State | 7 | 7 | 29 | 36 | 5.14 |
| 16 | Georgia Southern | 8 | 6 | 30 | 36 | 4.50 |
| 20 | Miami (OH) | 7 | 9 | 26 | 35 | 5.00 |
| 20 | Middle Tennessee State | 8 | 6 | 29 | 35 | 4.38 |
| 20 | Liberty | 9 | 5 | 30 | 35 | 3.89 |
| 23 | Jacksonville State | 8 | 7 | 27 | 34 | 4.25 |
| 23 | Akron | 9 | 7 | 27 | 34 | 3.78 |
| 25 | Toledo | 7 | 7 | 26 | 33 | 4.71 |
| 26 | Marshall | 8 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 4.00 |
| 26 | UNLV | 8 | 7 | 25 | 32 | 4.00 |
| 26 | South Alabama | 8 | 4 | 28 | 32 | 4.00 |
| 29 | USF | 7 | 7 | 24 | 31 | 4.43 |
| 29 | Buffalo | 8 | 5 | 26 | 31 | 3.88 |
| 29 | Boise State | 9 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 3.44 |
| 32 | Bowling Green | 7 | 5 | 25 | 30 | 4.29 |
| 32 | New Mexico | 7 | 5 | 25 | 30 | 4.29 |
| 32 | Western Michigan | 7 | 5 | 25 | 30 | 4.29 |
| 32 | North Texas | 8 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 3.75 |
| 36 | Connecticut | 7 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 4.14 |
| 36 | Coastal Carolina | 8 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 3.63 |
| 36 | Texas State | 8 | 6 | 23 | 29 | 3.63 |
| 36 | Troy | 8 | 5 | 24 | 29 | 3.63 |
| 40 | Ball State | 7 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 4.00 |
| 40 | Old Dominion | 7 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 4.00 |
| 40 | UTEP | 8 | 3 | 25 | 28 | 3.50 |
| 43 | Kent State | 6 | 4 | 23 | 27 | 4.50 |
| 43 | Hawaii | 7 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 3.86 |
| 43 | Louisiana-Monroe | 7 | 3 | 24 | 27 | 3.86 |
| 43 | Navy | 9 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 3.00 |
| 47 | Ohio | 6 | 4 | 22 | 26 | 4.33 |
| 47 | Tulane | 7 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 3.71 |
| 47 | Rice | 8 | 3 | 23 | 26 | 3.25 |
| 50 | Sam Houston State | 8 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 3.13 |
| 50 | Delaware | 8 | 4 | 21 | 25 | 3.13 |
| 50 | Eastern Michigan | 9 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 2.78 |
| 50 | Air Force | 9 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 2.78 |
| 54 | East Carolina | 7 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 3.43 |
| 54 | San Jose State | 7 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 3.43 |
| 54 | Tulsa | 7 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 3.43 |
| 57 | Temple | 7 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 3.29 |
| 58 | Arkansas State | 7 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 3.14 |
| 58 | Florida Atlantic | 8 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 2.75 |
| 60 | Louisiana | 8 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 2.63 |
| 61 | Northern Illinois | 7 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 2.86 |
| 61 | Charlotte | 8 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 2.50 |
| 63 | Army | 7 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 2.71 |
| 63 | Georgia State | 7 | 0 | 19 | 19 | 2.71 |
| 65 | Oregon State | 4 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 4.50 |
| 65 | UAB | 8 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 2.25 |
| 67 | Texas | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 5.67 |
| 68 | Colorado | 2 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 7.50 |
| 68 | Arkansas | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 5.00 |
| 70 | Tennessee | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 7.00 |
| 70 | Missouri | 2 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 7.00 |
| 72 | Maryland | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 6.50 |
| 72 | Washington State | 5 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 2.60 |
| 74 | Michigan | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 6.00 |
| 74 | Miami (FL) | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 6.00 |
| 74 | Massachusetts | 7 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 1.71 |
| 77 | Ole Miss | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 5.50 |
| 77 | Texas A&M | 3 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 3.67 |
| 79 | Virginia | 1 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 10.00 |
| 79 | Louisville | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 5.00 |
| 81 | Indiana | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4.50 |
| 81 | Notre Dame | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4.50 |
| 81 | Mississippi State | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4.50 |
| 81 | Stanford | 2 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 4.50 |
| 81 | USC | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 3.00 |
| 86 | Arizona | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8.00 |
| 86 | West Virginia | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8.00 |
| 86 | Penn State | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4.00 |
| 86 | Pittsburgh | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4.00 |
| 86 | NC State | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4.00 |
| 91 | North Carolina | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7.00 |
| 91 | Syracuse | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7.00 |
| 91 | Wisconsin | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3.50 |
| 91 | Northwestern | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3.50 |
| 95 | Clemson | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6.00 |
| 95 | SMU | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6.00 |
| 95 | BYU | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6.00 |
| 95 | Kansas | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6.00 |
| 95 | UCF | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6.00 |
| 95 | Michigan State | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6.00 |
| 95 | Florida | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6.00 |
| 95 | Kentucky | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3.00 |
| 95 | Rutgers | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3.00 |
| 95 | Duke | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 3.00 |
| 105 | Iowa State | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5.00 |
| 105 | Texas Tech | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5.00 |
| 105 | Arizona State | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5.00 |
| 105 | Georgia Tech | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5.00 |
| 105 | LSU | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5.00 |
| 105 | Wake Forest | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5.00 |
| 105 | Oklahoma | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2.50 |
| 105 | Boston College | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2.50 |
| 105 | Vanderbilt | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2.50 |
| 114 | Washington | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4.00 |
| 114 | Illinois | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4.00 |
| 114 | Minnesota | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4.00 |
| 114 | Nebraska | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4.00 |
| 114 | Ohio State | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4.00 |
| 114 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4.00 |
| 120 | Alabama | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3.00 |
| 120 | Utah | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3.00 |
| 120 | California | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3.00 |
| 120 | Iowa | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3.00 |
| 120 | Auburn | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 |
| 120 | UCLA | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1.50 |
| 126 | Florida State | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 |
| 126 | Houston | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 |
| 126 | Virginia Tech | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2.00 |
| 126 | Purdue | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 |
| 130 | Cincinnati | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 130 | Georgia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 |