2025 National Leaders Passes Defended - Games vs. FBS non-Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 01/19/2026
| Name | G | Int. | Passes Broken Up | Passes Defended | Passes Defended/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Southern Miss | 11 | 20 | 46 | 66 | 6.00 |
| 2 | Louisiana Tech | 10 | 19 | 55 | 74 | 7.40 |
| 3 | Fresno State | 10 | 18 | 43 | 61 | 6.10 |
| 4 | San Diego State | 10 | 13 | 40 | 53 | 5.30 |
| 4 | Boise State | 12 | 13 | 31 | 44 | 3.67 |
| 6 | FIU | 11 | 12 | 44 | 56 | 5.09 |
| 6 | New Mexico State | 10 | 12 | 43 | 55 | 5.50 |
| 6 | Jacksonville State | 12 | 12 | 43 | 55 | 4.58 |
| 6 | Old Dominion | 10 | 12 | 31 | 43 | 4.30 |
| 10 | Miami (OH) | 11 | 11 | 39 | 50 | 4.55 |
| 10 | Georgia Southern | 11 | 11 | 37 | 48 | 4.36 |
| 10 | North Texas | 12 | 11 | 32 | 43 | 3.58 |
| 10 | Marshall | 10 | 11 | 27 | 38 | 3.80 |
| 10 | Coastal Carolina | 10 | 11 | 25 | 36 | 3.60 |
| 15 | Western Michigan | 11 | 10 | 38 | 48 | 4.36 |
| 15 | Nevada | 10 | 10 | 37 | 47 | 4.70 |
| 15 | Toledo | 9 | 10 | 36 | 46 | 5.11 |
| 15 | USF | 10 | 10 | 35 | 45 | 4.50 |
| 15 | Tulane | 10 | 10 | 31 | 41 | 4.10 |
| 15 | Delaware | 10 | 10 | 29 | 39 | 3.90 |
| 21 | Kennesaw State | 11 | 9 | 45 | 54 | 4.91 |
| 21 | UTSA | 11 | 9 | 43 | 52 | 4.73 |
| 21 | Appalachian State | 11 | 9 | 42 | 51 | 4.64 |
| 21 | Middle Tennessee State | 10 | 9 | 37 | 46 | 4.60 |
| 21 | Central Michigan | 9 | 9 | 35 | 44 | 4.89 |
| 21 | UNLV | 12 | 9 | 35 | 44 | 3.67 |
| 21 | Akron | 10 | 9 | 31 | 40 | 4.00 |
| 21 | Ball State | 9 | 9 | 25 | 34 | 3.78 |
| 29 | Western Kentucky | 11 | 8 | 49 | 57 | 5.18 |
| 29 | James Madison | 10 | 8 | 48 | 56 | 5.60 |
| 29 | Memphis | 10 | 8 | 39 | 47 | 4.70 |
| 29 | Troy | 12 | 8 | 39 | 47 | 3.92 |
| 29 | Utah State | 9 | 8 | 38 | 46 | 5.11 |
| 29 | Wyoming | 9 | 8 | 33 | 41 | 4.56 |
| 29 | Ohio | 9 | 8 | 31 | 39 | 4.33 |
| 29 | Texas State | 11 | 8 | 31 | 39 | 3.55 |
| 29 | East Carolina | 9 | 8 | 27 | 35 | 3.89 |
| 29 | Connecticut | 9 | 8 | 24 | 32 | 3.56 |
| 29 | Northern Illinois | 9 | 8 | 23 | 31 | 3.44 |
| 40 | New Mexico | 9 | 7 | 32 | 39 | 4.33 |
| 40 | Louisiana | 11 | 7 | 32 | 39 | 3.55 |
| 40 | Colorado State | 9 | 7 | 30 | 37 | 4.11 |
| 40 | Army | 11 | 7 | 24 | 31 | 2.82 |
| 40 | Eastern Michigan | 10 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 2.60 |
| 45 | Missouri State | 10 | 6 | 47 | 53 | 5.30 |
| 45 | Bowling Green | 9 | 6 | 37 | 43 | 4.78 |
| 45 | Liberty | 11 | 6 | 36 | 42 | 3.82 |
| 45 | Buffalo | 10 | 6 | 33 | 39 | 3.90 |
| 45 | Hawaii | 9 | 6 | 30 | 36 | 4.00 |
| 45 | Sam Houston State | 10 | 6 | 26 | 32 | 3.20 |
| 45 | Navy | 11 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 2.82 |
| 45 | Air Force | 11 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 2.55 |
| 45 | San Jose State | 9 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 2.89 |
| 45 | Tulsa | 9 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 2.89 |
| 45 | Charlotte | 9 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 2.67 |
| 45 | Washington | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 7.50 |
| 45 | Maryland | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 6.50 |
| 58 | South Alabama | 10 | 5 | 35 | 40 | 4.00 |
| 58 | Kent State | 8 | 5 | 25 | 30 | 3.75 |
| 58 | Temple | 9 | 5 | 24 | 29 | 3.22 |
| 61 | UTEP | 10 | 4 | 32 | 36 | 3.60 |
| 61 | Louisiana-Monroe | 9 | 4 | 30 | 34 | 3.78 |
| 61 | Arkansas State | 10 | 4 | 27 | 31 | 3.10 |
| 61 | Washington State | 7 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 3.14 |
| 61 | Texas | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 5.67 |
| 61 | Arkansas | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 5.00 |
| 61 | Michigan | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 6.00 |
| 61 | Indiana | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4.50 |
| 61 | Notre Dame | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4.50 |
| 61 | USC | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 3.00 |
| 71 | Rice | 11 | 3 | 31 | 34 | 3.09 |
| 71 | Florida Atlantic | 10 | 3 | 28 | 31 | 3.10 |
| 71 | UAB | 10 | 3 | 21 | 24 | 2.40 |
| 71 | Ole Miss | 3 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 6.00 |
| 71 | Tennessee | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 7.00 |
| 71 | Louisville | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 4.33 |
| 71 | Arizona | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8.00 |
| 71 | West Virginia | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8.00 |
| 71 | Wisconsin | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3.50 |
| 71 | Clemson | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6.00 |
| 71 | SMU | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6.00 |
| 82 | Oregon State | 4 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 4.50 |
| 82 | NC State | 3 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 4.33 |
| 82 | LSU | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 6.00 |
| 82 | Miami (FL) | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 6.00 |
| 82 | Pittsburgh | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 3.33 |
| 82 | Mississippi State | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4.50 |
| 82 | Penn State | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4.00 |
| 82 | North Carolina | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7.00 |
| 82 | BYU | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6.00 |
| 82 | Kansas | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6.00 |
| 82 | Georgia | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3.00 |
| 82 | Kentucky | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3.00 |
| 94 | Georgia State | 9 | 1 | 28 | 29 | 3.22 |
| 94 | Colorado | 2 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 7.50 |
| 94 | Missouri | 2 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 7.00 |
| 94 | Massachusetts | 9 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 1.44 |
| 94 | Texas A&M | 3 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 3.67 |
| 94 | Virginia | 1 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 10.00 |
| 94 | Northwestern | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 3.33 |
| 94 | Minnesota | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 4.50 |
| 94 | UCF | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6.00 |
| 94 | Michigan State | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6.00 |
| 94 | Rutgers | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3.00 |
| 94 | Iowa State | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5.00 |
| 94 | Texas Tech | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5.00 |
| 94 | Oklahoma | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2.50 |
| 94 | Alabama | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3.00 |
| 94 | Utah | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3.00 |
| 94 | Auburn | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 |
| 94 | Florida State | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 |
| 94 | Houston | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 |
| 113 | Stanford | 3 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 4.67 |
| 113 | Oregon | 1 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 11.00 |
| 113 | Syracuse | 2 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 5.00 |
| 113 | Wake Forest | 2 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 5.00 |
| 113 | Florida | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6.00 |
| 113 | Duke | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 3.00 |
| 113 | Arizona State | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5.00 |
| 113 | Georgia Tech | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5.00 |
| 113 | Boston College | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2.50 |
| 113 | Vanderbilt | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2.50 |
| 113 | Illinois | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4.00 |
| 113 | Nebraska | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4.00 |
| 113 | Ohio State | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4.00 |
| 113 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4.00 |
| 113 | California | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2.00 |
| 113 | Iowa | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3.00 |
| 113 | South Carolina | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3.00 |
| 113 | UCLA | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1.50 |
| 113 | Virginia Tech | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2.00 |
| 113 | Cincinnati | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 |
| 113 | Purdue | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 |