2025 National Leaders Passes Defended - Games vs. FBS non-Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 12/05/2025
| Name | G | Int. | Passes Broken Up | Passes Defended | Passes Defended/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Louisiana Tech | 9 | 17 | 51 | 68 | 7.56 |
| 2 | James Madison | 10 | 8 | 48 | 56 | 5.60 |
| 3 | Kennesaw State | 10 | 8 | 44 | 52 | 5.20 |
| 4 | FIU | 10 | 12 | 43 | 55 | 5.50 |
| 4 | New Mexico State | 10 | 12 | 43 | 55 | 5.50 |
| 6 | Southern Miss | 10 | 18 | 42 | 60 | 6.00 |
| 7 | Appalachian State | 10 | 8 | 41 | 49 | 4.90 |
| 7 | Western Kentucky | 10 | 7 | 41 | 48 | 4.80 |
| 7 | Missouri State | 9 | 6 | 41 | 47 | 5.22 |
| 10 | Memphis | 10 | 8 | 39 | 47 | 4.70 |
| 11 | Fresno State | 9 | 17 | 38 | 55 | 6.11 |
| 11 | Jacksonville State | 11 | 10 | 38 | 48 | 4.36 |
| 11 | Utah State | 9 | 8 | 38 | 46 | 5.11 |
| 11 | Troy | 11 | 8 | 38 | 46 | 4.18 |
| 15 | Nevada | 10 | 10 | 37 | 47 | 4.70 |
| 15 | Middle Tennessee State | 10 | 9 | 37 | 46 | 4.60 |
| 15 | Bowling Green | 9 | 6 | 37 | 43 | 4.78 |
| 18 | Toledo | 9 | 10 | 36 | 46 | 5.11 |
| 18 | Liberty | 11 | 6 | 36 | 42 | 3.82 |
| 20 | Miami (OH) | 9 | 11 | 35 | 46 | 5.11 |
| 20 | Central Michigan | 9 | 9 | 35 | 44 | 4.89 |
| 20 | Georgia Southern | 10 | 7 | 35 | 42 | 4.20 |
| 20 | UTSA | 10 | 7 | 35 | 42 | 4.20 |
| 20 | South Alabama | 10 | 5 | 35 | 40 | 4.00 |
| 25 | UNLV | 11 | 8 | 34 | 42 | 3.82 |
| 26 | San Diego State | 9 | 11 | 33 | 44 | 4.89 |
| 26 | USF | 9 | 10 | 33 | 43 | 4.78 |
| 26 | Wyoming | 9 | 8 | 33 | 41 | 4.56 |
| 26 | Buffalo | 10 | 6 | 33 | 39 | 3.90 |
| 30 | New Mexico | 9 | 7 | 32 | 39 | 4.33 |
| 30 | UTEP | 10 | 4 | 32 | 36 | 3.60 |
| 32 | Boise State | 12 | 13 | 31 | 44 | 3.67 |
| 32 | Tulane | 10 | 10 | 31 | 41 | 4.10 |
| 32 | Akron | 10 | 9 | 31 | 40 | 4.00 |
| 35 | Colorado State | 9 | 7 | 30 | 37 | 4.11 |
| 35 | Texas State | 10 | 7 | 30 | 37 | 3.70 |
| 35 | Hawaii | 9 | 6 | 30 | 36 | 4.00 |
| 35 | Louisiana-Monroe | 9 | 4 | 30 | 34 | 3.78 |
| 35 | Rice | 10 | 3 | 30 | 33 | 3.30 |
| 40 | Ohio | 8 | 7 | 29 | 36 | 4.50 |
| 41 | North Texas | 11 | 9 | 28 | 37 | 3.36 |
| 41 | Old Dominion | 9 | 8 | 28 | 36 | 4.00 |
| 41 | Western Michigan | 9 | 8 | 28 | 36 | 4.00 |
| 41 | Louisiana | 10 | 7 | 28 | 35 | 3.50 |
| 41 | Florida Atlantic | 10 | 3 | 28 | 31 | 3.10 |
| 41 | Georgia State | 9 | 1 | 28 | 29 | 3.22 |
| 47 | Marshall | 10 | 11 | 27 | 38 | 3.80 |
| 47 | East Carolina | 9 | 8 | 27 | 35 | 3.89 |
| 49 | Sam Houston State | 10 | 6 | 26 | 32 | 3.20 |
| 50 | Ball State | 9 | 9 | 25 | 34 | 3.78 |
| 50 | Delaware | 9 | 9 | 25 | 34 | 3.78 |
| 50 | Kent State | 8 | 5 | 25 | 30 | 3.75 |
| 53 | Connecticut | 8 | 8 | 24 | 32 | 4.00 |
| 53 | Temple | 9 | 5 | 24 | 29 | 3.22 |
| 53 | Navy | 10 | 5 | 24 | 29 | 2.90 |
| 56 | Northern Illinois | 9 | 8 | 23 | 31 | 3.44 |
| 56 | Arkansas State | 9 | 4 | 23 | 27 | 3.00 |
| 58 | Air Force | 11 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 2.55 |
| 59 | Coastal Carolina | 9 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 3.44 |
| 59 | Army | 9 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 3.00 |
| 59 | UAB | 10 | 3 | 21 | 24 | 2.40 |
| 62 | San Jose State | 9 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 2.89 |
| 62 | Tulsa | 9 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 2.89 |
| 64 | Eastern Michigan | 10 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 2.60 |
| 65 | Charlotte | 9 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 2.67 |
| 66 | Oregon State | 4 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 4.50 |
| 67 | Washington State | 6 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 2.83 |
| 67 | Colorado | 2 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 7.50 |
| 67 | Stanford | 3 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 4.67 |
| 70 | Texas | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 5.67 |
| 70 | Missouri | 2 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 7.00 |
| 72 | Massachusetts | 9 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 1.44 |
| 73 | Arkansas | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 5.00 |
| 73 | Tennessee | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 7.00 |
| 75 | LSU | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 6.00 |
| 75 | Miami (FL) | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 6.00 |
| 75 | Texas A&M | 3 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 3.67 |
| 75 | Syracuse | 2 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 5.00 |
| 75 | Wake Forest | 2 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 5.00 |
| 80 | Ole Miss | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 5.50 |
| 80 | Virginia | 1 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 10.00 |
| 82 | Michigan | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 6.00 |
| 83 | Maryland | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 6.50 |
| 83 | Louisville | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 5.00 |
| 83 | Mississippi State | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4.50 |
| 83 | NC State | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4.00 |
| 83 | Northwestern | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3.50 |
| 88 | Penn State | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4.00 |
| 88 | Pittsburgh | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4.00 |
| 88 | Florida | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6.00 |
| 88 | Duke | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 3.00 |
| 92 | Indiana | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4.50 |
| 92 | Notre Dame | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4.50 |
| 92 | 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 | North Carolina | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7.00 |
| 92 | UCF | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6.00 |
| 92 | Michigan State | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6.00 |
| 92 | Rutgers | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3.00 |
| 92 | Arizona State | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5.00 |
| 92 | Georgia Tech | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5.00 |
| 92 | Boston College | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2.50 |
| 92 | Vanderbilt | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2.50 |
| 105 | Wisconsin | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3.50 |
| 105 | BYU | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6.00 |
| 105 | Kansas | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6.00 |
| 105 | Georgia | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3.00 |
| 105 | Kentucky | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3.00 |
| 105 | Iowa State | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5.00 |
| 105 | Texas Tech | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5.00 |
| 105 | Oklahoma | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2.50 |
| 105 | Illinois | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4.00 |
| 105 | Minnesota | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4.00 |
| 105 | Nebraska | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4.00 |
| 105 | Ohio State | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4.00 |
| 105 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4.00 |
| 118 | Clemson | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6.00 |
| 118 | SMU | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6.00 |
| 118 | Washington | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4.00 |
| 118 | California | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3.00 |
| 118 | Iowa | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3.00 |
| 118 | South Carolina | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3.00 |
| 118 | UCLA | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1.50 |
| 125 | Alabama | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3.00 |
| 125 | Utah | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3.00 |
| 125 | Auburn | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 |
| 125 | Virginia Tech | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2.00 |
| 125 | Purdue | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 |
| 130 | Florida State | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 |
| 130 | Houston | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 |
| 130 | Cincinnati | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 |