2025 National Leaders Passes Defended - Games vs. FBS non-Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 01/09/2026

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