rank the top 20 professional football teams in pass defense

The Alabama Crimson Tide have defended the most passes by a team when in the AP top 20, with 88 passes defended.

	TEAM	PDEF	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	SCK	SCKY	INT	INT YDS	INT TD	FF	FR	FR TD
1	Alabama	88	181	7,091	2,938	10,029	506.0	3,368	180	3,063	31	155	108	11
2	Georgia	82	155	6,031	2,236	8,267	353.0	2,539	127	1,549	10	117	82	14
3	Oregon	82	126	4,486	2,190	6,676	272.0	1,825	139	1,576	14	120	73	7
4	Notre Dame	75	129	5,397	1,983	7,380	299.0	2,009	126	1,866	17	128	84	9
5	Ohio State	67	172	7,058	2,621	9,679	499.0	3,276	166	2,463	29	150	111	19
6	Michigan	64	116	4,799	1,912	6,711	308.0	2,165	106	1,622	19	76	59	6
7	Penn State	63	98	4,525	1,808	6,333	304.0	2,052	91	1,322	10	114	74	4
8	Oklahoma	60	145	5,914	2,266	8,180	358.0	2,300	132	1,953	17	119	82	12
9	Ole Miss	58	90	3,657	1,835	5,492	243.0	1,636	83	1,063	10	84	52	5
10	Texas	56	70	2,939	1,402	4,341	164.0	1,076	77	743	3	58	38	3
11	Utah	51	78	2,896	1,114	4,010	209.0	1,528	85	1,362	16	55	43	5
12	Clemson	44	138	5,683	1,889	7,572	427.0	2,734	149	1,991	18	121	92	9
13	Miami	39	72	2,784	1,120	3,904	213.0	1,420	83	1,116	10	62	49	4
14	BYU	38	42	1,732	932	2,664	64.0	450	46	391	5	24	19	0
15	Tennessee	35	51	2,234	1,289	3,523	126.0	775	41	648	6	46	43	5
16	USC	34	70	2,625	846	3,471	168.0	1,099	72	1,148	10	56	47	3
17	LSU	32	109	3,835	1,778	5,613	272.0	1,854	100	761	6	78	64	2
18	Indiana	30	29	1,144	634	1,778	81.0	533	44	506	3	24	19	1
19	Washington	29	71	2,621	813	3,434	172.0	1,124	70	919	7	62	40	0
20	Oklahoma State	29	73	3,342	899	4,241	186.0	1,260	77	1,084	8	59	39	6
21	Iowa	27	43	1,917	612	2,529	98.0	616	54	536	7	28	26	2
22	Florida State	22	79	2,594	1,097	3,691	205.0	1,354	79	953	8	66	45	6
23	Texas A&M	22	81	2,914	1,033	3,947	203.0	1,267	65	802	8	63	45	2
24	Cincinnati	21	33	1,655	564	2,219	81.0	515	43	460	3	32	24	1
25	Wisconsin	21	78	2,595	634	3,229	196.0	1,321	80	1,164	10	66	49	6

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More Alabama Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

3,567

Simpson

RUSH

504

Miller

REC

862

Bernard

Team Rankings

PPG

31.2

43rd

OPP PPG

17.4

12th

RUSH YDS/G

116.2

142nd

PASS YDS/G

273.2

28th

2025 SEC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Georgia	7-1	12-2
2	Alabama	7-1	11-4
3	Ole Miss	7-1	13-2
4	Texas A&M	7-1	11-2
5	Texas	6-2	10-3

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/5	ECU	@	ALA	12:00 PM
Sat 9/12	ALA	@	UK	1:00 PM
Sat 9/19	FSU	@	ALA	1:00 PM
Sat 9/26	SCAR	@	ALA	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	ALA	@	MSST	1:00 PM

Last Game

Alabama

1 - 1

Final

Indiana

1 - 0

Thu 1 Jan 2026

CFB 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

3,973

Mensah

3,937

Chambliss

Rush Yards Leaders

1,659

Cook

1,649

Hardy

1,567

Lacy

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

1,278

Bell

1,264

Young

Pass TD Leaders

41

Mendoza

34

Mensah

34

Mestemaker

Rush TD Leaders

25

Hawkins

24

Lacy

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

15

Sarratt

14

Brown

13

Cooper

QB Rating Leaders

182.9

Mendoza

177.5

Sayin

170.4

Pavia

Sack Leaders

14.5

Bailey

14.5

Tucker

12.5

Smith

CFB 2025 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.1

42.0

41.6

41.3

40.5

39.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.3

11.7

11.8

13.3

14.8

15.4

Total Yards Rankings

512.4

489.7

488.7

482.9

472.8

472.1

Rush Yards Rankings

285.6

266.3

261.4

254.9

246.7

241.5

Pass Yards Rankings

340.2

318.0

313.3

309.6

296.0

292.8

Sack Leaders

50.0

46.0

45.0

43.0

41.0

CFB 2025 Standings

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Duke	9	5	.643
2	Virginia	11	3	.786
3	Miami	13	2	.867
4	Pittsburgh	8	5	.615
5	SMU	9	4	.692
6	Georgia Tech	9	4	.692
7	California	7	6	.538
8	Clemson	7	6	.538
9	NC State	8	5	.615
10	Louisville	9	4	.692
11	Wake Forest	9	4	.692
12	Stanford	4	8	.333
13	Florida State	5	7	.417
14	North Carolina	4	8	.333
15	Virginia Tech	3	9	.250
16	Boston College	2	10	.167
17	Syracuse	3	9	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	12	2	.857
2	Alabama	11	4	.733
3	Ole Miss	13	2	.867
4	Texas A&M	11	2	.846
5	Texas	10	3	.769
6	Oklahoma	10	3	.769
7	Vanderbilt	10	3	.769
8	Missouri	8	5	.615
9	Tennessee	8	5	.615
10	LSU	7	6	.538
11	Kentucky	5	7	.417
12	Florida	4	8	.333
13	Auburn	5	7	.417
14	Mississippi State	5	8	.385
15	South Carolina	4	8	.333
16	Arkansas	2	10	.167

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	15	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	12	2	.857
3	Oregon	13	2	.867
4	Michigan	9	4	.692
5	USC	9	4	.692
6	Iowa	9	4	.692
7	Illinois	9	4	.692
8	Minnesota	8	5	.615
9	Washington	9	4	.692
10	Nebraska	7	6	.538
11	Northwestern	7	6	.538
12	Penn State	7	6	.538
13	UCLA	3	9	.250
14	Rutgers	5	7	.417
15	Wisconsin	4	8	.333
16	Maryland	4	8	.333
17	Michigan State	4	8	.333
18	Purdue	2	10	.167

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	10	4	.714
2	New Mexico	9	4	.692
3	San Diego State	9	4	.692
4	Boise State	9	5	.643
5	Fresno State	9	4	.692
6	Hawaii	9	4	.692
7	Utah State	6	7	.462
8	Air Force	4	8	.333
9	Wyoming	4	8	.333
10	Nevada	3	9	.250
11	San José State	3	9	.250
12	Colorado State	2	10	.167

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	12	2	.857
2	Tulane	11	3	.786
3	Navy	11	2	.846
4	South Florida	9	4	.692
5	East Carolina	9	4	.692
6	Memphis	8	5	.615
7	Army	7	6	.538
8	UTSA	7	6	.538
9	Temple	5	7	.417
10	Florida Atlantic	4	8	.333
11	Rice	5	8	.385
12	UAB	4	8	.333
13	Tulsa	4	8	.333
14	Charlotte	1	11	.083

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	10	2	.833
2	UConn	9	4	.692

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	12	2	.857
2	BYU	12	2	.857
3	Utah	11	2	.846
4	Houston	10	3	.769
5	Arizona	9	4	.692
6	Arizona State	8	5	.615
7	Iowa State	8	4	.667
8	Kansas State	6	6	.500
9	TCU	9	4	.692
10	Cincinnati	7	6	.538
11	Baylor	5	7	.417
12	Kansas	5	7	.417
13	UCF	5	7	.417
14	West Virginia	4	8	.333
15	Colorado	3	9	.250
16	Oklahoma State	1	11	.083

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Washington State	7	6	.538
2	Oregon State	2	10	.167

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Western Michigan	10	4	.714
2	Miami (OH)	7	7	.500
3	Ohio	9	4	.692
4	Toledo	8	5	.615
5	Central Michigan	7	6	.538
6	Akron	5	7	.417
7	Buffalo	5	7	.417
8	Kent State	5	7	.417
9	Eastern Michigan	4	8	.333
10	Ball State	4	8	.333
11	Bowling Green	4	8	.333
12	Northern Illinois	3	9	.250
13	UMass	0	12	.000

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	JMU	12	2	.857
2	Troy	8	6	.571
3	Old Dominion	10	3	.769
4	Southern Miss	7	6	.538
5	Coastal Carolina	6	7	.462
6	Louisiana	6	7	.462
7	Georgia Southern	7	6	.538
8	Arkansas State	7	6	.538
9	Marshall	5	7	.417
10	Texas State	7	6	.538
11	Appalachian State	5	8	.385
12	South Alabama	4	8	.333
13	Georgia State	1	11	.083
14	Louisiana-Monroe	3	9	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Kennesaw State	10	4	.714
2	Jacksonville State	9	5	.643
3	Western Kentucky	9	4	.692
4	Louisiana Tech	8	5	.615
5	Missouri State	7	6	.538
6	FIU	7	6	.538
7	Delaware	7	6	.538
8	Liberty	4	8	.333
9	Middle Tennessee	3	9	.250
10	New Mexico State	4	8	.333
11	UTEP	2	10	.167
12	Sam Houston	2	10	.167