2026 National Leaders Passing Defense - In All Plays through 09/18/2026

Name G Att Comp Pct. Yards TD Int Rating Long 1st 15+ 25+
1 Virginia Tech 2 34 18 52.9 274 1 1 124.47 34 8 6 4
2 Oklahoma 2 35 19 54.3 197 0 0 101.57 36 10 4 1
2 Coastal Carolina 2 35 20 57.1 233 2 3 114.78 49 10 5 2
4 UAB 2 37 23 62.2 238 3 1 137.54 54 13 4 1
4 Minnesota 2 37 25 67.6 286 4 0 168.18 39 11 7 5
6 NC State 2 38 17 44.7 231 2 1 107.91 47 8 5 2
7 Kansas State 2 39 16 41.0 95 0 0 61.49 12 6 0 0
8 Maryland 2 40 20 50.0 231 2 3 100.01 39 9 5 3
9 UTEP 2 41 25 61.0 330 3 1 147.86 48 14 8 4
9 Western Kentucky 2 41 25 61.0 422 7 1 198.90 73 15 8 5
11 Notre Dame 2 42 27 64.3 281 1 1 123.59 30 13 9 2
11 Boston College 2 42 29 69.0 315 4 4 144.43 60 15 6 1
11 South Alabama 2 42 26 61.9 398 3 2 155.56 61 16 9 3
14 New Mexico 2 43 20 46.5 167 1 5 63.56 75 7 2 1
14 Iowa 2 43 23 53.5 230 1 1 101.45 28 10 8 1
16 Colorado State 2 44 25 56.8 366 1 5 111.46 75 15 10 3
17 Air Force 2 45 24 53.3 281 2 3 107.12 51 12 5 3
17 Middle Tennessee State 2 45 28 62.2 326 1 0 130.40 69 11 8 1
19 LSU 2 46 28 60.9 248 1 2 104.62 67 6 4 2
20 Michigan State 2 47 28 59.6 314 2 1 125.47 60 8 7 3
20 Charlotte 2 47 36 76.6 425 2 1 162.34 41 19 9 4
22 Nebraska 2 48 24 50.0 248 2 2 98.82 68 11 4 1
22 Georgia Tech 2 48 24 50.0 272 3 0 118.23 45 14 8 2
22 Northwestern 1 48 23 47.9 285 0 1 93.63 34 14 7 2
25 Arizona State 2 49 26 53.1 249 3 1 111.87 33 11 6 1
25 Indiana 2 49 33 67.3 259 0 2 103.59 36 14 5 2
25 UCF 2 49 28 57.1 286 1 1 108.83 41 12 6 2
25 Arkansas State 2 49 31 63.3 362 3 4 129.20 40 15 9 4
25 Kennesaw State 2 49 31 63.3 364 0 1 121.59 45 16 7 3
25 North Texas 2 49 32 65.3 434 4 1 162.57 42 21 10 5
25 Purdue 2 49 28 57.1 443 2 1 142.47 55 20 13 4
25 Florida Atlantic 2 49 29 59.2 490 6 2 175.43 64 19 12 6
33 Penn State 2 50 32 64.0 210 0 2 91.28 39 11 2 1
33 Kansas 2 50 29 58.0 403 3 0 145.50 65 21 8 4
35 Texas A&M 2 51 29 56.9 284 2 2 108.74 58 10 6 2
35 Alabama 2 51 29 56.9 306 2 2 112.36 68 12 6 2
35 Rutgers 2 51 37 72.5 449 4 2 164.54 78 16 8 4
38 Iowa State 2 52 38 73.1 333 0 1 123.02 56 15 5 2
38 Arkansas 2 52 32 61.5 414 2 1 137.26 59 15 8 5
38 Navy 2 52 41 78.8 593 7 0 219.06 76 20 12 9
41 Army 2 53 30 56.6 337 2 0 122.46 38 15 9 2
41 Vanderbilt 2 53 27 50.9 356 2 2 112.26 57 12 6 4
41 Wisconsin 2 53 34 64.2 387 2 0 137.94 45 16 8 5
41 Oklahoma State 2 53 31 58.5 418 3 1 139.65 56 15 12 4
41 TCU 2 53 30 56.6 422 1 2 122.16 62 18 9 4
41 Illinois 2 53 33 62.3 425 4 1 150.76 42 19 9 3
47 Michigan 2 54 32 59.3 278 1 1 104.91 43 12 7 2
47 Washington 2 54 33 61.1 338 2 5 107.39 78 16 5 2
47 James Madison 2 54 31 57.4 348 1 0 117.65 34 14 9 2
50 Missouri 2 55 25 45.5 283 3 2 99.41 32 16 9 1
51 Central Michigan 2 56 33 58.9 283 1 2 100.13 25 18 4 1
51 Liberty 2 56 28 50.0 304 1 2 94.35 30 16 8 2
51 Rice 2 56 33 58.9 458 4 1 147.63 56 21 13 3
51 Bowling Green 2 56 42 75.0 488 7 1 185.88 42 22 10 5
55 South Carolina 2 57 32 56.1 261 1 1 96.88 25 14 6 1
55 Sam Houston State 2 57 28 49.1 291 3 0 109.37 28 15 8 1
55 Southern Miss 2 57 36 63.2 389 3 4 123.82 45 17 9 4
55 Arizona 2 57 35 61.4 417 3 1 136.71 61 15 9 5
55 Louisiana Tech 2 57 32 56.1 424 1 4 110.38 53 18 12 3
55 Ole Miss 2 57 38 66.7 486 2 1 146.36 62 17 11 6
61 Missouri State 2 58 33 56.9 374 5 1 136.06 36 19 9 3
61 Georgia State 2 58 33 56.9 385 2 1 120.59 61 16 6 3
61 Temple 2 58 39 67.2 463 4 2 150.16 56 20 10 2
61 Louisiana-Monroe 2 58 35 60.3 532 5 1 162.39 70 27 12 3
61 Ohio 2 58 38 65.5 561 4 0 169.52 82 24 15 4
66 SMU 2 59 31 52.5 296 2 1 102.48 47 14 7 3
66 FIU 2 59 33 55.9 346 2 1 112.99 57 18 6 3
66 Oregon State 2 59 41 69.5 502 3 1 154.35 47 25 14 7
69 North Dakota State 3 60 33 55.0 380 2 5 102.53 35 17 8 3
69 Tulane 2 60 35 58.3 427 2 0 129.11 43 20 11 3
69 Wyoming 2 60 38 63.3 448 6 2 152.38 57 17 9 5
69 Kent State 2 60 40 66.7 482 4 2 149.48 41 25 13 6
69 East Carolina 2 60 39 65.0 527 0 0 138.78 58 20 14 7
74 Virginia 2 61 33 54.1 260 0 4 76.79 32 12 3 1
74 USF 2 61 41 67.2 429 3 2 135.96 37 18 10 2
74 Kentucky 2 61 40 65.6 434 2 2 129.60 32 22 10 5
74 Texas 2 61 37 60.7 466 1 2 123.68 43 21 10 3
78 Tennessee 2 62 37 59.7 264 1 2 94.32 22 12 5 0
78 Baylor 2 62 40 64.5 333 0 3 99.96 30 17 7 3
78 Jacksonville State 3 62 40 64.5 351 3 3 118.36 44 19 7 1
78 BYU 2 62 38 61.3 365 1 4 103.16 34 15 6 2
78 Louisiana 2 62 38 61.3 418 5 4 131.63 44 24 7 2
78 Fresno State 2 62 44 71.0 562 3 1 159.86 68 24 11 6
84 Georgia 2 63 33 52.4 214 1 2 79.80 17 14 3 0
84 Massachusetts 2 63 39 61.9 479 3 4 128.79 78 21 10 3
86 Georgia Southern 2 64 29 45.3 306 1 2 84.38 45 15 7 3
86 North Carolina 2 64 43 67.2 353 0 1 110.39 44 16 4 2
86 Nevada 2 64 40 62.5 388 1 0 118.59 30 19 6 3
86 Old Dominion 2 64 46 71.9 421 2 1 134.32 44 19 11 2
86 Boise State 2 64 45 70.3 762 4 1 187.82 87 21 14 10
91 UCLA 2 65 32 49.2 336 3 3 98.65 49 14 8 3
91 Akron 2 65 42 64.6 536 4 0 154.20 78 19 10 5
93 Duke 2 66 41 62.1 475 3 1 134.54 44 18 10 5
94 Toledo 2 67 39 58.2 313 1 1 99.39 26 18 7 1
94 Northern Illinois 2 67 42 62.7 371 4 3 119.94 24 20 9 0
96 Appalachian State 2 69 39 56.5 428 2 3 109.50 61 19 8 4
96 Western Michigan 2 69 40 58.0 443 2 1 118.57 47 21 10 3
96 Washington State 2 69 46 66.7 460 4 2 136.00 44 20 10 5
96 USC 3 69 44 63.8 523 3 1 138.89 42 24 10 5
96 Miami (OH) 2 69 47 68.1 621 8 0 181.98 53 28 13 6
101 Troy 2 70 43 61.4 440 4 1 130.23 37 20 9 4
101 West Virginia 2 70 43 61.4 543 3 1 137.87 58 26 12 6
103 Louisville 2 71 41 57.7 514 4 1 134.33 65 19 9 5
104 Cincinnati 2 72 42 58.3 390 1 2 102.85 32 18 8 3
105 California 2 73 39 53.4 503 1 4 104.87 43 21 15 4
105 Ball State 2 73 53 72.6 581 5 3 153.84 48 28 16 2
107 Ohio State 2 74 43 58.1 315 1 2 92.92 26 21 6 1
107 Utah State 2 74 44 59.5 401 1 0 109.44 30 19 10 1
107 Marshall 2 74 45 60.8 567 6 1 149.23 42 31 11 5
110 San Diego State 2 75 45 60.0 431 1 3 104.67 45 20 9 3
111 Mississippi State 2 76 47 61.8 419 1 0 112.49 40 19 5 2
111 Delaware 2 76 38 50.0 420 1 1 98.13 35 21 8 3
111 Colorado 2 76 39 51.3 487 3 1 115.55 70 23 12 3
114 UTSA 2 77 43 55.8 437 1 4 97.41 53 20 8 3
114 Texas State 2 77 55 71.4 618 6 1 161.96 45 30 13 4
116 Utah 2 78 33 42.3 363 1 2 80.50 44 20 7 2
116 Buffalo 2 78 41 52.6 590 6 1 138.92 68 26 14 5
118 Florida State 2 79 52 65.8 702 5 3 153.76 79 28 14 7
119 Syracuse 3 83 46 55.4 404 2 2 99.43 43 18 6 4
119 Tulsa 2 83 53 63.9 557 3 2 127.34 94 23 9 4
121 Connecticut 2 84 56 66.7 495 2 0 124.03 60 25 11 2
121 Clemson 2 84 49 58.3 579 3 1 125.63 42 24 13 7
123 Auburn 2 87 49 56.3 504 3 3 109.46 41 26 11 3
123 Sacramento State 3 87 62 71.3 671 4 0 151.22 73 28 16 9
123 Hawaii 3 87 49 56.3 682 2 2 125.16 57 26 17 8
126 Stanford 2 88 62 70.5 707 7 1 161.93 48 31 15 7
127 Florida 2 91 55 60.4 424 1 2 98.81 33 23 6 2
128 Oregon 3 92 49 53.3 599 5 5 115.02 52 23 13 6
129 Houston 3 96 56 58.3 760 3 3 128.89 79 30 15 8
129 Memphis 3 96 63 65.6 837 4 4 144.29 75 34 22 9
131 UNLV 3 98 49 50.0 660 4 1 118.00 48 30 22 7
132 Pittsburgh 3 101 60 59.4 660 2 3 114.89 75 23 15 5
133 New Mexico State 3 104 67 64.4 722 3 3 126.48 55 34 14 6
134 Wake Forest 3 109 90 82.6 705 6 0 155.07 28 32 10 2
135 Eastern Michigan 3 113 66 58.4 752 5 2 125.37 51 31 17 5
136 Miami (FL) 3 114 62 54.4 603 3 1 105.76 49 31 15 1
137 San Jose State 3 119 78 65.5 764 4 4 123.85 34 33 18 4
138 Texas Tech 3 122 77 63.1 818 6 2 132.39 75 37 18 5
1st: First Downs; 15+: Pass completions of 15 or more yards; 25+: Pass completions of 25 or more yards