2026 National Leaders Passing Defense - In The 3rd Quarter through 10/29/2026

Name G Att Comp Pct. Yards TD Int Rating Long 1st 15+ 25+
1 Air Force 7 23 14 60.9 237 3 0 190.46 68 10 3 3
2 Minnesota 7 37 15 40.5 113 0 2 55.38 24 6 4 0
2 Kansas State 7 33 15 45.5 246 2 0 128.08 64 8 6 4
4 Penn State 7 30 17 56.7 151 0 0 98.95 31 7 3 1
4 TCU 7 38 17 44.7 168 0 2 71.35 21 10 2 0
4 UCLA 7 45 17 37.8 230 1 3 74.71 47 10 5 3
7 Oklahoma 7 37 18 48.6 166 1 1 89.84 23 8 4 0
8 Notre Dame 7 32 19 59.4 204 1 1 116.99 52 8 4 1
9 Syracuse 7 46 20 43.5 210 2 1 91.83 37 10 4 2
9 Bowling Green 8 27 20 74.1 211 0 0 139.72 42 12 6 1
11 Arkansas State 8 40 22 55.0 236 2 4 101.06 32 9 6 3
11 LSU 8 45 22 48.9 247 1 2 93.44 43 9 5 2
11 Rutgers 7 38 22 57.9 248 2 2 119.56 48 12 3 2
11 Kansas 7 37 22 59.5 256 3 0 144.34 38 14 4 3
11 North Dakota State 8 45 22 48.9 259 1 4 86.79 37 12 8 2
16 Georgia 7 39 23 59.0 163 1 1 97.40 17 7 2 0
16 UCF 7 34 23 67.6 246 0 1 122.54 48 12 5 1
16 Oregon 7 48 23 47.9 352 2 3 110.77 39 17 10 4
19 Sam Houston State 8 44 24 54.5 224 2 0 112.31 31 11 5 1
19 Boise State 7 42 24 57.1 339 2 0 140.65 59 12 7 3
21 SMU 7 46 25 54.3 211 1 0 100.05 25 11 5 1
21 FIU 7 47 25 53.2 279 1 1 105.81 57 11 6 3
21 Louisiana Tech 7 35 25 71.4 291 1 1 144.99 43 12 8 4
24 BYU 7 46 26 56.5 222 0 0 97.06 56 8 3 2
24 USF 6 49 26 53.1 248 0 1 91.49 29 12 6 1
24 UTSA 7 51 26 51.0 255 1 2 91.61 37 13 4 1
24 UAB 7 38 26 68.4 274 2 1 141.10 45 17 5 1
24 Hawaii 8 46 26 56.5 306 0 2 103.70 48 10 7 4
24 Central Michigan 8 45 26 57.8 316 1 2 115.20 37 15 7 4
24 Louisiana-Monroe 7 37 26 70.3 446 5 0 216.12 70 16 11 6
24 UTEP 7 38 26 68.4 465 5 0 214.63 63 16 11 7
32 Nebraska 7 44 27 61.4 226 1 1 107.45 22 13 4 0
32 Duke 7 41 27 65.9 271 0 0 121.37 39 10 8 2
32 Jacksonville State 7 41 27 65.9 273 1 2 120.08 35 13 8 2
32 Fresno State 7 47 27 57.4 279 0 1 103.05 36 17 6 2
32 Michigan 7 38 27 71.1 293 1 4 123.46 43 13 7 4
32 North Carolina 7 51 27 52.9 297 1 3 96.57 41 12 5 2
32 Iowa State 7 47 27 57.4 320 1 0 121.67 75 12 5 3
32 Maryland 7 48 27 56.3 330 2 2 119.42 39 16 11 3
32 Sacramento State 8 39 27 69.2 332 1 1 144.07 67 16 7 1
32 Memphis 8 46 27 58.7 348 1 1 125.07 40 14 10 5
32 Army 7 41 27 65.9 359 2 0 155.50 74 13 8 2
32 Southern Miss 7 45 27 60.0 368 4 1 153.59 47 13 9 6
32 UNLV 6 50 27 54.0 379 3 1 133.47 53 15 9 4
32 Purdue 7 52 27 51.9 401 1 2 115.36 43 18 13 4
32 Utah 7 57 27 47.4 452 2 1 122.05 68 21 11 6
47 Boston College 7 45 28 62.2 255 2 3 111.16 23 15 3 0
47 Virginia 8 56 28 50.0 285 1 2 91.50 31 16 6 1
47 Colorado State 7 37 28 75.7 289 2 4 137.51 43 16 5 1
47 Auburn 7 42 28 66.7 332 1 1 136.17 42 14 6 2
47 Northern Illinois 6 38 28 73.7 362 3 1 174.49 50 16 8 4
47 Oklahoma State 7 43 28 65.1 366 4 2 158.02 51 16 10 3
47 New Mexico 7 54 28 51.9 368 2 4 106.51 53 15 10 3
54 California 8 46 29 63.0 237 2 2 111.97 24 13 7 0
54 Ohio State 7 56 29 51.8 245 0 1 84.97 36 13 7 1
54 Missouri 7 43 29 67.4 280 1 1 125.17 23 13 9 0
54 Akron 8 51 29 56.9 413 4 0 150.76 59 14 7 4
54 Tulane 7 44 29 65.9 427 2 1 157.88 43 19 13 5
54 Buffalo 8 56 29 51.8 449 3 3 126.11 68 22 11 5
60 Northwestern 7 53 30 56.6 300 1 1 106.60 50 12 7 2
60 Clemson 7 48 30 62.5 341 1 0 129.04 32 19 8 4
60 Arizona State 7 56 30 53.6 343 3 2 115.56 42 15 6 4
60 Washington 7 50 30 60.0 344 2 0 130.99 46 14 6 4
60 Florida Atlantic 7 49 30 61.2 357 3 0 142.62 64 15 8 3
65 Liberty 7 58 31 53.4 241 0 3 78.01 27 11 4 1
65 Louisiana 7 53 31 58.5 255 1 2 97.58 28 12 5 1
65 Illinois 7 41 31 75.6 288 1 0 142.66 35 16 5 1
65 Coastal Carolina 7 46 31 67.4 382 1 1 139.96 34 15 9 6
65 Alabama 8 45 31 68.9 383 2 1 150.61 65 13 7 3
65 Arkansas 7 48 31 64.6 423 1 1 141.31 57 17 9 4
65 Ole Miss 7 54 31 57.4 449 3 1 141.89 62 18 13 4
72 Nevada 7 53 32 60.4 268 1 0 109.09 43 10 4 3
72 Arizona 7 58 32 55.2 309 1 1 102.17 37 14 6 3
72 Georgia State 7 56 32 57.1 337 1 1 110.01 54 15 6 3
72 East Carolina 7 53 32 60.4 382 2 1 129.61 59 15 11 5
72 Georgia Tech 7 52 32 61.5 398 4 0 151.21 52 17 9 6
72 Middle Tennessee State 8 52 32 61.5 415 4 2 146.27 38 16 12 5
72 Indiana 8 51 32 62.7 419 2 2 136.86 53 19 11 3
72 North Texas 8 48 32 66.7 431 4 0 169.59 41 16 13 5
72 NC State 7 48 32 66.7 537 5 0 195.03 54 15 12 7
81 Ohio 8 52 33 63.5 330 0 1 112.92 49 15 9 2
81 Georgia Southern 7 52 33 63.5 363 5 0 153.83 57 14 8 4
81 Michigan State 8 54 33 61.1 376 2 1 128.12 63 14 9 2
81 Vanderbilt 8 53 33 62.3 407 2 2 131.66 44 17 9 4
81 Louisville 7 62 33 53.2 422 3 1 123.14 62 16 8 4
86 Appalachian State 7 57 34 59.6 336 2 4 106.71 61 16 6 1
86 Florida State 7 50 34 68.0 363 0 2 120.98 35 19 9 2
86 Pittsburgh 8 59 34 57.6 390 1 1 115.35 69 14 7 3
86 Toledo 8 63 34 54.0 396 3 1 119.31 41 15 10 5
86 Western Michigan 8 50 34 68.0 454 3 0 164.07 47 18 8 5
86 Kennesaw State 8 52 34 65.4 464 1 3 135.15 46 21 13 4
86 Miami (OH) 8 53 34 64.2 526 6 1 181.11 53 19 10 7
93 Texas 7 58 35 60.3 273 2 1 107.82 43 15 3 1
93 Oregon State 7 51 35 68.6 320 3 2 132.91 30 16 9 2
93 Massachusetts 8 64 35 54.7 332 2 3 99.20 35 15 7 2
93 Navy 7 48 35 72.9 365 3 2 149.09 53 14 5 3
93 Tulsa 6 55 35 63.6 387 4 2 139.47 39 19 8 3
93 Kent State 8 55 35 63.6 497 3 2 150.27 41 24 12 6
93 Texas A&M 8 49 35 71.4 536 3 1 179.44 58 18 11 8
100 South Alabama 7 49 36 73.5 414 4 2 163.22 38 19 8 2
100 Colorado 7 65 36 55.4 459 5 1 137.01 43 17 15 6
100 New Mexico State 8 56 36 64.3 556 2 2 152.33 81 18 10 6
103 Cincinnati 7 53 37 69.8 405 2 1 142.68 41 17 8 4
103 Western Kentucky 8 60 37 61.7 492 7 0 169.05 79 24 11 5
105 Utah State 7 56 38 67.9 295 0 0 112.11 30 15 5 1
105 Wisconsin 7 63 38 60.3 373 0 2 103.71 45 18 6 3
105 Miami (FL) 7 58 38 65.5 395 3 0 139.79 36 20 8 3
105 Wyoming 7 56 38 67.9 423 2 0 143.09 57 21 9 3
105 Troy 8 65 38 58.5 494 4 4 130.30 75 20 12 5
110 Kentucky 8 62 39 62.9 402 1 2 116.24 34 19 9 3
110 Texas Tech 7 55 39 70.9 430 4 7 135.13 41 17 11 3
110 Temple 7 56 39 69.6 447 3 0 154.37 32 20 15 1
110 Stanford 8 60 39 65.0 477 4 0 153.78 47 19 10 6
110 Delaware 8 63 39 61.9 531 3 1 145.25 80 17 12 5
115 Tennessee 8 53 40 75.5 352 2 1 139.94 39 17 7 2
115 Ball State 8 61 40 65.6 387 3 3 125.25 54 16 5 2
115 Eastern Michigan 9 65 40 61.5 423 2 1 123.28 38 27 10 2
115 Old Dominion 8 59 40 67.8 438 4 0 152.53 44 22 12 4
115 Houston 8 62 40 64.5 496 5 1 155.10 79 20 9 5
115 Marshall 7 69 40 58.0 499 4 1 134.95 41 28 11 7
115 Charlotte 7 54 40 74.1 526 4 0 180.33 41 21 13 6
122 Iowa 7 57 41 71.9 414 3 2 143.29 57 18 10 1
122 USC 8 61 41 67.2 576 2 1 154.07 62 20 13 7
122 West Virginia 8 58 41 70.7 710 4 3 185.93 72 24 19 10
125 Wake Forest 7 56 42 75.0 287 1 1 120.37 26 11 4 1
125 Washington State 8 55 42 76.4 383 3 0 152.86 41 13 10 6
125 Texas State 7 65 42 64.6 470 4 0 145.67 44 20 11 4
125 San Diego State 8 59 42 71.2 514 5 1 168.95 71 19 10 8
129 South Carolina 7 63 43 68.3 406 5 0 148.57 32 18 11 2
129 James Madison 9 77 43 55.8 471 1 0 111.51 42 20 9 4
131 Florida 7 57 44 77.2 439 3 0 159.26 49 23 7 4
131 San Jose State 8 69 44 63.8 549 5 0 154.52 58 18 10 7
133 Virginia Tech 8 63 45 71.4 502 2 1 145.67 34 21 12 4
134 Baylor 7 78 47 60.3 523 1 2 115.68 67 22 11 4
135 Rice 8 67 51 76.1 585 4 0 169.16 68 30 11 2
136 Connecticut 7 73 53 72.6 632 2 2 148.89 56 29 15 7
137 Missouri State 8 72 54 75.0 531 3 0 150.70 32 26 9 4
137 Mississippi State 7 77 54 70.1 681 6 2 164.94 54 31 12 8
1st: First Downs; 15+: Pass completions of 15 or more yards; 25+: Pass completions of 25 or more yards