2026 National Leaders Passing Defense - On 1st Down through 10/08/2026

Name G Att Comp Pct. Yards TD Int Rating Long 1st 15+ 25+
1 Northwestern 4 66 48 72.7 490 1 5 124.94 34 22 10 2
2 New Mexico 5 39 19 48.7 247 2 4 98.33 75 7 5 2
2 North Dakota State 5 46 27 58.7 309 2 4 112.08 26 11 10 1
2 Oregon 4 49 25 51.0 314 2 4 101.99 52 13 7 3
2 Fresno State 5 50 34 68.0 344 1 4 116.39 34 12 8 1
2 Texas Tech 5 82 54 65.9 566 3 4 126.14 75 20 10 4
2 Troy 5 73 46 63.0 570 5 4 140.24 57 19 15 6
8 Louisiana 5 46 29 63.0 209 0 3 88.16 18 9 2 0
8 Notre Dame 5 47 29 61.7 280 2 3 113.01 30 13 4 2
8 Minnesota 5 46 30 65.2 282 2 3 118.02 32 11 8 3
8 Massachusetts 5 61 34 55.7 309 1 3 93.86 29 12 7 1
8 Northern Illinois 4 46 31 67.4 327 3 3 135.59 50 13 6 1
8 Vanderbilt 5 55 32 58.2 359 5 3 132.10 55 14 6 2
8 Auburn 5 49 34 69.4 365 1 3 126.46 39 14 7 2
8 California 5 60 34 56.7 385 2 3 111.57 43 15 10 3
8 Texas A&M 5 56 36 64.3 415 3 3 133.51 42 15 10 5
8 Alabama 5 61 39 63.9 488 4 3 142.93 56 18 11 5
8 New Mexico State 6 75 51 68.0 494 0 3 115.33 68 18 8 3
8 Central Michigan 5 66 38 57.6 510 2 3 123.40 37 20 12 6
8 San Diego State 5 64 39 60.9 521 5 3 145.72 78 19 13 4
8 Connecticut 5 76 52 68.4 582 4 3 142.23 57 21 11 7
8 South Alabama 6 83 60 72.3 768 5 3 162.67 52 29 20 6
23 Utah 4 58 23 39.7 225 1 2 71.03 23 9 6 0
23 FIU 5 49 32 65.3 235 1 2 104.18 23 8 1 0
23 BYU 4 50 30 60.0 267 0 2 96.86 50 8 4 2
23 Sam Houston State 5 52 26 50.0 274 1 2 92.92 35 10 4 1
23 Arizona 5 56 34 60.7 300 2 2 110.35 52 10 4 2
23 Ohio State 5 67 34 50.7 333 1 2 91.46 27 15 10 3
23 James Madison 5 57 28 49.1 348 3 2 110.75 36 14 8 4
23 Rutgers 5 42 29 69.0 379 1 2 143.19 53 13 9 4
23 Clemson 5 67 31 46.3 386 2 2 98.54 61 12 9 5
23 UCF 5 56 33 58.9 389 0 2 110.14 43 12 9 3
23 Jacksonville State 6 65 44 67.7 394 2 2 122.61 35 15 9 3
23 UCLA 4 52 30 57.7 402 6 2 153.02 75 14 9 5
23 Oregon State 5 60 39 65.0 413 2 2 127.15 50 14 9 4
23 Bowling Green 5 47 35 74.5 439 5 2 179.53 42 17 8 6
23 Middle Tennessee State 5 57 35 61.4 458 2 2 133.45 47 15 14 5
23 Kentucky 5 76 43 56.6 468 0 2 103.05 32 18 13 3
23 UTSA 6 72 35 48.6 475 4 2 116.79 74 15 9 4
23 Coastal Carolina 5 46 33 71.7 508 6 2 198.84 40 17 13 9
23 Baylor 5 72 46 63.9 510 1 2 122.41 49 21 13 5
23 Colorado State 5 55 41 74.5 531 3 2 166.38 50 18 12 5
23 Western Kentucky 6 70 42 60.0 540 5 2 142.66 79 19 12 5
23 San Jose State 5 68 44 64.7 541 1 2 130.51 49 18 15 6
23 Houston 5 62 38 61.3 552 2 2 140.28 79 17 9 7
23 Tulsa 5 83 48 57.8 589 4 2 128.52 94 22 12 4
23 Florida 5 78 53 67.9 595 3 2 139.59 47 27 14 3
48 East Carolina 4 38 19 50.0 232 1 1 104.71 42 10 4 3
48 Navy 4 31 26 83.9 246 1 1 154.72 36 9 5 3
48 Georgia 5 55 37 67.3 250 3 1 119.81 22 8 3 0
48 Arizona State 4 42 22 52.4 252 2 1 113.73 38 9 6 2
48 Michigan 5 50 34 68.0 276 3 1 130.17 43 13 6 1
48 Texas 4 44 32 72.7 278 2 1 136.25 30 13 4 1
48 Syracuse 4 42 23 54.8 307 3 1 134.97 38 11 7 5
48 Penn State 5 53 36 67.9 308 0 1 112.97 39 14 5 2
48 Maryland 5 53 38 71.7 310 4 1 141.97 36 9 4 2
48 Iowa State 5 43 26 60.5 322 1 1 126.40 56 13 8 3
48 Boston College 5 55 35 63.6 333 3 1 128.86 60 14 6 1
48 Western Michigan 5 47 28 59.6 350 2 1 131.90 59 13 8 1
48 Appalachian State 4 46 37 80.4 355 1 1 148.08 47 11 8 2
48 Wyoming 5 47 33 70.2 356 3 1 150.63 45 12 7 3
48 Tennessee 5 64 43 67.2 366 1 1 117.26 43 16 7 2
48 Purdue 5 53 32 60.4 368 4 1 139.84 27 18 9 3
48 Southern Miss 5 48 31 64.6 387 2 1 141.89 47 14 9 3
48 Wisconsin 5 55 37 67.3 395 1 1 129.96 45 15 9 4
48 Colorado 5 63 33 52.4 396 3 1 117.72 42 19 12 3
48 North Carolina 4 46 35 76.1 399 2 1 158.95 44 14 6 3
48 Liberty 6 66 39 59.1 414 2 1 118.75 58 15 8 4
48 Temple 5 54 33 61.1 417 2 1 134.49 56 13 12 4
48 Missouri 5 61 36 59.0 422 3 1 130.08 48 16 9 2
48 Mississippi State 5 65 39 60.0 425 2 1 121.99 44 14 10 4
48 Georgia Southern 5 58 37 63.8 429 3 1 139.54 47 17 9 3
48 Miami (FL) 5 65 48 73.8 433 2 1 136.88 55 14 9 2
48 Utah State 5 75 49 65.3 437 2 1 120.41 33 17 8 2
48 Louisiana Tech 4 40 28 70.0 438 3 1 181.73 53 16 10 4
48 Nebraska 5 57 32 56.1 445 1 1 124.00 68 20 12 2
48 South Carolina 5 61 43 70.5 457 4 1 151.78 75 14 9 3
48 USC 6 63 36 57.1 464 4 1 136.79 42 18 11 4
48 Ohio 5 51 30 58.8 468 2 1 144.92 82 12 11 5
48 Washington State 5 60 40 66.7 478 3 1 146.76 44 13 10 8
48 Wake Forest 5 69 56 81.2 479 3 1 150.92 61 13 10 1
48 Arkansas State 6 55 38 69.1 487 1 1 145.83 47 14 12 6
48 Boise State 5 59 39 66.1 494 4 1 155.41 51 13 10 7
48 North Texas 5 52 38 73.1 502 5 1 182.05 49 17 12 5
48 Arkansas 5 51 35 68.6 516 3 1 169.11 61 16 11 7
48 Kennesaw State 5 70 47 67.1 531 2 1 137.43 44 23 12 4
48 Louisville 5 67 39 58.2 546 5 1 148.30 77 14 10 6
48 Eastern Michigan 6 71 45 63.4 551 2 1 135.05 75 17 12 5
48 Pittsburgh 5 59 44 74.6 559 2 1 161.97 75 17 11 6
48 NC State 5 65 41 63.1 563 3 1 147.99 54 22 14 8
48 Hawaii 5 60 41 68.3 578 3 1 162.42 48 22 16 6
48 Florida Atlantic 5 50 37 74.0 598 5 1 203.46 75 19 14 6
48 Marshall 5 65 46 70.8 600 4 1 165.54 75 23 12 7
48 Texas State 5 77 53 68.8 608 3 1 145.42 44 24 12 4
48 Stanford 5 77 50 64.9 659 6 1 159.94 48 23 16 7
48 Louisiana-Monroe 5 63 47 74.6 691 6 1 194.99 69 29 17 8
97 Kansas State 4 29 13 44.8 138 1 0 96.19 41 4 2 2
97 Oklahoma 4 29 18 62.1 178 0 0 113.63 41 6 2 2
97 UAB 5 33 18 54.5 202 2 0 125.97 39 11 4 1
97 Kansas 4 31 17 54.8 208 1 0 121.85 36 10 6 3
97 Georgia Tech 4 39 24 61.5 219 2 0 125.63 29 8 6 1
97 Duke 4 38 25 65.8 221 3 0 140.69 22 7 4 0
97 Virginia 5 40 24 60.0 223 0 0 106.83 33 8 4 2
97 Iowa 5 37 20 54.1 246 0 0 109.90 54 6 6 3
97 TCU 5 45 29 64.4 262 0 0 113.34 31 10 6 1
97 LSU 5 49 32 65.3 271 1 0 118.51 43 9 5 1
97 Air Force 4 29 19 65.5 285 1 0 159.46 68 9 6 4
97 Toledo 5 60 35 58.3 291 1 0 104.57 33 11 6 2
97 Indiana 5 44 30 68.2 294 0 0 124.31 33 13 8 1
97 Nevada 4 44 26 59.1 300 1 0 123.86 34 12 7 2
97 Old Dominion 5 50 32 64.0 307 3 0 135.38 80 10 5 1
97 SMU 5 47 32 68.1 311 2 0 137.71 47 10 6 3
97 Michigan State 5 42 25 59.5 315 2 0 138.23 61 10 6 3
97 Oklahoma State 4 32 18 56.3 316 2 0 159.83 56 9 7 6
97 Army 4 37 24 64.9 347 2 0 161.49 74 9 9 3
97 Rice 5 51 31 60.8 383 3 0 143.27 56 14 11 3
97 UTEP 5 48 30 62.5 387 3 0 150.86 36 16 8 5
97 Georgia State 5 55 33 60.0 404 4 0 145.70 61 14 8 4
97 Ole Miss 4 43 30 69.8 408 1 0 157.15 62 14 11 3
97 Missouri State 5 55 34 61.8 412 5 0 154.74 32 12 12 4
97 Virginia Tech 5 46 29 63.0 412 3 0 159.80 44 14 11 7
97 Tulane 4 42 31 73.8 446 2 0 178.72 43 17 14 7
97 Delaware 5 57 35 61.4 449 1 0 133.36 50 19 10 2
97 Akron 5 51 30 58.8 456 3 0 153.33 78 12 10 5
97 Ball State 5 58 43 74.1 461 5 0 169.35 25 22 15 1
97 Buffalo 5 52 29 55.8 481 3 0 152.51 70 19 12 5
97 Memphis 5 52 36 69.2 490 1 0 154.73 75 19 12 4
97 USF 6 63 43 68.3 502 6 0 166.61 90 16 11 2
97 Sacramento State 5 50 39 78.0 515 3 0 184.32 73 17 15 8
97 Washington 5 67 45 67.2 519 3 0 147.01 78 22 11 3
97 Cincinnati 5 71 42 59.2 533 2 0 131.52 41 17 11 7
97 UNLV 5 70 36 51.4 565 3 0 133.37 91 18 15 7
97 Florida State 5 70 46 65.7 591 4 0 155.49 64 23 12 5
97 Charlotte 5 73 53 72.6 614 4 0 161.33 93 19 11 5
97 Kent State 5 48 37 77.1 614 3 0 205.16 75 19 14 7
97 Miami (OH) 5 73 44 60.3 617 7 0 162.91 64 22 15 6
97 West Virginia 5 64 46 71.9 670 5 0 185.60 58 22 15 9
97 Illinois 5 65 46 70.8 672 6 0 188.07 72 23 15 6
1st: First Downs; 15+: Pass completions of 15 or more yards; 25+: Pass completions of 25 or more yards