2026 National Leaders Passing Defense - On 3rd Down through 10/29/2026

Name G Att Comp Pct. Yards TD Int Rating Long 1st 15+ 25+
1 TCU 7 53 24 45.3 221 1 4 71.45 19 13 4 0
2 UAB 7 37 23 62.2 162 3 3 109.48 21 16 3 0
3 Texas Tech 7 59 34 57.6 305 2 5 95.29 22 19 7 0
4 Nebraska 7 53 22 41.5 156 0 4 51.14 24 9 1 0
4 Indiana 8 75 34 45.3 341 0 4 72.85 24 22 8 0
4 San Jose State 8 68 44 64.7 461 3 4 124.45 24 22 11 0
7 Georgia State 7 53 28 52.8 276 1 1 99.04 25 14 7 1
8 Oklahoma State 7 50 27 54.0 234 5 4 110.31 26 12 6 1
8 Maryland 7 46 27 58.7 271 1 3 102.31 26 18 5 2
10 Wake Forest 7 60 42 70.0 340 2 0 128.60 27 20 7 1
10 Kentucky 8 66 39 59.1 389 4 2 122.54 27 27 9 1
10 North Texas 8 67 40 59.7 416 7 2 140.37 27 29 8 2
13 Stanford 8 67 40 59.7 420 3 0 127.14 28 26 8 2
14 Bowling Green 8 43 27 62.8 272 2 0 131.28 29 15 6 2
14 Northwestern 7 61 28 45.9 277 0 2 77.48 29 19 7 2
16 Minnesota 7 49 25 51.0 198 2 2 90.27 30 12 4 2
16 USF 7 51 30 58.8 252 0 1 96.40 30 16 5 2
16 Washington 7 49 25 51.0 264 2 2 101.59 30 16 6 2
19 Oregon 7 54 23 42.6 219 3 2 87.58 31 12 5 2
19 Troy 8 54 30 55.6 272 4 1 118.61 31 15 4 2
19 Wyoming 8 63 42 66.7 465 2 0 139.15 31 26 11 3
22 Tulane 7 43 25 58.1 318 2 1 130.96 32 20 6 2
22 Louisiana Tech 7 52 27 51.9 338 1 4 97.49 32 18 8 4
22 Temple 7 43 30 69.8 357 2 0 154.86 32 19 11 1
22 Louisiana-Monroe 7 52 35 67.3 394 5 0 162.69 32 22 11 3
22 San Diego State 8 70 37 52.9 419 2 2 106.86 32 26 9 3
22 Missouri State 8 59 35 59.3 440 2 1 129.77 32 24 11 4
28 Arkansas 7 45 28 62.2 252 1 1 112.15 33 13 5 1
28 Clemson 7 48 28 58.3 303 2 0 125.11 33 16 7 2
28 Ohio 8 56 36 64.3 325 2 1 121.25 33 18 8 2
28 Wisconsin 7 65 36 55.4 390 2 3 106.71 33 23 6 3
28 Ball State 8 59 38 64.4 429 1 4 117.52 33 24 11 3
28 Arizona 7 71 43 60.6 484 0 0 117.82 33 26 13 3
34 USC 8 53 30 56.6 349 2 1 120.59 34 17 8 3
35 Georgia Southern 7 50 24 48.0 311 1 0 106.85 35 16 9 4
35 Massachusetts 8 77 41 53.2 416 4 2 110.59 35 27 8 3
37 Oklahoma 7 48 25 52.1 293 2 0 117.10 36 12 7 3
37 Ohio State 7 63 27 42.9 308 2 2 88.06 36 20 8 2
39 Oregon State 7 53 30 56.6 242 1 1 97.41 37 19 4 1
39 North Dakota State 8 53 29 54.7 303 2 4 100.10 37 18 5 2
39 Middle Tennessee State 8 52 29 55.8 366 2 2 119.89 37 16 8 3
42 NC State 7 45 26 57.8 265 3 2 120.36 38 14 5 1
42 Southern Miss 7 55 26 47.3 288 2 4 88.70 38 16 7 3
42 Kent State 8 51 28 54.9 297 4 2 121.86 38 16 7 5
42 Michigan State 8 52 26 50.0 319 1 2 100.19 38 15 10 1
46 Boise State 7 45 20 44.4 281 2 1 107.12 39 13 7 2
46 Tennessee 8 58 34 58.6 283 0 1 96.15 39 15 7 2
46 Appalachian State 7 63 31 49.2 308 1 4 82.82 39 17 6 2
46 Central Michigan 8 47 28 59.6 311 3 3 123.44 39 15 6 3
46 North Carolina 7 55 32 58.2 313 1 2 104.71 39 19 5 2
46 Miami (FL) 7 62 31 50.0 333 2 1 102.54 39 21 8 1
46 Army 7 46 27 58.7 335 3 0 141.40 39 19 8 2
46 Liberty 7 57 28 49.1 359 1 2 100.79 39 18 11 3
46 SMU 7 63 35 55.6 378 2 0 116.44 39 17 10 4
46 Iowa 7 65 32 49.2 444 2 4 104.45 39 26 14 4
56 Memphis 8 73 35 47.9 406 2 3 95.49 40 19 9 4
56 Houston 8 63 35 55.6 434 4 4 121.68 40 21 8 5
58 South Alabama 7 47 33 70.2 322 3 1 144.56 41 21 5 2
58 Cincinnati 7 62 37 59.7 461 2 1 129.55 41 24 10 4
58 Toledo 8 70 36 51.4 462 2 2 110.59 41 28 13 6
61 Illinois 7 52 31 59.6 276 0 0 104.21 42 18 4 1
61 Arizona State 7 66 35 53.0 385 5 1 124.00 42 20 8 3
61 Baylor 7 63 36 57.1 399 1 2 109.23 42 23 8 5
64 Boston College 7 43 20 46.5 182 5 4 101.84 43 10 3 1
64 Nevada 7 51 31 60.8 314 2 0 125.44 43 17 6 3
64 Texas 7 64 36 56.3 344 1 0 106.56 43 22 4 1
64 Virginia Tech 8 62 38 61.3 381 1 1 115.00 43 17 9 2
64 UCF 7 62 36 58.1 397 3 2 121.38 43 23 7 3
69 Notre Dame 7 45 24 53.3 292 4 2 128.28 44 16 6 2
69 Louisiana 8 70 40 57.1 381 6 1 128.28 44 23 5 1
69 Washington State 8 68 39 57.4 424 3 1 121.34 44 23 8 4
69 New Mexico State 8 64 39 60.9 480 3 1 136.28 44 29 11 5
69 Vanderbilt 8 61 38 62.3 503 1 2 130.42 44 27 10 4
69 Old Dominion 8 73 38 52.1 537 8 2 144.53 44 27 14 7
69 Pittsburgh 8 74 41 55.4 549 3 5 117.60 44 26 18 3
76 Michigan 7 47 24 51.1 281 1 5 87.02 45 15 6 4
76 Texas State 7 63 40 63.5 461 3 2 134.31 45 24 8 5
78 Fresno State 7 58 35 60.3 351 4 1 130.50 46 18 6 3
78 Virginia 8 64 30 46.9 372 4 2 110.09 46 19 7 4
78 Charlotte 7 44 29 65.9 415 4 1 170.59 46 18 11 5
78 Eastern Michigan 9 65 39 60.0 458 2 0 129.34 46 25 12 4
78 Kennesaw State 8 63 40 63.5 467 0 1 122.59 46 22 10 6
83 Sam Houston State 8 57 27 47.4 297 2 1 99.21 47 14 6 3
83 Western Michigan 8 54 31 57.4 398 4 0 143.76 47 16 9 5
83 New Mexico 7 62 34 54.8 440 2 8 99.29 47 19 11 3
86 Syracuse 7 55 25 45.5 223 1 1 81.88 48 15 3 1
86 Louisville 7 65 33 50.8 378 4 3 110.70 48 22 9 2
86 Florida Atlantic 7 58 31 53.4 399 3 3 117.96 48 18 9 5
86 Florida 7 62 38 61.3 437 4 2 135.33 48 26 13 4
90 UCLA 7 60 27 45.0 338 0 5 75.65 49 13 9 4
90 Coastal Carolina 7 43 24 55.8 354 1 2 123.35 49 18 10 3
90 Miami (OH) 8 69 47 68.1 638 3 3 151.44 49 26 12 8
93 James Madison 9 88 51 58.0 585 4 2 124.25 50 29 12 4
94 Air Force 7 51 29 56.9 301 2 4 103.69 51 15 4 2
95 Georgia Tech 7 49 27 55.1 368 2 0 131.65 52 19 8 6
95 Arkansas State 8 50 30 60.0 390 5 4 142.52 52 19 11 6
95 UTEP 7 44 31 70.5 412 4 1 174.57 52 19 11 4
98 UNLV 7 57 33 57.9 348 1 2 107.95 53 20 8 3
98 Navy 7 43 25 58.1 364 4 2 150.65 53 16 8 3
98 Marshall 7 58 37 63.8 504 8 1 178.86 53 24 12 7
101 Ole Miss 7 66 39 59.1 474 3 2 128.36 54 25 10 4
101 Mississippi State 7 63 45 71.4 600 6 1 179.69 54 26 10 6
103 Missouri 7 65 36 55.4 420 4 2 123.83 55 23 12 2
103 Purdue 7 50 29 58.0 449 3 2 145.23 55 22 15 3
105 UTSA 8 61 30 49.2 346 1 3 92.39 56 20 5 3
105 BYU 7 68 41 60.3 527 2 1 132.16 56 26 10 6
107 Hawaii 8 54 34 63.0 329 1 3 109.14 57 15 5 3
107 FIU 7 55 23 41.8 335 1 1 95.34 57 16 8 5
109 Texas A&M 8 51 23 45.1 316 3 2 108.72 58 13 7 5
109 East Carolina 7 50 26 52.0 378 2 3 116.70 58 12 10 5
109 Tulsa 8 54 37 68.5 434 3 3 143.25 58 21 8 4
109 Colorado State 7 40 25 62.5 481 5 4 184.76 58 22 11 6
113 South Carolina 7 45 26 57.8 337 4 0 150.02 59 16 7 2
114 Connecticut 7 71 39 54.9 405 3 0 116.78 60 23 7 4
114 Georgia 7 71 39 54.9 475 2 2 114.80 60 27 13 4
116 Northern Illinois 6 49 36 73.5 487 6 2 189.21 62 24 10 4
117 Duke 7 49 26 53.1 313 2 1 116.11 63 15 6 3
117 Utah State 7 64 35 54.7 417 3 0 124.89 63 20 8 5
119 Kansas State 7 49 27 55.1 428 2 0 141.94 64 20 10 6
120 Kansas 7 55 26 47.3 349 2 1 108.93 65 17 6 4
120 Sacramento State 8 55 32 58.2 354 4 1 132.60 65 20 7 2
120 Alabama 8 63 35 55.6 394 2 4 105.87 65 21 7 3
123 LSU 8 65 36 55.4 462 3 5 114.95 67 20 11 4
124 Utah 7 69 35 50.7 413 3 3 106.66 68 21 8 3
124 Buffalo 8 76 47 61.8 518 5 3 132.91 68 28 12 3
124 Rice 8 64 43 67.2 534 5 2 156.81 68 26 13 3
127 Western Kentucky 8 58 30 51.7 361 2 2 108.48 70 17 7 3
127 Jacksonville State 8 59 32 54.2 392 3 2 120.05 70 22 7 2
127 California 8 60 32 53.3 404 3 2 119.72 70 19 10 4
127 Auburn 7 59 35 59.3 526 3 2 144.21 70 20 11 7
127 Colorado 7 71 40 56.3 569 4 1 139.43 70 28 17 4
132 Akron 8 69 44 63.8 541 8 1 164.99 71 25 9 4
133 Penn State 7 50 23 46.0 267 3 3 98.66 72 13 4 2
133 West Virginia 8 57 37 64.9 524 3 1 155.99 72 24 10 5
135 Delaware 8 67 38 56.7 493 2 2 122.41 74 20 10 5
136 Iowa State 7 53 34 64.2 412 3 0 148.13 75 16 9 6
137 Rutgers 7 47 25 53.2 298 5 2 133.05 78 14 5 2
138 Florida State 7 58 36 62.1 563 6 1 174.30 79 26 11 6
1st: First Downs; 15+: Pass completions of 15 or more yards; 25+: Pass completions of 25 or more yards