2026 National Leaders Passing Defense - On 3rd Down, 4-6 Yards To Go through 09/18/2026
| Name | G | Att | Comp | Pct. | Yards | TD | Int | Rating | Long | 1st | 15+ | 25+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | USF | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -66.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Oregon | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -50.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Alabama | 1 | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | -19.34 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Louisiana Tech | 2 | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | -10.30 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Appalachian State | 2 | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | -9.92 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | LSU | 2 | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | -3.80 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Georgia Southern | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Oklahoma | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Tulane | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Cincinnati | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Missouri State | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Colorado State | 2 | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0.26 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Iowa | 2 | 6 | 1 | 16.7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 25.07 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Southern Miss | 2 | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 25.20 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Penn State | 2 | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 32.07 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Missouri | 2 | 8 | 2 | 25.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 34.45 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Central Michigan | 2 | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 36.80 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | UTSA | 2 | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 40.69 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Duke | 2 | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 41.80 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Houston | 2 | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 41.84 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | USC | 3 | 7 | 2 | 28.6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 42.97 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Arkansas | 1 | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 47.33 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Air Force | 2 | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 47.89 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | Michigan State | 2 | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 50.13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | West Virginia | 2 | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 50.13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Michigan | 2 | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 52.93 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Georgia State | 2 | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 61.33 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Jacksonville State | 3 | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 61.47 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | Miami (FL) | 3 | 8 | 3 | 37.5 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 63.75 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Kansas State | 2 | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 64.13 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Ohio State | 2 | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 64.13 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Utah | 2 | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 64.70 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Kennesaw State | 2 | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 65.04 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Delaware | 1 | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 68.90 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | UAB | 1 | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 71.00 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | North Carolina | 2 | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 71.00 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Middle Tennessee State | 2 | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 73.30 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | Connecticut | 2 | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 75.20 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Utah State | 2 | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 75.33 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | Hawaii | 2 | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 78.48 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Louisville | 2 | 11 | 5 | 45.5 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 79.06 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | Akron | 2 | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 80.93 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | James Madison | 2 | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 80.93 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | FIU | 2 | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 82.55 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 45 | Pittsburgh | 3 | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 83.60 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 46 | San Diego State | 2 | 8 | 3 | 37.5 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 83.70 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 47 | Georgia | 2 | 9 | 6 | 66.7 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 86.27 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Texas Tech | 3 | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 86.88 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | Virginia | 2 | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 87.80 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | SMU | 2 | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 88.46 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 51 | Texas A&M | 2 | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 88.56 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | Syracuse | 3 | 10 | 6 | 60.0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 90.24 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | Florida | 2 | 13 | 7 | 53.8 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 95.85 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 54 | Nebraska | 2 | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 96.20 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | NC State | 2 | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 97.73 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 56 | Army | 2 | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 98.30 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 57 | Auburn | 1 | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 98.80 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 58 | Fresno State | 2 | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 100.32 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 | Maryland | 2 | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 100.40 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 | Toledo | 2 | 7 | 4 | 57.1 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 103.94 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 61 | Boise State | 1 | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 104.60 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 61 | California | 2 | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 104.60 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 63 | BYU | 2 | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 108.72 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 | Purdue | 2 | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 110.90 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 65 | UCLA | 2 | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 111.47 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | Notre Dame | 1 | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 112.08 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 67 | UTEP | 2 | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 112.80 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 68 | Indiana | 1 | 5 | 4 | 80.0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 113.60 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 68 | Nevada | 2 | 5 | 4 | 80.0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 113.60 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | Marshall | 2 | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 114.27 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | Western Michigan | 1 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 116.80 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | Sacramento State | 3 | 10 | 4 | 40.0 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 117.52 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 73 | Buffalo | 2 | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 118.80 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 74 | Washington State | 2 | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 120.00 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | Baylor | 2 | 9 | 6 | 66.7 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 120.80 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 76 | Wisconsin | 2 | 8 | 3 | 37.5 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 121.80 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 77 | Charlotte | 1 | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 122.67 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Oklahoma State | 2 | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 122.67 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 79 | Washington | 1 | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 123.30 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 80 | TCU | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 125.20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 81 | Rice | 2 | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 125.40 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | New Mexico State | 3 | 13 | 8 | 61.5 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 126.33 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 83 | Louisiana-Monroe | 2 | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 128.27 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 84 | Western Kentucky | 2 | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 128.88 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 85 | Tulsa | 2 | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 129.60 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 86 | Wake Forest | 3 | 6 | 4 | 66.7 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 129.67 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 87 | Illinois | 1 | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 131.07 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 88 | UNLV | 3 | 8 | 6 | 75.0 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 133.80 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 89 | Memphis | 2 | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 133.87 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 90 | Texas State | 2 | 7 | 4 | 57.1 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 134.28 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | San Jose State | 2 | 9 | 7 | 77.8 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 134.98 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | Mississippi State | 2 | 5 | 4 | 80.0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 137.12 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | Ball State | 2 | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 138.00 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | Wyoming | 2 | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 141.65 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 95 | UCF | 2 | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 142.20 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 96 | Massachusetts | 2 | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 143.20 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | Texas | 2 | 7 | 5 | 71.4 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 145.83 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 98 | Sam Houston State | 2 | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 147.87 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | South Carolina | 2 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 153.20 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 100 | Northern Illinois | 2 | 9 | 5 | 55.6 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 158.76 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 101 | Arkansas State | 2 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 158.80 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 102 | Minnesota | 2 | 7 | 4 | 57.1 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 159.48 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 103 | Kent State | 2 | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 162.10 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 104 | Bowling Green | 2 | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 164.00 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 105 | Vanderbilt | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 167.20 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 106 | Coastal Carolina | 2 | 8 | 5 | 62.5 | 85 | 1 | 1 | 168.00 | 49 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 107 | Colorado | 2 | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 168.20 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 108 | Tennessee | 1 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 171.40 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 109 | Arizona State | 2 | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 174.50 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 110 | Iowa State | 2 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 175.60 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 111 | South Alabama | 1 | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 185.00 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 111 | Kansas | 1 | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 185.00 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 113 | Stanford | 2 | 12 | 9 | 75.0 | 118 | 1 | 0 | 185.10 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| 114 | Kentucky | 1 | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 189.00 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 115 | New Mexico | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 192.40 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 116 | East Carolina | 1 | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 195.47 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 117 | Old Dominion | 2 | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 196.56 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 118 | Louisiana | 2 | 5 | 4 | 80.0 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 203.12 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 119 | Florida State | 2 | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 101 | 1 | 1 | 213.07 | 79 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 120 | Florida Atlantic | 2 | 7 | 6 | 85.7 | 67 | 1 | 0 | 213.25 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 121 | Rutgers | 2 | 6 | 4 | 66.7 | 94 | 1 | 1 | 219.94 | 78 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 122 | Georgia Tech | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 226.00 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 122 | Northwestern | 1 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 226.00 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 124 | Boston College | 2 | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 231.80 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 125 | Oregon State | 2 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 232.30 | 37 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 126 | North Texas | 2 | 7 | 7 | 100.0 | 58 | 2 | 0 | 263.88 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 127 | Clemson | 2 | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 72 | 1 | 0 | 286.96 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 128 | Eastern Michigan | 2 | 5 | 4 | 80.0 | 90 | 1 | 0 | 297.20 | 46 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 129 | Temple | 2 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 305.20 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 130 | North Dakota State | 2 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 316.90 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 131 | Ole Miss | 2 | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 92 | 1 | 0 | 325.70 | 54 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 132 | Troy | 2 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 72 | 1 | 0 | 333.70 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 133 | Miami (OH) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 344.40 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 134 | Ohio | 2 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 386.80 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 135 | Navy | 2 | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 435.07 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1st: First Downs; 15+: Pass completions of 15 or more yards; 25+: Pass completions of 25 or more yards | |||||||||||||