2026 National Leaders Passing Defense - On 3rd Down, 7-9 Yards To Go through 10/28/2026

Name G Att Comp Pct. Yards TD Int Rating Long 1st 15+ 25+
1 Arkansas State 5 5 1 20.0 5 0 0 28.40 5 0 0 0
2 Jacksonville State 4 7 5 71.4 45 1 0 172.57 15 3 1 0
2 Kansas State 5 7 2 28.6 47 0 0 84.97 36 2 1 1
2 Bowling Green 6 7 5 71.4 56 0 0 138.63 26 2 1 1
5 Syracuse 5 8 3 37.5 30 0 0 69.00 18 1 1 0
5 UAB 4 8 3 37.5 34 1 2 64.45 16 2 2 0
5 Wisconsin 6 8 4 50.0 39 0 0 90.95 18 3 1 0
5 Minnesota 4 8 4 50.0 49 1 0 142.70 26 2 2 1
5 South Alabama 6 8 6 75.0 53 0 0 130.65 35 2 1 1
5 Boise State 5 8 5 62.5 65 0 0 130.75 29 4 1 1
5 Northern Illinois 6 8 6 75.0 122 1 0 244.35 43 5 2 2
12 South Carolina 6 9 4 44.4 43 0 0 84.58 20 2 1 0
12 Louisiana-Monroe 5 9 4 44.4 54 0 0 94.84 24 3 2 0
12 USF 6 9 8 88.9 58 0 0 143.02 15 5 1 0
12 SMU 4 9 7 77.8 102 1 0 209.65 39 5 3 2
16 Boston College 6 10 2 20.0 23 0 1 19.32 17 1 1 0
16 Iowa State 4 10 4 40.0 35 0 0 69.40 30 1 1 1
16 Troy 7 10 4 40.0 44 0 0 76.96 18 3 1 0
16 NC State 5 10 6 60.0 45 0 1 77.80 14 3 0 0
16 Oklahoma 5 10 4 40.0 63 0 0 92.92 30 2 2 1
16 Ole Miss 6 10 6 60.0 66 0 1 95.44 22 4 2 0
16 Iowa 7 10 7 70.0 91 1 0 179.44 22 5 3 0
23 Oklahoma State 6 11 5 45.5 30 0 0 68.37 18 2 1 0
23 East Carolina 5 11 5 45.5 54 1 2 80.34 20 3 2 0
23 Clemson 4 11 6 54.5 59 0 0 99.61 33 1 1 1
23 Navy 6 11 7 63.6 62 0 0 110.98 20 3 2 0
23 Mississippi State 6 11 7 63.6 68 3 0 205.57 28 3 1 1
23 FIU 7 11 4 36.4 78 0 0 95.92 26 4 3 1
23 UNLV 6 11 6 54.5 78 0 0 114.11 26 4 2 1
23 Florida Atlantic 4 11 5 45.5 103 0 1 105.94 48 3 3 2
23 Purdue 6 11 6 54.5 124 1 0 179.24 41 6 4 1
32 Delaware 7 12 4 33.3 17 0 1 28.56 12 1 0 0
32 Kennesaw State 6 12 9 75.0 49 0 0 109.30 14 3 0 0
32 Washington 5 12 6 50.0 56 1 1 100.03 13 3 0 0
32 Florida 6 12 7 58.3 80 0 0 114.33 36 5 1 1
32 Penn State 6 12 5 41.7 86 0 0 101.87 40 4 2 1
32 Western Kentucky 7 12 7 58.3 96 0 0 125.53 33 6 1 1
32 Miami (FL) 7 12 7 58.3 98 0 0 126.93 39 7 1 1
32 Hawaii 5 12 6 50.0 112 0 1 111.73 57 2 2 2
32 Coastal Carolina 5 12 8 66.7 114 0 0 146.47 22 7 4 0
32 Texas State 6 12 8 66.7 135 1 0 188.67 39 6 3 2
42 Texas 7 13 3 23.1 16 0 0 33.42 7 0 0 0
42 Sam Houston State 8 13 5 38.5 34 1 1 70.43 15 2 1 0
42 Rutgers 6 13 5 38.5 37 0 0 62.37 18 2 1 0
42 Kent State 6 13 6 46.2 51 0 0 79.10 25 2 2 1
42 Michigan 6 13 7 53.8 82 0 1 91.46 25 5 2 1
42 Notre Dame 6 13 6 46.2 86 2 2 121.72 20 5 3 0
42 Arkansas 5 13 10 76.9 89 0 0 134.43 24 4 2 0
42 North Texas 6 13 8 61.5 95 0 0 122.93 25 6 3 1
42 Temple 5 13 9 69.2 109 1 0 165.04 24 5 3 0
42 Army 5 13 7 53.8 117 2 0 180.22 39 6 3 1
42 Colorado 6 13 10 76.9 138 0 0 166.09 28 8 6 1
42 Colorado State 7 13 9 69.2 139 2 1 194.43 28 9 3 1
42 Florida State 6 13 10 76.9 170 1 0 212.15 33 8 4 3
42 West Virginia 8 13 8 61.5 210 1 0 222.61 72 7 5 2
56 Utah 7 14 5 35.7 40 0 1 45.42 13 3 0 0
56 Duke 7 14 7 50.0 52 0 1 66.91 22 2 1 0
56 Appalachian State 6 14 7 50.0 52 1 2 76.20 12 3 0 0
56 Ohio 6 14 8 57.1 58 0 0 91.94 16 3 1 0
56 Wake Forest 7 14 9 64.3 61 0 0 100.89 18 3 1 0
56 Oregon 6 14 8 57.1 65 1 0 119.71 23 3 2 0
56 San Diego State 7 14 7 50.0 81 0 1 84.31 24 5 2 0
56 Missouri 7 14 6 42.9 87 0 1 80.77 21 5 3 0
56 UTEP 6 14 10 71.4 104 1 0 157.40 19 6 4 0
56 Vanderbilt 7 14 8 57.1 108 0 1 107.65 33 5 4 1
56 Michigan State 6 14 6 42.9 108 1 0 131.23 23 6 5 0
56 Wyoming 7 14 9 64.3 112 0 0 131.49 26 7 3 1
56 Louisiana 8 14 13 92.9 120 2 0 212.00 21 7 1 0
56 Georgia Southern 6 14 6 42.9 128 1 0 143.23 35 4 4 3
56 Kansas 6 14 7 50.0 147 0 0 138.20 65 6 2 2
56 Missouri State 7 14 8 57.1 156 1 0 174.31 32 8 5 2
56 North Carolina 6 14 13 92.9 156 1 0 210.03 39 9 2 2
73 Northwestern 6 15 6 40.0 57 0 1 58.59 21 4 2 0
73 Eastern Michigan 7 15 6 40.0 59 1 0 95.04 18 4 1 0
73 Illinois 7 15 8 53.3 74 0 0 94.77 42 2 1 1
73 Georgia State 6 15 9 60.0 78 0 0 103.68 18 5 1 0
73 Utah State 7 15 7 46.7 85 2 0 138.27 37 3 2 1
73 Maryland 7 15 8 53.3 90 1 1 112.40 19 5 2 0
73 Central Michigan 8 15 12 80.0 92 1 1 140.19 14 5 0 0
73 Auburn 6 15 9 60.0 94 0 0 112.64 48 3 1 1
73 Texas Tech 5 15 8 53.3 99 1 1 117.44 22 7 2 0
73 Pittsburgh 8 15 8 53.3 103 1 1 119.68 22 6 3 0
73 Baylor 6 15 8 53.3 107 0 0 113.25 30 6 3 1
73 Middle Tennessee State 7 15 9 60.0 126 1 0 152.56 34 5 3 2
73 Liberty 7 15 10 66.7 128 0 0 138.35 27 7 4 2
73 Western Michigan 5 15 9 60.0 133 1 0 156.48 44 5 3 2
73 Charlotte 6 15 12 80.0 231 2 0 253.36 46 8 6 4
88 North Dakota State 8 16 5 31.3 42 0 3 15.80 13 3 0 0
88 TCU 5 16 6 37.5 54 0 2 40.85 14 4 0 0
88 Tennessee 7 16 9 56.3 74 0 0 95.10 18 4 2 0
88 Buffalo 7 16 9 56.3 80 0 1 85.75 21 5 1 0
88 New Mexico 7 16 7 43.8 86 0 3 51.40 34 4 2 1
88 James Madison 7 16 9 56.3 87 0 0 101.93 21 5 2 0
88 Nevada 6 16 9 56.3 100 0 0 108.75 26 6 2 1
88 UTSA 7 16 7 43.8 101 0 0 96.78 56 4 2 1
88 Old Dominion 6 16 8 50.0 101 1 0 123.66 20 7 2 0
88 Alabama 8 16 10 62.5 125 1 1 136.26 30 5 4 2
88 Cincinnati 6 16 10 62.5 134 0 0 132.85 41 5 3 1
88 Tulane 7 16 11 68.8 143 1 0 164.46 21 10 2 0
88 Louisiana Tech 7 16 11 68.8 145 0 1 132.38 32 7 3 1
88 Georgia 6 16 10 62.5 161 1 1 155.16 60 7 4 2
102 Oregon State 7 17 11 64.7 72 1 1 107.93 18 6 1 0
102 Stanford 6 17 10 58.8 73 0 0 94.89 13 5 0 0
102 San Jose State 7 17 9 52.9 93 1 1 106.55 21 4 1 0
102 Akron 7 17 12 70.6 129 2 0 173.15 27 7 2 1
102 UCF 7 17 9 52.9 132 1 0 137.58 43 6 3 1
102 USC 7 17 11 64.7 140 1 0 153.29 34 5 3 2
102 Arizona State 6 17 10 58.8 143 1 0 148.89 42 6 3 2
102 Georgia Tech 6 17 12 70.6 208 2 0 212.18 52 10 4 4
110 Nebraska 7 18 6 33.3 43 0 2 31.18 24 2 1 0
110 Southern Miss 6 18 6 33.3 65 0 3 30.33 17 4 2 0
110 Toledo 6 18 7 38.9 80 1 0 94.55 26 5 3 1
110 Virginia Tech 8 18 10 55.6 91 0 0 98.03 19 5 2 0
110 Ohio State 6 18 9 50.0 94 1 1 101.08 26 5 3 1
110 California 8 18 8 44.4 111 2 2 110.69 70 4 1 1
110 Houston 8 18 12 66.7 139 0 1 120.42 36 8 2 1
110 Marshall 6 18 12 66.7 146 3 0 189.80 53 6 2 2
110 Texas A&M 7 18 7 38.9 156 2 0 148.36 58 4 3 3
110 LSU 8 18 10 55.6 168 1 2 130.07 67 7 5 1
110 Tulsa 6 18 13 72.2 180 0 1 145.11 44 8 3 2
110 New Mexico State 8 18 11 61.1 184 0 0 146.97 44 8 4 3
122 Indiana 8 19 7 36.8 63 0 2 43.64 18 4 2 0
122 BYU 7 19 8 42.1 63 1 1 76.80 18 4 1 0
122 Air Force 6 19 11 57.9 129 1 1 121.77 51 4 2 1
122 Louisville 7 19 9 47.4 134 2 1 130.83 41 7 4 1
122 Fresno State 7 19 12 63.2 136 4 1 182.23 40 5 3 1
122 Rice 8 19 16 84.2 142 2 0 181.73 23 7 4 0
122 Miami (OH) 7 19 13 68.4 218 0 0 164.80 49 9 4 3
129 Kentucky 8 20 12 60.0 102 1 1 109.34 20 6 2 0
130 UCLA 7 21 10 47.6 152 0 2 89.37 37 7 4 3
130 Ball State 8 21 14 66.7 175 0 4 98.57 33 8 5 2
132 Virginia 7 22 8 36.4 92 2 0 101.49 29 5 2 1
132 Arizona 7 22 14 63.6 165 0 0 126.64 28 8 4 1
134 Massachusetts 8 23 12 52.2 178 0 1 108.48 35 10 4 2
134 Washington State 8 23 17 73.9 266 0 0 171.06 44 12 6 3
136 Sacramento State 8 24 15 62.5 118 1 0 117.55 20 6 2 0
137 Connecticut 7 25 15 60.0 246 1 0 155.86 60 11 5 4
138 Memphis 8 29 15 51.7 186 2 2 114.57 40 9 4 2
1st: First Downs; 15+: Pass completions of 15 or more yards; 25+: Pass completions of 25 or more yards