2026 National Leaders Passing Defense - From Opponent's 40 to Own 40 Yard Line through 10/28/2026
| Name | G | Att | Comp | Pct. | Yards | TD | Int | Rating | Long | 1st | 15+ | 25+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Dakota State | 8 | 42 | 22 | 52.4 | 202 | 0 | 2 | 83.26 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 0 |
| 2 | Texas | 7 | 54 | 33 | 61.1 | 277 | 0 | 0 | 104.20 | 24 | 18 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | Wake Forest | 7 | 65 | 49 | 75.4 | 413 | 0 | 2 | 122.61 | 27 | 18 | 6 | 2 |
| 4 | Ohio State | 7 | 57 | 28 | 49.1 | 347 | 0 | 1 | 96.75 | 29 | 18 | 11 | 2 |
| 4 | Tennessee | 8 | 50 | 36 | 72.0 | 351 | 0 | 3 | 118.97 | 29 | 23 | 6 | 2 |
| 6 | USF | 7 | 52 | 30 | 57.7 | 248 | 0 | 1 | 93.90 | 30 | 15 | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | BYU | 7 | 55 | 33 | 60.0 | 326 | 0 | 0 | 109.79 | 30 | 14 | 5 | 2 |
| 6 | Wisconsin | 7 | 70 | 40 | 57.1 | 355 | 0 | 4 | 88.31 | 30 | 16 | 5 | 2 |
| 9 | Sam Houston State | 8 | 58 | 30 | 51.7 | 266 | 0 | 0 | 90.24 | 31 | 14 | 5 | 1 |
| 9 | Baylor | 7 | 62 | 40 | 64.5 | 346 | 0 | 2 | 104.95 | 31 | 17 | 7 | 3 |
| 9 | Utah State | 7 | 61 | 43 | 70.5 | 372 | 0 | 1 | 118.43 | 31 | 18 | 6 | 1 |
| 9 | Army | 7 | 59 | 35 | 59.3 | 375 | 0 | 1 | 109.32 | 31 | 18 | 8 | 3 |
| 13 | Arizona State | 7 | 60 | 40 | 66.7 | 434 | 0 | 1 | 124.10 | 32 | 24 | 11 | 4 |
| 14 | FIU | 7 | 51 | 32 | 62.7 | 325 | 0 | 2 | 108.44 | 34 | 17 | 7 | 3 |
| 14 | California | 8 | 67 | 40 | 59.7 | 366 | 0 | 1 | 102.60 | 34 | 18 | 10 | 4 |
| 16 | Rice | 8 | 80 | 47 | 58.8 | 407 | 0 | 1 | 98.99 | 35 | 23 | 10 | 2 |
| 17 | Memphis | 8 | 71 | 36 | 50.7 | 378 | 0 | 3 | 86.97 | 36 | 16 | 9 | 4 |
| 17 | Massachusetts | 8 | 70 | 42 | 60.0 | 429 | 0 | 0 | 111.48 | 36 | 24 | 9 | 3 |
| 17 | Charlotte | 7 | 58 | 39 | 67.2 | 492 | 0 | 1 | 135.05 | 36 | 21 | 12 | 6 |
| 20 | UCF | 7 | 51 | 32 | 62.7 | 408 | 0 | 0 | 129.95 | 37 | 20 | 10 | 4 |
| 20 | Old Dominion | 8 | 70 | 41 | 58.6 | 494 | 0 | 2 | 112.14 | 37 | 21 | 12 | 7 |
| 22 | Kansas State | 7 | 37 | 12 | 32.4 | 131 | 0 | 0 | 62.17 | 39 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| 22 | Penn State | 7 | 39 | 20 | 51.3 | 186 | 0 | 2 | 81.08 | 39 | 9 | 4 | 1 |
| 22 | Minnesota | 7 | 56 | 30 | 53.6 | 279 | 0 | 1 | 91.85 | 39 | 11 | 5 | 3 |
| 22 | Appalachian State | 7 | 61 | 32 | 52.5 | 396 | 0 | 5 | 90.60 | 39 | 18 | 9 | 5 |
| 22 | South Alabama | 7 | 60 | 41 | 68.3 | 511 | 0 | 1 | 136.54 | 39 | 24 | 10 | 6 |
| 27 | Houston | 8 | 63 | 35 | 55.6 | 325 | 1 | 2 | 97.79 | 40 | 16 | 5 | 1 |
| 27 | North Carolina | 7 | 60 | 38 | 63.3 | 329 | 0 | 2 | 102.72 | 40 | 19 | 3 | 1 |
| 27 | Oregon State | 7 | 49 | 32 | 65.3 | 385 | 2 | 3 | 132.54 | 40 | 19 | 7 | 4 |
| 27 | Washington | 7 | 63 | 31 | 49.2 | 414 | 0 | 6 | 85.36 | 40 | 18 | 10 | 7 |
| 27 | Mississippi State | 7 | 67 | 45 | 67.2 | 474 | 1 | 0 | 131.52 | 40 | 21 | 7 | 3 |
| 27 | Duke | 7 | 61 | 37 | 60.7 | 528 | 1 | 2 | 132.22 | 40 | 21 | 17 | 5 |
| 33 | Auburn | 7 | 61 | 36 | 59.0 | 393 | 0 | 3 | 103.30 | 41 | 18 | 8 | 1 |
| 33 | Kentucky | 8 | 90 | 61 | 67.8 | 707 | 1 | 1 | 135.22 | 41 | 32 | 17 | 7 |
| 35 | Oklahoma | 7 | 55 | 32 | 58.2 | 334 | 2 | 1 | 117.55 | 42 | 13 | 8 | 3 |
| 35 | Clemson | 7 | 54 | 32 | 59.3 | 346 | 1 | 1 | 115.49 | 42 | 18 | 6 | 2 |
| 35 | UTSA | 8 | 62 | 34 | 54.8 | 378 | 1 | 3 | 101.69 | 42 | 23 | 8 | 2 |
| 35 | USC | 8 | 60 | 41 | 68.3 | 427 | 1 | 1 | 130.28 | 42 | 19 | 9 | 3 |
| 35 | Arkansas State | 8 | 62 | 38 | 61.3 | 453 | 0 | 3 | 112.98 | 42 | 19 | 13 | 4 |
| 35 | James Madison | 8 | 67 | 43 | 64.2 | 575 | 0 | 0 | 136.27 | 42 | 27 | 15 | 8 |
| 35 | Illinois | 7 | 69 | 48 | 69.6 | 613 | 0 | 0 | 144.20 | 42 | 27 | 15 | 6 |
| 35 | Missouri State | 8 | 81 | 57 | 70.4 | 750 | 1 | 1 | 149.76 | 42 | 34 | 16 | 10 |
| 43 | Nevada | 7 | 59 | 33 | 55.9 | 297 | 0 | 1 | 94.83 | 43 | 18 | 4 | 2 |
| 43 | SMU | 7 | 41 | 25 | 61.0 | 320 | 1 | 0 | 134.59 | 43 | 13 | 7 | 5 |
| 43 | LSU | 8 | 62 | 38 | 61.3 | 403 | 1 | 3 | 111.53 | 43 | 20 | 10 | 2 |
| 43 | Tulane | 7 | 32 | 26 | 81.3 | 435 | 1 | 1 | 199.50 | 43 | 19 | 13 | 7 |
| 43 | Temple | 7 | 57 | 35 | 61.4 | 440 | 0 | 1 | 122.73 | 43 | 20 | 12 | 4 |
| 43 | Western Kentucky | 8 | 79 | 42 | 53.2 | 500 | 1 | 2 | 105.45 | 43 | 22 | 12 | 7 |
| 43 | Cincinnati | 7 | 65 | 44 | 67.7 | 583 | 1 | 0 | 148.11 | 43 | 31 | 13 | 7 |
| 50 | Nebraska | 7 | 42 | 27 | 64.3 | 252 | 1 | 2 | 113.03 | 44 | 12 | 5 | 1 |
| 50 | Louisiana | 8 | 69 | 41 | 59.4 | 396 | 1 | 1 | 109.51 | 44 | 16 | 8 | 2 |
| 50 | Washington State | 8 | 57 | 35 | 61.4 | 409 | 0 | 1 | 118.16 | 44 | 15 | 7 | 7 |
| 50 | Virginia Tech | 8 | 52 | 36 | 69.2 | 464 | 0 | 0 | 144.18 | 44 | 19 | 13 | 6 |
| 50 | Central Michigan | 8 | 57 | 35 | 61.4 | 479 | 1 | 3 | 127.25 | 44 | 22 | 11 | 4 |
| 50 | New Mexico State | 8 | 66 | 40 | 60.6 | 538 | 0 | 4 | 116.97 | 44 | 24 | 12 | 6 |
| 56 | Michigan | 7 | 58 | 30 | 51.7 | 286 | 1 | 0 | 98.83 | 45 | 13 | 5 | 3 |
| 56 | Kansas | 7 | 51 | 30 | 58.8 | 306 | 0 | 1 | 105.30 | 45 | 17 | 8 | 3 |
| 56 | Alabama | 8 | 45 | 26 | 57.8 | 400 | 2 | 0 | 147.12 | 45 | 15 | 9 | 7 |
| 59 | TCU | 6 | 59 | 32 | 54.2 | 330 | 0 | 0 | 101.22 | 46 | 14 | 6 | 2 |
| 59 | Syracuse | 7 | 43 | 24 | 55.8 | 364 | 1 | 2 | 125.30 | 46 | 14 | 10 | 6 |
| 59 | Eastern Michigan | 9 | 82 | 56 | 68.3 | 642 | 2 | 1 | 139.66 | 46 | 27 | 13 | 8 |
| 62 | UCLA | 7 | 44 | 23 | 52.3 | 311 | 1 | 2 | 110.05 | 47 | 11 | 7 | 4 |
| 62 | NC State | 7 | 50 | 30 | 60.0 | 433 | 3 | 1 | 148.54 | 47 | 15 | 8 | 6 |
| 62 | Buffalo | 8 | 54 | 26 | 48.1 | 447 | 2 | 2 | 122.50 | 47 | 18 | 12 | 5 |
| 62 | Colorado | 7 | 68 | 37 | 54.4 | 456 | 1 | 2 | 109.71 | 47 | 22 | 14 | 2 |
| 62 | Florida | 7 | 58 | 42 | 72.4 | 504 | 1 | 0 | 151.10 | 47 | 25 | 11 | 7 |
| 62 | Southern Miss | 7 | 59 | 38 | 64.4 | 550 | 2 | 3 | 143.73 | 47 | 23 | 14 | 7 |
| 68 | Utah | 7 | 55 | 23 | 41.8 | 319 | 0 | 2 | 83.27 | 48 | 16 | 7 | 3 |
| 68 | Virginia | 8 | 55 | 26 | 47.3 | 392 | 1 | 2 | 105.87 | 48 | 19 | 8 | 5 |
| 68 | Ball State | 8 | 63 | 41 | 65.1 | 457 | 1 | 2 | 124.90 | 48 | 20 | 11 | 4 |
| 68 | Louisville | 7 | 68 | 41 | 60.3 | 481 | 1 | 5 | 109.85 | 48 | 23 | 13 | 3 |
| 68 | Louisiana-Monroe | 7 | 48 | 35 | 72.9 | 501 | 1 | 0 | 167.47 | 48 | 24 | 13 | 6 |
| 73 | Florida Atlantic | 7 | 49 | 26 | 53.1 | 350 | 1 | 3 | 107.56 | 49 | 13 | 9 | 4 |
| 73 | Middle Tennessee State | 8 | 59 | 30 | 50.8 | 366 | 1 | 4 | 94.99 | 49 | 14 | 9 | 5 |
| 73 | Maryland | 7 | 61 | 36 | 59.0 | 405 | 2 | 1 | 122.33 | 49 | 19 | 8 | 4 |
| 73 | Hawaii | 8 | 46 | 28 | 60.9 | 439 | 1 | 2 | 139.50 | 49 | 16 | 9 | 7 |
| 73 | Toledo | 8 | 64 | 41 | 64.1 | 485 | 1 | 0 | 132.88 | 49 | 24 | 12 | 4 |
| 73 | North Texas | 7 | 49 | 34 | 69.4 | 575 | 2 | 0 | 181.43 | 49 | 25 | 17 | 7 |
| 73 | Kent State | 8 | 59 | 40 | 67.8 | 588 | 2 | 2 | 155.92 | 49 | 25 | 13 | 9 |
| 80 | Northern Illinois | 6 | 47 | 31 | 66.0 | 369 | 2 | 2 | 137.44 | 50 | 13 | 9 | 3 |
| 80 | Jacksonville State | 8 | 57 | 38 | 66.7 | 453 | 2 | 0 | 145.00 | 50 | 18 | 9 | 4 |
| 80 | Florida State | 7 | 62 | 39 | 62.9 | 533 | 2 | 1 | 142.53 | 50 | 23 | 10 | 6 |
| 83 | Oklahoma State | 7 | 49 | 30 | 61.2 | 444 | 1 | 4 | 127.74 | 51 | 18 | 11 | 6 |
| 83 | Ohio | 8 | 66 | 42 | 63.6 | 532 | 1 | 1 | 133.32 | 51 | 20 | 13 | 6 |
| 83 | West Virginia | 8 | 77 | 50 | 64.9 | 862 | 3 | 2 | 166.65 | 51 | 39 | 22 | 12 |
| 86 | Oregon | 7 | 52 | 28 | 53.8 | 334 | 1 | 2 | 106.46 | 52 | 13 | 8 | 3 |
| 86 | Notre Dame | 7 | 53 | 31 | 58.5 | 387 | 0 | 4 | 104.74 | 52 | 18 | 10 | 3 |
| 86 | UTEP | 7 | 55 | 36 | 65.5 | 453 | 3 | 0 | 152.64 | 52 | 24 | 10 | 4 |
| 86 | Fresno State | 7 | 58 | 34 | 58.6 | 462 | 3 | 2 | 135.70 | 52 | 20 | 10 | 4 |
| 86 | Texas Tech | 7 | 82 | 51 | 62.2 | 470 | 2 | 3 | 111.08 | 52 | 22 | 11 | 3 |
| 86 | Rutgers | 7 | 47 | 33 | 70.2 | 478 | 1 | 3 | 149.89 | 52 | 20 | 11 | 6 |
| 86 | Delaware | 8 | 73 | 48 | 65.8 | 488 | 1 | 0 | 126.42 | 52 | 23 | 9 | 4 |
| 86 | Arizona | 7 | 70 | 41 | 58.6 | 553 | 2 | 1 | 131.50 | 52 | 22 | 13 | 8 |
| 94 | New Mexico | 7 | 58 | 28 | 48.3 | 351 | 1 | 7 | 80.67 | 53 | 14 | 7 | 3 |
| 94 | UNLV | 7 | 54 | 32 | 59.3 | 413 | 2 | 4 | 120.91 | 53 | 16 | 11 | 5 |
| 94 | Northwestern | 7 | 72 | 39 | 54.2 | 427 | 2 | 3 | 104.83 | 53 | 21 | 10 | 2 |
| 94 | Louisiana Tech | 7 | 50 | 32 | 64.0 | 459 | 3 | 2 | 152.91 | 53 | 12 | 10 | 6 |
| 94 | Indiana | 8 | 65 | 43 | 66.2 | 565 | 1 | 2 | 138.09 | 53 | 23 | 16 | 7 |
| 94 | Miami (OH) | 8 | 65 | 40 | 61.5 | 575 | 2 | 2 | 139.85 | 53 | 25 | 13 | 7 |
| 94 | Marshall | 7 | 64 | 42 | 65.6 | 577 | 3 | 2 | 150.58 | 53 | 26 | 14 | 8 |
| 94 | Pittsburgh | 8 | 85 | 54 | 63.5 | 618 | 1 | 1 | 126.14 | 53 | 23 | 11 | 5 |
| 102 | UAB | 7 | 40 | 25 | 62.5 | 334 | 2 | 1 | 144.14 | 54 | 16 | 8 | 4 |
| 102 | Arkansas | 7 | 55 | 32 | 58.2 | 374 | 0 | 2 | 108.03 | 54 | 15 | 7 | 4 |
| 102 | Georgia State | 7 | 64 | 35 | 54.7 | 557 | 1 | 0 | 132.96 | 54 | 21 | 12 | 8 |
| 102 | Ole Miss | 7 | 70 | 43 | 61.4 | 567 | 2 | 3 | 130.33 | 54 | 23 | 16 | 6 |
| 102 | San Diego State | 8 | 70 | 48 | 68.6 | 635 | 2 | 2 | 148.49 | 54 | 30 | 14 | 9 |
| 107 | Bowling Green | 8 | 66 | 39 | 59.1 | 461 | 1 | 1 | 119.73 | 55 | 22 | 10 | 4 |
| 107 | Missouri | 7 | 66 | 32 | 48.5 | 482 | 3 | 1 | 121.81 | 55 | 16 | 14 | 4 |
| 107 | Sacramento State | 8 | 66 | 45 | 68.2 | 486 | 2 | 2 | 133.98 | 55 | 26 | 11 | 4 |
| 107 | Miami (FL) | 7 | 59 | 36 | 61.0 | 493 | 1 | 1 | 133.41 | 55 | 20 | 13 | 6 |
| 107 | Vanderbilt | 8 | 81 | 57 | 70.4 | 620 | 1 | 3 | 131.33 | 55 | 25 | 12 | 5 |
| 107 | Purdue | 7 | 67 | 43 | 64.2 | 728 | 2 | 1 | 162.31 | 55 | 28 | 23 | 11 |
| 113 | Kennesaw State | 8 | 83 | 56 | 67.5 | 605 | 1 | 3 | 125.45 | 56 | 25 | 13 | 6 |
| 113 | Navy | 7 | 55 | 36 | 65.5 | 619 | 6 | 2 | 188.73 | 56 | 22 | 13 | 8 |
| 115 | Georgia Southern | 7 | 45 | 28 | 62.2 | 403 | 1 | 0 | 144.78 | 57 | 17 | 8 | 4 |
| 115 | Iowa | 7 | 53 | 31 | 58.5 | 416 | 2 | 1 | 133.10 | 57 | 18 | 11 | 4 |
| 115 | Troy | 7 | 61 | 36 | 59.0 | 464 | 1 | 1 | 125.05 | 57 | 15 | 10 | 6 |
| 115 | Wyoming | 8 | 64 | 46 | 71.9 | 506 | 2 | 0 | 148.60 | 57 | 25 | 9 | 4 |
| 115 | Texas State | 7 | 68 | 44 | 64.7 | 590 | 1 | 1 | 139.50 | 57 | 27 | 12 | 7 |
| 120 | Liberty | 7 | 67 | 35 | 52.2 | 407 | 1 | 2 | 102.23 | 58 | 20 | 10 | 3 |
| 120 | Tulsa | 8 | 54 | 34 | 63.0 | 488 | 1 | 3 | 133.87 | 58 | 20 | 10 | 5 |
| 120 | Texas A&M | 8 | 49 | 29 | 59.2 | 512 | 3 | 2 | 158.99 | 58 | 20 | 11 | 7 |
| 120 | Coastal Carolina | 7 | 51 | 37 | 72.5 | 525 | 3 | 2 | 170.59 | 58 | 20 | 12 | 7 |
| 120 | San Jose State | 8 | 59 | 42 | 71.2 | 612 | 1 | 0 | 163.91 | 58 | 22 | 17 | 8 |
| 120 | Colorado State | 7 | 54 | 38 | 70.4 | 656 | 4 | 4 | 182.04 | 58 | 28 | 15 | 7 |
| 120 | Stanford | 8 | 81 | 52 | 64.2 | 692 | 2 | 1 | 141.64 | 58 | 30 | 18 | 7 |
| 127 | East Carolina | 7 | 54 | 23 | 42.6 | 363 | 1 | 1 | 101.46 | 59 | 14 | 9 | 5 |
| 127 | Iowa State | 7 | 49 | 30 | 61.2 | 392 | 3 | 0 | 148.62 | 59 | 14 | 7 | 5 |
| 127 | Western Michigan | 8 | 76 | 39 | 51.3 | 512 | 2 | 3 | 108.71 | 59 | 22 | 13 | 4 |
| 127 | Akron | 8 | 56 | 31 | 55.4 | 542 | 5 | 1 | 162.56 | 59 | 17 | 13 | 7 |
| 127 | Boise State | 7 | 77 | 47 | 61.0 | 602 | 2 | 2 | 130.09 | 59 | 23 | 14 | 6 |
| 127 | South Carolina | 7 | 70 | 48 | 68.6 | 624 | 3 | 2 | 151.88 | 59 | 24 | 16 | 6 |
| 133 | Georgia Tech | 7 | 35 | 24 | 68.6 | 286 | 2 | 1 | 150.36 | 60 | 9 | 4 | 3 |
| 133 | Boston College | 7 | 50 | 31 | 62.0 | 357 | 1 | 3 | 116.58 | 60 | 21 | 6 | 2 |
| 133 | Georgia | 7 | 61 | 32 | 52.5 | 388 | 1 | 1 | 108.02 | 60 | 16 | 10 | 5 |
| 133 | Air Force | 7 | 45 | 26 | 57.8 | 395 | 3 | 1 | 149.08 | 60 | 17 | 6 | 5 |
| 133 | Michigan State | 8 | 61 | 42 | 68.9 | 518 | 3 | 0 | 156.41 | 60 | 18 | 12 | 5 |
| 133 | Connecticut | 7 | 71 | 42 | 59.2 | 586 | 4 | 1 | 144.26 | 60 | 22 | 12 | 7 |
| 1st: First Downs; 15+: Pass completions of 15 or more yards; 25+: Pass completions of 25 or more yards | |||||||||||||