2026 National Leaders Passes Defended - Games at Home Only through 09/19/2026

Name G Int. Passes Broken Up Passes Defended Passes Defended/G
1 Utah 3 3 19 22 7.33
2 Florida 2 2 19 21 10.50
3 Northwestern 2 3 16 19 9.50
4 Washington 3 5 13 18 6.00
5 Eastern Michigan 2 2 15 17 8.50
5 Iowa 3 3 14 17 5.67
7 Virginia 2 4 12 16 8.00
7 Delaware 2 1 15 16 8.00
7 Colorado State 3 7 9 16 5.33
10 Central Michigan 2 4 11 15 7.50
10 Ohio State 2 2 13 15 7.50
10 Houston 2 1 14 15 7.50
10 Vanderbilt 3 3 12 15 5.00
14 Colorado 1 1 13 14 14.00
14 Florida Atlantic 2 4 10 14 7.00
14 Sam Houston State 2 2 12 14 7.00
17 UCF 2 4 9 13 6.50
17 Hawaii 2 2 11 13 6.50
17 Texas 3 3 10 13 4.33
17 Nebraska 3 2 11 13 4.33
21 Alabama 2 4 8 12 6.00
21 Liberty 2 2 10 12 6.00
21 Oregon State 2 1 11 12 6.00
21 Texas State 2 1 11 12 6.00
21 Connecticut 2 0 12 12 6.00
21 Illinois 3 2 10 12 4.00
27 Boston College 2 6 5 11 5.50
27 Florida State 2 3 8 11 5.50
27 Oregon 2 3 8 11 5.50
27 Tulsa 2 3 8 11 5.50
27 Air Force 2 3 8 11 5.50
27 Cincinnati 2 2 9 11 5.50
27 Kentucky 2 2 9 11 5.50
27 TCU 2 2 9 11 5.50
27 Baylor 2 1 10 11 5.50
27 Clemson 2 1 10 11 5.50
27 Missouri 2 1 10 11 5.50
27 Missouri State 2 1 10 11 5.50
27 Texas Tech 2 1 10 11 5.50
27 Toledo 2 1 10 11 5.50
27 Duke 2 0 11 11 5.50
27 Pittsburgh 3 3 8 11 3.67
27 Kansas State 3 0 11 11 3.67
44 UTSA 1 2 8 10 10.00
44 New Mexico 2 5 5 10 5.00
44 Memphis 2 4 6 10 5.00
44 Louisiana 2 4 6 10 5.00
44 Boise State 2 3 7 10 5.00
44 California 2 2 8 10 5.00
44 Georgia 2 2 8 10 5.00
44 Louisville 2 2 8 10 5.00
44 Oklahoma State 2 1 9 10 5.00
44 Texas A&M 3 2 8 10 3.33
44 Minnesota 3 0 10 10 3.33
55 Appalachian State 2 4 5 9 4.50
55 BYU 2 4 5 9 4.50
55 Southern Miss 2 4 5 9 4.50
55 South Alabama 2 3 6 9 4.50
55 Temple 2 2 7 9 4.50
55 Wisconsin 2 2 7 9 4.50
55 Penn State 2 1 8 9 4.50
55 Nevada 2 0 9 9 4.50
55 Georgia Tech 3 1 8 9 3.00
64 Jacksonville State 2 3 5 8 4.00
64 LSU 2 2 6 8 4.00
64 Ole Miss 2 2 6 8 4.00
64 Notre Dame 2 2 6 8 4.00
64 San Diego State 2 2 6 8 4.00
64 San Jose State 2 2 6 8 4.00
64 USF 2 2 6 8 4.00
64 Arizona 2 1 7 8 4.00
64 Michigan State 2 1 7 8 4.00
64 Troy 2 1 7 8 4.00
64 West Virginia 2 1 7 8 4.00
64 Army 2 0 8 8 4.00
64 Indiana 3 3 5 8 2.67
64 South Carolina 3 2 6 8 2.67
78 Coastal Carolina 1 3 4 7 7.00
78 Ball State 1 2 5 7 7.00
78 Kent State 1 2 5 7 7.00
78 New Mexico State 1 2 5 7 7.00
78 Georgia Southern 1 1 6 7 7.00
78 NC State 1 1 6 7 7.00
78 Western Michigan 1 0 7 7 7.00
78 North Dakota State 2 4 3 7 3.50
78 Syracuse 2 1 6 7 3.50
78 Kansas 2 0 7 7 3.50
78 Oklahoma 2 0 7 7 3.50
78 Michigan 3 2 5 7 2.33
90 Arkansas State 1 2 4 6 6.00
90 Buffalo 1 1 5 6 6.00
90 Louisiana Tech 1 1 5 6 6.00
90 Marshall 1 1 5 6 6.00
90 North Texas 1 1 5 6 6.00
90 Miami (FL) 1 0 6 6 6.00
90 Auburn 2 3 3 6 3.00
90 Iowa State 2 2 4 6 3.00
90 Massachusetts 2 2 4 6 3.00
90 Stanford 2 1 5 6 3.00
90 Sacramento State 2 0 6 6 3.00
90 Tennessee 2 0 6 6 3.00
102 Wyoming 1 2 3 5 5.00
102 UAB 1 1 4 5 5.00
102 FIU 1 1 4 5 5.00
102 SMU 1 1 4 5 5.00
102 UNLV 1 0 5 5 5.00
102 UCLA 2 2 3 5 2.50
102 Rice 2 1 4 5 2.50
102 James Madison 2 0 5 5 2.50
110 Akron 1 0 4 4 4.00
110 Arizona State 1 0 4 4 4.00
110 Mississippi State 1 0 4 4 4.00
110 Maryland 2 3 1 4 2.00
110 Middle Tennessee State 2 1 3 4 2.00
110 Old Dominion 2 1 3 4 2.00
110 Purdue 2 1 3 4 2.00
110 Arkansas 2 0 4 4 2.00
110 USC 3 1 3 4 1.33
119 Northern Illinois 1 2 1 3 3.00
119 Fresno State 1 1 2 3 3.00
119 North Carolina 1 1 2 3 3.00
119 Ohio 1 0 3 3 3.00
119 Tulane 1 0 3 3 3.00
119 Washington State 1 0 3 3 3.00
119 Virginia Tech 2 1 2 3 1.50
119 Wake Forest 2 0 3 3 1.50
127 UTEP 1 1 1 2 2.00
127 Bowling Green 1 0 2 2 2.00
127 Georgia State 1 0 2 2 2.00
127 Miami (OH) 1 0 2 2 2.00
127 Utah State 1 0 2 2 2.00
127 Kennesaw State 2 1 1 2 1.00
127 Rutgers 2 0 2 2 1.00
134 Louisiana-Monroe 1 0 1 1 1.00