2026 National Leaders Passes Defended - Games at Home Only through 10/30/2026

Name G Int. Passes Broken Up Passes Defended Passes Defended/G
1 Northwestern 5 8 33 41 8.20
2 Utah 5 4 30 34 6.80
3 Virginia 5 7 29 36 7.20
4 Ohio State 4 2 28 30 7.50
5 Houston 4 3 27 30 7.50
6 Colorado 3 3 26 29 9.67
6 Texas State 5 3 26 29 5.80
8 LSU 5 6 24 30 6.00
8 Texas 5 6 24 30 6.00
8 Oregon State 4 3 24 27 6.75
8 Sam Houston State 4 3 24 27 6.75
8 Arizona State 4 1 24 25 6.25
13 Missouri State 4 1 23 24 6.00
13 Clemson 5 1 23 24 4.80
13 Mississippi State 4 0 23 23 5.75
16 BYU 4 4 22 26 6.50
16 Wisconsin 4 4 22 26 6.50
16 Vanderbilt 5 4 22 26 5.20
16 Florida 4 3 22 25 6.25
16 Nevada 4 1 22 23 5.75
21 Minnesota 5 5 21 26 5.20
21 Buffalo 5 4 21 25 5.00
21 Toledo 5 4 21 25 5.00
21 Delaware 4 3 21 24 6.00
21 Connecticut 4 2 21 23 5.75
21 Kansas State 5 1 21 22 4.40
27 Texas Tech 4 6 20 26 6.50
27 Kentucky 5 6 20 26 5.20
27 Louisiana Tech 4 5 20 25 6.25
27 Missouri 4 3 20 23 5.75
27 Eastern Michigan 4 2 20 22 5.50
32 Central Michigan 5 8 19 27 5.40
32 Cincinnati 4 3 19 22 5.50
32 Baylor 4 2 19 21 5.25
32 Kansas 4 1 19 20 5.00
32 NC State 4 1 19 20 5.00
37 UCF 5 7 18 25 5.00
37 Iowa 4 3 18 21 5.25
37 Illinois 5 2 18 20 4.00
40 Washington 5 6 17 23 4.60
40 Penn State 4 4 17 21 5.25
40 Air Force 4 4 17 21 5.25
43 Southern Miss 4 5 16 21 5.25
43 San Diego State 4 4 16 20 5.00
43 Georgia 5 4 16 20 4.00
43 James Madison 5 3 16 19 3.80
43 Michigan State 5 2 16 18 3.60
43 SMU 5 2 16 18 3.60
43 Duke 4 0 16 16 4.00
50 Colorado State 5 9 15 24 4.80
50 Memphis 4 7 15 22 5.50
50 Oregon 4 6 15 21 5.25
50 Miami (OH) 4 5 15 20 5.00
50 Pittsburgh 5 5 15 20 4.00
50 Tennessee 5 5 15 20 4.00
50 Michigan 6 5 15 20 3.33
50 Louisiana 4 4 15 19 4.75
50 Nebraska 5 4 15 19 3.80
50 Jacksonville State 4 3 15 18 4.50
50 Kent State 4 3 15 18 4.50
50 Louisville 4 3 15 18 4.50
50 Marshall 4 3 15 18 4.50
50 Army 4 2 15 17 4.25
50 South Carolina 5 2 15 17 3.40
50 Stanford 5 2 15 17 3.40
50 Western Michigan 3 1 15 16 5.33
67 Alabama 5 8 14 22 4.40
67 Purdue 5 6 14 20 4.00
67 UAB 4 5 14 19 4.75
67 Florida State 4 3 14 17 4.25
67 Troy 4 3 14 17 4.25
67 Western Kentucky 3 1 14 15 5.00
67 Georgia Tech 5 1 14 15 3.00
67 Georgia State 3 0 14 14 4.67
75 Appalachian State 4 7 13 20 5.00
75 Tulane 4 5 13 18 4.50
75 South Alabama 3 4 13 17 5.67
75 FIU 4 4 13 17 4.25
75 Hawaii 4 4 13 17 4.25
75 Oklahoma State 4 4 13 17 4.25
75 Utah State 3 3 13 16 5.33
75 TCU 4 3 13 16 4.00
75 California 5 3 13 16 3.20
75 Arkansas 4 2 13 15 3.75
75 Wyoming 4 2 13 15 3.75
75 Sacramento State 5 2 13 15 3.00
75 Washington State 4 1 13 14 3.50
88 Boston College 4 8 12 20 5.00
88 North Texas 4 6 12 18 4.50
88 Florida Atlantic 4 5 12 17 4.25
88 UNLV 3 4 12 16 5.33
88 Maryland 4 4 12 16 4.00
88 Ole Miss 3 3 12 15 5.00
88 UTSA 4 3 12 15 3.75
88 Texas A&M 5 3 12 15 3.00
88 West Virginia 5 3 12 15 3.00
88 Ball State 3 2 12 14 4.67
88 Liberty 3 2 12 14 4.67
88 Miami (FL) 4 2 12 14 3.50
88 Virginia Tech 4 2 12 14 3.50
88 North Carolina 3 1 12 13 4.33
88 Arizona 4 1 12 13 3.25
103 New Mexico State 4 5 11 16 4.00
103 Tulsa 4 5 11 16 4.00
103 Boise State 3 4 11 15 5.00
103 Syracuse 3 3 11 14 4.67
103 Coastal Carolina 4 3 11 14 3.50
103 Fresno State 3 2 11 13 4.33
103 Massachusetts 4 2 11 13 3.25
103 Akron 3 1 11 12 4.00
103 Georgia Southern 3 1 11 12 4.00
103 Bowling Green 4 0 11 11 2.75
113 Indiana 5 5 10 15 3.00
113 Rice 4 2 10 12 3.00
113 USF 4 2 10 12 3.00
113 Kennesaw State 4 2 10 12 3.00
113 Ohio 4 1 10 11 2.75
118 Notre Dame 3 4 9 13 4.33
118 Arkansas State 4 4 9 13 3.25
118 San Jose State 3 3 9 12 4.00
118 Iowa State 4 2 9 11 2.75
122 Old Dominion 4 3 8 11 2.75
122 UTEP 4 2 8 10 2.50
122 Louisiana-Monroe 3 1 8 9 3.00
122 Navy 3 1 8 9 3.00
122 Oklahoma 3 0 8 8 2.67
127 New Mexico 4 10 7 17 4.25
127 North Dakota State 4 7 7 14 3.50
127 Auburn 4 4 7 11 2.75
127 UCLA 4 4 7 11 2.75
127 Temple 5 2 7 9 1.80
127 USC 5 1 7 8 1.60
133 Northern Illinois 3 3 6 9 3.00
133 Middle Tennessee State 4 3 6 9 2.25
133 Wake Forest 3 1 6 7 2.33
133 Charlotte 4 1 6 7 1.75
137 East Carolina 3 4 5 9 3.00
137 Rutgers 4 2 5 7 1.75