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