2026 National Leaders Passes Defended - Games vs. Conference Teams Only through 10/30/2026

Name G Int. Passes Broken Up Passes Defended Passes Defended/G
1 Wisconsin 4 5 26 31 7.75
2 Oregon State 3 3 19 22 7.33
3 Utah 4 5 22 27 6.75
4 Kentucky 6 10 30 40 6.67
5 Colorado 4 3 23 26 6.50
6 Minnesota 4 7 18 25 6.25
6 Ohio State 4 1 24 25 6.25
8 Northwestern 4 4 20 24 6.00
8 Texas 4 3 21 24 6.00
8 Louisiana Tech 3 5 13 18 6.00
11 LSU 5 4 25 29 5.80
12 Oregon 4 4 19 23 5.75
13 South Alabama 3 3 14 17 5.67
14 Houston 5 7 21 28 5.60
14 Mississippi State 5 2 26 28 5.60
16 Texas Tech 4 8 14 22 5.50
16 Kennesaw State 4 4 18 22 5.50
16 Clemson 4 3 19 22 5.50
16 Missouri 4 3 19 22 5.50
16 Western Michigan 4 3 19 22 5.50
16 Arizona State 4 1 21 22 5.50
22 Ole Miss 5 6 21 27 5.40
22 Baylor 5 5 22 27 5.40
22 Virginia 5 3 24 27 5.40
25 Appalachian State 3 4 12 16 5.33
26 Miami (OH) 4 4 17 21 5.25
26 North Carolina 4 4 17 21 5.25
26 Ohio 4 4 17 21 5.25
26 Toledo 4 3 18 21 5.25
26 Massachusetts 4 2 19 21 5.25
26 Nevada 4 1 20 21 5.25
32 Louisville 5 6 20 26 5.20
33 James Madison 6 5 25 30 5.00
33 BYU 4 2 18 20 5.00
33 Kansas State 4 1 19 20 5.00
33 Missouri State 4 1 19 20 5.00
37 Tennessee 5 6 18 24 4.80
38 Delaware 4 5 14 19 4.75
38 Penn State 4 5 14 19 4.75
38 Tulane 4 5 14 19 4.75
38 Maryland 4 3 16 19 4.75
42 Liberty 3 3 11 14 4.67
43 UCLA 5 9 14 23 4.60
43 Eastern Michigan 5 2 21 23 4.60
43 Virginia Tech 5 1 22 23 4.60
46 Troy 4 5 13 18 4.50
46 Jacksonville State 4 3 15 18 4.50
48 Georgia 5 2 20 22 4.40
49 New Mexico 3 6 7 13 4.33
49 UNLV 3 4 9 13 4.33
49 UAB 3 1 12 13 4.33
49 Georgia State 3 0 13 13 4.33
53 Nebraska 4 5 12 17 4.25
53 Purdue 4 5 12 17 4.25
53 Washington 4 4 13 17 4.25
53 Buffalo 4 3 14 17 4.25
53 North Texas 4 3 14 17 4.25
53 San Diego State 4 3 14 17 4.25
53 Cincinnati 4 2 15 17 4.25
53 Rice 4 2 15 17 4.25
53 Sam Houston State 4 1 16 17 4.25
53 Louisiana 4 0 17 17 4.25
63 UCF 5 3 18 21 4.20
63 Vanderbilt 5 2 19 21 4.20
65 Indiana 5 4 16 20 4.00
65 South Carolina 5 3 17 20 4.00
65 Wake Forest 5 2 18 20 4.00
65 Memphis 4 5 11 16 4.00
65 Michigan 4 5 11 16 4.00
65 New Mexico State 4 5 11 16 4.00
65 Oklahoma State 4 5 11 16 4.00
65 Western Kentucky 4 3 13 16 4.00
65 Iowa 4 2 14 16 4.00
65 Kansas 4 2 14 16 4.00
65 Coastal Carolina 3 3 9 12 4.00
65 FIU 3 3 9 12 4.00
65 Boise State 3 2 10 12 4.00
65 Marshall 3 2 10 12 4.00
65 Fresno State 3 1 11 12 4.00
65 East Carolina 3 1 11 12 4.00
65 Southern Miss 3 1 11 12 4.00
82 Alabama 6 8 15 23 3.83
83 North Dakota State 5 6 13 19 3.80
83 Old Dominion 5 4 15 19 3.80
83 Syracuse 5 3 16 19 3.80
83 Air Force 5 3 16 19 3.80
83 Wyoming 5 1 18 19 3.80
88 Middle Tennessee State 4 5 10 15 3.75
88 Oklahoma 4 4 11 15 3.75
88 San Jose State 4 4 11 15 3.75
88 Florida State 4 3 12 15 3.75
92 Georgia Southern 3 0 11 11 3.67
93 Kent State 5 1 17 18 3.60
93 Michigan State 5 1 17 18 3.60
95 Akron 4 2 12 14 3.50
96 Pittsburgh 5 8 9 17 3.40
96 Army 5 3 14 17 3.40
98 Louisiana-Monroe 3 2 8 10 3.33
99 Boston College 4 4 9 13 3.25
99 Central Michigan 4 4 9 13 3.25
101 Miami (FL) 5 3 13 16 3.20
101 Navy 5 2 14 16 3.20
103 Sacramento State 6 5 14 19 3.17
104 Hawaii 5 4 11 15 3.00
104 Texas A&M 5 4 11 15 3.00
104 USC 5 2 13 15 3.00
104 Duke 4 1 11 12 3.00
104 Illinois 4 0 12 12 3.00
104 NC State 4 0 12 12 3.00
104 Texas State 3 0 9 9 3.00
111 Auburn 5 5 9 14 2.80
111 California 5 4 10 14 2.80
113 Rutgers 4 1 10 11 2.75
113 Bowling Green 4 0 11 11 2.75
113 Iowa State 4 0 11 11 2.75
113 Washington State 4 0 11 11 2.75
117 Colorado State 3 2 6 8 2.67
117 Utah State 3 0 8 8 2.67
119 West Virginia 5 4 9 13 2.60
119 Stanford 5 3 10 13 2.60
119 Florida 5 2 11 13 2.60
122 Arkansas State 4 4 6 10 2.50
122 Arkansas 4 4 6 10 2.50
122 TCU 4 2 8 10 2.50
122 Ball State 4 1 9 10 2.50
122 Arizona 4 0 10 10 2.50
127 SMU 5 0 12 12 2.40
128 UTEP 3 1 6 7 2.33
129 UTSA 4 2 6 8 2.00
129 Georgia Tech 4 0 8 8 2.00
129 Northern Illinois 3 1 5 6 2.00
132 Tulsa 4 3 4 7 1.75
132 Florida Atlantic 4 1 6 7 1.75
132 Charlotte 4 1 6 7 1.75
135 USF 3 0 2 2 0.67
135 Temple 3 0 2 2 0.67