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