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

Name G Int. Passes Broken Up Passes Defended Passes Defended/G
1 Mississippi State 3 2 22 24 8.00
2 Kentucky 4 5 20 25 6.25
3 Ohio State 3 1 18 19 6.33
4 Virginia 3 2 17 19 6.33
4 Georgia 4 2 17 19 4.75
6 Virginia Tech 3 0 16 16 5.33
7 Louisville 4 4 15 19 4.75
7 Eastern Michigan 3 2 15 17 5.67
7 Wisconsin 2 1 15 16 8.00
10 Utah 2 3 14 17 8.50
10 Clemson 3 3 14 17 5.67
12 Alabama 4 5 13 18 4.50
12 Minnesota 3 4 13 17 5.67
12 Ole Miss 3 3 13 16 5.33
12 Missouri 3 3 13 16 5.33
12 South Carolina 4 3 13 16 4.00
12 BYU 3 2 13 15 5.00
12 Wyoming 3 1 13 14 4.67
19 James Madison 3 4 12 16 5.33
19 Oregon 2 3 12 15 7.50
19 LSU 3 3 12 15 5.00
19 Northwestern 2 2 12 14 7.00
19 Oregon State 2 2 12 14 7.00
19 USC 4 2 12 14 3.50
25 Houston 3 4 11 15 5.00
25 Old Dominion 3 3 11 14 4.67
25 Penn State 3 3 11 14 4.67
25 San Diego State 2 2 11 13 6.50
25 Maryland 3 2 11 13 4.33
25 Purdue 3 2 11 13 4.33
25 Massachusetts 3 1 11 12 4.00
32 UCLA 3 7 10 17 5.67
32 Tennessee 3 3 10 13 4.33
32 Texas A&M 4 3 10 13 3.25
32 UCF 3 2 10 12 4.00
32 Vanderbilt 3 2 10 12 4.00
32 Baylor 2 1 10 11 5.50
32 Western Michigan 2 1 10 11 5.50
32 Iowa 3 1 10 11 3.67
32 Army 3 1 10 11 3.67
41 UNLV 2 4 9 13 6.50
41 Oklahoma 2 3 9 12 6.00
41 South Alabama 2 3 9 12 6.00
41 North Texas 2 2 9 11 5.50
41 Air Force 3 2 9 11 3.67
41 Florida 4 2 9 11 2.75
41 Wake Forest 4 2 9 11 2.75
41 Colorado 2 1 9 10 5.00
41 Michigan State 3 1 9 10 3.33
41 Navy 3 1 9 10 3.33
41 UAB 2 0 9 9 4.50
41 Miami (OH) 2 0 9 9 4.50
41 Illinois 3 0 9 9 3.00
54 California 3 4 8 12 4.00
54 Stanford 4 3 8 11 2.75
54 Florida State 3 2 8 10 3.33
54 Miami (FL) 3 2 8 10 3.33
54 Arizona State 2 1 8 9 4.50
54 Fresno State 2 1 8 9 4.50
54 Liberty 2 1 8 9 4.50
54 Rice 2 1 8 9 4.50
54 Hawaii 3 0 8 8 2.67
54 NC State 3 0 8 8 2.67
64 Coastal Carolina 2 3 7 10 5.00
64 Oklahoma State 2 2 7 9 4.50
64 Indiana 3 1 7 8 2.67
64 Syracuse 3 1 7 8 2.67
64 Duke 2 0 7 7 3.50
64 Georgia Southern 2 0 7 7 3.50
64 Louisiana 2 0 7 7 3.50
64 Texas 2 0 7 7 3.50
64 Kent State 3 0 7 7 2.33
73 Texas Tech 2 4 6 10 5.00
73 North Carolina 2 3 6 9 4.50
73 San Jose State 2 3 6 9 4.50
73 North Dakota State 3 3 6 9 3.00
73 Central Michigan 2 2 6 8 4.00
73 Jacksonville State 2 2 6 8 4.00
73 Ohio 2 2 6 8 4.00
73 Washington 3 2 6 8 2.67
73 Kennesaw State 1 1 6 7 7.00
73 Akron 2 1 6 7 3.50
73 Cincinnati 2 1 6 7 3.50
73 Marshall 2 1 6 7 3.50
73 Nevada 2 1 6 7 3.50
73 Toledo 2 1 6 7 3.50
73 Georgia State 1 0 6 6 6.00
73 Missouri State 1 0 6 6 6.00
73 Buffalo 2 0 6 6 3.00
73 Georgia Tech 2 0 6 6 3.00
73 Utah State 2 0 6 6 3.00
73 Washington State 2 0 6 6 3.00
73 Iowa State 3 0 6 6 2.00
73 SMU 3 0 6 6 2.00
95 Pittsburgh 3 6 5 11 3.67
95 Nebraska 3 4 5 9 3.00
95 West Virginia 3 3 5 8 2.67
95 Western Kentucky 2 2 5 7 3.50
95 Kansas 2 1 5 6 3.00
95 UTEP 2 1 5 6 3.00
95 Ball State 2 0 5 5 2.50
95 Boston College 2 0 5 5 2.50
95 Kansas State 2 0 5 5 2.50
95 Arizona 3 0 5 5 1.67
105 FIU 1 2 4 6 6.00
105 Michigan 2 2 4 6 3.00
105 New Mexico State 2 2 4 6 3.00
105 Arkansas 3 2 4 6 2.00
105 Florida Atlantic 1 1 4 5 5.00
105 Boise State 2 1 4 5 2.50
105 Sacramento State 3 1 4 5 1.67
105 Delaware 1 0 4 4 4.00
105 Bowling Green 2 0 4 4 2.00
114 Appalachian State 1 2 3 5 5.00
114 Louisiana Tech 1 2 3 5 5.00
114 Memphis 2 2 3 5 2.50
114 East Carolina 1 1 3 4 4.00
114 Tulane 1 0 3 3 3.00
114 Charlotte 2 0 3 3 1.50
114 Rutgers 2 0 3 3 1.50
114 TCU 2 0 3 3 1.50
122 Tulsa 2 3 2 5 2.50
122 Auburn 3 3 2 5 1.67
122 Middle Tennessee State 1 2 2 4 4.00
122 Temple 2 0 2 2 1.00
122 USF 3 0 2 2 0.67
127 Colorado State 1 0 1 1 1.00
127 Sam Houston State 1 0 1 1 1.00
127 Texas State 1 0 1 1 1.00
127 Arkansas State 2 0 1 1 0.50
131 New Mexico 1 3 0 3 3.00
131 Troy 1 2 0 2 2.00