2026 National Leaders Passes Defended - Games vs. FBS Teams With Winning Record Only through 10/30/2026

Name G Int. Passes Broken Up Passes Defended Passes Defended/G
1 Oregon 6 6 31 37 6.17
1 Texas 7 6 31 37 5.29
3 Kentucky 5 9 25 34 6.80
4 Houston 5 6 26 32 6.40
5 LSU 6 4 27 31 5.17
5 Mississippi State 6 2 29 31 5.17
7 UCF 6 4 26 30 5.00
8 Penn State 6 6 22 28 4.67
9 Colorado 5 3 23 26 5.20
9 Cincinnati 6 4 22 26 4.33
11 Michigan State 7 2 23 25 3.57
12 Ohio State 4 2 22 24 6.00
12 Purdue 6 6 18 24 4.00
12 Tulane 6 5 19 24 4.00
12 Florida 6 4 20 24 4.00
12 San Diego State 6 3 21 24 4.00
17 Texas Tech 4 5 18 23 5.75
17 Auburn 5 5 18 23 4.60
19 Clemson 4 2 20 22 5.50
19 Oklahoma 6 4 18 22 3.67
21 Minnesota 4 7 14 21 5.25
21 North Carolina 4 4 17 21 5.25
21 Syracuse 4 3 18 21 5.25
21 Alabama 5 6 15 21 4.20
25 Baylor 3 5 15 20 6.67
25 Wisconsin 3 4 16 20 6.67
25 Nebraska 3 2 18 20 6.67
25 James Madison 4 3 17 20 5.00
25 Indiana 5 5 15 20 4.00
25 Ole Miss 5 4 16 20 4.00
25 Old Dominion 5 3 17 20 4.00
25 South Carolina 5 3 17 20 4.00
25 Kansas 5 2 18 20 4.00
34 Louisiana Tech 4 6 13 19 4.75
34 Tennessee 4 6 13 19 4.75
34 Central Michigan 6 4 15 19 3.17
37 Massachusetts 3 1 17 18 6.00
37 Louisiana-Monroe 5 2 16 18 3.60
37 Washington State 6 3 15 18 3.00
40 Notre Dame 3 4 13 17 5.67
40 Akron 4 2 15 17 4.25
40 Pittsburgh 5 7 10 17 3.40
40 Texas A&M 5 5 12 17 3.40
44 Texas State 3 2 14 16 5.33
44 Iowa 4 2 14 16 4.00
44 Vanderbilt 4 2 14 16 4.00
44 Illinois 4 1 15 16 4.00
44 North Dakota State 5 5 11 16 3.20
44 California 6 3 13 16 2.67
50 Arizona State 3 0 15 15 5.00
50 FIU 4 2 13 15 3.75
50 Michigan 5 4 11 15 3.00
50 Iowa State 5 0 15 15 3.00
54 Kansas State 3 0 14 14 4.67
54 UNLV 4 3 11 14 3.50
54 Western Michigan 4 2 12 14 3.50
54 Colorado State 5 5 9 14 2.80
54 Maryland 5 2 12 14 2.80
59 Troy 3 3 10 13 4.33
59 Oklahoma State 3 2 11 13 4.33
59 Georgia 3 1 12 13 4.33
59 Missouri 3 1 12 13 4.33
59 Southern Miss 3 1 12 13 4.33
59 NC State 3 0 13 13 4.33
59 Virginia Tech 3 0 13 13 4.33
59 Florida State 4 3 10 13 3.25
59 Boise State 4 2 11 13 3.25
59 Hawaii 4 2 11 13 3.25
59 TCU 4 2 11 13 3.25
59 Kennesaw State 4 2 11 13 3.25
59 Ball State 4 1 12 13 3.25
59 Navy 5 4 9 13 2.60
59 Rice 5 2 11 13 2.60
74 Oregon State 2 1 11 12 6.00
74 Louisville 3 3 9 12 4.00
74 Air Force 3 2 10 12 4.00
74 North Texas 4 2 10 12 3.00
74 Charlotte 5 2 10 12 2.40
79 Eastern Michigan 3 1 10 11 3.67
79 Miami (OH) 3 1 10 11 3.67
79 Army 3 1 10 11 3.67
79 Georgia Tech 4 0 11 11 2.75
79 Utah State 4 0 11 11 2.75
84 UCLA 2 2 8 10 5.00
84 BYU 2 1 9 10 5.00
84 Tulsa 3 4 6 10 3.33
84 Miami (FL) 3 2 8 10 3.33
84 South Alabama 3 1 9 10 3.33
84 Ohio 3 0 10 10 3.33
84 Coastal Carolina 4 3 7 10 2.50
84 Boston College 4 2 8 10 2.50
84 Georgia Southern 4 1 9 10 2.50
84 East Carolina 4 0 10 10 2.50
84 Kent State 5 2 8 10 2.00
95 Toledo 2 2 7 9 4.50
95 San Jose State 3 2 7 9 3.00
95 Memphis 3 1 8 9 3.00
95 Rutgers 4 3 6 9 2.25
95 Stanford 4 2 7 9 2.25
95 UTEP 4 2 7 9 2.25
101 New Mexico 2 4 4 8 4.00
101 Louisiana 3 2 6 8 2.67
101 Washington 3 2 6 8 2.67
101 Virginia 3 1 7 8 2.67
101 Temple 4 0 8 8 2.00
101 Northern Illinois 5 3 5 8 1.60
107 Sam Houston State 2 3 4 7 3.50
107 Middle Tennessee State 2 2 5 7 3.50
107 Marshall 2 1 6 7 3.50
107 Nevada 2 1 6 7 3.50
107 Missouri State 2 1 6 7 3.50
107 West Virginia 3 2 5 7 2.33
107 Bowling Green 4 1 6 7 1.75
107 USC 5 1 6 7 1.40
115 Appalachian State 1 1 5 6 6.00
115 Utah 1 0 6 6 6.00
115 Jacksonville State 2 1 5 6 3.00
115 Buffalo 2 0 6 6 3.00
115 Wyoming 2 0 6 6 3.00
115 Arkansas 3 3 3 6 2.00
115 UTSA 3 2 4 6 2.00
115 Arizona 3 0 6 6 2.00
115 Sacramento State 3 0 6 6 2.00
115 Arkansas State 4 4 2 6 1.50
125 New Mexico State 2 2 3 5 2.50
125 Wake Forest 2 1 4 5 2.50
125 Fresno State 2 0 5 5 2.50
125 Florida Atlantic 3 1 4 5 1.67
125 UAB 3 0 5 5 1.67
130 Delaware 1 0 4 4 4.00
130 Georgia State 1 0 4 4 4.00
130 Western Kentucky 2 0 4 4 2.00
133 Liberty 1 0 3 3 3.00
133 Northwestern 1 0 3 3 3.00
133 Duke 2 1 2 3 1.50
133 SMU 2 0 3 3 1.50
137 Connecticut 1 0 2 2 2.00