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

Name G Int. Passes Broken Up Passes Defended Passes Defended/G
1 Oregon 4 5 24 29 7.25
2 Mississippi State 3 0 19 19 6.33
3 Florida 4 4 18 22 5.50
3 UCF 4 3 18 21 5.25
5 Old Dominion 5 3 17 20 4.00
5 Akron 4 2 17 19 4.75
7 Houston 3 3 16 19 6.33
7 Oklahoma 4 3 16 19 4.75
7 Missouri 3 2 16 18 6.00
7 Michigan State 5 1 16 17 3.40
11 Baylor 3 5 15 20 6.67
11 Clemson 3 2 15 17 5.67
13 Utah State 3 3 14 17 5.67
13 LSU 4 3 14 17 4.25
13 Texas State 3 2 14 16 5.33
13 Purdue 4 2 14 16 4.00
13 Texas 4 2 14 16 4.00
13 Rice 5 1 14 15 3.00
19 Louisiana Tech 4 6 13 19 4.75
19 Kentucky 3 5 13 18 6.00
19 South Carolina 4 3 13 16 4.00
22 Alabama 4 5 12 17 4.25
22 San Jose State 3 2 12 14 4.67
22 Ball State 4 1 12 13 3.25
22 Buffalo 3 0 12 12 4.00
22 Miami (OH) 3 0 12 12 4.00
22 Tulane 4 0 12 12 3.00
28 Texas A&M 4 4 11 15 3.75
28 Auburn 3 3 11 14 4.67
28 North Carolina 3 3 11 14 4.67
28 UNLV 3 3 11 14 4.67
28 Penn State 3 3 11 14 4.67
28 California 4 3 11 14 3.50
28 Boise State 4 2 11 13 3.25
28 Maryland 4 2 11 13 3.25
28 Nebraska 2 1 11 12 6.00
28 Oregon State 2 1 11 12 6.00
28 San Diego State 4 1 11 12 3.00
28 Louisiana-Monroe 3 0 11 11 3.67
40 Notre Dame 2 3 10 13 6.50
40 Sam Houston State 3 3 10 13 4.33
40 Florida State 3 2 10 12 4.00
40 Vanderbilt 3 2 10 12 4.00
40 Charlotte 5 2 10 12 2.40
40 Texas Tech 2 1 10 11 5.50
40 Ohio 3 0 10 10 3.33
47 Louisville 3 3 9 12 4.00
47 Wisconsin 2 2 9 11 5.50
47 Georgia 2 1 9 10 5.00
47 Colorado 3 1 9 10 3.33
47 Kansas 3 1 9 10 3.33
47 Georgia Southern 4 1 9 10 2.50
47 Georgia Tech 2 0 9 9 4.50
54 Florida Atlantic 2 4 8 12 6.00
54 Washington State 3 3 8 11 3.67
54 Eastern Michigan 2 2 8 10 5.00
54 Kennesaw State 3 2 8 10 3.33
54 Hawaii 2 0 8 8 4.00
54 NC State 3 0 8 8 2.67
54 Temple 3 0 8 8 2.67
54 Sacramento State 4 0 8 8 2.00
62 Michigan 4 3 7 10 2.50
62 West Virginia 3 2 7 9 3.00
62 Stanford 4 2 7 9 2.25
62 UTEP 4 2 7 9 2.25
62 Iowa 2 1 7 8 4.00
62 Delaware 2 0 7 7 3.50
62 FIU 2 0 7 7 3.50
62 Illinois 2 0 7 7 3.50
62 Army 2 0 7 7 3.50
62 Iowa State 3 0 7 7 2.33
72 North Dakota State 3 3 6 9 3.00
72 UCLA 1 2 6 8 8.00
72 Minnesota 2 2 6 8 4.00
72 Colorado State 3 2 6 8 2.67
72 Indiana 3 2 6 8 2.67
72 Washington 3 2 6 8 2.67
72 Cincinnati 2 1 6 7 3.50
72 Ole Miss 2 1 6 7 3.50
72 Western Michigan 2 1 6 7 3.50
72 Virginia Tech 1 0 6 6 6.00
72 Memphis 2 0 6 6 3.00
72 TCU 2 0 6 6 3.00
72 Central Michigan 3 0 6 6 2.00
85 Tulsa 2 4 5 9 4.50
85 Tennessee 2 3 5 8 4.00
85 Northern Illinois 4 3 5 8 2.00
85 Kent State 3 2 5 7 2.33
85 Appalachian State 1 1 5 6 6.00
85 Jacksonville State 2 1 5 6 3.00
85 North Texas 2 1 5 6 3.00
85 Wyoming 1 0 5 5 5.00
85 UAB 2 0 5 5 2.50
85 Fresno State 2 0 5 5 2.50
85 Kansas State 2 0 5 5 2.50
85 Boston College 3 0 5 5 1.67
97 Pittsburgh 2 4 4 8 4.00
97 Ohio State 2 2 4 6 3.00
97 South Alabama 2 1 4 5 2.50
97 Louisiana 2 1 4 5 2.50
97 Syracuse 2 1 4 5 2.50
97 James Madison 1 0 4 4 4.00
97 Oklahoma State 1 0 4 4 4.00
97 Western Kentucky 2 0 4 4 2.00
97 Rutgers 3 0 4 4 1.33
106 Arkansas 3 3 3 6 2.00
106 Miami (FL) 2 2 3 5 2.50
106 USF 3 2 3 5 1.67
106 Nevada 1 1 3 4 4.00
106 Air Force 1 1 3 4 4.00
106 USC 3 1 3 4 1.33
106 Liberty 1 0 3 3 3.00
106 Northwestern 1 0 3 3 3.00
106 Troy 1 0 3 3 3.00
106 UTSA 2 0 3 3 1.50
116 Middle Tennessee State 1 2 2 4 4.00
116 New Mexico 1 2 2 4 4.00
116 Navy 2 2 2 4 2.00
116 BYU 1 1 2 3 3.00
116 Bowling Green 2 1 2 3 1.50
116 New Mexico State 2 1 2 3 1.50
116 Arizona State 1 0 2 2 2.00
116 Marshall 1 0 2 2 2.00
116 Massachusetts 1 0 2 2 2.00
116 Arizona 2 0 2 2 1.00
116 East Carolina 2 0 2 2 1.00
127 Arkansas State 3 2 1 3 1.00
127 Missouri State 1 1 1 2 2.00
127 Coastal Carolina 1 0 1 1 1.00
127 Wake Forest 1 0 1 1 1.00
127 Southern Miss 2 0 1 1 0.50