2026 National Leaders Passes Defended - Games vs. FBS Teams With Non-Winning Record Only through 10/30/2026
| Name | G | Int. | Passes Broken Up | Passes Defended | Passes Defended/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Utah | 5 | 7 | 33 | 40 | 8.00 |
| 2 | Connecticut | 5 | 4 | 26 | 30 | 6.00 |
| 3 | Northwestern | 5 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 5.80 |
| 3 | Eastern Michigan | 5 | 3 | 26 | 29 | 5.80 |
| 3 | Sam Houston State | 5 | 1 | 28 | 29 | 5.80 |
| 6 | Delaware | 6 | 5 | 23 | 28 | 4.67 |
| 7 | Missouri | 3 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 9.00 |
| 7 | Virginia | 4 | 4 | 23 | 27 | 6.75 |
| 9 | UCLA | 5 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 5.20 |
| 9 | Missouri State | 5 | 1 | 25 | 26 | 5.20 |
| 11 | Oregon State | 4 | 4 | 21 | 25 | 6.25 |
| 11 | Appalachian State | 5 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 5.00 |
| 13 | James Madison | 4 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 6.00 |
| 14 | Washington | 3 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 7.67 |
| 14 | UNLV | 3 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 7.67 |
| 14 | Baylor | 4 | 4 | 19 | 23 | 5.75 |
| 14 | BYU | 4 | 2 | 21 | 23 | 5.75 |
| 14 | Georgia State | 5 | 2 | 21 | 23 | 4.60 |
| 19 | Wisconsin | 3 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 7.33 |
| 19 | Fresno State | 5 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 4.40 |
| 19 | Liberty | 5 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 4.40 |
| 19 | Jacksonville State | 5 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 4.40 |
| 19 | Toledo | 5 | 2 | 20 | 22 | 4.40 |
| 24 | Arizona State | 3 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 7.00 |
| 24 | Miami (OH) | 4 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 5.25 |
| 24 | Ohio | 4 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 5.25 |
| 24 | Nevada | 4 | 0 | 21 | 21 | 5.25 |
| 28 | Louisville | 3 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 6.67 |
| 28 | San Jose State | 4 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 5.00 |
| 28 | Buffalo | 4 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 5.00 |
| 28 | Wake Forest | 5 | 1 | 19 | 20 | 4.00 |
| 32 | Vanderbilt | 3 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 6.33 |
| 32 | New Mexico | 4 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 4.75 |
| 32 | Louisiana | 4 | 1 | 18 | 19 | 4.75 |
| 35 | Ohio State | 3 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 6.00 |
| 35 | Memphis | 4 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 4.50 |
| 35 | Duke | 4 | 1 | 17 | 18 | 4.50 |
| 38 | Tennessee | 3 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 5.67 |
| 38 | Western Michigan | 3 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 5.67 |
| 38 | Marshall | 4 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 4.25 |
| 38 | Sacramento State | 5 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 3.40 |
| 38 | Western Kentucky | 5 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 3.40 |
| 38 | Wyoming | 5 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 3.40 |
| 44 | Massachusetts | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 5.33 |
| 44 | South Alabama | 3 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 5.33 |
| 44 | Kennesaw State | 3 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 5.33 |
| 44 | Florida Atlantic | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 4.00 |
| 44 | New Mexico State | 5 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 3.20 |
| 49 | Georgia | 3 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 5.00 |
| 49 | Hawaii | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 3.75 |
| 49 | Notre Dame | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 3.75 |
| 49 | Troy | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 3.75 |
| 49 | SMU | 4 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 3.75 |
| 54 | Texas Tech | 2 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 7.00 |
| 54 | Kentucky | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 7.00 |
| 54 | Utah State | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 7.00 |
| 54 | Clemson | 2 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 7.00 |
| 54 | Alabama | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 4.67 |
| 54 | West Virginia | 4 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 3.50 |
| 54 | Virginia Tech | 4 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 3.50 |
| 54 | Middle Tennessee State | 5 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 2.80 |
| 62 | North Dakota State | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 6.50 |
| 62 | Louisiana Tech | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 6.50 |
| 62 | Houston | 2 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 6.50 |
| 62 | UAB | 3 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 4.33 |
| 62 | Kent State | 3 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 4.33 |
| 67 | Ole Miss | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 6.00 |
| 67 | Boise State | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 6.00 |
| 67 | Florida State | 2 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 6.00 |
| 67 | Minnesota | 2 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 6.00 |
| 67 | Arkansas State | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4.00 |
| 67 | North Texas | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 4.00 |
| 67 | USC | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 4.00 |
| 67 | Arizona | 3 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 4.00 |
| 67 | Kansas State | 3 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 4.00 |
| 67 | Stanford | 3 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 4.00 |
| 67 | UTSA | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 3.00 |
| 67 | USF | 4 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 3.00 |
| 67 | Tulsa | 4 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 3.00 |
| 80 | Arkansas | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 3.67 |
| 80 | NC State | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 3.67 |
| 80 | Akron | 3 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 3.67 |
| 83 | Boston College | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 5.00 |
| 83 | Iowa | 2 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 5.00 |
| 83 | Rice | 2 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 5.00 |
| 83 | Oklahoma State | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3.33 |
| 83 | Air Force | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 3.33 |
| 88 | FIU | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4.50 |
| 88 | Nebraska | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 3.00 |
| 88 | Army | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3.00 |
| 88 | Bowling Green | 3 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 3.00 |
| 88 | Texas State | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 3.00 |
| 93 | Kansas | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8.00 |
| 93 | Pittsburgh | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4.00 |
| 93 | Coastal Carolina | 2 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 4.00 |
| 93 | Georgia Southern | 2 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 4.00 |
| 93 | North Carolina | 2 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 4.00 |
| 93 | Miami (FL) | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2.67 |
| 99 | California | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7.00 |
| 99 | Central Michigan | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7.00 |
| 99 | Colorado State | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7.00 |
| 99 | Michigan | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3.50 |
| 99 | East Carolina | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3.50 |
| 99 | Texas A&M | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3.50 |
| 99 | Rutgers | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3.50 |
| 99 | Tulane | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3.50 |
| 99 | Southern Miss | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2.33 |
| 108 | LSU | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6.00 |
| 108 | Maryland | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6.00 |
| 108 | Louisiana-Monroe | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6.00 |
| 108 | Northern Illinois | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6.00 |
| 108 | Auburn | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3.00 |
| 108 | TCU | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 3.00 |
| 108 | Ball State | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2.00 |
| 115 | Iowa State | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5.00 |
| 115 | Navy | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5.00 |
| 115 | Indiana | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2.50 |
| 115 | Old Dominion | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2.50 |
| 115 | Georgia Tech | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2.50 |
| 120 | Penn State | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4.00 |
| 120 | Mississippi State | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4.00 |
| 120 | Oklahoma | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4.00 |
| 120 | Washington State | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4.00 |
| 120 | Charlotte | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2.00 |
| 120 | Illinois | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2.00 |
| 120 | Syracuse | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2.00 |
| 120 | UTEP | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2.00 |
| 128 | UCF | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 |
| 128 | South Carolina | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3.00 |
| 128 | Michigan State | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3.00 |
| 131 | San Diego State | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 |
| 131 | Temple | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 |