2026 National Leaders Passes Defended - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 09/19/2026

Name G Int. Passes Broken Up Passes Defended Passes Defended/G
1 Florida 3 3 22 25 8.33
1 Eastern Michigan 4 3 22 25 6.25
3 Connecticut 3 2 21 23 7.67
4 Utah 3 3 19 22 7.33
5 Oregon 3 5 15 20 6.67
5 Sam Houston State 3 2 18 20 6.67
5 Delaware 3 1 19 20 6.67
8 Northwestern 2 3 16 19 9.50
8 Missouri 3 3 16 19 6.33
8 North Dakota State 4 7 12 19 4.75
11 Washington 3 5 13 18 6.00
11 Baylor 3 4 14 18 6.00
13 California 3 5 12 17 5.67
13 Central Michigan 3 4 13 17 5.67
13 Iowa 3 3 14 17 5.67
13 San Jose State 3 3 14 17 5.67
13 Tulsa 3 3 14 17 5.67
13 UNLV 3 1 16 17 5.67
19 Texas Tech 2 2 14 16 8.00
19 Alabama 3 5 11 16 5.33
19 Virginia 3 4 12 16 5.33
19 Georgia 3 2 14 16 5.33
19 Memphis 4 4 12 16 4.00
24 Auburn 2 3 12 15 7.50
24 Ohio State 2 2 13 15 7.50
24 Houston 2 1 14 15 7.50
24 Appalachian State 3 5 10 15 5.00
24 BYU 3 5 10 15 5.00
24 Massachusetts 3 5 10 15 5.00
24 UCF 3 4 11 15 5.00
24 Vanderbilt 3 3 12 15 5.00
24 Hawaii 3 2 13 15 5.00
24 Liberty 3 2 13 15 5.00
24 Tennessee 3 2 13 15 5.00
24 Akron 3 1 14 15 5.00
24 Miami (FL) 3 1 14 15 5.00
37 Florida Atlantic 2 4 10 14 7.00
37 New Mexico 3 7 7 14 4.67
37 UCLA 3 4 10 14 4.67
37 Cincinnati 3 3 11 14 4.67
37 NC State 3 3 11 14 4.67
37 Notre Dame 3 3 11 14 4.67
37 Mississippi State 3 2 12 14 4.67
37 TCU 3 2 12 14 4.67
37 Colorado 3 1 13 14 4.67
37 Duke 3 1 13 14 4.67
37 Toledo 3 1 13 14 4.67
37 Jacksonville State 4 4 10 14 3.50
49 UTSA 2 4 9 13 6.50
49 Temple 2 2 11 13 6.50
49 San Diego State 3 3 10 13 4.33
49 South Alabama 3 3 10 13 4.33
49 James Madison 3 2 11 13 4.33
49 Nebraska 3 2 11 13 4.33
49 Penn State 3 2 11 13 4.33
49 Nevada 3 0 13 13 4.33
57 Colorado State 2 5 7 12 6.00
57 Buffalo 2 1 11 12 6.00
57 Texas State 2 1 11 12 6.00
57 Coastal Carolina 3 3 9 12 4.00
57 Georgia Southern 3 2 10 12 4.00
57 Georgia State 3 2 10 12 4.00
57 Illinois 3 2 10 12 4.00
57 FIU 3 1 11 12 4.00
65 Air Force 2 3 8 11 5.50
65 Arizona State 2 1 10 11 5.50
65 Clemson 2 1 10 11 5.50
65 Missouri State 2 1 10 11 5.50
65 Boston College 3 6 5 11 3.67
65 New Mexico State 3 3 8 11 3.67
65 Pittsburgh 3 3 8 11 3.67
65 Syracuse 3 2 9 11 3.67
65 Kansas State 3 0 11 11 3.67
74 Fresno State 2 5 5 10 5.00
74 Louisiana 2 4 6 10 5.00
74 Boise State 2 3 7 10 5.00
74 Minnesota 2 0 10 10 5.00
74 Arkansas State 3 5 5 10 3.33
74 Southern Miss 3 4 6 10 3.33
74 Texas A&M 3 2 8 10 3.33
74 West Virginia 3 1 9 10 3.33
74 Ohio 3 0 10 10 3.33
74 USC 4 3 7 10 2.50
84 Ball State 2 2 7 9 4.50
84 Marshall 2 2 7 9 4.50
84 Oklahoma State 2 2 7 9 4.50
84 Texas 2 2 7 9 4.50
84 Wisconsin 2 2 7 9 4.50
84 Western Michigan 2 0 9 9 4.50
84 North Carolina 3 2 7 9 3.00
84 Wyoming 3 2 7 9 3.00
84 Tulane 3 0 9 9 3.00
84 Sacramento State 4 0 9 9 2.25
94 LSU 2 2 6 8 4.00
94 Arizona 2 1 7 8 4.00
94 Michigan State 2 1 7 8 4.00
94 SMU 2 1 7 8 4.00
94 Stanford 2 1 7 8 4.00
94 Troy 2 1 7 8 4.00
94 Army 2 0 8 8 4.00
94 Indiana 3 3 5 8 2.67
94 USF 3 2 6 8 2.67
94 Washington State 3 2 6 8 2.67
94 Purdue 3 1 7 8 2.67
94 Miami (OH) 3 0 8 8 2.67
106 Florida State 1 1 6 7 7.00
106 Kent State 2 2 5 7 3.50
106 North Texas 2 1 6 7 3.50
106 Kansas 2 0 7 7 3.50
106 Oklahoma 2 0 7 7 3.50
106 Michigan 3 2 5 7 2.33
106 Middle Tennessee State 3 1 6 7 2.33
106 Old Dominion 3 1 6 7 2.33
114 Louisville 1 0 6 6 6.00
114 Iowa State 2 2 4 6 3.00
114 Louisiana Tech 2 1 5 6 3.00
114 Virginia Tech 3 1 5 6 2.00
118 Oregon State 1 1 4 5 5.00
118 Rutgers 2 2 3 5 2.50
118 Charlotte 2 1 4 5 2.50
118 Rice 2 1 4 5 2.50
118 South Carolina 2 1 4 5 2.50
118 Wake Forest 2 0 5 5 2.50
118 Maryland 3 3 2 5 1.67
118 Bowling Green 3 2 3 5 1.67
118 UAB 3 1 4 5 1.67
127 Arkansas 1 0 4 4 4.00
127 Kentucky 1 0 4 4 4.00
127 Northern Illinois 2 3 1 4 2.00
127 Georgia Tech 2 1 3 4 2.00
127 Louisiana-Monroe 2 1 3 4 2.00
127 Utah State 2 0 4 4 2.00
133 Ole Miss 1 1 2 3 3.00
133 East Carolina 2 1 2 3 1.50
133 UTEP 2 1 2 3 1.50
136 Kennesaw State 2 1 1 2 1.00
136 Navy 2 0 2 2 1.00
138 Western Kentucky 1 1 0 1 1.00