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