2026 National Leaders Passes Defended - Games in August/September Only 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 Kentucky 3 4 17 21 7.00
5 Houston 3 3 18 21 7.00
7 Oregon 3 5 15 20 6.67
7 Sam Houston State 3 2 18 20 6.67
7 Delaware 3 1 19 20 6.67
10 Northwestern 2 3 16 19 9.50
10 Missouri 3 3 16 19 6.33
10 Texas Tech 3 2 17 19 6.33
10 North Dakota State 4 7 12 19 4.75
10 San Jose State 4 4 15 19 4.75
15 Washington 3 5 13 18 6.00
15 Baylor 3 4 14 18 6.00
15 Clemson 3 2 16 18 6.00
18 California 3 5 12 17 5.67
18 Florida Atlantic 3 5 12 17 5.67
18 Central Michigan 3 4 13 17 5.67
18 Iowa 3 3 14 17 5.67
18 Ohio State 3 3 14 17 5.67
18 Tulsa 3 3 14 17 5.67
18 Oregon State 3 2 15 17 5.67
18 UNLV 3 1 16 17 5.67
18 Missouri State 3 1 16 17 5.67
27 Colorado State 3 7 9 16 5.33
27 Alabama 3 5 11 16 5.33
27 Auburn 3 4 12 16 5.33
27 UTSA 3 4 12 16 5.33
27 Virginia 3 4 12 16 5.33
27 Louisville 3 3 13 16 5.33
27 Georgia 3 2 14 16 5.33
27 Texas State 3 2 14 16 5.33
27 Memphis 4 4 12 16 4.00
36 Appalachian State 3 5 10 15 5.00
36 BYU 3 5 10 15 5.00
36 Massachusetts 3 5 10 15 5.00
36 UCF 3 4 11 15 5.00
36 Vanderbilt 3 3 12 15 5.00
36 Arizona State 3 2 13 15 5.00
36 Hawaii 3 2 13 15 5.00
36 Liberty 3 2 13 15 5.00
36 Temple 3 2 13 15 5.00
36 Tennessee 3 2 13 15 5.00
36 Akron 3 1 14 15 5.00
36 Buffalo 3 1 14 15 5.00
36 Miami (FL) 3 1 14 15 5.00
36 Western Michigan 3 1 14 15 5.00
50 New Mexico 3 7 7 14 4.67
50 UCLA 3 4 10 14 4.67
50 Louisiana Tech 3 4 10 14 4.67
50 Boise State 3 3 11 14 4.67
50 Cincinnati 3 3 11 14 4.67
50 Florida State 3 3 11 14 4.67
50 NC State 3 3 11 14 4.67
50 Notre Dame 3 3 11 14 4.67
50 Mississippi State 3 2 12 14 4.67
50 TCU 3 2 12 14 4.67
50 Wisconsin 3 2 12 14 4.67
50 Colorado 3 1 13 14 4.67
50 Duke 3 1 13 14 4.67
50 Toledo 3 1 13 14 4.67
50 Jacksonville State 4 4 10 14 3.50
65 LSU 3 3 10 13 4.33
65 San Diego State 3 3 10 13 4.33
65 South Alabama 3 3 10 13 4.33
65 Texas 3 3 10 13 4.33
65 James Madison 3 2 11 13 4.33
65 Nebraska 3 2 11 13 4.33
65 Oklahoma State 3 2 11 13 4.33
65 Penn State 3 2 11 13 4.33
65 Nevada 3 0 13 13 4.33
74 Louisiana 3 5 7 12 4.00
74 Coastal Carolina 3 3 9 12 4.00
74 Georgia Southern 3 2 10 12 4.00
74 Georgia State 3 2 10 12 4.00
74 Illinois 3 2 10 12 4.00
74 Marshall 3 2 10 12 4.00
74 FIU 3 1 11 12 4.00
81 Air Force 2 3 8 11 5.50
81 Boston College 3 6 5 11 3.67
81 Ball State 3 3 8 11 3.67
81 New Mexico State 3 3 8 11 3.67
81 Pittsburgh 3 3 8 11 3.67
81 Syracuse 3 2 9 11 3.67
81 Louisiana-Monroe 3 1 10 11 3.67
81 Troy 3 1 10 11 3.67
81 Kansas State 3 0 11 11 3.67
81 Kansas 3 0 11 11 3.67
81 Oklahoma 3 0 11 11 3.67
92 Arkansas State 3 5 5 10 3.33
92 Fresno State 3 5 5 10 3.33
92 Southern Miss 3 4 6 10 3.33
92 Iowa State 3 2 8 10 3.33
92 Ole Miss 3 2 8 10 3.33
92 Texas A&M 3 2 8 10 3.33
92 Michigan State 3 1 9 10 3.33
92 SMU 3 1 9 10 3.33
92 West Virginia 3 1 9 10 3.33
92 Minnesota 3 0 10 10 3.33
92 Ohio 3 0 10 10 3.33
92 USC 4 3 7 10 2.50
104 Kent State 3 4 5 9 3.00
104 Northern Illinois 3 4 5 9 3.00
104 North Carolina 3 2 7 9 3.00
104 Stanford 3 2 7 9 3.00
104 Wyoming 3 2 7 9 3.00
104 Arizona 3 1 8 9 3.00
104 Georgia Tech 3 1 8 9 3.00
104 Tulane 3 0 9 9 3.00
104 Utah State 3 0 9 9 3.00
104 Sacramento State 4 0 9 9 2.25
114 Army 2 0 8 8 4.00
114 Indiana 3 3 5 8 2.67
114 South Carolina 3 2 6 8 2.67
114 USF 3 2 6 8 2.67
114 Washington State 3 2 6 8 2.67
114 Purdue 3 1 7 8 2.67
114 Rice 3 1 7 8 2.67
114 Miami (OH) 3 0 8 8 2.67
122 Michigan 3 2 5 7 2.33
122 Middle Tennessee State 3 1 6 7 2.33
122 North Texas 3 1 6 7 2.33
122 Old Dominion 3 1 6 7 2.33
126 Charlotte 3 2 4 6 2.00
126 Rutgers 3 2 4 6 2.00
126 Virginia Tech 3 1 5 6 2.00
126 Wake Forest 3 0 6 6 2.00
130 Maryland 3 3 2 5 1.67
130 Bowling Green 3 2 3 5 1.67
130 UAB 3 1 4 5 1.67
130 Arkansas 3 1 4 5 1.67
130 East Carolina 3 1 4 5 1.67
130 Western Kentucky 3 1 4 5 1.67
136 UTEP 3 1 3 4 1.33
136 Kennesaw State 3 1 3 4 1.33
138 Navy 2 0 2 2 1.00