2026 National Leaders Passes Defended - Games in October Only through 10/30/2026

Name G Int. Passes Broken Up Passes Defended Passes Defended/G
1 LSU 4 2 23 25 6.25
1 Arizona State 4 1 24 25 6.25
3 Louisiana Tech 4 6 18 24 6.00
3 Northwestern 4 5 19 24 6.00
3 BYU 4 1 23 24 6.00
3 James Madison 5 4 20 24 4.80
7 Wisconsin 3 4 19 23 7.67
7 Kentucky 4 6 17 23 5.75
7 North Carolina 4 3 20 23 5.75
10 Oregon State 3 3 19 22 7.33
10 Houston 4 5 17 22 5.50
10 Kennesaw State 4 4 18 22 5.50
10 Western Michigan 4 3 19 22 5.50
14 Tennessee 4 5 16 21 5.25
14 Miami (OH) 4 4 17 21 5.25
14 Ohio 4 4 17 21 5.25
14 Toledo 4 3 18 21 5.25
18 Minnesota 3 5 15 20 6.67
18 Ole Miss 3 5 15 20 6.67
18 Louisville 3 4 16 20 6.67
18 Texas 3 3 17 20 6.67
18 Colorado 3 2 18 20 6.67
18 Kansas State 3 1 19 20 6.67
18 Baylor 4 5 15 20 5.00
18 Indiana 4 4 16 20 5.00
18 Kansas 4 2 18 20 5.00
18 Massachusetts 4 1 19 20 5.00
18 Missouri State 4 1 19 20 5.00
29 Texas Tech 3 8 11 19 6.33
29 Delaware 4 5 14 19 4.75
29 Tulane 4 5 14 19 4.75
29 Virginia 4 2 17 19 4.75
29 Kent State 5 1 18 19 3.80
34 Troy 4 5 13 18 4.50
34 Syracuse 4 2 16 18 4.50
34 UCF 4 1 17 18 4.50
34 Virginia Tech 4 1 17 18 4.50
38 South Alabama 3 3 14 17 5.67
38 Missouri 3 2 15 17 5.67
38 Nevada 3 0 17 17 5.67
38 Buffalo 4 3 14 17 4.25
38 North Texas 4 3 14 17 4.25
38 San Diego State 4 3 14 17 4.25
38 Rice 4 2 15 17 4.25
38 Sam Houston State 4 1 16 17 4.25
38 Vanderbilt 4 1 16 17 4.25
38 Louisiana 4 0 17 17 4.25
48 Notre Dame 3 5 11 16 5.33
48 Appalachian State 3 4 12 16 5.33
48 Utah 3 3 13 16 5.33
48 Memphis 4 5 11 16 4.00
48 New Mexico State 4 5 11 16 4.00
48 Western Kentucky 4 3 13 16 4.00
54 UAB 3 4 11 15 5.00
54 Cincinnati 3 2 13 15 5.00
54 Wake Forest 3 1 14 15 5.00
54 Alabama 4 6 9 15 3.75
54 Sacramento State 4 5 10 15 3.75
54 North Dakota State 4 5 10 15 3.75
54 San Jose State 4 4 11 15 3.75
54 Old Dominion 4 3 12 15 3.75
54 Air Force 4 2 13 15 3.75
54 Eastern Michigan 4 1 14 15 3.75
54 Michigan State 4 1 14 15 3.75
65 UCLA 3 4 10 14 4.67
65 Jacksonville State 3 3 11 14 4.67
65 Liberty 3 3 11 14 4.67
65 Nebraska 3 3 11 14 4.67
65 Washington 3 3 11 14 4.67
65 Connecticut 3 2 12 14 4.67
65 Pittsburgh 4 6 8 14 3.50
65 Army 4 3 11 14 3.50
65 Akron 4 2 12 14 3.50
65 Ball State 4 1 13 14 3.50
65 Wyoming 4 1 13 14 3.50
76 New Mexico 3 6 7 13 4.33
76 Purdue 3 5 8 13 4.33
76 Maryland 3 3 10 13 4.33
76 Oregon 3 3 10 13 4.33
76 South Carolina 3 2 11 13 4.33
76 Ohio State 3 1 12 13 4.33
76 Clemson 3 0 13 13 4.33
76 Georgia State 3 0 13 13 4.33
76 Central Michigan 4 4 9 13 3.25
76 Middle Tennessee State 4 3 10 13 3.25
76 Navy 4 3 10 13 3.25
87 Michigan 3 5 7 12 4.00
87 Auburn 3 3 9 12 4.00
87 Coastal Carolina 3 3 9 12 4.00
87 FIU 3 3 9 12 4.00
87 Boise State 3 2 10 12 4.00
87 Marshall 3 2 10 12 4.00
87 Fresno State 3 1 11 12 4.00
87 East Carolina 3 1 11 12 4.00
87 Georgia 3 1 11 12 4.00
87 Southern Miss 3 1 11 12 4.00
87 West Virginia 4 3 9 12 3.00
98 UNLV 3 4 7 11 3.67
98 Penn State 3 2 9 11 3.67
98 Florida State 3 1 10 11 3.67
98 Iowa 3 1 10 11 3.67
98 Georgia Southern 3 0 11 11 3.67
98 NC State 3 0 11 11 3.67
98 Hawaii 4 4 7 11 2.75
98 Bowling Green 4 0 11 11 2.75
98 Stanford 4 0 11 11 2.75
98 Washington State 4 0 11 11 2.75
108 Arkansas 3 4 6 10 3.33
108 Oklahoma 3 3 7 10 3.33
108 Louisiana-Monroe 3 2 8 10 3.33
108 TCU 3 2 8 10 3.33
108 Arkansas State 4 4 6 10 2.50
108 Texas A&M 4 3 7 10 2.50
114 Boston College 3 4 5 9 3.00
114 Oklahoma State 3 4 5 9 3.00
114 Rutgers 3 1 8 9 3.00
114 Arizona 3 0 9 9 3.00
114 Iowa State 3 0 9 9 3.00
114 Texas State 3 0 9 9 3.00
120 Colorado State 3 2 6 8 2.67
120 Utah State 3 0 8 8 2.67
120 UTSA 4 2 6 8 2.00
120 California 4 1 7 8 2.00
124 Miami (FL) 3 2 5 7 2.33
124 Duke 3 1 6 7 2.33
124 UTEP 3 1 6 7 2.33
124 Illinois 3 0 7 7 2.33
124 USC 3 0 7 7 2.33
124 SMU 3 0 7 7 2.33
124 Tulsa 4 3 4 7 1.75
124 Charlotte 4 1 6 7 1.75
132 Northern Illinois 3 1 5 6 2.00
132 Georgia Tech 3 0 6 6 2.00
134 Florida 3 0 5 5 1.67
134 Mississippi State 3 0 5 5 1.67
134 Florida Atlantic 4 1 4 5 1.25
137 USF 3 0 4 4 1.33
138 Temple 3 0 2 2 0.67