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