2026 National Leaders Passes Defended - Games vs. FBS (I-A) Teams Only through 09/19/2026

Name G Int. Passes Broken Up Passes Defended Passes Defended/G
1 Eastern Michigan 4 3 22 25 6.25
2 Utah 2 2 17 19 9.50
3 Clemson 3 2 16 18 6.00
3 UNLV 3 1 16 17 5.67
5 Missouri 2 3 15 18 9.00
6 Ohio State 3 3 14 17 5.67
6 Connecticut 2 2 14 16 8.00
6 Houston 2 2 14 16 8.00
6 Texas State 3 2 14 16 5.33
10 Kentucky 2 4 13 17 8.50
10 Hawaii 3 2 13 15 5.00
10 Duke 3 1 13 14 4.67
10 Sam Houston State 2 0 13 13 6.50
14 Florida Atlantic 3 5 12 17 5.67
14 Auburn 3 4 12 16 5.33
14 Florida 2 3 12 15 7.50
14 Oregon 2 2 12 14 7.00
14 Mississippi State 3 2 12 14 4.67
14 San Jose State 3 2 12 14 4.67
20 Alabama 3 5 11 16 5.33
20 Baylor 2 4 11 15 7.50
20 Vanderbilt 2 3 11 14 7.00
20 Florida State 3 3 11 14 4.67
20 Notre Dame 3 3 11 14 4.67
20 Penn State 3 2 11 13 4.33
20 Oregon State 2 1 11 12 6.00
20 FIU 3 1 11 12 4.00
20 Missouri State 2 0 11 11 5.50
20 Oklahoma 3 0 11 11 3.67
30 UCLA 3 4 10 14 4.67
30 North Dakota State 3 4 10 14 4.67
30 LSU 3 3 10 13 4.33
30 Texas 3 3 10 13 4.33
30 Georgia 2 2 10 12 6.00
30 James Madison 2 2 10 12 6.00
30 Nebraska 2 2 10 12 6.00
30 Tennessee 2 2 10 12 6.00
30 Marshall 3 2 10 12 4.00
30 Akron 2 1 10 11 5.50
30 Texas Tech 2 1 10 11 5.50
30 Delaware 2 0 10 10 5.00
30 Ohio 3 0 10 10 3.33
43 Washington 2 5 9 14 7.00
43 California 2 4 9 13 6.50
43 UCF 2 3 9 12 6.00
43 Arizona State 2 2 9 11 5.50
43 Tulsa 2 2 9 11 5.50
43 Wisconsin 2 2 9 11 5.50
43 Louisiana-Monroe 2 1 9 10 5.00
43 Michigan State 3 1 9 10 3.33
43 Buffalo 2 0 9 9 4.50
43 TCU 2 0 9 9 4.50
43 Tulane 3 0 9 9 3.00
54 Pittsburgh 3 3 8 11 3.67
54 Central Michigan 2 2 8 10 5.00
54 Georgia State 2 2 8 10 5.00
54 Jacksonville State 3 2 8 10 3.33
54 Ole Miss 3 2 8 10 3.33
54 Texas A&M 3 2 8 10 3.33
54 Boise State 2 1 8 9 4.50
54 Iowa State 2 1 8 9 4.50
54 Iowa 2 1 8 9 4.50
54 Miami (FL) 2 1 8 9 4.50
54 Georgia Tech 2 0 8 8 4.00
54 Kansas 2 0 8 8 4.00
54 Minnesota 2 0 8 8 4.00
54 Temple 2 0 8 8 4.00
68 Memphis 3 4 7 11 3.67
68 Appalachian State 2 3 7 10 5.00
68 Louisville 2 3 7 10 5.00
68 USC 4 3 7 10 2.50
68 BYU 2 2 7 9 4.50
68 Cincinnati 2 2 7 9 4.50
68 Stanford 3 2 7 9 3.00
68 San Diego State 2 1 7 8 4.00
68 South Alabama 2 1 7 8 4.00
68 Virginia 2 1 7 8 4.00
68 Western Michigan 2 1 7 8 4.00
68 Liberty 2 0 7 7 3.50
68 Nevada 2 0 7 7 3.50
68 Utah State 2 0 7 7 3.50
68 West Virginia 2 0 7 7 3.50
68 Sacramento State 3 0 7 7 2.33
84 Massachusetts 1 3 6 9 9.00
84 New Mexico 2 3 6 9 4.50
84 Illinois 2 1 6 7 3.50
84 Oklahoma State 2 1 6 7 3.50
84 Syracuse 2 1 6 7 3.50
84 North Texas 3 1 6 7 2.33
84 Kansas State 2 0 6 6 3.00
84 Miami (OH) 2 0 6 6 3.00
84 Wake Forest 3 0 6 6 2.00
93 Colorado State 2 5 5 10 5.00
93 Fresno State 3 5 5 10 3.33
93 Louisiana Tech 2 3 5 8 4.00
93 NC State 2 2 5 7 3.50
93 Michigan 3 2 5 7 2.33
93 North Carolina 2 1 5 6 3.00
93 Troy 2 1 5 6 3.00
93 Coastal Carolina 2 0 5 5 2.50
93 Old Dominion 2 0 5 5 2.50
93 SMU 2 0 5 5 2.50
93 Toledo 2 0 5 5 2.50
104 Charlotte 2 2 4 6 3.00
104 Northern Illinois 2 2 4 6 3.00
104 South Carolina 2 2 4 6 3.00
104 UTSA 2 2 4 6 3.00
104 Rutgers 3 2 4 6 2.00
104 Georgia Southern 2 1 4 5 2.50
104 UAB 3 1 4 5 1.67
104 East Carolina 3 1 4 5 1.67
104 Western Kentucky 3 1 4 5 1.67
104 Army 1 0 4 4 4.00
104 Purdue 2 0 4 4 2.00
104 Rice 2 0 4 4 2.00
104 Southern Miss 2 0 4 4 2.00
104 Virginia Tech 2 0 4 4 2.00
104 Wyoming 2 0 4 4 2.00
119 Boston College 2 4 3 7 3.50
119 Northwestern 1 2 3 5 5.00
119 Indiana 2 2 3 5 2.50
119 USF 2 2 3 5 2.50
119 Louisiana 2 2 3 5 2.50
119 Washington State 2 2 3 5 2.50
119 Air Force 1 1 3 4 4.00
119 Ball State 2 1 3 4 2.00
119 Middle Tennessee State 2 1 3 4 2.00
119 New Mexico State 2 1 3 4 2.00
119 Arizona 2 0 3 3 1.50
130 Kennesaw State 2 1 2 3 1.50
130 Navy 1 0 2 2 2.00
130 UTEP 2 0 2 2 1.00
133 Arkansas State 2 3 1 4 2.00
133 Bowling Green 2 2 1 3 1.50
133 Maryland 2 0 1 1 0.50
136 Kent State 2 2 0 2 1.00
136 Arkansas 2 1 0 1 0.50