2026 National Leaders Passes Defended - Games vs. FBS Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 10/10/2026

Name G Int. Passes Broken Up Passes Defended Passes Defended/G
1 Utah 4 5 31 36 9.00
2 Mississippi State 4 2 25 27 6.75
3 Oregon 4 5 24 29 7.25
4 Oregon State 4 3 23 26 6.50
5 Notre Dame 5 7 21 28 5.60
5 Houston 4 4 21 25 6.25
7 UCLA 5 10 20 30 6.00
7 Kentucky 4 5 20 25 6.25
7 Louisville 5 5 20 25 5.00
7 Clemson 4 4 20 24 6.00
11 Alabama 5 8 19 27 5.40
11 Missouri 4 5 19 24 6.00
11 Ohio State 4 2 19 21 5.25
11 Virginia Tech 4 0 19 19 4.75
15 BYU 4 3 18 21 5.25
16 Tennessee 4 5 17 22 5.50
16 Georgia 4 2 17 19 4.75
16 Virginia 4 2 17 19 4.75
19 Iowa 4 1 16 17 4.25
20 Washington 5 7 15 22 4.40
20 Northwestern 3 4 15 19 6.33
20 LSU 4 4 15 19 4.75
20 San Diego State 3 3 15 18 6.00
20 Ole Miss 4 3 15 18 4.50
20 Wisconsin 2 1 15 16 8.00
26 Texas A&M 5 5 14 19 3.80
26 Baylor 3 4 14 18 6.00
26 Vanderbilt 4 3 14 17 4.25
26 Washington State 5 3 14 17 3.40
26 Georgia Tech 4 0 14 14 3.50
31 Texas Tech 3 5 13 18 6.00
31 California 4 5 13 18 4.50
31 Minnesota 4 4 13 17 4.25
31 Oklahoma 3 3 13 16 5.33
31 South Carolina 4 3 13 16 4.00
31 Texas 4 2 13 15 3.75
31 Utah State 4 0 13 13 3.25
38 USC 5 3 12 15 3.00
38 UCF 4 2 12 14 3.50
38 NC State 4 2 12 14 3.50
38 Wake Forest 5 2 12 14 2.80
42 Auburn 4 4 11 15 3.75
42 Penn State 3 3 11 14 4.67
42 Arizona State 3 2 11 13 4.33
42 Cincinnati 3 2 11 13 4.33
42 Oklahoma State 3 2 11 13 4.33
42 Florida State 4 2 11 13 3.25
42 Maryland 4 2 11 13 3.25
42 Purdue 4 2 11 13 3.25
42 Illinois 4 0 11 11 2.75
51 Pittsburgh 4 6 10 16 4.00
51 Akron 2 1 10 11 5.50
51 Arizona 4 1 10 11 2.75
51 Iowa State 4 0 10 10 2.50
55 North Carolina 3 3 9 12 4.00
55 Florida 4 2 9 11 2.75
55 Duke 3 1 9 10 3.33
55 Kansas 3 1 9 10 3.33
55 Michigan State 3 1 9 10 3.33
55 Colorado 4 1 9 10 2.50
61 Boston College 4 4 8 12 3.00
61 Stanford 4 3 8 11 2.75
61 West Virginia 4 3 8 11 2.75
61 James Madison 1 2 8 10 10.00
61 Connecticut 2 2 8 10 5.00
61 Miami (FL) 3 2 8 10 3.33
61 Boise State 3 1 8 9 3.00
61 Fresno State 3 1 8 9 3.00
61 Kansas State 3 0 8 8 2.67
70 UTSA 3 3 7 10 3.33
70 Eastern Michigan 2 1 7 8 4.00
70 Missouri State 2 1 7 8 4.00
70 Toledo 2 1 7 8 4.00
70 Indiana 3 1 7 8 2.67
70 Syracuse 3 1 7 8 2.67
70 Louisiana-Monroe 1 0 7 7 7.00
70 Delaware 2 0 7 7 3.50
70 Miami (OH) 2 0 7 7 3.50
79 Massachusetts 1 3 6 9 9.00
79 Tulsa 2 3 6 9 4.50
79 Ball State 2 1 6 7 3.50
79 Western Michigan 2 1 6 7 3.50
79 Tulane 2 0 6 6 3.00
79 SMU 3 0 6 6 2.00
79 TCU 3 0 6 6 2.00
86 Nebraska 3 4 5 9 3.00
86 Louisiana Tech 2 3 5 8 4.00
86 Michigan 3 3 5 8 2.67
86 Rutgers 3 2 5 7 2.33
86 UNLV 1 1 5 6 6.00
86 Troy 2 1 5 6 3.00
86 UTEP 3 1 5 6 2.00
86 Ohio 1 0 5 5 5.00
86 Hawaii 2 0 5 5 2.50
95 Arkansas 4 3 4 7 1.75
95 Northern Illinois 2 2 4 6 3.00
95 Appalachian State 1 1 4 5 5.00
95 Georgia Southern 2 1 4 5 2.50
95 San Jose State 2 1 4 5 2.50
95 Texas State 2 1 4 5 2.50
95 Western Kentucky 2 0 4 4 2.00
102 Sam Houston State 1 3 3 6 6.00
102 Colorado State 2 2 3 5 2.50
102 Buffalo 1 0 3 3 3.00
102 Central Michigan 1 0 3 3 3.00
102 Marshall 1 0 3 3 3.00
102 Memphis 1 0 3 3 3.00
102 Old Dominion 1 0 3 3 3.00
102 Wyoming 1 0 3 3 3.00
110 New Mexico 1 2 2 4 4.00
110 Florida Atlantic 1 1 2 3 3.00
110 Georgia State 1 1 2 3 3.00
110 New Mexico State 1 1 2 3 3.00
110 East Carolina 1 0 2 2 2.00
110 Middle Tennessee State 1 0 2 2 2.00
110 Rice 1 0 2 2 2.00
110 Temple 1 0 2 2 2.00
110 Kennesaw State 1 0 2 2 2.00
119 Bowling Green 2 2 1 3 1.50
119 Arkansas State 1 1 1 2 2.00
119 Louisiana 1 1 1 2 2.00
119 Coastal Carolina 1 0 1 1 1.00
119 South Alabama 1 0 1 1 1.00
119 Southern Miss 1 0 1 1 1.00
119 North Texas 2 0 1 1 0.50
126 Kent State 2 2 0 2 1.00
126 Charlotte 1 1 0 1 1.00