2026 National Leaders Passes Defended - Games vs. FBS non-Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 10/10/2026
| Name | G | Int. | Passes Broken Up | Passes Defended | Passes Defended/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UNLV | 5 | 7 | 24 | 31 | 6.20 |
| 2 | North Dakota State | 5 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 3.80 |
| 2 | Fresno State | 3 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 5.00 |
| 2 | New Mexico | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 4.33 |
| 2 | Memphis | 4 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 3.25 |
| 6 | Appalachian State | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 5.00 |
| 7 | James Madison | 4 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 5.00 |
| 7 | South Alabama | 4 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 5.00 |
| 7 | San Jose State | 3 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 6.00 |
| 7 | Central Michigan | 4 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 4.50 |
| 7 | Jacksonville State | 5 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 3.60 |
| 7 | Florida Atlantic | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 5.33 |
| 13 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 3 | 23 | 26 | 6.50 |
| 13 | Liberty | 5 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 4.00 |
| 13 | FIU | 4 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 4.50 |
| 13 | North Texas | 3 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 5.67 |
| 13 | Old Dominion | 4 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 4.25 |
| 13 | Marshall | 4 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 4.00 |
| 13 | Coastal Carolina | 4 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 3.75 |
| 13 | Navy | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 3.00 |
| 13 | Louisiana Tech | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 5.50 |
| 13 | Tulsa | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3.67 |
| 13 | UCF | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 10.00 |
| 13 | Utah State | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 10.00 |
| 13 | Colorado State | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4.50 |
| 13 | Middle Tennessee State | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2.67 |
| 13 | Western Kentucky | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2.67 |
| 13 | Texas Tech | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7.00 |
| 13 | Troy | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2.50 |
| 30 | Connecticut | 3 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 5.33 |
| 30 | Hawaii | 4 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 4.00 |
| 30 | Ohio State | 2 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 7.50 |
| 30 | Louisiana | 4 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 3.75 |
| 30 | Air Force | 4 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 3.50 |
| 30 | Penn State | 3 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 4.33 |
| 30 | Ohio | 4 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 3.25 |
| 30 | Nebraska | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 6.00 |
| 30 | Kennesaw State | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 4.00 |
| 30 | Florida | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 11.00 |
| 30 | Wisconsin | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 5.50 |
| 30 | USF | 5 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2.00 |
| 30 | Vanderbilt | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 9.00 |
| 30 | Boise State | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4.50 |
| 30 | Kentucky | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 8.00 |
| 30 | Virginia | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 8.00 |
| 30 | New Mexico State | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2.00 |
| 30 | East Carolina | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2.33 |
| 30 | Arkansas State | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1.75 |
| 30 | Georgia | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6.00 |
| 30 | Auburn | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5.00 |
| 30 | Indiana | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2.50 |
| 52 | Georgia State | 3 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 5.67 |
| 52 | Wyoming | 4 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 3.75 |
| 52 | UAB | 4 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 3.50 |
| 52 | Nevada | 4 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 3.50 |
| 52 | Army | 4 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 3.50 |
| 52 | Miami (OH) | 3 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 4.33 |
| 52 | Western Michigan | 3 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 4.33 |
| 52 | Rice | 4 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 3.25 |
| 52 | Texas State | 2 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 6.00 |
| 52 | Massachusetts | 3 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 4.00 |
| 52 | Charlotte | 4 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 2.75 |
| 52 | Arizona State | 1 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 10.00 |
| 52 | Missouri | 1 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 10.00 |
| 52 | Akron | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 3.33 |
| 52 | Michigan State | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 3.33 |
| 52 | Baylor | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 9.00 |
| 52 | Toledo | 3 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 3.00 |
| 52 | Sacramento State | 4 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 2.25 |
| 52 | Florida State | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 7.00 |
| 52 | Purdue | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 7.00 |
| 52 | Louisiana-Monroe | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2.33 |
| 52 | Southern Miss | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2.33 |
| 52 | Illinois | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6.00 |
| 52 | SMU | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6.00 |
| 52 | UTEP | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3.00 |
| 52 | Iowa State | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5.00 |
| 52 | Texas | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5.00 |
| 52 | Iowa | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4.00 |
| 52 | LSU | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4.00 |
| 52 | Michigan | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2.00 |
| 52 | Alabama | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3.00 |
| 52 | California | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3.00 |
| 52 | Cincinnati | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3.00 |
| 52 | Ole Miss | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3.00 |
| 52 | Northwestern | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3.00 |
| 52 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3.00 |
| 52 | Oregon State | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3.00 |
| 52 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3.00 |
| 52 | South Carolina | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3.00 |
| 52 | Miami (FL) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 |
| 52 | Northern Illinois | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.00 |
| 93 | Sam Houston State | 3 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 4.67 |
| 93 | Buffalo | 3 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 4.00 |
| 93 | Missouri State | 2 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 5.50 |
| 93 | Delaware | 2 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 5.00 |
| 93 | Georgia Southern | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 3.00 |
| 93 | Tulane | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 3.00 |
| 93 | Kansas | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8.00 |
| 93 | Minnesota | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8.00 |
| 93 | Stanford | 2 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 4.00 |
| 93 | Temple | 4 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 2.00 |
| 93 | Clemson | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7.00 |
| 93 | Houston | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7.00 |
| 93 | Oklahoma | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3.50 |
| 93 | Ball State | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 2.33 |
| 93 | Kent State | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 2.33 |
| 93 | Arkansas | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6.00 |
| 93 | Duke | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6.00 |
| 93 | NC State | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6.00 |
| 93 | Syracuse | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6.00 |
| 93 | TCU | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6.00 |
| 93 | Bowling Green | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2.00 |
| 93 | North Carolina | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5.00 |
| 93 | West Virginia | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5.00 |
| 93 | Mississippi State | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4.00 |
| 93 | San Diego State | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2.00 |
| 93 | Kansas State | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3.00 |
| 93 | Tennessee | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3.00 |
| 93 | Texas A&M | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3.00 |
| 93 | USC | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1.50 |
| 93 | Arizona | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2.00 |
| 93 | Wake Forest | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2.00 |
| 93 | Maryland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 93 | Rutgers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 93 | Virginia Tech | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 |