2026 National Leaders Passes Defended - Games vs. FBS non-Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 10/30/2026

Name G Int. Passes Broken Up Passes Defended Passes Defended/G
1 James Madison 7 5 29 34 4.86
1 Eastern Michigan 6 3 29 32 5.33
1 Sam Houston State 6 1 29 30 5.00
4 Nevada 6 1 27 28 4.67
5 UNLV 6 7 24 31 5.17
5 Missouri State 5 1 24 25 5.00
7 Jacksonville State 7 5 23 28 4.00
7 Massachusetts 5 2 23 25 5.00
7 Louisiana 6 2 23 25 4.17
7 Georgia State 5 1 23 24 4.80
11 Kennesaw State 6 5 22 27 4.50
11 Ohio 6 4 22 26 4.33
13 South Alabama 5 4 21 25 5.00
13 Western Michigan 5 3 21 24 4.80
15 North Dakota State 7 9 20 29 4.14
15 Delaware 5 5 20 25 5.00
15 Miami (OH) 5 5 20 25 5.00
15 Liberty 6 5 20 25 4.17
15 Tulane 6 5 20 25 4.17
15 FIU 6 4 20 24 4.00
15 Buffalo 5 3 20 23 4.60
15 Toledo 5 3 20 23 4.60
15 Connecticut 4 2 20 22 5.50
15 Kent State 6 1 20 21 3.50
25 Appalachian State 5 7 19 26 5.20
25 San Jose State 5 5 19 24 4.80
25 North Texas 5 4 19 23 4.60
25 Air Force 6 3 19 22 3.67
25 Rice 6 2 19 21 3.50
25 Wyoming 6 1 19 20 3.33
31 Louisiana Tech 4 6 18 24 6.00
31 Sacramento State 7 5 18 23 3.29
31 Old Dominion 6 4 18 22 3.67
34 Central Michigan 6 6 17 23 3.83
34 Hawaii 6 6 17 23 3.83
34 Marshall 5 4 17 21 4.20
34 Army 6 3 17 20 3.33
34 Southern Miss 5 2 17 19 3.80
39 Troy 5 6 16 22 4.40
39 UAB 5 2 16 18 3.60
41 Memphis 6 9 15 24 4.00
41 Akron 5 2 15 17 3.40
43 New Mexico 5 9 14 23 4.60
43 Florida Atlantic 6 4 14 18 3.00
43 Navy 6 4 14 18 3.00
43 Coastal Carolina 5 3 14 17 3.40
43 Louisiana-Monroe 5 3 14 17 3.40
48 Middle Tennessee State 6 6 13 19 3.17
48 New Mexico State 6 5 13 18 3.00
48 Western Kentucky 5 4 13 17 3.40
48 Ohio State 2 2 13 15 7.50
48 East Carolina 5 2 13 15 3.00
48 Charlotte 6 2 13 15 2.50
48 Georgia Southern 4 0 13 13 3.25
48 Bowling Green 5 0 13 13 2.60
56 Penn State 3 2 11 13 4.33
56 Texas State 2 1 11 12 6.00
56 Ball State 5 1 11 12 2.40
59 Arkansas State 6 6 10 16 2.67
59 Tulsa 5 3 10 13 2.60
59 Nebraska 2 2 10 12 6.00
59 USF 6 2 10 12 2.00
63 Fresno State 3 6 9 15 5.00
63 Florida 1 2 9 11 11.00
63 Wisconsin 2 2 9 11 5.50
63 Arizona State 1 1 9 10 10.00
63 Missouri 1 1 9 10 10.00
63 Michigan State 3 1 9 10 3.33
69 Baylor 1 1 8 9 9.00
69 Kansas 1 0 8 8 8.00
69 Minnesota 1 0 8 8 8.00
69 Stanford 2 0 8 8 4.00
69 Temple 5 0 8 8 1.60
74 UCF 1 3 7 10 10.00
74 Utah State 1 3 7 10 10.00
74 Vanderbilt 1 2 7 9 9.00
74 Boise State 2 2 7 9 4.50
74 BYU 1 0 7 7 7.00
74 Clemson 1 0 7 7 7.00
74 Houston 1 0 7 7 7.00
74 Oklahoma 2 0 7 7 3.50
82 Colorado State 2 3 6 9 4.50
82 Kentucky 1 2 6 8 8.00
82 Virginia 1 2 6 8 8.00
82 Northern Illinois 4 2 6 8 2.00
82 UTSA 4 2 6 8 2.00
82 Florida State 1 1 6 7 7.00
82 Purdue 1 1 6 7 7.00
82 UTEP 3 1 6 7 2.33
82 Arkansas 1 0 6 6 6.00
82 Duke 1 0 6 6 6.00
82 NC State 1 0 6 6 6.00
82 Syracuse 1 0 6 6 6.00
82 TCU 1 0 6 6 6.00
95 Illinois 1 1 5 6 6.00
95 SMU 1 1 5 6 6.00
95 North Carolina 1 0 5 5 5.00
95 West Virginia 1 0 5 5 5.00
99 Texas Tech 1 3 4 7 7.00
99 Georgia 1 2 4 6 6.00
99 Iowa State 1 1 4 5 5.00
99 Texas 1 1 4 5 5.00
99 Mississippi State 1 0 4 4 4.00
99 San Diego State 2 0 4 4 2.00
105 Auburn 1 2 3 5 5.00
105 Indiana 2 2 3 5 2.50
105 Iowa 1 1 3 4 4.00
105 LSU 1 1 3 4 4.00
105 Michigan 2 1 3 4 2.00
105 Kansas State 1 0 3 3 3.00
105 Tennessee 1 0 3 3 3.00
105 Texas A&M 1 0 3 3 3.00
105 USC 2 0 3 3 1.50
114 Alabama 1 1 2 3 3.00
114 California 1 1 2 3 3.00
114 Cincinnati 1 1 2 3 3.00
114 Ole Miss 1 1 2 3 3.00
114 Northwestern 1 1 2 3 3.00
114 Oklahoma State 1 1 2 3 3.00
114 Oregon State 1 1 2 3 3.00
114 Pittsburgh 1 1 2 3 3.00
114 South Carolina 1 1 2 3 3.00
114 Arizona 1 0 2 2 2.00
114 Wake Forest 1 0 2 2 2.00
125 Miami (FL) 1 1 1 2 2.00
125 Maryland 1 0 1 1 1.00
125 Rutgers 1 0 1 1 1.00
125 Virginia Tech 1 0 1 1 1.00