ncaa record for most interceptions thrown in a season by team

The San José State Spartans have thrown the most interceptions by a team in a season, with 73 interceptions in 1970.

	TEAM	INT	SEASON	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	RTG	TD%	INT%
1	San José State	73	1970	11	120	278	43.2	1,638	5.9	148.9	11	53.2	4.0	26.3
2	Louisville	39	1984	11	211	428	49.3	2,823	6.6	256.6	19	101.1	4.4	9.1
3	Washington State	36	1970	11	184	413	44.6	2,464	6.0	224.0	8	83.6	1.9	8.7
4	North Texas	36	1969	10	206	447	46.1	2,944	6.6	294.4	25	103.8	5.6	8.1
5	Virginia	34	1972	11	153	372	41.1	2,011	5.4	182.8	15	81.6	4.0	9.1
6	Kansas State	34	1970	11	196	410	47.8	2,441	6.0	221.9	8	87.7	2.0	8.3
7	Wichita State	34	1966	10	196	460	42.6	2,347	5.1	234.7	7	75.7	1.5	7.4
8	North Texas	33	1971	11	104	310	33.5	1,388	4.5	126.2	9	59.4	2.9	10.6
9	Idaho	33	1969	10	223	459	48.6	2,741	6.0	274.1	16	95.9	3.5	7.2
10	Kentucky	33	1967	10	110	277	39.7	1,142	4.1	114.2	4	55.3	1.4	11.9
11	California	32	1972	11	182	361	50.4	2,444	6.8	222.2	20	107.8	5.5	8.9
12	SMU	32	1970	11	196	357	54.9	2,139	6.0	194.5	10	96.5	2.8	9.0
13	Tulsa	32	1969	10	181	375	48.3	2,163	5.8	216.3	16	93.7	4.3	8.5
14	TCU	32	1966	10	121	269	45.0	1,385	5.1	138.5	2	66.9	0.7	11.9
15	Vanderbilt	31	1983	11	296	519	57.0	3,299	6.4	299.9	14	107.4	2.7	6.0
16	Duke	31	1980	11	213	401	53.1	2,508	6.3	228.0	18	105.0	4.5	7.7
17	Colgate	31	1978	11	164	340	48.2	2,135	6.3	194.1	8	90.5	2.4	9.1
18	Rice	31	1977	11	178	408	43.6	1,875	4.6	170.5	10	75.1	2.5	7.6
19	Washington	31	1973	11	128	320	40.0	2,154	6.7	195.8	18	95.7	5.6	9.7
20	Louisville	31	1968	10	146	325	44.9	1,879	5.8	187.9	10	84.6	3.1	9.5
21	North Texas	31	1966	10	184	415	44.3	2,595	6.3	259.5	25	101.8	6.0	7.5
22	William & Mary	31	1956	10	82	184	44.6	913	5.0	91.3	6	63.3	3.3	16.8
23	Ohio	30	1985	11	203	404	50.2	2,112	5.2	192.0	14	90.7	3.5	7.4
24	Oregon State	30	1985	11	209	405	51.6	2,281	5.6	207.4	13	94.7	3.2	7.4
25	Purdue	30	1977	11	190	350	54.3	2,631	7.5	239.2	18	117.3	5.1	8.6

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More San Jose State Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,032

Weaver

RUSH

413

Bates

REC

240

Clark

Team Rankings

PPG

23.3

115th

OPP PPG

27.3

113th

RUSH YDS/G

146.3

107th

PASS YDS/G

258.0

51st

2026 MWC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
2	UNLV	1-0	1-2
3	New Mexico	0-0	2-1
4	San Jose State	0-0	2-2
5	Nevada	0-0	1-2
6	UTEP	0-0	1-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 10/4	SJSU	@	HAW	12:00 AM
Fri 10/9	WYO	@	SJSU	9:00 PM
Sat 10/17	SJSU	@	UTEP	9:00 PM
Sat 10/24	SJSU	@	NEV	5:00 PM
Sat 10/31	UNM	@	SJSU	4:00 PM

Last Game

Fresno State

2 - 1

Final

San Jose State

2 - 2

Sat 19 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,173

Maiava

1,122

Atkinson

1,053

Stokes

Rush Yards Leaders

528

Sheppard

458

Baugh

454

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

476

Legree

444

Toney

419

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

12

Maiava

11

Taylor

11

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

8

Baugh

8

Knight

6

Carter

Rec TD Leaders

7

Dixon

6

Duff

6

Becker

QB Rating Leaders

259.3

Stockton

244.1

Hoover

228.6

Mensah

Sack Leaders

6.0

Lewis

6.0

Umanmielen

4.0

Lester

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

59.3

54.0

51.7

50.7

49.7

48.3

Opp PPG Rankings

4.3

5.3

7.3

7.7

8.0

Total Yards Rankings

594.3

544.7

544.3

539.0

537.0

528.0

Rush Yards Rankings

394.0

376.0

319.0

298.7

286.7

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

386.3

368.7

366.7

364.7

358.0

345.7

Sack Leaders

14.0

12.0

11.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	3	0	1.000
2	Florida	3	0	1.000
3	Georgia	3	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	3	0	1.000
5	Ole Miss	3	0	1.000
6	Kentucky	2	1	.667
7	Missouri	3	0	1.000
8	Tennessee	3	0	1.000
9	Texas	3	0	1.000
10	Vanderbilt	3	0	1.000
11	Oklahoma	2	1	.667
12	Auburn	2	1	.667
13	LSU	2	1	.667
14	South Carolina	2	1	.667
15	Texas A&M	2	1	.667
16	Arkansas	1	2	.333

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Appalachian State	3	0	1.000
2	James Madison	3	0	1.000
3	Louisiana	2	1	.667
4	Georgia State	2	1	.667
5	South Alabama	2	1	.667
6	Marshall	2	1	.667
7	Troy	2	1	.667
8	Coastal Carolina	1	2	.333
9	Arkansas State	1	2	.333
10	Georgia Southern	1	2	.333
11	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
12	Old Dominion	1	2	.333
13	Southern Miss	1	2	.333
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	3	.000

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	2	1	.667
2	Colorado State	2	1	.667
3	Fresno State	2	1	.667
4	Oregon State	1	2	.333
5	San Diego State	1	2	.333
6	Texas State	1	2	.333
7	Washington State	1	2	.333
8	Utah State	0	3	.000

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	3	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	3	0	1.000
3	Arizona State	2	1	.667
4	Cincinnati	3	0	1.000
5	Kansas State	3	0	1.000
6	Utah	3	0	1.000
7	West Virginia	3	0	1.000
8	Baylor	2	1	.667
9	Colorado	2	1	.667
10	Iowa State	2	1	.667
11	Oklahoma State	2	1	.667
12	TCU	2	1	.667
13	UCF	2	1	.667
14	Arizona	2	1	.667
15	Houston	2	1	.667
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	3	.250
2	UMass	3	0	1.000
3	Central Michigan	2	1	.667
4	Toledo	2	1	.667
5	Western Michigan	2	1	.667
6	Akron	1	2	.333
7	Ball State	1	2	.333
8	Buffalo	1	2	.333
9	Kent State	1	2	.333
10	Miami (OH)	1	2	.333
11	Ohio	1	2	.333
12	Bowling Green	0	3	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	3	.250

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	3	0	1.000
2	Duke	3	0	1.000
3	Pittsburgh	3	0	1.000
4	California	2	1	.667
5	Clemson	2	1	.667
6	Louisville	2	1	.667
7	Virginia	2	1	.667
8	SMU	2	1	.667
9	Virginia Tech	3	0	1.000
10	Boston College	2	1	.667
11	Georgia Tech	1	2	.333
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Wake Forest	2	1	.667
14	Florida State	1	2	.333
15	NC State	1	2	.333
16	Stanford	1	2	.333
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	3	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	1	.667

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	3	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	2	1	.667
3	Tulsa	3	0	1.000
4	Memphis	3	1	.750
5	UTSA	2	1	.667
6	East Carolina	1	2	.333
7	North Texas	1	2	.333
8	Rice	1	2	.333
9	Temple	1	2	.333
10	Tulane	1	2	.333
11	UAB	1	2	.333
12	Charlotte	0	3	.000
13	Army	1	1	.500
14	Navy	1	1	.500

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	4	0	1.000
2	UCLA	3	0	1.000
3	Indiana	3	0	1.000
4	Iowa	3	0	1.000
5	Michigan	3	0	1.000
6	Nebraska	3	0	1.000
7	Penn State	3	0	1.000
8	Washington	3	0	1.000
9	Northwestern	2	0	1.000
10	Illinois	2	1	.667
11	Maryland	2	1	.667
12	Michigan State	2	1	.667
13	Minnesota	2	1	.667
14	Ohio State	2	1	.667
15	Oregon	2	1	.667
16	Wisconsin	2	1	.667
17	Purdue	1	2	.333
18	Rutgers	0	3	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	2	1	.667
2	Liberty	2	1	.667
3	Middle Tennessee	2	1	.667
4	Jacksonville State	2	2	.500
5	Florida International	1	2	.333
6	Kennesaw State	1	2	.333
7	Missouri State	1	2	.333
8	New Mexico State	1	2	.333
9	Sam Houston	1	2	.333
10	Western Kentucky	0	3	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	1	2	.333
3	New Mexico	2	1	.667
4	San Jose State	2	2	.500
5	Nevada	1	2	.333
6	UTEP	1	2	.333
7	Wyoming	1	2	.333
8	Northern Illinois	0	3	.000
9	Air Force	1	1	.500
10	Hawai'i	1	2	.333

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sat 9/5	OHIO	@	NEB	21-49
Sat 9/5	ORST	@	HOU	20-33
Sat 9/5	ECU	@	ALA	10-48
Sat 9/5	UNT	@	IND	16-52
Sat 9/5	BRY	@	ARMY	3-59

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 9/24	LIB	@	CCAR	7:30 PM
Fri 9/25	ARMY	@	TEM	4:00 PM
Fri 9/25	NAVY	@	UAB	7:00 PM
Fri 9/25	HOW	@	RUTG	7:00 PM
Fri 9/25	NW	@	IND	8:00 PM

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