rank the top 20 professional football teams in pass defense

The Alabama Crimson Tide and the Texas Tech Red Raiders are tied for defending the most passes when in the AP top 20 this season, with 13 passes defended.

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Data note: Passes Defended: team game data complete from 2013

	TEAM	PDEF	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	SCK	SCKY	INT	INT YDS	INT TD	FF	FR	FR TD
1	Alabama	13	8	296	242	538	20.0	114	12	196	5	8	7	0
2	Texas Tech	13	8	381	137	518	25.0	163	13	177	5	5	1	0
3	Tennessee	12	8	306	202	508	35.0	183	8	90	1	5	6	0
4	Notre Dame	10	8	289	152	441	15.0	108	8	96	1	10	8	2
5	Utah	8	7	266	135	401	16.0	104	8	78	1	3	3	1
6	Ole Miss	7	8	377	172	549	17.0	117	7	43	0	5	5	2
7	Georgia	7	8	354	129	483	26.0	161	7	130	0	8	8	2
8	Indiana	7	9	358	220	578	32.0	237	7	113	1	7	2	0
9	UCLA	6	3	120	18	138	10.0	54	6	123	1	3	1	0
10	BYU	6	8	347	114	461	18.0	119	6	114	0	3	3	0
11	LSU	6	7	263	144	407	30.0	194	6	103	1	3	2	0
12	Texas	6	8	359	175	534	27.0	180	6	19	0	8	3	2
13	Kentucky	5	2	89	16	105	8.0	41	5	102	1	1	1	0
14	Washington	5	2	80	26	106	6.0	32	5	70	0	1	1	0
15	Oregon	5	4	174	130	304	7.0	45	5	109	1	0	1	0
16	Penn State	5	4	141	84	225	6.0	27	5	88	1	4	3	0
17	Houston	4	3	137	18	155	4.0	20	4	17	0	3	1	0
18	Iowa	4	5	229	90	319	16.0	105	4	33	0	3	0	0
19	Missouri	4	4	144	150	294	10.0	71	4	48	0	5	2	0
20	Ohio State	4	8	283	179	462	11.0	90	4	17	0	6	7	1
21	Miami	4	8	309	135	444	24.0	132	4	63	1	6	6	1
22	USC	3	8	331	89	420	17.0	82	3	115	1	4	3	1
23	Oklahoma State	2	2	100	54	154	3.0	21	2	20	0	0	1	1
24	Texas A&M	2	3	72	110	182	4.0	19	2	100	2	4	5	0
25	Wake Forest	1	1	39	22	61	2.0	16	1	2	0	1	0	0

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More Alabama Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

2,057

Russell

RUSH

332

Hill

REC

488

Brooks

Team Rankings

PPG

38.3

12th

OPP PPG

21.3

52nd

RUSH YDS/G

152.1

85th

PASS YDS/G

260.0

34th

2026 SEC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Kentucky	5-1	7-1
2	Georgia	5-1	7-1
3	Alabama	4-2	6-2
4	Florida	3-3	5-3
5	Ole Miss	4-2	6-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 11/7	ALA	@	LSU	3:30 PM
Sat 11/14	ALA	@	VAN	1:00 PM
Sat 11/21	CHAT	@	ALA	2:00 PM
Sat 11/28	AUB	@	ALA	1:00 PM

Last Game

Texas A&M

4 - 4

Final

Alabama

6 - 2

Sat 24 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,649

Mestemaker

2,604

Atkinson

2,577

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

1,054

White

1,005

Roberts

982

Gutierrez

Rec Yards Leaders

1,067

Smith

1,040

Legree

1,027

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

25

Stokes

25

Mensah

25

Mestemaker

Rush TD Leaders

17

Hellums

16

Hawkins

14

Sheppard

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

13

Toney

13

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

202.7

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

178.5

Stokes

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

10.0

Osunsanmi

9.0

Bradley

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

47.6

43.8

42.7

41.1

41.0

40.4

Opp PPG Rankings

11.9

12.4

12.5

13.4

Total Yards Rankings

540.5

534.9

529.6

527.0

517.7

514.0

Rush Yards Rankings

342.5

341.0

295.8

272.0

271.4

261.6

Pass Yards Rankings

384.9

348.9

338.8

332.4

329.6

324.1

Sack Leaders

35.0

34.0

32.0

31.0

27.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	6	1	.857
2	Oregon State	5	2	.714
3	Texas State	4	3	.571
4	San Diego State	4	5	.444
5	Fresno State	4	3	.571
6	Colorado State	3	5	.375
7	Utah State	3	5	.375
8	Washington State	1	8	.111

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	8	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	6	2	.750
3	Indiana	8	1	.889
4	Northwestern	6	2	.750
5	Minnesota	5	3	.625
6	Wisconsin	5	3	.625
7	USC	7	2	.778
8	Purdue	3	5	.375
9	Illinois	5	3	.625
10	Oregon	5	3	.625
11	Iowa	6	2	.750
12	Nebraska	5	3	.625
13	Michigan	5	3	.625
14	Washington	5	3	.625
15	Rutgers	2	6	.250
16	Penn State	4	4	.500
17	Maryland	2	6	.250
18	Michigan State	2	6	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Kentucky	7	1	.875
2	Georgia	7	1	.875
3	Alabama	6	2	.750
4	Florida	5	3	.625
5	Ole Miss	6	2	.750
6	LSU	6	2	.750
7	Tennessee	6	2	.750
8	Oklahoma	4	4	.500
9	Missouri	6	2	.750
10	Texas	6	2	.750
11	Mississippi State	4	4	.500
12	Auburn	4	4	.500
13	South Carolina	5	3	.625
14	Arkansas	3	5	.375
15	Texas A&M	4	4	.500
16	Vanderbilt	3	5	.375

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	6	2	.750
2	Appalachian State	5	3	.625
3	South Alabama	4	4	.500
4	James Madison	7	2	.778
5	Louisiana	5	3	.625
6	Georgia Southern	4	4	.500
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Coastal Carolina	3	5	.375
9	Troy	4	4	.500
10	Georgia State	4	4	.500
11	Southern Miss	3	5	.375
12	Marshall	5	3	.625
13	Louisiana-Monroe	1	7	.125
14	Old Dominion	2	7	.222

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	8	0	1.000
2	SMU	6	2	.750
3	Wake Forest	7	1	.875
4	Virginia Tech	6	2	.750
5	Louisville	5	3	.625
6	Clemson	5	3	.625
7	North Carolina	4	4	.500
8	Duke	6	2	.750
9	Boston College	4	4	.500
10	Pittsburgh	6	3	.667
11	Stanford	4	5	.444
12	Virginia	4	5	.444
13	California	3	6	.333
14	Florida State	3	5	.375
15	NC State	4	4	.500
16	Georgia Tech	2	6	.250
17	Syracuse	4	4	.500

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	7	1	.875
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	UNLV	4	3	.571
4	North Dakota State	7	2	.778
5	Air Force	6	2	.750
6	Nevada	3	5	.375
7	San Jose State	4	5	.444
8	Hawai'i	2	6	.250
9	UTEP	1	7	.125
10	Northern Illinois	0	7	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	7	1	.875
2	UConn	4	4	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	6	2	.750
2	Toledo	6	2	.750
3	Western Michigan	6	3	.667
4	Buffalo	5	3	.625
5	Miami (OH)	5	3	.625
6	Eastern Michigan	4	5	.444
7	Ball State	3	5	.375
8	Bowling Green	2	7	.222
9	Kent State	3	6	.333
10	UMass	4	4	.500
11	Central Michigan	3	5	.375
12	Sacramento State	2	7	.222
13	Akron	1	7	.125

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	7	1	.875
2	North Texas	6	2	.750
3	Army	5	3	.625
4	Memphis	7	2	.778
5	UAB	4	4	.500
6	Florida Atlantic	5	3	.625
7	Tulane	4	4	.500
8	Temple	2	6	.250
9	South Florida	6	2	.750
10	East Carolina	4	4	.500
11	Tulsa	4	4	.500
12	Charlotte	1	7	.125
13	Navy	2	6	.250
14	Rice	1	7	.125

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	8	0	1.000
2	BYU	7	1	.875
3	Arizona	6	2	.750
4	Texas Tech	7	1	.875
5	Oklahoma State	5	3	.625
6	Houston	6	2	.750
7	Baylor	5	3	.625
8	Cincinnati	5	3	.625
9	Arizona State	4	4	.500
10	West Virginia	5	3	.625
11	UCF	4	4	.500
12	Kansas State	4	4	.500
13	Iowa State	4	4	.500
14	Kansas	3	5	.375
15	TCU	4	4	.500
16	Colorado	3	5	.375

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	6	2	.750
2	Liberty	7	1	.875
3	Delaware	4	4	.500
4	New Mexico State	3	5	.375
5	Middle Tennessee	4	4	.500
6	Western Kentucky	3	5	.375
7	Missouri State	3	5	.375
8	Florida International	3	5	.375
9	Kennesaw State	2	6	.250
10	Sam Houston	1	7	.125