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	7	323	135	458	20.0	129	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	7	254	116	370	15.0	108	8	96	1	10	8	2
5	Utah	7	6	220	118	338	13.0	85	7	39	0	2	2	0
6	Ole Miss	7	7	324	172	496	13.0	91	7	43	0	3	3	2
7	Indiana	7	8	311	220	531	28.0	217	7	113	1	6	1	0
8	BYU	6	7	287	114	401	12.0	81	6	114	0	1	2	0
9	LSU	6	7	263	144	407	30.0	194	6	103	1	3	2	0
10	Texas	6	7	320	139	459	20.0	134	6	19	0	5	2	1
11	Kentucky	5	2	89	16	105	8.0	41	5	102	1	1	1	0
12	Washington	5	2	80	26	106	6.0	32	5	70	0	1	1	0
13	Oregon	5	4	174	130	304	7.0	45	5	109	1	0	1	0
14	Penn State	5	4	141	84	225	6.0	27	5	88	1	4	3	0
15	Houston	4	3	137	18	155	4.0	20	4	17	0	3	1	0
16	Iowa	4	5	229	90	319	16.0	105	4	33	0	3	0	0
17	Missouri	4	4	144	150	294	10.0	71	4	48	0	5	2	0
18	Georgia	4	7	298	129	427	22.0	148	4	99	0	6	7	1
19	Ohio State	4	7	242	179	421	10.0	81	4	17	0	5	6	1
20	Miami	4	7	259	131	390	20.0	110	4	63	1	5	5	1
21	USC	3	8	331	89	420	17.0	82	3	115	1	4	3	1
22	UCLA	2	2	76	16	92	7.0	36	2	67	0	3	1	0
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	SMU	1	3	98	73	171	5.0	32	1	28	0	2	2	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

13th

OPP PPG

21.3

56th

RUSH YDS/G

152.1

87th

PASS YDS/G

260.0

40th

2026 SEC Standings

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

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

2,604

Atkinson

2,577

Jackson

2,536

Veltkamp

Rush Yards Leaders

1,054

White

963

Riley

957

Bishop

Rec Yards Leaders

1,040

Legree

984

Smith

952

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

24

Atkinson

23

Veltkamp

22

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

16

Hawkins

16

Hellums

13

Baugh

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

12

Smith

11

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

204.6

Mensah

185.9

Stockton

184.5

Sayin

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

9.0

Osunsanmi

8.5

Umanmielen

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.0

43.8

43.0

42.7

41.1

40.1

Opp PPG Rankings

11.3

12.0

12.5

13.4

13.9

Total Yards Rankings

551.9

540.5

529.1

527.0

517.7

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

345.7

337.4

307.7

272.0

271.4

261.6

Pass Yards Rankings

384.9

348.9

341.0

340.7

329.6

323.1

Sack Leaders

35.0

34.0

29.0

28.0

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	3	5	.375
5	Fresno State	4	3	.571
6	Colorado State	3	4	.429
7	Utah State	2	5	.286
8	Washington State	1	7	.125

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	7	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	6	1	.857
3	Indiana	7	1	.875
4	Northwestern	6	1	.857
5	Minnesota	5	2	.714
6	Wisconsin	5	2	.714
7	USC	6	2	.750
8	Purdue	3	4	.429
9	Illinois	4	3	.571
10	Oregon	4	3	.571
11	Iowa	5	2	.714
12	Nebraska	5	2	.714
13	Michigan	4	3	.571
14	Washington	4	3	.571
15	Rutgers	2	5	.286
16	Penn State	3	4	.429
17	Maryland	2	5	.286
18	Michigan State	2	6	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Kentucky	7	1	.875
2	Georgia	6	1	.857
3	Alabama	6	2	.750
4	Florida	5	2	.714
5	Ole Miss	5	2	.714
6	LSU	6	2	.750
7	Tennessee	6	2	.750
8	Oklahoma	4	3	.571
9	Missouri	5	2	.714
10	Texas	5	2	.714
11	Mississippi State	4	3	.571
12	Auburn	4	3	.571
13	South Carolina	4	3	.571
14	Arkansas	3	4	.429
15	Texas A&M	4	4	.500
16	Vanderbilt	3	5	.375

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	5	2	.714
2	Appalachian State	5	2	.714
3	South Alabama	4	3	.571
4	James Madison	7	2	.778
5	Louisiana	5	3	.625
6	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Coastal Carolina	2	5	.286
9	Troy	4	4	.500
10	Georgia State	4	3	.571
11	Southern Miss	2	5	.286
12	Marshall	4	3	.571
13	Louisiana-Monroe	1	6	.143
14	Old Dominion	2	6	.250

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	7	0	1.000
2	SMU	6	1	.857
3	Wake Forest	6	1	.857
4	Virginia Tech	6	2	.750
5	Louisville	4	3	.571
6	Clemson	4	3	.571
7	North Carolina	4	3	.571
8	Duke	5	2	.714
9	Boston College	4	3	.571
10	Pittsburgh	5	3	.625
11	Stanford	4	4	.500
12	Virginia	4	4	.500
13	California	3	5	.375
14	Florida State	3	4	.429
15	NC State	3	4	.429
16	Georgia Tech	2	5	.286
17	Syracuse	3	4	.429

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	6	1	.857
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	UNLV	4	3	.571
4	North Dakota State	6	2	.750
5	Air Force	5	2	.714
6	Nevada	3	4	.429
7	San Jose State	4	4	.500
8	Hawai'i	2	6	.250
9	UTEP	1	6	.143
10	Northern Illinois	0	7	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	1	.857
2	UConn	4	3	.571

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	6	2	.750
2	Toledo	6	2	.750
3	Western Michigan	5	3	.625
4	Buffalo	5	3	.625
5	Miami (OH)	5	3	.625
6	Eastern Michigan	4	5	.444
7	Kent State	3	6	.333
8	Ball State	3	5	.375
9	Bowling Green	2	6	.250
10	UMass	4	4	.500
11	Central Michigan	3	5	.375
12	Akron	1	7	.125
13	Sacramento State	2	7	.222

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	7	1	.875
2	North Texas	6	2	.750
3	Army	5	2	.714
4	Memphis	6	2	.750
5	UAB	4	3	.571
6	Florida Atlantic	5	3	.625
7	Tulane	4	4	.500
8	Temple	2	5	.286
9	South Florida	5	2	.714
10	East Carolina	3	4	.429
11	Tulsa	4	4	.500
12	Charlotte	1	7	.125
13	Navy	2	5	.286
14	Rice	1	7	.125

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	7	0	1.000
2	BYU	6	1	.857
3	Arizona	6	1	.857
4	Texas Tech	6	1	.857
5	Oklahoma State	5	2	.714
6	Houston	6	2	.750
7	Baylor	5	3	.625
8	Cincinnati	5	2	.714
9	Arizona State	4	3	.571
10	West Virginia	5	3	.625
11	UCF	4	4	.500
12	Kansas State	4	3	.571
13	Iowa State	3	4	.429
14	Kansas	3	4	.429
15	TCU	3	4	.429
16	Colorado	2	5	.286

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	6	2	.750
2	Liberty	6	1	.857
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	4	.429
9	Kennesaw State	2	6	.250
10	Sam Houston	1	7	.125