Interceptions Leaders: College Football Defense, 2026

Kingston Lopa (California) leads FBS defenders in interceptions with 5, ahead of Kaleb Beasley (Louisville, 5) and Devon Jordan (Baylor, 4).

Games through Oct 31, 2026. 573 defenders rank; the top 150 are below.

Defense by interceptions

Rank	Player	Team	Interceptions
1	Kingston Lopa	California	5
2	Kaleb Beasley	Louisville	5
3	Devon Jordan	Baylor	4
4	Charlie Comella	Boston College	4
5	DJ Kelly	James Madison	4
6	Jordan Castell	Kentucky	4
7	Ty Bryant	Kentucky	4
8	Tavian Combs	New Mexico	4
9	Marion Moore	North Dakota State	4
10	Yassine Falke	Northern Illinois	4
11	LaDainian Fields	Oklahoma State	4
12	Ta'Shawn James	UCLA	4
13	Micah Gifford	Baylor	3
14	Travis Anderson	Boise State	3
15	KP Price	Boston College	3
16	Justin Taylor	Central Michigan	3
17	Mark Cannon Jr.	Cincinnati	3
18	Elliot Washington II	Clemson	3
19	C.J. Blocker	Colorado State	3
20	George Mullins	Delaware	3
21	Simeon Harris	Fresno State	3
22	Jeremiah Hughes	Hawai'i	3
23	Amare Ferrell	Indiana	3
24	Deshaun Lee	Iowa	3
25	Jordan McRae	Louisiana Tech	3
26	Jahmad Harmon	Massachusetts	3
27	Dylan Smith	Memphis	3
28	Austin Brawley	New Mexico	3
29	Gregory Smith	North Carolina	3
30	Raion Strader	Pittsburgh	3
31	Boogsie Silvera	Sacramento State	3
32	Mike Lindsay	San Diego State	3
33	Damyrion Darby	South Alabama	3
34	Kobi Albert	Southern Miss	3
35	Davien Kerr	Syracuse	3
36	Dejuan Lane	Tennessee	3
37	Rasheem Biles	Texas	3
38	John Curry	Texas Tech	3
39	Justin Powe	Troy	3
40	Mumu Bin-Wahad	UNLV	3
41	Brandyn Hillman	Virginia	3
42	Blake Fletcher	Air Force	2
43	Brayson Hubbard	Alabama	2
44	Dijon Lee Jr.	Alabama	2
45	Ivan Taylor	Alabama	2
46	Rydarrius Morgan	Alabama	2
47	Colton Phares	App State	2
48	Devin Henderson	App State	2
49	Dre Walker	App State	2
50	Miguel Mitchell	Arkansas	2
51	Brandon Greil	Arkansas State	2
52	Dontrae Henderson	Arkansas State	2
53	Andre Jordan	Auburn	2
54	Kamron Chamble	Ball State	2
55	Anthony Palano	Boston College	2
56	Ja'Marion Wayne	Coastal Carolina	2
57	Travis Roman	Coastal Carolina	2
58	Ayden Duncanson	East Carolina	2
59	Caleb Dobbs	Eastern Michigan	2
60	DJ Coleman	Florida	2
61	Bo Simpson-Nealy	Florida Atlantic	2
62	Ashlynd Barker	Florida State	2
63	Ethan Tierney	Fresno State	2
64	Jordan Allen	Houston	2
65	Latreveon McCutchin	Houston	2
66	Will James	Houston	2
67	Caleb Nix	Jacksonville State	2
68	Tay'Vion Lawson	Kennesaw State	2
69	Norey Johnson	Kent State	2
70	Tamarcus Cooley	LSU	2
71	Brent Gordon Jr.	Louisiana	2
72	Kam Franklin	Louisiana Tech	2
73	Jamare Glasker	Maryland	2
74	Messiah Delhomme	Maryland	2
75	Ahmere Foster	Memphis	2
76	Trajen Greco	Missouri	2
77	Dwayne McDougle	Nebraska	2
78	Jahmir Torres	New Mexico	2
79	Josiah Charles	New Mexico State	2
80	Ray James Jr.	North Dakota State	2
81	Robert Fitzgerald	Northwestern	2
82	Luke Talich	Notre Dame	2
83	Jaylen McClain	Ohio State	2
84	Peyton Bowen	Oklahoma	2
85	Brandon Crutchfield	Old Dominion	2
86	Jay Crawford	Ole Miss	2
87	Nick Cull	Ole Miss	2
88	Jett Washington	Oregon	2
89	Koi Perich	Oregon	2
90	Josiah Zayas	Penn State	2
91	Tony Rojas	Penn State	2
92	Jojo Hayden	Purdue	2
93	Bradlee Jones	Rutgers	2
94	Moses Walker	Rutgers	2
95	Railyn Adams	Sam Houston	2
96	Caleb Womack	San José State	2
97	Dylan Lee	San José State	2
98	Jayden Robertson	San José State	2
99	Kayin Lee	Tennessee	2
100	Amier Boyd-Matthews	Texas Tech	2
101	Austin Romaine	Texas Tech	2
102	Brice Pollock	Texas Tech	2
103	Peyton Morgan	Texas Tech	2
104	Isaac Zay	Toledo	2
105	Anthony Rogers	Tulane	2
106	Kevin Adams	Tulane	2
107	Tyson Williams	Tulsa	2
108	Delvon Gulley	UAB	2
109	Ike Esonwune	UAB	2
110	Demari Henderson	UCF	2
111	Tackett Curtis	UCF	2
112	Quandarius Keyes	UNLV	2
113	Prophet Brown	USC	2
114	Zach Morris	UTSA	2
115	Jackson Bennee	Utah	2
116	James Chenault	Utah	2
117	Rabbit Evans	Utah	2
118	Keke Adams	Virginia	2
119	Alex McLaughlin	Washington	2
120	Jeron Jones	Washington	2
121	Rylon Dillard-Allen	Washington	2
122	Jaylen Thomas	Washington State	2
123	Tony Newsome Jr.	Western Kentucky	2
124	Dillon Moore	Western Michigan	2
125	Marvin Burks Jr.	Wisconsin	2
126	Jones Thomas	Wyoming	2
127	Korey Johnson	Air Force	1
128	Max Mustell	Air Force	1
129	Omari Abor	Akron	1
130	Rodrick Hunter	Akron	1
131	Tairan Davis	Akron	1
132	Caleb Woodson	Alabama	1
133	Chuck McDonald III	Alabama	1
134	Luke Metz	Alabama	1
135	Yhonzae Pierre	Alabama	1
136	Aaron Clark	App State	1
137	Caleb Pitts	App State	1
138	Juan Berchal	App State	1
139	Khalil Conley	App State	1
140	Cam Chapa	Arizona	1
141	Quinn Olson	Arizona	1
142	Kyan McDonald	Arizona State	1
143	Lyrik Rawls	Arizona State	1
144	Owen Long	Arizona State	1
145	Christian Harrison	Arkansas	1
146	Jaheim Johnson	Arkansas	1
147	Shelton Lewis	Arkansas	1
148	AG McGhee	Arkansas State	1
149	Five Hamilton	Arkansas State	1
150	Kyle Williams	Arkansas State	1

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