2012 National Leaders Scoring Defense - All Games through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | TD | FG | 1XP | 2XP | Safety | Points | Points/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Notre Dame | 13 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 166 | 12.8 |
| 2 | Rutgers | 13 | 20 | 15 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 184 | 14.2 |
| 2 | Utah State | 13 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 200 | 15.4 |
| 4 | Alabama | 14 | 20 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 153 | 10.9 |
| 4 | Florida | 13 | 21 | 14 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 188 | 14.5 |
| 6 | BYU | 13 | 22 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 182 | 14.0 |
| 6 | Michigan State | 13 | 20 | 24 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 212 | 16.3 |
| 8 | Florida State | 14 | 23 | 15 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 206 | 14.7 |
| 8 | Cincinnati | 13 | 26 | 19 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 240 | 18.5 |
| 10 | Bowling Green | 13 | 25 | 14 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 218 | 16.8 |
| 11 | Boise State | 13 | 27 | 6 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 205 | 15.8 |
| 11 | Vanderbilt | 13 | 27 | 18 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 243 | 18.7 |
| 13 | LSU | 13 | 29 | 10 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 228 | 17.5 |
| 13 | South Carolina | 13 | 27 | 17 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 237 | 18.2 |
| 15 | Connecticut | 12 | 27 | 17 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 238 | 19.8 |
| 15 | Michigan | 13 | 28 | 21 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 258 | 19.8 |
| 17 | Stanford | 14 | 28 | 15 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 241 | 17.2 |
| 17 | Penn State | 12 | 28 | 11 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 229 | 19.1 |
| 17 | Ohio State | 12 | 33 | 14 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 274 | 22.8 |
| 20 | Northern Illinois | 14 | 34 | 15 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 278 | 19.9 |
| 21 | Northwestern | 13 | 35 | 15 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 293 | 22.5 |
| 22 | Wisconsin | 14 | 33 | 13 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 268 | 19.1 |
| 22 | Pittsburgh | 13 | 33 | 15 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 274 | 21.1 |
| 22 | Texas A&M | 13 | 36 | 12 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 283 | 21.8 |
| 22 | Iowa | 12 | 32 | 18 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 275 | 22.9 |
| 26 | Georgia | 14 | 34 | 13 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 275 | 19.6 |
| 26 | Kansas State | 13 | 34 | 16 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 288 | 22.2 |
| 28 | San Jose State | 13 | 35 | 12 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 277 | 21.3 |
| 28 | TCU | 13 | 35 | 17 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 294 | 22.6 |
| 28 | Washington | 13 | 38 | 17 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 314 | 24.2 |
| 31 | Oregon State | 13 | 34 | 10 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 268 | 20.6 |
| 31 | Oregon | 13 | 35 | 13 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 281 | 21.6 |
| 31 | Iowa State | 13 | 37 | 17 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 311 | 23.9 |
| 34 | Arkansas State | 13 | 39 | 15 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 318 | 24.5 |
| 34 | Oklahoma | 13 | 41 | 16 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 331 | 25.5 |
| 34 | North Carolina State | 13 | 41 | 14 | 33 | 3 | 3 | 333 | 25.6 |
| 34 | North Carolina | 12 | 38 | 15 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 308 | 25.7 |
| 34 | South Florida | 12 | 39 | 20 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 329 | 27.4 |
| 39 | Virginia Tech | 13 | 35 | 17 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 297 | 22.8 |
| 39 | USC | 13 | 39 | 16 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 316 | 24.3 |
| 41 | Fresno State | 13 | 40 | 9 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 310 | 23.8 |
| 42 | UCF | 14 | 40 | 11 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 309 | 22.1 |
| 42 | Mississippi State | 13 | 37 | 15 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 303 | 23.3 |
| 42 | Tulsa | 14 | 44 | 9 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 331 | 23.6 |
| 42 | Arizona State | 13 | 41 | 10 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 316 | 24.3 |
| 42 | San Diego State | 13 | 43 | 7 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 317 | 24.4 |
| 47 | Louisville | 13 | 40 | 10 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 309 | 23.8 |
| 47 | Syracuse | 13 | 39 | 17 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 322 | 24.8 |
| 47 | Utah | 12 | 40 | 8 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 301 | 25.1 |
| 47 | Navy | 13 | 41 | 17 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 334 | 25.7 |
| 51 | Clemson | 13 | 39 | 17 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 323 | 24.8 |
| 51 | Western Kentucky | 13 | 41 | 15 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 331 | 25.5 |
| 51 | SMU | 13 | 43 | 12 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 334 | 25.7 |
| 51 | Maryland | 12 | 40 | 16 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 326 | 27.2 |
| 51 | Troy | 12 | 46 | 16 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 366 | 30.5 |
| 56 | Kent State | 14 | 42 | 16 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 343 | 24.5 |
| 56 | Minnesota | 13 | 40 | 14 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 321 | 24.7 |
| 56 | Toledo | 13 | 46 | 16 | 39 | 2 | 1 | 369 | 28.4 |
| 56 | Buffalo | 12 | 43 | 15 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 342 | 28.5 |
| 56 | Virginia | 12 | 44 | 14 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 347 | 28.9 |
| 56 | Western Michigan | 12 | 43 | 19 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 356 | 29.7 |
| 56 | Miami (Florida) | 12 | 44 | 19 | 39 | 2 | 1 | 366 | 30.5 |
| 63 | Mississippi | 13 | 44 | 17 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 359 | 27.6 |
| 63 | North Texas | 12 | 44 | 10 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 334 | 27.8 |
| 63 | Middle Tennessee | 12 | 43 | 12 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 336 | 28.0 |
| 63 | Missouri | 12 | 45 | 9 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 341 | 28.4 |
| 63 | Texas | 13 | 46 | 20 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 380 | 29.2 |
| 63 | Temple | 11 | 44 | 11 | 40 | 2 | 1 | 343 | 31.2 |
| 69 | Ohio | 13 | 41 | 11 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 322 | 24.8 |
| 69 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 13 | 42 | 24 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 365 | 28.1 |
| 69 | Air Force | 13 | 48 | 14 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 377 | 29.0 |
| 69 | Boston College | 12 | 43 | 19 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 356 | 29.7 |
| 69 | Kentucky | 12 | 48 | 13 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 372 | 31.0 |
| 69 | UTSA | 10 | 42 | 11 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 326 | 32.6 |
| 75 | Oklahoma State | 13 | 46 | 15 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 367 | 28.2 |
| 75 | Memphis | 12 | 44 | 19 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 363 | 30.3 |
| 77 | UCLA | 14 | 50 | 13 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 386 | 27.6 |
| 77 | UTEP | 12 | 46 | 12 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 357 | 29.8 |
| 77 | Ball State | 13 | 53 | 15 | 43 | 4 | 1 | 416 | 32.0 |
| 80 | Auburn | 12 | 44 | 10 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 340 | 28.3 |
| 80 | Georgia Tech | 14 | 51 | 12 | 44 | 3 | 2 | 396 | 28.3 |
| 80 | Rice | 13 | 53 | 8 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 390 | 30.0 |
| 80 | Colorado State | 12 | 46 | 13 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 363 | 30.3 |
| 80 | Arkansas | 12 | 47 | 13 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 365 | 30.4 |
| 80 | Florida International | 12 | 49 | 12 | 44 | 2 | 1 | 380 | 31.7 |
| 86 | South Alabama | 13 | 46 | 20 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 383 | 29.5 |
| 87 | Louisiana-Monroe | 13 | 50 | 11 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 379 | 29.2 |
| 87 | Florida Atlantic | 12 | 47 | 14 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 370 | 30.8 |
| 87 | Wake Forest | 12 | 48 | 16 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 382 | 31.8 |
| 87 | Tennessee | 12 | 53 | 20 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 428 | 35.7 |
| 91 | Nebraska | 14 | 49 | 13 | 47 | 1 | 2 | 386 | 27.6 |
| 91 | Purdue | 13 | 51 | 17 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 406 | 31.2 |
| 91 | Washington State | 12 | 52 | 13 | 47 | 2 | 1 | 404 | 33.7 |
| 94 | East Carolina | 13 | 52 | 16 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 411 | 31.6 |
| 94 | Nevada | 13 | 57 | 14 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 439 | 33.8 |
| 94 | Akron | 12 | 53 | 19 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 428 | 35.7 |
| 97 | New Mexico | 13 | 54 | 5 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 393 | 30.2 |
| 97 | Texas Tech | 13 | 51 | 19 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 413 | 31.8 |
| 97 | Illinois | 12 | 50 | 11 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 385 | 32.1 |
| 97 | California | 12 | 53 | 9 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 397 | 33.1 |
| 97 | Wyoming | 12 | 53 | 11 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 401 | 33.4 |
| 102 | UNLV | 13 | 54 | 15 | 51 | 1 | 1 | 424 | 32.6 |
| 102 | Texas State | 12 | 53 | 11 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 402 | 33.5 |
| 104 | Central Michigan | 13 | 54 | 15 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 421 | 32.4 |
| 104 | Miami (Ohio) | 12 | 55 | 11 | 52 | 1 | 1 | 419 | 34.9 |
| 104 | Houston | 12 | 55 | 16 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 432 | 36.0 |
| 104 | Kansas | 12 | 54 | 19 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 433 | 36.1 |
| 108 | UAB | 12 | 57 | 15 | 53 | 3 | 2 | 450 | 37.5 |
| 109 | Indiana | 12 | 55 | 13 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 423 | 35.3 |
| 109 | Hawai'i | 12 | 60 | 4 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 428 | 35.7 |
| 111 | Army | 12 | 56 | 11 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 424 | 35.3 |
| 111 | Eastern Michigan | 12 | 57 | 18 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 451 | 37.6 |
| 111 | Southern Mississippi | 12 | 60 | 13 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 454 | 37.8 |
| 114 | Arizona | 13 | 60 | 13 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 459 | 35.3 |
| 114 | Tulane | 12 | 59 | 17 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 461 | 38.4 |
| 114 | Louisiana Tech | 12 | 61 | 12 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 462 | 38.5 |
| 114 | New Mexico State | 12 | 61 | 17 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 473 | 39.4 |
| 118 | Duke | 13 | 60 | 17 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 468 | 36.0 |
| 119 | West Virginia | 13 | 64 | 14 | 61 | 1 | 3 | 495 | 38.1 |
| 120 | Marshall | 12 | 69 | 13 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 517 | 43.1 |
| 121 | Massachusetts | 12 | 65 | 9 | 63 | 1 | 0 | 482 | 40.2 |
| 122 | Baylor | 13 | 65 | 10 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 484 | 37.2 |
| 123 | Idaho | 12 | 69 | 9 | 66 | 1 | 0 | 509 | 42.4 |
| 124 | Colorado | 12 | 73 | 15 | 67 | 1 | 0 | 552 | 46.0 |