2016 National Leaders Scoring Defense - Games vs. Conference Teams Only through 01/09/2017
| Name | G | TD | FG | 1XP | 2XP | Safety | Points | Points/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Notre Dame | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 |
| 1 | BYU | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 1 | Appalachian State | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 11.8 |
| 1 | Ohio State | 9 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 133 | 14.8 |
| 1 | Alabama | 9 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 134 | 14.9 |
| 1 | Temple | 9 | 18 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 142 | 15.8 |
| 1 | Wisconsin | 10 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 161 | 16.1 |
| 1 | LSU | 8 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 141 | 17.6 |
| 1 | Ohio | 9 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 163 | 18.1 |
| 1 | San Diego State | 9 | 21 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 163 | 18.1 |
| 1 | Auburn | 8 | 13 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 147 | 18.4 |
| 1 | Iowa | 9 | 21 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 168 | 18.7 |
| 1 | Western Michigan | 9 | 21 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 170 | 18.9 |
| 1 | Troy | 8 | 21 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 155 | 19.4 |
| 1 | Florida | 9 | 22 | 8 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 177 | 19.7 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 8 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 158 | 19.8 |
| 1 | USC | 9 | 22 | 9 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 180 | 20.0 |
| 1 | Louisville | 8 | 20 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 161 | 20.1 |
| 1 | Vanderbilt | 8 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 162 | 20.3 |
| 1 | South Carolina | 8 | 21 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 168 | 21.0 |
| 1 | Miami (Ohio) | 8 | 21 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 168 | 21.0 |
| 1 | Virginia Tech | 9 | 24 | 7 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 189 | 21.0 |
| 1 | Clemson | 9 | 25 | 8 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 195 | 21.7 |
| 1 | Miami (Florida) | 8 | 21 | 9 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 174 | 21.8 |
| 1 | Minnesota | 9 | 24 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 200 | 22.2 |
| 1 | Stanford | 9 | 26 | 7 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 202 | 22.4 |
| 1 | Georgia | 8 | 25 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 192 | 24.0 |
| 1 | West Virginia | 9 | 25 | 14 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 217 | 24.1 |
| 1 | Western Kentucky | 9 | 27 | 10 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 217 | 24.1 |
| 1 | UCF | 8 | 24 | 9 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 194 | 24.3 |
| 1 | Idaho | 8 | 24 | 10 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 195 | 24.4 |
| 1 | Georgia Southern | 8 | 23 | 12 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 197 | 24.6 |
| 1 | Florida State | 8 | 25 | 10 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 203 | 25.4 |
| 1 | Northern Illinois | 8 | 28 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 206 | 25.8 |
| 1 | North Carolina State | 8 | 23 | 15 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 207 | 25.9 |
| 1 | South Alabama | 8 | 28 | 7 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 215 | 26.9 |
| 1 | Old Dominion | 8 | 29 | 4 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 217 | 27.1 |
| 1 | Washington State | 9 | 33 | 5 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 244 | 27.1 |
| 1 | Toledo | 8 | 27 | 10 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 218 | 27.3 |
| 1 | TCU | 9 | 29 | 15 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 248 | 27.6 |
| 1 | Utah | 9 | 32 | 10 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 251 | 27.9 |
| 1 | Colorado State | 8 | 30 | 5 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 224 | 28.0 |
| 1 | Fresno State | 8 | 29 | 8 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 225 | 28.1 |
| 1 | Oklahoma | 9 | 33 | 10 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 261 | 29.0 |
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 9 | 35 | 8 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 262 | 29.1 |
| 1 | UCLA | 9 | 28 | 23 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 264 | 29.3 |
| 1 | Kentucky | 8 | 29 | 11 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 237 | 29.6 |
| 1 | Central Michigan | 8 | 31 | 8 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 239 | 29.9 |
| 1 | Akron | 8 | 29 | 13 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 242 | 30.3 |
| 1 | Texas A&M | 8 | 30 | 12 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 242 | 30.3 |
| 1 | Texas | 9 | 33 | 14 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 274 | 30.4 |
| 1 | Nevada | 8 | 31 | 10 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 244 | 30.5 |
| 1 | Connecticut | 8 | 32 | 7 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 245 | 30.6 |
| 1 | Charlotte | 8 | 32 | 9 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 246 | 30.8 |
| 1 | Eastern Michigan | 8 | 33 | 5 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 246 | 30.8 |
| 1 | Memphis | 8 | 33 | 6 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 249 | 31.1 |
| 1 | UTSA | 8 | 34 | 4 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 249 | 31.1 |
| 1 | Hawai'i | 8 | 31 | 11 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 250 | 31.3 |
| 1 | Utah State | 8 | 30 | 14 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 253 | 31.6 |
| 1 | Marshall | 8 | 32 | 10 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 256 | 32.0 |
| 1 | Tulsa | 8 | 32 | 12 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 258 | 32.3 |
| 1 | San Jose State | 8 | 33 | 9 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 258 | 32.3 |
| 1 | Air Force | 8 | 33 | 9 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 259 | 32.4 |
| 1 | Louisiana Tech | 9 | 38 | 9 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 293 | 32.6 |
| 1 | Navy | 9 | 38 | 10 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 294 | 32.7 |
| 1 | Maryland | 9 | 40 | 7 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 297 | 33.0 |
| 1 | Iowa State | 9 | 38 | 11 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 299 | 33.2 |
| 1 | Duke | 8 | 34 | 10 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 267 | 33.4 |
| 1 | Ball State | 8 | 35 | 8 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 269 | 33.6 |
| 1 | Florida International | 8 | 36 | 6 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 269 | 33.6 |
| 1 | Mississippi State | 8 | 34 | 12 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 272 | 34.0 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Monroe | 8 | 34 | 12 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 272 | 34.0 |
| 1 | Buffalo | 8 | 34 | 13 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 273 | 34.1 |
| 1 | Boston College | 8 | 38 | 3 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 275 | 34.4 |
| 1 | Virginia | 8 | 35 | 10 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 276 | 34.5 |
| 1 | UTEP | 8 | 35 | 11 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 280 | 35.0 |
| 1 | Missouri | 8 | 38 | 5 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 280 | 35.0 |
| 1 | North Texas | 8 | 36 | 10 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 282 | 35.3 |
| 1 | New Mexico | 8 | 40 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 282 | 35.3 |
| 1 | Wyoming | 9 | 40 | 13 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 318 | 35.3 |
| 1 | New Mexico State | 8 | 35 | 13 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 283 | 35.4 |
| 1 | Mississippi | 8 | 38 | 10 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 295 | 36.9 |
| 1 | Tennessee | 8 | 39 | 8 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 295 | 36.9 |
| 1 | Arkansas | 8 | 41 | 4 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 298 | 37.3 |
| 1 | Middle Tennessee | 8 | 40 | 7 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 300 | 37.5 |
| 1 | UNLV | 8 | 39 | 12 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 309 | 38.6 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh | 8 | 39 | 13 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 309 | 38.6 |
| 1 | Florida Atlantic | 8 | 41 | 9 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 315 | 39.4 |
| 1 | Rutgers | 9 | 48 | 9 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 360 | 40.0 |
| 1 | Kansas | 9 | 49 | 8 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 362 | 40.2 |
| 1 | Syracuse | 8 | 45 | 8 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 337 | 42.1 |
| 1 | Arizona State | 9 | 48 | 16 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 382 | 42.4 |
| 1 | Purdue | 9 | 49 | 13 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 383 | 42.6 |
| 1 | California | 9 | 52 | 10 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 392 | 43.6 |
| 1 | Army | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 44.0 |
| 1 | Massachusetts | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 51.0 |
| 97 | Michigan | 9 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 105 | 11.7 |
| 97 | Arkansas State | 8 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 122 | 15.3 |
| 97 | Washington | 10 | 24 | 8 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 194 | 19.4 |
| 97 | Colorado | 10 | 23 | 15 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 207 | 20.7 |
| 97 | Penn State | 10 | 26 | 13 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 222 | 22.2 |
| 97 | Boise State | 8 | 20 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 183 | 22.9 |
| 97 | Wake Forest | 8 | 25 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 189 | 23.6 |
| 97 | Nebraska | 9 | 27 | 9 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 214 | 23.8 |
| 97 | Northwestern | 9 | 26 | 13 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 221 | 24.6 |
| 97 | Kansas State | 9 | 29 | 8 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 229 | 25.4 |
| 97 | North Carolina | 8 | 26 | 8 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 208 | 26.0 |
| 97 | Georgia State | 8 | 25 | 11 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 211 | 26.4 |
| 97 | Georgia Tech | 8 | 30 | 7 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 232 | 29.0 |
| 97 | Michigan State | 9 | 33 | 9 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 261 | 29.0 |
| 97 | Indiana | 9 | 33 | 11 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 262 | 29.1 |
| 97 | Houston | 8 | 29 | 10 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 235 | 29.4 |
| 97 | Bowling Green | 8 | 32 | 5 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 239 | 29.9 |
| 97 | Tulane | 8 | 31 | 7 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 241 | 30.1 |
| 97 | Cincinnati | 8 | 31 | 13 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 256 | 32.0 |
| 97 | Oregon State | 9 | 35 | 15 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 291 | 32.3 |
| 97 | South Florida | 8 | 32 | 13 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 260 | 32.5 |
| 97 | Illinois | 9 | 37 | 12 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 298 | 33.1 |
| 97 | Rice | 8 | 38 | 9 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 294 | 36.8 |
| 97 | Baylor | 9 | 44 | 9 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 335 | 37.2 |
| 97 | Texas State | 8 | 40 | 13 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 316 | 39.5 |
| 97 | East Carolina | 8 | 42 | 9 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 322 | 40.3 |
| 97 | SMU | 8 | 43 | 9 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 327 | 40.9 |
| 97 | Texas Tech | 9 | 51 | 11 | 49 | 1 | 1 | 392 | 43.6 |
| 97 | Arizona | 9 | 53 | 7 | 52 | 0 | 1 | 393 | 43.7 |
| 97 | Oregon | 9 | 55 | 7 | 49 | 3 | 1 | 408 | 45.3 |
| 127 | Southern Mississippi | 8 | 32 | 6 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 246 | 30.8 |
| 128 | Kent State | 8 | 27 | 7 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 217 | 27.1 |