2017 National Leaders Scoring Defense - Games in November Only through 01/08/2018
| Name | G | TD | FG | 1XP | 2XP | Safety | Points | Points/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Diego State | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 13.3 |
| 2 | Wisconsin | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 10.3 |
| 3 | Northwestern | 4 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 11.0 |
| 4 | Boston College | 3 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 15.7 |
| 4 | Troy | 3 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 15.7 |
| 6 | Louisville | 3 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 16.0 |
| 6 | Miami (OH) | 3 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 16.0 |
| 6 | Utah State | 3 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 16.0 |
| 9 | Idaho | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 18.0 |
| 10 | Fresno State | 4 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 14.5 |
| 10 | Clemson | 4 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 14.5 |
| 12 | Wyoming | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 15.0 |
| 12 | Alabama | 4 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 15.0 |
| 14 | Houston | 3 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 20.3 |
| 15 | Duke | 3 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 21.3 |
| 16 | LSU | 4 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 16.3 |
| 16 | UTSA | 4 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 16.3 |
| 18 | Appalachian State | 3 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 22.7 |
| 18 | Pittsburgh | 3 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 22.7 |
| 18 | Army | 3 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 22.7 |
| 21 | Georgia | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 17.5 |
| 21 | TCU | 4 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 70 | 17.5 |
| 21 | Miami (FL) | 4 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 70 | 17.5 |
| 21 | Virginia Tech | 4 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 17.5 |
| 21 | California | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 23.3 |
| 26 | Purdue | 4 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 72 | 18.0 |
| 26 | Auburn | 4 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 18.0 |
| 26 | Georgia Southern | 4 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 18.0 |
| 26 | Akron | 3 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 24.0 |
| 26 | Memphis | 3 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 24.0 |
| 31 | North Carolina | 3 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 74 | 24.7 |
| 32 | Michigan | 4 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 18.8 |
| 32 | Middle Tennessee State | 4 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 18.8 |
| 32 | Massachusetts | 3 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 75 | 25.0 |
| 35 | Buffalo | 3 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 25.3 |
| 35 | Oregon | 3 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 25.3 |
| 37 | Washington | 4 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 19.3 |
| 37 | BYU | 4 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 19.3 |
| 39 | Georgia State | 3 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 26.0 |
| 39 | Ohio | 3 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 26.0 |
| 41 | Stanford | 4 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 80 | 20.0 |
| 41 | Penn State | 4 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 20.0 |
| 43 | USC | 3 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 82 | 27.3 |
| 44 | UAB | 4 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 20.8 |
| 44 | Florida State | 4 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 20.8 |
| 46 | Florida Atlantic | 4 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 84 | 21.0 |
| 47 | Michigan State | 4 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 21.5 |
| 47 | Arkansas State | 3 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 86 | 28.7 |
| 49 | Washington State | 3 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 87 | 29.0 |
| 50 | South Carolina | 4 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 22.0 |
| 50 | Coastal Carolina | 3 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 88 | 29.3 |
| 52 | Colorado State | 3 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 29.7 |
| 52 | USF | 3 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 29.7 |
| 54 | Marshall | 4 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 22.5 |
| 54 | Indiana | 4 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 22.5 |
| 54 | South Alabama | 3 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 30.0 |
| 57 | Texas | 4 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 23.0 |
| 57 | Old Dominion | 4 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 92 | 23.0 |
| 57 | Ohio State | 4 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 23.0 |
| 57 | New Mexico State | 3 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 30.7 |
| 61 | Missouri | 4 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 23.8 |
| 62 | Utah | 4 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 24.0 |
| 62 | North Texas | 4 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 96 | 24.0 |
| 64 | Louisiana Tech | 4 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 99 | 24.8 |
| 64 | Tulane | 4 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 24.8 |
| 66 | Iowa | 4 | 13 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 25.0 |
| 67 | Iowa State | 4 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 102 | 25.5 |
| 67 | Toledo | 4 | 13 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 25.5 |
| 69 | NC State | 4 | 14 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 25.8 |
| 70 | Central Michigan | 4 | 14 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 26.3 |
| 71 | Mississippi State | 4 | 13 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 26.5 |
| 71 | Northern Illinois | 4 | 13 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 26.5 |
| 71 | Oklahoma | 4 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 26.5 |
| 71 | Southern Miss | 4 | 15 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 26.5 |
| 75 | UCF | 4 | 14 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 109 | 27.3 |
| 76 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 15 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 27.8 |
| 76 | Tulsa | 3 | 14 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 37.0 |
| 78 | UNLV | 4 | 14 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 28.0 |
| 79 | Boise State | 4 | 14 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 113 | 28.3 |
| 79 | FIU | 4 | 14 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 113 | 28.3 |
| 79 | Nevada | 4 | 14 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 28.3 |
| 79 | Colorado | 3 | 14 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 113 | 37.7 |
| 83 | Kent State | 3 | 15 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 38.0 |
| 84 | Baylor | 4 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 115 | 28.8 |
| 84 | Ole Miss | 4 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 115 | 28.8 |
| 86 | Texas Tech | 4 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 116 | 29.0 |
| 87 | Temple | 4 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 117 | 29.3 |
| 88 | Florida | 4 | 16 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 29.5 |
| 89 | Cincinnati | 4 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 120 | 30.0 |
| 90 | Navy | 4 | 15 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 122 | 30.5 |
| 90 | Kansas State | 4 | 16 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 122 | 30.5 |
| 92 | Minnesota | 4 | 18 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 124 | 31.0 |
| 93 | Texas A&M | 4 | 16 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 125 | 31.3 |
| 94 | West Virginia | 4 | 15 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 126 | 31.5 |
| 95 | Western Michigan | 4 | 17 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 127 | 31.8 |
| 96 | Arizona State | 4 | 15 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 128 | 32.0 |
| 96 | Virginia | 4 | 17 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 128 | 32.0 |
| 96 | Air Force | 4 | 17 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 128 | 32.0 |
| 99 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 130 | 32.5 |
| 99 | Hawaii | 4 | 17 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 130 | 32.5 |
| 101 | Louisiana | 4 | 17 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 132 | 33.0 |
| 101 | Tennessee | 4 | 17 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 132 | 33.0 |
| 103 | Notre Dame | 4 | 17 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 133 | 33.3 |
| 104 | Charlotte | 4 | 17 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 138 | 34.5 |
| 104 | Bowling Green | 3 | 18 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 138 | 46.0 |
| 106 | UCLA | 4 | 16 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 140 | 35.0 |
| 106 | Rutgers | 4 | 17 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 35.0 |
| 106 | Western Kentucky | 4 | 17 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 35.0 |
| 109 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 143 | 35.8 |
| 110 | Kentucky | 4 | 18 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 144 | 36.0 |
| 111 | UTEP | 4 | 19 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 145 | 36.3 |
| 112 | Wake Forest | 4 | 18 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 146 | 36.5 |
| 113 | Illinois | 4 | 19 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 147 | 36.8 |
| 113 | Connecticut | 4 | 20 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 147 | 36.8 |
| 113 | Arkansas | 4 | 20 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 147 | 36.8 |
| 116 | Rice | 4 | 18 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 149 | 37.3 |
| 116 | Maryland | 4 | 20 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 149 | 37.3 |
| 118 | New Mexico | 4 | 20 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 152 | 38.0 |
| 119 | Louisiana-Monroe | 3 | 21 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 154 | 51.3 |
| 120 | Oklahoma State | 4 | 22 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 166 | 41.5 |
| 121 | Arizona | 4 | 23 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 167 | 41.8 |
| 122 | Texas State | 4 | 21 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 170 | 42.5 |
| 122 | San Jose State | 4 | 23 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 170 | 42.5 |
| 124 | East Carolina | 4 | 24 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 173 | 43.3 |
| 125 | SMU | 4 | 24 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 178 | 44.5 |
| 126 | Kansas | 4 | 23 | 6 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 179 | 44.8 |
| 127 | Ball State | 4 | 26 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 187 | 46.8 |
| 128 | Syracuse | 4 | 25 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 189 | 47.3 |
| 129 | Oregon State | 4 | 25 | 6 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 195 | 48.8 |
| 130 | Nebraska | 4 | 27 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 197 | 49.3 |