2021 National Leaders Scoring Defense - Games vs. Ranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/10/2022
| Name | G | TD | FG | 1XP | 2XP | Safety | Points | Points/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wyoming | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 1 | Nevada | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 3 | South Alabama | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 3 | Georgia State | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 3 | California | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 3 | Illinois | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 33.0 |
| 7 | Arkansas State | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 7 | Kent State | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 30.0 |
| 7 | Memphis | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 31.0 |
| 7 | Toledo | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 32.0 |
| 7 | Louisiana Tech | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 34.0 |
| 7 | Marshall | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 36.0 |
| 13 | Utah State | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 23.5 |
| 13 | Colorado State | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 25.0 |
| 13 | Houston | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 35.0 |
| 13 | Troy | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 35.0 |
| 13 | UTSA | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 38.0 |
| 18 | Kentucky | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 23.5 |
| 18 | Old Dominion | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 42.0 |
| 18 | Western Kentucky | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 48.0 |
| 21 | Cincinnati | 3 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 20.0 |
| 21 | Fresno State | 2 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 25.5 |
| 21 | Washington | 2 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 28.5 |
| 21 | Notre Dame | 2 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 30.5 |
| 21 | Miami (OH) | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 49.0 |
| 21 | Ohio | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 49.0 |
| 21 | Massachusetts | 1 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 51.0 |
| 28 | Boise State | 4 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 17.0 |
| 28 | UNLV | 2 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 28.0 |
| 28 | Virginia Tech | 2 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 30.0 |
| 28 | Iowa | 2 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 31.0 |
| 28 | San Jose State | 2 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 33.5 |
| 28 | Hawaii | 2 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 34.0 |
| 28 | Texas State | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 74 | 37.0 |
| 28 | UCF | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 56.0 |
| 28 | Akron | 1 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 59.0 |
| 37 | Georgia | 6 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 86 | 14.3 |
| 37 | Pittsburgh | 3 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 69 | 23.0 |
| 37 | BYU | 3 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 25.0 |
| 37 | South Carolina | 3 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 86 | 28.7 |
| 37 | Texas A&M | 3 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 87 | 29.0 |
| 37 | Arizona State | 2 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 31.0 |
| 37 | Appalachian State | 2 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 32.5 |
| 37 | East Carolina | 2 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 33.0 |
| 37 | New Mexico | 2 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 33.0 |
| 37 | NC State | 2 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 33.0 |
| 37 | Louisiana-Monroe | 2 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 33.0 |
| 37 | Air Force | 2 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 69 | 34.5 |
| 37 | Liberty | 2 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 34.5 |
| 37 | Minnesota | 2 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 36.0 |
| 37 | Northern Illinois | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 63.0 |
| 37 | Southern Miss | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 63.0 |
| 53 | Baylor | 5 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 17.0 |
| 53 | West Virginia | 3 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 28.3 |
| 53 | Wisconsin | 3 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 86 | 28.7 |
| 53 | Kansas State | 3 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 29.3 |
| 53 | Boston College | 3 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 93 | 31.0 |
| 53 | San Diego State | 2 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 77 | 38.5 |
| 53 | Army | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 70.0 |
| 60 | Clemson | 4 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 91 | 22.8 |
| 60 | Florida | 3 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 28.3 |
| 60 | Northwestern | 3 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 29.3 |
| 60 | Navy | 3 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 89 | 29.7 |
| 60 | UCLA | 2 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 78 | 39.0 |
| 60 | Colorado | 2 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 40.0 |
| 60 | Rice | 2 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 41.0 |
| 60 | Connecticut | 2 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 44.5 |
| 68 | Michigan | 4 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 101 | 25.3 |
| 68 | Nebraska | 5 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 132 | 26.4 |
| 68 | Oklahoma | 3 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 96 | 32.0 |
| 68 | Oregon State | 3 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 32.0 |
| 68 | UAB | 2 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 42.0 |
| 68 | Western Michigan | 2 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 44.0 |
| 68 | Temple | 2 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 44.5 |
| 68 | SMU | 2 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 46.0 |
| 68 | Duke | 2 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 49.5 |
| 77 | Auburn | 5 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 118 | 23.6 |
| 77 | Washington State | 4 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 109 | 27.3 |
| 79 | Oklahoma State | 4 | 14 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 103 | 25.8 |
| 79 | LSU | 4 | 14 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 27.3 |
| 79 | Georgia Southern | 3 | 14 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 35.7 |
| 79 | Michigan State | 3 | 14 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 36.7 |
| 79 | Missouri | 3 | 14 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 112 | 37.3 |
| 84 | Alabama | 5 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 119 | 23.8 |
| 84 | Utah | 5 | 15 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 124 | 24.8 |
| 84 | Penn State | 5 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 131 | 26.2 |
| 84 | Texas Tech | 4 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 30.8 |
| 84 | USC | 3 | 15 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 36.0 |
| 89 | Iowa State | 5 | 16 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 127 | 25.4 |
| 89 | Purdue | 4 | 16 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 122 | 30.5 |
| 89 | Syracuse | 4 | 16 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 129 | 32.3 |
| 89 | Ole Miss | 3 | 16 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 38.0 |
| 89 | Stanford | 3 | 16 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 40.3 |
| 89 | Vanderbilt | 3 | 16 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 127 | 42.3 |
| 89 | Arkansas | 3 | 16 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 131 | 43.7 |
| 96 | Mississippi State | 5 | 17 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 138 | 27.6 |
| 96 | Florida State | 4 | 17 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 134 | 33.5 |
| 96 | Rutgers | 4 | 17 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 141 | 35.3 |
| 96 | Miami (FL) | 4 | 17 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 146 | 36.5 |
| 96 | Wake Forest | 3 | 17 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 135 | 45.0 |
| 101 | Ohio State | 4 | 18 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 129 | 32.3 |
| 101 | Arizona | 4 | 18 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 141 | 35.3 |
| 101 | Kansas | 3 | 18 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 135 | 45.0 |
| 104 | Texas | 5 | 19 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 176 | 35.2 |
| 104 | Tulsa | 4 | 19 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 142 | 35.5 |
| 106 | Oregon | 4 | 20 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 151 | 37.8 |
| 106 | TCU | 3 | 20 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 143 | 47.7 |
| 108 | Indiana | 5 | 21 | 9 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 175 | 35.0 |
| 108 | North Carolina | 4 | 21 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 163 | 40.8 |
| 110 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 22 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 166 | 41.5 |
| 110 | Tulane | 4 | 22 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 172 | 43.0 |
| 112 | Louisville | 5 | 23 | 10 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 190 | 38.0 |
| 112 | Virginia | 4 | 23 | 6 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 179 | 44.8 |
| 114 | USF | 4 | 24 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 179 | 44.8 |
| 115 | New Mexico State | 4 | 25 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 178 | 44.5 |
| 116 | Tennessee | 5 | 27 | 6 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 207 | 41.4 |
| 117 | Maryland | 4 | 29 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 216 | 54.0 |