2021 National Leaders Scoring Defense - Games in October Only through 01/10/2022
| Name | G | TD | FG | 1XP | 2XP | Safety | Points | Points/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 7.5 |
| 1 | Wisconsin | 5 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 72 | 14.4 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 14.5 |
| 1 | Air Force | 4 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 15.3 |
| 1 | Ohio State | 4 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 15.3 |
| 1 | San Diego State | 4 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 16.0 |
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 4 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 16.3 |
| 1 | UTEP | 4 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 16.3 |
| 1 | Minnesota | 4 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 16.5 |
| 1 | Miami (Ohio) | 4 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 17.0 |
| 1 | Marshall | 4 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 17.0 |
| 1 | Toledo | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 17.5 |
| 1 | California | 4 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 73 | 18.3 |
| 1 | Clemson | 4 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 18.5 |
| 1 | Colorado State | 4 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 18.8 |
| 1 | Penn State | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 76 | 19.0 |
| 1 | Illinois | 4 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 76 | 19.0 |
| 1 | North Carolina State | 4 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 19.5 |
| 1 | Fresno State | 4 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 19.8 |
| 1 | UTSA | 4 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 19.8 |
| 1 | Liberty | 5 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 99 | 19.8 |
| 1 | Washington | 4 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 20.0 |
| 1 | Purdue | 4 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 20.0 |
| 1 | UAB | 4 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 20.0 |
| 1 | Wyoming | 4 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 20.5 |
| 1 | Washington State | 5 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 103 | 20.6 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh | 4 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 20.8 |
| 1 | Coastal Carolina | 4 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 21.0 |
| 1 | Iowa | 4 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 21.3 |
| 1 | Florida Atlantic | 4 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 86 | 21.5 |
| 1 | Iowa State | 4 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 21.5 |
| 1 | Florida State | 4 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 88 | 22.0 |
| 1 | Michigan | 4 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 90 | 22.5 |
| 1 | Michigan State | 4 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 92 | 23.0 |
| 1 | Baylor | 4 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 23.0 |
| 1 | Houston | 4 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 93 | 23.3 |
| 1 | Mississippi State | 4 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 23.5 |
| 1 | East Carolina | 4 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 94 | 23.5 |
| 1 | Alabama | 4 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 23.8 |
| 1 | Kentucky | 4 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 23.8 |
| 1 | Auburn | 4 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 24.0 |
| 1 | Georgia State | 4 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 24.0 |
| 1 | UCF | 5 | 15 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 24.0 |
| 1 | South Alabama | 5 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 121 | 24.2 |
| 1 | San Jose State | 5 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 24.6 |
| 1 | Boise State | 4 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 101 | 25.3 |
| 1 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 25.3 |
| 1 | Arizona State | 4 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 25.5 |
| 1 | Notre Dame | 4 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 25.8 |
| 1 | Florida | 4 | 14 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 25.8 |
| 1 | Northern Illinois | 4 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 26.0 |
| 1 | Nevada | 5 | 17 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 130 | 26.0 |
| 1 | Syracuse | 5 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 132 | 26.4 |
| 1 | Stanford | 4 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 106 | 26.5 |
| 1 | Ohio | 4 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 108 | 27.0 |
| 1 | New Mexico | 4 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 27.0 |
| 1 | Oregon | 4 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 108 | 27.0 |
| 1 | Troy | 4 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 110 | 27.5 |
| 1 | Memphis | 4 | 14 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 27.5 |
| 1 | Old Dominion | 4 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 111 | 27.8 |
| 1 | SMU | 4 | 14 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 27.8 |
| 1 | Appalachian State | 4 | 14 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 28.0 |
| 1 | Navy | 5 | 18 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 28.0 |
| 1 | Utah State | 4 | 14 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 113 | 28.3 |
| 1 | Louisville | 4 | 14 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 28.3 |
| 1 | Utah | 4 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 113 | 28.3 |
| 1 | Colorado | 4 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 115 | 28.8 |
| 1 | Connecticut | 4 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 116 | 29.0 |
| 1 | West Virginia | 4 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 116 | 29.0 |
| 1 | South Florida | 4 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 116 | 29.0 |
| 1 | Central Michigan | 4 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 117 | 29.3 |
| 1 | Virginia Tech | 4 | 16 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 118 | 29.5 |
| 1 | Rutgers | 4 | 16 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 29.5 |
| 1 | USC | 4 | 16 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 30.3 |
| 1 | BYU | 5 | 19 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 152 | 30.4 |
| 1 | Western Kentucky | 5 | 19 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 152 | 30.4 |
| 1 | South Carolina | 4 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 30.8 |
| 1 | Oklahoma | 5 | 20 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 154 | 30.8 |
| 1 | Tulsa | 4 | 16 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 125 | 31.3 |
| 1 | Western Michigan | 4 | 16 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 127 | 31.8 |
| 1 | Tennessee | 4 | 17 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 127 | 31.8 |
| 1 | North Carolina | 4 | 16 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 128 | 32.0 |
| 1 | Oregon State | 4 | 16 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 128 | 32.0 |
| 1 | Arkansas | 4 | 16 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 130 | 32.5 |
| 1 | Arizona | 4 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 130 | 32.5 |
| 1 | UNLV | 4 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 130 | 32.5 |
| 1 | Akron | 4 | 17 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 133 | 33.3 |
| 1 | Wake Forest | 4 | 18 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 134 | 33.5 |
| 1 | Texas State | 4 | 17 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 135 | 33.8 |
| 1 | Northwestern | 4 | 18 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 137 | 34.3 |
| 1 | Vanderbilt | 5 | 22 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 173 | 34.6 |
| 1 | Virginia | 4 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 139 | 34.8 |
| 1 | LSU | 4 | 19 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 139 | 34.8 |
| 1 | Charlotte | 4 | 18 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 35.0 |
| 1 | TCU | 5 | 21 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 175 | 35.0 |
| 1 | Hawai'i | 4 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 143 | 35.8 |
| 1 | Miami (Florida) | 3 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 36.3 |
| 1 | Texas | 4 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 145 | 36.3 |
| 1 | Kent State | 4 | 18 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 149 | 37.3 |
| 1 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 18 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 153 | 38.3 |
| 1 | North Texas | 4 | 21 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 156 | 39.0 |
| 1 | Bowling Green | 5 | 25 | 7 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 195 | 39.0 |
| 1 | Army | 3 | 17 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 39.3 |
| 1 | Missouri | 4 | 22 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 160 | 40.0 |
| 1 | Duke | 4 | 21 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 162 | 40.5 |
| 1 | Temple | 4 | 22 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 166 | 41.5 |
| 1 | Arkansas State | 4 | 23 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 170 | 42.5 |
| 1 | Florida International | 4 | 23 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 175 | 43.8 |
| 1 | Tulane | 4 | 23 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 178 | 44.5 |
| 1 | Massachusetts | 4 | 24 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 179 | 44.8 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Monroe | 5 | 32 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 232 | 46.4 |
| 1 | Maryland | 4 | 23 | 8 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 186 | 46.5 |
| 1 | New Mexico State | 3 | 18 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 46.7 |
| 1 | Kansas | 4 | 25 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 190 | 47.5 |
| 115 | Cincinnati | 5 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 13.8 |
| 115 | Ball State | 4 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 91 | 22.8 |
| 115 | Middle Tennessee | 4 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 92 | 23.0 |
| 115 | Texas A&M | 4 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 92 | 23.0 |
| 115 | Nebraska | 4 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 97 | 24.3 |
| 115 | Boston College | 4 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 101 | 25.3 |
| 115 | Kansas State | 4 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 106 | 26.5 |
| 115 | Rice | 4 | 15 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 118 | 29.5 |
| 115 | Southern Mississippi | 4 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 119 | 29.8 |
| 115 | Louisiana Tech | 4 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 121 | 30.3 |
| 115 | Georgia Southern | 4 | 15 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 122 | 30.5 |
| 115 | UCLA | 5 | 19 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 153 | 30.6 |
| 115 | Texas Tech | 5 | 21 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 163 | 32.6 |
| 115 | Buffalo | 5 | 21 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 164 | 32.8 |
| 115 | Mississippi | 5 | 22 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 167 | 33.4 |
| 115 | Indiana | 4 | 17 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 136 | 34.0 |