2022 National Leaders Scoring Defense - Games vs. Conference Teams Only through 01/09/2023
| Name | G | TD | FG | 1XP | 2XP | Safety | Points | Points/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Army | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 12.0 |
| 1 | New Mexico State | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 13.5 |
| 1 | Georgia | 9 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 127 | 14.1 |
| 1 | Air Force | 8 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 115 | 14.4 |
| 1 | Illinois | 9 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 138 | 15.3 |
| 1 | Michigan | 10 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 157 | 15.7 |
| 1 | Boise State | 9 | 17 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 142 | 15.8 |
| 1 | Minnesota | 9 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 143 | 15.9 |
| 1 | Marshall | 8 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 129 | 16.1 |
| 1 | Fresno State | 9 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 160 | 17.8 |
| 1 | Iowa | 9 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 160 | 17.8 |
| 1 | Clemson | 9 | 20 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 163 | 18.1 |
| 1 | San Diego State | 8 | 19 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 148 | 18.5 |
| 1 | Florida State | 8 | 17 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 151 | 18.9 |
| 1 | Western Kentucky | 8 | 19 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 153 | 19.1 |
| 1 | South Alabama | 8 | 18 | 10 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 156 | 19.5 |
| 1 | Colorado State | 8 | 21 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 159 | 19.9 |
| 1 | Notre Dame | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 1 | Penn State | 9 | 21 | 11 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 180 | 20.0 |
| 1 | Oregon State | 9 | 22 | 9 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 180 | 20.0 |
| 1 | Miami (Ohio) | 8 | 19 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 167 | 20.9 |
| 1 | Ohio State | 9 | 24 | 6 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 188 | 20.9 |
| 1 | Ohio | 9 | 23 | 9 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 190 | 21.1 |
| 1 | Western Michigan | 8 | 20 | 13 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 179 | 22.4 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh | 8 | 22 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 179 | 22.4 |
| 1 | James Madison | 8 | 22 | 9 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 182 | 22.8 |
| 1 | UTSA | 9 | 25 | 10 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 205 | 22.8 |
| 1 | Kansas State | 10 | 28 | 13 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 232 | 23.2 |
| 1 | North Carolina State | 8 | 22 | 11 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 186 | 23.3 |
| 1 | Louisville | 8 | 24 | 7 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 189 | 23.6 |
| 1 | Alabama | 8 | 23 | 10 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 190 | 23.8 |
| 1 | Iowa State | 9 | 27 | 9 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 216 | 24.0 |
| 1 | Tulane | 9 | 28 | 8 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 219 | 24.3 |
| 1 | Nebraska | 9 | 26 | 14 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 220 | 24.4 |
| 1 | Duke | 8 | 24 | 9 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 196 | 24.5 |
| 1 | Wisconsin | 9 | 28 | 9 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 222 | 24.7 |
| 1 | UAB | 8 | 25 | 8 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 198 | 24.8 |
| 1 | Florida Atlantic | 8 | 26 | 6 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 201 | 25.1 |
| 1 | Toledo | 9 | 28 | 10 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 228 | 25.3 |
| 1 | Missouri | 8 | 25 | 10 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 205 | 25.6 |
| 1 | Connecticut | 3 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 25.7 |
| 1 | Maryland | 9 | 27 | 15 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 231 | 25.7 |
| 1 | Washington State | 9 | 29 | 11 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 231 | 25.7 |
| 1 | North Texas | 9 | 28 | 12 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 232 | 25.8 |
| 1 | TCU | 10 | 33 | 10 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 261 | 26.1 |
| 1 | Purdue | 10 | 34 | 9 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 262 | 26.2 |
| 1 | Navy | 8 | 24 | 14 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 210 | 26.3 |
| 1 | Virginia | 7 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 185 | 26.4 |
| 1 | Memphis | 8 | 28 | 6 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 213 | 26.6 |
| 1 | Tennessee | 8 | 29 | 5 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 215 | 26.9 |
| 1 | Virginia Tech | 7 | 23 | 11 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 190 | 27.1 |
| 1 | North Carolina | 9 | 32 | 7 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 245 | 27.2 |
| 1 | Georgia Tech | 8 | 28 | 8 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 218 | 27.3 |
| 1 | Oregon | 9 | 28 | 17 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 246 | 27.3 |
| 1 | Utah State | 8 | 26 | 12 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 219 | 27.4 |
| 1 | Bowling Green | 8 | 28 | 8 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 219 | 27.4 |
| 1 | UCF | 9 | 30 | 12 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 247 | 27.4 |
| 1 | Kent State | 8 | 27 | 11 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 221 | 27.6 |
| 1 | Hawai'i | 8 | 24 | 19 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 224 | 28.0 |
| 1 | Texas A&M | 8 | 29 | 8 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 225 | 28.1 |
| 1 | Eastern Michigan | 8 | 28 | 12 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 226 | 28.3 |
| 1 | Mississippi State | 8 | 27 | 14 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 229 | 28.6 |
| 1 | UTEP | 8 | 29 | 9 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 229 | 28.6 |
| 1 | Florida | 8 | 30 | 7 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 229 | 28.6 |
| 1 | LSU | 9 | 31 | 14 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 257 | 28.6 |
| 1 | Northwestern | 9 | 33 | 10 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 261 | 29.0 |
| 1 | Middle Tennessee | 8 | 30 | 9 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 237 | 29.6 |
| 1 | Arkansas | 8 | 30 | 11 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 238 | 29.8 |
| 1 | Appalachian State | 8 | 32 | 6 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 241 | 30.1 |
| 1 | New Mexico | 8 | 29 | 13 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 243 | 30.4 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Monroe | 8 | 30 | 11 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 243 | 30.4 |
| 1 | Akron | 8 | 30 | 12 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 243 | 30.4 |
| 1 | USC | 10 | 40 | 8 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 305 | 30.5 |
| 1 | Liberty | 4 | 17 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 123 | 30.8 |
| 1 | Michigan State | 9 | 35 | 10 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 277 | 30.8 |
| 1 | East Carolina | 8 | 30 | 12 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 248 | 31.0 |
| 1 | Georgia State | 8 | 32 | 8 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 248 | 31.0 |
| 1 | Coastal Carolina | 9 | 35 | 12 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 280 | 31.1 |
| 1 | Mississippi | 8 | 32 | 9 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 250 | 31.3 |
| 1 | California | 9 | 36 | 10 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 283 | 31.4 |
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 9 | 35 | 13 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 284 | 31.6 |
| 1 | UCLA | 9 | 35 | 12 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 285 | 31.7 |
| 1 | Texas Tech | 9 | 34 | 16 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 287 | 31.9 |
| 1 | Houston | 8 | 34 | 9 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 259 | 32.4 |
| 1 | Nevada | 8 | 32 | 13 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 263 | 32.9 |
| 1 | Auburn | 8 | 35 | 7 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 264 | 33.0 |
| 1 | Boston College | 8 | 34 | 11 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 268 | 33.5 |
| 1 | Wake Forest | 8 | 34 | 12 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 270 | 33.8 |
| 1 | Massachusetts | 4 | 17 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 136 | 34.0 |
| 1 | Rutgers | 9 | 39 | 12 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 309 | 34.3 |
| 1 | Rice | 8 | 35 | 10 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 275 | 34.4 |
| 1 | Arizona State | 9 | 39 | 12 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 310 | 34.4 |
| 1 | Indiana | 9 | 41 | 8 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 310 | 34.4 |
| 1 | Charlotte | 8 | 36 | 10 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 279 | 34.9 |
| 1 | Georgia Southern | 8 | 33 | 17 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 281 | 35.1 |
| 1 | Oklahoma | 9 | 42 | 11 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 325 | 36.1 |
| 1 | Stanford | 9 | 42 | 12 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 327 | 36.3 |
| 1 | Temple | 8 | 38 | 8 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 291 | 36.4 |
| 1 | Louisiana Tech | 8 | 38 | 12 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 300 | 37.5 |
| 1 | West Virginia | 9 | 43 | 13 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 340 | 37.8 |
| 1 | Arizona | 9 | 49 | 3 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 351 | 39.0 |
| 1 | Vanderbilt | 8 | 41 | 12 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 318 | 39.8 |
| 1 | South Florida | 8 | 46 | 10 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 352 | 44.0 |
| 104 | Troy | 9 | 18 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 147 | 16.3 |
| 104 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 8 | 20 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 164 | 20.5 |
| 104 | San Jose State | 8 | 22 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 176 | 22.0 |
| 104 | Utah | 10 | 27 | 10 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 222 | 22.2 |
| 104 | Texas | 9 | 25 | 9 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 204 | 22.7 |
| 104 | Syracuse | 8 | 23 | 9 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 188 | 23.5 |
| 104 | Southern Mississippi | 8 | 23 | 9 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 189 | 23.6 |
| 104 | Old Dominion | 8 | 24 | 13 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 209 | 26.1 |
| 104 | Ball State | 8 | 25 | 11 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 209 | 26.1 |
| 104 | Central Michigan | 8 | 26 | 8 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 209 | 26.1 |
| 104 | Buffalo | 8 | 27 | 8 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 213 | 26.6 |
| 104 | Texas State | 8 | 27 | 11 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 224 | 28.0 |
| 104 | UNLV | 8 | 28 | 11 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 230 | 28.8 |
| 104 | Washington | 9 | 34 | 7 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 262 | 29.1 |
| 104 | Miami (Florida) | 8 | 30 | 9 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 239 | 29.9 |
| 104 | Baylor | 9 | 35 | 10 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 276 | 30.7 |
| 104 | Arkansas State | 8 | 34 | 4 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 252 | 31.5 |
| 104 | South Carolina | 8 | 32 | 10 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 256 | 32.0 |
| 104 | Northern Illinois | 8 | 33 | 9 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 259 | 32.4 |
| 104 | Tulsa | 8 | 31 | 17 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 270 | 33.8 |
| 104 | BYU | 2 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 34.5 |
| 104 | Kansas | 9 | 43 | 12 | 39 | 2 | 1 | 339 | 37.7 |
| 104 | SMU | 8 | 41 | 9 | 35 | 2 | 1 | 314 | 39.3 |
| 104 | Florida International | 8 | 43 | 9 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 329 | 41.1 |
| 128 | Wyoming | 8 | 19 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 158 | 19.8 |
| 128 | Cincinnati | 8 | 20 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 162 | 20.3 |
| 128 | Kentucky | 8 | 20 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 180 | 22.5 |
| 128 | Colorado | 9 | 55 | 6 | 52 | 1 | 2 | 406 | 45.1 |