2022 National Leaders Scoring Defense - Games vs. Non-Conference Teams Only through 01/09/2023
| Name | G | TD | FG | 1XP | 2XP | Safety | Points | Points/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iowa | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3.3 |
| 1 | Illinois | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 7.0 |
| 1 | Texas A&M | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 7.3 |
| 1 | Iowa State | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 9.0 |
| 1 | Alabama | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 9.2 |
| 1 | Minnesota | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 9.3 |
| 1 | Wisconsin | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 10.3 |
| 1 | LSU | 5 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 11.6 |
| 1 | Air Force | 5 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 59 | 11.8 |
| 1 | Louisville | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 12.0 |
| 1 | North Carolina State | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 12.6 |
| 1 | Rutgers | 3 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 14.0 |
| 1 | Kentucky | 5 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 14.0 |
| 1 | Mississippi State | 5 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 14.2 |
| 1 | Penn State | 4 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 14.3 |
| 1 | Georgia | 6 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 14.5 |
| 1 | Temple | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 15.0 |
| 1 | Marshall | 5 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 79 | 15.8 |
| 1 | James Madison | 3 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 16.0 |
| 1 | Tennessee | 5 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 81 | 16.2 |
| 1 | Oklahoma | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 65 | 16.3 |
| 1 | Mississippi | 5 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 16.4 |
| 1 | UCF | 5 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 16.8 |
| 1 | California | 3 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 17.0 |
| 1 | Michigan | 4 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 17.0 |
| 1 | New Mexico | 4 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 17.3 |
| 1 | Maryland | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 17.5 |
| 1 | Duke | 5 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 18.2 |
| 1 | Virginia | 3 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 18.3 |
| 1 | West Virginia | 3 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 18.3 |
| 1 | Baylor | 4 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 18.3 |
| 1 | Tulane | 5 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 18.4 |
| 1 | Washington | 4 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 74 | 18.5 |
| 1 | Kansas State | 4 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 18.5 |
| 1 | Texas | 4 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 19.3 |
| 1 | Utah | 4 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 78 | 19.5 |
| 1 | Stanford | 3 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 19.7 |
| 1 | Oregon State | 4 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 20.0 |
| 1 | Appalachian State | 4 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 80 | 20.0 |
| 1 | Miami (Florida) | 4 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 20.5 |
| 1 | Navy | 4 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 20.5 |
| 1 | UAB | 5 | 15 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 20.6 |
| 1 | East Carolina | 5 | 14 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 105 | 21.0 |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 5 | 13 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 21.2 |
| 1 | Ohio State | 4 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 85 | 21.3 |
| 1 | San Jose State | 4 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 88 | 22.0 |
| 1 | Arizona State | 3 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 22.3 |
| 1 | Fresno State | 5 | 15 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 112 | 22.4 |
| 1 | Syracuse | 5 | 15 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 22.4 |
| 1 | Auburn | 4 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 22.5 |
| 1 | UCLA | 4 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 92 | 23.0 |
| 1 | Texas Tech | 4 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 23.0 |
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 4 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 92 | 23.0 |
| 1 | Texas State | 4 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 23.0 |
| 1 | Notre Dame | 12 | 36 | 10 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 279 | 23.3 |
| 1 | Southern Mississippi | 5 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 117 | 23.4 |
| 1 | Florida State | 5 | 15 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 117 | 23.4 |
| 1 | UTEP | 4 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 23.8 |
| 1 | San Diego State | 5 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 119 | 23.8 |
| 1 | Boston College | 4 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 24.0 |
| 1 | South Alabama | 5 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 121 | 24.2 |
| 1 | Missouri | 5 | 16 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 122 | 24.4 |
| 1 | Toledo | 5 | 17 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 24.6 |
| 1 | Army | 10 | 31 | 10 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 246 | 24.6 |
| 1 | Memphis | 5 | 16 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 125 | 25.0 |
| 1 | SMU | 5 | 15 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 126 | 25.2 |
| 1 | Miami (Ohio) | 5 | 16 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 127 | 25.4 |
| 1 | Clemson | 5 | 16 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 129 | 25.8 |
| 1 | Georgia Southern | 5 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 130 | 26.0 |
| 1 | Boise State | 5 | 16 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 131 | 26.2 |
| 1 | Northwestern | 3 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 26.3 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 5 | 18 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 133 | 26.6 |
| 1 | Buffalo | 5 | 17 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 134 | 26.8 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh | 5 | 17 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 137 | 27.4 |
| 1 | Old Dominion | 4 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 27.5 |
| 1 | Western Michigan | 4 | 14 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 27.5 |
| 1 | Oregon | 4 | 15 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 27.5 |
| 1 | UNLV | 4 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 28.0 |
| 1 | Ball State | 4 | 15 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 28.5 |
| 1 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 15 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 28.5 |
| 1 | BYU | 11 | 40 | 13 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 314 | 28.5 |
| 1 | Eastern Michigan | 5 | 19 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 144 | 28.8 |
| 1 | Arizona | 3 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 29.0 |
| 1 | Florida | 5 | 18 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 146 | 29.2 |
| 1 | Western Kentucky | 6 | 20 | 12 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 175 | 29.2 |
| 1 | Florida Atlantic | 4 | 15 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 29.5 |
| 1 | Florida International | 4 | 15 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 29.5 |
| 1 | Massachusetts | 8 | 31 | 7 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 237 | 29.6 |
| 1 | Purdue | 4 | 16 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 121 | 30.3 |
| 1 | Kansas | 4 | 15 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 122 | 30.5 |
| 1 | Wyoming | 5 | 18 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 153 | 30.6 |
| 1 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 14 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 123 | 30.8 |
| 1 | Arkansas State | 4 | 16 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 125 | 31.3 |
| 1 | Georgia State | 4 | 17 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 126 | 31.5 |
| 1 | UTSA | 5 | 19 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 158 | 31.6 |
| 1 | Tulsa | 4 | 16 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 127 | 31.8 |
| 1 | Houston | 5 | 18 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 159 | 31.8 |
| 1 | Arkansas | 5 | 21 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 160 | 32.0 |
| 1 | Indiana | 3 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 32.3 |
| 1 | Coastal Carolina | 4 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 134 | 33.5 |
| 1 | Northern Illinois | 4 | 17 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 134 | 33.5 |
| 1 | Rice | 5 | 22 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 169 | 33.8 |
| 1 | TCU | 5 | 22 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 174 | 34.8 |
| 1 | Nebraska | 3 | 15 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 37.0 |
| 1 | Utah State | 5 | 23 | 8 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 186 | 37.2 |
| 1 | North Carolina | 5 | 25 | 4 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 186 | 37.2 |
| 1 | Louisiana Tech | 4 | 20 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 155 | 38.8 |
| 1 | Akron | 4 | 21 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 159 | 39.8 |
| 1 | Bowling Green | 5 | 26 | 5 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 204 | 40.8 |
| 1 | Colorado State | 4 | 20 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 164 | 41.0 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Monroe | 4 | 23 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 170 | 42.5 |
| 1 | Colorado | 3 | 17 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 128 | 42.7 |
| 1 | Hawai'i | 5 | 31 | 3 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 227 | 45.4 |
| 1 | Charlotte | 4 | 26 | 4 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 194 | 48.5 |
| 115 | Washington State | 4 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 67 | 16.8 |
| 115 | Michigan State | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 17.3 |
| 115 | Troy | 5 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 93 | 18.6 |
| 115 | Wake Forest | 5 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 98 | 19.6 |
| 115 | Virginia Tech | 4 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 82 | 20.5 |
| 115 | Liberty | 9 | 22 | 14 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 197 | 21.9 |
| 115 | South Carolina | 5 | 16 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 119 | 23.8 |
| 115 | Middle Tennessee | 5 | 16 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 123 | 24.6 |
| 115 | New Mexico State | 11 | 34 | 15 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 284 | 25.8 |
| 115 | USC | 4 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 104 | 26.0 |
| 115 | Connecticut | 10 | 33 | 11 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 264 | 26.4 |
| 115 | Nevada | 4 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 108 | 27.0 |
| 115 | Central Michigan | 4 | 18 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 129 | 32.3 |
| 115 | South Florida | 4 | 18 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 142 | 35.5 |
| 115 | Ohio | 5 | 26 | 8 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 206 | 41.2 |
| 115 | North Texas | 5 | 27 | 7 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 212 | 42.4 |
| 131 | Kent State | 4 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 127 | 31.8 |