2022 National Leaders Scoring Defense - Games in August/September Only through 01/09/2023

Name G TD FG 1XP 2XP Safety Points Points/G
1 Iowa 4 2 3 2 0 0 23 5.8
2 Minnesota 4 3 1 3 0 0 24 6.0
3 Alabama 4 2 5 2 0 0 29 7.3
4 Illinois 4 2 6 2 0 0 32 8.0
4 Georgia 4 3 4 2 0 0 32 8.0
6 Mississippi 4 4 4 4 0 0 40 10.0
7 Michigan 4 5 3 3 1 0 44 11.0
8 Texas A&M 4 5 4 5 0 0 47 11.8
8 North Carolina State 4 6 2 5 0 0 47 11.8
10 Kentucky 4 5 5 3 1 1 52 13.0
11 UCF 4 6 4 6 0 0 54 13.5
12 UAB 3 6 0 6 0 0 42 14.0
12 James Madison 3 6 0 6 0 0 42 14.0
12 Utah 4 7 2 6 1 0 56 14.0
15 Tulane 5 8 5 8 0 0 71 14.2
16 LSU 4 7 3 6 0 0 57 14.3
17 Iowa State 4 7 3 7 0 0 58 14.5
18 Temple 4 6 6 6 0 0 60 15.0
19 San Jose State 3 6 2 5 0 0 47 15.7
20 Kansas State 4 7 5 6 0 0 63 15.8
21 Ohio State 4 7 5 7 0 0 64 16.0
21 Air Force 4 8 3 7 0 0 64 16.0
23 Baylor 4 8 4 7 0 0 67 16.8
23 Penn State 4 8 4 7 0 0 67 16.8
25 Rutgers 4 9 2 9 0 0 69 17.3
26 Virginia Tech 4 7 7 7 0 0 70 17.5
26 Syracuse 4 10 1 7 0 0 70 17.5
28 Oklahoma 4 8 5 8 0 0 71 17.8
29 USC 4 10 1 10 0 0 73 18.3
30 Marshall 4 9 4 6 1 0 74 18.5
31 East Carolina 4 9 4 9 0 0 75 18.8
31 Florida State 4 10 2 9 0 0 75 18.8
33 Tennessee 4 9 5 7 0 0 76 19.0
33 Wisconsin 4 10 2 10 0 0 76 19.0
33 Boise State 5 11 6 11 0 0 95 19.0
36 Western Kentucky 4 8 7 6 1 0 77 19.3
36 Virginia 4 8 7 8 0 0 77 19.3
36 South Alabama 4 9 5 6 1 0 77 19.3
39 Duke 4 10 3 9 0 0 78 19.5
40 Washington State 4 10 4 8 1 0 82 20.5
40 Cincinnati 4 10 4 10 0 0 82 20.5
40 Miami (Florida) 4 10 4 10 0 0 82 20.5
40 Louisiana-Lafayette 4 11 2 8 1 0 82 20.5
40 California 4 11 2 10 0 0 82 20.5
45 Louisville 4 11 2 11 0 0 83 20.8
45 UCLA 5 13 4 10 2 0 104 20.8
47 Troy 4 11 2 10 0 1 84 21.0
48 TCU 3 8 3 7 0 0 64 21.3
48 Mississippi State 4 11 3 10 0 0 85 21.3
50 Michigan State 4 10 5 9 0 1 86 21.5
51 Texas 4 9 8 9 0 0 87 21.8
51 Auburn 4 10 6 9 0 0 87 21.8
51 Clemson 4 10 6 9 0 0 87 21.8
54 New Mexico 5 13 6 12 1 0 110 22.0
55 UNLV 5 13 6 12 1 1 112 22.4
56 Liberty 4 10 7 9 0 0 90 22.5
57 Oklahoma State 3 9 1 5 3 0 68 22.7
58 Maryland 4 11 5 11 0 0 92 23.0
58 Texas State 4 12 3 11 0 0 92 23.0
60 Washington 5 14 5 9 3 1 116 23.2
61 Southern Mississippi 4 10 7 10 1 0 93 23.3
61 Purdue 4 12 3 10 1 0 93 23.3
63 Oregon State 4 11 6 10 0 0 94 23.5
64 Navy 3 8 5 8 0 0 71 23.7
65 Notre Dame 4 13 3 9 0 0 96 24.0
66 Old Dominion 4 11 7 9 0 1 98 24.5
66 Missouri 4 12 5 11 0 0 98 24.5
68 UTEP 5 16 5 15 0 0 126 25.2
69 Arizona State 4 11 8 11 0 0 101 25.3
69 Texas Tech 4 11 8 11 0 0 101 25.3
71 Pittsburgh 4 12 6 12 0 0 102 25.5
71 SMU 4 12 6 12 0 0 102 25.5
73 Miami (Ohio) 4 13 4 13 0 0 103 25.8
73 San Diego State 5 18 1 18 0 0 129 25.8
75 Arkansas 4 13 5 9 1 0 104 26.0
75 Toledo 4 14 2 14 0 0 104 26.0
77 Florida Atlantic 5 17 5 14 0 0 131 26.2
78 Coastal Carolina 4 12 7 12 0 0 105 26.3
79 BYU 5 17 5 15 0 0 132 26.4
80 Georgia Southern 4 14 3 14 0 0 107 26.8
80 Northwestern 4 14 3 14 0 0 107 26.8
82 South Carolina 5 18 3 17 0 1 136 27.2
83 Kansas 4 13 6 11 1 0 109 27.3
84 Wyoming 5 17 6 17 0 0 137 27.4
85 Boston College 4 14 5 11 0 0 110 27.5
85 West Virginia 4 15 2 14 0 0 110 27.5
87 Fresno State 3 12 1 10 1 0 87 29.0
87 Middle Tennessee 5 20 2 17 0 1 145 29.0
89 Indiana 4 14 7 12 0 0 117 29.3
90 Florida 4 14 7 11 1 0 118 29.5
91 Army 3 12 2 11 0 0 89 29.7
92 Stanford 3 10 7 10 0 0 91 30.3
92 Arkansas State 4 16 3 14 1 0 121 30.3
94 Wake Forest 4 14 7 9 3 1 122 30.5
95 Oregon 4 17 2 16 0 0 124 31.0
96 Nevada 5 19 7 17 1 1 156 31.2
97 Kent State 4 15 6 15 0 2 127 31.8
97 Georgia Tech 4 15 7 14 1 0 127 31.8
97 Tulsa 4 16 5 16 0 0 127 31.8
100 Memphis 4 17 3 15 1 0 128 32.0
100 Massachusetts 4 17 3 17 0 0 128 32.0
102 Central Michigan 4 18 1 14 1 1 129 32.3
103 Ball State 4 17 3 15 2 0 130 32.5
104 Rice 4 17 4 17 0 0 131 32.8
105 Western Michigan 4 16 7 16 0 0 133 33.3
106 Northern Illinois 4 17 5 17 0 0 134 33.5
107 Vanderbilt 5 22 5 22 0 0 169 33.8
108 Arizona 4 18 4 16 0 0 136 34.0
108 UTSA 5 20 9 19 2 0 170 34.0
108 Houston 5 21 8 18 1 0 170 34.0
111 Appalachian State 4 18 3 16 2 0 137 34.3
111 Buffalo 4 18 4 17 0 0 137 34.3
113 New Mexico State 5 21 9 20 0 0 173 34.6
114 Louisiana-Monroe 4 19 2 19 0 0 139 34.8
115 South Florida 4 18 5 17 0 1 142 35.5
115 Nebraska 4 19 3 19 0 0 142 35.5
117 Utah State 5 22 9 21 1 0 182 36.4
117 Connecticut 5 23 7 23 0 0 182 36.4
119 North Texas 5 24 7 23 0 1 190 38.0
120 Georgia State 4 20 4 17 2 0 153 38.3
121 Eastern Michigan 4 20 5 19 0 0 154 38.5
122 Louisiana Tech 4 20 5 20 0 0 155 38.8
123 North Carolina 4 21 4 18 1 0 158 39.5
124 Akron 4 21 4 21 0 0 159 39.8
125 Colorado State 4 20 8 20 0 0 164 41.0
126 Colorado 4 23 4 23 0 0 173 43.3
127 Ohio 4 23 6 21 0 1 179 44.8
128 Bowling Green 4 23 4 22 4 0 180 45.0
129 Hawai'i 5 31 3 30 1 0 227 45.4
130 Charlotte 5 31 7 26 2 0 237 47.4
131 Florida International 3 20 4 19 0 0 151 50.3