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