2022 National Leaders Scoring Defense - Games in October Only through 01/09/2023
| Name | G | TD | FG | 1XP | 2XP | Safety | Points | Points/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Illinois | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 9.8 |
| 1 | Michigan | 4 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 12.0 |
| 1 | Georgia | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 13.0 |
| 1 | Appalachian State | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 14.0 |
| 1 | New Mexico State | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 14.3 |
| 1 | Troy | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 14.3 |
| 1 | Boise State | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 14.7 |
| 1 | Buffalo | 4 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 15.3 |
| 1 | South Alabama | 4 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 16.0 |
| 1 | Marshall | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 16.5 |
| 1 | San Jose State | 4 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 17.0 |
| 1 | Air Force | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 17.5 |
| 1 | San Diego State | 3 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 17.7 |
| 1 | Ohio State | 4 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 17.8 |
| 1 | Clemson | 4 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 18.0 |
| 1 | Miami (Ohio) | 5 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 18.0 |
| 1 | Missouri | 4 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 18.5 |
| 1 | Kansas State | 4 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 75 | 18.8 |
| 1 | Iowa State | 4 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 18.8 |
| 1 | Hawai'i | 4 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 19.0 |
| 1 | Syracuse | 4 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 77 | 19.3 |
| 1 | South Carolina | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 61 | 20.3 |
| 1 | Notre Dame | 4 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 20.3 |
| 1 | Liberty | 4 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 20.5 |
| 1 | Louisville | 4 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 20.5 |
| 1 | Texas | 4 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 20.5 |
| 1 | Washington State | 4 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 21.0 |
| 1 | Fresno State | 5 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 21.2 |
| 1 | UAB | 5 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 21.2 |
| 1 | UTSA | 3 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 21.7 |
| 1 | UCF | 4 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 87 | 21.8 |
| 1 | Oregon State | 4 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 22.0 |
| 1 | Utah State | 3 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 68 | 22.7 |
| 1 | Tulane | 3 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 22.7 |
| 1 | Minnesota | 4 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 22.8 |
| 1 | North Carolina State | 4 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 23.0 |
| 1 | Tennessee | 4 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 92 | 23.0 |
| 1 | Colorado State | 4 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 23.3 |
| 1 | North Carolina | 4 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 23.3 |
| 1 | Wake Forest | 4 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 94 | 23.5 |
| 1 | Eastern Michigan | 5 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 23.6 |
| 1 | Virginia | 4 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 95 | 23.8 |
| 1 | Western Michigan | 4 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 23.8 |
| 1 | Ball State | 4 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 23.8 |
| 1 | Florida International | 5 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 119 | 23.8 |
| 1 | Ohio | 4 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 96 | 24.0 |
| 1 | Bowling Green | 4 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 97 | 24.3 |
| 1 | Miami (Florida) | 4 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 24.5 |
| 1 | Mississippi State | 4 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 24.5 |
| 1 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 24.5 |
| 1 | Duke | 4 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 24.8 |
| 1 | North Texas | 4 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 24.8 |
| 1 | Wisconsin | 4 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 24.8 |
| 1 | Florida State | 4 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 25.0 |
| 1 | Florida Atlantic | 4 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 25.0 |
| 1 | Maryland | 4 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 25.3 |
| 1 | Iowa | 4 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 25.8 |
| 1 | Oregon | 4 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 25.8 |
| 1 | Nebraska | 4 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 25.8 |
| 1 | James Madison | 4 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 104 | 26.0 |
| 1 | Alabama | 4 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 104 | 26.0 |
| 1 | Houston | 3 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 26.3 |
| 1 | Navy | 5 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 132 | 26.4 |
| 1 | Nevada | 4 | 13 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 26.5 |
| 1 | Georgia State | 4 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 26.5 |
| 1 | East Carolina | 5 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 134 | 26.8 |
| 1 | Penn State | 4 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 109 | 27.3 |
| 1 | Central Michigan | 4 | 14 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 27.5 |
| 1 | Toledo | 5 | 17 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 138 | 27.6 |
| 1 | Purdue | 4 | 14 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 27.8 |
| 1 | Rutgers | 4 | 15 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 27.8 |
| 1 | Western Kentucky | 5 | 17 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 139 | 27.8 |
| 1 | Stanford | 5 | 19 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 139 | 27.8 |
| 1 | LSU | 4 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 28.0 |
| 1 | Coastal Carolina | 4 | 14 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 28.3 |
| 1 | Army | 4 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 29.3 |
| 1 | Utah | 4 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 29.3 |
| 1 | California | 4 | 15 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 118 | 29.5 |
| 1 | Old Dominion | 4 | 16 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 29.5 |
| 1 | Middle Tennessee | 3 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 29.7 |
| 1 | New Mexico | 3 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 29.7 |
| 1 | USC | 4 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 119 | 29.8 |
| 1 | Massachusetts | 4 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 119 | 29.8 |
| 1 | UCLA | 3 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 30.0 |
| 1 | Boston College | 4 | 15 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 120 | 30.0 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh | 4 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 30.3 |
| 1 | Memphis | 4 | 16 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 121 | 30.3 |
| 1 | UTEP | 4 | 16 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 121 | 30.3 |
| 1 | Florida | 4 | 16 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 30.3 |
| 1 | Northwestern | 4 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 30.8 |
| 1 | TCU | 5 | 19 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 154 | 30.8 |
| 1 | Mississippi | 5 | 20 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 154 | 30.8 |
| 1 | Texas A&M | 4 | 17 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 127 | 31.8 |
| 1 | Virginia Tech | 4 | 16 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 128 | 32.0 |
| 1 | Indiana | 4 | 17 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 128 | 32.0 |
| 1 | Arizona State | 4 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 129 | 32.3 |
| 1 | Kent State | 4 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 130 | 32.5 |
| 1 | Northern Illinois | 4 | 17 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 130 | 32.5 |
| 1 | Charlotte | 4 | 17 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 132 | 33.0 |
| 1 | Texas Tech | 4 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 133 | 33.3 |
| 1 | Michigan State | 4 | 16 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 133 | 33.3 |
| 1 | Georgia Southern | 4 | 17 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 136 | 34.0 |
| 1 | Kansas | 4 | 18 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 136 | 34.0 |
| 1 | Rice | 4 | 18 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 138 | 34.5 |
| 1 | Akron | 5 | 23 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 174 | 34.8 |
| 1 | Washington | 3 | 14 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 105 | 35.0 |
| 1 | Colorado | 4 | 19 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 35.0 |
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 5 | 22 | 9 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 181 | 36.2 |
| 1 | Temple | 4 | 19 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 148 | 37.0 |
| 1 | Arkansas | 4 | 21 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 151 | 37.8 |
| 1 | Auburn | 4 | 20 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 152 | 38.0 |
| 1 | Oklahoma | 4 | 22 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 159 | 39.8 |
| 1 | Louisiana Tech | 4 | 21 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 162 | 40.5 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Monroe | 4 | 21 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 162 | 40.5 |
| 1 | Arizona | 4 | 23 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 163 | 40.8 |
| 1 | South Florida | 4 | 23 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 163 | 40.8 |
| 1 | Vanderbilt | 3 | 16 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 124 | 41.3 |
| 1 | West Virginia | 4 | 21 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 167 | 41.8 |
| 1 | UNLV | 3 | 16 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 126 | 42.0 |
| 120 | Connecticut | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 54 | 13.5 |
| 120 | Wyoming | 4 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 81 | 20.3 |
| 120 | Southern Mississippi | 4 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 84 | 21.0 |
| 120 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 4 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 90 | 22.5 |
| 120 | Cincinnati | 4 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 97 | 24.3 |
| 120 | Texas State | 4 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 101 | 25.3 |
| 120 | Kentucky | 4 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 107 | 26.8 |
| 120 | Baylor | 4 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 119 | 29.8 |
| 120 | Arkansas State | 5 | 22 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 159 | 31.8 |
| 120 | SMU | 4 | 17 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 138 | 34.5 |
| 120 | Tulsa | 4 | 18 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 145 | 36.3 |
| 120 | BYU | 4 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 148 | 37.0 |