2023 National Leaders Scoring Defense - Games vs. Non-Conference Teams Only through 01/08/2024
| Name | G | TD | FG | 1XP | 2XP | Safety | Points | Points/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tennessee | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 8.6 |
| 1 | Michigan | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 9.8 |
| 1 | Ohio State | 4 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 11.3 |
| 1 | Georgia | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 11.4 |
| 1 | Air Force | 5 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 12.0 |
| 1 | Rutgers | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 12.5 |
| 1 | UCLA | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 13.0 |
| 1 | Maryland | 4 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 13.3 |
| 1 | Oregon | 4 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 13.3 |
| 1 | Ohio | 5 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 13.6 |
| 1 | Kansas State | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 15.5 |
| 1 | Florida | 4 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 15.5 |
| 1 | BYU | 3 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 15.7 |
| 1 | Alabama | 5 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 16.2 |
| 1 | Miami (Florida) | 5 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 16.2 |
| 1 | UCF | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 16.5 |
| 1 | Arizona | 4 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 17.0 |
| 1 | Missouri | 5 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 86 | 17.2 |
| 1 | Fresno State | 5 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 17.2 |
| 1 | Syracuse | 5 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 17.6 |
| 1 | West Virginia | 4 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 17.8 |
| 1 | Northwestern | 4 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 18.0 |
| 1 | Toledo | 5 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 18.0 |
| 1 | Indiana | 3 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 18.3 |
| 1 | Oregon State | 4 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 73 | 18.3 |
| 1 | Coastal Carolina | 5 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 18.4 |
| 1 | Iowa State | 4 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 18.8 |
| 1 | Navy | 4 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 19.0 |
| 1 | Clemson | 5 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 19.2 |
| 1 | Arkansas | 4 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 19.3 |
| 1 | Mississippi State | 4 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 19.8 |
| 1 | Auburn | 5 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 19.8 |
| 1 | SMU | 5 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 19.8 |
| 1 | LSU | 5 | 13 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 20.0 |
| 1 | North Carolina | 5 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 20.2 |
| 1 | Washington | 5 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 20.2 |
| 1 | Jacksonville State | 5 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 20.4 |
| 1 | Texas A&M | 5 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 20.4 |
| 1 | South Florida | 5 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 20.6 |
| 1 | Michigan State | 3 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 20.7 |
| 1 | Tulane | 5 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 21.0 |
| 1 | South Alabama | 5 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 21.0 |
| 1 | Minnesota | 4 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 21.3 |
| 1 | Boston College | 5 | 15 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 21.4 |
| 1 | California | 4 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 21.5 |
| 1 | Sam Houston State | 4 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 21.5 |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 3 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 21.7 |
| 1 | Washington State | 3 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 22.3 |
| 1 | James Madison | 5 | 14 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 22.6 |
| 1 | TCU | 3 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 22.7 |
| 1 | Northern Illinois | 5 | 14 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 114 | 22.8 |
| 1 | Louisville | 5 | 15 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 22.8 |
| 1 | Baylor | 3 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 23.0 |
| 1 | Wyoming | 5 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 115 | 23.0 |
| 1 | South Carolina | 4 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 24.0 |
| 1 | Virginia Tech | 5 | 15 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 24.0 |
| 1 | Wisconsin | 4 | 13 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 24.3 |
| 1 | New Mexico State | 6 | 17 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 146 | 24.3 |
| 1 | Florida State | 5 | 16 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 128 | 25.6 |
| 1 | Arizona State | 3 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 25.7 |
| 1 | UTSA | 5 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 129 | 25.8 |
| 1 | East Carolina | 4 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 26.0 |
| 1 | Marshall | 5 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 130 | 26.0 |
| 1 | Illinois | 3 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 26.3 |
| 1 | Wake Forest | 4 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 26.5 |
| 1 | Temple | 4 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 107 | 26.8 |
| 1 | Florida Atlantic | 4 | 15 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 27.0 |
| 1 | North Carolina State | 5 | 18 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 135 | 27.0 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Monroe | 4 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 27.3 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh | 4 | 14 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 27.3 |
| 1 | Bowling Green | 5 | 18 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 137 | 27.4 |
| 1 | Florida International | 4 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 28.0 |
| 1 | Eastern Michigan | 5 | 18 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 145 | 29.0 |
| 1 | San Jose State | 5 | 20 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 146 | 29.2 |
| 1 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 29.3 |
| 1 | Georgia Tech | 5 | 19 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 147 | 29.4 |
| 1 | USC | 4 | 16 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 29.5 |
| 1 | Old Dominion | 5 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 148 | 29.6 |
| 1 | Colorado | 3 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 30.3 |
| 1 | Connecticut | 11 | 43 | 13 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 340 | 30.9 |
| 1 | Middle Tennessee | 4 | 17 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 124 | 31.0 |
| 1 | Louisiana Tech | 4 | 16 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 127 | 31.8 |
| 1 | UTEP | 4 | 17 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 128 | 32.0 |
| 1 | Boise State | 5 | 22 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 162 | 32.4 |
| 1 | UNLV | 5 | 22 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 163 | 32.6 |
| 1 | Ball State | 4 | 16 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 136 | 34.0 |
| 1 | Virginia | 4 | 19 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 35.0 |
| 1 | Utah State | 5 | 23 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 175 | 35.0 |
| 1 | Central Michigan | 4 | 19 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 144 | 36.0 |
| 1 | Massachusetts | 10 | 55 | 9 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 409 | 40.9 |
| 1 | Nevada | 4 | 21 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 165 | 41.3 |
| 1 | Buffalo | 4 | 23 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 178 | 44.5 |
| 93 | Utah | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 11.3 |
| 93 | Duke | 5 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 59 | 11.8 |
| 93 | Mississippi | 5 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 78 | 15.6 |
| 93 | Notre Dame | 13 | 23 | 15 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 207 | 15.9 |
| 93 | Iowa | 4 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 72 | 18.0 |
| 93 | Nebraska | 3 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 61 | 20.3 |
| 93 | Texas | 4 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 81 | 20.3 |
| 93 | Oklahoma State | 4 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 84 | 21.0 |
| 93 | Army | 11 | 28 | 12 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 232 | 21.1 |
| 93 | Houston | 3 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 64 | 21.3 |
| 93 | Memphis | 5 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 109 | 21.8 |
| 93 | Troy | 5 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 113 | 22.6 |
| 93 | Georgia Southern | 5 | 15 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 114 | 22.8 |
| 93 | Appalachian State | 5 | 16 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 123 | 24.6 |
| 93 | San Diego State | 4 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 102 | 25.5 |
| 93 | Charlotte | 4 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 104 | 26.0 |
| 93 | Texas State | 5 | 16 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 130 | 26.0 |
| 93 | Liberty | 5 | 17 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 131 | 26.2 |
| 93 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 5 | 18 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 141 | 28.2 |
| 93 | New Mexico | 4 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 120 | 30.0 |
| 93 | Purdue | 3 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 91 | 30.3 |
| 93 | Tulsa | 4 | 18 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 130 | 32.5 |
| 93 | Hawai'i | 5 | 20 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 164 | 32.8 |
| 93 | Rice | 5 | 22 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 168 | 33.6 |
| 93 | Western Kentucky | 5 | 23 | 3 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 171 | 34.2 |
| 93 | Southern Mississippi | 4 | 18 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 142 | 35.5 |
| 93 | UAB | 4 | 18 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 145 | 36.3 |
| 93 | Stanford | 3 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 110 | 36.7 |
| 93 | Western Michigan | 4 | 18 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 147 | 36.8 |
| 93 | Kent State | 4 | 20 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 147 | 36.8 |
| 123 | Penn State | 4 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 60 | 15.0 |
| 123 | Oklahoma | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 66 | 16.5 |
| 123 | Kentucky | 5 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 103 | 20.6 |
| 123 | Texas Tech | 4 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 90 | 22.5 |
| 123 | Miami (Ohio) | 5 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 123 | 24.6 |
| 123 | Kansas | 4 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 100 | 25.0 |
| 123 | Akron | 4 | 14 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 109 | 27.3 |
| 123 | Georgia State | 5 | 21 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 152 | 30.4 |
| 123 | Arkansas State | 5 | 22 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 166 | 33.2 |
| 123 | Colorado State | 4 | 17 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 136 | 34.0 |
| 123 | North Texas | 4 | 23 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 172 | 43.0 |