2023 National Leaders Scoring Defense - Games vs. Ranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/08/2024
| Name | G | TD | FG | 1XP | 2XP | Safety | Points | Points/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Alabama | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 2 | USF | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 3 | Sam Houston State | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 3 | Utah State | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 3 | UCLA | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 6 | Louisville | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 15.3 |
| 6 | SMU | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 6 | Jacksonville State | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 31.0 |
| 6 | Nevada | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 31.0 |
| 6 | Wyoming | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 31.0 |
| 6 | Charlotte | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 34.0 |
| 12 | Louisiana-Monroe | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 35.0 |
| 12 | FIU | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 38.0 |
| 12 | Old Dominion | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 38.0 |
| 12 | Western Michigan | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 41.0 |
| 12 | Central Michigan | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 41.0 |
| 17 | Northwestern | 2 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 25.5 |
| 17 | Tulane | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 31.5 |
| 17 | Troy | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 42.0 |
| 17 | Ball State | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 45.0 |
| 17 | Liberty | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 45.0 |
| 17 | North Texas | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 45.0 |
| 17 | UTSA | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 45.0 |
| 17 | Marshall | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 48.0 |
| 25 | Arizona | 2 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 27.5 |
| 25 | Nebraska | 2 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 29.0 |
| 25 | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 48.0 |
| 25 | UAB | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 49.0 |
| 25 | Buffalo | 1 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 55.0 |
| 25 | Hawaii | 1 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 55.0 |
| 25 | Temple | 1 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 55.0 |
| 32 | Michigan | 5 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 14.4 |
| 32 | Georgia | 5 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 78 | 15.6 |
| 32 | Ohio State | 4 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 17.5 |
| 32 | East Carolina | 2 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 30.5 |
| 32 | Bowling Green | 2 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 32.5 |
| 32 | North Carolina | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 35.0 |
| 32 | Rice | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 36.5 |
| 32 | Boise State | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 56.0 |
| 32 | Georgia State | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 56.0 |
| 32 | Army | 1 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 62.0 |
| 42 | Penn State | 4 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 82 | 20.5 |
| 42 | Wisconsin | 3 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 74 | 24.7 |
| 42 | Clemson | 3 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 26.0 |
| 42 | Illinois | 3 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 79 | 26.3 |
| 42 | Memphis | 2 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 36.0 |
| 42 | Syracuse | 2 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 36.0 |
| 42 | Southern Miss | 1 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 66.0 |
| 49 | Duke | 5 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 92 | 18.4 |
| 49 | Oregon | 3 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 76 | 25.3 |
| 49 | UTEP | 2 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 36.5 |
| 49 | Colorado | 2 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 76 | 38.0 |
| 49 | Arkansas State | 1 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 73.0 |
| 54 | Iowa | 3 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 30.7 |
| 54 | New Mexico State | 2 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 41.0 |
| 54 | Connecticut | 2 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 41.5 |
| 57 | Miami (FL) | 4 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 105 | 26.3 |
| 57 | Notre Dame | 4 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 26.3 |
| 57 | Minnesota | 3 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 33.0 |
| 57 | UNLV | 2 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 42.0 |
| 61 | Missouri | 5 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 116 | 23.2 |
| 61 | NC State | 4 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 25.8 |
| 61 | Tennessee | 4 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 27.0 |
| 61 | South Carolina | 4 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 115 | 28.8 |
| 61 | Purdue | 3 | 13 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 34.0 |
| 61 | Washington State | 3 | 13 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 35.3 |
| 61 | Louisiana Tech | 2 | 13 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 47.0 |
| 61 | Baylor | 2 | 13 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 48.5 |
| 69 | Kansas State | 5 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 138 | 27.6 |
| 69 | Rutgers | 4 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 115 | 28.8 |
| 69 | Mississippi State | 4 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 122 | 30.5 |
| 69 | Boston College | 3 | 14 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 33.7 |
| 69 | Pittsburgh | 3 | 14 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 34.3 |
| 69 | Virginia | 3 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 34.7 |
| 69 | Maryland | 3 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 119 | 39.7 |
| 69 | Navy | 2 | 14 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 50.5 |
| 77 | Florida State | 4 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 29.3 |
| 77 | Oregon State | 4 | 15 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 120 | 30.0 |
| 77 | Virginia Tech | 3 | 15 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 108 | 36.0 |
| 77 | Utah | 3 | 15 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 112 | 37.3 |
| 77 | Cincinnati | 3 | 15 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 38.0 |
| 77 | Houston | 3 | 15 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 115 | 38.3 |
| 77 | Western Kentucky | 2 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 52.5 |
| 84 | Oklahoma | 5 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 144 | 28.8 |
| 84 | Indiana | 4 | 16 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 129 | 32.3 |
| 84 | Wake Forest | 4 | 16 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 129 | 32.3 |
| 84 | Auburn | 4 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 130 | 32.5 |
| 84 | Arkansas | 4 | 16 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 133 | 33.3 |
| 84 | Texas Tech | 4 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 146 | 36.5 |
| 84 | Massachusetts | 2 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 56.0 |
| 91 | UCF | 4 | 17 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 129 | 32.3 |
| 91 | Middle Tennessee State | 3 | 17 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 40.3 |
| 91 | California | 2 | 17 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 122 | 61.0 |
| 94 | Alabama | 6 | 18 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 143 | 23.8 |
| 94 | Oklahoma State | 4 | 18 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 126 | 31.5 |
| 94 | Kansas | 4 | 18 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 143 | 35.8 |
| 97 | Texas | 6 | 19 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 160 | 26.7 |
| 97 | Washington | 5 | 19 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 153 | 30.6 |
| 97 | BYU | 4 | 19 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 144 | 36.0 |
| 97 | Ole Miss | 4 | 19 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 150 | 37.5 |
| 97 | Arizona State | 4 | 19 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 37.5 |
| 97 | TCU | 4 | 19 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 156 | 39.0 |
| 97 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 19 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 156 | 39.0 |
| 97 | West Virginia | 3 | 19 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 145 | 48.3 |
| 105 | Texas A&M | 5 | 20 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 157 | 31.4 |
| 105 | Florida | 5 | 20 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 168 | 33.6 |
| 105 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 20 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 160 | 40.0 |
| 108 | Iowa State | 6 | 21 | 11 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 186 | 31.0 |
| 109 | Stanford | 4 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 161 | 40.3 |
| 110 | Michigan State | 5 | 24 | 9 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 196 | 39.2 |
| 110 | LSU | 4 | 24 | 4 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 181 | 45.3 |
| 110 | Tulsa | 3 | 24 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 178 | 59.3 |
| 113 | USC | 5 | 27 | 6 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 205 | 41.0 |
| 114 | Kentucky | 6 | 28 | 14 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 240 | 40.0 |