2023 National Leaders Scoring Defense - Games in August/September Only through 01/08/2024

Name G TD FG 1XP 2XP Safety Points Points/G
1 Michigan 5 3 3 3 0 0 30 6.0
2 Ohio State 4 4 2 4 0 0 34 8.5
3 Oklahoma 5 5 6 4 1 0 54 10.8
3 UCLA 4 5 3 5 0 0 44 11.0
5 Penn State 5 6 2 4 1 0 48 9.6
5 Ohio 5 6 4 6 0 0 54 10.8
5 Miami (Florida) 4 6 3 5 0 0 50 12.5
5 Texas 5 6 7 5 1 0 64 12.8
9 Duke 5 7 2 6 1 0 56 11.2
9 Utah 5 7 3 6 1 0 59 11.8
9 Oregon 5 7 4 5 0 0 59 11.8
12 Air Force 5 8 2 7 0 0 61 12.2
12 Rutgers 5 8 3 7 0 0 64 12.8
12 Georgia 5 8 3 8 0 0 65 13.0
12 Maryland 5 8 4 6 0 0 66 13.2
12 Alabama 5 8 5 8 0 0 71 14.2
12 Iowa 5 8 9 7 1 0 84 16.8
12 Kansas State 4 8 6 8 0 0 74 18.5
19 Notre Dame 6 9 5 9 0 0 78 13.0
19 Jacksonville State 5 9 4 9 0 0 75 15.0
19 Kentucky 5 9 4 8 1 0 76 15.2
19 Tulane 5 9 8 9 0 0 87 17.4
19 Army 4 9 4 7 1 0 75 18.8
24 Syracuse 5 10 2 8 0 0 74 14.8
24 Oregon State 5 10 3 9 0 0 78 15.6
24 Tennessee 5 10 7 8 0 0 89 17.8
24 Liberty 4 10 2 8 0 0 74 18.5
24 Texas A&M 5 10 8 9 0 0 93 18.6
24 Wisconsin 4 10 3 10 0 0 79 19.8
24 Marshall 4 10 4 10 0 0 82 20.5
24 North Carolina 4 10 6 10 0 0 88 22.0
32 Fresno State 5 11 2 11 0 1 85 17.0
32 Florida 5 11 4 9 0 0 87 17.4
32 Auburn 5 11 5 10 0 0 91 18.2
32 Arizona 5 11 6 11 0 0 95 19.0
32 West Virginia 5 11 6 11 0 0 95 19.0
32 Florida State 4 11 5 9 0 0 90 22.5
32 Wake Forest 4 11 5 10 0 0 91 22.8
39 Louisville 5 12 1 11 0 0 86 17.2
39 SMU 5 12 3 11 0 0 92 18.4
39 Washington 5 12 4 8 0 0 92 18.4
39 North Carolina State 5 12 5 11 1 0 100 20.0
39 Missouri 5 12 6 12 0 1 104 20.8
39 TCU 5 12 7 12 0 0 105 21.0
39 Oklahoma State 4 12 4 9 1 0 95 23.8
46 Clemson 5 13 4 12 1 0 104 20.8
46 Memphis 5 13 5 12 1 0 107 21.4
46 Minnesota 5 13 6 12 0 0 108 21.6
46 Eastern Michigan 5 13 6 12 1 1 112 22.4
46 Miami (Ohio) 5 13 7 10 2 0 113 22.6
46 Iowa State 5 13 8 12 0 1 116 23.2
46 Coastal Carolina 5 13 9 13 0 0 118 23.6
46 Sam Houston State 4 13 3 11 1 0 100 25.0
46 Washington State 4 13 4 12 0 0 102 25.5
46 UTSA 4 13 7 13 0 0 112 28.0
46 Louisiana-Monroe 4 13 8 13 0 0 115 28.8
57 Georgia Southern 5 14 1 12 1 0 101 20.2
57 BYU 5 14 5 13 0 0 112 22.4
57 Toledo 5 14 6 12 0 0 114 22.8
57 UCF 5 14 6 10 2 0 116 23.2
57 Nebraska 5 14 7 12 1 0 119 23.8
57 Michigan State 5 14 7 14 0 0 119 23.8
57 Troy 5 14 7 14 0 0 119 23.8
57 Texas Tech 5 14 8 12 2 0 124 24.8
57 Arkansas 5 14 9 14 0 0 125 25.0
57 Wyoming 5 14 10 12 0 0 126 25.2
57 Charlotte 5 14 13 13 1 0 138 27.6
68 James Madison 5 15 3 14 0 0 113 22.6
68 Georgia State 5 15 4 13 2 0 119 23.8
68 Cincinnati 5 15 5 15 0 0 120 24.0
68 Akron 5 15 5 13 2 0 122 24.4
68 Indiana 5 15 6 14 0 0 122 24.4
68 Mississippi 5 15 6 13 1 0 123 24.6
68 Florida International 5 15 9 11 0 0 128 25.6
68 Florida Atlantic 4 15 2 12 0 0 108 27.0
76 USC 5 16 3 14 1 0 121 24.2
76 Virginia Tech 5 16 3 16 0 0 121 24.2
76 South Alabama 5 16 5 15 0 0 126 25.2
76 Pittsburgh 5 16 6 16 0 0 130 26.0
76 Kansas 5 16 6 13 2 0 131 26.2
76 New Mexico State 5 16 7 15 0 0 132 26.4
76 Navy 4 16 0 16 1 0 114 28.5
76 Arizona State 5 16 10 15 1 0 143 28.6
84 East Carolina 5 17 4 14 0 0 128 25.6
84 Northern Illinois 5 17 3 17 0 1 130 26.0
84 California 5 17 4 16 1 0 132 26.4
84 UNLV 5 17 5 17 0 0 134 26.8
84 Rice 5 17 8 14 2 0 144 28.8
84 Old Dominion 5 17 8 16 0 1 144 28.8
84 New Mexico 5 17 11 16 2 0 155 31.0
84 Colorado State 4 17 6 12 2 0 136 34.0
92 South Florida 5 18 5 16 1 0 141 28.2
92 Northwestern 5 18 6 18 0 0 144 28.8
92 Texas State 5 18 7 14 1 0 145 29.0
92 South Carolina 5 18 7 18 0 0 147 29.4
92 Purdue 5 18 7 15 2 0 148 29.6
92 Mississippi State 5 18 8 17 0 0 149 29.8
92 Illinois 5 18 10 15 0 0 153 30.6
99 Louisiana Tech 6 19 7 19 0 0 154 25.7
99 Baylor 5 19 3 19 0 0 142 28.4
99 Louisiana-Lafayette 5 19 5 14 1 0 145 29.0
99 Bowling Green 5 19 5 16 0 0 145 29.0
99 Western Kentucky 5 19 4 18 1 0 146 29.2
99 Georgia Tech 5 19 8 16 0 0 154 30.8
99 LSU 5 19 7 16 2 0 155 31.0
99 Temple 5 19 7 18 0 1 155 31.0
107 Houston 5 20 3 18 1 0 149 29.8
107 Connecticut 5 20 6 20 0 0 158 31.6
109 Appalachian State 5 21 3 17 1 0 154 30.8
109 Middle Tennessee 5 21 3 18 1 0 155 31.0
109 Tulsa 5 21 2 18 3 0 156 31.2
109 Boise State 5 21 5 17 0 0 158 31.6
113 UTEP 6 22 5 22 0 0 169 28.2
113 Central Michigan 5 22 5 20 0 0 167 33.4
113 Utah State 5 22 5 20 1 0 169 33.8
113 Kent State 5 22 5 21 1 0 170 34.0
113 Ball State 5 22 8 22 0 0 178 35.6
118 San Diego State 6 23 8 21 1 0 185 30.8
118 Boston College 5 23 2 22 0 0 166 33.2
118 San Jose State 5 23 2 23 0 0 167 33.4
118 Stanford 5 23 4 21 1 0 173 34.6
118 Western Michigan 5 23 5 22 1 1 179 35.8
118 UAB 5 23 6 22 1 0 180 36.0
118 Arkansas State 5 23 7 21 1 0 182 36.4
118 North Texas 4 23 4 18 2 0 172 43.0
126 Vanderbilt 6 24 11 23 0 0 200 33.3
126 Virginia 5 24 4 22 0 0 178 35.6
126 Buffalo 5 24 7 23 0 0 188 37.6
126 Nevada 5 24 8 24 0 0 192 38.4
130 Hawai'i 6 25 11 23 1 0 208 34.7
131 Colorado 5 26 0 23 1 0 181 36.2
131 Southern Mississippi 5 26 4 25 1 0 195 39.0
133 Massachusetts 6 31 7 28 0 0 235 39.2