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