2023 National Leaders Scoring Defense - Games in October Only through 01/08/2024
| Name | G | TD | FG | 1XP | 2XP | Safety | Points | Points/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Troy | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5.3 |
| 1 | Michigan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5.7 |
| 1 | SMU | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 6.7 |
| 1 | Iowa | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 10.7 |
| 1 | Ohio State | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 11.5 |
| 1 | Kansas State | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 13.3 |
| 1 | Navy | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 13.7 |
| 1 | Iowa State | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 14.0 |
| 1 | Florida State | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 14.0 |
| 1 | South Alabama | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 14.3 |
| 1 | Penn State | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 14.7 |
| 1 | Toledo | 4 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 15.0 |
| 1 | Air Force | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 15.3 |
| 1 | Coastal Carolina | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 15.7 |
| 1 | Mississippi | 3 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 16.0 |
| 1 | James Madison | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 16.3 |
| 1 | Georgia | 3 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 17.7 |
| 1 | Ball State | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 18.0 |
| 1 | Bowling Green | 3 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 18.3 |
| 1 | Wisconsin | 4 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 73 | 18.3 |
| 1 | Buffalo | 4 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 18.5 |
| 1 | UCLA | 4 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 19.0 |
| 1 | Arkansas | 3 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 19.3 |
| 1 | Louisville | 3 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 19.3 |
| 1 | Mississippi State | 3 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 19.3 |
| 1 | Northern Illinois | 4 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 19.3 |
| 1 | Charlotte | 3 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 19.7 |
| 1 | San Diego State | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 20.0 |
| 1 | Notre Dame | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 20.0 |
| 1 | San Jose State | 4 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 20.0 |
| 1 | Boston College | 3 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 20.3 |
| 1 | Rutgers | 3 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 20.7 |
| 1 | Florida Atlantic | 4 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 83 | 20.8 |
| 1 | Texas A&M | 3 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 63 | 21.0 |
| 1 | Duke | 3 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 21.3 |
| 1 | Texas | 3 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 21.3 |
| 1 | Old Dominion | 3 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 64 | 21.3 |
| 1 | Northwestern | 3 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 21.3 |
| 1 | Boise State | 3 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 21.7 |
| 1 | Ohio | 4 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 21.8 |
| 1 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 89 | 22.3 |
| 1 | UTSA | 4 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 22.8 |
| 1 | Arizona State | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 23.0 |
| 1 | Virginia | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 23.0 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 3 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 23.3 |
| 1 | Liberty | 4 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 23.3 |
| 1 | Jacksonville State | 4 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 23.5 |
| 1 | Tennessee | 3 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 24.7 |
| 1 | Minnesota | 3 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 24.7 |
| 1 | Connecticut | 3 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 25.3 |
| 1 | UTEP | 3 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 25.3 |
| 1 | Tulane | 3 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 25.7 |
| 1 | Wake Forest | 4 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 26.3 |
| 1 | UNLV | 3 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 27.0 |
| 1 | Utah | 3 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 27.0 |
| 1 | East Carolina | 3 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 27.3 |
| 1 | North Carolina State | 3 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 27.3 |
| 1 | Miami (Florida) | 4 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 27.5 |
| 1 | Georgia State | 3 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 28.3 |
| 1 | Texas State | 3 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 28.3 |
| 1 | Sam Houston State | 4 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 29.5 |
| 1 | Auburn | 3 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 29.7 |
| 1 | Western Kentucky | 3 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 30.0 |
| 1 | North Texas | 4 | 17 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 30.3 |
| 1 | Purdue | 3 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 30.7 |
| 1 | BYU | 3 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 31.0 |
| 1 | Louisiana Tech | 3 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 31.0 |
| 1 | Kent State | 3 | 13 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 31.3 |
| 1 | Florida | 3 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 96 | 32.0 |
| 1 | Maryland | 3 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 32.3 |
| 1 | Oklahoma | 3 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 32.3 |
| 1 | Colorado State | 4 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 129 | 32.3 |
| 1 | Florida International | 4 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 129 | 32.3 |
| 1 | Colorado | 3 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 32.7 |
| 1 | Georgia Tech | 3 | 13 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 33.3 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh | 3 | 14 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 33.3 |
| 1 | Utah State | 3 | 14 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 34.3 |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 3 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 35.7 |
| 1 | Marshall | 4 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 143 | 35.8 |
| 1 | Vanderbilt | 3 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 36.0 |
| 1 | Washington State | 4 | 18 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 145 | 36.3 |
| 1 | Middle Tennessee | 3 | 15 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 36.7 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Monroe | 4 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 148 | 37.0 |
| 1 | Akron | 3 | 15 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 37.7 |
| 1 | Indiana | 3 | 15 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 116 | 38.7 |
| 1 | West Virginia | 3 | 16 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 39.0 |
| 1 | Hawai'i | 3 | 16 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 39.3 |
| 1 | Massachusetts | 3 | 16 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 39.3 |
| 1 | Syracuse | 3 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 119 | 39.7 |
| 1 | Southern Mississippi | 3 | 16 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 40.0 |
| 1 | UAB | 3 | 16 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 40.3 |
| 1 | UCF | 3 | 16 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 41.0 |
| 1 | Tulsa | 3 | 17 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 131 | 43.7 |
| 1 | South Florida | 3 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 133 | 44.3 |
| 1 | California | 3 | 18 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 136 | 45.3 |
| 1 | Temple | 3 | 20 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 149 | 49.7 |
| 97 | Nebraska | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 10.0 |
| 97 | Miami (Ohio) | 4 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 14.5 |
| 97 | New Mexico State | 4 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 61 | 15.3 |
| 97 | Alabama | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 61 | 20.3 |
| 97 | Virginia Tech | 3 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 62 | 20.7 |
| 97 | Clemson | 3 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 64 | 21.3 |
| 97 | Illinois | 3 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 69 | 23.0 |
| 97 | Nevada | 3 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 69 | 23.0 |
| 97 | Arizona | 3 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 73 | 24.3 |
| 97 | Oklahoma State | 4 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 25.0 |
| 97 | Central Michigan | 4 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 102 | 25.5 |
| 97 | Rice | 3 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 78 | 26.0 |
| 97 | TCU | 3 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 79 | 26.3 |
| 97 | Texas Tech | 3 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 79 | 26.3 |
| 97 | Fresno State | 3 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 80 | 26.7 |
| 97 | Missouri | 3 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 82 | 27.3 |
| 97 | Wyoming | 3 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 85 | 28.3 |
| 97 | North Carolina | 4 | 15 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 115 | 28.8 |
| 97 | Western Michigan | 4 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 116 | 29.0 |
| 97 | Arkansas State | 3 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 88 | 29.3 |
| 97 | Appalachian State | 3 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 93 | 31.0 |
| 97 | Kansas | 3 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 94 | 31.3 |
| 97 | Georgia Southern | 3 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 96 | 32.0 |
| 97 | Army | 4 | 16 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 129 | 32.3 |
| 97 | Michigan State | 3 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 103 | 34.3 |
| 97 | South Carolina | 3 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 105 | 35.0 |
| 97 | New Mexico | 3 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 107 | 35.7 |
| 97 | Houston | 3 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 111 | 37.0 |
| 97 | Kentucky | 3 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 122 | 40.7 |
| 97 | Stanford | 3 | 18 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 127 | 42.3 |
| 127 | LSU | 3 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 57 | 19.0 |
| 127 | Oregon | 3 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 66 | 22.0 |
| 127 | Washington | 3 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 73 | 24.3 |
| 127 | Oregon State | 3 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 91 | 30.3 |
| 127 | Memphis | 3 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 94 | 31.3 |
| 127 | Baylor | 3 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 98 | 32.7 |
| 127 | USC | 4 | 22 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 172 | 43.0 |