2024 National Leaders Scoring Defense - Games vs. Ranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 12/21/2024

Name G TD FG 1XP 2XP Safety Points Points/G
1 Mississippi 2 1 2 1 0 0 13 6.5
2 Northern Illinois 1 2 0 2 0 0 14 14.0
3 Air Force 1 2 2 2 0 0 20 20.0
4 Old Dominion 1 2 3 2 0 0 23 23.0
5 Florida Atlantic 1 3 1 3 0 0 24 24.0
6 Miami (Ohio) 1 4 0 4 0 0 28 28.0
7 Central Michigan 1 3 3 3 0 0 30 30.0
8 Notre Dame 2 4 1 2 1 0 31 15.5
8 Connecticut 1 4 1 4 0 0 31 31.0
8 Florida International 1 4 1 4 0 0 31 31.0
8 Texas State 1 4 1 4 0 0 31 31.0
12 Bowling Green 1 4 2 4 0 0 34 34.0
13 Rutgers 1 5 1 1 1 1 38 38.0
13 Buffalo 1 5 1 5 0 0 38 38.0
13 Ohio 1 5 1 5 0 0 38 38.0
13 Troy 1 5 1 5 0 0 38 38.0
17 Arizona State 2 5 3 1 1 0 42 21.0
17 Miami (Florida) 1 6 0 6 0 0 42 42.0
17 Temple 1 6 0 6 0 0 42 42.0
20 BYU 2 4 5 4 0 0 43 21.5
20 Minnesota 2 5 3 4 0 0 43 21.5
22 East Carolina 1 6 1 6 0 0 45 45.0
22 Iowa State 1 6 1 6 0 0 45 45.0
22 Washington State 1 6 1 6 0 0 45 45.0
25 Marshall 1 7 0 7 0 0 49 49.0
25 Tulsa 1 7 0 7 0 0 49 49.0
25 Army 1 7 0 7 0 0 49 49.0
28 Louisiana-Monroe 1 7 0 7 0 1 51 51.0
29 Arkansas State 1 7 1 7 0 0 52 52.0
30 Iowa 2 7 2 7 0 0 55 27.5
31 UTEP 1 8 0 8 0 0 56 56.0
31 Western Michigan 1 8 0 8 0 0 56 56.0
33 Hawai'i 2 6 4 5 1 1 57 28.5
34 Illinois 2 8 1 8 0 0 59 29.5
34 Fresno State 1 8 1 8 0 0 59 59.0
36 Ball State 1 8 2 8 0 0 62 62.0
37 Western Kentucky 1 9 0 9 0 0 63 63.0
38 Rice 2 8 2 8 0 1 64 32.0
39 Indiana 2 8 3 8 0 0 65 32.5
40 North Texas 2 9 1 9 0 0 66 33.0
40 TCU 1 8 3 7 1 0 66 66.0
40 Appalachian State 1 9 1 9 0 0 66 66.0
43 Boise State 3 9 2 8 0 0 68 22.7
43 Missouri 2 9 2 8 0 0 68 34.0
45 San Jose State 2 9 2 9 0 0 69 34.5
45 Tulane 2 9 2 9 0 0 69 34.5
47 Texas 3 8 7 7 0 0 76 25.3
47 Middle Tennessee 2 10 2 10 0 0 76 38.0
49 Ohio State 4 9 5 6 1 0 77 19.3
49 Houston 3 9 5 8 0 0 77 25.7
51 Syracuse 2 10 3 10 0 0 79 39.5
52 Auburn 3 10 3 9 1 0 80 26.7
52 Colorado State 2 11 1 11 0 0 80 40.0
54 Duke 2 11 1 10 1 0 81 40.5
55 Penn State 4 10 4 10 0 0 82 20.5
55 Cincinnati 3 10 4 10 0 0 82 27.3
55 USC 2 10 4 10 0 0 82 41.0
58 Alabama 4 11 2 7 1 1 83 20.8
59 Texas Tech 3 10 6 7 0 0 85 28.3
59 Pittsburgh 3 11 3 10 0 0 85 28.3
59 Charlotte 2 11 2 11 0 1 85 42.5
62 Wisconsin 3 11 3 11 0 0 86 28.7
63 SMU 3 11 4 10 1 0 90 30.0
63 Tennessee 3 12 2 12 0 0 90 30.0
65 Texas A&M 4 10 8 10 0 0 94 23.5
65 UNLV 3 12 4 10 0 0 94 31.3
67 Nevada 3 12 3 10 1 1 95 31.7
68 Boston College 3 10 8 8 2 0 96 32.0
69 UAB 2 13 2 11 1 0 97 48.5
69 San Diego State 2 13 2 13 0 0 97 48.5
71 South Carolina 4 12 5 9 1 0 98 24.5
72 Wyoming 3 12 5 12 0 0 99 33.0
73 Virginia Tech 3 13 3 11 1 0 100 33.3
74 LSU 3 12 6 11 0 0 101 33.7
75 Akron 2 14 1 13 1 0 102 51.0
76 UCLA 3 13 4 11 1 0 103 34.3
77 West Virginia 3 14 2 12 1 0 104 34.7
77 Massachusetts 2 14 2 14 0 0 104 52.0
79 Navy 3 14 4 10 1 0 108 36.0
79 Georgia Southern 2 15 1 13 1 0 108 54.0
81 Northwestern 3 14 4 14 0 0 110 36.7
82 Oregon 4 14 5 12 0 0 111 27.8
83 Utah State 2 14 5 13 0 0 112 56.0
84 South Florida 3 16 0 15 1 0 113 37.7
85 Baylor 3 14 6 13 0 0 115 38.3
85 Washington 3 16 1 16 0 0 115 38.3
87 Oregon State 3 13 8 12 1 0 116 38.7
87 Virginia 3 15 4 14 0 0 116 38.7
89 Nebraska 4 16 2 16 0 0 118 29.5
90 Kansas State 4 15 4 15 0 1 119 29.8
91 Michigan 5 14 7 13 1 0 120 24.0
91 Kentucky 5 15 5 15 0 0 120 24.0
91 Clemson 4 15 5 15 0 0 120 30.0
94 UTSA 3 16 4 13 0 0 121 40.3
95 Georgia 6 12 12 9 2 1 123 20.5
96 Arizona 3 16 4 16 0 0 124 41.3
97 Arkansas 4 16 4 15 1 0 125 31.3
97 Maryland 3 17 2 15 1 0 125 41.7
99 Kent State 2 17 2 17 0 1 127 63.5
100 Georgia Tech 4 17 3 14 2 0 129 32.3
100 Utah 4 17 4 15 0 0 129 32.3
102 Wake Forest 3 17 4 15 1 0 131 43.7
103 Oklahoma State 3 18 2 18 0 0 132 44.0
104 California 4 16 7 15 1 0 134 33.5
104 North Carolina State 3 17 5 17 0 0 134 44.7
106 Louisville 4 18 4 18 0 0 138 34.5
107 Kansas 6 17 10 15 2 0 151 25.2
108 Oklahoma 6 17 11 14 1 1 153 25.5
108 Stanford 4 20 4 19 0 1 153 38.3
110 Michigan State 4 20 4 20 0 1 154 38.5
111 Vanderbilt 5 19 7 19 0 1 156 31.2
112 UCF 4 20 6 18 1 0 158 39.5
113 Florida 5 21 6 20 0 0 164 32.8
114 Florida State 5 21 11 20 0 0 179 35.8
115 Mississippi State 6 24 12 22 1 0 204 34.0
116 Purdue 6 42 6 41 0 0 311 51.8