2024 National Leaders Scoring Defense - Games vs. Ranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/20/2025

Name G TD FG 1XP 2XP Safety Points Points/G
1 Mississippi 2 1 2 1 0 0 13 6.5
1 Rutgers 1 5 1 1 1 1 38 38.0
3 Northern Illinois 1 2 0 2 0 0 14 14.0
3 Air Force 1 2 2 2 0 0 20 20.0
3 Old Dominion 1 2 3 2 0 0 23 23.0
6 Florida Atlantic 1 3 1 3 0 0 24 24.0
6 Louisiana Tech 1 4 0 3 0 0 27 27.0
6 Central Michigan 1 3 3 3 0 0 30 30.0
6 Colorado 1 4 3 3 0 0 36 36.0
10 Minnesota 2 5 3 4 0 0 43 21.5
10 Miami (Ohio) 1 4 0 4 0 0 28 28.0
10 Connecticut 1 4 1 4 0 0 31 31.0
10 Florida International 1 4 1 4 0 0 31 31.0
10 Texas State 1 4 1 4 0 0 31 31.0
10 Bowling Green 1 4 2 4 0 0 34 34.0
16 Arizona State 3 10 4 5 2 0 81 27.0
16 Hawai'i 2 6 4 5 1 1 57 28.5
16 Buffalo 1 5 1 5 0 0 38 38.0
16 Ohio 1 5 1 5 0 0 38 38.0
16 Troy 1 5 1 5 0 0 38 38.0
21 BYU 3 6 5 6 0 0 57 19.0
21 Temple 1 6 0 6 0 0 42 42.0
21 East Carolina 1 6 1 6 0 0 45 45.0
24 Alabama 4 11 2 7 1 1 83 20.8
24 Texas Tech 3 10 6 7 0 0 85 28.3
24 Marshall 1 7 0 7 0 0 49 49.0
24 Tulsa 1 7 0 7 0 0 49 49.0
24 Army 1 7 0 7 0 0 49 49.0
24 Louisiana-Monroe 1 7 0 7 0 1 51 51.0
24 Arkansas State 1 7 1 7 0 0 52 52.0
24 TCU 1 8 3 7 1 0 66 66.0
32 Houston 3 9 5 8 0 0 77 25.7
32 Rice 2 8 2 8 0 1 64 32.0
32 Boston College 3 10 8 8 2 0 96 32.0
32 Indiana 2 8 3 8 0 0 65 32.5
32 Missouri 2 9 2 8 0 0 68 34.0
32 UTEP 1 8 0 8 0 0 56 56.0
32 Western Michigan 1 8 0 8 0 0 56 56.0
32 Fresno State 1 8 1 8 0 0 59 59.0
32 Ball State 1 8 2 8 0 0 62 62.0
41 Auburn 3 10 3 9 1 0 80 26.7
41 North Texas 2 9 1 9 0 0 66 33.0
41 San Jose State 2 9 2 9 0 0 69 34.5
41 Tulane 2 9 2 9 0 0 69 34.5
41 Western Kentucky 1 9 0 9 0 0 63 63.0
41 Appalachian State 1 9 1 9 0 0 66 66.0
47 Ohio State 7 17 5 10 4 0 135 19.3
47 Notre Dame 5 12 5 10 1 0 99 19.8
47 Texas A&M 4 10 8 10 0 0 94 23.5
47 Illinois 3 10 2 10 0 0 76 25.3
47 Cincinnati 3 10 4 10 0 0 82 27.3
47 Iowa 3 10 4 10 0 0 82 27.3
47 Pittsburgh 3 11 3 10 0 0 85 28.3
47 SMU 3 11 4 10 1 0 90 30.0
47 UNLV 3 12 4 10 0 0 94 31.3
47 Nevada 3 12 3 10 1 1 95 31.7
47 Navy 3 14 4 10 1 0 108 36.0
47 Middle Tennessee 2 10 2 10 0 0 76 38.0
47 Syracuse 2 10 3 10 0 0 79 39.5
47 USC 2 10 4 10 0 0 82 41.0
61 Georgia 7 14 15 11 2 1 146 20.9
61 Wisconsin 3 11 3 11 0 0 86 28.7
61 Virginia Tech 3 13 3 11 1 0 100 33.3
61 LSU 3 12 6 11 0 0 101 33.7
61 UCLA 3 13 4 11 1 0 103 34.3
61 Colorado State 2 11 1 11 0 0 80 40.0
61 Charlotte 2 11 2 11 0 1 85 42.5
61 Iowa State 2 11 3 11 0 0 86 43.0
61 UAB 2 13 2 11 1 0 97 48.5
61 Washington State 2 13 2 11 1 0 97 48.5
71 South Carolina 5 15 5 12 1 0 119 23.8
71 Boise State 4 13 3 12 0 0 99 24.8
71 Texas 5 15 9 12 2 1 135 27.0
71 Tennessee 3 12 2 12 0 0 90 30.0
71 Wyoming 3 12 5 12 0 0 99 33.0
71 West Virginia 3 14 2 12 1 0 104 34.7
71 Oregon State 3 13 8 12 1 0 116 38.7
71 Miami (Florida) 2 12 0 12 0 0 84 42.0
79 Baylor 3 14 6 13 0 0 115 38.3
79 UTSA 3 16 4 13 0 0 121 40.3
79 San Diego State 2 13 2 13 0 0 97 48.5
79 Akron 2 14 1 13 1 0 102 51.0
79 Georgia Southern 2 15 1 13 1 0 108 54.0
79 Utah State 2 14 5 13 0 0 112 56.0
85 Michigan 6 15 9 14 1 0 133 22.2
85 Oklahoma 6 17 11 14 1 1 153 25.5
85 Georgia Tech 4 17 3 14 2 0 129 32.3
85 Northwestern 3 14 4 14 0 0 110 36.7
85 Virginia 3 15 4 14 0 0 116 38.7
85 Massachusetts 2 14 2 14 0 0 104 52.0
91 Penn State 6 15 6 15 0 0 123 20.5
91 Kentucky 5 15 5 15 0 0 120 24.0
91 Kansas 6 17 10 15 2 0 151 25.2
91 Kansas State 4 15 4 15 0 1 119 29.8
91 Clemson 4 15 5 15 0 0 120 30.0
91 Arkansas 4 16 4 15 1 0 125 31.3
91 Utah 4 17 4 15 0 0 129 32.3
91 California 4 16 7 15 1 0 134 33.5
91 South Florida 3 16 0 15 1 0 113 37.7
91 Maryland 3 17 2 15 1 0 125 41.7
91 Wake Forest 3 17 4 15 1 0 131 43.7
102 Nebraska 4 16 2 16 0 0 118 29.5
102 Washington 3 16 1 16 0 0 115 38.3
102 Arizona 3 16 4 16 0 0 124 41.3
105 Oregon 5 19 7 17 0 0 152 30.4
105 Duke 3 18 2 17 1 0 133 44.3
105 North Carolina State 3 17 5 17 0 0 134 44.7
105 Kent State 2 17 2 17 0 1 127 63.5
109 Louisville 4 18 4 18 0 0 138 34.5
109 UCF 4 20 6 18 1 0 158 39.5
109 Oklahoma State 3 18 2 18 0 0 132 44.0
112 Vanderbilt 5 19 7 19 0 1 156 31.2
112 Stanford 4 20 4 19 0 1 153 38.3
114 Florida 5 21 6 20 0 0 164 32.8
114 Florida State 5 21 11 20 0 0 179 35.8
114 Michigan State 4 20 4 20 0 1 154 38.5
117 Mississippi State 6 24 12 22 1 0 204 34.0
118 Purdue 6 42 6 41 0 0 311 51.8