2024 National Leaders Scoring Defense - Games in August/September Only through 11/02/2024
| Name | G | TD | FG | 1XP | 2XP | Safety | Points | Points/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ohio State | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 6.8 |
| 1 | Tennessee | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 7.0 |
| 1 | Texas | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 7.0 |
| 1 | Iowa State | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 7.3 |
| 1 | Mississippi | 5 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 8.4 |
| 1 | Army | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 10.5 |
| 1 | Penn State | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 11.5 |
| 1 | Missouri | 4 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 12.0 |
| 1 | Nebraska | 5 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 12.2 |
| 1 | Notre Dame | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 12.6 |
| 1 | California | 4 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 12.8 |
| 1 | Indiana | 5 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 13.0 |
| 1 | Kentucky | 5 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 13.4 |
| 1 | Iowa | 4 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 13.8 |
| 1 | UNLV | 4 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 13.8 |
| 1 | Illinois | 5 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 14.2 |
| 1 | Alabama | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 15.0 |
| 1 | Miami (Florida) | 5 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 15.0 |
| 1 | Utah | 5 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 75 | 15.0 |
| 1 | Minnesota | 5 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 15.4 |
| 1 | Northwestern | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 15.8 |
| 1 | Boston College | 5 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 79 | 15.8 |
| 1 | BYU | 5 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 15.8 |
| 1 | Duke | 5 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 16.2 |
| 1 | Rutgers | 4 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 65 | 16.3 |
| 1 | Hawai'i | 4 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 17.0 |
| 1 | South Carolina | 4 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 17.0 |
| 1 | USC | 4 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 17.0 |
| 1 | James Madison | 4 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 70 | 17.5 |
| 1 | Texas A&M | 5 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 18.0 |
| 1 | Memphis | 5 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 18.4 |
| 1 | East Carolina | 5 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 93 | 18.6 |
| 1 | Oregon | 4 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 18.8 |
| 1 | Auburn | 5 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 94 | 18.8 |
| 1 | Northern Illinois | 4 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 76 | 19.0 |
| 1 | Michigan State | 5 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 19.0 |
| 1 | Kansas State | 5 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 19.6 |
| 1 | Arkansas | 5 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 101 | 20.2 |
| 1 | Baylor | 5 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 20.2 |
| 1 | Georgia Tech | 5 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 102 | 20.4 |
| 1 | Liberty | 4 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 20.5 |
| 1 | Air Force | 4 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 85 | 21.3 |
| 1 | Michigan | 5 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 107 | 21.4 |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 5 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 21.6 |
| 1 | LSU | 5 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 21.6 |
| 1 | Louisiana Tech | 4 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 21.8 |
| 1 | Maryland | 5 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 21.8 |
| 1 | Miami (Ohio) | 4 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 22.0 |
| 1 | San Diego State | 4 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 88 | 22.0 |
| 1 | Arizona State | 4 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 22.0 |
| 1 | Connecticut | 5 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 22.0 |
| 1 | Tulane | 5 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 22.2 |
| 1 | Eastern Michigan | 5 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 111 | 22.2 |
| 1 | Syracuse | 4 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 22.5 |
| 1 | Arizona | 4 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 22.5 |
| 1 | Ohio | 5 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 115 | 23.0 |
| 1 | Colorado | 5 | 15 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 115 | 23.0 |
| 1 | Virginia | 4 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 23.5 |
| 1 | Navy | 4 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 94 | 23.5 |
| 1 | San Jose State | 4 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 95 | 23.8 |
| 1 | Kansas | 5 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 119 | 23.8 |
| 1 | Buffalo | 5 | 14 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 24.2 |
| 1 | Sam Houston State | 5 | 15 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 122 | 24.4 |
| 1 | Florida State | 5 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 24.6 |
| 1 | UCF | 4 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 24.8 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 4 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 24.8 |
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 5 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 25.0 |
| 1 | Western Kentucky | 5 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 126 | 25.2 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh | 4 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 25.5 |
| 1 | Clemson | 4 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 25.8 |
| 1 | Marshall | 4 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 25.8 |
| 1 | Troy | 5 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 129 | 25.8 |
| 1 | Stanford | 4 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 26.3 |
| 1 | Old Dominion | 4 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 107 | 26.8 |
| 1 | Bowling Green | 4 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 26.8 |
| 1 | Wisconsin | 4 | 14 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 26.8 |
| 1 | Texas State | 4 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 27.0 |
| 1 | Florida | 4 | 14 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 27.3 |
| 1 | North Carolina | 5 | 17 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 138 | 27.6 |
| 1 | Coastal Carolina | 4 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 27.8 |
| 1 | Fresno State | 5 | 17 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 140 | 28.0 |
| 1 | Florida International | 5 | 18 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 140 | 28.0 |
| 1 | Colorado State | 4 | 15 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 28.5 |
| 1 | West Virginia | 4 | 16 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 28.5 |
| 1 | South Alabama | 5 | 19 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 145 | 29.0 |
| 1 | Kennesaw State | 4 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 29.3 |
| 1 | Central Michigan | 5 | 18 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 147 | 29.4 |
| 1 | Boise State | 4 | 16 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 120 | 30.0 |
| 1 | UCLA | 4 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 123 | 30.8 |
| 1 | Massachusetts | 5 | 18 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 154 | 30.8 |
| 1 | TCU | 5 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 155 | 31.0 |
| 1 | Wake Forest | 4 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 31.3 |
| 1 | Georgia State | 4 | 17 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 126 | 31.5 |
| 1 | Mississippi State | 5 | 20 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 158 | 31.6 |
| 1 | UTSA | 5 | 20 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 158 | 31.6 |
| 1 | Georgia Southern | 5 | 22 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 160 | 32.0 |
| 1 | North Texas | 5 | 20 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 161 | 32.2 |
| 1 | Wyoming | 5 | 19 | 10 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 162 | 32.4 |
| 1 | Washington State | 5 | 20 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 162 | 32.4 |
| 1 | South Florida | 5 | 22 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 164 | 32.8 |
| 1 | Purdue | 4 | 18 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 132 | 33.0 |
| 1 | Charlotte | 5 | 21 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 166 | 33.2 |
| 1 | Southern Mississippi | 4 | 18 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 134 | 33.5 |
| 1 | North Carolina State | 5 | 21 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 168 | 33.6 |
| 1 | Arkansas State | 4 | 18 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 135 | 33.8 |
| 1 | Texas Tech | 5 | 23 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 172 | 34.4 |
| 1 | Tulsa | 5 | 24 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 173 | 34.6 |
| 1 | New Mexico State | 5 | 21 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 175 | 35.0 |
| 1 | Western Michigan | 4 | 18 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 142 | 35.5 |
| 1 | Appalachian State | 4 | 19 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 143 | 35.8 |
| 1 | Utah State | 4 | 18 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 145 | 36.3 |
| 1 | Jacksonville State | 4 | 19 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 148 | 37.0 |
| 1 | New Mexico | 5 | 28 | 8 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 219 | 43.8 |
| 1 | Ball State | 4 | 27 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 196 | 49.0 |
| 115 | Washington | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 12.4 |
| 115 | Georgia | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 59 | 14.8 |
| 115 | Louisville | 4 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 64 | 16.0 |
| 115 | Oklahoma | 5 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 80 | 16.0 |
| 115 | Toledo | 4 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 76 | 19.0 |
| 115 | Louisiana-Monroe | 4 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 80 | 20.0 |
| 115 | Houston | 5 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 104 | 20.8 |
| 115 | Oregon State | 4 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 85 | 21.3 |
| 115 | SMU | 5 | 14 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 107 | 21.4 |
| 115 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 93 | 23.3 |
| 115 | Nevada | 5 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 118 | 23.6 |
| 115 | Florida Atlantic | 5 | 15 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 118 | 23.6 |
| 115 | Virginia Tech | 5 | 16 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 129 | 25.8 |
| 115 | Rice | 5 | 18 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 132 | 26.4 |
| 115 | UAB | 4 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 113 | 28.3 |
| 115 | UTEP | 4 | 15 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 122 | 30.5 |
| 115 | Temple | 5 | 25 | 3 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 188 | 37.6 |
| 115 | Middle Tennessee | 5 | 26 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 195 | 39.0 |
| 115 | Akron | 5 | 27 | 3 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 201 | 40.2 |
| 115 | Kent State | 5 | 33 | 8 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 257 | 51.4 |