2025 National Leaders Scoring Defense - All Games through 11/15/2025
| Name | G | TD | FG | 1XP | 2XP | Safety | Points | Points/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toledo | 10 | 17 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 134 | 13.4 |
| 2 | San Diego State | 10 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 125 | 12.5 |
| 2 | Old Dominion | 10 | 28 | 6 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 211 | 21.1 |
| 2 | UCLA | 10 | 44 | 6 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 324 | 32.4 |
| 5 | Ohio State | 10 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 7.5 |
| 5 | Texas Tech | 11 | 16 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 135 | 12.3 |
| 5 | Wyoming | 10 | 26 | 7 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 206 | 20.6 |
| 5 | Miami (OH) | 10 | 28 | 7 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 219 | 21.9 |
| 5 | Jacksonville State | 10 | 35 | 7 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 260 | 26.0 |
| 5 | Arkansas State | 10 | 35 | 7 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 265 | 26.5 |
| 5 | Temple | 10 | 35 | 7 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 267 | 26.7 |
| 12 | LSU | 10 | 24 | 8 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 193 | 19.3 |
| 12 | USC | 10 | 28 | 8 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 217 | 21.7 |
| 12 | Memphis | 11 | 31 | 8 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 242 | 22.0 |
| 12 | Kennesaw State | 10 | 29 | 8 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 225 | 22.5 |
| 12 | Pittsburgh | 10 | 30 | 8 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 233 | 23.3 |
| 17 | Texas | 10 | 22 | 9 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 183 | 18.3 |
| 17 | Georgia | 10 | 23 | 9 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 188 | 18.8 |
| 17 | Northwestern | 10 | 24 | 9 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 196 | 19.6 |
| 17 | Fresno State | 10 | 25 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 199 | 19.9 |
| 17 | Washington State | 10 | 26 | 9 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 210 | 21.0 |
| 17 | Buffalo | 10 | 27 | 9 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 214 | 21.4 |
| 17 | Southern Miss | 10 | 33 | 9 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 259 | 25.9 |
| 17 | Ball State | 10 | 35 | 9 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 275 | 27.5 |
| 17 | Colorado State | 10 | 36 | 9 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 279 | 27.9 |
| 17 | Rutgers | 10 | 39 | 9 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 300 | 30.0 |
| 17 | Michigan State | 10 | 41 | 9 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 311 | 31.1 |
| 17 | Massachusetts | 10 | 50 | 9 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 376 | 37.6 |
| 17 | UAB | 10 | 51 | 9 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 387 | 38.7 |
| 30 | Miami (FL) | 10 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 142 | 14.2 |
| 30 | Utah | 10 | 18 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 156 | 15.6 |
| 30 | Western Michigan | 10 | 22 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 184 | 18.4 |
| 30 | Nebraska | 10 | 24 | 10 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 199 | 19.9 |
| 30 | Virginia | 11 | 29 | 10 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 233 | 21.2 |
| 30 | Army | 9 | 24 | 10 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 198 | 22.0 |
| 30 | Boise State | 10 | 29 | 10 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 233 | 23.3 |
| 30 | Arizona State | 10 | 30 | 10 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 236 | 23.6 |
| 30 | Illinois | 10 | 30 | 10 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 239 | 23.9 |
| 30 | North Texas | 10 | 30 | 10 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 241 | 24.1 |
| 30 | Georgia Tech | 10 | 31 | 10 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 242 | 24.2 |
| 30 | New Mexico State | 10 | 34 | 10 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 269 | 26.9 |
| 30 | Navy | 10 | 36 | 10 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 279 | 27.9 |
| 30 | South Alabama | 10 | 36 | 10 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 281 | 28.1 |
| 30 | Eastern Michigan | 11 | 42 | 10 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 326 | 29.6 |
| 30 | Charlotte | 10 | 49 | 10 | 48 | 0 | 1 | 374 | 37.4 |
| 46 | Oregon | 10 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 137 | 13.7 |
| 46 | Michigan | 10 | 21 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 177 | 17.7 |
| 46 | Alabama | 10 | 21 | 11 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 178 | 17.8 |
| 46 | Missouri | 10 | 24 | 11 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 199 | 19.9 |
| 46 | Florida State | 10 | 24 | 11 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 203 | 20.3 |
| 46 | Iowa State | 10 | 26 | 11 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 215 | 21.5 |
| 46 | North Carolina | 10 | 27 | 11 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 220 | 22.0 |
| 46 | Kentucky | 10 | 28 | 11 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 231 | 23.1 |
| 46 | Central Michigan | 10 | 29 | 11 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 235 | 23.5 |
| 46 | Maryland | 10 | 29 | 11 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 235 | 23.5 |
| 46 | Minnesota | 10 | 29 | 11 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 236 | 23.6 |
| 46 | Kansas | 10 | 31 | 11 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 252 | 25.2 |
| 46 | Missouri State | 10 | 32 | 11 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 257 | 25.7 |
| 46 | Bowling Green | 10 | 32 | 11 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 258 | 25.8 |
| 46 | Tulsa | 10 | 37 | 11 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 291 | 29.1 |
| 46 | UTSA | 10 | 39 | 11 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 304 | 30.4 |
| 46 | UNLV | 10 | 40 | 11 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 310 | 31.0 |
| 46 | Middle Tennessee State | 10 | 43 | 11 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 330 | 33.0 |
| 64 | Iowa | 10 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 149 | 14.9 |
| 64 | James Madison | 10 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 162 | 16.2 |
| 64 | East Carolina | 10 | 21 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 183 | 18.3 |
| 64 | Louisiana Tech | 10 | 23 | 12 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 198 | 19.8 |
| 64 | Ole Miss | 11 | 27 | 12 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 222 | 20.2 |
| 64 | Houston | 10 | 27 | 12 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 221 | 22.1 |
| 64 | Cincinnati | 10 | 27 | 12 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 227 | 22.7 |
| 64 | Wisconsin | 10 | 28 | 12 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 232 | 23.2 |
| 64 | Ohio | 10 | 28 | 12 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 235 | 23.5 |
| 64 | TCU | 10 | 33 | 12 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 265 | 26.5 |
| 64 | Akron | 11 | 39 | 12 | 37 | 1 | 2 | 313 | 28.5 |
| 64 | Louisiana | 10 | 38 | 12 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 303 | 30.3 |
| 64 | Florida Atlantic | 10 | 44 | 12 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 346 | 34.6 |
| 64 | Oklahoma State | 10 | 47 | 12 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 363 | 36.3 |
| 78 | Washington | 10 | 22 | 13 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 193 | 19.3 |
| 78 | Penn State | 10 | 25 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 211 | 21.1 |
| 78 | Louisville | 10 | 25 | 13 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 215 | 21.5 |
| 78 | Northern Illinois | 10 | 26 | 13 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 222 | 22.2 |
| 78 | Texas A&M | 10 | 28 | 13 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 236 | 23.6 |
| 78 | Liberty | 10 | 28 | 13 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 236 | 23.6 |
| 78 | Florida | 10 | 28 | 13 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 236 | 23.6 |
| 78 | Hawaii | 10 | 29 | 13 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 237 | 23.7 |
| 78 | Connecticut | 11 | 33 | 13 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 265 | 24.1 |
| 78 | USF | 10 | 31 | 13 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 259 | 25.9 |
| 78 | Rice | 10 | 34 | 13 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 279 | 27.9 |
| 78 | Tennessee | 10 | 36 | 13 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 289 | 28.9 |
| 78 | Duke | 10 | 37 | 13 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 296 | 29.6 |
| 78 | Appalachian State | 10 | 38 | 13 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 304 | 30.4 |
| 78 | Marshall | 10 | 39 | 13 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 313 | 31.3 |
| 78 | Baylor | 10 | 40 | 13 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 319 | 31.9 |
| 78 | Texas State | 10 | 41 | 13 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 327 | 32.7 |
| 78 | Georgia Southern | 10 | 44 | 13 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 346 | 34.6 |
| 78 | Georgia State | 10 | 51 | 13 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 396 | 39.6 |
| 97 | Indiana | 11 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 128 | 11.6 |
| 97 | Oklahoma | 10 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 148 | 14.8 |
| 97 | Arizona | 10 | 23 | 14 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 203 | 20.3 |
| 97 | SMU | 10 | 23 | 14 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 204 | 20.4 |
| 97 | New Mexico | 10 | 30 | 14 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 250 | 25.0 |
| 97 | California | 10 | 30 | 14 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 252 | 25.2 |
| 97 | Tulane | 10 | 31 | 14 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 260 | 26.0 |
| 97 | Utah State | 10 | 37 | 14 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 297 | 29.7 |
| 97 | Virginia Tech | 10 | 37 | 14 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 301 | 30.1 |
| 97 | Delaware | 10 | 38 | 14 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 307 | 30.7 |
| 97 | Syracuse | 10 | 39 | 14 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 315 | 31.5 |
| 97 | Louisiana-Monroe | 10 | 40 | 14 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 322 | 32.2 |
| 97 | San Jose State | 10 | 40 | 14 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 324 | 32.4 |
| 110 | BYU | 10 | 19 | 15 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 178 | 17.8 |
| 110 | Notre Dame | 10 | 20 | 15 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 184 | 18.4 |
| 110 | Auburn | 10 | 23 | 15 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 204 | 20.4 |
| 110 | Kansas State | 10 | 30 | 15 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 255 | 25.5 |
| 110 | Mississippi State | 11 | 38 | 15 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 312 | 28.4 |
| 110 | FIU | 10 | 36 | 15 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 296 | 29.6 |
| 110 | Coastal Carolina | 10 | 36 | 15 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 297 | 29.7 |
| 117 | Clemson | 10 | 25 | 16 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 221 | 22.1 |
| 117 | Vanderbilt | 10 | 25 | 16 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 222 | 22.2 |
| 117 | UCF | 10 | 26 | 16 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 228 | 22.8 |
| 117 | Troy | 10 | 29 | 16 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 250 | 25.0 |
| 117 | Oregon State | 11 | 39 | 16 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 321 | 29.2 |
| 117 | Kent State | 10 | 42 | 16 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 344 | 34.4 |
| 117 | Boston College | 11 | 48 | 16 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 381 | 34.6 |
| 117 | Sam Houston State | 10 | 46 | 16 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 367 | 36.7 |
| 125 | South Carolina | 10 | 25 | 17 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 230 | 23.0 |
| 125 | UTEP | 10 | 31 | 17 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 270 | 27.0 |
| 125 | Nevada | 10 | 33 | 17 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 281 | 28.1 |
| 125 | Colorado | 10 | 35 | 17 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 300 | 30.0 |
| 125 | Arkansas | 10 | 39 | 17 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 323 | 32.3 |
| 125 | Air Force | 10 | 39 | 17 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 323 | 32.3 |
| 131 | West Virginia | 11 | 38 | 18 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 321 | 29.2 |
| 131 | Purdue | 11 | 39 | 18 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 326 | 29.6 |
| 133 | Wake Forest | 10 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 195 | 19.5 |
| 133 | NC State | 10 | 37 | 19 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 316 | 31.6 |
| 135 | Stanford | 10 | 33 | 20 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 291 | 29.1 |
| 136 | Western Kentucky | 10 | 24 | 22 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 231 | 23.1 |