2025 National Leaders Scoring Defense - Games vs. Conference Teams Only through 12/06/2025
| Name | G | TD | FG | 1XP | 2XP | Safety | Points | Points/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington State | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 9.0 |
| 1 | Ohio State | 10 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 9.0 |
| 1 | Toledo | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 73 | 9.1 |
| 1 | San Diego State | 8 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 112 | 14.0 |
| 1 | Western Michigan | 9 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 129 | 14.3 |
| 1 | Miami (FL) | 8 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 120 | 15.0 |
| 1 | James Madison | 9 | 16 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 135 | 15.0 |
| 1 | Oregon | 9 | 19 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 155 | 17.2 |
| 1 | Central Michigan | 8 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 17.5 |
| 1 | Oregon State | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 19.5 |
| 1 | Washington | 9 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 178 | 19.8 |
| 1 | Michigan | 9 | 21 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 180 | 20.0 |
| 1 | Alabama | 9 | 21 | 12 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 181 | 20.1 |
| 1 | Georgia | 9 | 23 | 7 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 182 | 20.2 |
| 1 | Miami (OH) | 9 | 22 | 9 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 183 | 20.3 |
| 1 | Old Dominion | 8 | 22 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 165 | 20.6 |
| 1 | Tulane | 9 | 24 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 188 | 20.9 |
| 1 | Wyoming | 8 | 20 | 10 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 171 | 21.4 |
| 1 | Arizona | 10 | 26 | 12 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 218 | 21.8 |
| 1 | Utah | 9 | 25 | 8 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 199 | 22.1 |
| 1 | USC | 9 | 26 | 7 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 202 | 22.4 |
| 1 | Virginia | 10 | 28 | 10 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 224 | 22.4 |
| 1 | Missouri | 8 | 21 | 11 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 180 | 22.5 |
| 1 | Army | 8 | 23 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 180 | 22.5 |
| 1 | East Carolina | 8 | 21 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 183 | 22.9 |
| 1 | LSU | 8 | 23 | 7 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 183 | 22.9 |
| 1 | Iowa State | 9 | 26 | 8 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 206 | 22.9 |
| 1 | Vanderbilt | 8 | 20 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 184 | 23.0 |
| 1 | New Mexico | 8 | 23 | 8 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 184 | 23.0 |
| 1 | Louisiana Tech | 8 | 22 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 185 | 23.1 |
| 1 | BYU | 10 | 26 | 16 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 231 | 23.1 |
| 1 | Boise State | 9 | 26 | 9 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 209 | 23.2 |
| 1 | Wisconsin | 9 | 25 | 12 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 211 | 23.4 |
| 1 | Clemson | 8 | 21 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 188 | 23.5 |
| 1 | Northwestern | 9 | 27 | 8 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 214 | 23.8 |
| 1 | Kennesaw State | 9 | 27 | 9 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 216 | 24.0 |
| 1 | Arizona State | 9 | 27 | 10 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 218 | 24.2 |
| 1 | USF | 8 | 22 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 194 | 24.3 |
| 1 | Florida State | 8 | 24 | 8 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 194 | 24.3 |
| 1 | Arkansas State | 8 | 23 | 12 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 196 | 24.5 |
| 1 | Hawaii | 8 | 26 | 7 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 199 | 24.9 |
| 1 | Western Kentucky | 8 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 201 | 25.1 |
| 1 | Troy | 9 | 26 | 15 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 226 | 25.1 |
| 1 | Ole Miss | 8 | 24 | 13 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 203 | 25.4 |
| 1 | North Carolina | 8 | 27 | 5 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 203 | 25.4 |
| 1 | Houston | 9 | 27 | 14 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 229 | 25.4 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh | 8 | 27 | 6 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 205 | 25.6 |
| 1 | Memphis | 8 | 27 | 6 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 206 | 25.8 |
| 1 | Navy | 8 | 26 | 10 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 209 | 26.1 |
| 1 | Missouri State | 8 | 27 | 7 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 209 | 26.1 |
| 1 | Kansas State | 10 | 31 | 14 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 261 | 26.1 |
| 1 | Wake Forest | 8 | 23 | 17 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 211 | 26.4 |
| 1 | FIU | 8 | 27 | 8 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 211 | 26.4 |
| 1 | Buffalo | 8 | 27 | 8 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 212 | 26.5 |
| 1 | Penn State | 9 | 29 | 13 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 240 | 26.7 |
| 1 | Duke | 9 | 30 | 10 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 240 | 26.7 |
| 1 | Kent State | 8 | 27 | 8 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 214 | 26.8 |
| 1 | TCU | 9 | 30 | 11 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 243 | 27.0 |
| 1 | Minnesota | 9 | 30 | 11 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 244 | 27.1 |
| 1 | Southern Miss | 8 | 30 | 3 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 220 | 27.5 |
| 1 | Nevada | 8 | 27 | 11 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 222 | 27.8 |
| 1 | Stanford | 8 | 27 | 11 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 222 | 27.8 |
| 1 | Florida | 8 | 28 | 9 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 223 | 27.9 |
| 1 | Ball State | 8 | 29 | 7 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 225 | 28.1 |
| 1 | Kentucky | 8 | 29 | 8 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 227 | 28.4 |
| 1 | Georgia Tech | 8 | 30 | 7 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 228 | 28.5 |
| 1 | UCF | 9 | 30 | 16 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 257 | 28.6 |
| 1 | Illinois | 9 | 32 | 11 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 257 | 28.6 |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 9 | 32 | 11 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 258 | 28.7 |
| 1 | North Texas | 9 | 33 | 10 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 262 | 29.1 |
| 1 | UNLV | 9 | 34 | 9 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 262 | 29.1 |
| 1 | New Mexico State | 8 | 29 | 10 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 234 | 29.3 |
| 1 | UTSA | 8 | 29 | 11 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 234 | 29.3 |
| 1 | Kansas | 9 | 33 | 11 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 265 | 29.4 |
| 1 | Liberty | 8 | 30 | 9 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 236 | 29.5 |
| 1 | Middle Tennessee State | 8 | 31 | 9 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 240 | 30.0 |
| 1 | Virginia Tech | 8 | 29 | 13 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 243 | 30.4 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Monroe | 8 | 29 | 14 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 243 | 30.4 |
| 1 | South Alabama | 8 | 31 | 9 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 244 | 30.5 |
| 1 | Delaware | 8 | 31 | 11 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 249 | 31.1 |
| 1 | NC State | 9 | 33 | 18 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 283 | 31.4 |
| 1 | California | 8 | 31 | 11 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 252 | 31.5 |
| 1 | Temple | 8 | 32 | 9 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 252 | 31.5 |
| 1 | Maryland | 9 | 36 | 11 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 285 | 31.7 |
| 1 | Michigan State | 9 | 38 | 8 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 289 | 32.1 |
| 1 | Georgia Southern | 8 | 33 | 10 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 258 | 32.3 |
| 1 | Syracuse | 8 | 32 | 12 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 260 | 32.5 |
| 1 | Marshall | 8 | 32 | 13 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 262 | 32.8 |
| 1 | Georgia State | 8 | 32 | 13 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 262 | 32.8 |
| 1 | Appalachian State | 8 | 33 | 12 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 264 | 33.0 |
| 1 | Texas State | 8 | 35 | 8 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 267 | 33.4 |
| 1 | Baylor | 9 | 38 | 12 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 301 | 33.4 |
| 1 | Coastal Carolina | 8 | 32 | 15 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 270 | 33.8 |
| 1 | Air Force | 8 | 34 | 11 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 271 | 33.9 |
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 9 | 39 | 11 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 305 | 33.9 |
| 1 | Purdue | 9 | 37 | 17 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 309 | 34.3 |
| 1 | Boston College | 8 | 34 | 14 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 278 | 34.8 |
| 1 | Colorado State | 8 | 37 | 6 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 278 | 34.8 |
| 1 | Rutgers | 9 | 43 | 8 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 324 | 36.0 |
| 1 | West Virginia | 9 | 41 | 13 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 326 | 36.2 |
| 1 | Tulsa | 8 | 38 | 9 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 293 | 36.6 |
| 1 | UAB | 8 | 38 | 9 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 295 | 36.9 |
| 1 | Arkansas | 8 | 35 | 17 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 297 | 37.1 |
| 1 | Florida Atlantic | 8 | 39 | 8 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 297 | 37.1 |
| 1 | Mississippi State | 8 | 38 | 12 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 303 | 37.9 |
| 1 | Massachusetts | 8 | 41 | 6 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 305 | 38.1 |
| 1 | Sam Houston State | 8 | 39 | 12 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 307 | 38.4 |
| 108 | Texas Tech | 10 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 107 | 10.7 |
| 108 | Indiana | 10 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 118 | 11.8 |
| 108 | Iowa | 9 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 152 | 16.9 |
| 108 | SMU | 8 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 142 | 17.8 |
| 108 | Oklahoma | 8 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 148 | 18.5 |
| 108 | Ohio | 8 | 20 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 159 | 19.9 |
| 108 | Fresno State | 8 | 20 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 162 | 20.3 |
| 108 | Texas A&M | 8 | 20 | 12 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 177 | 22.1 |
| 108 | Auburn | 8 | 21 | 14 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 189 | 23.6 |
| 108 | Bowling Green | 8 | 24 | 9 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 197 | 24.6 |
| 108 | Eastern Michigan | 8 | 25 | 7 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 198 | 24.8 |
| 108 | Louisville | 8 | 24 | 12 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 205 | 25.6 |
| 108 | Jacksonville State | 9 | 30 | 8 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 230 | 25.6 |
| 108 | Texas | 8 | 24 | 12 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 206 | 25.8 |
| 108 | South Carolina | 8 | 24 | 13 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 209 | 26.1 |
| 108 | Northern Illinois | 8 | 26 | 9 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 211 | 26.4 |
| 108 | Akron | 8 | 25 | 12 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 213 | 26.6 |
| 108 | Utah State | 8 | 26 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 217 | 27.1 |
| 108 | Nebraska | 9 | 31 | 11 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 252 | 28.0 |
| 108 | Louisiana | 8 | 31 | 11 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 250 | 31.3 |
| 108 | UCLA | 9 | 39 | 6 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 293 | 32.6 |
| 108 | UTEP | 8 | 30 | 17 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 262 | 32.8 |
| 108 | Tennessee | 8 | 33 | 12 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 269 | 33.6 |
| 108 | San Jose State | 8 | 33 | 14 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 278 | 34.8 |
| 108 | Rice | 8 | 37 | 9 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 289 | 36.1 |
| 108 | Charlotte | 8 | 41 | 8 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 312 | 39.0 |
| 134 | Colorado | 9 | 37 | 16 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 312 | 34.7 |