2025 National Leaders Scoring Defense - Games vs. Ranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/19/2026

Name G TD FG 1XP 2XP Safety Points Points/G
1 Wake Forest 1 0 3 0 0 0 9 9.0
2 Louisiana 1 3 1 3 0 0 24 24.0
2 UTEP 1 3 2 3 0 0 27 27.0
4 Georgia Tech 2 4 4 3 1 0 41 20.5
4 Boston College 1 4 0 1 0 0 25 25.0
4 Boise State 1 4 0 2 1 0 28 28.0
4 California 1 4 1 4 0 0 31 31.0
4 Liberty 1 4 1 4 0 0 31 31.0
4 Troy 1 4 1 4 0 0 31 31.0
4 Wyoming 1 4 1 4 0 0 31 31.0
4 Western Michigan 1 4 2 3 0 0 33 33.0
4 New Mexico 1 4 2 4 0 0 34 34.0
4 Air Force 1 4 2 4 0 0 34 34.0
4 Ohio 1 4 3 4 0 0 37 37.0
15 Ohio State 4 5 6 5 0 0 53 13.3
15 Houston 2 5 6 4 0 0 52 26.0
15 San Jose State 1 5 1 5 0 0 38 38.0
18 Texas Tech 5 6 5 5 1 0 58 11.6
18 North Texas 2 6 3 6 0 0 51 25.5
18 East Carolina 2 6 6 6 0 0 60 30.0
18 Massachusetts 1 6 2 5 0 0 47 47.0
22 SMU 2 7 2 7 0 0 55 27.5
22 Utah 2 7 3 7 0 0 58 29.0
22 San Diego State 1 7 0 7 0 0 49 49.0
22 James Madison 1 7 1 6 0 0 51 51.0
22 Texas State 1 7 1 7 0 0 52 52.0
22 Sam Houston State 1 7 2 7 0 0 55 55.0
22 Appalachian State 1 7 3 7 0 0 58 58.0
29 Louisville 3 8 3 6 1 0 65 21.7
29 Iowa State 3 8 5 8 0 0 71 23.7
29 Washington 3 8 6 8 0 0 74 24.7
29 Arizona 2 8 3 7 0 0 64 32.0
29 North Carolina 2 8 3 8 0 0 65 32.5
29 Kennesaw State 1 8 0 8 0 0 56 56.0
35 Iowa 4 9 9 8 0 1 91 22.8
35 BYU 4 9 11 8 1 0 97 24.3
35 Texas A&M 3 9 5 8 0 0 77 25.7
35 TCU 3 9 7 8 1 0 85 28.3
35 Memphis 2 9 1 9 0 0 66 33.0
35 South Alabama 2 9 2 7 1 0 69 34.5
35 Kansas 2 9 3 8 1 0 73 36.5
35 Central Michigan 1 9 0 9 0 0 63 63.0
43 Indiana 6 10 6 9 1 1 91 15.2
43 Miami (FL) 5 10 8 9 1 0 95 19.0
43 Duke 3 10 6 10 0 0 88 29.3
43 Tulsa 2 10 1 10 0 0 73 36.5
43 Pittsburgh 2 10 1 10 1 0 75 37.5
43 Louisiana-Monroe 1 10 1 10 0 0 73 73.0
43 Missouri State 1 10 1 10 0 0 73 73.0
50 Notre Dame 4 11 8 10 1 0 102 25.5
50 Army 3 11 3 11 0 0 86 28.7
50 Vanderbilt 3 11 7 11 0 0 98 32.7
50 Florida Atlantic 2 11 0 11 0 0 77 38.5
50 Marshall 2 11 1 11 0 0 80 40.0
50 Navy 2 11 1 11 0 0 80 40.0
56 Florida State 3 12 2 11 1 0 91 30.3
56 Old Dominion 2 12 2 12 0 0 90 45.0
56 UAB 2 12 2 11 1 0 91 45.5
59 Missouri 5 13 7 13 0 0 112 22.4
59 Oklahoma 5 13 11 12 0 1 125 25.0
59 Virginia Tech 3 13 5 12 0 0 105 35.0
59 Tulane 3 13 5 10 2 0 107 35.7
59 NC State 3 13 5 13 0 1 108 36.0
59 Georgia Southern 2 13 1 13 0 0 94 47.0
59 Utah State 2 13 3 12 0 0 99 49.5
59 Maryland 2 13 3 13 0 0 100 50.0
59 Kent State 2 13 5 13 0 0 106 53.0
59 Coastal Carolina 2 13 5 12 1 0 107 53.5
69 Georgia 5 14 5 12 1 1 115 23.0
69 Auburn 5 14 11 13 0 1 132 26.4
69 Northwestern 4 14 7 14 0 0 119 29.8
69 Oregon State 3 14 5 14 0 0 113 37.7
69 UCF 3 14 7 14 0 0 119 39.7
74 Arizona State 4 15 2 14 1 0 112 28.0
74 Penn State 4 15 6 12 0 0 120 30.0
74 Michigan 4 15 6 15 0 0 123 30.8
74 Kentucky 4 15 7 15 0 0 126 31.5
74 Charlotte 3 15 4 14 0 0 116 38.7
74 Syracuse 2 15 1 15 0 0 108 54.0
80 Texas 6 16 6 14 1 0 130 21.7
80 Washington State 4 16 5 16 0 1 129 32.3
80 Nebraska 4 16 7 14 1 1 135 33.8
80 Rice 3 16 0 16 0 0 112 37.3
80 Kansas State 3 16 3 15 1 0 122 40.7
85 Florida 5 17 7 16 0 0 139 27.8
85 Michigan State 4 17 5 17 0 0 134 33.5
85 Colorado 4 17 9 17 0 1 148 37.0
85 UTSA 3 17 2 15 0 0 123 41.0
85 Minnesota 3 17 2 17 0 0 125 41.7
85 USF 3 17 2 16 1 0 126 42.0
85 Illinois 3 17 3 16 1 0 129 43.0
92 Ole Miss 6 18 10 16 0 0 154 25.7
92 South Carolina 5 18 6 17 1 1 147 29.4
92 Baylor 3 18 1 17 0 0 128 42.7
95 Alabama 6 19 5 19 0 0 148 24.7
95 Tennessee 4 19 8 17 1 1 159 39.8
95 Temple 4 19 9 16 3 0 163 40.8
95 Rutgers 3 19 1 19 0 0 136 45.3
99 USC 5 20 1 17 0 0 140 28.0
99 Cincinnati 4 20 4 19 0 0 151 37.8
99 Mississippi State 4 20 5 20 0 0 155 38.8
99 Georgia State 3 20 2 19 1 0 147 49.0
99 Oklahoma State 3 20 4 16 1 0 150 50.0
104 Oregon 6 21 6 17 1 0 163 27.2
104 Stanford 4 21 6 20 0 1 166 41.5
106 LSU 6 23 6 23 0 0 179 29.8
106 Wisconsin 6 23 8 23 0 0 185 30.8
108 UCLA 4 24 3 21 1 0 176 44.0
109 West Virginia 5 25 6 25 0 0 193 38.6
110 Purdue 5 26 6 26 0 0 200 40.0
110 Arkansas 4 26 4 26 0 0 194 48.5