2025 National Leaders Scoring Defense - Games vs. Ranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/09/2026

Name G TD FG 1XP 2XP Safety Points Points/G
1 Virginia 1 1 0 1 0 0 7 7.0
2 North Carolina 1 2 1 2 0 0 17 17.0
2 Clemson 1 2 3 1 1 0 24 24.0
4 Wake Forest 2 3 6 3 0 0 39 19.5
4 UTEP 1 3 2 3 0 0 27 27.0
6 Georgia Tech 2 4 4 3 1 0 41 20.5
6 Boise State 1 4 0 2 1 0 28 28.0
6 California 1 4 1 4 0 0 31 31.0
6 Liberty 1 4 1 4 0 0 31 31.0
6 Troy 1 4 1 4 0 0 31 31.0
6 Wyoming 1 4 1 4 0 0 31 31.0
6 Arizona 1 4 2 3 0 0 33 33.0
6 Western Michigan 1 4 2 3 0 0 33 33.0
6 New Mexico 1 4 2 4 0 0 34 34.0
6 Air Force 1 4 2 4 0 0 34 34.0
6 Ohio 1 4 3 4 0 0 37 37.0
17 Texas Tech 4 5 4 5 0 0 47 11.8
17 Ohio State 4 5 6 5 0 0 53 13.3
17 SMU 2 5 2 3 0 0 39 19.5
17 San Jose State 1 5 1 5 0 0 38 38.0
17 Hawaii 1 5 2 4 0 0 40 40.0
22 Indiana 4 6 4 5 1 0 55 13.8
22 North Texas 2 6 3 6 0 0 51 25.5
22 East Carolina 2 6 6 6 0 0 60 30.0
22 Massachusetts 1 6 0 6 0 0 42 42.0
26 Miami (FL) 4 7 6 6 1 0 68 17.0
26 Iowa State 2 7 2 7 0 0 55 27.5
26 Utah 2 7 3 7 0 0 58 29.0
26 Houston 2 7 5 6 0 0 63 31.5
26 TCU 2 7 7 6 1 0 71 35.5
26 San Diego State 1 7 0 7 0 0 49 49.0
26 James Madison 1 7 1 6 0 0 51 51.0
26 Texas State 1 7 1 7 0 0 52 52.0
26 Sam Houston State 1 7 2 7 0 0 55 55.0
26 Appalachian State 1 7 3 7 0 0 58 58.0
36 Louisville 3 8 3 6 1 0 65 21.7
36 Vanderbilt 3 8 6 8 0 0 74 24.7
36 Washington 3 8 6 8 0 0 74 24.7
36 Boston College 2 8 3 4 0 0 61 30.5
36 Kennesaw State 1 8 0 8 0 0 56 56.0
41 Iowa 4 9 9 8 0 1 91 22.8
41 Memphis 2 9 1 9 0 0 66 33.0
41 South Alabama 2 9 2 7 1 0 69 34.5
41 Central Michigan 1 9 0 9 0 0 63 63.0
45 Tulsa 2 10 1 10 0 0 73 36.5
45 Louisiana 2 10 2 10 0 0 76 38.0
45 Louisiana-Monroe 1 10 1 10 0 0 73 73.0
45 Missouri State 1 10 1 10 0 0 73 73.0
49 Texas A&M 4 11 6 10 0 0 94 23.5
49 Notre Dame 4 11 8 10 1 0 102 25.5
49 Army 3 11 3 11 0 0 86 28.7
49 Arizona State 3 11 3 10 1 0 87 29.0
49 Nebraska 3 11 6 9 1 0 95 31.7
49 Florida Atlantic 2 11 0 11 0 0 77 38.5
49 Rice 2 11 0 11 0 0 77 38.5
49 Marshall 2 11 1 11 0 0 80 40.0
49 Navy 2 11 1 11 0 0 80 40.0
49 Oregon State 2 11 3 11 0 0 86 43.0
49 UCF 2 11 4 11 0 0 89 44.5
60 Florida State 3 12 2 11 1 0 91 30.3
60 Penn State 3 12 4 11 0 0 95 31.7
60 Minnesota 2 12 0 12 0 0 84 42.0
60 Old Dominion 2 12 2 12 0 0 90 45.0
60 UAB 2 12 2 11 1 0 91 45.5
65 Oklahoma 6 13 13 12 0 1 131 21.8
65 Missouri 5 13 7 13 0 0 112 22.4
65 Duke 4 13 8 13 0 0 115 28.8
65 USC 3 13 0 11 0 0 89 29.7
65 Tulane 3 13 5 10 2 0 107 35.7
65 Georgia Southern 2 13 1 13 0 0 94 47.0
65 Utah State 2 13 3 12 0 0 99 49.5
65 Maryland 2 13 3 13 0 0 100 50.0
65 Kent State 2 13 5 13 0 0 106 53.0
65 Coastal Carolina 2 13 5 12 1 0 107 53.5
75 Georgia 6 14 8 12 1 1 124 20.7
75 BYU 5 14 11 13 1 0 132 26.4
75 Northwestern 4 14 7 14 0 0 119 29.8
75 Pittsburgh 3 14 1 14 1 0 103 34.3
75 Kansas State 3 14 6 13 1 0 117 39.0
75 Baylor 2 14 0 12 0 0 96 48.0
75 Rutgers 2 14 0 14 0 0 98 49.0
82 Michigan 4 15 6 15 0 0 123 30.8
82 Kentucky 4 15 7 15 0 0 126 31.5
82 Michigan State 3 15 3 15 0 0 114 38.0
82 Charlotte 3 15 4 14 0 0 116 38.7
86 Texas 6 16 6 14 1 0 130 21.7
86 Washington State 4 16 5 16 0 1 129 32.3
88 Auburn 6 17 12 15 0 1 155 25.8
88 Florida 5 17 7 16 0 0 139 27.8
88 Cincinnati 4 17 6 16 0 0 136 34.0
88 Kansas 4 17 6 15 1 1 139 34.8
88 Virginia Tech 4 17 7 15 1 0 140 35.0
88 NC State 4 17 8 16 0 1 144 36.0
88 UTSA 3 17 2 15 0 0 123 41.0
88 USF 3 17 2 16 1 0 126 42.0
88 Illinois 3 17 3 16 1 0 129 43.0
97 Ole Miss 6 18 10 16 0 0 154 25.7
97 LSU 5 18 5 18 0 0 141 28.2
97 West Virginia 3 18 3 18 0 0 135 45.0
100 Oregon 5 19 5 16 1 0 147 29.4
100 Wisconsin 5 19 5 19 0 0 148 29.6
100 Colorado 4 19 7 19 0 1 156 39.0
100 Tennessee 4 19 8 17 1 1 159 39.8
104 Georgia State 3 20 2 19 1 0 147 49.0
104 Syracuse 3 20 3 20 0 0 149 49.7
106 South Carolina 6 21 9 17 2 1 176 29.3
106 Stanford 4 21 6 20 0 1 166 41.5
106 Oklahoma State 3 21 2 18 1 0 152 50.7
109 Alabama 7 22 6 22 0 0 172 24.6
110 UCLA 4 24 3 21 1 0 176 44.0
111 Temple 5 25 10 22 3 0 208 41.6
112 Purdue 5 26 6 26 0 0 200 40.0
113 Mississippi State 5 27 5 27 0 0 204 40.8
114 Arkansas 5 30 5 28 1 0 225 45.0