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

Name G TD FG 1XP 2XP Safety Points Points/G
1 Oklahoma 8 7 9 7 0 0 76 9.5
2 Ohio State 10 8 8 5 0 0 77 7.7
2 Wisconsin 6 8 6 8 0 0 74 12.3
4 Indiana 10 9 11 9 0 0 96 9.6
4 LSU 7 9 5 8 1 0 79 11.3
6 South Carolina 7 11 13 7 2 1 118 16.9
7 Oregon 9 12 7 12 0 0 105 11.7
7 Notre Dame 8 12 9 10 0 0 109 13.6
9 Texas Tech 9 13 5 12 0 1 107 11.9
9 Iowa 9 13 9 13 0 0 118 13.1
11 Georgia 9 14 11 14 0 0 131 14.6
11 Auburn 7 14 7 11 0 0 116 16.6
13 Texas 7 15 9 15 0 1 134 19.1
14 Miami (FL) 11 16 10 12 2 0 142 12.9
14 Alabama 9 16 10 14 0 0 140 15.6
14 Michigan 9 16 11 13 0 0 142 15.8
14 Missouri 8 16 8 14 0 0 134 16.8
18 Washington State 9 17 5 15 1 0 134 14.9
18 Penn State 9 17 9 12 3 0 147 16.3
20 San Diego State 12 18 8 15 1 1 151 12.6
20 Northwestern 9 18 4 17 1 0 139 15.4
20 Minnesota 10 18 15 16 2 0 173 17.3
20 Florida 7 18 7 18 0 1 149 21.3
24 Old Dominion 11 19 7 16 0 0 151 13.7
24 Washington 10 19 12 17 1 0 169 16.9
24 USF 10 19 14 14 4 0 178 17.8
24 UCF 9 19 11 17 0 0 164 18.2
24 USC 8 19 9 18 0 0 159 19.9
29 Ole Miss 9 20 8 18 0 0 162 18.0
29 Florida State 9 20 11 18 1 0 173 19.2
29 Stanford 8 20 15 19 0 0 184 23.0
29 West Virginia 7 20 12 17 2 0 177 25.3
33 Arizona 11 21 13 20 1 0 187 17.0
33 BYU 10 21 8 21 0 0 171 17.1
33 Illinois 10 21 11 19 0 0 178 17.8
33 Iowa State 9 21 8 21 0 0 171 19.0
33 Cincinnati 9 21 11 15 4 0 182 20.2
33 Purdue 7 21 12 20 0 0 182 26.0
39 Toledo 13 22 7 18 1 0 173 13.3
40 James Madison 13 23 15 17 3 0 206 15.8
40 Utah 11 23 9 19 2 0 188 17.1
40 Army 10 23 12 19 1 0 195 19.5
40 Texas A&M 10 23 11 17 3 1 196 19.6
40 Vanderbilt 10 23 13 18 2 0 199 19.9
40 Kansas State 9 23 12 22 1 0 198 22.0
46 East Carolina 11 24 11 22 1 0 201 18.3
46 SMU 11 24 15 21 0 1 212 19.3
46 Nebraska 9 24 6 21 1 0 185 20.6
46 Louisville 10 24 13 21 2 1 210 21.0
46 Kentucky 8 24 7 24 0 1 191 23.9
46 Arkansas 8 24 15 19 2 0 212 26.5
52 Arizona State 9 25 12 20 0 0 206 22.9
53 Western Michigan 13 26 10 18 2 1 210 16.2
53 Wyoming 11 26 10 25 1 1 215 19.5
53 Temple 8 26 4 25 0 0 193 24.1
53 Colorado 8 26 11 25 1 1 218 27.3
57 Maryland 10 27 10 26 0 0 218 21.8
57 Tennessee 9 27 10 22 1 0 216 24.0
59 Tulane 11 28 11 19 4 0 228 20.7
59 NC State 10 28 17 24 1 0 245 24.5
61 North Carolina 10 29 9 26 1 0 229 22.9
61 Mississippi State 9 29 11 25 3 0 238 26.4
61 Oregon State 9 29 13 25 1 0 240 26.7
64 Central Michigan 12 30 12 27 0 0 243 20.3
64 Clemson 13 30 20 23 2 0 267 20.5
64 Memphis 11 30 8 29 0 1 235 21.4
64 Navy 11 30 13 22 2 0 245 22.3
64 Western Kentucky 13 30 30 27 0 0 297 22.8
64 UCLA 8 30 5 28 0 1 225 28.1
64 Michigan State 8 30 6 27 0 0 225 28.1
71 Fresno State 13 31 10 26 0 1 244 18.8
71 Ohio 12 31 10 26 2 1 248 20.7
71 New Mexico 12 31 14 28 0 0 256 21.3
71 Houston 11 31 10 27 1 0 245 22.3
71 Pittsburgh 11 31 11 28 0 0 247 22.5
71 Wake Forest 12 31 20 28 2 0 278 23.2
71 TCU 10 31 10 22 3 0 244 24.4
71 Kansas 10 31 10 30 0 1 248 24.8
71 UTSA 10 31 12 26 1 1 252 25.2
71 Rutgers 9 31 10 30 0 0 246 27.3
71 Oklahoma State 9 31 11 31 0 0 250 27.8
71 Virginia Tech 9 31 13 30 1 0 257 28.6
83 Louisiana Tech 13 32 15 27 3 0 270 20.8
83 Baylor 9 32 13 30 1 0 263 29.2
85 Utah State 11 33 16 24 1 1 274 24.9
86 Virginia 14 34 12 32 0 1 274 19.6
86 Tulsa 10 34 12 28 3 0 274 27.4
86 Marshall 10 34 15 30 2 0 283 28.3
89 Troy 13 35 20 30 2 0 304 23.4
89 Buffalo 12 35 13 33 0 0 282 23.5
89 Bowling Green 12 35 15 34 0 1 291 24.3
89 Northern Illinois 12 35 15 33 1 1 292 24.3
93 Miami (OH) 14 36 17 33 2 0 304 21.7
93 Liberty 11 36 12 31 2 0 287 26.1
95 Georgia Tech 11 37 10 30 1 0 284 25.8
95 Louisiana-Monroe 11 37 17 33 2 0 310 28.2
95 Kent State 10 37 12 35 2 0 297 29.7
98 Missouri State 12 38 12 37 0 0 301 25.1
98 South Alabama 10 38 10 34 2 0 296 29.6
98 Syracuse 10 38 15 38 0 0 311 31.1
98 Rice 10 38 16 36 1 1 316 31.6
98 Georgia State 9 38 14 35 1 0 307 34.1
103 Kennesaw State 13 39 10 33 2 0 301 23.2
103 Boise State 13 39 12 37 1 0 309 23.8
103 Hawaii 13 39 15 34 0 0 313 24.1
103 California 12 39 16 34 3 0 322 26.8
103 Coastal Carolina 11 39 17 34 2 0 323 29.4
103 UTEP 11 39 21 37 1 1 338 30.7
109 Akron 12 40 15 38 1 2 329 27.4
109 Nevada 12 40 17 39 0 0 330 27.5
109 Georgia Southern 11 40 16 36 1 0 326 29.6
109 Air Force 11 40 17 37 1 0 330 30.0
113 North Texas 12 41 11 35 3 0 320 26.7
113 Texas State 12 41 13 34 3 0 325 27.1
113 Appalachian State 12 41 15 32 2 1 329 27.4
113 Duke 11 41 12 34 4 0 324 29.5
117 New Mexico State 12 42 12 41 1 0 331 27.6
117 San Jose State 11 42 18 38 3 1 352 32.0
117 Charlotte 9 42 8 42 0 1 320 35.6
120 Louisiana 12 44 16 40 1 1 356 29.7
121 Jacksonville State 14 45 14 37 1 1 353 25.2
121 Connecticut 13 45 14 35 2 0 351 27.0
121 Arkansas State 13 45 14 40 2 0 356 27.4
121 Boston College 11 45 18 42 1 0 368 33.5
121 Florida Atlantic 10 45 14 39 3 1 359 35.9
126 Southern Miss 13 46 11 41 3 0 356 27.4
126 Eastern Michigan 12 46 11 46 0 1 357 29.8
126 Ball State 12 46 11 45 1 1 358 29.8
129 FIU 13 48 18 46 1 0 390 30.0
129 Colorado State 12 48 11 47 1 0 370 30.8
129 Middle Tennessee State 12 48 13 44 0 0 371 30.9
129 UAB 10 48 10 46 2 0 368 36.8
133 Delaware 13 49 20 45 2 0 403 31.0
134 UNLV 14 50 15 43 2 0 392 28.0
134 Sam Houston State 11 50 17 46 1 0 399 36.3
136 Massachusetts 11 56 8 54 1 0 416 37.8