2025 National Leaders Scoring Defense - Games vs. FBS Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 12/06/2025
| Name | G | TD | FG | 1XP | 2XP | Safety | Points | Points/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Texas | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 2 | Western Kentucky | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 3 | Jacksonville State | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 4 | Army | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 5 | Buffalo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 5 | UNLV | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 5 | Appalachian State | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 8 | Tulsa | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 13.0 |
| 9 | UTEP | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 9 | Troy | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 11 | Memphis | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 31.0 |
| 11 | South Alabama | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 31.0 |
| 13 | FIU | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 34.0 |
| 13 | Southern Miss | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 34.0 |
| 13 | Texas State | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 34.0 |
| 16 | Rice | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 35.0 |
| 17 | San Diego State | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 18.0 |
| 18 | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 39.0 |
| 19 | Middle Tennessee State | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 42.0 |
| 19 | New Mexico State | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 42.0 |
| 19 | UTSA | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 42.0 |
| 22 | New Mexico | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 22.0 |
| 23 | Marshall | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 45.0 |
| 24 | Nevada | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 46.0 |
| 25 | James Madison | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 48 | 24.0 |
| 25 | Eastern Michigan | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 48.0 |
| 27 | Louisiana Tech | 2 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 25.5 |
| 28 | Toledo | 2 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 26.0 |
| 28 | Louisiana | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 52.0 |
| 30 | Old Dominion | 2 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 26.5 |
| 31 | Charlotte | 2 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 27.5 |
| 32 | UAB | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 56.0 |
| 33 | Colorado State | 2 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 29.0 |
| 33 | East Carolina | 2 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 29.0 |
| 33 | Northern Illinois | 2 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 29.0 |
| 33 | Fresno State | 2 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 29.0 |
| 37 | Georgia Southern | 1 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 59.0 |
| 38 | Hawaii | 2 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 30.0 |
| 39 | Western Michigan | 2 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 61 | 30.5 |
| 40 | Miami (OH) | 2 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 31.0 |
| 41 | USF | 2 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 32.5 |
| 42 | Kennesaw State | 2 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 33.0 |
| 43 | Wyoming | 2 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 68 | 34.0 |
| 43 | San Jose State | 2 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 34.0 |
| 43 | Akron | 1 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 68 | 68.0 |
| 46 | Sam Houston State | 2 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 36.0 |
| 47 | Ball State | 2 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 36.5 |
| 48 | Bowling Green | 2 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 37.0 |
| 49 | Tulane | 3 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 75 | 25.0 |
| 50 | Arkansas State | 2 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 80 | 40.0 |
| 51 | Ohio | 3 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 27.0 |
| 52 | Delaware | 2 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 83 | 41.5 |
| 53 | Connecticut | 3 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 84 | 28.0 |
| 54 | Temple | 2 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 87 | 43.5 |
| 55 | Massachusetts | 2 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 44.5 |
| 56 | Ohio State | 11 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 8.8 |
| 57 | Coastal Carolina | 2 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 49.5 |
| 57 | Utah State | 2 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 49.5 |
| 59 | Missouri State | 2 | 14 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 50.5 |
| 60 | Central Michigan | 2 | 15 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 54.0 |
| 61 | Louisiana-Monroe | 2 | 15 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 115 | 57.5 |
| 62 | Indiana | 10 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 118 | 11.8 |
| 63 | Texas Tech | 11 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 121 | 11.0 |
| 64 | Washington State | 5 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 123 | 24.6 |
| 65 | Miami (FL) | 9 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 127 | 14.1 |
| 66 | Georgia State | 2 | 18 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 133 | 66.5 |
| 67 | Oklahoma | 9 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 161 | 17.9 |
| 68 | Oregon | 11 | 20 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 165 | 15.0 |
| 69 | Iowa | 10 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 168 | 16.8 |
| 70 | Kent State | 3 | 22 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 172 | 57.3 |
| 71 | Texas A&M | 8 | 20 | 12 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 177 | 22.1 |
| 72 | Georgia | 10 | 23 | 10 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 191 | 19.1 |
| 73 | LSU | 9 | 24 | 8 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 193 | 21.4 |
| 74 | Notre Dame | 10 | 21 | 16 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 194 | 19.4 |
| 75 | Washington | 10 | 22 | 16 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 202 | 20.2 |
| 75 | USC | 9 | 26 | 7 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 202 | 22.4 |
| 77 | Michigan | 10 | 24 | 13 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 204 | 20.4 |
| 77 | Vanderbilt | 9 | 22 | 16 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 204 | 22.7 |
| 79 | Louisville | 9 | 24 | 12 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 205 | 22.8 |
| 80 | Utah | 10 | 26 | 9 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 209 | 20.9 |
| 81 | Missouri | 9 | 25 | 12 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 211 | 23.4 |
| 82 | Auburn | 9 | 24 | 15 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 213 | 23.7 |
| 83 | Northwestern | 9 | 27 | 8 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 214 | 23.8 |
| 84 | Arizona | 10 | 26 | 12 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 218 | 21.8 |
| 85 | Clemson | 10 | 25 | 15 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 219 | 21.9 |
| 85 | Iowa State | 10 | 27 | 10 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 219 | 21.9 |
| 87 | Texas | 9 | 26 | 12 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 220 | 24.4 |
| 88 | Ole Miss | 9 | 27 | 13 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 224 | 24.9 |
| 89 | SMU | 10 | 26 | 14 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 225 | 22.5 |
| 89 | Wake Forest | 9 | 25 | 17 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 225 | 25.0 |
| 89 | Oregon State | 7 | 28 | 10 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 225 | 32.1 |
| 92 | Alabama | 11 | 27 | 13 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 226 | 20.5 |
| 93 | BYU | 11 | 26 | 17 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 234 | 21.3 |
| 94 | Pittsburgh | 9 | 31 | 7 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 236 | 26.2 |
| 95 | Penn State | 9 | 29 | 13 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 240 | 26.7 |
| 96 | Arizona State | 10 | 30 | 11 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 242 | 24.2 |
| 97 | Virginia | 11 | 30 | 12 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 244 | 22.2 |
| 98 | South Carolina | 10 | 27 | 18 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 248 | 24.8 |
| 99 | Wisconsin | 10 | 30 | 13 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 249 | 24.9 |
| 99 | Stanford | 9 | 29 | 15 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 249 | 27.7 |
| 101 | Florida State | 10 | 31 | 11 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 251 | 25.1 |
| 102 | Houston | 10 | 30 | 15 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 253 | 25.3 |
| 103 | Kansas State | 10 | 31 | 14 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 261 | 26.1 |
| 104 | Georgia Tech | 10 | 33 | 12 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 264 | 26.4 |
| 105 | UCF | 10 | 31 | 17 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 266 | 26.6 |
| 106 | Kentucky | 9 | 34 | 10 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 268 | 29.8 |
| 107 | Nebraska | 10 | 33 | 12 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 269 | 26.9 |
| 108 | Florida | 10 | 34 | 11 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 270 | 27.0 |
| 109 | Minnesota | 10 | 33 | 13 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 271 | 27.1 |
| 110 | Illinois | 10 | 34 | 13 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 276 | 27.6 |
| 111 | Cincinnati | 10 | 34 | 13 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 278 | 27.8 |
| 112 | TCU | 11 | 35 | 12 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 281 | 25.5 |
| 112 | California | 10 | 35 | 12 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 281 | 28.1 |
| 114 | NC State | 9 | 33 | 18 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 283 | 31.4 |
| 115 | Duke | 10 | 36 | 11 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 285 | 28.5 |
| 115 | North Carolina | 10 | 37 | 9 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 285 | 28.5 |
| 115 | Maryland | 9 | 36 | 11 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 285 | 31.7 |
| 118 | Tennessee | 9 | 37 | 12 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 295 | 32.8 |
| 119 | Arkansas | 8 | 35 | 17 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 297 | 37.1 |
| 120 | Syracuse | 9 | 38 | 13 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 305 | 33.9 |
| 121 | Kansas | 10 | 38 | 13 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 307 | 30.7 |
| 122 | Purdue | 9 | 37 | 17 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 309 | 34.3 |
| 123 | Virginia Tech | 10 | 38 | 15 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 311 | 31.1 |
| 124 | Boston College | 9 | 39 | 16 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 320 | 35.6 |
| 125 | Mississippi State | 9 | 40 | 14 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 323 | 35.9 |
| 126 | Rutgers | 9 | 43 | 8 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 324 | 36.0 |
| 127 | Michigan State | 10 | 43 | 10 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 329 | 32.9 |
| 128 | UCLA | 10 | 45 | 7 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 336 | 33.6 |
| 129 | Colorado | 10 | 40 | 18 | 39 | 1 | 2 | 339 | 33.9 |
| 130 | West Virginia | 10 | 43 | 16 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 350 | 35.0 |
| 131 | Oklahoma State | 10 | 49 | 11 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 374 | 37.4 |
| 132 | Baylor | 11 | 49 | 14 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 384 | 34.9 |