2026 National Leaders Scoring Defense - All Games through 09/12/2026

Name G TD FG 1XP 2XP Safety Points Points/G
1 Penn State 2 1 1 0 0 0 9 4.5
1 South Carolina 2 1 1 0 0 0 9 4.5
3 Kansas State 2 1 1 1 0 0 10 5.0
4 Virginia 2 1 1 0 1 0 11 5.5
5 Iowa 2 1 2 1 0 0 13 6.5
5 Miami (FL) 2 1 2 1 0 0 13 6.5
5 North Carolina 2 1 2 1 0 0 13 6.5
5 Notre Dame 2 1 2 1 0 0 13 6.5
9 Maryland 2 2 0 2 0 0 14 7.0
9 New Mexico 2 2 0 2 0 0 14 7.0
11 Indiana 2 1 3 1 0 0 16 8.0
11 James Madison 2 1 3 1 0 0 16 8.0
13 Oklahoma 2 2 1 2 0 0 17 8.5
14 UCF 2 2 1 1 0 1 18 9.0
15 Baylor 2 2 2 2 0 0 20 10.0
15 Texas A&M 2 2 2 2 0 0 20 10.0
17 Pittsburgh 2 3 0 3 0 0 21 10.5
18 Georgia Southern 2 1 5 1 0 0 22 11.0
18 Michigan 2 1 5 1 0 0 22 11.0
18 TCU 2 2 2 2 0 1 22 11.0
21 Georgia 2 3 1 2 0 0 23 11.5
22 Virginia Tech 2 2 3 1 1 0 24 12.0
22 Auburn 2 3 1 1 1 0 24 12.0
22 BYU 2 3 1 3 0 0 24 12.0
22 Florida 2 3 1 3 0 0 24 12.0
22 LSU 2 3 1 3 0 0 24 12.0
22 Syracuse 2 3 1 3 0 0 24 12.0
22 Utah 2 3 1 3 0 0 24 12.0
22 Washington 2 3 1 3 0 0 24 12.0
30 Cincinnati 2 3 1 2 1 0 25 12.5
31 Iowa State 2 2 4 2 0 0 26 13.0
31 Mississippi State 2 2 4 2 0 0 26 13.0
31 Houston 2 4 0 2 0 0 26 13.0
31 North Dakota State 3 6 0 3 0 0 39 13.0
35 Georgia State 2 3 2 1 1 0 27 13.5
35 Alabama 2 3 2 3 0 0 27 13.5
35 Appalachian State 2 3 2 3 0 0 27 13.5
35 Ohio State 2 3 2 3 0 0 27 13.5
35 Tulsa 2 3 2 3 0 0 27 13.5
35 Michigan State 2 4 0 3 0 0 27 13.5
35 Western Michigan 2 4 0 3 0 0 27 13.5
42 Nebraska 2 3 2 2 1 0 28 14.0
43 Duke 2 3 3 3 0 0 30 15.0
43 Texas 2 3 3 3 0 0 30 15.0
45 Kennesaw State 2 3 3 2 1 0 31 15.5
45 Massachusetts 2 4 1 4 0 0 31 15.5
45 Army 2 4 1 4 0 0 31 15.5
45 West Virginia 2 4 1 4 0 0 31 15.5
49 USF 2 4 2 3 0 0 33 16.5
49 Tennessee 2 4 2 3 0 0 33 16.5
51 Texas Tech 2 4 2 2 1 0 34 17.0
51 UCLA 2 4 2 4 0 0 34 17.0
51 Colorado 2 4 2 4 0 0 34 17.0
51 Nevada 2 4 2 4 0 0 34 17.0
51 NC State 2 4 2 4 0 0 34 17.0
51 SMU 2 4 2 4 0 0 34 17.0
57 Vanderbilt 2 4 3 2 0 0 35 17.5
57 Arizona 2 5 0 5 0 0 35 17.5
57 Missouri 2 5 0 5 0 0 35 17.5
60 Northwestern 1 1 4 0 0 0 18 18.0
61 Colorado State 2 4 3 4 0 0 37 18.5
62 USC 3 7 2 4 2 0 56 18.7
63 Coastal Carolina 2 5 1 5 0 0 38 19.0
63 Troy 2 5 1 5 0 0 38 19.0
63 Air Force 2 5 1 5 0 0 38 19.0
66 FIU 2 3 6 1 1 0 39 19.5
67 Toledo 2 3 6 2 1 0 40 20.0
68 Temple 2 5 2 5 0 0 41 20.5
68 Tulane 2 5 2 5 0 0 41 20.5
70 UTSA 2 4 5 3 0 0 42 21.0
70 Fresno State 2 5 1 5 0 2 42 21.0
70 Delaware 2 6 0 6 0 0 42 21.0
70 Middle Tennessee State 2 6 0 6 0 0 42 21.0
70 South Alabama 2 6 0 6 0 0 42 21.0
75 Liberty 2 4 5 4 0 0 43 21.5
76 Florida State 2 5 3 5 0 0 44 22.0
76 Kansas 2 5 3 5 0 0 44 22.0
78 Utah State 2 3 8 3 0 0 45 22.5
78 Connecticut 2 6 1 6 0 0 45 22.5
78 Minnesota 2 6 1 6 0 0 45 22.5
81 Southern Miss 2 5 3 5 0 1 46 23.0
81 Jacksonville State 3 7 6 7 1 0 69 23.0
83 Ole Miss 2 4 6 3 1 0 47 23.5
83 Sam Houston State 2 6 2 5 0 0 47 23.5
85 Akron 2 5 4 4 1 0 48 24.0
85 Central Michigan 2 5 4 4 1 0 48 24.0
85 San Diego State 2 6 2 6 0 0 48 24.0
85 Wyoming 2 6 2 6 0 0 48 24.0
89 Arkansas State 2 7 0 7 0 0 49 24.5
90 Wisconsin 2 5 5 5 0 0 50 25.0
90 Buffalo 2 6 3 5 0 0 50 25.0
92 Louisiana Tech 2 5 5 4 1 0 51 25.5
93 UNLV 3 8 7 8 0 0 77 25.7
93 New Mexico State 3 9 5 8 0 0 77 25.7
93 Sacramento State 3 10 2 9 1 0 77 25.7
93 Hawaii 3 11 0 9 0 1 77 25.7
97 Wake Forest 2 6 4 4 0 0 52 26.0
98 Eastern Michigan 3 10 3 10 0 0 79 26.3
99 Navy 2 7 2 5 0 0 53 26.5
100 Boise State 2 6 4 6 0 0 54 27.0
100 Illinois 2 6 4 6 0 0 54 27.0
100 Louisville 2 6 4 6 0 0 54 27.0
100 Old Dominion 2 6 4 6 0 0 54 27.0
104 Arizona State 2 7 2 7 0 0 55 27.5
104 Boston College 2 7 2 7 0 0 55 27.5
104 Oklahoma State 2 7 2 7 0 0 55 27.5
104 Rice 2 7 2 7 0 0 55 27.5
108 Memphis 3 11 2 11 0 0 83 27.7
108 San Jose State 3 12 0 11 0 0 83 27.7
110 Louisiana 2 8 0 8 0 0 56 28.0
111 Purdue 2 6 5 4 1 0 57 28.5
111 Arkansas 2 8 0 7 1 0 57 28.5
113 Kentucky 2 7 3 5 1 0 58 29.0
113 North Texas 2 7 3 7 0 0 58 29.0
113 Washington State 2 7 3 7 0 0 58 29.0
113 Clemson 2 8 1 7 0 0 58 29.0
117 Georgia Tech 2 8 1 8 0 0 59 29.5
118 UTEP 2 7 4 7 0 0 61 30.5
119 UAB 2 8 2 8 0 0 62 31.0
120 California 2 8 3 6 0 0 63 31.5
121 Missouri State 2 8 2 8 0 1 64 32.0
122 Rutgers 2 7 5 6 1 0 65 32.5
123 Oregon 2 7 6 6 0 0 66 33.0
123 Miami (OH) 2 9 1 9 0 0 66 33.0
125 Northern Illinois 2 9 2 8 0 0 68 34.0
125 Oregon State 2 9 2 8 0 0 68 34.0
127 Marshall 2 9 3 8 0 0 71 35.5
128 Kent State 2 9 2 8 1 1 72 36.0
128 Stanford 2 10 1 7 1 0 72 36.0
130 Ball State 2 10 1 8 1 0 73 36.5
131 East Carolina 2 9 4 9 0 0 75 37.5
132 Bowling Green 2 10 2 10 0 0 76 38.0
132 Ohio 2 10 2 10 0 0 76 38.0
134 Charlotte 2 11 2 10 1 0 84 42.0
135 Louisiana-Monroe 2 10 6 10 0 0 88 44.0
136 Texas State 2 12 2 12 0 0 90 45.0
137 Florida Atlantic 2 13 1 11 1 1 96 48.0
138 Western Kentucky 2 17 0 17 0 0 119 59.5