2026 National Leaders Scoring Defense - All Games through 10/30/2026

Name G TD FG 1XP 2XP Safety Points Points/G
1 New Mexico 7 10 3 8 1 0 79 11.3
1 Indiana 8 10 9 7 1 0 96 12.0
1 North Dakota State 8 13 4 8 1 0 100 12.5
1 Ohio State 7 10 8 6 2 0 94 13.4
1 Notre Dame 7 12 4 10 0 0 94 13.4
1 Liberty 7 10 9 7 2 0 98 14.0
1 Iowa 7 11 8 8 1 0 100 14.3
1 Utah 7 12 6 12 0 0 102 14.6
1 Wisconsin 7 11 10 11 0 0 107 15.3
1 UCLA 7 13 6 11 0 0 107 15.3
1 Baylor 8 12 14 8 0 0 122 15.3
1 Nebraska 7 10 12 8 2 0 108 15.4
1 Michigan 7 11 11 9 1 0 110 15.7
1 Georgia 7 14 5 12 0 0 111 15.9
1 Duke 7 13 7 13 0 0 112 16.0
1 LSU 8 15 7 13 2 0 128 16.0
1 FIU 7 9 17 7 1 0 114 16.3
1 Tennessee 8 14 11 13 0 0 130 16.3
1 Arizona 7 15 4 15 0 0 117 16.7
1 Oklahoma 7 15 6 14 1 0 124 17.7
1 BYU 7 15 7 11 4 0 130 18.6
1 Penn State 7 16 7 15 0 0 132 18.9
1 Texas A&M 8 19 6 19 0 0 151 18.9
1 James Madison 9 19 13 15 1 0 170 18.9
1 Texas 7 14 12 14 0 0 134 19.1
1 Missouri 7 17 6 17 0 0 137 19.6
1 Virginia 8 18 10 15 2 0 157 19.6
1 Jacksonville State 8 18 11 16 1 0 159 19.9
1 Wyoming 8 17 13 13 3 0 160 20.0
1 Minnesota 7 18 5 18 0 0 141 20.1
1 Texas Tech 7 18 6 13 2 0 143 20.4
1 Western Michigan 8 22 3 20 1 0 163 20.4
1 Virginia Tech 8 20 9 15 1 0 164 20.5
1 Boise State 7 17 8 14 2 0 144 20.6
1 Oregon 7 17 9 16 0 0 145 20.7
1 North Carolina 7 17 10 12 1 0 146 20.9
1 Air Force 7 18 7 17 0 0 146 20.9
1 Louisiana Tech 7 18 7 14 2 0 147 21.0
1 Houston 8 23 3 19 1 0 168 21.0
1 SMU 7 18 8 14 1 0 148 21.1
1 Kansas State 7 19 5 19 0 0 148 21.1
1 Clemson 7 18 8 17 0 0 149 21.3
1 Alabama 8 19 12 16 2 0 170 21.3
1 Louisiana 8 24 2 20 0 0 170 21.3
1 Ohio 8 22 7 22 0 0 175 21.9
1 Nevada 7 18 10 14 1 0 154 22.0
1 Army 7 20 5 18 1 0 155 22.1
1 San Jose State 8 21 11 19 1 0 180 22.5
1 Washington 7 18 12 15 0 0 159 22.7
1 Utah State 7 16 17 14 0 0 161 23.0
1 Georgia Southern 7 19 9 18 1 0 161 23.0
1 Oregon State 7 22 4 16 1 0 162 23.1
1 UNLV 7 19 11 17 1 0 166 23.7
1 Oklahoma State 7 22 4 22 0 0 166 23.7
1 Memphis 8 22 11 19 3 0 190 23.8
1 Connecticut 7 21 7 18 1 0 167 23.9
1 Auburn 7 20 10 17 1 0 169 24.1
1 Iowa State 7 21 7 20 1 0 169 24.1
1 Tulsa 8 23 11 20 2 0 195 24.4
1 Troy 8 26 6 21 0 0 195 24.4
1 UAB 7 22 6 22 0 0 172 24.6
1 Kentucky 8 24 10 22 1 0 198 24.8
1 USC 8 25 8 22 2 0 200 25.0
1 Sam Houston State 8 26 7 24 0 0 201 25.1
1 Ole Miss 7 20 12 19 1 0 177 25.3
1 Illinois 7 21 10 19 1 0 177 25.3
1 South Carolina 7 22 8 19 1 0 177 25.3
1 New Mexico State 8 23 14 22 0 0 202 25.3
1 Kennesaw State 8 22 15 18 4 0 203 25.4
1 Toledo 8 23 14 19 2 0 203 25.4
1 Buffalo 8 25 9 22 2 0 203 25.4
1 Tulane 8 26 7 26 0 0 203 25.4
1 Eastern Michigan 9 29 10 27 0 0 231 25.7
1 Michigan State 8 25 10 22 2 0 206 25.8
1 Miami (OH) 8 27 6 26 0 0 206 25.8
1 Coastal Carolina 7 24 4 23 1 0 181 25.9
1 Central Michigan 8 26 8 25 1 0 207 25.9
1 Georgia State 7 23 7 21 1 0 182 26.0
1 UTSA 8 25 12 22 0 0 208 26.0
1 East Carolina 7 21 13 17 1 0 184 26.3
1 Syracuse 7 24 6 22 0 0 184 26.3
1 Cincinnati 7 22 11 18 1 0 185 26.4
1 Arkansas 7 25 4 23 1 0 187 26.7
1 Old Dominion 8 24 16 22 0 0 214 26.8
1 Arkansas State 8 29 5 25 2 0 218 27.3
1 Louisville 7 22 13 19 1 0 192 27.4
1 Washington State 8 26 13 26 0 0 221 27.6
1 Mississippi State 7 22 13 21 1 0 194 27.7
1 Florida State 7 25 7 22 1 0 195 27.9
1 Temple 7 25 7 25 0 0 196 28.0
1 NC State 7 26 5 26 0 0 197 28.1
1 Florida 7 24 9 21 3 0 198 28.3
1 Navy 7 27 6 24 0 0 204 29.1
1 Middle Tennessee State 8 30 9 24 3 0 237 29.6
1 Bowling Green 8 29 11 27 2 0 238 29.8
1 Arizona State 7 25 12 23 0 0 209 29.9
1 Texas State 7 27 7 25 1 0 210 30.0
1 Colorado 7 23 17 22 0 0 211 30.1
1 Georgia Tech 7 26 10 22 2 0 212 30.3
1 Vanderbilt 8 31 9 29 0 0 242 30.3
1 Sacramento State 9 36 7 34 1 0 273 30.3
1 Marshall 7 27 9 26 0 0 215 30.7
1 Western Kentucky 8 33 6 33 0 0 249 31.1
1 California 8 34 6 29 1 0 253 31.6
1 North Texas 8 33 8 31 1 0 255 31.9
1 Purdue 7 28 10 26 1 0 226 32.3
1 West Virginia 8 33 9 31 1 0 258 32.3
1 South Alabama 7 31 3 30 1 0 227 32.4
1 Akron 8 32 13 29 1 0 262 32.8
1 Rutgers 7 29 9 26 3 0 233 33.3
1 Maryland 7 32 4 27 1 0 233 33.3
1 Stanford 8 39 4 34 2 0 284 35.5
1 Louisiana-Monroe 7 33 10 33 0 0 261 37.3
1 Northern Illinois 7 37 4 36 0 0 270 38.6
1 Colorado State 7 40 9 39 1 0 308 44.0
116 TCU 7 11 6 11 0 1 97 13.9
116 USF 7 11 9 9 1 1 106 15.1
116 Miami (FL) 7 13 5 12 0 1 107 15.3
116 Northwestern 7 13 8 10 1 1 116 16.6
116 Wake Forest 7 16 8 14 0 1 136 19.4
116 Pittsburgh 8 22 4 21 0 1 167 20.9
116 Massachusetts 8 20 9 20 0 1 169 21.1
116 Appalachian State 7 20 6 16 3 1 162 23.1
116 Boston College 7 19 11 14 1 1 165 23.6
116 Kansas 7 20 9 19 0 1 168 24.0
116 Hawaii 8 26 5 23 0 1 196 24.5
116 UCF 8 23 13 21 1 1 202 25.3
116 Delaware 8 29 5 29 0 1 220 27.5
116 Missouri State 8 31 10 29 0 1 247 30.9
116 Rice 8 33 7 31 1 1 254 31.8
116 Southern Miss 7 27 12 27 0 1 227 32.4
116 Florida Atlantic 8 38 6 36 1 1 286 35.8
116 San Diego State 8 37 10 35 0 1 289 36.1
116 UTEP 7 32 12 31 0 1 261 37.3
116 Charlotte 8 41 11 39 1 1 322 40.3
136 Fresno State 7 15 12 14 1 2 146 20.9
136 Kent State 9 33 13 30 2 2 275 30.6
136 Ball State 8 36 9 33 1 2 282 35.3