2026 National Leaders Scoring Defense - Games Lost Only through 09/19/2026
| Name | G | TD | FG | 1XP | 2XP | Safety | Points | Points/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Western Michigan | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 1 | New Mexico | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 1 | Iowa State | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 1 | Baylor | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 1 | Oklahoma | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 1 | FIU | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 17.5 |
| 1 | Liberty | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 1 | Nevada | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 23.5 |
| 1 | Sam Houston State | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 23.5 |
| 1 | Ohio State | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 1 | Syracuse | 2 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 24.0 |
| 1 | Tulane | 2 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 24.0 |
| 1 | Utah State | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 26.0 |
| 1 | Georgia Southern | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 26.5 |
| 1 | Coastal Carolina | 2 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 26.5 |
| 1 | Michigan State | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 1 | Troy | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 1 | San Diego State | 2 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 27.0 |
| 1 | North Carolina | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 1 | Arizona | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 1 | Houston | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 1 | Middle Tennessee State | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 1 | South Alabama | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 1 | Army | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 1 | Washington State | 2 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 29.0 |
| 1 | Georgia Tech | 2 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 29.5 |
| 1 | Wyoming | 2 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 29.5 |
| 1 | Toledo | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 30.0 |
| 1 | UTSA | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 30.0 |
| 1 | Illinois | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 31.0 |
| 1 | Texas A&M | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 31.0 |
| 1 | Jacksonville State | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 62 | 31.0 |
| 1 | Kansas | 2 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 31.0 |
| 1 | New Mexico State | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 31.5 |
| 1 | UAB | 2 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 31.5 |
| 1 | LSU | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 32.0 |
| 1 | Old Dominion | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 32.0 |
| 1 | Boise State | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 34.0 |
| 1 | Boston College | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 34.0 |
| 1 | San Jose State | 2 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 34.0 |
| 1 | Oregon State | 2 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 34.0 |
| 1 | NC State | 2 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 34.5 |
| 1 | Maryland | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 35.0 |
| 1 | Delaware | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 35.0 |
| 1 | UNLV | 2 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 35.5 |
| 1 | Rutgers | 3 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 107 | 35.7 |
| 1 | Sacramento State | 3 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 108 | 36.0 |
| 1 | Kennesaw State | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 73 | 36.5 |
| 1 | Arkansas State | 2 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 36.5 |
| 1 | Charlotte | 3 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 110 | 36.7 |
| 1 | Northern Illinois | 3 | 15 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 36.7 |
| 1 | East Carolina | 2 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 37.5 |
| 1 | Central Michigan | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 38.0 |
| 1 | Connecticut | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 38.0 |
| 1 | Memphis | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 38.0 |
| 1 | Minnesota | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 38.0 |
| 1 | Air Force | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 38.0 |
| 1 | Navy | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 38.0 |
| 1 | Virginia | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 38.0 |
| 1 | Temple | 2 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 38.0 |
| 1 | Florida State | 2 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 38.5 |
| 1 | Eastern Michigan | 3 | 15 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 116 | 38.7 |
| 1 | Oregon | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 39.0 |
| 1 | Akron | 2 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 79 | 39.5 |
| 1 | Rice | 2 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 40.0 |
| 1 | Stanford | 2 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 40.0 |
| 1 | Louisiana Tech | 2 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 81 | 40.5 |
| 1 | Colorado State | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 41.0 |
| 1 | Colorado | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 41.0 |
| 1 | Louisville | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 41.0 |
| 1 | South Carolina | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 41.0 |
| 1 | Wisconsin | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 41.0 |
| 1 | SMU | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 41.0 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Monroe | 3 | 15 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 126 | 42.0 |
| 1 | Bowling Green | 3 | 17 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 131 | 43.7 |
| 1 | Auburn | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 44.0 |
| 1 | Georgia State | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 44.0 |
| 1 | Buffalo | 2 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 44.0 |
| 1 | Arkansas | 2 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 88 | 44.0 |
| 1 | Kentucky | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 45.0 |
| 1 | California | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 45.0 |
| 1 | Marshall | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 45.0 |
| 1 | Purdue | 2 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 45.0 |
| 1 | Ohio | 2 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 45.0 |
| 1 | Texas State | 2 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 45.0 |
| 1 | Miami (OH) | 2 | 13 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 47.0 |
| 1 | Arizona State | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 48.0 |
| 1 | Louisiana | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 49.0 |
| 1 | North Texas | 2 | 14 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 50.5 |
| 1 | Clemson | 1 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 51.0 |
| 1 | UTEP | 2 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 51.5 |
| 1 | Western Kentucky | 3 | 22 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 157 | 52.3 |
| 1 | Ball State | 2 | 15 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 53.5 |
| 1 | Kent State | 2 | 16 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 116 | 58.0 |
| 1 | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 66.0 |
| 97 | UCF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 97 | TCU | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 97 | Hawaii | 2 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 58 | 29.0 |
| 97 | Wake Forest | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 33.0 |
| 97 | Missouri State | 2 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 80 | 40.0 |
| 97 | Southern Miss | 2 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 91 | 45.5 |
| 103 | Fresno State | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 39.0 |