2026 National Leaders Scoring Defense - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 09/19/2026

Name G TD FG 1XP 2XP Safety Points Points/G
1 Ohio State 2 0 2 0 0 0 6 3.0
1 Oklahoma 2 0 2 0 0 0 6 3.0
1 South Carolina 2 1 1 0 0 0 9 4.5
1 Ole Miss 1 0 3 0 0 0 9 9.0
5 Iowa 3 1 2 1 0 0 13 4.3
5 Indiana 3 1 3 1 0 0 16 5.3
5 Fresno State 2 1 2 1 0 0 13 6.5
5 Texas 2 1 2 1 0 0 13 6.5
5 Penn State 3 2 3 1 0 0 22 7.3
5 Wisconsin 2 1 4 1 0 0 19 9.5
5 Auburn 2 3 1 1 1 0 24 12.0
5 Northwestern 2 2 4 1 0 0 25 12.5
5 Louisville 1 1 2 1 0 0 13 13.0
5 Kentucky 1 2 0 1 0 0 13 13.0
15 Minnesota 2 2 0 2 0 0 14 7.0
15 Notre Dame 3 2 3 2 0 0 23 7.7
15 Iowa State 2 2 1 2 0 0 17 8.5
15 James Madison 3 3 3 2 0 0 29 9.7
15 Georgia Tech 2 2 3 2 1 0 25 12.5
15 Houston 2 4 0 2 0 0 26 13.0
15 North Carolina 3 4 5 2 0 0 41 13.7
15 Arkansas 1 2 0 2 0 0 14 14.0
15 Kennesaw State 2 3 3 2 1 0 31 15.5
15 Florida State 1 2 1 2 0 0 17 17.0
15 Oregon State 1 2 1 2 0 0 17 17.0
15 Texas Tech 2 4 2 2 1 0 34 17.0
15 FIU 3 4 9 2 1 0 55 18.3
28 Utah 3 3 1 3 0 0 24 8.0
28 Tulsa 3 3 2 3 0 0 27 9.0
28 TCU 3 3 2 3 0 1 29 9.7
28 Kansas State 3 3 3 3 0 0 30 10.0
28 Louisiana 2 3 0 3 0 0 21 10.5
28 Miami (FL) 3 4 2 3 0 0 33 11.0
28 Nebraska 3 4 2 3 1 0 35 11.7
28 Arizona State 2 3 1 3 0 0 24 12.0
28 Arizona 2 3 1 3 0 0 24 12.0
28 LSU 2 3 1 3 0 0 24 12.0
28 Oklahoma State 2 3 1 3 0 0 24 12.0
28 Michigan 3 3 6 3 0 0 39 13.0
28 Baylor 3 5 2 3 0 0 39 13.0
28 Clemson 2 3 2 3 0 0 27 13.5
28 Michigan State 2 4 0 3 0 0 27 13.5
28 Tennessee 3 4 5 3 0 0 42 14.0
28 Kansas 2 3 3 3 0 0 30 15.0
28 Virginia Tech 3 6 3 3 1 0 50 16.7
28 Florida Atlantic 2 5 1 3 1 1 40 20.0
28 UTSA 2 4 5 3 0 0 42 21.0
28 Louisiana Tech 2 5 3 3 0 0 42 21.0
28 Utah State 2 3 8 3 0 0 45 22.5
50 New Mexico 3 4 0 4 0 0 28 9.3
50 Pittsburgh 3 4 2 4 0 0 34 11.3
50 Duke 3 4 3 4 0 0 37 12.3
50 North Dakota State 4 7 1 4 0 0 49 12.3
50 Washington 3 4 4 4 0 0 40 13.3
50 Georgia 3 5 2 4 0 0 40 13.3
50 Rice 2 4 1 4 0 0 31 15.5
50 Army 2 4 1 4 0 0 31 15.5
50 BYU 3 6 1 4 2 0 47 15.7
50 UCF 3 5 4 4 0 1 48 16.0
50 Appalachian State 3 6 2 4 1 0 48 16.0
50 SMU 2 4 2 4 0 0 34 17.0
50 Colorado State 2 4 3 4 0 0 37 18.5
50 Mississippi State 3 5 8 4 1 0 60 20.0
50 Wake Forest 2 6 4 4 0 0 52 26.0
65 Sam Houston State 3 6 2 5 0 0 47 15.7
65 Virginia 3 6 2 5 1 0 49 16.3
65 Maryland 3 7 0 5 1 0 49 16.3
65 USF 3 6 3 5 0 0 50 16.7
65 Western Michigan 2 5 0 5 0 0 35 17.5
65 Georgia Southern 3 5 6 5 0 0 53 17.7
65 Troy 2 5 1 5 0 0 38 19.0
65 Air Force 2 5 1 5 0 0 38 19.0
65 Central Michigan 3 6 5 5 1 0 58 19.3
65 Liberty 3 6 5 5 1 0 58 19.3
65 Boise State 2 5 3 5 0 0 44 22.0
65 East Carolina 2 5 3 5 0 0 44 22.0
65 Missouri State 2 5 3 5 0 0 44 22.0
65 Buffalo 2 6 3 5 0 0 50 25.0
65 Marshall 2 6 3 5 0 0 50 25.0
65 Navy 2 7 2 5 0 0 53 26.5
81 Massachusetts 3 6 1 6 0 0 45 15.0
81 Syracuse 3 6 3 6 0 0 51 17.0
81 Texas A&M 3 6 3 6 0 0 51 17.0
81 Cincinnati 3 7 2 6 1 0 56 18.7
81 Oregon 3 7 6 6 0 0 66 22.0
81 Vanderbilt 3 8 4 6 0 0 66 22.0
81 Georgia State 3 8 5 6 1 0 71 23.7
81 Toledo 3 9 8 6 2 0 88 29.3
81 Stanford 2 9 0 6 1 0 62 31.0
81 Rutgers 2 7 5 6 1 0 65 32.5
81 Ball State 2 9 2 6 1 0 68 34.0
92 Missouri 3 7 1 7 0 0 52 17.3
92 West Virginia 3 8 1 7 0 0 58 19.3
92 Coastal Carolina 3 8 1 7 1 0 60 20.0
92 Nevada 3 7 4 7 0 0 61 20.3
92 Alabama 3 8 2 7 1 0 63 21.0
92 Florida 3 8 2 7 1 0 63 21.0
92 Illinois 3 7 5 7 0 0 64 21.3
92 San Jose State 3 8 4 7 0 0 67 22.3
92 California 3 9 3 7 0 0 70 23.3
92 North Texas 2 7 2 7 0 0 55 27.5
92 UTEP 2 7 4 7 0 0 61 30.5
92 Louisiana-Monroe 2 7 5 7 0 0 64 32.0
92 Charlotte 2 9 2 7 1 0 69 34.5
92 Western Kentucky 1 7 0 7 0 0 49 49.0
106 Delaware 3 8 0 8 0 0 56 18.7
106 Middle Tennessee State 3 8 2 8 0 0 62 20.7
106 Connecticut 3 8 3 8 0 0 65 21.7
106 Washington State 3 8 3 8 0 0 65 21.7
106 Boston College 3 9 3 8 0 0 71 23.7
106 Old Dominion 3 8 6 8 0 0 74 24.7
106 San Diego State 3 9 4 8 0 0 74 24.7
106 UNLV 3 8 7 8 0 0 77 25.7
106 New Mexico State 3 9 5 8 0 0 77 25.7
106 Kent State 2 9 2 8 1 1 72 36.0
116 USC 4 12 2 9 2 0 91 22.8
116 NC State 3 9 2 9 0 0 69 23.0
116 UCLA 3 9 3 9 0 0 72 24.0
116 Tulane 3 9 3 9 0 0 72 24.0
116 Wyoming 3 9 3 9 0 0 72 24.0
116 Colorado 3 9 4 9 0 0 75 25.0
116 Hawaii 3 11 0 9 0 1 77 25.7
116 Akron 3 10 6 9 1 0 89 29.7
116 Temple 2 9 0 9 0 0 63 31.5
116 Texas State 2 9 1 9 0 0 66 33.0
126 Jacksonville State 4 10 8 10 1 0 96 24.0
126 South Alabama 3 11 0 10 1 0 78 26.0
126 Northern Illinois 2 10 0 10 0 0 70 35.0
129 Arkansas State 3 11 1 11 0 0 80 26.7
129 UAB 3 11 2 11 0 0 83 27.7
129 Southern Miss 3 11 5 11 0 1 94 31.3
129 Purdue 3 13 6 11 1 0 109 36.3
133 Sacramento State 4 14 3 13 1 0 108 27.0
134 Memphis 4 14 2 14 0 0 104 26.0
134 Miami (OH) 3 14 1 14 0 0 101 33.7
136 Ohio 3 15 4 15 0 0 117 39.0
137 Eastern Michigan 4 17 5 16 0 0 133 33.3
138 Bowling Green 3 17 4 17 0 0 131 43.7