2026 National Leaders Scoring Defense - Games in August/September Only through 10/30/2026

Name G TD FG 1XP 2XP Safety Points Points/G
1 Iowa 4 3 4 2 0 0 32 8.0
2 Notre Dame 4 3 4 3 0 0 33 8.3
3 Pittsburgh 4 4 2 4 0 0 34 8.5
4 Miami (FL) 4 4 3 3 0 0 36 9.0
5 Indiana 4 4 4 3 0 0 39 9.8
6 Utah 4 5 2 5 0 0 41 10.3
6 North Carolina 3 4 5 2 0 0 41 13.7
8 Duke 4 5 3 5 0 0 44 11.0
9 Penn State 4 5 4 4 0 0 46 11.5
9 New Mexico 4 6 1 5 1 0 46 11.5
11 BYU 3 6 1 4 2 0 47 15.7
12 Nebraska 4 5 4 4 1 0 48 12.0
12 Army 3 6 2 6 0 0 48 16.0
14 James Madison 4 5 5 4 0 0 49 12.3
14 Ohio State 4 5 5 4 0 0 49 12.3
14 North Dakota State 4 7 1 4 0 0 49 12.3
17 TCU 4 6 2 6 0 1 50 12.5
18 Massachusetts 4 6 3 6 0 0 51 12.8
18 Syracuse 3 6 3 6 0 0 51 17.0
20 Virginia 4 6 3 5 1 0 52 13.0
20 Baylor 4 6 4 4 0 0 52 13.0
22 Texas 4 5 6 5 0 0 53 13.3
22 Georgia 4 7 2 5 0 0 53 13.3
24 Northwestern 3 5 6 4 0 1 54 18.0
25 USF 4 6 5 5 0 0 56 14.0
26 FIU 4 4 10 2 1 0 58 14.5
27 Michigan 4 6 6 5 0 0 59 14.8
28 UCF 4 6 6 5 0 1 61 15.3
28 Tulsa 4 6 6 5 1 0 61 15.3
28 Kansas State 4 7 4 7 0 0 61 15.3
31 Tennessee 4 6 7 5 0 0 62 15.5
31 LSU 4 7 4 6 1 0 62 15.5
33 Iowa State 4 7 5 7 0 0 64 16.0
33 Oklahoma 4 7 5 7 0 0 64 16.0
33 Virginia Tech 4 8 3 5 1 0 64 16.0
36 Washington 4 7 6 7 0 0 67 16.8
37 Kansas 3 8 4 8 0 0 68 22.7
38 Air Force 3 8 5 8 0 0 71 23.7
39 Arizona State 3 9 3 9 0 0 72 24.0
40 Texas Tech 4 9 4 6 1 0 74 18.5
41 Liberty 4 8 6 7 1 0 75 18.8
41 UCLA 4 9 4 9 0 0 75 18.8
43 Fresno State 4 9 3 9 0 2 76 19.0
43 Arizona 4 10 2 10 0 0 76 19.0
43 Minnesota 4 10 2 10 0 0 76 19.0
46 Louisiana 4 11 0 11 0 0 77 19.3
46 Navy 3 10 3 8 0 0 77 25.7
48 Oklahoma State 4 10 3 10 0 0 79 19.8
49 Wisconsin 4 8 8 8 0 0 80 20.0
49 Western Michigan 4 11 1 9 1 0 80 20.0
51 Alabama 4 10 3 8 2 0 81 20.3
52 Cincinnati 4 10 4 8 1 0 82 20.5
52 Wyoming 4 10 4 10 0 0 82 20.5
52 Houston 4 12 0 10 0 0 82 20.5
55 Auburn 4 9 7 6 1 0 83 20.8
55 Missouri 4 11 2 11 0 0 83 20.8
57 Mississippi State 4 8 9 7 1 0 84 21.0
58 Georgia State 4 10 5 8 1 0 85 21.3
58 Boise State 4 10 5 10 0 0 85 21.3
58 Middle Tennessee State 4 10 5 10 0 0 85 21.3
58 Michigan State 4 11 3 10 0 0 85 21.3
62 Texas A&M 4 11 3 11 0 0 86 21.5
62 Troy 4 11 3 11 0 0 86 21.5
64 UNLV 4 9 8 9 0 0 87 21.8
64 Vanderbilt 4 11 4 9 0 0 87 21.8
64 Louisiana Tech 3 10 6 7 1 0 87 29.0
67 Utah State 4 8 11 7 0 0 88 22.0
67 Clemson 4 11 4 10 0 0 88 22.0
69 Appalachian State 4 11 4 9 1 0 89 22.3
69 Connecticut 4 11 4 11 0 0 89 22.3
71 Kennesaw State 4 10 6 8 2 0 90 22.5
72 Florida 4 11 4 9 2 0 91 22.8
73 Boston College 4 11 5 9 1 0 92 23.0
73 Oregon State 4 12 3 11 0 0 92 23.0
75 Oregon 4 10 8 9 0 0 93 23.3
75 Tulane 4 12 3 12 0 0 93 23.3
77 Coastal Carolina 4 12 3 11 1 0 94 23.5
77 California 4 12 4 10 0 0 94 23.5
77 Arkansas State 4 13 1 13 0 0 94 23.5
80 Georgia Southern 4 11 6 11 0 0 95 23.8
81 Sam Houston State 4 13 2 12 0 0 96 24.0
82 Nevada 4 11 7 10 0 0 97 24.3
83 Colorado 4 11 7 11 0 0 98 24.5
83 Delaware 4 14 0 14 0 0 98 24.5
85 West Virginia 4 12 5 10 1 0 99 24.8
85 Washington State 4 12 5 12 0 0 99 24.8
85 SMU 4 13 3 10 1 0 99 24.8
85 South Carolina 4 13 3 12 0 0 99 24.8
89 Kentucky 4 13 3 11 1 0 100 25.0
89 NC State 4 13 3 13 0 0 100 25.0
91 East Carolina 4 12 6 11 0 0 101 25.3
91 Florida State 4 12 6 11 0 0 101 25.3
93 UAB 4 13 4 13 0 0 103 25.8
93 Maryland 4 14 2 11 1 0 103 25.8
95 Toledo 4 11 9 7 2 0 104 26.0
95 Georgia Tech 4 12 6 12 1 0 104 26.0
95 Hawaii 4 14 2 12 0 1 104 26.0
95 Memphis 4 14 2 14 0 0 104 26.0
99 Illinois 4 13 5 13 0 0 106 26.5
100 Arkansas 4 15 1 13 1 0 108 27.0
101 Jacksonville State 5 12 8 11 1 0 109 21.8
101 San Jose State 4 14 4 13 0 0 109 27.3
103 Central Michigan 4 13 6 12 1 0 110 27.5
104 Temple 4 15 2 15 0 0 111 27.8
105 Wake Forest 4 13 7 11 0 1 112 28.0
106 Rutgers 4 13 7 11 2 0 114 28.5
107 Louisville 4 13 8 13 0 0 115 28.8
107 San Diego State 4 14 6 13 0 0 115 28.8
109 UTSA 4 13 9 12 0 0 117 29.3
110 Southern Miss 4 14 6 14 0 1 118 29.5
111 New Mexico State 4 15 5 14 0 0 119 29.8
112 Old Dominion 4 13 10 12 0 0 120 30.0
113 North Texas 4 16 3 16 0 0 121 30.3
113 Rice 4 16 3 16 0 0 121 30.3
115 Miami (OH) 4 17 1 17 0 0 122 30.5
116 Ole Miss 4 14 8 13 1 0 123 30.8
116 Florida Atlantic 4 16 3 14 1 1 123 30.8
116 South Alabama 4 17 1 16 1 0 123 30.8
119 Ohio 4 16 4 16 0 0 124 31.0
120 Akron 4 15 7 14 1 0 127 31.8
121 Missouri State 4 16 5 15 0 1 128 32.0
122 Marshall 4 17 4 16 0 0 130 32.5
123 USC 5 17 4 14 2 0 132 26.4
124 Buffalo 4 17 5 16 0 0 133 33.3
125 Stanford 4 18 3 15 1 0 134 33.5
126 Texas State 4 18 3 18 0 0 135 33.8
127 Eastern Michigan 5 17 6 16 0 0 136 27.2
128 Colorado State 4 17 6 17 0 0 137 34.3
129 Sacramento State 5 19 3 18 1 0 143 28.6
130 Charlotte 4 18 6 16 1 0 144 36.0
130 Kent State 4 19 3 17 1 1 144 36.0
132 Bowling Green 4 19 4 19 0 0 145 36.3
132 Northern Illinois 4 20 2 19 0 0 145 36.3
134 UTEP 4 18 7 17 0 0 146 36.5
135 Ball State 4 20 3 17 1 1 150 37.5
136 Purdue 4 20 6 18 1 0 158 39.5
137 Western Kentucky 4 23 1 23 0 0 164 41.0
138 Louisiana-Monroe 4 21 8 21 0 0 171 42.8