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

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