2026 National Leaders Scoring Defense - Games on the Road/Neutral Site Only through 09/19/2026
| Name | G | TD | FG | 1XP | 2XP | Safety | Points | Points/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Penn State | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 2 | UCF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 3 | Notre Dame | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 3 | James Madison | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 3 | Miami (FL) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 13.0 |
| 6 | Maryland | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 6 | New Mexico | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 8 | TCU | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 9 | Iowa State | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 9 | Auburn | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 11 | Alabama | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 11 | Baylor | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 11 | Georgia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 11 | Oklahoma | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 11 | Tulsa | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 11 | Western Michigan | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 17.0 |
| 17 | FIU | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 17.5 |
| 18 | California | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 19 | North Carolina | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 19.0 |
| 20 | Connecticut | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 20 | Liberty | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 22 | Kentucky | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 22 | Massachusetts | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 22 | Missouri | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 22 | North Dakota State | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 21.0 |
| 26 | BYU | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 27 | Mississippi State | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 23.5 |
| 28 | Texas Tech | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 28 | Appalachian State | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 28 | UCLA | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 28 | Kansas | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 28 | Ohio State | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 28 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 28 | Sam Houston State | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 28 | USF | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 28 | Tennessee | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 28 | Tulane | 2 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 24.0 |
| 38 | Utah State | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 24.5 |
| 38 | Fresno State | 2 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 24.5 |
| 40 | UNLV | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 25.0 |
| 41 | Virginia Tech | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 42 | Georgia Southern | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 26.5 |
| 42 | Coastal Carolina | 2 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 26.5 |
| 44 | Duke | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 44 | Michigan State | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 44 | Nevada | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 44 | Syracuse | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 44 | Troy | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 44 | West Virginia | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 44 | Colorado | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 27.0 |
| 51 | Rutgers | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 51 | Arizona | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 51 | Houston | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 51 | Middle Tennessee State | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 51 | San Diego State | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 51 | South Alabama | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 51 | UTSA | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 28.0 |
| 58 | Washington State | 2 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 29.0 |
| 59 | Memphis | 2 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 29.5 |
| 59 | Wyoming | 2 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 29.5 |
| 61 | Toledo | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 30.0 |
| 62 | Georgia State | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 61 | 30.5 |
| 63 | Cincinnati | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 31.0 |
| 63 | Jacksonville State | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 62 | 31.0 |
| 65 | New Mexico State | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 31.5 |
| 65 | UAB | 2 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 31.5 |
| 65 | San Jose State | 2 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 31.5 |
| 68 | LSU | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 32.0 |
| 69 | Arizona State | 2 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 32.5 |
| 69 | East Carolina | 2 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 32.5 |
| 69 | SMU | 2 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 32.5 |
| 72 | Oregon State | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 33.0 |
| 73 | Charlotte | 2 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 33.5 |
| 74 | Boise State | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 34.0 |
| 74 | Boston College | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 34.0 |
| 76 | Marshall | 2 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 34.5 |
| 76 | NC State | 2 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 34.5 |
| 78 | Delaware | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 35.0 |
| 78 | USC | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 35.0 |
| 78 | Stanford | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 35.0 |
| 81 | Wake Forest | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 36.0 |
| 82 | Arkansas State | 2 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 36.5 |
| 83 | Hawaii | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 37.0 |
| 84 | Central Michigan | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 38.0 |
| 84 | Ole Miss | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 38.0 |
| 84 | Navy | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 38.0 |
| 84 | Virginia | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 38.0 |
| 88 | Sacramento State | 2 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 77 | 38.5 |
| 89 | Oregon | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 39.0 |
| 89 | Florida | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 39.0 |
| 91 | Akron | 2 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 79 | 39.5 |
| 92 | Louisiana Tech | 2 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 81 | 40.5 |
| 93 | Louisville | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 41.0 |
| 93 | Wisconsin | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 41.0 |
| 93 | Northern Illinois | 2 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 41.0 |
| 96 | Kennesaw State | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 42.0 |
| 97 | Southern Miss | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 43.0 |
| 97 | Arkansas | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 43.0 |
| 99 | Old Dominion | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 44.0 |
| 99 | Louisiana-Monroe | 2 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 44.0 |
| 99 | Buffalo | 2 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 44.0 |
| 102 | Eastern Michigan | 2 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 44.5 |
| 103 | Ohio | 2 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 45.0 |
| 104 | Miami (OH) | 2 | 13 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 47.0 |
| 105 | Louisiana | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 49.0 |
| 105 | Temple | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 49.0 |
| 107 | Missouri State | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 50.0 |
| 107 | Florida State | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 50.0 |
| 109 | North Texas | 2 | 14 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 50.5 |
| 110 | Clemson | 1 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 51.0 |
| 111 | UTEP | 2 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 51.5 |
| 112 | Purdue | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 52.0 |
| 112 | Rice | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 52.0 |
| 114 | Western Kentucky | 3 | 22 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 157 | 52.3 |
| 115 | Ball State | 2 | 15 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 53.5 |
| 116 | Bowling Green | 2 | 15 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 55.5 |
| 117 | Kent State | 2 | 16 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 116 | 58.0 |
| 118 | Texas State | 1 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 59.0 |
| 119 | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 66.0 |