2026 National Leaders Scoring Defense - Games vs. FBS (I-A) Teams Only through 09/19/2026

Name G TD FG 1XP 2XP Safety Points Points/G
1 Northwestern 1 1 0 1 0 0 7 7.0
2 Utah 2 1 1 1 0 0 10 5.0
3 Iowa 2 1 2 1 0 0 13 6.5
4 Indiana 2 1 3 1 0 0 16 8.0
5 New Mexico 2 3 0 3 0 0 21 10.5
5 Massachusetts 1 3 0 3 0 0 21 21.0
7 Penn State 3 2 3 1 0 0 22 7.3
7 TCU 2 2 2 2 0 1 22 11.0
9 Notre Dame 3 2 3 2 0 0 23 7.7
9 Oklahoma 3 2 3 2 0 0 23 7.7
9 Iowa State 2 2 3 2 0 0 23 11.5
12 Washington 2 3 1 3 0 0 24 12.0
13 James Madison 2 3 2 2 0 0 26 13.0
13 Miami (FL) 2 3 2 2 0 0 26 13.0
15 Kansas State 2 3 2 3 0 0 27 13.5
15 Tulsa 2 3 2 3 0 0 27 13.5
17 Nebraska 2 3 2 2 1 0 28 14.0
17 Army 1 4 0 4 0 0 28 28.0
19 Ohio State 3 3 3 3 0 0 30 10.0
20 Tennessee 2 3 4 3 0 0 33 16.5
20 USF 2 4 2 3 0 0 33 16.5
22 Pittsburgh 3 4 2 4 0 0 34 11.3
22 Western Michigan 2 5 0 4 0 0 34 17.0
24 Liberty 2 4 2 3 1 0 35 17.5
25 Texas 3 3 5 3 0 0 36 12.0
25 Baylor 2 5 1 3 0 0 36 18.0
27 Duke 3 4 3 4 0 0 37 12.3
27 Georgia 2 5 1 4 0 0 37 18.5
29 North Carolina 2 4 4 2 0 0 38 19.0
29 Missouri 2 5 1 5 0 0 38 19.0
29 Air Force 1 5 1 5 0 0 38 38.0
29 Navy 1 5 1 5 0 0 38 38.0
33 Michigan 3 3 6 3 0 0 39 13.0
34 BYU 2 5 1 3 2 0 40 20.0
35 Nevada 2 5 2 5 0 0 41 20.5
35 South Carolina 2 5 2 5 0 0 41 20.5
37 UCF 2 4 4 4 0 1 42 21.0
38 Appalachian State 2 6 1 4 1 0 45 22.5
38 Arizona 2 6 1 6 0 0 45 22.5
38 Minnesota 2 6 1 6 0 0 45 22.5
41 Cincinnati 2 6 1 5 1 0 46 23.0
41 Virginia 2 6 1 5 1 0 46 23.0
43 Virginia Tech 2 6 2 3 1 0 47 23.5
43 Sam Houston State 2 6 2 5 0 0 47 23.5
45 Central Michigan 2 5 4 4 1 0 48 24.0
45 Middle Tennessee State 2 6 2 6 0 0 48 24.0
45 Syracuse 2 6 2 6 0 0 48 24.0
45 Troy 2 6 2 6 0 0 48 24.0
45 Houston 2 7 0 6 0 0 48 24.0
50 North Dakota State 3 7 1 4 0 0 49 16.3
50 Utah State 2 5 5 4 0 0 49 24.5
50 Maryland 2 7 0 5 1 0 49 24.5
50 Delaware 2 7 0 7 0 0 49 24.5
54 Texas Tech 2 6 3 3 1 0 50 25.0
55 Texas A&M 3 6 3 6 0 0 51 17.0
55 Wisconsin 2 6 3 6 0 0 51 25.5
55 West Virginia 2 7 1 6 0 0 51 25.5
58 Fresno State 3 6 2 6 0 2 52 17.3
59 Georgia Southern 2 5 6 5 0 0 53 26.5
59 Coastal Carolina 2 7 1 6 1 0 53 26.5
61 Michigan State 3 7 2 6 0 0 54 18.0
61 Boise State 2 6 4 6 0 0 54 27.0
61 Colorado State 2 6 4 6 0 0 54 27.0
61 Colorado 2 6 4 6 0 0 54 27.0
61 Illinois 2 6 4 6 0 0 54 27.0
61 San Diego State 2 7 2 6 0 0 54 27.0
67 FIU 3 4 9 2 1 0 55 18.3
67 Boston College 2 7 2 7 0 0 55 27.5
67 Oklahoma State 2 7 2 7 0 0 55 27.5
70 LSU 3 7 2 6 1 0 56 18.7
70 UTSA 2 6 5 5 0 0 56 28.0
72 Vanderbilt 2 7 3 6 0 0 57 28.5
73 Connecticut 2 7 3 7 0 0 58 29.0
73 Washington State 2 7 3 7 0 0 58 29.0
75 Georgia Tech 2 8 1 8 0 0 59 29.5
75 Wyoming 2 8 1 8 0 0 59 29.5
77 Mississippi State 3 5 8 4 1 0 60 20.0
77 Florida 2 8 1 7 1 0 60 30.0
79 Georgia State 2 7 4 5 1 0 61 30.5
80 Kansas 2 8 2 8 0 0 62 31.0
81 Alabama 3 8 2 7 1 0 63 21.0
81 New Mexico State 2 7 5 6 0 0 63 31.5
81 California 2 8 3 6 0 0 63 31.5
81 Louisiana 2 9 0 9 0 0 63 31.5
85 Old Dominion 2 7 5 7 0 0 64 32.0
85 South Alabama 2 9 0 8 1 0 64 32.0
87 Arizona State 2 8 3 8 0 0 65 32.5
87 SMU 2 9 1 8 0 0 65 32.5
89 Oregon 2 7 6 6 0 0 66 33.0
89 Kentucky 2 8 3 7 1 0 66 33.0
91 Charlotte 2 8 4 7 0 0 67 33.5
92 Auburn 3 8 4 6 1 0 68 22.7
92 Oregon State 2 9 2 8 0 0 68 34.0
94 NC State 2 9 2 9 0 0 69 34.5
95 Ole Miss 3 7 7 6 1 0 71 23.7
96 UCLA 3 9 3 9 0 0 72 24.0
96 Tulane 3 9 3 9 0 0 72 24.0
96 Louisville 2 9 3 9 0 0 72 36.0
99 Kennesaw State 2 8 5 6 2 0 73 36.5
99 Arkansas State 2 10 1 10 0 0 73 36.5
101 Temple 2 10 2 10 0 0 76 38.0
102 UNLV 3 8 7 8 0 0 77 25.7
102 Hawaii 3 11 0 9 0 1 77 25.7
104 Clemson 3 10 3 9 0 0 78 26.0
104 Toledo 2 8 7 5 2 0 78 39.0
106 Akron 2 9 5 8 1 0 79 39.5
107 Missouri State 2 9 5 9 0 1 80 40.0
107 Rice 2 11 1 11 0 0 80 40.0
109 Louisiana Tech 2 10 4 7 1 0 81 40.5
110 Northern Illinois 2 11 2 10 0 0 82 41.0
111 UAB 3 11 2 11 0 0 83 27.7
111 Memphis 3 11 2 11 0 0 83 27.7
113 Wake Forest 3 10 5 8 0 1 85 28.3
114 Louisiana-Monroe 2 10 6 10 0 0 88 44.0
114 Buffalo 2 11 4 10 0 0 88 44.0
114 Arkansas 2 12 1 11 1 0 88 44.0
117 Jacksonville State 3 9 8 9 1 0 89 29.7
117 San Jose State 3 11 4 11 0 0 89 29.7
119 Purdue 2 11 4 10 1 0 90 45.0
120 USC 4 12 2 9 2 0 91 22.8
120 Southern Miss 2 11 4 11 0 1 91 45.5
122 East Carolina 3 11 5 11 0 0 92 30.7
123 Florida State 3 11 6 10 0 0 94 31.3
123 Miami (OH) 2 13 1 13 0 0 94 47.0
125 Marshall 3 12 4 11 0 0 95 31.7
126 UTEP 2 13 4 13 0 0 103 51.5
127 Florida Atlantic 3 14 2 12 1 1 106 35.3
128 Rutgers 3 12 7 10 2 0 107 35.7
128 North Texas 3 14 3 14 0 0 107 35.7
128 Stanford 3 15 1 12 1 0 107 35.7
128 Ball State 2 15 1 14 0 0 107 53.5
132 Sacramento State 3 14 3 13 1 0 108 36.0
133 Bowling Green 2 15 2 15 0 0 111 55.5
134 Kent State 2 16 1 15 1 0 116 58.0
135 Ohio 3 15 4 15 0 0 117 39.0
136 Texas State 3 17 2 17 0 0 125 41.7
137 Eastern Michigan 4 17 5 16 0 0 133 33.3
138 Western Kentucky 3 22 1 22 0 0 157 52.3