2026 National Leaders Scoring Defense - Games vs. FBS (I-A) Teams Only through 10/30/2026

Name G TD FG 1XP 2XP Safety Points Points/G
1 Notre Dame 7 12 4 10 0 0 94 13.4
1 Utah 6 10 6 10 0 0 88 14.7
1 TCU 6 10 6 10 0 1 90 15.0
1 UCLA 7 13 6 11 0 0 107 15.3
1 Wisconsin 6 11 7 11 0 0 98 16.3
1 Miami (FL) 6 12 5 11 0 1 100 16.7
1 Baylor 7 12 13 8 0 0 119 17.0
1 Tennessee 7 13 10 13 0 0 121 17.3
1 Duke 6 12 7 12 0 0 105 17.5
1 Georgia 6 14 4 12 0 0 108 18.0
1 Arizona 6 14 4 14 0 0 110 18.3
1 Penn State 7 16 7 15 0 0 132 18.9
1 Texas 7 14 12 14 0 0 134 19.1
1 Wake Forest 7 16 8 14 0 1 136 19.4
1 Missouri 6 15 6 15 0 0 123 20.5
1 Texas A&M 7 19 6 19 0 0 151 21.6
1 Utah State 6 14 12 12 0 0 132 22.0
1 Minnesota 6 17 5 17 0 0 134 22.3
1 Louisiana 7 23 2 19 0 0 163 23.3
1 Washington 6 17 9 14 0 0 143 23.8
1 Pittsburgh 7 22 4 21 0 1 167 23.9
1 Ohio 7 21 7 21 0 0 168 24.0
1 Massachusetts 6 17 8 17 0 1 145 24.2
1 Oregon 6 17 9 16 0 0 145 24.2
1 Kansas State 6 19 4 19 0 0 145 24.2
1 Air Force 6 18 7 17 0 0 146 24.3
1 Hawaii 8 26 5 23 0 1 196 24.5
1 Clemson 6 18 8 17 0 0 149 24.8
1 Troy 7 24 5 19 0 0 178 25.4
1 Tulane 8 26 7 26 0 0 203 25.4
1 UAB 6 20 6 20 0 0 158 26.3
1 New Mexico State 7 21 14 20 0 0 188 26.9
1 Kansas 6 20 7 19 0 1 162 27.0
1 UTSA 7 24 9 21 0 0 192 27.4
1 Oklahoma State 6 22 4 22 0 0 166 27.7
1 Miami (OH) 7 26 6 25 0 0 199 28.4
1 Eastern Michigan 8 29 9 27 0 0 228 28.5
1 Sam Houston State 7 26 7 24 0 0 201 28.7
1 Old Dominion 7 23 15 21 0 0 204 29.1
1 Marshall 6 22 9 21 0 0 180 30.0
1 Syracuse 6 24 5 22 0 0 181 30.2
1 Temple 6 23 7 23 0 0 182 30.3
1 Delaware 7 28 5 28 0 1 213 30.4
1 Washington State 7 25 13 25 0 0 214 30.6
1 Navy 6 25 5 24 0 0 189 31.5
1 Colorado 6 20 17 19 0 0 190 31.7
1 NC State 6 26 5 26 0 0 197 32.8
1 Missouri State 7 29 10 27 0 1 233 33.3
1 Vanderbilt 7 30 8 29 0 0 233 33.3
1 Arizona State 6 24 12 22 0 0 202 33.7
1 Western Kentucky 7 32 6 32 0 0 242 34.6
1 Louisiana-Monroe 6 28 9 28 0 0 223 37.2
1 Southern Miss 6 27 11 27 0 1 224 37.3
1 Ball State 7 34 8 33 0 2 265 37.9
1 San Diego State 7 35 8 33 0 1 269 38.4
1 Charlotte 7 35 11 34 0 1 279 39.9
1 Northern Illinois 6 33 4 32 0 0 242 40.3
1 UTEP 6 31 11 30 0 1 251 41.8
59 New Mexico 6 9 3 7 1 0 72 12.0
59 Indiana 7 10 9 7 1 0 96 13.7
59 North Dakota State 7 13 4 8 1 0 100 14.3
59 USF 6 9 8 7 1 1 89 14.8
59 Michigan 7 11 11 9 1 0 110 15.7
59 Northwestern 6 12 4 10 1 1 98 16.3
59 Iowa 6 11 8 8 1 0 100 16.7
59 Oklahoma 7 15 6 14 1 0 124 17.7
59 FIU 6 9 16 7 1 0 111 18.5
59 Fresno State 7 15 12 14 1 2 146 20.9
59 James Madison 8 19 12 15 1 0 167 20.9
59 Western Michigan 7 20 3 18 1 0 149 21.3
59 Jacksonville State 7 17 11 15 1 0 152 21.7
59 Nevada 6 16 8 12 1 0 134 22.3
59 San Jose State 7 18 11 17 1 0 160 22.9
59 SMU 6 17 7 13 1 0 138 23.0
59 Virginia Tech 7 20 8 15 1 0 161 23.0
59 Houston 7 22 3 19 1 0 162 23.1
59 UNLV 7 19 11 17 1 0 166 23.7
59 North Carolina 6 17 9 12 1 0 143 23.8
59 Auburn 7 20 10 17 1 0 169 24.1
59 Oregon State 6 20 3 14 1 0 145 24.2
59 Boston College 6 17 10 13 1 1 149 24.8
59 Army 6 20 4 18 1 0 152 25.3
59 Ole Miss 7 20 12 19 1 0 177 25.3
59 Kentucky 7 22 10 21 1 0 185 26.4
59 Iowa State 6 20 6 19 1 0 159 26.5
59 Connecticut 6 20 7 17 1 0 160 26.7
59 Georgia Southern 6 19 9 18 1 0 161 26.8
59 Mississippi State 7 22 13 21 1 0 194 27.7
59 Illinois 6 20 9 18 1 0 167 27.8
59 South Carolina 6 21 7 19 1 0 168 28.0
59 UCF 7 22 13 21 1 1 196 28.0
59 Central Michigan 7 25 7 24 1 0 197 28.1
59 Georgia State 6 22 6 20 1 0 172 28.7
59 Arkansas 6 23 4 21 1 0 173 28.8
59 Coastal Carolina 6 23 4 22 1 0 174 29.0
59 East Carolina 6 20 12 17 1 0 175 29.2
59 Cincinnati 6 21 10 17 1 0 175 29.2
59 Louisville 6 21 11 18 1 0 179 29.8
59 Florida State 6 24 7 21 1 0 188 31.3
59 Texas State 6 26 6 24 1 0 200 33.3
59 Georgia Tech 6 26 7 22 1 0 201 33.5
59 Sacramento State 8 36 7 34 1 0 273 34.1
59 North Texas 7 31 8 29 1 0 241 34.4
59 Purdue 6 26 8 25 1 0 207 34.5
59 California 7 33 6 28 1 0 246 35.1
59 South Alabama 6 29 3 28 1 0 213 35.5
59 West Virginia 7 32 9 30 1 0 251 35.9
59 Rice 7 33 6 31 1 1 251 35.9
59 Akron 7 31 12 28 1 0 252 36.0
59 Maryland 6 32 4 27 1 0 233 38.8
59 Florida Atlantic 7 37 5 35 1 1 276 39.4
59 Colorado State 6 37 8 36 1 0 284 47.3
113 Liberty 6 8 6 5 2 0 75 12.5
113 Ohio State 7 10 8 6 2 0 94 13.4
113 LSU 7 13 7 11 2 0 114 16.3
113 Nebraska 6 9 12 7 2 0 101 16.8
113 Boise State 6 14 7 11 2 0 120 20.0
113 Alabama 8 19 12 16 2 0 170 21.3
113 Virginia 7 18 9 15 2 0 154 22.0
113 Texas Tech 6 17 5 12 2 0 133 22.2
113 Louisiana Tech 6 18 5 14 2 0 141 23.5
113 USC 8 25 8 22 2 0 200 25.0
113 Michigan State 8 25 10 22 2 0 206 25.8
113 Buffalo 6 19 8 16 2 0 158 26.3
113 Toledo 7 22 13 18 2 0 193 27.6
113 Tulsa 7 23 11 20 2 0 195 27.9
113 Arkansas State 7 28 5 24 2 0 211 30.1
113 Bowling Green 7 27 9 25 2 0 218 31.1
113 Kent State 8 32 11 29 2 1 260 32.5
113 Stanford 7 38 4 33 2 0 277 39.6
131 Wyoming 7 16 11 12 3 0 147 21.0
131 Memphis 7 19 11 16 3 0 169 24.1
131 Appalachian State 6 20 5 16 3 1 159 26.5
131 Middle Tennessee State 7 28 9 22 3 0 223 31.9
131 Florida 6 24 8 21 3 0 195 32.5
131 Rutgers 6 28 9 25 3 0 226 37.7
137 BYU 6 14 7 10 4 0 123 20.5
137 Kennesaw State 7 22 15 18 4 0 203 29.0