2026 National Leaders Scoring Defense - Games vs. FBS Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 09/19/2026
| Name | G | TD | FG | 1XP | 2XP | Safety | Points | Points/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Utah | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5.0 |
| 2 | Kansas State | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 2 | Northwestern | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 4 | Michigan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 4 | Tulsa | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 10.0 |
| 7 | Notre Dame | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 11.5 |
| 8 | UCF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 8 | Washington | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 12.0 |
| 10 | Iowa | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 10 | James Madison | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 10 | Western Michigan | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 10 | Miami (FL) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 13.0 |
| 14 | New Mexico | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 15 | TCU | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 15 | Cincinnati | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 15 | Texas | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 15.0 |
| 18 | Iowa State | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 19 | Baylor | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 19 | Georgia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 19 | Oklahoma | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 19 | Duke | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 17.0 |
| 23 | USC | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 17.5 |
| 24 | North Carolina | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 19.0 |
| 25 | BYU | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 20.0 |
| 26 | Massachusetts | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 26 | Missouri | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 26 | LSU | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 21.0 |
| 29 | Georgia Southern | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 30 | Virginia | 2 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 23.0 |
| 31 | Mississippi State | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 23.5 |
| 32 | Ohio State | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 32 | Tennessee | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 32 | Syracuse | 2 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 24.0 |
| 32 | Tulane | 2 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 24.0 |
| 32 | Houston | 2 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 24.0 |
| 32 | UCLA | 3 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 24.0 |
| 38 | Utah State | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 24.5 |
| 39 | Texas Tech | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 25.0 |
| 40 | Texas A&M | 2 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 25.5 |
| 41 | Virginia Tech | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 42 | Alabama | 2 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 26.5 |
| 43 | Temple | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 43 | Troy | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 43 | West Virginia | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 43 | Colorado | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 27.0 |
| 47 | Boston College | 2 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 27.5 |
| 48 | Arizona | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 48 | San Diego State | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 48 | UTSA | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 28.0 |
| 51 | Washington State | 2 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 29.0 |
| 52 | Georgia Tech | 2 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 29.5 |
| 53 | Toledo | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 30.0 |
| 53 | Auburn | 2 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 30.0 |
| 55 | Arkansas State | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 31.0 |
| 55 | Coastal Carolina | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 31.0 |
| 55 | Illinois | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 31.0 |
| 55 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 31.0 |
| 55 | Vanderbilt | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 31.0 |
| 55 | Ole Miss | 2 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 62 | 31.0 |
| 55 | Kansas | 2 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 31.0 |
| 62 | California | 2 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 31.5 |
| 63 | Arizona State | 2 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 32.5 |
| 63 | SMU | 2 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 32.5 |
| 65 | Oregon | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 33.0 |
| 65 | Kentucky | 2 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 66 | 33.0 |
| 67 | Boise State | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 34.0 |
| 67 | New Mexico State | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 34.0 |
| 67 | San Jose State | 2 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 34.0 |
| 67 | Oregon State | 2 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 34.0 |
| 71 | Wake Forest | 2 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 34.5 |
| 71 | NC State | 2 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 34.5 |
| 73 | Maryland | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 35.0 |
| 73 | Delaware | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 35.0 |
| 73 | Wyoming | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 35.0 |
| 73 | Rutgers | 2 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 70 | 35.0 |
| 77 | Clemson | 2 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 35.5 |
| 78 | Louisville | 2 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 36.0 |
| 79 | Hawaii | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 37.0 |
| 80 | Connecticut | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 38.0 |
| 80 | Memphis | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 38.0 |
| 80 | Minnesota | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 38.0 |
| 83 | Florida State | 2 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 38.5 |
| 84 | Fresno State | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 39.0 |
| 84 | Florida | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 39.0 |
| 86 | Akron | 2 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 79 | 39.5 |
| 87 | Stanford | 2 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 40.0 |
| 88 | Louisiana Tech | 2 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 81 | 40.5 |
| 89 | Colorado State | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 41.0 |
| 89 | Charlotte | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 41.0 |
| 89 | South Carolina | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 41.0 |
| 89 | Northern Illinois | 2 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 41.0 |
| 93 | Kennesaw State | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 42.0 |
| 93 | UAB | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 42.0 |
| 95 | Southern Miss | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 43.0 |
| 96 | Georgia State | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 44.0 |
| 96 | Old Dominion | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 44.0 |
| 96 | Arkansas | 2 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 88 | 44.0 |
| 99 | Eastern Michigan | 2 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 44.5 |
| 100 | Marshall | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 45.0 |
| 100 | Purdue | 2 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 45.0 |
| 102 | Miami (OH) | 2 | 13 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 47.0 |
| 103 | East Carolina | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 48.0 |
| 104 | Sacramento State | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 49.0 |
| 104 | Ohio | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 49.0 |
| 104 | Louisiana | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 49.0 |
| 107 | Missouri State | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 50.0 |
| 108 | North Texas | 2 | 14 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 50.5 |
| 109 | UTEP | 2 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 51.5 |
| 110 | Western Kentucky | 2 | 15 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 54.0 |
| 111 | Buffalo | 1 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 55.0 |
| 112 | Bowling Green | 2 | 15 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 55.5 |
| 113 | Ball State | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 56.0 |
| 114 | Kent State | 2 | 16 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 116 | 58.0 |
| 115 | Texas State | 1 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 59.0 |
| 116 | Louisiana-Monroe | 1 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 62.0 |
| 117 | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 66.0 |