2026 National Leaders Scoring Defense - Games vs. FBS Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 10/30/2026
| Name | G | TD | FG | 1XP | 2XP | Safety | Points | Points/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Madison | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 2 | New Mexico | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 3 | Massachusetts | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 4 | Temple | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 5 | UNLV | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 31.0 |
| 5 | Arkansas State | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 31.0 |
| 5 | Coastal Carolina | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 31.0 |
| 8 | New Mexico State | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 34.0 |
| 9 | Wyoming | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 35.0 |
| 10 | Memphis | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 38.0 |
| 10 | Rice | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 38.0 |
| 12 | Appalachian State | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 41.0 |
| 12 | Charlotte | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 41.0 |
| 14 | Kennesaw State | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 42.0 |
| 14 | UAB | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 42.0 |
| 16 | Southern Miss | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 43.0 |
| 17 | Tulsa | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 22.0 |
| 17 | Georgia State | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 44.0 |
| 17 | Old Dominion | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 44.0 |
| 20 | Western Michigan | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 22.5 |
| 20 | Marshall | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 45.0 |
| 20 | South Alabama | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 45.0 |
| 23 | Toledo | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 23.0 |
| 24 | Wisconsin | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 11.8 |
| 25 | Troy | 2 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 24.0 |
| 25 | Tulane | 2 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 24.0 |
| 25 | East Carolina | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 48.0 |
| 28 | Sacramento State | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 49.0 |
| 28 | Ohio | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 49.0 |
| 28 | Sam Houston State | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 49.0 |
| 28 | Louisiana | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 49.0 |
| 32 | Central Michigan | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 52.0 |
| 33 | Buffalo | 1 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 55.0 |
| 33 | Middle Tennessee State | 1 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 55.0 |
| 35 | Louisiana-Monroe | 1 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 62.0 |
| 36 | Georgia Southern | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 32.0 |
| 37 | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 66.0 |
| 38 | Hawaii | 2 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 67 | 33.5 |
| 39 | San Jose State | 2 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 34.0 |
| 40 | Nebraska | 4 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 73 | 18.3 |
| 41 | Delaware | 2 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 38.5 |
| 42 | Akron | 2 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 79 | 39.5 |
| 43 | Indiana | 5 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 80 | 16.0 |
| 43 | Connecticut | 2 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 80 | 40.0 |
| 45 | Michigan | 5 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 81 | 16.2 |
| 45 | Louisiana Tech | 2 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 81 | 40.5 |
| 47 | Northern Illinois | 2 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 41.0 |
| 48 | TCU | 5 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 83 | 16.6 |
| 49 | Northwestern | 5 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 84 | 16.8 |
| 49 | Missouri State | 2 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 84 | 42.0 |
| 51 | Utah | 6 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 14.7 |
| 51 | Ohio State | 5 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 88 | 17.6 |
| 51 | Georgia | 5 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 17.6 |
| 54 | Eastern Michigan | 2 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 44.5 |
| 55 | Arizona | 5 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 18.6 |
| 55 | Boise State | 4 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 93 | 23.3 |
| 57 | Notre Dame | 6 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 15.7 |
| 57 | Miami (OH) | 2 | 13 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 47.0 |
| 59 | Miami (FL) | 5 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 97 | 19.4 |
| 60 | BYU | 5 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 99 | 19.8 |
| 61 | Baylor | 6 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 16.7 |
| 61 | LSU | 6 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 100 | 16.7 |
| 61 | Iowa | 5 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 20.0 |
| 64 | UTSA | 3 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 33.7 |
| 64 | Ball State | 2 | 14 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 50.5 |
| 64 | North Texas | 2 | 14 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 50.5 |
| 67 | Duke | 5 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 20.4 |
| 68 | North Carolina | 5 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 106 | 21.2 |
| 68 | Missouri | 5 | 13 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 21.2 |
| 70 | UCLA | 7 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 15.3 |
| 71 | Western Kentucky | 2 | 15 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 54.0 |
| 72 | Fresno State | 4 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 109 | 27.3 |
| 73 | Penn State | 4 | 14 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 27.5 |
| 74 | Bowling Green | 2 | 15 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 55.5 |
| 75 | Tennessee | 6 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 18.7 |
| 76 | SMU | 5 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 22.8 |
| 77 | Kent State | 2 | 16 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 116 | 58.0 |
| 78 | Oklahoma | 5 | 15 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 118 | 23.6 |
| 79 | Texas Tech | 5 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 119 | 23.8 |
| 80 | Wake Forest | 6 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 120 | 20.0 |
| 81 | Utah State | 5 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 122 | 24.4 |
| 82 | Kansas State | 5 | 17 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 25.0 |
| 83 | Minnesota | 5 | 16 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 127 | 25.4 |
| 84 | Texas | 6 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 128 | 21.3 |
| 85 | Houston | 6 | 18 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 134 | 22.3 |
| 85 | Texas State | 4 | 17 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 134 | 33.5 |
| 87 | UTEP | 3 | 17 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 136 | 45.3 |
| 88 | Oregon State | 5 | 19 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 138 | 27.6 |
| 89 | Virginia Tech | 6 | 18 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 23.3 |
| 89 | Syracuse | 5 | 18 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 28.0 |
| 91 | Clemson | 5 | 17 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 142 | 28.4 |
| 91 | Oklahoma State | 5 | 19 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 142 | 28.4 |
| 93 | Washington | 6 | 17 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 143 | 23.8 |
| 94 | USC | 6 | 18 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 144 | 24.0 |
| 94 | Cincinnati | 5 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 144 | 28.8 |
| 94 | Illinois | 5 | 18 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 144 | 28.8 |
| 97 | Oregon | 6 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 145 | 24.2 |
| 98 | Boston College | 6 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 149 | 24.8 |
| 99 | Virginia | 6 | 18 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 151 | 25.2 |
| 99 | Texas A&M | 6 | 19 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 151 | 25.2 |
| 101 | Michigan State | 5 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 152 | 30.4 |
| 101 | Iowa State | 5 | 19 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 152 | 30.4 |
| 103 | Pittsburgh | 6 | 20 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 153 | 25.5 |
| 104 | Purdue | 5 | 19 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 158 | 31.6 |
| 105 | Alabama | 7 | 18 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 160 | 22.9 |
| 106 | Auburn | 6 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 161 | 26.8 |
| 107 | Kansas | 5 | 20 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 162 | 32.4 |
| 108 | Kentucky | 6 | 19 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 164 | 27.3 |
| 109 | UCF | 6 | 19 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 166 | 27.7 |
| 109 | NC State | 5 | 22 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 166 | 33.2 |
| 111 | Arkansas | 5 | 22 | 4 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 167 | 33.4 |
| 112 | Ole Miss | 6 | 20 | 9 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 168 | 28.0 |
| 112 | South Carolina | 5 | 21 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 168 | 33.6 |
| 114 | Florida State | 5 | 22 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 171 | 34.2 |
| 115 | Florida | 5 | 21 | 8 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 174 | 34.8 |
| 116 | Louisville | 6 | 21 | 11 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 179 | 29.8 |
| 117 | Mississippi State | 6 | 21 | 11 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 181 | 30.2 |
| 118 | Rutgers | 5 | 24 | 6 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 189 | 37.8 |
| 119 | Colorado | 6 | 20 | 17 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 190 | 31.7 |
| 119 | Arizona State | 5 | 23 | 10 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 190 | 38.0 |
| 121 | Stanford | 5 | 26 | 3 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 192 | 38.4 |
| 122 | Georgia Tech | 6 | 26 | 7 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 201 | 33.5 |
| 123 | San Diego State | 5 | 27 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 202 | 40.4 |
| 124 | Vanderbilt | 6 | 27 | 6 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 207 | 34.5 |
| 124 | California | 6 | 28 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 207 | 34.5 |
| 126 | Colorado State | 4 | 28 | 5 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 212 | 53.0 |
| 127 | Washington State | 7 | 25 | 13 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 214 | 30.6 |
| 128 | Maryland | 5 | 30 | 4 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 219 | 43.8 |
| 129 | West Virginia | 6 | 29 | 8 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 227 | 37.8 |