2026 National Leaders Scoring Defense - Games vs. FBS non-Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 09/19/2026
| Name | G | TD | FG | 1XP | 2XP | Safety | Points | Points/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iowa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Notre Dame | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 1 | South Carolina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Texas A&M | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Duke | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 |
| 6 | Ohio State | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3.0 |
| 6 | Oklahoma | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3.0 |
| 6 | North Texas | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 |
| 6 | Texas | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 |
| 10 | Clemson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 10 | Iowa State | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 10 | Minnesota | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 10 | New Mexico | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 10 | TCU | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 15 | Auburn | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 |
| 16 | Ole Miss | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 16 | Tennessee | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 18 | Alabama | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 19 | Fresno State | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6.5 |
| 19 | Colorado State | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 19 | James Madison | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 19 | Mississippi State | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 23 | Delaware | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 23 | LSU | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 23 | Maryland | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 23 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 23 | Louisiana | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 28 | Indiana | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 8.0 |
| 28 | Wake Forest | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 30 | Georgia State | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 30 | Arizona | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 30 | Florida State | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 30 | Missouri | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 30 | Tulsa | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 35 | Baylor | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 36 | Boise State | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 36 | Connecticut | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 36 | Kansas State | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 36 | Old Dominion | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 36 | Georgia | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 41 | Virginia Tech | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 41 | Florida | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 41 | San Jose State | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 41 | Troy | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 41 | Western Michigan | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 46 | Penn State | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 7.3 |
| 46 | Coastal Carolina | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 48 | Illinois | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 49 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 49 | Tulane | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 49 | West Virginia | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 49 | Wyoming | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 53 | Louisiana-Monroe | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 53 | Charlotte | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 53 | San Diego State | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 53 | Vanderbilt | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 57 | Stanford | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 58 | Nebraska | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 14.0 |
| 58 | Army | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 60 | Michigan | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 14.5 |
| 60 | New Mexico State | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 29.0 |
| 62 | UCF | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 30.0 |
| 62 | Missouri State | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 30.0 |
| 64 | Kennesaw State | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 31.0 |
| 64 | Cincinnati | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 31.0 |
| 64 | Georgia Southern | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 31.0 |
| 67 | USF | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 16.5 |
| 67 | Buffalo | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 33.0 |
| 69 | Liberty | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 17.5 |
| 70 | Rutgers | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 37.0 |
| 71 | Air Force | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 38.0 |
| 71 | Navy | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 38.0 |
| 73 | Florida Atlantic | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 20.0 |
| 73 | Hawaii | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 20.0 |
| 75 | UAB | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 20.5 |
| 75 | Nevada | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 20.5 |
| 77 | Arkansas State | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 42.0 |
| 78 | East Carolina | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 22.0 |
| 78 | Eastern Michigan | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 22.0 |
| 80 | Appalachian State | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 22.5 |
| 80 | Memphis | 2 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 22.5 |
| 82 | Sam Houston State | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 23.5 |
| 83 | Central Michigan | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 24.0 |
| 83 | Middle Tennessee State | 2 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 24.0 |
| 83 | Toledo | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 48.0 |
| 83 | Southern Miss | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 48.0 |
| 87 | North Dakota State | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 16.3 |
| 87 | Temple | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 49.0 |
| 87 | Western Kentucky | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 49.0 |
| 90 | Marshall | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 25.0 |
| 91 | Wisconsin | 2 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 25.5 |
| 91 | Ball State | 1 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 51.0 |
| 93 | Michigan State | 3 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 18.0 |
| 94 | FIU | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 18.3 |
| 95 | USC | 2 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 56 | 28.0 |
| 96 | Sacramento State | 2 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 29.5 |
| 97 | South Alabama | 2 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 64 | 32.0 |
| 98 | Texas State | 2 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 33.0 |
| 99 | Ohio | 2 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 34.0 |
| 100 | UNLV | 3 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 25.7 |
| 101 | Rice | 2 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 40.0 |
| 102 | Jacksonville State | 3 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 89 | 29.7 |