2011 National Leaders Scoring Defense - Games vs. Ranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/09/2012
| Name | G | TD | FG | 1XP | 2XP | Safety | Points | Points/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alabama | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 7.7 |
| 2 | LSU | 6 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 17.0 |
| 3 | Michigan | 3 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 65 | 21.7 |
| 4 | Rutgers | 2 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 22.0 |
| 5 | Utah | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 6 | Pittsburgh | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 23.5 |
| 7 | Cincinnati | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 8 | Mississippi State | 5 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 25.0 |
| 8 | Notre Dame | 5 | 16 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 25.0 |
| 10 | Arkansas State | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 10 | Iowa | 4 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 26.0 |
| 12 | Miami (Ohio) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 12 | Virginia | 3 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 27.0 |
| 14 | Southern Mississippi | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 14 | Virginia Tech | 3 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 28.0 |
| 14 | South Carolina | 4 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 112 | 28.0 |
| 17 | Michigan State | 5 | 18 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 141 | 28.2 |
| 17 | Florida | 5 | 18 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 141 | 28.2 |
| 19 | Louisiana Tech | 3 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 28.3 |
| 19 | Georgia Tech | 3 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 28.3 |
| 19 | Ohio State | 4 | 14 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 113 | 28.3 |
| 22 | Boise State | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 57 | 28.5 |
| 23 | Florida State | 2 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 29.0 |
| 24 | Oklahoma State | 4 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 29.3 |
| 25 | Clemson | 5 | 19 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 147 | 29.4 |
| 26 | Illinois | 2 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 29.5 |
| 27 | Miami (Florida) | 3 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 29.7 |
| 28 | Penn State | 4 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 119 | 29.8 |
| 28 | Oklahoma | 4 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 119 | 29.8 |
| 30 | UCF | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 30.0 |
| 30 | Louisville | 2 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 30.0 |
| 30 | Vanderbilt | 5 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 150 | 30.0 |
| 33 | Tennessee | 6 | 23 | 7 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 181 | 30.2 |
| 34 | North Carolina State | 3 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 30.3 |
| 34 | Syracuse | 3 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 30.3 |
| 36 | Arkansas | 4 | 16 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 123 | 30.8 |
| 37 | Eastern Michigan | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 31.0 |
| 38 | Nebraska | 4 | 17 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 126 | 31.5 |
| 39 | SMU | 3 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 32.3 |
| 40 | Northwestern | 3 | 13 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 98 | 32.7 |
| 41 | Duke | 3 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 33.0 |
| 41 | Wake Forest | 3 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 33.0 |
| 43 | South Florida | 2 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 33.5 |
| 44 | West Virginia | 3 | 14 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 33.7 |
| 45 | Western Michigan | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 34.0 |
| 45 | Iowa State | 4 | 16 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 136 | 34.0 |
| 47 | Wisconsin | 4 | 18 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 138 | 34.5 |
| 48 | Boston College | 3 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 34.7 |
| 48 | California | 3 | 13 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 104 | 34.7 |
| 50 | Wyoming | 3 | 14 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 35.0 |
| 51 | San Diego State | 3 | 14 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 35.7 |
| 52 | Louisiana-Monroe | 2 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 36.0 |
| 52 | Air Force | 2 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 36.0 |
| 52 | Kentucky | 3 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 36.0 |
| 55 | Oregon | 4 | 19 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 146 | 36.5 |
| 56 | Marshall | 4 | 19 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 147 | 36.8 |
| 56 | Auburn | 6 | 29 | 6 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 221 | 36.8 |
| 58 | Missouri | 4 | 20 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 149 | 37.3 |
| 59 | BYU | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 38.0 |
| 60 | Minnesota | 5 | 25 | 6 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 191 | 38.2 |
| 61 | Georgia | 4 | 21 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 155 | 38.8 |
| 61 | Texas A&M | 5 | 24 | 9 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 194 | 38.8 |
| 63 | Connecticut | 2 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 78 | 39.0 |
| 64 | Texas | 4 | 20 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 158 | 39.5 |
| 65 | Arizona State | 3 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 119 | 39.7 |
| 66 | Toledo | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 40.0 |
| 66 | UTEP | 2 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 80 | 40.0 |
| 66 | Mississippi | 4 | 20 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 160 | 40.0 |
| 69 | Troy | 2 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 40.5 |
| 70 | Oregon State | 3 | 17 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 122 | 40.7 |
| 71 | Nevada | 3 | 17 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 41.0 |
| 72 | North Carolina | 2 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 41.5 |
| 73 | Western Kentucky | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 42.0 |
| 74 | Kent State | 2 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 42.5 |
| 74 | TCU | 2 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 42.5 |
| 76 | Washington State | 2 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 87 | 43.5 |
| 76 | UAB | 2 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 43.5 |
| 76 | Navy | 2 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 43.5 |
| 76 | Kansas State | 4 | 22 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 174 | 43.5 |
| 80 | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 44.0 |
| 80 | Memphis | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 44.0 |
| 82 | East Carolina | 4 | 24 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 177 | 44.3 |
| 83 | North Texas | 2 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 44.5 |
| 83 | Arizona | 4 | 23 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 178 | 44.5 |
| 85 | Maryland | 3 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 134 | 44.7 |
| 86 | Central Michigan | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 45.0 |
| 86 | Colorado | 3 | 19 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 135 | 45.0 |
| 88 | Baylor | 4 | 23 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 181 | 45.3 |
| 89 | USC | 2 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 91 | 45.5 |
| 89 | UCLA | 4 | 25 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 182 | 45.5 |
| 91 | Stanford | 3 | 18 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 142 | 47.3 |
| 92 | Colorado State | 2 | 13 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 48.5 |
| 93 | Tulsa | 4 | 27 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 195 | 48.8 |
| 94 | Northern Illinois | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 49.0 |
| 94 | Houston | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 49.0 |
| 94 | Purdue | 2 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 98 | 49.0 |
| 97 | Fresno State | 2 | 14 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 49.5 |
| 98 | Washington | 5 | 32 | 10 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 257 | 51.4 |
| 99 | UNLV | 3 | 22 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 155 | 51.7 |
| 100 | Kansas | 4 | 27 | 6 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 207 | 51.8 |
| 101 | Texas Tech | 4 | 29 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 211 | 52.8 |
| 102 | Bowling Green | 1 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 55.0 |
| 103 | New Mexico | 3 | 23 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 166 | 55.3 |
| 104 | San Jose State | 1 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 57.0 |
| 104 | Indiana | 2 | 15 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 57.0 |
| 106 | Akron | 1 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 59.0 |
| 106 | Rice | 3 | 25 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 177 | 59.0 |
| 108 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 61.0 |
| 109 | Ball State | 1 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 62.0 |
| 110 | New Mexico State | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 63.0 |
| 111 | Tulane | 1 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 73.0 |