2011 National Leaders Scoring Defense - Games in August/September Only through 01/09/2012
| Name | G | TD | FG | 1XP | 2XP | Safety | Points | Points/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stanford | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 9.0 |
| 2 | Temple | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 7.8 |
| 2 | Kansas State | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 10.3 |
| 4 | Alabama | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 8.0 |
| 5 | Wisconsin | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 8.5 |
| 6 | Florida | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 9.0 |
| 7 | Virginia Tech | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 10.0 |
| 8 | Utah | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 14.3 |
| 9 | UCF | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 11.0 |
| 9 | Michigan State | 4 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 11.0 |
| 11 | Texas | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 15.0 |
| 12 | Purdue | 3 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 16.0 |
| 13 | Penn State | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 12.5 |
| 13 | Rutgers | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 16.7 |
| 13 | Louisville | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 16.7 |
| 16 | Michigan | 4 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 12.8 |
| 16 | Texas A&M | 3 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 17.0 |
| 18 | Illinois | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 13.0 |
| 19 | Connecticut | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 13.5 |
| 20 | Oklahoma | 3 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 18.3 |
| 20 | Navy | 3 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 18.3 |
| 22 | LSU | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 14.3 |
| 22 | Texas Tech | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 19.0 |
| 22 | Boise State | 3 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 19.0 |
| 25 | Northwestern | 3 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 19.7 |
| 26 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 63 | 15.8 |
| 26 | Ohio State | 4 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 63 | 15.8 |
| 28 | Miami (Florida) | 3 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 22.0 |
| 29 | Florida State | 4 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 17.0 |
| 29 | Wake Forest | 3 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 68 | 22.7 |
| 31 | SMU | 4 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 17.5 |
| 31 | Washington State | 3 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 23.3 |
| 33 | Ohio | 4 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 18.0 |
| 33 | Tennessee | 3 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 72 | 24.0 |
| 35 | Southern Mississippi | 4 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 73 | 18.3 |
| 36 | Arkansas | 4 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 19.0 |
| 37 | Western Michigan | 4 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 19.5 |
| 38 | Florida International | 4 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 79 | 19.8 |
| 38 | Bowling Green | 4 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 79 | 19.8 |
| 38 | Baylor | 3 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 79 | 26.3 |
| 38 | Air Force | 3 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 26.3 |
| 42 | Iowa State | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 80 | 26.7 |
| 43 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 20.3 |
| 43 | Missouri | 4 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 20.3 |
| 45 | Arizona State | 4 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 20.8 |
| 45 | Notre Dame | 4 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 20.8 |
| 45 | Cincinnati | 4 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 20.8 |
| 45 | Miami (Ohio) | 3 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 27.7 |
| 49 | North Carolina | 4 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 84 | 21.0 |
| 50 | Arkansas State | 4 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 86 | 21.5 |
| 50 | Colorado State | 4 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 21.5 |
| 52 | Buffalo | 4 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 21.8 |
| 53 | Kentucky | 4 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 22.0 |
| 53 | Nebraska | 4 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 22.0 |
| 55 | Boston College | 4 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 22.8 |
| 55 | USC | 4 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 91 | 22.8 |
| 55 | Oregon State | 3 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 91 | 30.3 |
| 58 | Virginia | 4 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 23.0 |
| 59 | Georgia | 4 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 23.3 |
| 59 | San Diego State | 4 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 23.3 |
| 61 | Mississippi State | 4 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 23.5 |
| 61 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 13 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 23.5 |
| 63 | Mississippi | 4 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 95 | 23.8 |
| 63 | Iowa | 4 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 23.8 |
| 65 | East Carolina | 3 | 13 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 32.0 |
| 66 | California | 4 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 24.3 |
| 67 | Oregon | 4 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 98 | 24.5 |
| 67 | Western Kentucky | 3 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 32.7 |
| 69 | TCU | 4 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 24.8 |
| 69 | Maryland | 3 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 33.0 |
| 71 | Clemson | 4 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 25.0 |
| 72 | West Virginia | 4 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 103 | 25.8 |
| 72 | South Carolina | 4 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 103 | 25.8 |
| 72 | Ball State | 4 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 25.8 |
| 75 | Indiana | 4 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 106 | 26.5 |
| 76 | Wyoming | 4 | 14 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 26.8 |
| 76 | Minnesota | 4 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 26.8 |
| 78 | Pittsburgh | 5 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 108 | 21.6 |
| 79 | Oklahoma State | 4 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 110 | 27.5 |
| 80 | Syracuse | 4 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 27.8 |
| 80 | Hawai'i | 4 | 14 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 111 | 27.8 |
| 82 | South Florida | 5 | 14 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 22.4 |
| 82 | North Carolina State | 4 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 112 | 28.0 |
| 82 | Rice | 3 | 14 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 112 | 37.3 |
| 85 | Duke | 4 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 28.3 |
| 86 | Middle Tennessee | 3 | 15 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 38.0 |
| 87 | New Mexico State | 4 | 14 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 115 | 28.8 |
| 87 | Florida Atlantic | 3 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 115 | 38.3 |
| 89 | UAB | 3 | 15 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 116 | 38.7 |
| 89 | Troy | 3 | 15 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 116 | 38.7 |
| 91 | Nevada | 3 | 17 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 39.3 |
| 92 | Utah State | 4 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 121 | 30.3 |
| 92 | Colorado | 4 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 30.3 |
| 94 | Louisiana Tech | 4 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 122 | 30.5 |
| 94 | Central Michigan | 4 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 122 | 30.5 |
| 94 | Tulane | 4 | 15 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 122 | 30.5 |
| 94 | Toledo | 4 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 122 | 30.5 |
| 98 | UCLA | 4 | 16 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 30.8 |
| 99 | Auburn | 4 | 15 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 124 | 31.0 |
| 99 | Louisiana-Monroe | 4 | 16 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 124 | 31.0 |
| 99 | Fresno State | 4 | 17 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 124 | 31.0 |
| 102 | BYU | 5 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 25.0 |
| 102 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 4 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 125 | 31.3 |
| 102 | San Jose State | 4 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 125 | 31.3 |
| 105 | Marshall | 4 | 15 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 128 | 32.0 |
| 106 | Kent State | 4 | 15 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 130 | 32.5 |
| 107 | Idaho | 4 | 16 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 131 | 32.8 |
| 108 | Kansas | 3 | 18 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 132 | 44.0 |
| 109 | Houston | 5 | 18 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 133 | 26.6 |
| 109 | Washington | 4 | 16 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 133 | 33.3 |
| 111 | Army | 4 | 18 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 134 | 33.5 |
| 112 | Arizona | 4 | 18 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 35.0 |
| 113 | Tulsa | 4 | 20 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 37.5 |
| 113 | Northern Illinois | 4 | 21 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 150 | 37.5 |
| 115 | North Texas | 4 | 19 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 151 | 37.8 |
| 116 | Memphis | 4 | 21 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 154 | 38.5 |
| 117 | Akron | 4 | 21 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 155 | 38.8 |
| 118 | UTEP | 5 | 21 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 163 | 32.6 |
| 119 | UNLV | 4 | 23 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 171 | 42.8 |
| 120 | New Mexico | 4 | 24 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 173 | 43.3 |