2016 National Leaders Scoring Defense - Games in August/September Only through 01/09/2017
| Name | G | TD | FG | 1XP | 2XP | Safety | Points | Points/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miami (Florida) | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 7.7 |
| 1 | Memphis | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 9.0 |
| 1 | Kansas State | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 11.0 |
| 1 | Clemson | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 11.0 |
| 1 | Houston | 5 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 11.2 |
| 1 | Wisconsin | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 11.8 |
| 1 | Ohio State | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 12.3 |
| 1 | Washington | 5 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 12.8 |
| 1 | Florida | 4 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 13.0 |
| 1 | Baylor | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 13.5 |
| 1 | Iowa | 4 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 13.5 |
| 1 | Michigan | 4 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 13.8 |
| 1 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 14.3 |
| 1 | Alabama | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 14.8 |
| 1 | Utah | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 15.8 |
| 1 | Army | 4 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 16.0 |
| 1 | Wake Forest | 4 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 16.5 |
| 1 | LSU | 4 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 16.8 |
| 1 | Maryland | 3 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 17.0 |
| 1 | Northwestern | 4 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 17.0 |
| 1 | South Carolina | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 17.3 |
| 1 | Navy | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 18.0 |
| 1 | Air Force | 3 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 18.3 |
| 1 | Auburn | 4 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 18.8 |
| 1 | Missouri | 4 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 18.8 |
| 1 | Virginia Tech | 4 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 18.8 |
| 1 | Georgia Southern | 4 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 19.8 |
| 1 | Southern Mississippi | 4 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 19.8 |
| 1 | Stanford | 4 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 20.0 |
| 1 | Temple | 4 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 20.5 |
| 1 | Boise State | 3 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 20.7 |
| 1 | Boston College | 4 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 20.8 |
| 1 | Western Michigan | 4 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 20.8 |
| 1 | Tennessee | 4 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 21.0 |
| 1 | Troy | 4 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 21.0 |
| 1 | Toledo | 4 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 21.3 |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 4 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 87 | 21.8 |
| 1 | Indiana | 3 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 22.0 |
| 1 | UCLA | 4 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 22.0 |
| 1 | Duke | 4 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 22.3 |
| 1 | Louisville | 4 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 22.5 |
| 1 | San Diego State | 3 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 22.7 |
| 1 | North Carolina State | 3 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 23.0 |
| 1 | Ball State | 4 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 23.0 |
| 1 | Mississippi State | 4 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 23.3 |
| 1 | Michigan State | 3 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 23.7 |
| 1 | UCF | 4 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 23.8 |
| 1 | Colorado | 4 | 13 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 24.3 |
| 1 | Utah State | 4 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 24.5 |
| 1 | Minnesota | 3 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 75 | 25.0 |
| 1 | Oregon State | 3 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 25.0 |
| 1 | Middle Tennessee | 4 | 13 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 102 | 25.5 |
| 1 | Arizona | 4 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 25.5 |
| 1 | Nevada | 4 | 13 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 104 | 26.0 |
| 1 | Rutgers | 4 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 26.0 |
| 1 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 26.3 |
| 1 | Connecticut | 5 | 18 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 132 | 26.4 |
| 1 | Arkansas | 4 | 13 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 26.5 |
| 1 | Western Kentucky | 4 | 14 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 26.8 |
| 1 | SMU | 4 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 27.0 |
| 1 | Washington State | 3 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 27.3 |
| 1 | Appalachian State | 4 | 14 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 27.5 |
| 1 | Colorado State | 4 | 14 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 27.5 |
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 4 | 15 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 27.5 |
| 1 | East Carolina | 4 | 14 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 111 | 27.8 |
| 1 | South Florida | 4 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 28.0 |
| 1 | Illinois | 3 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 28.3 |
| 1 | USC | 4 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 29.3 |
| 1 | Iowa State | 4 | 15 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 118 | 29.5 |
| 1 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 16 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 29.5 |
| 1 | New Mexico | 3 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 30.0 |
| 1 | Mississippi | 4 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 30.0 |
| 1 | North Carolina | 4 | 15 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 120 | 30.0 |
| 1 | Georgia | 4 | 15 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 30.0 |
| 1 | Tulsa | 4 | 15 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 30.0 |
| 1 | Miami (Ohio) | 4 | 16 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 124 | 31.0 |
| 1 | Oklahoma | 3 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 31.7 |
| 1 | Kent State | 4 | 16 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 127 | 31.8 |
| 1 | Virginia | 4 | 16 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 129 | 32.3 |
| 1 | Penn State | 4 | 17 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 131 | 32.8 |
| 1 | UNLV | 4 | 17 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 132 | 33.0 |
| 1 | Wyoming | 4 | 18 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 135 | 33.8 |
| 1 | Georgia State | 3 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 34.0 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Monroe | 3 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 34.3 |
| 1 | Arizona State | 4 | 18 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 137 | 34.3 |
| 1 | Syracuse | 4 | 18 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 138 | 34.5 |
| 1 | Florida State | 4 | 20 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 140 | 35.0 |
| 1 | Kansas | 4 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 141 | 35.3 |
| 1 | Kentucky | 4 | 18 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 141 | 35.3 |
| 1 | Louisiana Tech | 4 | 19 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 142 | 35.5 |
| 1 | Arkansas State | 4 | 17 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 144 | 36.0 |
| 1 | Texas Tech | 4 | 19 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 149 | 37.3 |
| 1 | Rice | 4 | 20 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 157 | 39.3 |
| 1 | Northern Illinois | 4 | 21 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 158 | 39.5 |
| 1 | San Jose State | 4 | 21 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 158 | 39.5 |
| 1 | Akron | 4 | 21 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 161 | 40.3 |
| 1 | Idaho | 4 | 21 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 162 | 40.5 |
| 1 | Florida Atlantic | 4 | 22 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 162 | 40.5 |
| 1 | UTEP | 4 | 21 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 163 | 40.8 |
| 1 | Marshall | 3 | 17 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 124 | 41.3 |
| 1 | Charlotte | 4 | 22 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 169 | 42.3 |
| 1 | California | 4 | 21 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 170 | 42.5 |
| 1 | New Mexico State | 4 | 25 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 183 | 45.8 |
| 1 | Hawai'i | 4 | 26 | 6 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 197 | 49.3 |
| 1 | Bowling Green | 4 | 31 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 221 | 55.3 |
| 106 | Texas A&M | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 64 | 16.0 |
| 106 | Nebraska | 4 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 72 | 18.0 |
| 106 | West Virginia | 3 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 64 | 21.3 |
| 106 | Tulane | 4 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 88 | 22.0 |
| 106 | Central Michigan | 4 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 25.0 |
| 106 | Purdue | 3 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 76 | 25.3 |
| 106 | UTSA | 4 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 101 | 25.3 |
| 106 | TCU | 4 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 105 | 26.3 |
| 106 | Buffalo | 3 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 80 | 26.7 |
| 106 | Massachusetts | 4 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 110 | 27.5 |
| 106 | South Alabama | 4 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 112 | 28.0 |
| 106 | BYU | 5 | 18 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 141 | 28.2 |
| 106 | Old Dominion | 4 | 16 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 120 | 30.0 |
| 106 | North Texas | 4 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 121 | 30.3 |
| 106 | Ohio | 4 | 17 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 126 | 31.5 |
| 106 | Pittsburgh | 4 | 17 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 128 | 32.0 |
| 106 | Oregon | 4 | 18 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 130 | 32.5 |
| 106 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 4 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 131 | 32.8 |
| 106 | Notre Dame | 4 | 18 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 134 | 33.5 |
| 106 | Fresno State | 4 | 19 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 146 | 36.5 |
| 106 | Texas State | 3 | 21 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 160 | 53.3 |
| 127 | Texas | 3 | 14 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 104 | 34.7 |
| 127 | Florida International | 4 | 19 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 149 | 37.3 |