2017 National Leaders Scoring Defense - Games in November Only through 01/08/2018
| Name | G | TD | FG | 1XP | 2XP | Safety | Points | Points/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wisconsin | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 10.3 |
| 1 | Northwestern | 4 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 11.0 |
| 1 | San Diego State | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 13.3 |
| 1 | Fresno State | 4 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 14.5 |
| 1 | Clemson | 4 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 14.5 |
| 1 | Wyoming | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 15.0 |
| 1 | Alabama | 4 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 15.0 |
| 1 | Boston College | 3 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 15.7 |
| 1 | Troy | 3 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 15.7 |
| 1 | Louisville | 3 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 16.0 |
| 1 | Miami (Ohio) | 3 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 16.0 |
| 1 | Utah State | 3 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 16.0 |
| 1 | LSU | 4 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 16.3 |
| 1 | UTSA | 4 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 16.3 |
| 1 | Georgia | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 17.5 |
| 1 | Miami (Florida) | 4 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 70 | 17.5 |
| 1 | Virginia Tech | 4 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 17.5 |
| 1 | Idaho | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 18.0 |
| 1 | Auburn | 4 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 18.0 |
| 1 | Georgia Southern | 4 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 18.0 |
| 1 | Michigan | 4 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 18.8 |
| 1 | Middle Tennessee | 4 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 18.8 |
| 1 | Washington | 4 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 19.3 |
| 1 | BYU | 4 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 19.3 |
| 1 | Stanford | 4 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 80 | 20.0 |
| 1 | Penn State | 4 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 20.0 |
| 1 | Houston | 3 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 20.3 |
| 1 | UAB | 4 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 20.8 |
| 1 | Florida State | 4 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 20.8 |
| 1 | Duke | 3 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 21.3 |
| 1 | Michigan State | 4 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 21.5 |
| 1 | South Carolina | 4 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 22.0 |
| 1 | Marshall | 4 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 22.5 |
| 1 | Indiana | 4 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 22.5 |
| 1 | Appalachian State | 3 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 22.7 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh | 3 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 22.7 |
| 1 | Army | 3 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 22.7 |
| 1 | Texas | 4 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 23.0 |
| 1 | Ohio State | 4 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 23.0 |
| 1 | California | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 23.3 |
| 1 | Missouri | 4 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 23.8 |
| 1 | Akron | 3 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 24.0 |
| 1 | Memphis | 3 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 24.0 |
| 1 | Utah | 4 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 24.0 |
| 1 | North Texas | 4 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 96 | 24.0 |
| 1 | North Carolina | 3 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 74 | 24.7 |
| 1 | Louisiana Tech | 4 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 99 | 24.8 |
| 1 | Tulane | 4 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 24.8 |
| 1 | Iowa | 4 | 13 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 25.0 |
| 1 | Buffalo | 3 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 25.3 |
| 1 | Oregon | 3 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 25.3 |
| 1 | Iowa State | 4 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 102 | 25.5 |
| 1 | Toledo | 4 | 13 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 25.5 |
| 1 | North Carolina State | 4 | 14 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 25.8 |
| 1 | Georgia State | 3 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 26.0 |
| 1 | Ohio | 3 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 26.0 |
| 1 | Central Michigan | 4 | 14 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 26.3 |
| 1 | Mississippi State | 4 | 13 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 26.5 |
| 1 | Northern Illinois | 4 | 13 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 26.5 |
| 1 | Oklahoma | 4 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 26.5 |
| 1 | Southern Mississippi | 4 | 15 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 26.5 |
| 1 | USC | 3 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 82 | 27.3 |
| 1 | UCF | 4 | 14 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 109 | 27.3 |
| 1 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 15 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 27.8 |
| 1 | UNLV | 4 | 14 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 28.0 |
| 1 | Florida International | 4 | 14 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 113 | 28.3 |
| 1 | Nevada | 4 | 14 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 28.3 |
| 1 | Arkansas State | 3 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 86 | 28.7 |
| 1 | Baylor | 4 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 115 | 28.8 |
| 1 | Mississippi | 4 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 115 | 28.8 |
| 1 | Washington State | 3 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 87 | 29.0 |
| 1 | Texas Tech | 4 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 116 | 29.0 |
| 1 | Coastal Carolina | 3 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 88 | 29.3 |
| 1 | Temple | 4 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 117 | 29.3 |
| 1 | Florida | 4 | 16 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 29.5 |
| 1 | Colorado State | 3 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 29.7 |
| 1 | South Florida | 3 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 29.7 |
| 1 | South Alabama | 3 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 30.0 |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 4 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 120 | 30.0 |
| 1 | Navy | 4 | 15 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 122 | 30.5 |
| 1 | Kansas State | 4 | 16 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 122 | 30.5 |
| 1 | New Mexico State | 3 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 30.7 |
| 1 | Minnesota | 4 | 18 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 124 | 31.0 |
| 1 | Texas A&M | 4 | 16 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 125 | 31.3 |
| 1 | West Virginia | 4 | 15 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 126 | 31.5 |
| 1 | Western Michigan | 4 | 17 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 127 | 31.8 |
| 1 | Arizona State | 4 | 15 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 128 | 32.0 |
| 1 | Virginia | 4 | 17 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 128 | 32.0 |
| 1 | Air Force | 4 | 17 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 128 | 32.0 |
| 1 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 130 | 32.5 |
| 1 | Hawai'i | 4 | 17 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 130 | 32.5 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 4 | 17 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 132 | 33.0 |
| 1 | Tennessee | 4 | 17 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 132 | 33.0 |
| 1 | Notre Dame | 4 | 17 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 133 | 33.3 |
| 1 | Charlotte | 4 | 17 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 138 | 34.5 |
| 1 | UCLA | 4 | 16 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 140 | 35.0 |
| 1 | Rutgers | 4 | 17 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 35.0 |
| 1 | Western Kentucky | 4 | 17 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 35.0 |
| 1 | Kentucky | 4 | 18 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 144 | 36.0 |
| 1 | UTEP | 4 | 19 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 145 | 36.3 |
| 1 | Wake Forest | 4 | 18 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 146 | 36.5 |
| 1 | Illinois | 4 | 19 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 147 | 36.8 |
| 1 | Connecticut | 4 | 20 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 147 | 36.8 |
| 1 | Arkansas | 4 | 20 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 147 | 36.8 |
| 1 | Tulsa | 3 | 14 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 37.0 |
| 1 | Rice | 4 | 18 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 149 | 37.3 |
| 1 | Maryland | 4 | 20 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 149 | 37.3 |
| 1 | Colorado | 3 | 14 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 113 | 37.7 |
| 1 | Kent State | 3 | 15 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 38.0 |
| 1 | New Mexico | 4 | 20 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 152 | 38.0 |
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 4 | 22 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 166 | 41.5 |
| 1 | Arizona | 4 | 23 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 167 | 41.8 |
| 1 | Texas State | 4 | 21 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 170 | 42.5 |
| 1 | San Jose State | 4 | 23 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 170 | 42.5 |
| 1 | East Carolina | 4 | 24 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 173 | 43.3 |
| 1 | SMU | 4 | 24 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 178 | 44.5 |
| 1 | Kansas | 4 | 23 | 6 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 179 | 44.8 |
| 1 | Bowling Green | 3 | 18 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 138 | 46.0 |
| 1 | Ball State | 4 | 26 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 187 | 46.8 |
| 1 | Syracuse | 4 | 25 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 189 | 47.3 |
| 1 | Nebraska | 4 | 27 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 197 | 49.3 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Monroe | 3 | 21 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 154 | 51.3 |
| 123 | TCU | 4 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 70 | 17.5 |
| 123 | Purdue | 4 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 72 | 18.0 |
| 123 | Florida Atlantic | 4 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 84 | 21.0 |
| 123 | Old Dominion | 4 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 92 | 23.0 |
| 123 | Massachusetts | 3 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 75 | 25.0 |
| 123 | Boise State | 4 | 14 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 113 | 28.3 |
| 123 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 143 | 35.8 |
| 123 | Oregon State | 4 | 25 | 6 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 195 | 48.8 |