2020 National Leaders Scoring Defense - Games in October Only through 01/11/2021
| Name | G | TD | FG | 1XP | 2XP | Safety | Points | Points/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Diego State | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6.5 |
| 1 | Wisconsin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 10.0 |
| 1 | Northwestern | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 11.5 |
| 1 | Notre Dame | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 12.3 |
| 1 | Army | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 12.8 |
| 1 | Florida Atlantic | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 13.3 |
| 1 | Marshall | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 13.3 |
| 1 | San Jose State | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 13.5 |
| 1 | Appalachian State | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 15.0 |
| 1 | Coastal Carolina | 4 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 16.0 |
| 1 | Wake Forest | 4 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 16.8 |
| 1 | BYU | 5 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 16.8 |
| 1 | Liberty | 4 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 17.5 |
| 1 | Georgia | 4 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 17.8 |
| 1 | Georgia Southern | 4 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 18.8 |
| 1 | Clemson | 5 | 13 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 19.2 |
| 1 | South Alabama | 3 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 19.3 |
| 1 | West Virginia | 4 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 20.5 |
| 1 | Ohio State | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 21.0 |
| 1 | Boise State | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 21.5 |
| 1 | Kansas State | 4 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 21.5 |
| 1 | Purdue | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 22.0 |
| 1 | Wyoming | 2 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 22.0 |
| 1 | UAB | 4 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 22.0 |
| 1 | Iowa | 2 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 22.5 |
| 1 | Alabama | 5 | 14 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 22.6 |
| 1 | Iowa State | 4 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 91 | 22.8 |
| 1 | Rice | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 23.0 |
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 3 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 69 | 23.0 |
| 1 | Troy | 4 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 23.0 |
| 1 | Air Force | 3 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 24.3 |
| 1 | Auburn | 5 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 124 | 24.8 |
| 1 | Florida International | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 25.0 |
| 1 | Hawai'i | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 25.0 |
| 1 | Miami (Florida) | 3 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 25.0 |
| 1 | UTSA | 5 | 16 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 126 | 25.2 |
| 1 | Fresno State | 2 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 25.5 |
| 1 | Michigan | 2 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 25.5 |
| 1 | Nevada | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 26.5 |
| 1 | Arkansas | 4 | 14 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 26.8 |
| 1 | Florida | 3 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 27.3 |
| 1 | Indiana | 2 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 56 | 28.0 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 3 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 28.0 |
| 1 | Duke | 4 | 15 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 28.0 |
| 1 | Mississippi State | 4 | 15 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 28.5 |
| 1 | Western Kentucky | 5 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 143 | 28.6 |
| 1 | Baylor | 3 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 29.0 |
| 1 | UTEP | 2 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 29.5 |
| 1 | North Carolina State | 4 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 29.5 |
| 1 | South Carolina | 4 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 119 | 29.8 |
| 1 | Charlotte | 4 | 17 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 123 | 30.8 |
| 1 | Michigan State | 2 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 31.0 |
| 1 | Oklahoma | 4 | 16 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 124 | 31.0 |
| 1 | LSU | 4 | 17 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 124 | 31.0 |
| 1 | Louisiana Tech | 5 | 20 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 158 | 31.6 |
| 1 | Missouri | 4 | 16 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 127 | 31.8 |
| 1 | Virginia Tech | 5 | 21 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 159 | 31.8 |
| 1 | Rutgers | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 32.0 |
| 1 | North Carolina | 5 | 21 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 163 | 32.6 |
| 1 | Middle Tennessee | 4 | 17 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 134 | 33.5 |
| 1 | East Carolina | 4 | 18 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 134 | 33.5 |
| 1 | Texas A&M | 4 | 18 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 135 | 33.8 |
| 1 | Texas | 4 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 136 | 34.0 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh | 4 | 18 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 137 | 34.3 |
| 1 | Tennessee | 4 | 16 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 138 | 34.5 |
| 1 | Houston | 4 | 18 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 139 | 34.8 |
| 1 | SMU | 4 | 18 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 35.0 |
| 1 | Tulane | 4 | 18 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 35.0 |
| 1 | UNLV | 2 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 35.5 |
| 1 | Florida State | 4 | 19 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 142 | 35.5 |
| 1 | Virginia | 5 | 21 | 11 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 179 | 35.8 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Monroe | 4 | 19 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 144 | 36.0 |
| 1 | Navy | 5 | 21 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 180 | 36.0 |
| 1 | Temple | 4 | 19 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 147 | 36.8 |
| 1 | Penn State | 2 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 74 | 37.0 |
| 1 | Texas Tech | 4 | 19 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 151 | 37.8 |
| 1 | Colorado State | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 38.0 |
| 1 | New Mexico | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 38.0 |
| 1 | Illinois | 2 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 38.0 |
| 1 | South Florida | 4 | 20 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 153 | 38.3 |
| 1 | Mississippi | 5 | 27 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 193 | 38.6 |
| 1 | Southern Mississippi | 3 | 16 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 39.0 |
| 1 | Memphis | 4 | 21 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 157 | 39.3 |
| 1 | Utah State | 2 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 40.0 |
| 1 | Syracuse | 4 | 20 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 161 | 40.3 |
| 1 | Texas State | 4 | 21 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 163 | 40.8 |
| 1 | Massachusetts | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 41.0 |
| 1 | North Texas | 3 | 17 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 41.7 |
| 1 | Arkansas State | 5 | 28 | 6 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 214 | 42.8 |
| 1 | Georgia State | 4 | 23 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 173 | 43.3 |
| 1 | Maryland | 2 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 43.5 |
| 1 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 24 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 179 | 44.8 |
| 1 | Vanderbilt | 3 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 136 | 45.3 |
| 1 | Minnesota | 2 | 13 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 47.0 |
| 1 | Kansas | 4 | 24 | 8 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 192 | 48.0 |
| 1 | Nebraska | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 52.0 |
| 98 | Kentucky | 5 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 85 | 17.0 |
| 98 | Tulsa | 3 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 23.0 |
| 98 | TCU | 4 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 108 | 27.0 |
| 98 | Louisville | 4 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 116 | 29.0 |
| 98 | Boston College | 5 | 20 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 157 | 31.4 |
| 98 | UCF | 4 | 19 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 139 | 34.8 |