College Football Passer Rating Leaders

Passer rating is a composite measure of quarterback passing efficiency based on outcomes such as completions, yards, touchdowns and interceptions. Last updated

What Does Passer Rating Measure?

Passer rating is a composite measure of quarterback passing efficiency based on outcomes such as completions, yards, touchdowns and interceptions. This table ranks college football players for the selected season and displays the applicable minimum qualifier where one is used.

Who leads college football in passer rating in 2026?

The top player in passer rating is Darian Mensah of Miami, at 204.6 through games played October 29, 2026. Julian Sayin of Ohio State ranks second at 184.5, with Kevin Jennings of SMU third at 178.4, Braden Atkinson of Oregon State fourth at 176.5 & Tayven Jackson of North Texas fifth at 176.2. Mensah's total puts him 20.1 rating points clear of second place & 50.4 ahead of the 25th-ranked player.

Only 34.6 rating points separate first from tenth. Noah Fifita of Arizona ranks sixth at 173.8, with Marcus Stokes of Memphis seventh at 173.6, Gio Lopez of Wake Forest eighth at 172.8, Josh Hoover of Indiana ninth at 170.9 & Drew Mestemaker of Oklahoma State tenth at 170.0.

A gap of 2.8 rating points separates 14th from 15th, the widest single step anywhere below the top four. Lincoln Kienholz of Louisville ranks 11th at 168.3, with Conner Weigman of Houston 12th at 166.3, CJ Carr of Notre Dame 13th at 164.5, Keelon Russell of Alabama 14th at 163.0, Caden Veltkamp of Florida Atlantic 15th at 160.2, JC French IV of Cincinnati 16th at 160.0, Ethan Grunkemeyer of Virginia Tech 17th at 159.9 & John Alan Richter of Toledo 18th at 159.7.

The last seven players in the ranking sit inside 3.0 rating points of each other. Sam Leavitt of LSU ranks 19th at 157.2, with Brad Jackson of Texas State 20th at 156.8, Jayden Maiava of USC 21st at 156.6, Devon Dampier of Utah 22nd at 156.2, Kalieb Osborne of UConn 23rd at 154.7, Maddux Madsen of Boise State 24th at 154.3 & Austin Simmons of Missouri 25th at 154.2.

How this ranking is measured

91 college football players with at least one recorded passing attempt are ranked for the 2026 regular season. The top 25 appear above. A minimum of 173 attempts is applied. Passer rating is a composite measure of quarterback passing efficiency based on outcomes such as completions, yards, touchdowns and interceptions. Figures are as of October 29, 2026 & are recalculated on StatRankings after each game's play-by-play is processed.