College Football Team Passing Yards Rankings

Passing yards count yards gained on completed forward passes. Last updated

What Are Passing Yards?

Passing yards count yards gained on completed forward passes. This table ranks college football teams for the selected season and displays the applicable minimum qualifier where one is used.

Which teams have the highest passing yards in college football in 2026?

Through games played October 29, 2026, North Texas has the highest passing yards in college football at 2,782. Florida Atlantic is second at 2,635, Oregon State third at 2,599, LSU fourth at 2,542 & USC fifth at 2,429. North Texas's total is 147 yards above second place & 800 yards above the 25th-ranked team.

Only 492 yards separate first from tenth. Oklahoma State is sixth at 2,387, Miami seventh at 2,385, Pittsburgh eighth at 2,326, Toledo ninth at 2,305 & Delaware tenth at 2,290.

Fifty-nine yards separate seventh from eighth, the widest single step anywhere below the top four. California is 11th at 2,282, Virginia Tech 12th at 2,275, Ohio State 13th at 2,262, Memphis 14th at 2,244, James Madison 15th at 2,240, SMU 16th at 2,212, Hawai'i 17th at 2,203 & Arizona 18th at 2,159.

Eight teams sit inside 86 yards of each other from eighth to 15th, the tightest stretch of the ranking. Houston is 19th at 2,135, Alabama 20th at 2,080, TCU 21st at 2,066, Wake Forest 22nd at 2,032, Syracuse 23rd at 1,995, Ole Miss 24th at 1,994 & Colorado State 25th at 1,982.

How this ranking is measured

The ranking above covers the top 25 of 138 FBS teams in the 2026 regular season. Passing yards count yards gained on completed forward passes. Only FBS teams are ranked. Figures are as of October 29, 2026 & are recalculated on StatRankings after each game's play-by-play is processed.