best passer rating in heisman winning seasons

Charles Woodson has the best passer rating by a Heisman Trophy winner in a season when playing >0 seasons in a win, with a 335.2 rating in 1997.

	NAME	RTG	HEISMAN	W	SEAS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Charles Woodson C. Woodson	335.2	1	8	1	1997	MICH	8	1	1	100.0	28	28.0	3.5	0	0	0.0	0.0
2	Jayden Daniels J. Daniels	223.9	1	9	1	2023	LSU	9	172	230	74.8	2,833	12.3	314.8	33	2	14.3	0.9	14	51
3	Baker Mayfield B. Mayfield	207.0	1	12	1	2017	OKLA	12	238	336	70.8	4,034	12.0	336.2	39	5	11.6	1.5	19	126
4	Kyler Murray K. Murray	205.0	1	12	1	2018	OKLA	12	222	314	70.7	3,749	11.9	312.4	36	6	11.5	1.9	13	72
5	Joe Burrow J. Burrow	202.0	1	15	1	2019	LSU	15	402	527	76.3	5,671	10.8	378.1	60	6	11.4	1.1	34	206
6	Robert Griffin III R. Griffin III	197.6	1	10	1	2011	BAY	10	207	281	73.7	3,092	11.0	309.2	28	2	10.0	0.7
7	Tim Tebow T. Tebow	189.5	1	9	1	2007	FLA	9	171	242	70.7	2,537	10.5	281.9	25	4	10.3	1.7
8	Marcus Mariota M. Mariota	186.8	1	13	1	2014	ORE	13	260	376	69.1	3,845	10.2	295.8	38	3	10.1	0.8	24	159
9	Sam Bradford S. Bradford	186.2	1	12	1	2008	OKLA	12	274	403	68.0	4,077	10.1	339.8	43	4	10.7	1.0
10	Jameis Winston J. Winston	184.8	1	14	1	2013	FSU	14	257	384	66.9	4,057	10.6	289.8	40	10	10.4	2.6	27	188
11	Fernando Mendoza F. Mendoza	182.9	1	16	1	2025	IND	16	273	379	72.0	3,535	9.3	220.9	41	6	10.8	1.6	25	164
12	Cam Newton C. Newton	182.0	1	14	1	2010	AUB	14	185	280	66.1	2,854	10.2	203.9	30	7	10.7	2.5
13	Danny Wuerffel D. Wuerffel	178.4	1	10	1	1996	FLA	10	163	281	58.0	2,984	10.6	298.4	32	9	11.4	3.2
14	Jason White J. White	177.9	1	12	1	2003	OKLA	12	238	364	65.4	3,446	9.5	287.2	40	6	11.0	1.6
15	Bryce Young B. Young	177.4	1	13	1	2021	ALA	13	303	442	68.6	4,134	9.4	318.0	43	4	9.7	0.9	31	208
16	Johnny Manziel J. Manziel	169.7	1	11	1	2012	TAMU	11	243	348	69.8	3,257	9.4	296.1	26	6	7.5	1.7
17	Chris Weinke C. Weinke	167.9	1	11	1	2000	FSU	11	237	373	63.5	3,671	9.8	333.7	30	9	8.0	2.4
18	Troy Smith T. Smith	167.9	1	12	1	2006	OSU	12	199	297	67.0	2,507	8.4	208.9	30	5	10.1	1.7
19	Caleb Williams C. Williams	167.8	1	11	1	2022	USC	11	243	365	66.6	3,331	9.1	302.8	29	3	7.9	0.8	18	137
20	Lamar Jackson L. Jackson	167.2	1	9	1	2016	LOU	9	157	270	58.1	2,603	9.6	289.2	26	5	9.6	1.9	18	116
21	Carson Palmer C. Palmer	158.7	1	11	1	2002	USC	11	259	393	65.9	3,375	8.6	306.8	30	9	7.6	2.3
22	Matt Leinart M. Leinart	156.5	1	13	1	2004	USC	13	269	412	65.3	3,322	8.1	255.5	33	6	8.0	1.5
23	Eric Crouch E. Crouch	130.0	1	11	1	2001	NEB	11	92	161	57.1	1,312	8.1	119.3	7	8	4.3	5.0

StatMuse has game-level data for passer rating going back to the 1995 season.

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Team Leaders

PASS

504

Underwood

RUSH

156

Underwood

REC

266

Buchanan

Team Rankings

PPG

27.3

94th

OPP PPG

13.0

22nd

RUSH YDS/G

147.7

101st

PASS YDS/G

175.7

136th

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
3	Indiana	0-0	3-0
4	Iowa	0-0	3-0
5	Michigan	0-0	3-0
6	Nebraska	0-0	3-0
7	Penn State	0-0	3-0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/26	IOWA	@	MICH	3:30 PM
Sat 10/3	MICH	@	MINN	12:00 PM
Sat 10/17	PSU	@	MICH	1:00 PM
Sat 10/24	IND	@	MICH	1:00 PM
Sat 10/31	MICH	@	RUTG	1:00 PM

Last Game

UTEP

1 - 2

Final

Michigan

3 - 0

Sat 19 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,173

Maiava

1,122

Atkinson

1,053

Stokes

Rush Yards Leaders

528

Sheppard

458

Baugh

454

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

476

Legree

444

Toney

419

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

12

Maiava

11

Taylor

11

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

8

Baugh

8

Knight

6

Carter

Rec TD Leaders

7

Dixon

6

Duff

6

Becker

QB Rating Leaders

259.3

Stockton

244.1

Hoover

228.6

Mensah

Sack Leaders

6.0

Lewis

6.0

Umanmielen

4.0

Lester

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

59.3

54.0

51.7

50.7

49.7

48.3

Opp PPG Rankings

4.3

5.3

7.3

7.7

8.0

Total Yards Rankings

594.3

544.7

544.3

539.0

537.0

528.0

Rush Yards Rankings

394.0

376.0

319.0

298.7

286.7

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

386.3

368.7

366.7

364.7

358.0

345.7

Sack Leaders

14.0

12.0

11.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	3	0	1.000
2	Florida	3	0	1.000
3	Georgia	3	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	3	0	1.000
5	Ole Miss	3	0	1.000
6	Kentucky	2	1	.667
7	Missouri	3	0	1.000
8	Tennessee	3	0	1.000
9	Texas	3	0	1.000
10	Vanderbilt	3	0	1.000
11	Oklahoma	2	1	.667
12	Auburn	2	1	.667
13	LSU	2	1	.667
14	South Carolina	2	1	.667
15	Texas A&M	2	1	.667
16	Arkansas	1	2	.333

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Appalachian State	3	0	1.000
2	James Madison	3	0	1.000
3	Louisiana	2	1	.667
4	Georgia State	2	1	.667
5	South Alabama	2	1	.667
6	Marshall	2	1	.667
7	Troy	2	1	.667
8	Coastal Carolina	1	2	.333
9	Arkansas State	1	2	.333
10	Georgia Southern	1	2	.333
11	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
12	Old Dominion	1	2	.333
13	Southern Miss	1	2	.333
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	3	.000

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	2	1	.667
2	Colorado State	2	1	.667
3	Fresno State	2	1	.667
4	Oregon State	1	2	.333
5	San Diego State	1	2	.333
6	Texas State	1	2	.333
7	Washington State	1	2	.333
8	Utah State	0	3	.000

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	3	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	3	0	1.000
3	Arizona State	2	1	.667
4	Cincinnati	3	0	1.000
5	Kansas State	3	0	1.000
6	Utah	3	0	1.000
7	West Virginia	3	0	1.000
8	Baylor	2	1	.667
9	Colorado	2	1	.667
10	Iowa State	2	1	.667
11	Oklahoma State	2	1	.667
12	TCU	2	1	.667
13	UCF	2	1	.667
14	Arizona	2	1	.667
15	Houston	2	1	.667
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	3	.250
2	UMass	3	0	1.000
3	Central Michigan	2	1	.667
4	Toledo	2	1	.667
5	Western Michigan	2	1	.667
6	Akron	1	2	.333
7	Ball State	1	2	.333
8	Buffalo	1	2	.333
9	Kent State	1	2	.333
10	Miami (OH)	1	2	.333
11	Ohio	1	2	.333
12	Bowling Green	0	3	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	3	.250

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	3	0	1.000
2	Duke	3	0	1.000
3	Pittsburgh	3	0	1.000
4	California	2	1	.667
5	Clemson	2	1	.667
6	Louisville	2	1	.667
7	Virginia	2	1	.667
8	SMU	2	1	.667
9	Virginia Tech	3	0	1.000
10	Boston College	2	1	.667
11	Georgia Tech	1	2	.333
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Wake Forest	2	1	.667
14	Florida State	1	2	.333
15	NC State	1	2	.333
16	Stanford	1	2	.333
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	3	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	1	.667

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	3	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	2	1	.667
3	Tulsa	3	0	1.000
4	Memphis	3	1	.750
5	UTSA	2	1	.667
6	East Carolina	1	2	.333
7	North Texas	1	2	.333
8	Rice	1	2	.333
9	Temple	1	2	.333
10	Tulane	1	2	.333
11	UAB	1	2	.333
12	Charlotte	0	3	.000
13	Army	1	1	.500
14	Navy	1	1	.500

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	4	0	1.000
2	UCLA	3	0	1.000
3	Indiana	3	0	1.000
4	Iowa	3	0	1.000
5	Michigan	3	0	1.000
6	Nebraska	3	0	1.000
7	Penn State	3	0	1.000
8	Washington	3	0	1.000
9	Northwestern	2	0	1.000
10	Illinois	2	1	.667
11	Maryland	2	1	.667
12	Michigan State	2	1	.667
13	Minnesota	2	1	.667
14	Ohio State	2	1	.667
15	Oregon	2	1	.667
16	Wisconsin	2	1	.667
17	Purdue	1	2	.333
18	Rutgers	0	3	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	2	1	.667
2	Liberty	2	1	.667
3	Middle Tennessee	2	1	.667
4	Jacksonville State	2	2	.500
5	Florida International	1	2	.333
6	Kennesaw State	1	2	.333
7	Missouri State	1	2	.333
8	New Mexico State	1	2	.333
9	Sam Houston	1	2	.333
10	Western Kentucky	0	3	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	1	2	.333
3	New Mexico	2	1	.667
4	San Jose State	2	2	.500
5	Nevada	1	2	.333
6	UTEP	1	2	.333
7	Wyoming	1	2	.333
8	Northern Illinois	0	3	.000
9	Air Force	1	1	.500
10	Hawai'i	1	2	.333