big 12 most passing yards in a single season by a single player before the year 2000

Before 2000, Josh Heupel had the most passing yards in the Big 12 before his 200th season, with 3,460 yards in 1999.

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
1	Josh Heupel J. Heupel	3,460	1999	OKLA	11	310	500	62.0	6.9	314.5	30	15	133.9	6.0	3.0
2	Major Applewhite M. Applewhite	3,357	1999	TEX	13	271	467	58.0	7.2	258.2	21	9	129.4	4.5	1.9
3	Koy Detmer K. Detmer	3,156	1996	COLO	11	208	363	57.3	8.7	286.9	22	12	143.7	6.1	3.3
4	Michael Bishop M. Bishop	2,844	1998	KSU	12	164	295	55.6	9.6	237.0	23	5	158.9	7.8	1.7
5	Mike Moschetti M. Moschetti	2,693	1999	COLO	10	204	331	61.6	8.1	269.3	18	12	140.7	5.4	3.6
6	Todd Bandhauer T. Bandhauer	2,514	1997	ISU	11	180	374	48.1	6.7	228.5	20	9	117.4	5.3	2.4
7	John Hessler J. Hessler	2,478	1997	COLO	11	181	338	53.6	7.3	225.3	14	16	119.3	4.1	4.7
8	James Brown J. Brown	2,468	1996	TEX	12	170	299	56.9	8.3	205.7	17	12	136.9	5.7	4.0
9	Major Applewhite M. Applewhite	2,453	1998	TEX	11	159	273	58.2	9.0	223.0	18	11	147.4	6.6	4.0
10	Randy McCown R. McCown	2,374	1999	TA&M	11	152	295	51.5	8.0	215.8	14	10	128.0	4.7	3.4
11	Todd Bandhauer T. Bandhauer	2,206	1998	ISU	11	179	355	50.4	6.2	200.5	14	20	104.4	3.9	5.6
12	Mike Moschetti M. Moschetti	2,104	1998	COLO	11	162	276	58.7	7.6	191.3	15	7	135.6	5.4	2.5
13	Branndon Stewart B. Stewart	1,904	1996	TA&M	12	146	299	48.8	6.4	158.7	9	7	107.6	3.0	2.3
14	Brian Kavanagh B. Kavanagh	1,893	1996	KSU	11	167	284	58.8	6.7	172.1	20	6	133.8	7.0	2.1
15	Jonathan Beasley J. Beasley	1,805	1999	KSU	11	90	203	44.3	8.9	164.1	14	7	134.9	6.9	3.4
16	Sage Rosenfels S. Rosenfels	1,781	1999	ISU	11	127	235	54.0	7.6	161.9	10	11	122.4	4.3	4.7
17	Zebbie Lethridge Z. Lethridge	1,686	1996	TTU	11	117	267	43.8	6.3	153.3	11	6	106.0	4.1	2.2
18	James Brown J. Brown	1,676	1997	TEX	10	133	267	49.8	6.3	167.6	5	11	100.5	1.9	4.1
19	Corby Jones C. Jones	1,658	1997	MIZ	11	102	191	53.4	8.7	150.7	12	6	140.8	6.3	3.1
20	Zebbie Lethridge Z. Lethridge	1,622	1997	TTU	11	134	261	51.3	6.2	147.5	6	4	108.1	2.3	1.5
21	Dylen Smith D. Smith	1,599	1999	KU	12	135	263	51.3	6.1	133.3	12	7	112.1	4.6	2.7
22	Michael Bishop M. Bishop	1,557	1997	KSU	11	80	185	43.2	8.4	141.5	13	8	128.5	7.0	4.3
23	Tone Jones T. Jones	1,551	1996	OKST	10	130	234	55.6	6.6	155.1	8	9	114.8	3.4	3.8
24	Jeff Watson J. Watson	1,550	1997	BAY	11	143	260	55.0	6.0	140.9	5	8	105.3	1.9	3.1
25	Todd Doxzon T. Doxzon	1,498	1996	ISU	11	124	231	53.7	6.5	136.2	12	9	117.5	5.2	3.9

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8	Mississippi State	0-0	1-0
9	Missouri	0-0	1-0
10	Oklahoma	0-0	1-0
11	Ole Miss	0-0	1-0
12	South Carolina	0-0	1-0

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/12	OKLA	@	MICH	12:00 PM
Sat 9/19	UNM	@	OKLA	7:30 PM
Sat 9/26	OKLA	@	UGA	1:00 PM
Sat 10/10	TEX	@	OKLA	3:30 PM
Sat 10/17	UK	@	OKLA	1:00 PM

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Rush Yards Leaders

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Rec Yards Leaders

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4

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4

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QB Rating Leaders

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CFB 2026 Standings

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

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

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Arizona	1	0	1.000
2	Arizona State	1	0	1.000
3	BYU	1	0	1.000
4	Cincinnati	1	0	1.000
5	Colorado	1	0	1.000
6	Houston	1	0	1.000
7	Iowa State	1	0	1.000
8	Kansas	1	0	1.000
9	Kansas State	1	0	1.000
10	Texas Tech	1	0	1.000
11	UCF	1	0	1.000
12	Utah	1	0	1.000
13	West Virginia	1	0	1.000
14	Baylor	0	1	.000
15	Oklahoma State	0	1	.000
16	TCU	0	1	.000

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	1	0	1.000
2	San Diego State	1	0	1.000
3	Boise State	0	1	.000
4	Fresno State	0	1	.000
5	Oregon State	0	1	.000
6	Texas State	0	1	.000
7	Utah State	0	1	.000
8	Washington State	0	1	.000

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	1	.500
2	Buffalo	1	0	1.000
3	UMass	1	0	1.000
4	Akron	0	1	.000
5	Ball State	0	1	.000
6	Bowling Green	0	1	.000
7	Central Michigan	0	1	.000
8	Kent State	0	1	.000
9	Miami (OH)	0	1	.000
10	Ohio	0	1	.000
11	Toledo	0	1	.000
12	Western Michigan	0	1	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	1	.500

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

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	2	0	1.000
2	SMU	1	0	1.000
3	Virginia	1	0	1.000
4	Duke	1	0	1.000
5	North Carolina	1	0	1.000
6	Pittsburgh	1	0	1.000
7	Syracuse	1	0	1.000
8	Virginia Tech	1	0	1.000
9	Wake Forest	1	0	1.000
10	Boston College	0	1	.000
11	California	0	1	.000
12	Clemson	0	1	.000
13	Georgia Tech	0	1	.000
14	Louisville	0	1	.000
15	Florida State	1	1	.500
16	Stanford	1	1	.500
17	NC State	0	1	.000

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

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	1	0	1.000
2	UConn	1	0	1.000

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

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	1	0	1.000
2	Kennesaw State	1	0	1.000
3	Middle Tennessee	1	0	1.000
4	Jacksonville State	1	1	.500
5	New Mexico State	1	1	.500
6	Florida International	0	1	.000
7	Liberty	0	1	.000
8	Missouri State	0	1	.000
9	Sam Houston	0	1	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	1	.000