college football passing yards leader this season

Braden Atkinson has the most passing yards this season, with 2,257 yards.

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Braden Atkinson B. Atkinson	2,257	2026	ORST	6	166	235	70.6	9.6	376.2	21	2	179.1	8.9	0.9	8	68
2	Jayden Maiava J. Maiava	2,045	2026	USC	7	152	224	67.9	9.1	292.1	18	3	168.4	8.0	1.3	6	40
3	Tayven Jackson T. Jackson	1,868	2026	UNT	6	143	198	72.2	9.4	311.3	15	4	172.4	7.6	2.0	3	23
4	Marcus Stokes M. Stokes	1,841	2026	MEM	7	121	181	66.9	10.2	263.0	18	6	178.5	9.9	3.3	15	106
5	Ryan Browne R. Browne	1,822	2026	PUR	7	145	221	65.6	8.2	260.3	10	3	147.1	4.5	1.4	13	98
6	Julian Sayin J. Sayin	1,772	2026	OSU	6	116	163	71.2	10.9	295.3	17	2	194.4	10.4	1.2	11	69
7	Noah Fifita N. Fifita	1,756	2026	ARIZ	6	140	191	73.3	9.2	292.7	16	4	174.0	8.4	2.1	15	85
8	Ethan Grunkemeyer E. Grunkemeyer	1,734	2026	VT	6	152	208	73.1	8.3	289.0	12	2	160.2	5.8	1.0	12	78
9	Gio Lopez G. Lopez	1,680	2026	WAKE	6	124	184	67.4	9.1	280.0	13	1	166.3	7.1	0.5	10	62
10	Deuce Bailey D. Bailey	1,638	2026	CCAR	7	109	204	53.4	8.0	234.0	16	4	142.8	7.8	2.0	18	134
11	Caden Creel C. Creel	1,637	2026	JVST	7	129	192	67.2	8.5	233.9	12	6	153.2	6.3	3.1	7	31
12	Micah Alejado M. Alejado	1,612	2026	HAW	6	157	265	59.2	6.1	268.7	5	4	113.6	1.9	1.5	17	104
13	Max Johnson M. Johnson	1,601	2026	GASO	7	154	232	66.4	6.9	228.7	11	2	138.3	4.7	0.9	6	58
14	Keelon Russell K. Russell	1,599	2026	ALA	6	110	162	67.9	9.9	266.5	12	2	172.8	7.4	1.2	15	97
15	Kevin Jennings K. Jennings	1,588	2026	SMU	5	117	156	75.0	10.2	317.6	14	5	183.7	9.0	3.2	6	48
16	Drew Mestemaker D. Mestemaker	1,575	2026	OKST	5	114	169	67.5	9.3	315.0	13	5	165.2	7.7	3.0	4	28
17	John Alan Richter J. Alan Richter	1,565	2026	TOL	6	120	188	63.8	8.3	260.8	13	1	155.5	6.9	0.5	3	20
18	Lincoln Kienholz L. Kienholz	1,534	2026	LOU	6	107	154	69.5	10.0	255.7	9	1	171.1	5.8	0.6	11	78
19	Luke Weaver L. Weaver	1,529	2026	SJSU	6	132	209	63.2	7.3	254.8	11	6	136.2	5.3	2.9	13	67
20	CJ Bailey	1,507	2026	NCST	6	126	189	66.7	8.0	251.2	9	4	145.1	4.8	2.1	9	68
21	Sam Leavitt S. Leavitt	1,496	2026	LSU	6	117	173	67.6	8.6	249.3	10	8	150.1	5.8	4.6	10	58
22	Noah Kim N. Kim	1,464	2026	EMU	7	153	249	61.4	5.9	209.1	9	4	119.5	3.6	1.6	7	62
23	Trey Owens T. Owens	1,461	2026	ARST	6	121	176	68.8	8.3	243.5	9	6	148.5	5.1	3.4	9	58
24	JJ Kohl	1,458	2026	FIU	6	116	199	58.3	7.3	243.0	7	7	124.4	3.5	3.5	7	60
25	Kamario Taylor K. Taylor	1,450	2026	MSST	5	102	154	66.2	9.4	290.0	17	4	176.6	11.0	2.6	13	64

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Team Leaders

PASS

2,257

Atkinson

RUSH

326

Newberry

REC

932

Legree

Team Rankings

PPG

41.8

11th

OPP PPG

22.0

63rd

RUSH YDS/G

131.2

124th

PASS YDS/G

391.2

1st

2026 Pac-12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Boise State	2-0	5-1
2	Oregon State	2-0	4-2
3	San Diego State	1-1	2-4
4	Fresno State	1-1	4-2
5	Texas State	1-1	3-3

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/17	WSU	@	ORST	6:00 PM
Sat 10/31	ORST	@	FRES	11:00 PM
Sat 11/7	TXST	@	ORST	10:30 PM
Sat 11/14	ORST	@	BSU	6:00 PM
Sat 11/21	USU	@	ORST	10:30 PM

Last Game

San Diego State

2 - 4

Final

Oregon State

4 - 2

Sat 10 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

838

Burgess

835

Riley

828

Roberts

Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

916

Smith

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

18

Stokes

18

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

12

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

11

Smith

9

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

200.5

Hoover

198.6

Stockton

Sack Leaders

9.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.6

46.2

44.2

44.0

43.4

42.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

13.0

Total Yards Rankings

562.3

554.8

533.8

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

303.5

299.4

295.5

253.2

Pass Yards Rankings

391.2

347.0

341.0

337.8

334.4

322.4

Sack Leaders

24.0

22.0

20.0

19.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	5	1	.833
2	Oregon State	4	2	.667
3	San Diego State	2	4	.333
4	Fresno State	4	2	.667
5	Texas State	3	3	.500
6	Utah State	2	4	.333
7	Colorado State	2	4	.333
8	Washington State	1	5	.167

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Utah	5	0	1.000
4	Baylor	4	1	.800
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Arizona State	3	2	.600
10	Iowa State	3	3	.500
11	UCF	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Kansas	2	3	.400
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	West Virginia	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	3	.571
2	Ohio	4	2	.667
3	Western Michigan	4	2	.667
4	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
5	Buffalo	3	3	.500
6	Toledo	4	2	.667
7	Central Michigan	3	3	.500
8	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
9	UMass	4	2	.667
10	Kent State	2	4	.333
11	Akron	1	5	.167
12	Ball State	1	5	.167
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	0	1.000
2	Alabama	5	1	.833
3	Kentucky	5	1	.833
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Missouri	5	1	.833
6	Tennessee	5	1	.833
7	Ole Miss	4	1	.800
8	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
9	Florida	4	2	.667
10	Texas	4	1	.800
11	LSU	4	2	.667
12	Auburn	3	2	.600
13	South Carolina	3	3	.500
14	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
15	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
16	Arkansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	UCLA	5	0	1.000
3	Ohio State	5	1	.833
4	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
5	USC	6	1	.857
6	Iowa	5	1	.833
7	Nebraska	5	1	.833
8	Minnesota	4	2	.667
9	Purdue	3	4	.429
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Washington	4	3	.571
14	Michigan	3	2	.600
15	Rutgers	1	4	.200
16	Penn State	3	3	.500
17	Maryland	2	4	.333
18	Michigan State	2	4	.333

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
3	Clemson	3	2	.600
4	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
5	SMU	4	1	.800
6	Virginia	4	2	.667
7	California	3	3	.500
8	Georgia Tech	2	3	.400
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Duke	4	1	.800
11	North Carolina	3	2	.600
12	Virginia Tech	4	2	.667
13	Florida State	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Stanford	2	4	.333
16	Boston College	2	3	.400
17	Syracuse	2	3	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	4	2	.667
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	North Dakota State	5	1	.833
4	Air Force	4	1	.800
5	Wyoming	3	3	.500
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Nevada	2	3	.400
8	Northern Illinois	0	5	.000
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	5	.167

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	0	1.000
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	5	1	.833
2	North Texas	4	2	.667
3	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
4	Memphis	5	2	.714
5	Army	3	2	.600
6	UAB	4	3	.571
7	East Carolina	3	3	.500
8	Tulane	3	3	.500
9	Temple	2	4	.333
10	South Florida	4	2	.667
11	Navy	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	3	3	.500
13	Rice	1	5	.167
14	Charlotte	0	6	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
2	Liberty	5	1	.833
3	Western Kentucky	3	4	.429
4	Florida International	3	3	.500
5	Middle Tennessee	3	3	.500
6	Missouri State	2	4	.333
7	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
8	Delaware	2	4	.333
9	Kennesaw State	1	5	.167
10	Sam Houston	1	5	.167

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	6	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
5	Troy	3	2	.600
6	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
7	Louisiana	4	2	.667
8	Appalachian State	4	2	.667
9	Coastal Carolina	2	5	.286
10	Old Dominion	2	5	.286
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333