college football passing yards leaders 2016

Patrick Mahomes had the most passing yards in 2016, with 5,052 yards.

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Patrick Mahomes P. Mahomes	5,052	2016	TTU	12	388	591	65.7	8.5	421.0	41	10	157.0	6.9	1.7	27	242
2	Ryan Higgins R. Higgins	4,617	2016	LT	13	329	496	66.3	9.3	355.2	41	8	168.6	8.3	1.6	23	143
3	Deshaun Watson D. Watson	4,593	2016	CLEM	15	388	579	67.0	7.9	306.2	41	17	151.1	7.1	2.9	17	93
4	Luke Falk L. Falk	4,468	2016	WSU	13	443	633	70.0	7.1	343.7	38	11	145.6	6.0	1.7	30	198
5	Mike White M. White	4,363	2016	WKU	14	280	416	67.3	10.5	311.6	37	7	181.4	8.9	1.7	18	111
6	Davis Webb D. Webb	4,295	2016	CAL	12	382	620	61.6	6.9	357.9	37	12	135.6	6.0	1.9	17	131
7	Logan Woodside L. Woodside	4,129	2016	TOL	13	289	418	69.1	9.9	317.6	45	9	183.3	10.8	2.2	14	89
8	Mason Rudolph M. Rudolph	4,091	2016	OKST	13	284	448	63.4	9.1	314.7	28	4	158.9	6.3	0.9	31	199
9	Baker Mayfield B. Mayfield	3,965	2016	OKLA	13	254	358	70.9	11.1	305.0	40	8	196.4	11.2	2.2	18	123
10	Mitch Trubisky M. Trubisky	3,748	2016	UNC	13	304	447	68.0	8.4	288.3	30	6	157.9	6.7	1.3	20	132
11	Riley Ferguson R. Ferguson	3,698	2016	MEM	13	280	443	63.2	8.3	284.5	32	10	152.6	7.2	2.3	33	225
12	Brett Rypien B. Rypien	3,646	2016	BSU	13	244	394	61.9	9.3	280.5	24	8	155.7	6.1	2.0	19	116
13	Trace McSorley T. McSorley	3,614	2016	PSU	14	224	387	57.9	9.3	258.1	29	8	156.9	7.5	2.1	23	160
14	Greg Ward Jr. G. Ward Jr.	3,557	2016	HOU	12	319	469	68.0	7.6	296.4	22	13	141.7	4.7	2.8	33	228
15	Jerod Evans J. Evans	3,552	2016	VT	14	268	422	63.5	8.4	253.7	29	8	153.1	6.9	1.9	32	162
16	Lamar Jackson L. Jackson	3,543	2016	LOU	13	230	409	56.2	8.7	272.5	30	9	148.8	7.3	2.2	45	316
17	Cooper Rush C. Rush	3,540	2016	CMU	13	278	465	59.8	7.6	272.3	23	16	133.2	4.9	3.4	37	248
18	Zach Terrell Z. Terrell	3,533	2016	WMU	14	263	377	69.8	9.4	252.4	33	4	175.2	8.8	1.1	16	88
19	Brad Kaaya B. Kaaya	3,532	2016	MIA	13	261	421	62.0	8.4	271.7	27	7	150.3	6.4	1.7	25	177
20	Austin Allen A. Allen	3,430	2016	ARK	13	245	401	61.1	8.6	263.8	25	15	146.0	6.2	3.7	34	254
21	Jake Browning J. Browning	3,430	2016	WASH	14	243	391	62.1	8.8	245.0	43	9	167.5	11.0	2.3	25	134
22	Drew Lock D. Lock	3,399	2016	MIZ	12	237	434	54.6	7.8	283.3	23	10	133.3	5.3	2.3	13	92
23	Richard Lagow R. Lagow	3,362	2016	IND	13	253	438	57.8	7.7	258.6	19	17	128.8	4.3	3.9	28	233
24	David Blough D. Blough	3,352	2016	PUR	12	295	517	57.1	6.5	279.3	25	21	119.4	4.8	4.1	28	193
25	Deondre Francois D. Francois	3,350	2016	FSU	13	235	400	58.8	8.4	257.7	20	7	142.1	5.0	1.8	34	289

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Team Leaders

PASS

298

Hammond

RUSH

71

Williams

REC

76

Johnson

Team Rankings

PPG

33.0

71st

OPP PPG

10.0

38th

RUSH YDS/G

173.0

69th

PASS YDS/G

298.0

38th

2026 Big 12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
8	Kansas	0-0	1-0
9	Kansas State	0-0	1-0
10	Texas Tech	0-0	1-0
11	UCF	0-0	1-0
12	Utah	0-0	1-0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/12	TTU	@	ORST	7:30 PM
Fri 9/18	HOU	@	TTU	8:00 PM
Sat 9/26	SHSU	@	TTU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	TTU	@	COLO	1:00 PM
Sat 10/17	ASU	@	TTU	1:00 PM

Last Game

Abilene Christian

0 - 1

Final

Texas Tech

1 - 0

Sat 5 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

653

Mensah

639

Kienholz

635

Maiava

Rush Yards Leaders

280

Carter

231

Kromah

227

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

333

Duff

330

Toney

222

Mosley

Pass TD Leaders

8

Mensah

7

Heintschel

6

Boley

Rush TD Leaders

5

Carter

4

Wilson

3

Robinson

Rec TD Leaders

5

Duff

4

Williams

4

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

285.0

Hoover

281.3

Baker

272.0

Becht

Sack Leaders

3.5

Kinsler

3.0

Gilliam

3.0

Lester

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

80.0

73.0

71.0

70.0

66.0

Opp PPG Rankings

0.0

Total Yards Rankings

762.0

702.5

681.0

671.0

660.0

Rush Yards Rankings

569.0

506.0

458.0

431.0

365.0

364.0

Pass Yards Rankings

480.0

435.0

434.0

432.0

430.0

427.0

Sack Leaders

9.0

6.0

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	2	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	1	1	.500
11	California	0	1	.000
12	Clemson	0	1	.000
13	Georgia Tech	0	1	.000
14	Louisville	1	1	.500
15	Florida State	1	1	.500
16	Stanford	1	1	.500
17	NC State	1	1	.500

	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	2	.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