college football passing yards per single season leaders

Bobby Ross had 40 passing yards in 1956.

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
1	Bobby Ross B. Ross	40	1956	VMI	10	4	11	36.4	3.6	4.0	1	2	60.5	9.1	18.2
2	Gerry Faust G. Faust	322	1956	DAY	10	28	59	47.5	5.5	32.2	2	7	80.8	3.4	11.9
3	Gene Stallings G. Stallings		1956	TA&M	10
4	Mike White M. White		1956	CAL	10
5	Joe Kapp J. Kapp	667	1956	CAL	10	52	112	46.4	6.0	66.7	1	13	76.2	0.9	11.6
6	Sonny Randle S. Randle	0	1956	UVA	10	0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
7	Jack Pardee J. Pardee		1956	TA&M	10
8	Lee Corso L. Corso	369	1956	FSU	10	32	59	54.2	6.3	36.9	5	5	117.8	8.5	8.5
9	Johnny Majors J. Majors	552	1956	TENN	10	36	59	61.0	9.4	55.2	5	3	157.4	8.5	5.1
10	Frank Ellwood F. Ellwood	86	1956	OSU	9	7	20	35.0	4.3	9.6	4	3	107.1	20.0	15.0
11	Ken Cooper K. Cooper		1956	UGA	10
12	Joe Morrison J. Morrison	483	1956	CIN	9	29	78	37.2	6.2	53.7	4	5	93.3	5.1	6.4
13	Jim Wood J. Wood		1956	OKST	10
14	John David Crow J. David Crow	0	1956	TA&M	10	0	7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
15	Jim Tait J. Tait	9	1956	MSST	10	1	1	100.0	9.0	0.9	0	0	175.6	0.0	0.0
16	Claude Gilbert C. Gilbert		1956	SJSU	10
17	Jim Shofner J. Shofner	0	1956	TCU	10	0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	1	-200.0	0.0	100.0
18	John Symank J. Symank		1956	FLA	10
19	Dick Vermeil D. Vermeil	91	1956	SJSU	10	8	17	47.1	5.4	9.1	2	2	107.3	11.8	11.8
20	Bob Snider B. Snider		1956	WVU	10
21	Wade Rogers W. Rogers		1956	CLEM	10
22	Dave Ebert D. Ebert		1956	VT	10
23	Wendell Tarleton W. Tarleton	0	1956	UGA	10	0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
24	Roy Wilkins R. Wilkins		1956	UGA	10
25	George Volkert G. Volkert		1956	GT	10

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Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

2,007

Sayin

Rush Yards Leaders

867

Roberts

838

Burgess

837

Bishop

Rec Yards Leaders

984

Smith

932

Legree

741

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

19

Sayin

18

Stokes

Rush TD Leaders

14

Hawkins

13

Baugh

13

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

12

Smith

9

Duff

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

186.5

Carr

185.9

Stockton

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.5

Stevens

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.6

44.0

43.4

43.0

42.9

42.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

12.9

13.0

Total Yards Rankings

562.3

554.8

533.8

522.3

521.4

512.6

Rush Yards Rankings

357.5

343.0

303.5

299.4

272.4

253.2

Pass Yards Rankings

391.2

347.0

334.4

325.2

323.1

322.4

Sack Leaders

29.0

25.0

24.0

22.0

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	6	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	2	.667
9	Arizona State	3	3	.500
10	Iowa State	3	3	.500
11	UCF	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	4	2	.667
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Kansas	2	4	.333
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	West Virginia	4	3	.571

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	4	.500
2	Ohio	4	2	.667
3	Western Michigan	5	2	.714
4	Bowling Green	2	5	.286
5	Buffalo	4	3	.571
6	Toledo	5	2	.714
7	Central Michigan	3	4	.429
8	Miami (OH)	4	3	.571
9	UMass	4	3	.571
10	Kent State	2	4	.333
11	Akron	1	6	.143
12	Ball State	2	5	.286
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	1	.857
2	Alabama	5	2	.714
3	Kentucky	5	1	.833
4	Mississippi State	4	2	.667
5	Missouri	5	2	.714
6	Tennessee	6	1	.857
7	Ole Miss	5	1	.833
8	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
9	Florida	5	2	.714
10	Texas	4	2	.667
11	LSU	5	2	.714
12	Auburn	4	2	.667
13	South Carolina	3	3	.500
14	Texas A&M	4	3	.571
15	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
16	Arkansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	1	.857
2	UCLA	5	0	1.000
3	Ohio State	6	1	.857
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	5	1	.833
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Washington	4	3	.571
14	Michigan	4	2	.667
15	Rutgers	2	4	.333
16	Penn State	3	4	.429
17	Maryland	2	5	.286
18	Michigan State	2	5	.286

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
3	Clemson	4	2	.667
4	Pittsburgh	5	2	.714
5	SMU	5	1	.833
6	Virginia	4	3	.571
7	California	3	3	.500
8	Georgia Tech	2	4	.333
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Duke	4	2	.667
11	North Carolina	4	2	.667
12	Virginia Tech	5	2	.714
13	Florida State	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Stanford	2	4	.333
16	Boston College	3	3	.500
17	Syracuse	2	3	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	4	3	.571
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	North Dakota State	5	1	.833
4	Air Force	5	1	.833
5	Wyoming	4	3	.571
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Nevada	2	3	.400
8	Northern Illinois	0	6	.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	2	.667
4	Memphis	5	2	.714
5	Army	4	2	.667
6	UAB	4	3	.571
7	East Carolina	3	3	.500
8	Tulane	3	3	.500
9	Temple	2	5	.286
10	South Florida	4	2	.667
11	Navy	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	4	3	.571
13	Rice	1	6	.143
14	Charlotte	1	6	.143

	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	7	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	2	.667
4	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
5	Troy	3	3	.500
6	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
7	Louisiana	5	2	.714
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