college football team with the most passing touchdowns in a season

The Western Kentucky Hilltoppers have the most passing touchdowns by a team in a season, with 63 touchdowns in 2021.

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	TEAM	TD	SEASON	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Western Kentucky	63	2021	14	480	697	68.9	6,072	8.7	433.7	12	168.4	9.0	1.7	17	123
2	LSU	61	2019	15	426	567	75.1	6,024	10.6	401.6	7	197.4	10.8	1.2	34	206
3	Hawaii	57	2006	14	444	615	72.2	6,178	10.0	441.3	12	183.3	9.3	2.0
4	Houston	55	1989	11	434	694	62.5	5,624	8.1	511.3	16	152.1	7.9	2.3
5	Houston	54	1990	11	386	659	58.6	5,213	7.9	473.9	20	146.0	8.2	3.0
6	Texas Tech	53	2003	13	506	780	64.9	6,179	7.9	475.3	23	147.9	6.8	2.9
7	Alabama	52	2018	15	301	438	68.7	4,854	11.1	323.6	8	197.3	11.9	1.8	15	123
8	Ohio State	51	2018	14	396	561	70.6	5,144	9.2	367.4	8	174.8	9.1	1.4	23	118
9	Houston	51	2011	14	479	682	70.2	6,301	9.2	450.1	6	170.8	7.5	0.9
10	Washington State	50	2019	13	505	710	71.1	5,683	8.0	437.2	16	157.1	7.0	2.3	20	153
11	Western Kentucky	50	2015	14	398	554	71.8	5,211	9.4	372.2	9	177.4	9.0	1.6	16	129
12	Texas Tech	50	2002	14	515	770	66.9	5,444	7.1	388.9	15	143.8	6.5	1.9
13	Oregon	49	2023	14	397	514	77.2	4,857	9.4	346.9	5	186.1	9.5	1.0	5	31
14	Alabama	49	2019	13	287	406	70.7	4,449	11.0	342.2	6	199.6	12.1	1.5	12	81
15	Western Kentucky	49	2014	13	378	557	67.9	4,866	8.7	374.3	10	166.7	8.8	1.8	19	127
16	Tulsa	49	2007	14	336	564	59.6	5,194	9.2	371.0	19	158.9	8.7	3.4
17	BYU	49	1980	12	317	498	63.7	4,918	9.9	409.8	21	170.6	9.8	4.2
18	Alabama	48	2021	15	380	571	66.5	5,073	8.9	338.2	7	166.5	8.4	1.2	41	286
19	Ohio State	48	2019	14	271	406	66.7	3,684	9.1	263.1	3	180.5	11.8	0.7	35	226
20	Oklahoma	48	2008	14	350	517	67.7	4,891	9.5	349.4	9	174.3	9.3	1.7
21	Rice	48	2008	13	339	516	65.7	4,254	8.2	327.2	7	162.9	9.3	1.4
22	Louisiana Tech	48	1998	12	402	601	66.9	5,185	8.6	432.1	14	161.1	8.0	2.3
23	Florida	48	1995	12	287	457	62.8	4,330	9.5	360.8	12	171.8	10.5	2.6
24	Oklahoma	47	2017	14	309	433	71.4	5,065	11.7	361.8	6	202.7	10.9	1.4	26	180
25	Texas Tech	47	2016	12	428	653	65.5	5,556	8.5	463.0	11	157.4	7.2	1.7	30	271

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More Western Kentucky Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

857

Tisdale

RUSH

202

Allen

REC

266

Stafford

Team Rankings

PPG

19.8

132nd

OPP PPG

39.6

169th

RUSH YDS/G

113.2

142nd

PASS YDS/G

233.0

80th

2026 C-USA Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
6	Kennesaw State	0-0	1-3
7	Missouri State	0-0	1-3
8	Sam Houston	0-0	1-3
9	Western Kentucky	0-1	1-4
10	Middle Tennessee	0-1	2-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 10/8	MOSU	@	WKU	7:00 PM
Wed 10/14	WKU	@	SHSU	8:00 PM
Tue 10/27	DEL	@	WKU	7:00 PM
Sat 11/7	WKU	@	MTU	3:30 PM
Sat 11/14	JVST	@	WKU	3:30 PM

Last Game

Western Kentucky

1 - 4

Final

New Mexico State

2 - 3

Thu 1 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,519

Jackson

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Mensah

14

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

8.5

9.0

9.8

10.3

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

524.6

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

332.3

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

346.5

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	4	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	4	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	0	1.000
5	Texas	4	0	1.000
6	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
7	Auburn	3	1	.750
8	Kentucky	3	1	.750
9	LSU	3	1	.750
10	Missouri	3	1	.750
11	Tennessee	3	1	.750
12	Vanderbilt	3	1	.750
13	Arkansas	2	2	.500
14	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
15	South Carolina	2	2	.500
16	Texas A&M	2	2	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Fresno State	3	1	.750
3	Colorado State	2	2	.500
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	Texas State	2	2	.500
6	San Diego State	1	3	.250
7	Utah State	1	3	.250
8	Washington State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	4	0	1.000
3	Iowa	4	0	1.000
4	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	3	1	.750
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Michigan	3	1	.750
11	Penn State	3	1	.750
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Northwestern	2	1	.667
14	Illinois	2	2	.500
15	Maryland	2	2	.500
16	Michigan State	2	2	.500
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Utah	4	0	1.000
4	BYU	3	0	1.000
5	Baylor	3	1	.750
6	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
7	UCF	3	1	.750
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	3	1	.750
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	1	.750
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	2	2	.500
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	0	1.000
2	Kent State	2	2	.500
3	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Buffalo	2	2	.500
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	3	.250
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	4	0	1.000
2	Clemson	3	1	.750
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	Pittsburgh	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia Tech	4	0	1.000
6	Virginia	3	1	.750
7	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
8	Louisville	2	2	.500
9	SMU	3	1	.750
10	California	2	2	.500
11	Stanford	2	2	.500
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Boston College	2	2	.500
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	North Texas	3	2	.600
4	UAB	2	2	.500
5	Army	2	1	.667
6	Memphis	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	Tulane	2	2	.500
10	Rice	1	3	.250
11	Charlotte	0	4	.000
12	Tulsa	3	2	.600
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
2	New Mexico State	2	3	.400
3	Liberty	3	1	.750
4	Delaware	2	2	.500
5	Florida International	2	2	.500
6	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
7	Missouri State	1	3	.250
8	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
9	Western Kentucky	1	4	.200
10	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	4	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	3	1	.750
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
13	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	Wyoming	2	2	.500
4	Air Force	2	1	.667
5	New Mexico	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	3	.250
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250