highest passer rating by a quarterback 2021

Carson Baker had the best passer rating by a quarterback in 2021, with a 883.6 rating.

	NAME	RTG	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Carson Baker C. Baker	883.6	2021	WKU	1	1	1	100.0	54	54.0	54.0	1	0	100.0	0.0	0	0
2	Sam Jackson V S. Jackson V	746.8	2021	TCU	2	1	1	100.0	77	77.0	38.5	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	5
3	Cole Kramer C. Kramer	493.6	2021	MINN	8	3	3	100.0	62	20.7	7.8	2	0	66.7	0.0	0	0
4	Zachary Stevens Z. Stevens	472.0	2021	CCAR	1	1	1	100.0	5	5.0	5.0	1	0	100.0	0.0	0	0
5	Chubba Purdy C. Purdy	396.6	2021	FSU	1	5	5	100.0	98	19.6	98.0	2	0	40.0	0.0	0	0
6	Kaidon Salter K. Salter	378.8	2021	LIB	2	1	2	50.0	39	19.5	19.5	1	0	50.0	0.0	0	0
7	Bryson Barnes B. Barnes	361.6	2021	UTAH	3	2	2	100.0	23	11.5	7.7	1	0	50.0	0.0	0	0
8	Dakereon Joyner D. Joyner	286.0	2021	SC	13	9	9	100.0	160	17.8	12.3	1	0	11.1	0.0	0	0
9	Colten Gauthier C. Gauthier	259.6	2021	SC	1	1	1	100.0	19	19.0	19.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0
10	Andrew Brito A. Brito	247.0	2021	UCF	3	2	2	100.0	35	17.5	11.7	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	10
11	Eddie Lee Marburger E. Lee Marburger	241.4	2021	UTSA	2	4	8	50.0	143	17.9	71.5	1	0	12.5	0.0	0	0
12	Jabari Laws J. Laws	241.3	2021	ARMY	6	19	24	79.2	306	12.8	51.0	4	0	16.7	0.0	2	23
13	Nate Hampton N. Hampton	239.8	2021	LIB	1	1	4	25.0	63	15.8	63.0	1	0	25.0	0.0	0	0
14	Austin Smith A. Smith	234.4	2021	EMU	1	1	1	100.0	16	16.0	16.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0
15	Dominic Johnson D. Johnson	226.0	2021	BUFF	12	1	1	100.0	15	15.0	1.3	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0
16	Quadry Jones Q. Jones	217.6	2021	UCF	3	1	1	100.0	14	14.0	4.7	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0
17	Goose Crowder G. Crowder	217.6	2021	WVU	2	2	2	100.0	28	14.0	14.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0
18	Jake Garcia J. Garcia	213.9	2021	MIA	1	11	14	78.6	147	10.5	147.0	2	0	14.3	0.0	0	0
19	Jalen Mayden J. Mayden	208.3	2021	SDSU	2	10	12	83.3	100	8.3	50.0	2	0	16.7	0.0	2	16
20	Grayson McCall G. McCall	207.6	2021	CCAR	11	176	241	73.0	2,873	11.9	261.2	27	3	11.2	1.2	16	66
21	Jarrett Guest J. Guest	203.6	2021	CCAR	7	9	10	90.0	96	9.6	13.7	1	0	10.0	0.0	0	0
22	Billy Wiles B. Wiles	197.6	2021	CLEM	1	2	4	50.0	31	7.8	31.0	1	0	25.0	0.0	0	0
23	C.J. Stroud	186.6	2021	OSU	12	317	441	71.9	4,435	10.1	369.6	44	6	10.0	1.4	13	103
24	Ralph Rucker IV R. Rucker IV	184.0	2021	OKLA	1	2	2	100.0	20	10.0	20.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0
25	Braxton Barker B. Barker	184.0	2021	ALA	1	1	1	100.0	10	10.0	10.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0

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More Western Kentucky Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

857

Tisdale

RUSH

346

Allen

REC

369

Stafford

Team Rankings

PPG

21.3

121st

OPP PPG

30.6

127th

RUSH YDS/G

136.0

117th

PASS YDS/G

217.6

96th

2026 C-USA Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Jacksonville State	3-0	5-2
2	Liberty	2-0	5-1
3	Western Kentucky	2-1	3-4
4	Florida International	1-1	3-3
5	Middle Tennessee	1-1	3-3

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 10/27	DEL	@	WKU	7:00 PM
Sat 11/7	WKU	@	MTU	3:30 PM
Sat 11/14	JVST	@	WKU	3:30 PM
Sat 11/21	WKU	@	LIB	1:00 PM
Sat 11/28	KENN	@	WKU	1:00 PM

Last Game

Western Kentucky

3 - 4

Final

Sam Houston

1 - 5

Wed 14 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,604

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

2,007

Sayin

Rush Yards Leaders

867

Roberts

838

Burgess

837

Bishop

Rec Yards Leaders

1,040

Legree

984

Smith

784

Hatcher

Pass TD Leaders

24

Atkinson

20

Weigman

19

Sayin

Rush TD Leaders

14

Hawkins

13

Baugh

13

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

12

Smith

9

Duff

QB Rating Leaders

203.9

Mensah

185.9

Stockton

184.5

Sayin

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.5

Stevens

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

48.5

43.0

42.9

42.7

42.2

41.1

Opp PPG Rankings

10.5

11.3

12.2

12.9

13.4

Total Yards Rankings

562.3

559.5

533.8

527.0

517.7

512.6

Rush Yards Rankings

357.5

343.0

303.5

298.5

272.4

239.8

Pass Yards Rankings

384.9

347.0

333.0

329.5

325.2

323.1

Sack Leaders

29.0

27.0

26.0

24.0

22.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	6	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	6	0	1.000
3	Utah	6	0	1.000
4	Houston	6	1	.857
5	Arizona	5	1	.833
6	Baylor	4	2	.667
7	Oklahoma State	4	2	.667
8	Cincinnati	4	2	.667
9	UCF	3	3	.500
10	Kansas State	4	2	.667
11	Arizona State	3	3	.500
12	Iowa State	3	3	.500
13	TCU	3	3	.500
14	West Virginia	4	3	.571
15	Colorado	2	4	.333
16	Kansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	6	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	6	1	.857
3	Indiana	6	1	.857
4	USC	6	1	.857
5	Iowa	5	1	.833
6	Northwestern	5	1	.833
7	Minnesota	4	2	.667
8	Oregon	4	2	.667
9	Wisconsin	4	2	.667
10	Nebraska	5	2	.714
11	Purdue	3	4	.429
12	Michigan	4	2	.667
13	Illinois	3	3	.500
14	Rutgers	2	4	.333
15	Washington	4	3	.571
16	Penn State	3	4	.429
17	Maryland	2	5	.286
18	Michigan State	2	5	.286

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	1	.857
2	Kentucky	6	1	.857
3	Tennessee	6	1	.857
4	Ole Miss	5	1	.833
5	Alabama	5	2	.714
6	Florida	5	2	.714
7	LSU	5	2	.714
8	Mississippi State	4	2	.667
9	Missouri	5	2	.714
10	Auburn	4	2	.667
11	Oklahoma	3	3	.500
12	Texas	4	2	.667
13	Texas A&M	4	3	.571
14	South Carolina	3	3	.500
15	Arkansas	3	4	.429
16	Vanderbilt	3	4	.429

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	6	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	6	1	.857
3	SMU	5	1	.833
4	Clemson	4	2	.667
5	North Carolina	4	2	.667
6	Louisville	4	3	.571
7	Pittsburgh	5	2	.714
8	California	3	4	.429
9	Virginia Tech	5	2	.714
10	Virginia	4	3	.571
11	Georgia Tech	2	4	.333
12	Duke	4	2	.667
13	Boston College	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Florida State	3	4	.429
16	Stanford	3	4	.429
17	Syracuse	2	4	.333

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	5	1	.833
2	North Dakota State	6	1	.857
3	Air Force	5	1	.833
4	Wyoming	4	3	.571
5	San Jose State	4	3	.571
6	UNLV	4	3	.571
7	Nevada	2	4	.333
8	Northern Illinois	0	6	.000
9	UTEP	1	6	.143
10	Hawai'i	1	6	.143

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	1	.857
2	UConn	3	3	.500

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

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Oregon State	5	2	.714
2	Boise State	5	1	.833
3	San Diego State	3	4	.429
4	Texas State	3	3	.500
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Fresno State	4	3	.571
7	Colorado State	2	4	.333
8	Washington State	1	6	.143

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	6	1	.857
2	North Texas	4	2	.667
3	Army	4	2	.667
4	Memphis	5	2	.714
5	UAB	4	3	.571
6	Florida Atlantic	4	2	.667
7	East Carolina	3	3	.500
8	Tulane	3	3	.500
9	Charlotte	1	6	.143
10	Temple	2	5	.286
11	South Florida	5	2	.714
12	Tulsa	4	3	.571
13	Navy	2	4	.333
14	Rice	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	Louisiana Tech	4	2	.667
3	South Alabama	4	2	.667
4	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
5	Louisiana	5	2	.714
6	Appalachian State	4	2	.667
7	Georgia State	4	2	.667
8	Troy	3	3	.500
9	Coastal Carolina	2	5	.286
10	Arkansas State	3	4	.429
11	Old Dominion	2	5	.286
12	Southern Miss	1	5	.167
13	Louisiana-Monroe	0	6	.000
14	Marshall	3	3	.500