highest passer rating in a season before 2000 since 1978

From 1978 through 1999, Michael Ross had the highest passer rating in a season, with a 1,202.8 rating in 1992.

	NAME	RTG	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	TD%	INT%
1	Michael Ross M. Ross	1,202.8	1992	FRES	12	1	1	100.0	92	92.0	7.7	1	0	100.0	0.0
2	Darryl Clark D. Clark	1,160.8	1982	TEX	11	1	1	100.0	87	87.0	7.9	1	0	100.0	0.0
3	Tim Kearse T. Kearse	1,135.6	1982	SJSU	11	1	1	100.0	84	84.0	7.6	1	0	100.0	0.0
4	Trevor Gaylor T. Gaylor	1,110.4	1999	M-OH	11	1	1	100.0	81	81.0	7.4	1	0	100.0	0.0
5	Bill Powell B. Powell	1,110.4	1997	RUTG	10	1	1	100.0	81	81.0	8.1	1	0	100.0	0.0
6	John Spagnola J. Spagnola	1,076.8	1978	YALE	9	1	1	100.0	77	77.0	8.6	1	0	100.0	0.0
7	Bryne Diehl B. Diehl	1,043.2	1992	ALA	12	1	1	100.0	73	73.0	6.1	1	0	100.0	0.0
8	Sol Graves S. Graves	1,026.4	1987	LSU	3	1	1	100.0	71	71.0	23.7	1	0	100.0	0.0
9	Mike Alstott M. Alstott	1,009.6	1995	PUR	11	1	1	100.0	69	69.0	6.3	1	0	100.0	0.0
10	Rob Carpenter R. Carpenter	1,009.6	1989	SYR	11	1	1	100.0	69	69.0	6.3	1	0	100.0	0.0
11	Michael Greer M. Greer	1,001.2	1998	UGA	11	1	1	100.0	68	68.0	6.2	1	0	100.0	0.0
12	Kevin Williams K. Williams	1,001.2	1992	MIA	10	1	1	100.0	68	68.0	6.8	1	0	100.0	0.0
13	Bob Kench B. Kench	1,001.2	1989	CMU	10	1	1	100.0	68	68.0	6.8	1	0	100.0	0.0
14	Vince Bean V. Bean	992.8	1984	MICH	11	1	1	100.0	67	67.0	6.1	1	0	100.0	0.0
15	Kennedy Pola K. Pola	976.0	1983	USC	11	1	1	100.0	65	65.0	5.9	1	0	100.0	0.0
16	Kelsey Adams K. Adams	967.6	1995	SMU	6	1	1	100.0	64	64.0	10.7	1	0	100.0	0.0
17	Noel Prefontaine N. Prefontaine	967.6	1992		11	1	1	100.0	64	64.0	5.8	1	0	100.0	0.0
18	Sherman Williams S. Williams	959.2	1993	ALA	11	1	1	100.0	63	63.0	5.7	1	0	100.0	0.0
19	Darnell Dickerson D. Dickerson	959.2	1990	PITT	9	1	1	100.0	63	63.0	7.0	1	0	100.0	0.0
20	Bernie Marrazzo B. Marrazzo	942.4	1981	W&M	10	1	1	100.0	61	61.0	6.1	1	0	100.0	0.0
21	Jeff Graham J. Graham	934.0	1990	OSU	11	1	1	100.0	60	60.0	5.5	1	0	100.0	0.0
22	Kimble Anders K. Anders	934.0	1989	HOU	11	1	1	100.0	60	60.0	5.5	1	0	100.0	0.0
23	Jim Sirois J. Sirois	934.0	1986		12	1	1	100.0	60	60.0	5.0	1	0	100.0	0.0
24	Shane Sieracki S. Sieracki	900.4	1993	CMU	11	1	1	100.0	56	56.0	5.1	1	0	100.0	0.0
25	Ricky Floyd R. Floyd	900.4	1978	USM	11	1	1	100.0	56	56.0	5.1	1	0	100.0	0.0

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Team Leaders

PASS

1,393

Mandal

RUSH

333

Luke

REC

424

Freeman

Team Rankings

PPG

27.6

83rd

OPP PPG

20.9

47th

RUSH YDS/G

139.0

112th

PASS YDS/G

212.1

104th

2026 Pac-12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
4	Texas State	1-1	3-3
5	Utah State	1-1	2-4
6	Fresno State	1-2	4-3
7	Colorado State	0-2	2-4
8	Washington State	0-3	1-6

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/31	ORST	@	FRES	11:00 PM
Sat 11/7	FRES	@	USU	9:30 PM
Sat 11/14	FRES	@	TXST	4:00 PM
Sat 11/21	CSU	@	FRES	7:30 PM

Last Game

Fresno State

4 - 3

Final

San Diego State

3 - 4

Sat 17 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

796

Myers

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	Middle Tennessee	4	3	.571
4	Western Kentucky	3	4	.429
5	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
6	Delaware	3	4	.429
7	Florida International	3	4	.429
8	Missouri State	2	5	.286
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	3	.571
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	4	3	.571