highest passing rating a in college football game minimum 50 attempts

Geno Smith has the highest passer rating in a game with 50+ passing attempts, with a 248.0 rating against Baylor on September 29, 2012.

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highest passing rating by a player a in college football game minimum 50 passing attempts

	NAME	RTG	ATT	DATE	TM		OPP	CMP	PCT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Geno Smith G. Smith	248.0	51	9/29/2012	WVU	vs	BAY	45	88.2	656	12.9	8	0	15.7	0.0
2	Giovanni Vizza G. Vizza	205.1	50	11/10/2007	UNT	vs	NAVY	40	80.0	478	9.6	8	2	16.0	4.0
3	Nic Shimonek N. Shimonek	204.8	50	9/16/2017	TTU	vs	ASU	37	74.0	543	10.9	6	0	12.0	0.0	3	25
4	Brandon Doughty B. Doughty	202.9	56	8/29/2014	WKU	vs	BGSU	46	82.1	569	10.2	6	0	10.7	0.0	1	5
5	Landry Jones L. Jones	200.7	51	11/17/2012	OKLA	@	WVU	38	74.5	554	10.9	6	1	11.8	2.0
6	Chris Redman C. Redman	199.2	56	11/14/1998	LOU	@	ECU	44	78.6	592	10.6	6	1	10.7	1.8
7	Derek Carr D. Carr	198.8	50	11/29/2013	FRES	@	SJSU	38	76.0	519	10.4	6	1	12.0	2.0	0	0
8	Kurtis Rourke K. Rourke	198.6	50	9/24/2022	OHIO	vs	FOR	41	82.0	537	10.7	4	0	8.0	0.0	3	15
9	Graham Harrell G. Harrell	196.2	50	11/8/2008	TTU	vs	OKST	40	80.0	456	9.1	6	0	12.0	0.0
10	Case Keenum C. Keenum	195.3	54	10/31/2009	HOU	vs	USM	44	81.5	559	10.4	5	1	9.3	1.9
11	Brandon Doughty B. Doughty	195.3	50	11/28/2014	WKU	@	MRSH	34	68.0	491	9.8	8	2	16.0	4.0	2	15
12	Sean Schroeder S. Schroeder	193.4	50	11/23/2013	HAW	@	WYO	37	74.0	499	10.0	6	1	12.0	2.0
13	Colt Brennan C. Brennan	193.1	53	10/15/2005	HAW	vs	NMSU	38	71.7	515	9.7	7	1	13.2	1.9
14	Gardner Minshew II G. Minshew II	192.4	55	11/17/2018	WSU	vs	ARIZ	43	78.2	473	8.6	7	0	12.7	0.0	2	7
15	Colt Brennan C. Brennan	191.3	50	12/1/2007	HAW	vs	WASH	42	84.0	442	8.8	5	0	10.0	0.0
16	Nick Rolovich N. Rolovich	190.4	52	12/8/2001	HAW	vs	BYU	29	55.8	543	10.4	8	1	15.4	1.9
17	Dak Prescott D. Prescott	190.3	50	11/21/2015	MSST	@	ARK	38	76.0	508	10.2	5	1	10.0	2.0	2	4
18	Thaddeus Lewis T. Lewis	190.1	50	10/10/2009	DUKE	@	NCST	40	80.0	459	9.2	5	0	10.0	0.0
19	Brady White B. White	189.2	50	10/17/2020	MEM	vs	UCF	34	68.0	486	9.7	6	0	12.0	0.0	2	12
20	Graham Harrell G. Harrell	188.1	51	10/4/2008	TTU	@	KSU	38	74.5	454	8.9	6	0	11.8	0.0
21	Anthony Gordon A. Gordon	187.8	61	9/21/2019	WSU	vs	UCLA	41	67.2	570	9.3	9	2	14.8	3.3	2	11
22	Phil Horvath P. Horvath	187.7	52	9/24/2005	NIU	@	AKR	39	75.0	486	9.3	6	1	11.5	1.9
23	K.J. Carta-Samuels	187.2	50	8/25/2018	CSU	vs	HAW	34	68.0	537	10.7	5	1	10.0	2.0	0	0
24	Alan Bowman A. Bowman	187.0	59	9/15/2018	TTU	vs	HOU	43	72.9	605	10.3	5	0	8.5	0.0	1	9
25	Willie Tuitama W. Tuitama	186.9	51	10/27/2007	ARIZ	@	WASH	38	74.5	510	10.0	5	1	9.8	2.0

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13	UCF	2-7	5-7
14	West Virginia	2-7	4-8
15	Colorado	1-8	3-9
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Sat 9/5	CCAR	@	WVU	12:00 PM
Sat 9/12	UTM	@	WVU	1:00 PM
Sat 9/19	WVU	@	UVA	7:30 PM
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CFB 2025 Standings

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Duke	9	5	.643
2	Virginia	11	3	.786
3	Miami	13	2	.867
4	Pittsburgh	8	5	.615
5	SMU	9	4	.692
6	Georgia Tech	9	4	.692
7	California	7	6	.538
8	Clemson	7	6	.538
9	NC State	8	5	.615
10	Louisville	9	4	.692
11	Wake Forest	9	4	.692
12	Stanford	4	8	.333
13	Florida State	5	7	.417
14	North Carolina	4	8	.333
15	Virginia Tech	3	9	.250
16	Boston College	2	10	.167
17	Syracuse	3	9	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	12	2	.857
2	Alabama	11	4	.733
3	Ole Miss	13	2	.867
4	Texas A&M	11	2	.846
5	Texas	10	3	.769
6	Oklahoma	10	3	.769
7	Vanderbilt	10	3	.769
8	Missouri	8	5	.615
9	Tennessee	8	5	.615
10	LSU	7	6	.538
11	Kentucky	5	7	.417
12	Florida	4	8	.333
13	Auburn	5	7	.417
14	Mississippi State	5	8	.385
15	South Carolina	4	8	.333
16	Arkansas	2	10	.167

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1	Indiana	15	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	12	2	.857
3	Oregon	13	2	.867
4	Michigan	9	4	.692
5	USC	9	4	.692
6	Iowa	9	4	.692
7	Illinois	9	4	.692
8	Minnesota	8	5	.615
9	Washington	9	4	.692
10	Nebraska	7	6	.538
11	Northwestern	7	6	.538
12	Penn State	7	6	.538
13	UCLA	3	9	.250
14	Rutgers	5	7	.417
15	Wisconsin	4	8	.333
16	Maryland	4	8	.333
17	Michigan State	4	8	.333
18	Purdue	2	10	.167

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	10	4	.714
2	New Mexico	9	4	.692
3	San Diego State	9	4	.692
4	Boise State	9	5	.643
5	Fresno State	9	4	.692
6	Hawaii	9	4	.692
7	Utah State	6	7	.462
8	Air Force	4	8	.333
9	Wyoming	4	8	.333
10	Nevada	3	9	.250
11	San José State	3	9	.250
12	Colorado State	2	10	.167

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	12	2	.857
2	Tulane	11	3	.786
3	Navy	11	2	.846
4	South Florida	9	4	.692
5	East Carolina	9	4	.692
6	Memphis	8	5	.615
7	Army	7	6	.538
8	UTSA	7	6	.538
9	Temple	5	7	.417
10	Florida Atlantic	4	8	.333
11	Rice	5	8	.385
12	UAB	4	8	.333
13	Tulsa	4	8	.333
14	Charlotte	1	11	.083

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	10	2	.833
2	UConn	9	4	.692

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	12	2	.857
2	BYU	12	2	.857
3	Utah	11	2	.846
4	Houston	10	3	.769
5	Arizona	9	4	.692
6	Arizona State	8	5	.615
7	Iowa State	8	4	.667
8	Kansas State	6	6	.500
9	TCU	9	4	.692
10	Cincinnati	7	6	.538
11	Baylor	5	7	.417
12	Kansas	5	7	.417
13	UCF	5	7	.417
14	West Virginia	4	8	.333
15	Colorado	3	9	.250
16	Oklahoma State	1	11	.083

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Washington State	7	6	.538
2	Oregon State	2	10	.167

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Western Michigan	10	4	.714
2	Miami (OH)	7	7	.500
3	Ohio	9	4	.692
4	Toledo	8	5	.615
5	Central Michigan	7	6	.538
6	Akron	5	7	.417
7	Buffalo	5	7	.417
8	Kent State	5	7	.417
9	Eastern Michigan	4	8	.333
10	Ball State	4	8	.333
11	Bowling Green	4	8	.333
12	Northern Illinois	3	9	.250
13	UMass	0	12	.000

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	JMU	12	2	.857
2	Troy	8	6	.571
3	Old Dominion	10	3	.769
4	Southern Miss	7	6	.538
5	Coastal Carolina	6	7	.462
6	Louisiana	6	7	.462
7	Georgia Southern	7	6	.538
8	Arkansas State	7	6	.538
9	Marshall	5	7	.417
10	Texas State	7	6	.538
11	Appalachian State	5	8	.385
12	South Alabama	4	8	.333
13	Georgia State	1	11	.083
14	Louisiana-Monroe	3	9	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Kennesaw State	10	4	.714
2	Jacksonville State	9	5	.643
3	Western Kentucky	9	4	.692
4	Louisiana Tech	8	5	.615
5	Missouri State	7	6	.538
6	FIU	7	6	.538
7	Delaware	7	6	.538
8	Liberty	4	8	.333
9	Middle Tennessee	3	9	.250
10	New Mexico State	4	8	.333
11	UTEP	2	10	.167
12	Sam Houston	2	10	.167