last time a player had 500 passing yards in a game college football

Drew Mestemaker had 608 passing yards against Charlotte on October 24, 2025.

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	NAME	DATE	YDS	TM		OPP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Drew Mestemaker D. Mestemaker	10/24/2025	608	UNT	@	CHAR	37	49	75.5	12.4	4	1	202.6	8.2	2.0	3	25
2	Jaxson Dart J. Dart	11/2/2024	515	MISS	@	ARK	25	31	80.6	16.6	6	0	284.1	19.4	0.0	1	8
3	Noah Fifita N. Fifita	11/25/2023	527	ARIZ	@	ASU	30	41	73.2	12.9	5	1	216.5	12.2	2.4	0	0
4	John Paddock J. Paddock	11/11/2023	507	ILL	vs	IND	24	36	66.7	14.1	4	1	216.1	11.1	2.8	1	8
5	Shedeur Sanders S. Sanders	9/2/2023	510	COLO	@	TCU	38	47	80.9	10.9	4	0	200.1	8.5	0.0	4	32
6	Jalon Daniels J. Daniels	12/28/2022	544	KU	@	ARK	37	55	67.3	9.9	5	2	173.1	9.1	3.6	3	16
7	E.J. Warner	11/26/2022	527	TEM	vs	ECU	45	63	71.4	8.4	5	1	164.7	7.9	1.6	0	0
8	Clayton Tune C. Tune	11/5/2022	527	HOU	@	SMU	36	53	67.9	9.9	7	3	183.7	13.2	5.7	2	12
9	Kyle Vantrease K. Vantrease	10/15/2022	578	GASO	vs	JMU	38	64	59.4	9.0	4	1	152.7	6.3	1.6	0	0
10	Michael Penix Jr. M. Penix Jr.	10/15/2022	516	WASH	vs	ARIZ	36	44	81.8	11.7	4	0	210.3	9.1	0.0	0	0
11	Kurtis Rourke K. Rourke	9/24/2022	537	OHIO	vs	FOR	41	50	82.0	10.7	4	0	198.6	8.0	0.0	3	15
12	Jack Coan J. Coan	1/1/2022	509	ND	vs	OKST	38	68	55.9	7.5	5	1	140.1	7.4	1.5	2	10
13	C.J. Stroud	1/1/2022	573	OSU	@	UTAH	37	46	80.4	12.5	6	1	223.8	13.0	2.2	0	0
14	Aidan O'Connell A. O'Connell	12/30/2021	534	PUR	vs	TENN	26	46	56.5	11.6	5	3	176.9	10.9	6.5	2	15
15	Bailey Zappe B. Zappe	12/3/2021	577	WKU	@	UTSA	36	59	61.0	9.8	4	2	158.8	6.8	3.4	3	18
16	Bryce Young B. Young	11/20/2021	559	ALA	vs	ARK	31	40	77.5	14.0	5	0	236.1	12.5	0.0	4	33
17	Todd Centeio T. Centeio	11/20/2021	527	CSU	@	HAW	29	48	60.4	11.0	5	2	178.7	10.4	4.2	5	31
18	Aidan O'Connell A. O'Connell	11/6/2021	536	PUR	vs	MSU	40	54	74.1	9.9	3	0	175.8	5.6	0.0	3	16
19	Rocky Lombardi R. Lombardi	11/3/2021	532	NIU	@	KENT	33	57	57.9	9.3	3	0	153.7	5.3	0.0	1	4
20	Kenny Pickett K. Pickett	10/30/2021	519	PITT	vs	MIA	39	55	70.9	9.4	3	2	160.9	5.5	3.6	4	35
21	Bailey Zappe B. Zappe	10/9/2021	523	WKU	vs	UTSA	38	60	63.3	8.7	5	1	160.7	8.3	1.7	1	7
22	Brennan Armstrong B. Armstrong	9/18/2021	554	UVA	@	UNC	39	54	72.2	10.3	4	1	179.1	7.4	1.9	3	15
23	Dennis Grosel D. Grosel	12/5/2020	520	BC	@	UVA	32	46	69.6	11.3	4	3	180.2	8.7	6.5	4	39
24	Sam Howell S. Howell	11/14/2020	550	UNC	vs	WAKE	32	45	71.1	12.2	6	1	213.3	13.3	2.2	2	13
25	Matt Corral M. Corral	11/14/2020	513	MISS	vs	SC	28	32	87.5	16.0	4	0	263.4	12.5	0.0	1	4

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Team Leaders

PASS

2,173

Jackson

RUSH

861

White

REC

662

Stevenson

Team Rankings

PPG

43.1

2nd

OPP PPG

30.6

126th

RUSH YDS/G

184.7

48th

PASS YDS/G

341.0

2nd

2026 AAC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	UTSA	4-0	7-1
2	North Texas	3-0	5-2
3	Army	4-1	5-2
4	Memphis	3-1	6-2
5	Florida Atlantic	2-1	5-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 10/29	FAU	@	UNT	7:30 PM
Sat 11/7	RICE	@	UNT	4:00 PM
Sat 11/14	UNT	@	UTSA	1:00 PM
Sat 11/21	UNT	@	TULN	1:00 PM
Sat 11/28	UAB	@	UNT	1:00 PM

Last Game

North Texas

5 - 2

Final

Navy

2 - 5

Sat 24 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,604

Atkinson

2,326

Mestemaker

2,302

Maiava

Rush Yards Leaders

963

Riley

957

Bishop

923

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

1,040

Legree

984

Smith

952

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

24

Atkinson

22

Mensah

21

Stokes

Rush TD Leaders

16

Hawkins

16

Hellums

13

Baugh

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

12

Smith

11

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

204.6

Mensah

185.9

Stockton

184.5

Sayin

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

9.0

Osunsanmi

8.5

Umanmielen

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.0

43.1

43.0

42.7

41.4

41.1

Opp PPG Rankings

11.3

12.0

12.5

13.4

13.9

Total Yards Rankings

551.9

529.1

527.0

525.7

517.7

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

345.7

337.4

307.7

272.0

271.4

261.6

Pass Yards Rankings

384.9

341.0

340.7

323.1

318.0

Sack Leaders

34.0

29.0

28.0

27.0

26.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	6	1	.857
2	Oregon State	5	2	.714
3	Texas State	4	3	.571
4	San Diego State	3	5	.375
5	Fresno State	4	3	.571
6	Colorado State	3	4	.429
7	Utah State	2	5	.286
8	Washington State	1	7	.125

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	7	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	6	1	.857
3	Indiana	7	1	.875
4	Northwestern	6	1	.857
5	Minnesota	5	2	.714
6	Wisconsin	5	2	.714
7	USC	6	2	.750
8	Purdue	3	4	.429
9	Illinois	4	3	.571
10	Oregon	4	3	.571
11	Iowa	5	2	.714
12	Nebraska	5	2	.714
13	Michigan	4	3	.571
14	Washington	4	3	.571
15	Rutgers	2	5	.286
16	Penn State	3	4	.429
17	Maryland	2	5	.286
18	Michigan State	2	6	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Kentucky	7	1	.875
2	Georgia	6	1	.857
3	Alabama	6	2	.750
4	Florida	5	2	.714
5	Ole Miss	5	2	.714
6	LSU	6	2	.750
7	Tennessee	6	2	.750
8	Oklahoma	4	3	.571
9	Missouri	5	2	.714
10	Texas	5	2	.714
11	Mississippi State	4	3	.571
12	Auburn	4	3	.571
13	South Carolina	4	3	.571
14	Arkansas	3	4	.429
15	Texas A&M	4	4	.500
16	Vanderbilt	3	5	.375

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	6	1	.857
2	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
3	New Mexico State	3	4	.429
4	Middle Tennessee	4	3	.571
5	Western Kentucky	3	4	.429
6	Delaware	3	4	.429
7	Florida International	3	4	.429
8	Missouri State	2	5	.286
9	Kennesaw State	1	6	.143
10	Sam Houston	1	6	.143

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	5	2	.714
2	James Madison	7	1	.875
3	Appalachian State	5	2	.714
4	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
5	South Alabama	4	3	.571
6	Louisiana	5	3	.625
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Georgia State	4	3	.571
9	Troy	3	4	.429
10	Coastal Carolina	2	5	.286
11	Southern Miss	2	5	.286
12	Louisiana-Monroe	1	6	.143
13	Marshall	4	3	.571
14	Old Dominion	2	6	.250

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	7	0	1.000
2	SMU	6	1	.857
3	Wake Forest	6	1	.857
4	Virginia Tech	6	2	.750
5	Louisville	4	3	.571
6	Clemson	4	3	.571
7	North Carolina	4	3	.571
8	Duke	5	2	.714
9	Boston College	4	3	.571
10	Pittsburgh	5	3	.625
11	Stanford	4	4	.500
12	Virginia	4	4	.500
13	California	3	5	.375
14	Florida State	3	4	.429
15	NC State	3	4	.429
16	Georgia Tech	2	5	.286
17	Syracuse	3	4	.429

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	6	1	.857
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	UNLV	4	3	.571
4	North Dakota State	6	2	.750
5	Air Force	5	2	.714
6	Nevada	3	4	.429
7	San Jose State	4	4	.500
8	Hawai'i	2	6	.250
9	UTEP	1	6	.143
10	Northern Illinois	0	7	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	1	.857
2	UConn	4	3	.571

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	6	2	.750
2	Toledo	6	2	.750
3	Western Michigan	5	3	.625
4	Buffalo	5	3	.625
5	Miami (OH)	5	3	.625
6	Eastern Michigan	4	5	.444
7	Kent State	3	5	.375
8	Ball State	3	5	.375
9	Bowling Green	2	6	.250
10	UMass	4	4	.500
11	Central Michigan	3	5	.375
12	Akron	1	7	.125
13	Sacramento State	1	7	.125

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	7	1	.875
2	North Texas	5	2	.714
3	Army	5	2	.714
4	Memphis	6	2	.750
5	Florida Atlantic	5	2	.714
6	UAB	4	3	.571
7	Charlotte	1	6	.143
8	Temple	2	5	.286
9	South Florida	5	2	.714
10	East Carolina	3	4	.429
11	Tulane	3	4	.429
12	Tulsa	4	4	.500
13	Navy	2	5	.286
14	Rice	1	7	.125

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	7	0	1.000
2	BYU	6	1	.857
3	Arizona	6	1	.857
4	Texas Tech	6	1	.857
5	Oklahoma State	5	2	.714
6	Houston	6	2	.750
7	Baylor	4	3	.571
8	Cincinnati	5	2	.714
9	Arizona State	4	3	.571
10	UCF	4	3	.571
11	West Virginia	5	3	.625
12	Kansas State	4	3	.571
13	Iowa State	3	4	.429
14	Kansas	3	4	.429
15	TCU	3	4	.429
16	Colorado	2	5	.286