most average touchdowns per season by college qb

David Klingler has the most passing touchdowns per game played by a quarterback in a season, with 4.91 in 1990.

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most average passing touchdowns per game per season by college qb

	NAME	TD/GP	TD	GP	SEASON	TM	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	David Klingler D. Klingler	4.91	54	11	1990	HOU	374	643	58.2	5,140	8.0	467.3	20	146.8	8.4	3.1
2	Bailey Zappe B. Zappe	4.43	62	14	2021	WKU	475	686	69.2	5,967	8.7	426.2	11	168.9	9.0	1.6	16	114
3	Andre Ware A. Ware	4.18	46	11	1989	HOU	365	578	63.1	4,699	8.1	427.2	15	152.5	8.0	2.6
4	Seth Russell S. Russell	4.14	29	7	2015	BAY	119	200	59.5	2,104	10.5	300.6	6	189.7	14.5	3.0	3	14
5	Colt Brennan C. Brennan	4.14	58	14	2006	HAW	406	559	72.6	5,549	9.9	396.4	12	186.0	10.4	2.1
6	Joe Burrow J. Burrow	4	60	15	2019	LSU	402	527	76.3	5,671	10.8	378.1	6	202.0	11.4	1.1	34	206
7	Joey Yellen J. Yellen	4	4	1	2019	ASU	28	44	63.6	292	6.6	292.0	2	140.3	9.1	4.5	1	5
8	B.J. Symons	4	52	13	2003	TTU	470	719	65.4	5,833	8.1	448.7	22	151.3	7.2	3.1
9	Jim McMahon J. McMahon	3.92	47	12	1980	BYU	284	445	63.8	4,571	10.3	380.9	18	176.9	10.6	4.0
10	Dennis Shaw D. Shaw	3.9	39	10	1969	SDSU	199	335	59.4	3,185	9.5	318.5	26	162.2	11.6	7.8
11	Derek Carr D. Carr	3.85	50	13	2013	FRES	454	659	68.9	5,088	7.7	391.4	8	156.4	7.6	1.2	9	68
12	Tim Rattay T. Rattay	3.83	46	12	1998	LT	380	559	68.0	4,943	8.8	411.9	13	164.8	8.2	2.3
13	Brandon Doughty B. Doughty	3.77	49	13	2014	WKU	375	552	67.9	4,830	8.8	371.5	10	167.1	8.9	1.8	19	127
14	Anthony Gordon A. Gordon	3.69	48	13	2019	WSU	493	689	71.6	5,579	8.1	429.2	16	157.9	7.0	2.3	20	153
15	Graham Harrell G. Harrell	3.69	48	13	2007	TTU	512	713	71.8	5,705	8.0	438.8	14	157.3	6.7	2.0
16	C.J. Stroud	3.67	44	12	2021	OSU	317	441	71.9	4,435	10.1	369.6	6	186.6	10.0	1.4	13	103
17	Myles Brennan M. Brennan	3.67	11	3	2020	LSU	79	131	60.3	1,112	8.5	370.7	3	154.7	8.4	2.3	9	55
18	Tua Tagovailoa T. Tagovailoa	3.67	33	9	2019	ALA	180	252	71.4	2,840	11.3	315.6	3	206.9	13.1	1.2	10	63
19	Mike Maxwell M. Maxwell	3.67	33	9	1995	NEV	277	409	67.7	3,611	8.8	401.2	17	160.2	8.1	4.2
20	Kyle Trask K. Trask	3.58	43	12	2020	FLA	301	437	68.9	4,283	9.8	356.9	8	180.0	9.8	1.8	20	127
21	Dwayne Haskins D. Haskins	3.57	50	14	2018	OSU	373	533	70.0	4,875	9.1	348.2	8	174.8	9.4	1.5	20	107
22	Sam Bradford S. Bradford	3.57	50	14	2008	OKLA	328	483	67.9	4,720	9.8	337.1	8	180.8	10.4	1.7
23	Connor Halliday C. Halliday	3.56	32	9	2014	WSU	354	526	67.3	3,873	7.4	430.3	11	145.0	6.1	2.1	19	163
24	Tim Rattay T. Rattay	3.5	35	10	1999	LT	342	516	66.3	3,922	7.6	392.2	12	147.9	6.8	2.3
25	Logan Woodside L. Woodside	3.46	45	13	2016	TOL	289	418	69.1	4,129	9.9	317.6	9	183.3	10.8	2.2	14	89

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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

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
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