Before 2000, Ty Detmer had the most passing yards, with 15,031 yards.

Interpreted as:

most pass yards by a player before 2000

	NAME	YDS	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
1	Ty Detmer T. Detmer	15,031	48	958	1,530	62.6	9.8	313.1	121	65	162.7	7.9	4.2
2	Tim Rattay T. Rattay	12,746	33	1,015	1,552	65.4	8.2	386.2	115	35	154.3	7.4	2.3
3	Chris Redman C. Redman	12,541	43	1,031	1,679	61.4	7.5	291.7	84	51	134.6	5.0	3.0
4	Todd Santos T. Santos	11,425	47	910	1,484	61.3	7.7	243.1	70	57	133.9	4.7	3.8
5	Tim Lester T. Lester	11,299	44	875	1,507	58.1	7.5	256.8	87	49	133.6	5.8	3.3
6	Peyton Manning P. Manning	11,201	45	863	1,381	62.5	8.1	248.9	89	33	147.1	6.4	2.4
7	Eric Zeier E. Zeier	11,153	44	838	1,402	59.8	8.0	253.5	67	37	137.1	4.8	2.6
8	Alex Van Pelt A. Van Pelt	10,913	45	845	1,463	57.8	7.5	242.5	64	59	126.8	4.4	4.0
9	Danny Wuerffel D. Wuerffel	10,875	46	708	1,170	60.5	9.3	236.4	114	42	163.6	9.7	3.6
10	Chad Pennington C. Pennington	10,698	36	807	1,265	63.8	8.5	297.2	100	30	156.2	7.9	2.4
11	Kevin Sweeney K. Sweeney	10,623	56	731	1,336	54.7	8.0	189.7	66	48	130.6	4.9	3.6
12	Doug Flutie D. Flutie	10,579	44	677	1,271	53.3	8.3	240.4	67	54	132.1	5.3	4.2
13	Steve Stenstrom S. Stenstrom	10,531	43	833	1,320	63.1	8.0	244.9	72	36	142.7	5.5	2.7
14	Brian McClure B. McClure	10,280	44	900	1,427	63.1	7.2	233.6	63	58	130.0	4.4	4.1
15	Troy Kopp T. Kopp	10,258	40	798	1,374	58.1	7.5	256.5	87	47	134.8	6.3	3.4
16	Glenn Foley G. Foley	10,039	44	703	1,275	55.1	7.9	228.2	72	60	130.5	5.6	4.7
17	Cade McNown C. McNown	10,008	44	646	1,153	56.0	8.7	227.5	61	39	139.6	5.3	3.4
18	Ben Bennett B. Bennett	9,614	42	820	1,375	59.6	7.0	228.9	55	57	123.3	4.0	4.1
19	Jim McMahon J. McMahon	9,536	47	653	1,060	61.6	9.0	202.9	84	34	156.9	7.9	3.2
20	Todd Ellis T. Ellis	9,519	41	704	1,266	55.6	7.5	232.2	49	66	121.1	3.9	5.2
21	Jamie Barnette J. Barnette	9,461	44	637	1,243	51.2	7.6	215.0	59	40	124.4	4.7	3.2
22	Stoney Case S. Case	9,460	42	677	1,237	54.7	7.6	225.2	67	39	130.5	5.4	3.2
23	David Klingler D. Klingler	9,430	32	726	1,261	57.6	7.5	294.7	91	38	138.2	7.2	3.0
24	Erik Wilhelm E. Wilhelm	9,393	44	870	1,480	58.8	6.3	213.5	52	61	115.4	3.5	4.1
25	Jeremy Leach J. Leach	9,382	43	735	1,432	51.3	6.6	218.2	49	62	109.0	3.4	4.3

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Team Leaders

PASS

3,033

Bachmeier

RUSH

1,305

Martin

REC

928

Kingston

Team Rankings

PPG

31.9

36th

OPP PPG

19.0

19th

RUSH YDS/G

184.4

43rd

PASS YDS/G

213.2

105th

2025 Big 12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Texas Tech	8-1	12-2
2	BYU	8-1	12-2
3	Utah	7-2	11-2
4	Houston	6-3	10-3
5	Arizona	6-3	9-4

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/5	UTU	@	BYU	8:00 PM
Sat 9/12	ARIZ	@	BYU	3:30 PM
Sat 9/19	BYU	@	CSU	7:30 PM
Sat 10/3	BYU	@	TCU	1:00 PM
Fri 10/9	ISU	@	BYU	10:15 PM

Last Game

Georgia Tech

0 - 1

Final

BYU

1 - 0

Sat 27 Dec 2025

CFB 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

3,973

Mensah

3,937

Chambliss

Rush Yards Leaders

1,659

Cook

1,649

Hardy

1,567

Lacy

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

1,278

Bell

1,264

Young

Pass TD Leaders

41

Mendoza

34

Mensah

34

Mestemaker

Rush TD Leaders

25

Hawkins

24

Lacy

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

15

Sarratt

14

Brown

13

Cooper

QB Rating Leaders

182.9

Mendoza

177.5

Sayin

170.4

Pavia

Sack Leaders

14.5

Bailey

14.5

Tucker

12.5

Smith

CFB 2025 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.1

42.0

41.6

41.3

40.5

39.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.3

11.7

11.8

13.3

14.8

15.4

Total Yards Rankings

512.4

489.7

488.7

482.9

472.8

472.1

Rush Yards Rankings

285.6

266.3

261.4

254.9

246.8

241.5

Pass Yards Rankings

340.2

318.0

313.3

309.6

296.0

292.8

Sack Leaders

50.0

46.0

45.0

43.0

41.0

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