most pass yards in national championship game

Joe Burrow has the most passing yards with more than 0 championships in a season, with 5,671 yards in 2019.

Interpreted as:

most pass yards by a player in national championship in a season game

	NAME	YDS	Champs	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Joe Burrow J. Burrow	5,671	1	2019	LSU	15	402	527	76.3	10.8	378.1	60	6	202.0	11.4	1.1	34	206
2	Deshaun Watson D. Watson	4,593	1	2016	CLEM	15	388	579	67.0	7.9	306.2	41	17	151.1	7.1	2.9	17	93
3	Mac Jones M. Jones	4,500	1	2020	ALA	13	311	402	77.4	11.2	346.2	41	4	203.1	10.2	1.0	13	74
4	Stetson Bennett S. Bennett	4,127	1	2022	UGA	15	310	454	68.3	9.1	275.1	27	7	161.2	5.9	1.5	9	67
5	Jameis Winston J. Winston	4,057	1	2013	FSU	14	257	384	66.9	10.6	289.8	40	10	184.8	10.4	2.6	27	188
6	Will Howard W. Howard	4,010	1	2024	OSU	16	309	423	73.0	9.5	250.6	35	10	175.3	8.3	2.4	13	80
7	Robbie Bosco R. Bosco	3,875	1	1984	BYU	12	283	458	61.8	8.5	322.9	33	11	151.8	7.2	2.4
8	Danny Wuerffel D. Wuerffel	3,625	1	1996	FLA	12	207	360	57.5	10.1	302.1	39	13	170.6	10.8	3.6
9	Matt Leinart M. Leinart	3,556	1	2003	USC	13	255	402	63.4	8.8	273.5	38	9	164.5	9.5	2.2
10	Josh Heupel J. Heupel	3,392	1	2000	OKLA	12	280	433	64.7	7.8	282.7	20	14	139.2	4.6	3.2
11	Matt Leinart M. Leinart	3,322	1	2004	USC	13	269	412	65.3	8.1	255.5	33	6	156.5	8.0	1.5
12	Trevor Lawrence T. Lawrence	3,280	1	2018	CLEM	15	259	397	65.2	8.3	218.7	30	4	157.6	7.6	1.0	11	68
13	Jake Coker J. Coker	3,110	1	2015	ALA	15	263	393	66.9	7.9	207.3	21	8	147.0	5.3	2.0	25	193
14	Chris Weinke C. Weinke	3,103	1	1999	FSU	11	232	377	61.5	8.2	282.1	25	14	145.1	6.6	3.7
15	Gino Torretta G. Torretta	3,095	1	1991	MIA	11	205	371	55.3	8.3	281.4	20	8	138.8	5.4	2.2
16	Vince Young V. Young	3,036	1	2005	TEX	13	212	325	65.2	9.3	233.5	26	10	163.9	8.0	3.1
17	Charlie Ward C. Ward	3,032	1	1993	FSU	11	264	380	69.5	8.0	275.6	27	4	157.8	7.1	1.1
18	J.J. McCarthy	2,991	1	2023	MICH	15	240	332	72.3	9.0	199.4	22	4	167.4	6.6	1.2	19	153
19	Chris Leak C. Leak	2,942	1	2006	FLA	14	232	365	63.6	8.1	210.1	23	13	144.9	6.3	3.6
20	AJ McCarron	2,933	1	2012	ALA	14	211	314	67.2	9.3	209.5	30	3	175.3	9.6	1.0
21	Stetson Bennett S. Bennett	2,862	1	2021	UGA	14	185	287	64.5	10.0	204.4	29	7	176.7	10.1	2.4	14	106
22	Cam Newton C. Newton	2,854	1	2010	AUB	14	185	280	66.1	10.2	203.9	30	7	182.0	10.7	2.5
23	J.T. Barrett	2,834	1	2014	OSU	12	203	314	64.6	9.0	236.2	34	10	169.8	10.8	3.2	22	155
24	Matt Mauck M. Mauck	2,825	1	2003	LSU	14	229	358	64.0	7.9	201.8	28	14	148.2	7.8	3.9
25	Tim Tebow T. Tebow	2,746	1	2008	FLA	14	192	298	64.4	9.2	196.1	30	4	172.4	10.1	1.3

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Team Leaders

PASS

1,927

Nussmeier

RUSH

505

Durham

REC

532

Brown

Team Rankings

PPG

21.8

118th

OPP PPG

18.3

15th

RUSH YDS/G

106.3

153rd

PASS YDS/G

226.4

81st

2025 SEC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
8	Missouri	4-4	8-5
9	Tennessee	4-4	8-5
10	LSU	3-5	7-6
11	Kentucky	2-6	5-7
12	Florida	2-6	4-8

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/5	CLEM	@	LSU	7:30 PM
Sat 9/12	LT	@	LSU	1:00 PM
Sat 9/19	LSU	@	MISS	7:30 PM
Sat 9/26	TXAM	@	LSU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	MCNS	@	LSU	1:00 PM

Last Game

LSU

0 - 1

Final

Houston

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

246.7

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