most passing tds in a college football playoff game

Tanner Mordecai, Anthony Gordon and Case Keenum are tied for the most passing touchdowns in a game, with 9 touchdowns.

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1Tanner Mordecai
T. Mordecai
9
11/5/2022
SMU SMU
vs
HOU HOU
28
37
75.7
379
10.2
0
242.0
24.3
0.0
1
1
2Anthony Gordon
A. Gordon
9
9/21/2019
WSU WSU
vs
UCLA UCLA
41
61
67.2
570
9.3
2
187.8
14.8
3.3
2
11
3Case Keenum
C. Keenum
9
10/27/2011
HOU HOU
vs
RICE RICE
24
37
64.9
534
14.4
1
261.0
24.3
2.7
4Brandon Doughty
B. Doughty
8
11/28/2014
WKU WKU
@
MRSH MRSH
34
50
68.0
491
9.8
2
195.3
16.0
4.0
2
15
5Geno Smith
G. Smith
8
9/29/2012
WVU WVU
vs
BAY BAY
45
51
88.2
656
12.9
0
248.0
15.7
0.0
6Giovanni Vizza
G. Vizza
8
11/10/2007
UNT UNT
vs
NAVY NAVY
40
50
80.0
478
9.6
2
205.1
16.0
4.0
7B.J. Symons
B.J. Symons
8
10/4/2003
TTU TTU
vs
TAMU TAMU
34
46
73.9
505
11.0
0
223.5
17.4
0.0
8Nick Rolovich
N. Rolovich
8
12/8/2001
HAW HAW
vs
BYU BYU
29
52
55.8
543
10.4
1
190.4
15.4
1.9
9Jason Martin
J. Martin
8
10/19/1996
LT LT
vs
TOL TOL
28
36
77.8
542
15.1
0
277.6
22.2
0.0
10Mason Heintschel
M. Heintschel
7
9/5/2026
PITT PITT
vs
M-OH M-OH
31
41
75.6
453
11.0
0
224.8
17.1
0.0
1
3
11Clayton Tune
C. Tune
7
11/5/2022
HOU HOU
@
SMU SMU
36
53
67.9
527
9.9
3
183.7
13.2
5.7
2
12
12Tanner Mordecai
T. Mordecai
7
9/4/2021
SMU SMU
vs
ACU ACU
24
30
80.0
317
10.6
0
245.8
23.3
0.0
0
0
13Bailey Zappe
B. Zappe
7
9/2/2021
WKU WKU
vs
UTM UTM
28
35
80.0
424
12.1
1
242.0
20.0
2.9
0
0
14Joe Burrow
J. Burrow
7
12/28/2019
LSU LSU
vs
OKLA OKLA
29
39
74.4
493
12.6
0
239.8
17.9
0.0
1
5
15Mason Fine
M. Fine
7
11/2/2019
UNT UNT
vs
UTEP UTEP
24
39
61.5
332
8.5
0
192.3
17.9
0.0
1
3
16Gardner Minshew II
G. Minshew II
7
11/17/2018
WSU WSU
vs
ARIZ ARIZ
43
55
78.2
473
8.6
0
192.4
12.7
0.0
2
7
17Drew Anderson
D. Anderson
7
10/7/2017
BUFF BUFF
vs
WMU WMU
35
61
57.4
597
9.8
0
177.5
11.5
0.0
0
0
18Riley Ferguson
R. Ferguson
7
10/6/2017
MEM MEM
@
CONN CONN
34
48
70.8
431
9.0
0
194.4
14.6
0.0
1
11
19Drew Lock
D. Lock
7
9/2/2017
MIZ MIZ
vs
MOST MOST
21
34
61.8
521
15.3
1
252.5
20.6
2.9
1
6
20Baker Mayfield
B. Mayfield
7
10/22/2016
OKLA OKLA
@
TTU TTU
27
36
75.0
545
15.1
0
266.3
19.4
0.0
0
0
21Paxton Lynch
P. Lynch
7
11/28/2015
MEM MEM
vs
SMU SMU
9
14
64.3
222
15.9
0
362.5
50.0
0.0
0
0
22Brandon Allen
B. Allen
7
11/21/2015
ARK ARK
vs
MSST MSST
30
43
69.8
406
9.4
0
202.8
16.3
0.0
0
0
23Cooper Rush
C. Rush
7
12/24/2014
CMU CMU
@
WKU WKU
28
45
62.2
493
11.0
1
201.1
15.6
2.2
4
19
24Rakeem Cato
R. Cato
7
11/28/2014
MRSH MRSH
vs
WKU WKU
29
46
63.0
417
9.1
4
172.0
15.2
8.7
3
25
25Trevone Boykin
T. Boykin
7
10/25/2014
TCU TCU
vs
TTU TTU
22
39
56.4
433
11.1
0
208.9
17.9
0.0
2
11
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Team Leaders

PASS

1,453

Jennings

Kevin Jennings

RUSH

373

Raphael

Kendrick Raphael

REC

345

Knight

Yamir Knight
Team Rankings

PPG

37.0

36th

OPP PPG

24.8

91st

RUSH YDS/G

158.3

82nd

PASS YDS/G

392.5

1st

2026 ACC Standings
TEAMCONFOVERALL
7
Wake Forest Wake Forest
1-1
3-1
8
Louisville Louisville
1-1
2-2
9
SMU SMU
1-1
3-1
10
California California
1-1
2-2
11
Stanford Stanford
1-2
2-2
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
10/3
BC BC
@
SMU SMU
12:00 PM
Sat
10/17
UVA UVA
@
SMU SMU
1:00 PM
Sat
10/24
CAL CAL
@
SMU SMU
1:00 PM
Sat
10/31
SMU SMU
@
SYR SYR
1:00 PM
Fri
11/6
VT VT
@
SMU SMU
7:00 PM
Last Game
MOSU Missouri State

1 - 3

24

Final

34

SMU SMU

3 - 1

Sat 26 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,499

Maiava

Jayden Maiava

1,453

Jennings

Kevin Jennings

1,423

Atkinson

Braden Atkinson
Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

Nate Sheppard

600

Baugh

Jadan Baugh

592

Riley

Dylan Riley
Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

Jeremiah Smith

585

Legree

Jesse Legree

564

Toney

Malachi Toney
Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

Kamario Taylor

14

Mensah

Darian Mensah

14

Maiava

Jayden Maiava
Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

Jadan Baugh

9

Hawkins

Michael Hawkins Jr.

9

Knight

Wayne Knight
Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

KJ Duff

7

Dixon

Collin Dixon

7

Smith

Jeremiah Smith
QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

Darian Mensah

209.1

Stockton

Gunner Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Josh Hoover
Sack Leaders

7.5

Simmons

Colin Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

Princewill Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

Daeden Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings
Georgia

54.8

Florida

53.5

Miami

51.8

Alabama

48.0

Oregon

47.5

Ohio State

45.0
Opp PPG Rankings
Iowa

8.0

Notre Dame

8.3

Pittsburgh

8.5

Miami

9.0

Indiana

9.8

Utah

10.3
Total Yards Rankings
Miami

588.8

SMU

550.8

Oklahoma State

548.3

Mississippi State

533.3

Florida

532.8

Pittsburgh

523.8
Rush Yards Rankings
Army

355.7

Air Force

333.7

Navy

332.3

West Virginia

294.8

UCLA

281.5

Texas State

281.3
Pass Yards Rankings
SMU

392.5

Ohio State

365.3

Oregon State

365.0

Miami

361.3

Pittsburgh

347.3

Oregon

346.5
Sack Leaders
Tennessee

18.0

LSU

18.0

Virginia Tech

17.0

Delaware

15.0

Texas

15.0

Nebraska

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

SoutheasternWLPCT
1
Alabama Alabama
4
0
1.000
2
Florida Florida
4
0
1.000
3
Georgia Georgia
4
0
1.000
4
Mississippi State Mississippi State
4
0
1.000
5
Texas Texas
4
0
1.000
6
Ole Miss Ole Miss
3
1
.750
7
Auburn Auburn
3
1
.750
8
Kentucky Kentucky
3
1
.750
9
LSU LSU
3
1
.750
10
Missouri Missouri
3
1
.750
11
Tennessee Tennessee
3
1
.750
12
Vanderbilt Vanderbilt
3
1
.750
13
Arkansas Arkansas
2
2
.500
14
Oklahoma Oklahoma
2
2
.500
15
South Carolina South Carolina
2
2
.500
16
Texas A&M Texas A&M
2
2
.500
Pac-12WLPCT
1
Boise State Boise State
3
1
.750
2
Fresno State Fresno State
3
1
.750
3
Colorado State Colorado State
2
2
.500
4
Oregon State Oregon State
2
2
.500
5
Texas State Texas State
2
2
.500
6
San Diego State San Diego State
1
3
.250
7
Utah State Utah State
1
3
.250
8
Washington State Washington State
1
3
.250
Big 10WLPCT
1
UCLA UCLA
4
0
1.000
2
Indiana Indiana
4
0
1.000
3
Iowa Iowa
4
0
1.000
4
Nebraska Nebraska
4
0
1.000
5
Minnesota Minnesota
3
1
.750
6
Ohio State Ohio State
3
1
.750
7
Oregon Oregon
3
1
.750
8
Wisconsin Wisconsin
3
1
.750
9
USC USC
4
1
.800
10
Michigan Michigan
3
1
.750
11
Penn State Penn State
3
1
.750
12
Washington Washington
3
1
.750
13
Northwestern Northwestern
2
1
.667
14
Illinois Illinois
2
2
.500
15
Maryland Maryland
2
2
.500
16
Michigan State Michigan State
2
2
.500
17
Purdue Purdue
1
3
.250
18
Rutgers Rutgers
1
3
.250
Big 12WLPCT
1
Cincinnati Cincinnati
4
0
1.000
2
Texas Tech Texas Tech
4
0
1.000
3
Utah Utah
4
0
1.000
4
BYU BYU
3
0
1.000
5
Baylor Baylor
3
1
.750
6
Oklahoma State Oklahoma State
3
1
.750
7
UCF UCF
3
1
.750
8
Arizona State Arizona State
2
1
.667
9
Arizona Arizona
3
1
.750
10
Houston Houston
3
1
.750
11
Kansas State Kansas State
3
1
.750
12
West Virginia West Virginia
3
1
.750
13
Colorado Colorado
2
2
.500
14
Iowa State Iowa State
2
2
.500
15
TCU TCU
2
2
.500
16
Kansas Kansas
1
2
.333
Mid-AmericanWLPCT
1
UMass UMass
4
0
1.000
2
Kent State Kent State
2
2
.500
3
Eastern Michigan Eastern Michigan
2
3
.400
4
Toledo Toledo
3
1
.750
5
Buffalo Buffalo
2
2
.500
6
Central Michigan Central Michigan
2
2
.500
7
Miami (OH) Miami (OH)
2
2
.500
8
Ohio Ohio
2
2
.500
9
Western Michigan Western Michigan
2
2
.500
10
Akron Akron
1
3
.250
11
Bowling Green Bowling Green
0
4
.000
12
Ball State Ball State
1
3
.250
13
Sacramento State Sacramento State
1
4
.200
Atlantic CoastWLPCT
1
Miami Miami
4
0
1.000
2
Clemson Clemson
3
1
.750
3
Duke Duke
4
0
1.000
4
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh
4
0
1.000
5
Virginia Tech Virginia Tech
4
0
1.000
6
Virginia Virginia
3
1
.750
7
Wake Forest Wake Forest
3
1
.750
8
Louisville Louisville
2
2
.500
9
SMU SMU
3
1
.750
10
California California
2
2
.500
11
Stanford Stanford
2
2
.500
12
North Carolina North Carolina
2
1
.667
13
Boston College Boston College
2
2
.500
14
Florida State Florida State
2
2
.500
15
NC State NC State
2
2
.500
16
Georgia Tech Georgia Tech
1
3
.250
17
Syracuse Syracuse
1
2
.333
IndependentWLPCT
1
Notre Dame Notre Dame
4
0
1.000
2
UConn UConn
2
2
.500
American AthleticWLPCT
1
South Florida South Florida
4
0
1.000
2
Florida Atlantic Florida Atlantic
3
1
.750
3
UAB UAB
2
2
.500
4
Army Army
2
1
.667
5
Memphis Memphis
3
1
.750
6
Tulsa Tulsa
3
1
.750
7
UTSA UTSA
3
1
.750
8
East Carolina East Carolina
2
2
.500
9
North Texas North Texas
2
2
.500
10
Tulane Tulane
2
2
.500
11
Rice Rice
1
3
.250
12
Charlotte Charlotte
0
4
.000
13
Temple Temple
1
3
.250
14
Navy Navy
1
2
.333
Conference USAWLPCT
1
Jacksonville State Jacksonville State
3
2
.600
2
Liberty Liberty
3
1
.750
3
Delaware Delaware
2
2
.500
4
Florida International Florida International
2
2
.500
5
Kennesaw State Kennesaw State
1
3
.250
6
Missouri State Missouri State
1
3
.250
7
New Mexico State New Mexico State
1
3
.250
8
Sam Houston Sam Houston
1
3
.250
9
Western Kentucky Western Kentucky
1
3
.250
10
Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee
2
2
.500
Sun BeltWLPCT
1
James Madison James Madison
4
0
1.000
2
Louisiana Louisiana
3
1
.750
3
Appalachian State Appalachian State
3
1
.750
4
South Alabama South Alabama
2
2
.500
5
Georgia State Georgia State
3
1
.750
6
Marshall Marshall
3
1
.750
7
Arkansas State Arkansas State
2
2
.500
8
Troy Troy
2
2
.500
9
Georgia Southern Georgia Southern
1
3
.250
10
Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech
1
2
.333
11
Southern Miss Southern Miss
1
3
.250
12
Coastal Carolina Coastal Carolina
1
3
.250
13
Old Dominion Old Dominion
1
3
.250
14
Louisiana-Monroe Louisiana-Monroe
0
4
.000
Mountain WestWLPCT
1
North Dakota State North Dakota State
4
0
1.000
2
UNLV UNLV
2
2
.500
3
Wyoming Wyoming
2
2
.500
4
Air Force Air Force
2
1
.667
5
New Mexico New Mexico
3
1
.750
6
San Jose State San Jose State
2
2
.500
7
UTEP UTEP
1
3
.250
8
Northern Illinois Northern Illinois
0
4
.000
9
Nevada Nevada
1
3
.250
10
Hawai'i Hawai'i
1
3
.250

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/12
ODU ODU
@
VT VT
21-44
Sat
9/12
PSU PSU
@
TEM TEM
27-9
Sat
9/12
ETSU ETSU
@
UNC UNC
3-35
Sat
9/12
ORE ORE
@
OKST OKST
31-39
Sat
9/12
WOF WOF
@
KENT KENT
15-36

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
10/1
WKU WKU
@
NMSU NMSU
8:00 PM
Thu
10/1
UNT UNT
@
TLSA TLSA
9:00 PM
Fri
10/2
LIB LIB
@
DEL DEL
7:00 PM
Fri
10/2
PITT PITT
@
VT VT
7:00 PM
Fri
10/2
PSU PSU
@
NW NW
8:00 PM