most passing yards by a sophomore qb ncaa

Braden Atkinson has the most passing yards by a sophomore quarterback, with 2,604 yards this season.

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2026 season

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Braden Atkinson B. Atkinson	2,604	2026	ORST	7	189	273	69.2	9.5	372.0	24	2	176.9	8.8	0.7	9	71
2	Drew Mestemaker D. Mestemaker	1,940	2026	OKST	6	136	203	67.0	9.6	323.3	16	6	167.4	7.9	3.0	5	37
3	Micah Alejado M. Alejado	1,862	2026	HAW	7	180	305	59.0	6.1	266.0	6	5	113.5	2.0	1.6	20	126
4	Keelon Russell K. Russell	1,746	2026	ALA	7	129	191	67.5	9.1	249.4	12	4	160.9	6.3	2.1	20	132
5	Trey Owens T. Owens	1,622	2026	ARST	7	138	201	68.7	8.1	231.7	9	6	145.2	4.5	3.0	13	74
6	Malik Washington M. Washington	1,615	2026	MD	7	155	261	59.4	6.2	230.7	9	6	118.1	3.4	2.3	7	49
7	Michael Hawkins Jr. M. Hawkins Jr.	1,519	2026	WVU	7	83	144	57.6	10.5	217.0	10	1	167.8	6.9	0.7	12	72
8	Kamario Taylor K. Taylor	1,450	2026	MSST	5	102	154	66.2	9.4	290.0	17	4	176.6	11.0	2.6	13	64
9	Brad Jackson B. Jackson	1,439	2026	TXST	6	106	157	67.5	9.2	239.8	14	5	167.6	8.9	3.2	5	31
10	Landyn Locke L. Locke	1,418	2026	SHSU	6	129	205	62.9	6.9	236.3	11	4	134.8	5.4	2.0	17	137
11	Mason Heintschel M. Heintschel	1,304	2026	PITT	5	98	148	66.2	8.8	260.8	14	1	170.1	9.5	0.7	5	34
12	Isaiah Marshall I. Marshall	1,294	2026	KU	6	88	167	52.7	7.7	215.7	9	5	129.6	5.4	3.0	6	41
13	Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele J. Sagapolutele	1,290	2026	CAL	6	122	182	67.0	7.1	215.0	9	5	137.4	4.9	2.7	8	54
14	Alessio Milivojevic A. Milivojevic	1,263	2026	MSU	7	121	185	65.4	6.8	180.4	7	3	132.0	3.8	1.6	18	121
15	Bear Bachmeier B. Bachmeier	1,257	2026	BYU	6	100	152	65.8	8.3	209.5	9	2	152.2	5.9	1.3	3	19
16	Roman Gagliano R. Gagliano	1,204	2026	MTU	6	110	188	58.5	6.4	200.7	11	2	129.5	5.9	1.1	7	46
17	Baylor Hayes B. Hayes	1,081	2026	TLSA	5	98	158	62.0	6.8	216.2	8	1	134.9	5.1	0.6	6	40
18	Brayden Roggow B. Roggow	1,068	2026	AKR	7	92	156	59.0	6.8	152.6	7	8	121.0	4.5	5.1	14	120
19	Caden Pinnick C. Pinnick	952	2026	WSU	6	110	178	61.8	5.3	158.7	3	5	106.7	1.7	2.8	19	120
20	Bryce Underwood B. Underwood	924	2026	MICH	6	72	124	58.1	7.5	154.0	5	6	124.3	4.0	4.8	8	41
21	Jason Wright J. Wright	860	2026	BUFF	6	79	164	48.2	5.2	143.3	6	4	99.4	3.7	2.4	16	86
22	Rodney Tisdale Jr. R. Tisdale Jr.	857	2026	WKU	5	80	119	67.2	7.2	171.4	4	2	135.5	3.4	1.7	11	63
23	Julian Lewis J. Lewis	733	2026	COLO	4	61	95	64.2	7.7	183.3	6	2	145.7	6.3	2.1	8	60
24	Toa Fa'avae T. Fa'avae	698	2026	UNM	6	41	73	56.2	9.6	116.3	5	3	150.9	6.8	4.1	13	93
25	Quinn Henicle Q. Henicle	656	2026	ODU	6	54	98	55.1	6.7	109.3	4	4	116.6	4.1	4.1	18	107

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Team Leaders

PASS

2,604

Atkinson

RUSH

431

Newberry

REC

1,040

Legree

Team Rankings

PPG

42.7

4th

OPP PPG

23.1

71st

RUSH YDS/G

142.1

105th

PASS YDS/G

384.9

1st

2026 Pac-12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Oregon State	3-0	5-2
2	Boise State	2-0	5-1
3	San Diego State	2-1	3-4
4	Texas State	1-1	3-3
5	Utah State	1-1	2-4

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/31	ORST	@	FRES	11:00 PM
Sat 11/7	TXST	@	ORST	10:30 PM
Sat 11/14	ORST	@	BSU	6:00 PM
Sat 11/21	USU	@	ORST	10:30 PM

Last Game

Washington State

1 - 6

Final

Oregon State

5 - 2

Sat 17 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,604

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

2,007

Sayin

Rush Yards Leaders

867

Roberts

838

Burgess

837

Bishop

Rec Yards Leaders

1,040

Legree

984

Smith

784

Hatcher

Pass TD Leaders

24

Atkinson

20

Weigman

19

Sayin

Rush TD Leaders

14

Hawkins

13

Baugh

13

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

12

Smith

9

Duff

QB Rating Leaders

203.9

Mensah

185.9

Stockton

184.5

Sayin

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.5

Stevens

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

48.5

43.0

42.9

42.7

42.2

41.1

Opp PPG Rankings

10.5

11.3

12.2

12.9

13.4

Total Yards Rankings

562.3

559.5

533.8

527.0

517.7

512.6

Rush Yards Rankings

357.5

343.0

303.5

298.5

272.4

239.8

Pass Yards Rankings

384.9

347.0

333.0

329.5

325.2

323.1

Sack Leaders

29.0

27.0

26.0

24.0

22.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	6	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	6	0	1.000
3	Utah	6	0	1.000
4	Houston	6	1	.857
5	Arizona	5	1	.833
6	Baylor	4	2	.667
7	Oklahoma State	4	2	.667
8	Cincinnati	4	2	.667
9	UCF	3	3	.500
10	Kansas State	4	2	.667
11	Arizona State	3	3	.500
12	Iowa State	3	3	.500
13	TCU	3	3	.500
14	West Virginia	4	3	.571
15	Colorado	2	4	.333
16	Kansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	6	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	6	1	.857
3	Indiana	6	1	.857
4	USC	6	1	.857
5	Iowa	5	1	.833
6	Northwestern	5	1	.833
7	Minnesota	4	2	.667
8	Oregon	4	2	.667
9	Wisconsin	4	2	.667
10	Nebraska	5	2	.714
11	Purdue	3	4	.429
12	Michigan	4	2	.667
13	Illinois	3	3	.500
14	Rutgers	2	4	.333
15	Washington	4	3	.571
16	Penn State	3	4	.429
17	Maryland	2	5	.286
18	Michigan State	2	5	.286

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	1	.857
2	Kentucky	6	1	.857
3	Tennessee	6	1	.857
4	Ole Miss	5	1	.833
5	Alabama	5	2	.714
6	Florida	5	2	.714
7	LSU	5	2	.714
8	Mississippi State	4	2	.667
9	Missouri	5	2	.714
10	Auburn	4	2	.667
11	Oklahoma	3	3	.500
12	Texas	4	2	.667
13	Texas A&M	4	3	.571
14	South Carolina	3	3	.500
15	Arkansas	3	4	.429
16	Vanderbilt	3	4	.429

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	6	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	6	1	.857
3	SMU	5	1	.833
4	Clemson	4	2	.667
5	North Carolina	4	2	.667
6	Louisville	4	3	.571
7	Pittsburgh	5	2	.714
8	California	3	4	.429
9	Virginia Tech	5	2	.714
10	Virginia	4	3	.571
11	Georgia Tech	2	4	.333
12	Duke	4	2	.667
13	Boston College	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Florida State	3	4	.429
16	Stanford	3	4	.429
17	Syracuse	2	4	.333

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	5	1	.833
2	North Dakota State	6	1	.857
3	Air Force	5	1	.833
4	Wyoming	4	3	.571
5	San Jose State	4	3	.571
6	UNLV	4	3	.571
7	Nevada	2	4	.333
8	Northern Illinois	0	6	.000
9	UTEP	1	6	.143
10	Hawai'i	1	6	.143

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	1	.857
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	5	2	.714
2	Western Michigan	5	2	.714
3	Eastern Michigan	4	4	.500
4	Buffalo	4	3	.571
5	Bowling Green	2	5	.286
6	Toledo	5	2	.714
7	Miami (OH)	4	3	.571
8	Kent State	2	5	.286
9	Central Michigan	3	4	.429
10	Ball State	2	5	.286
11	UMass	4	3	.571
12	Akron	1	6	.143
13	Sacramento State	1	6	.143

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Oregon State	5	2	.714
2	Boise State	5	1	.833
3	San Diego State	3	4	.429
4	Texas State	3	3	.500
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Fresno State	4	3	.571
7	Colorado State	2	4	.333
8	Washington State	1	6	.143

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	6	1	.857
2	North Texas	4	2	.667
3	Army	4	2	.667
4	Memphis	5	2	.714
5	UAB	4	3	.571
6	Florida Atlantic	4	2	.667
7	East Carolina	3	3	.500
8	Tulane	3	3	.500
9	Charlotte	1	6	.143
10	Temple	2	5	.286
11	South Florida	5	2	.714
12	Tulsa	4	3	.571
13	Navy	2	4	.333
14	Rice	1	6	.143

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
2	Liberty	5	1	.833
3	Western Kentucky	3	4	.429
4	Florida International	3	3	.500
5	Middle Tennessee	3	3	.500
6	Missouri State	2	4	.333
7	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
8	Delaware	2	4	.333
9	Kennesaw State	1	5	.167
10	Sam Houston	1	5	.167

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	7	0	1.000
2	Louisiana Tech	4	2	.667
3	South Alabama	4	2	.667
4	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
5	Louisiana	5	2	.714
6	Appalachian State	4	2	.667
7	Georgia State	4	2	.667
8	Troy	3	3	.500
9	Coastal Carolina	2	5	.286
10	Arkansas State	3	4	.429
11	Old Dominion	2	5	.286
12	Southern Miss	1	5	.167
13	Louisiana-Monroe	0	6	.000
14	Marshall	3	3	.500