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The Houston Cougars have the most passing yards by a team in a season, with 6,301 yards in 2011.

	TEAM	YDS	SEASON	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Houston	6,301	2011	14	479	682	70.2	9.2	450.1	51	6	170.8	7.5	0.9
2	Texas Tech	6,179	2003	13	506	780	64.9	7.9	475.3	53	23	147.9	6.8	2.9
3	Hawaii	6,178	2006	14	444	615	72.2	10.0	441.3	57	12	183.3	9.3	2.0
4	Texas Tech	6,114	2007	13	544	763	71.3	8.0	470.3	43	15	153.3	5.6	2.0
5	Western Kentucky	6,072	2021	14	480	697	68.9	8.7	433.7	63	12	168.4	9.0	1.7	17	123
6	Houston	6,072	2009	14	525	747	70.3	8.1	433.7	42	15	153.1	5.6	2.0
7	LSU	6,024	2019	15	426	567	75.1	10.6	401.6	61	7	197.4	10.8	1.2	34	206
8	Washington State	5,732	2014	12	510	771	66.1	7.4	477.7	45	18	143.2	5.8	2.3	36	268
9	Hawaii	5,713	2007	13	459	663	69.2	8.6	439.5	39	23	154.1	5.9	3.5
10	Washington State	5,683	2019	13	505	710	71.1	8.0	437.2	50	16	157.1	7.0	2.3	20	153
11	Houston	5,624	1989	11	434	694	62.5	8.1	511.3	55	16	152.1	7.9	2.3
12	Texas Tech	5,556	2016	12	428	653	65.5	8.5	463.0	47	11	157.4	7.2	1.7	30	271
13	Hawaii	5,520	2010	14	394	618	63.8	8.9	394.3	35	17	152.0	5.7	2.8
14	Texas Tech	5,444	2002	14	515	770	66.9	7.1	388.9	50	15	143.8	6.5	1.9
15	Hawaii	5,406	2002	14	407	731	55.7	7.4	386.1	31	26	124.7	4.2	3.6
16	Hawaii	5,382	2003	14	444	754	58.9	7.1	384.4	39	27	128.8	5.2	3.6
17	BYU	5,379	1990	12	373	580	64.3	9.3	448.3	41	29	155.5	7.1	5.0
18	Texas Tech	5,371	2008	13	465	662	70.2	8.1	413.2	41	10	155.8	6.2	1.5
19	Houston	5,221	2008	13	411	610	67.4	8.6	401.6	39	11	156.8	6.4	1.8
20	Houston	5,213	1990	11	386	659	58.6	7.9	473.9	54	20	146.0	8.2	3.0
21	Western Kentucky	5,211	2015	14	398	554	71.8	9.4	372.2	50	9	177.4	9.0	1.6	16	129
22	Tulsa	5,194	2007	14	336	564	59.6	9.2	371.0	49	19	158.9	8.7	3.4
23	Louisiana Tech	5,185	1998	12	402	601	66.9	8.6	432.1	48	14	161.1	8.0	2.3
24	Washington	5,155	2023	15	376	574	65.5	9.0	343.7	38	12	158.6	6.6	2.1	12	86
25	Ohio State	5,144	2018	14	396	561	70.6	9.2	367.4	51	8	174.8	9.1	1.4	23	118

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More Houston Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

2,705

Weigman

RUSH

977

Connors

REC

966

Thomas

Team Rankings

PPG

28.3

70th

OPP PPG

21.8

44th

RUSH YDS/G

175.7

52nd

PASS YDS/G

215.3

103rd

2025 Big 12 Standings

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

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/5	ORST	@	HOU	1:00 PM
Sat 9/12	SOU	@	HOU	1:00 PM
Fri 9/18	HOU	@	TTU	8:00 PM
Sat 9/26	HOU	@	GASO	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	UCF	@	HOU	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