most passing yards by a team in ncaa history

The BYU Cougars have the most passing yards by a team, with 204,936 yards.

		TEAM	YDS	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1		BYU	204,936	821	15,582	26,747	58.3	7.7	249.6	1,489	1,072	133.0	5.6	4.0
2		Washington State	185,521	784	15,037	26,205	57.4	7.1	236.6	1,231	1,044	124.4	4.7	4.0
3		Florida State	184,565	805	13,910	24,380	57.1	7.6	229.3	1,353	948	131.2	5.5	3.9
4		Texas Tech	182,809	797	15,309	25,995	58.9	7.0	229.4	1,278	910	127.2	4.9	3.5
5		Houston	176,676	791	13,978	24,302	57.5	7.3	223.4	1,306	943	128.6	5.4	3.9
6		San José State	175,464	785	13,858	25,283	54.8	6.9	223.5	1,141	1,136	119.0	4.5	4.5
7		Miami	173,137	799	13,129	23,383	56.1	7.4	216.7	1,203	960	127.1	5.1	4.1
8		USC	172,730	805	13,443	22,634	59.4	7.6	214.6	1,325	753	136.2	5.9	3.3
9		Stanford	171,720	785	13,973	24,424	57.2	7.0	218.8	1,127	949	123.7	4.6	3.9
10		Arizona State	171,457	790	12,757	22,930	55.6	7.5	217.0	1,270	886	129.0	5.5	3.9
11		Florida	170,053	805	12,939	22,472	57.6	7.6	211.2	1,319	910	132.4	5.9	4.0
12		California	168,325	787	13,731	24,548	55.9	6.9	213.9	1,097	987	120.2	4.5	4.0
13		Oregon	167,661	806	13,066	23,164	56.4	7.2	208.0	1,277	884	127.8	5.5	3.8
14		Purdue	165,359	775	13,786	24,401	56.5	6.8	213.4	1,053	988	119.6	4.3	4.0
15		Tulsa	159,711	791	12,322	22,886	53.8	7.0	201.9	1,103	986	119.7	4.8	4.3
16		Louisville	159,036	749	12,307	22,256	55.3	7.1	212.3	1,058	902	122.9	4.8	4.1
17		Utah	158,795	779	12,298	21,997	55.9	7.2	203.8	1,132	916	125.2	5.1	4.2
18		Utah State	157,434	786	12,336	22,938	53.8	6.9	200.3	1,047	987	117.9	4.6	4.3
19		Duke	155,999	789	13,385	23,879	56.1	6.5	197.7	909	986	115.2	3.8	4.1
20		Baylor	155,872	788	12,041	22,171	54.3	7.0	197.8	989	1,010	119.0	4.5	4.6
21		San Diego State	154,810	690	12,151	21,355	56.9	7.2	224.4	963	811	125.1	4.5	3.8
22		Ole Miss	154,430	787	12,037	21,451	56.1	7.2	196.2	1,016	866	124.1	4.7	4.0
23		Pittsburgh	153,557	797	12,044	21,777	55.3	7.1	192.7	1,053	957	121.7	4.8	4.4
24		UCLA	152,680	789	11,548	20,499	56.3	7.4	193.5	1,016	796	127.5	5.0	3.9
25		Hawaii	152,432	694	11,988	21,418	56.0	7.1	219.6	1,018	770	124.2	4.8	3.6

StatMuse has team, season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1956 season.

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	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
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Hardy

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Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

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13

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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