most passing yards in a college football game 2021

Bailey Zappe had the most passing yards in a game in 2021, with 577 yards against UTSA on December 3, 2021.

	NAME	YDS	DATE	TM		OPP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Bailey Zappe B. Zappe	577	12/3/2021	WKU	@	UTSA	36	59	61.0	9.8	4	2	158.8	6.8	3.4	3	18
2	C.J. Stroud	573	1/1/2022	OSU	@	UTAH	37	46	80.4	12.5	6	1	223.8	13.0	2.2	0	0
3	Bryce Young B. Young	559	11/20/2021	ALA	vs	ARK	31	40	77.5	14.0	5	0	236.1	12.5	0.0	4	33
4	Brennan Armstrong B. Armstrong	554	9/18/2021	UVA	@	UNC	39	54	72.2	10.3	4	1	179.1	7.4	1.9	3	15
5	Aidan O'Connell A. O'Connell	536	11/6/2021	PUR	vs	MSU	40	54	74.1	9.9	3	0	175.8	5.6	0.0	3	16
6	Aidan O'Connell A. O'Connell	534	12/30/2021	PUR	vs	TENN	26	46	56.5	11.6	5	3	176.9	10.9	6.5	2	15
7	Rocky Lombardi R. Lombardi	532	11/3/2021	NIU	@	KENT	33	57	57.9	9.3	3	0	153.7	5.3	0.0	1	4
8	Todd Centeio T. Centeio	527	11/20/2021	CSU	@	HAW	29	48	60.4	11.0	5	2	178.7	10.4	4.2	5	31
9	Bailey Zappe B. Zappe	523	10/9/2021	WKU	vs	UTSA	38	60	63.3	8.7	5	1	160.7	8.3	1.7	1	7
10	Kenny Pickett K. Pickett	519	10/30/2021	PITT	vs	MIA	39	55	70.9	9.4	3	2	160.9	5.5	3.6	4	35
11	Jack Coan J. Coan	509	1/1/2022	ND	vs	OKST	38	68	55.9	7.5	5	1	140.1	7.4	1.5	2	10
12	Brett Gabbert B. Gabbert	492	11/2/2021	M-OH	@	OHIO	32	55	58.2	8.9	5	1	159.7	9.1	1.8	1	2
13	Bailey Zappe B. Zappe	488	10/2/2021	WKU	@	MSU	46	64	71.9	7.6	3	0	151.4	4.7	0.0	3	21
14	Brennan Armstrong B. Armstrong	487	11/20/2021	UVA	@	PITT	36	49	73.5	9.9	3	1	173.1	6.1	2.0	5	31
15	Brennan Armstrong B. Armstrong	487	10/9/2021	UVA	@	LOU	40	60	66.7	8.1	3	2	144.7	5.0	3.3	5	31
16	C.J. Stroud	484	9/11/2021	OSU	vs	ORE	35	54	64.8	9.0	3	1	154.7	5.6	1.9	2	20
17	Bailey Zappe B. Zappe	482	11/13/2021	WKU	@	RICE	34	42	81.0	11.5	5	1	211.9	11.9	2.4	1	10
18	Carson Strong C. Strong	476	10/23/2021	NEV	@	FRES	49	61	80.3	7.8	4	1	164.2	6.6	1.6	5	24
19	Bailey Zappe B. Zappe	470	11/20/2021	WKU	vs	FAU	39	49	79.6	9.6	6	2	192.4	12.2	4.1	0	0
20	Max Bortenschlager M. Bortenschlager	466	10/8/2021	FIU	vs	CHAR	19	30	63.3	15.5	4	1	231.1	13.3	3.3	5	39
21	Emory Jones E. Jones	464	11/13/2021	FLA	vs	SAM	28	34	82.4	13.6	6	0	255.2	17.6	0.0	0	0
22	Seth Henigan S. Henigan	463	10/9/2021	MEM	@	TLSA	34	57	59.6	8.1	2	2	132.4	3.5	3.5	3	18
23	Chandler Morris C. Morris	461	11/6/2021	TCU	vs	BAY	29	41	70.7	11.2	2	0	181.3	4.9	0.0	1	8
24	Dequan Finn D. Finn	461	11/2/2021	TOL	vs	EMU	30	45	66.7	10.2	3	1	170.3	6.7	2.2	5	33
25	Sam Hartman S. Hartman	458	10/23/2021	WAKE	@	ARMY	23	29	79.3	15.8	5	0	268.9	17.2	0.0	0	0

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Team Leaders

PASS

543

Tisdale

RUSH

185

Allen

REC

158

Stafford

Team Rankings

PPG

21.5

121st

OPP PPG

41.0

169th

RUSH YDS/G

130.8

124th

PASS YDS/G

212.8

101st

2026 C-USA Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
6	Missouri State	0-0	1-3
7	New Mexico State	0-0	1-3
8	Sam Houston	0-0	1-3
9	Western Kentucky	0-0	1-3
10	Middle Tennessee	0-1	2-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 10/1	WKU	@	NMSU	8:00 PM
Thu 10/8	MOSU	@	WKU	7:00 PM
Wed 10/14	WKU	@	SHSU	8:00 PM
Tue 10/27	DEL	@	WKU	7:00 PM
Sat 11/7	WKU	@	MTU	3:30 PM

Last Game

Mercyhurst

0 - 3

Final

Western Kentucky

1 - 3

Sat 26 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

1,423

Atkinson

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Mensah

14

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.0

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

8.5

9.0

9.8

10.3

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

523.8

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

347.0

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	4	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	4	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	0	1.000
5	Texas	4	0	1.000
6	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
7	Auburn	3	1	.750
8	Kentucky	3	1	.750
9	LSU	3	1	.750
10	Missouri	3	1	.750
11	Tennessee	3	1	.750
12	Vanderbilt	3	1	.750
13	Arkansas	2	2	.500
14	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
15	South Carolina	2	2	.500
16	Texas A&M	2	2	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Fresno State	3	1	.750
3	Colorado State	2	2	.500
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	Texas State	2	2	.500
6	San Diego State	1	3	.250
7	Utah State	1	3	.250
8	Washington State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	4	0	1.000
3	Iowa	4	0	1.000
4	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	3	1	.750
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Michigan	3	1	.750
11	Penn State	3	1	.750
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Northwestern	2	1	.667
14	Illinois	2	2	.500
15	Maryland	2	2	.500
16	Michigan State	2	2	.500
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Utah	4	0	1.000
4	BYU	3	0	1.000
5	Baylor	3	1	.750
6	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
7	UCF	3	1	.750
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	3	1	.750
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	1	.750
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	2	2	.500
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	0	1.000
2	Kent State	2	2	.500
3	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Buffalo	2	2	.500
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	3	.250
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	4	0	1.000
2	Clemson	3	1	.750
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	Pittsburgh	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia Tech	4	0	1.000
6	Virginia	3	1	.750
7	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
8	Louisville	2	2	.500
9	SMU	3	1	.750
10	California	2	2	.500
11	Stanford	2	2	.500
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Boston College	2	2	.500
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	UAB	2	2	.500
4	Army	2	1	.667
5	Memphis	3	1	.750
6	Tulsa	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	North Texas	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Rice	1	3	.250
12	Charlotte	0	4	.000
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
2	Liberty	3	1	.750
3	Delaware	2	2	.500
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	New Mexico State	1	3	.250
8	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
9	Western Kentucky	1	3	.250
10	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	4	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	3	1	.750
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
13	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	Wyoming	2	2	.500
4	Air Force	2	1	.667
5	New Mexico	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	3	.250
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

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

Schedule

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

Bailey Zappe had the most passing yards in a game in 2021, with 577 yards against UTSA on December 3, 2021.

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