most passing yards in a conference championship game since 2000

Since 2000, Bailey Zappe has the most passing yards in a conference championship, with 577 yards versus UTSA on December 3, 2021.

Interpreted as:

most passing yards by a player in a conference championship game since 2000

	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	Case Keenum C. Keenum	527	12/5/2009	HOU	@	ECU	56	75	74.7	7.0	5	3	147.7	6.7	4.0
3	Ryan Higgins R. Higgins	502	12/3/2016	LT	@	WKU	35	57	61.4	8.8	3	1	149.2	5.3	1.8	5	34
4	Dwayne Haskins D. Haskins	499	12/1/2018	OSU	vs	NW	34	41	82.9	12.2	5	1	220.5	12.2	2.4	4	25
5	McKenzie Milton M. Milton	494	12/2/2017	UCF	vs	MEM	28	40	70.0	12.4	5	3	200.0	12.5	7.5	1	1
6	Riley Ferguson R. Ferguson	471	12/2/2017	MEM	@	UCF	30	42	71.4	11.2	4	1	192.3	9.5	2.4	4	33
7	Nick Starkel N. Starkel	453	12/19/2020	SJSU	vs	BSU	32	52	61.5	8.7	3	0	153.8	5.8	0.0	2	15
8	Quinn Ewers Q. Ewers	452	12/2/2023	TEX	vs	OKST	35	46	76.1	9.8	4	1	183.0	8.7	2.2	1	7
9	Ben Roethlisberger B. Roethlisberger	440	12/4/2003	M-OH	@	BGSU	26	35	74.3	12.6	4	0	217.6	11.4	0.0
10	Paul Smith P. Smith	426	12/1/2007	TLSA	@	UCF	28	55	50.9	7.7	3	3	123.1	5.5	5.5
11	Bryce Young B. Young	421	12/4/2021	ALA	vs	UGA	26	44	59.1	9.6	3	0	162.0	6.8	0.0	0	0
12	Mike White M. White	421	12/3/2016	WKU	vs	LT	21	31	67.7	13.6	3	1	207.3	9.7	3.2	0	0
13	Byron Leftwich B. Leftwich	421	11/30/2001	MRSH	@	TOL	32	52	61.5	8.1	4	1	151.1	7.7	1.9
14	Mac Jones M. Jones	418	12/19/2020	ALA	@	FLA	33	43	76.7	9.7	5	1	192.1	11.6	2.3	2	9
15	Luke Getsy L. Getsy	413	12/1/2005	AKR	vs	NIU	30	50	60.0	8.3	1	1	132.0	2.0	2.0
16	Brandon Doughty B. Doughty	410	12/5/2015	WKU	vs	USM	34	52	65.4	7.9	3	1	146.8	5.8	1.9	0	0
17	Kyle Trask K. Trask	408	12/19/2020	FLA	vs	ALA	26	40	65.0	10.2	3	0	175.4	7.5	0.0	5	29
18	Derek Carr D. Carr	404	12/7/2013	FRES	vs	USU	36	53	67.9	7.6	3	2	143.1	5.7	3.8	3	19
19	Byron Leftwich B. Leftwich	404	12/7/2002	MRSH	vs	TOL	32	42	76.2	9.6	4	1	183.7	9.5	2.4
20	Michael Pratt M. Pratt	394	12/3/2022	TULN	vs	UCF	20	33	60.6	11.9	4	1	194.8	12.1	3.0	1	2
21	Matt Johnson M. Johnson	393	12/6/2013	BGSU	@	NIU	21	27	77.8	14.6	5	0	261.2	18.5	0.0	2	17
22	Trace McSorley T. McSorley	384	12/3/2016	PSU	vs	WIS	22	31	71.0	12.4	4	0	217.6	12.9	0.0	1	9
23	Sam Bradford S. Bradford	384	12/6/2008	OKLA	vs	MIZ	34	49	69.4	7.8	2	0	148.7	4.1	0.0
24	Kyler Murray K. Murray	379	12/1/2018	OKLA	vs	TEX	25	34	73.5	11.1	3	0	196.3	8.8	0.0	2	5
25	Jason Campbell J. Campbell	374	12/4/2004	AUB	vs	TENN	27	35	77.1	10.7	3	1	189.5	8.6	2.9

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Team Leaders

PASS

2,062

McIvor

RUSH

576

Parrish

REC

888

Henry

Team Rankings

PPG

29.8

54th

OPP PPG

23.4

64th

RUSH YDS/G

132.8

110th

PASS YDS/G

272.6

29th

2025 C-USA Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Kennesaw State	7-1	10-4
2	Jacksonville State	7-1	9-5
3	Western Kentucky	6-2	9-4
4	Louisiana Tech	5-3	8-5
5	Missouri State	5-3	7-6

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/5	WKU	@	NEV	10:30 PM
Sat 9/12	WKU	@	UGA	12:45 PM
Sat 9/19	WKU	@	IND	4:00 PM
Sat 9/26	MHU	@	WKU	7:00 PM
Thu 10/1	WKU	@	NMSU	8:00 PM

Last Game

Western Kentucky

1 - 0

Final

Southern Miss

0 - 1

Tue 23 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

246.8

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

CFB 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sat 11/15	MICH	@	NW	24-22
Sat 11/15	USF	@	NAVY	38-41
Sat 11/15	SC	@	TAMU	30-31
Sat 11/15	UTEP	@	MOST	24-38
Sat 11/15	MTSU	@	WKU	26-42

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 8/29	UNC	@	TCU	12:00 PM
Sat 8/29	SJSU	@	USC	3:00 PM
Sat 8/29	NCST	@	UVA	3:30 PM
Sat 8/29	JVST	@	NDSU	5:30 PM
Sat 8/29	SAC	@	EMU	6:30 PM

Since 2000, Bailey Zappe has the most passing yards in a conference championship, with 577 yards versus UTSA on December 3, 2021.

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