most passing yards in a game in college football history acc

Deshaun Watson has the most passing yards in the ACC in a game, with 580 yards against Pittsburgh on November 12, 2016.

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	NAME	YDS	DATE	TM		OPP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Deshaun Watson D. Watson	580	11/12/2016	CLEM	vs	PITT	52	70	74.3	8.3	3	3	149.5	4.3	4.3	2	8
2	Stephen Morris S. Morris	566	9/29/2012	MIA	vs	NCST	26	49	53.1	11.6	5	1	179.7	10.2	2.0
3	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
4	Sam Howell S. Howell	550	11/14/2020	UNC	vs	WAKE	32	45	71.1	12.2	6	1	213.3	13.3	2.2	2	13
5	Rusty LaRue R. LaRue	545	11/18/1995	WAKE	vs	NCST	50	67	74.6	8.1	3	2	151.8	4.5	3.0
6	Chris Weinke C. Weinke	536	10/14/2000	FSU	vs	DUKE	37	47	78.7	11.4	5	1	205.4	10.6	2.1
7	Chris Weinke C. Weinke	521	11/4/2000	FSU	vs	CLEM	27	43	62.8	12.1	2	0	179.9	4.7	0.0
8	Dennis Grosel D. Grosel	520	12/5/2020	BC	@	UVA	32	46	69.6	11.3	4	3	180.2	8.7	6.5	4	39
9	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
10	Rusty LaRue R. LaRue	501	11/4/1995	WAKE	vs	GT	41	65	63.1	7.7	3	1	140.0	4.6	1.5
11	Tyler Van Dyke T. Van Dyke	496	10/8/2022	MIA	vs	UNC	42	57	73.7	8.7	3	1	160.6	5.3	1.8	2	12
12	Chris Weinke C. Weinke	496	10/7/2000	FSU	@	MIA	29	58	50.0	8.6	3	2	132.0	5.2	3.4
13	Marquise Williams M. Williams	494	11/7/2015	UNC	vs	DUKE	23	35	65.7	14.1	4	0	222.0	11.4	0.0	0	0
14	Mike Glennon M. Glennon	493	11/17/2012	NCST	@	CLEM	29	53	54.7	9.3	5	1	160.2	9.4	1.9
15	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
16	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
17	George Godsey G. Godsey	486	11/10/2001	GT	@	UVA	39	55	70.9	8.8	1	1	147.5	1.8	1.8
18	Rusty LaRue R. LaRue	478	10/28/1995	WAKE	@	DUKE	55	78	70.5	6.1	4	3	131.2	5.1	3.8
19	Jacolby Criswell J. Criswell	475	9/21/2024	UNC	vs	JMU	28	48	58.3	9.9	3	2	153.8	6.3	4.2	3	21
20	Philip Rivers P. Rivers	475	12/22/2003	NCST	vs	KU	37	45	82.2	10.6	5	0	207.6	11.1	0.0
21	Ryan Finley R. Finley	473	10/27/2018	NCST	@	SYR	26	44	59.1	10.8	3	1	167.3	6.8	2.3	1	6
22	Kyle McCord K. McCord	470	11/23/2024	SYR	vs	CONN	37	47	78.7	10.0	2	0	176.8	4.3	0.0	1	11
23	Jamie Barnette J. Barnette	469	9/19/1998	NCST	@	BAY	24	55	43.6	8.5	0	0	115.3	0.0	0.0
24	Mike Glennon M. Glennon	467	10/27/2012	NCST	@	UNC	29	52	55.8	9.0	5	2	155.2	9.6	3.8
25	Thad Busby T. Busby	463	11/1/1997	FSU	vs	NCST	26	36	72.2	12.9	5	1	220.5	13.9	2.8

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More Clemson Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,096

Reynolds

RUSH

492

Davidson

REC

378

Wesco

Team Rankings

PPG

21.4

119th

OPP PPG

21.3

58th

RUSH YDS/G

150.6

91st

PASS YDS/G

182.6

138th

2026 ACC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
4	Virginia Tech	3-2	6-2
5	Louisville	3-2	4-3
6	Clemson	2-2	4-3
7	North Carolina	2-2	4-3
8	Duke	2-2	5-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/31	CLEM	@	FSU	7:00 PM
Sat 11/7	CLEM	@	SYR	12:00 PM
Sat 11/14	GT	@	CLEM	1:00 PM
Fri 11/20	CLEM	@	DUKE	7:30 PM
Sat 11/28	SCAR	@	CLEM	1:00 PM

Last Game

Virginia Tech

6 - 2

Final

Clemson

4 - 3

Sat 24 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,604

Atkinson

2,326

Mestemaker

2,303

Maiava

Rush Yards Leaders

963

Riley

957

Bishop

923

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

1,040

Legree

984

Smith

952

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

24

Atkinson

22

Mensah

21

Stokes

Rush TD Leaders

16

Hawkins

16

Hellums

13

Baugh

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

12

Smith

11

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

204.6

Mensah

185.9

Stockton

184.5

Sayin

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

9.0

Osunsanmi

8.5

Umanmielen

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.0

43.1

43.0

42.7

41.4

41.1

Opp PPG Rankings

11.3

12.0

12.5

13.4

13.9

Total Yards Rankings

551.9

529.1

527.0

525.7

517.7

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

345.7

337.4

307.7

272.0

271.4

261.6

Pass Yards Rankings

384.9

341.0

340.7

323.1

318.0

Sack Leaders

35.0

34.0

29.0

28.0

27.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	6	1	.857
2	Oregon State	5	2	.714
3	Texas State	4	3	.571
4	San Diego State	3	5	.375
5	Fresno State	4	3	.571
6	Colorado State	3	4	.429
7	Utah State	2	5	.286
8	Washington State	1	7	.125

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	7	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	6	1	.857
3	Indiana	7	1	.875
4	Northwestern	6	1	.857
5	Minnesota	5	2	.714
6	Wisconsin	5	2	.714
7	USC	6	2	.750
8	Purdue	3	4	.429
9	Illinois	4	3	.571
10	Oregon	4	3	.571
11	Iowa	5	2	.714
12	Nebraska	5	2	.714
13	Michigan	4	3	.571
14	Washington	4	3	.571
15	Rutgers	2	5	.286
16	Penn State	3	4	.429
17	Maryland	2	5	.286
18	Michigan State	2	6	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Kentucky	7	1	.875
2	Georgia	6	1	.857
3	Alabama	6	2	.750
4	Florida	5	2	.714
5	Ole Miss	5	2	.714
6	LSU	6	2	.750
7	Tennessee	6	2	.750
8	Oklahoma	4	3	.571
9	Missouri	5	2	.714
10	Texas	5	2	.714
11	Mississippi State	4	3	.571
12	Auburn	4	3	.571
13	South Carolina	4	3	.571
14	Arkansas	3	4	.429
15	Texas A&M	4	4	.500
16	Vanderbilt	3	5	.375

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	5	2	.714
2	James Madison	7	1	.875
3	Appalachian State	5	2	.714
4	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
5	South Alabama	4	3	.571
6	Louisiana	5	3	.625
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Georgia State	4	3	.571
9	Troy	3	4	.429
10	Coastal Carolina	2	5	.286
11	Southern Miss	2	5	.286
12	Louisiana-Monroe	1	6	.143
13	Marshall	4	3	.571
14	Old Dominion	2	6	.250

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	7	0	1.000
2	SMU	6	1	.857
3	Wake Forest	6	1	.857
4	Virginia Tech	6	2	.750
5	Louisville	4	3	.571
6	Clemson	4	3	.571
7	North Carolina	4	3	.571
8	Duke	5	2	.714
9	Boston College	4	3	.571
10	Pittsburgh	5	3	.625
11	Stanford	4	4	.500
12	Virginia	4	4	.500
13	California	3	5	.375
14	Florida State	3	4	.429
15	NC State	3	4	.429
16	Georgia Tech	2	5	.286
17	Syracuse	3	4	.429

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	6	1	.857
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	UNLV	4	3	.571
4	North Dakota State	6	2	.750
5	Air Force	5	2	.714
6	Nevada	3	4	.429
7	San Jose State	4	4	.500
8	Hawai'i	2	6	.250
9	UTEP	1	6	.143
10	Northern Illinois	0	7	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	1	.857
2	UConn	4	3	.571

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	6	2	.750
2	Toledo	6	2	.750
3	Western Michigan	5	3	.625
4	Buffalo	5	3	.625
5	Miami (OH)	5	3	.625
6	Eastern Michigan	4	5	.444
7	Kent State	3	5	.375
8	Ball State	3	5	.375
9	Bowling Green	2	6	.250
10	UMass	4	4	.500
11	Central Michigan	3	5	.375
12	Akron	1	7	.125
13	Sacramento State	1	7	.125

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	7	1	.875
2	North Texas	5	2	.714
3	Army	5	2	.714
4	Memphis	6	2	.750
5	Florida Atlantic	5	2	.714
6	UAB	4	3	.571
7	Charlotte	1	6	.143
8	Temple	2	5	.286
9	South Florida	5	2	.714
10	East Carolina	3	4	.429
11	Tulane	3	4	.429
12	Tulsa	4	4	.500
13	Navy	2	5	.286
14	Rice	1	7	.125

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	7	0	1.000
2	BYU	6	1	.857
3	Arizona	6	1	.857
4	Texas Tech	6	1	.857
5	Oklahoma State	5	2	.714
6	Houston	6	2	.750
7	Baylor	4	3	.571
8	Cincinnati	5	2	.714
9	Arizona State	4	3	.571
10	UCF	4	3	.571
11	West Virginia	5	3	.625
12	Kansas State	4	3	.571
13	Iowa State	3	4	.429
14	Kansas	3	4	.429
15	TCU	3	4	.429
16	Colorado	2	5	.286

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	6	2	.750
2	Liberty	6	1	.857
3	Delaware	4	4	.500
4	New Mexico State	3	5	.375
5	Middle Tennessee	4	4	.500
6	Western Kentucky	3	5	.375
7	Missouri State	3	5	.375
8	Florida International	3	4	.429
9	Kennesaw State	2	6	.250
10	Sam Houston	1	7	.125