most passing yards this season college football

Jayden Maiava has the most passing yards this season, with 1,499 yards.

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Jayden Maiava J. Maiava	1,499	2026	USC	5	110	157	70.1	9.5	299.8	14	2	177.1	8.9	1.3	4	25
2	Kevin Jennings K. Jennings	1,453	2026	SMU	4	97	126	77.0	11.5	363.3	12	5	197.3	9.5	4.0	4	25
3	Braden Atkinson B. Atkinson	1,423	2026	ORST	4	106	163	65.0	8.7	355.8	11	2	158.2	6.7	1.2	6	52
4	Drew Mestemaker D. Mestemaker	1,271	2026	OKST	4	95	141	67.4	9.0	317.8	11	5	161.7	7.8	3.5	3	19
5	Trinidad Chambliss T. Chambliss	1,222	2026	MISS	4	102	144	70.8	8.5	305.5	8	3	156.3	5.6	2.1	4	31
6	Jaden Craig J. Craig	1,213	2026	TCU	4	90	132	68.2	9.2	303.3	7	3	158.3	5.3	2.3	9	53
7	Darian Mensah D. Mensah	1,211	2026	MIA	4	94	106	88.7	11.4	302.8	14	0	228.2	13.2	0.0	2	11
8	Malachi Singleton M. Singleton	1,206	2026	APP	4	96	132	72.7	9.1	301.5	7	1	165.5	5.3	0.8	4	29
9	Julian Sayin J. Sayin	1,206	2026	OSU	4	83	115	72.2	10.5	301.5	10	1	187.2	8.7	0.9	5	33
10	Kamario Taylor K. Taylor	1,192	2026	MSST	4	83	120	69.2	9.9	298.0	14	2	187.8	11.7	1.7	8	34
11	Mason Heintschel M. Heintschel	1,191	2026	PITT	4	88	130	67.7	9.2	297.8	13	1	176.1	10.0	0.8	4	25
12	Tayven Jackson T. Jackson	1,187	2026	UNT	4	95	128	74.2	9.3	296.8	6	2	164.5	4.7	1.6	2	15
13	Caden Veltkamp C. Veltkamp	1,177	2026	FAU	4	115	159	72.3	7.4	294.3	8	2	148.6	5.0	1.3	8	50
14	Landyn Locke L. Locke	1,168	2026	SHSU	4	96	145	66.2	8.1	292.0	11	3	154.8	7.6	2.1	11	95
15	John Alan Richter J. Alan Richter	1,161	2026	TOL	4	79	118	66.9	9.8	290.3	12	1	181.5	10.2	0.8	2	18
16	Lincoln Kienholz L. Kienholz	1,140	2026	LOU	4	75	109	68.8	10.5	285.0	7	1	176.0	6.4	0.9	7	52
17	Ryan Browne R. Browne	1,135	2026	PUR	4	92	129	71.3	8.8	283.8	7	1	161.6	5.4	0.8	10	87
18	Noah Fifita N. Fifita	1,131	2026	ARIZ	4	99	131	75.6	8.6	282.8	11	2	172.8	8.4	1.5	11	71
19	Demond Williams Jr. D. Williams Jr.	1,129	2026	WASH	4	95	137	69.3	8.2	282.3	7	3	151.0	5.1	2.2	10	55
20	Keelon Russell K. Russell	1,129	2026	ALA	4	78	110	70.9	10.3	282.3	8	2	177.5	7.3	1.8	8	55
21	David McComb D. McComb	1,121	2026	M-OH	4	65	103	63.1	10.9	280.3	7	1	175.0	6.8	1.0	6	52
22	Gio Lopez G. Lopez	1,112	2026	WAKE	4	78	124	62.9	9.0	278.0	8	1	157.9	6.5	0.8	8	46
23	Caden Creel C. Creel	1,112	2026	JVST	5	87	126	69.0	8.8	222.4	9	4	160.4	7.1	3.2	5	16
24	Davis Warren D. Warren	1,071	2026	STAN	4	83	143	58.0	7.5	267.8	5	0	132.5	3.5	0.0	7	60
25	JJ Kohl	1,065	2026	FIU	4	80	140	57.1	7.6	266.3	5	6	124.3	3.6	4.3	3	18

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More USC Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,499

Maiava

RUSH

412

Miller

REC

372

Dixon-Wyatt

Team Rankings

PPG

39.8

25th

OPP PPG

26.4

106th

RUSH YDS/G

164.4

71st

PASS YDS/G

325.0

9th

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
7	Oregon	1-0	3-1
8	Wisconsin	1-0	3-1
9	USC	1-1	4-1
10	Michigan	0-1	3-1
11	Penn State	0-1	3-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/3	WASH	@	USC	7:30 PM
Sat 10/10	USC	@	PSU	7:30 PM
Sat 10/24	USC	@	WIS	1:00 PM
Sat 10/31	OSU	@	USC	1:00 PM
Sat 11/14	USC	@	IND	1:00 PM

Last Game

Oregon

3 - 1

Final

USC

4 - 1

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