most points in sophomore season since 1980

Since 1980, Tim Couch has put up the most points by a sophomore in a season, with 240 points in 1997.

	NAME	PTS	SEASON	TM	GP	RUSH TD	REC TD	RET TD	TD	FGM	XPM	XP2	SFTY	PPG
1	Tim Couch T. Couch	240	1997	UK	11	3			40					21.8
2	Drew Brees D. Brees	234	1998	PUR	12	3	0		39					19.5
3	Ty Detmer T. Detmer	228	1989	BYU	12	6			38					19.0
4	Jimmy Klingler J. Klingler	192	1992	HOU	11	0	0		32					17.5
5	John Walsh J. Walsh	186	1993	BYU	11	3			31					16.9
6	John Elway J. Elway	186	1980	STAN	11	4			31					16.9
7	Antwaan Randle El A. Randle El	180	1999	IND	11	13	0		30					16.4
8	Dusty Bonner D. Bonner	174	1999	UK	11	3			29					15.8
9	Scott Milanovich S. Milanovich	174	1993	MD	11	3			29					15.8
10	Scott Mitchell S. Mitchell	174	1988	UTAH	11	0			29					15.8
11	Bernie Kosar B. Kosar	174	1984	MIA	12	4			29					14.5
12	Ryan Leaf R. Leaf	162	1996	WSU	11	6			27					14.7
13	Peyton Manning P. Manning	162	1995	TENN	11	5			27					14.7
14	Billy Joe Hobert B. Joe Hobert	162	1991	WASH	11	5			27					14.7
15	Shane Matthews S. Matthews	162	1990	FLA	11	4	0		27					14.7
16	Andre Ware A. Ware	162	1988	HOU	11	2			27					14.7
17	Mark Brunell M. Brunell	150	1990	WASH	11	10	1		25					13.6
18	Shawn Moore S. Moore	150	1988	UVA	11	10			25					13.6
19	Kewan Lacy K. Lacy	144	2025	MISS	15	24	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	9.6
20	Eric Crouch E. Crouch	144	1999	NEB	12	16	1		24					12.0
21	Brock Huard B. Huard	144	1997	WASH	10	1			24					14.4
22	John Hessler J. Hessler	144	1995	COLO	11	4			24					13.1
23	Henry Burris H. Burris	144	1994	TEM	11	3			24					13.1
24	Nico Radicic N. Radicic	141	2025	IND	16	0	0	0	0	18	87	0	0	8.8
25	Major Applewhite M. Applewhite	132	1999	TEX	13	1			22					10.2

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Team Leaders

PASS

2,160

Boley

RUSH

725

McGowan

REC

540

Law

Team Rankings

PPG

23.0

111th

OPP PPG

26.4

84th

RUSH YDS/G

139.2

102nd

PASS YDS/G

201.9

118th

2025 SEC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
9	Tennessee	4-4	8-5
10	LSU	3-5	7-6
11	Kentucky	2-6	5-7
12	Florida	2-6	4-8
13	Auburn	1-7	5-7

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/5	YSU	@	UK	1:00 PM
Sat 9/12	ALA	@	UK	3:30 PM
Sat 9/19	UK	@	TXAM	3:30 PM
Sat 9/26	USA	@	UK	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	UK	@	SCAR	1:00 PM

Last Game

Kentucky

5 - 7

Final

Louisville

8 - 4

Sat 29 Nov 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