most throwing touchdowns by a quarterback in college football 2023 regular season

Jayden Daniels and Bo Nix were tied for the most passing touchdowns by a quarterback in the regular season in 2023, with 40 touchdowns.

	NAME	TD	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Jayden Daniels J. Daniels	40	2023	LSU	12	236	327	72.2	3,812	11.7	317.7	4	208.0	12.2	1.2	22	96
2	Bo Nix B. Nix	40	2023	ORE	13	336	435	77.2	4,145	9.5	318.8	3	186.2	9.2	0.7	5	31
3	Michael Penix Jr. M. Penix Jr.	33	2023	WASH	13	307	466	65.9	4,218	9.1	324.5	9	161.4	7.1	1.9	10	71
4	Joey Aguilar J. Aguilar	33	2023	APP	13	275	428	64.3	3,546	8.3	272.8	9	155.1	7.7	2.1	18	94
5	Jordan McCloud J. McCloud	32	2023	JMU	12	261	379	68.9	3,400	9.0	283.3	9	167.3	8.4	2.4	19	122
6	Kaidon Salter K. Salter	31	2023	LIB	13	162	266	60.9	2,750	10.3	211.5	5	182.4	11.7	1.9	9	65
7	Austin Reed A. Reed	31	2023	WKU	12	289	470	61.5	3,340	7.1	278.3	11	138.3	6.6	2.3	7	43
8	Dillon Gabriel D. Gabriel	30	2023	OKLA	12	266	384	69.3	3,660	9.5	305.0	6	172.0	7.8	1.6	16	96
9	Caleb Williams C. Williams	30	2023	USC	12	266	388	68.6	3,633	9.4	302.8	5	170.1	7.7	1.3	35	272
10	Chandler Rogers C. Rogers	29	2023	UNT	12	262	422	62.1	3,382	8.0	281.8	5	149.7	6.9	1.2	33	218
11	Seth Henigan S. Henigan	28	2023	MEM	12	294	442	66.5	3,519	8.0	293.3	9	150.2	6.3	2.0	19	88
12	Preston Stone P. Stone	28	2023	SMU	12	206	344	59.9	3,197	9.3	266.4	6	161.3	8.1	1.7	12	74
13	Gunnar Watson G. Watson	27	2023	TROY	13	247	403	61.3	3,339	8.3	256.8	5	150.5	6.7	1.2	23	170
14	Shedeur Sanders S. Sanders	27	2023	COLO	11	298	430	69.3	3,230	7.5	293.6	3	151.7	6.3	0.7	52	458
15	Haynes King H. King	26	2023	GT	12	219	354	61.9	2,755	7.8	229.6	15	143.0	7.3	4.2	15	93
16	Brayden Schager B. Schager	26	2023	HAW	13	332	525	63.2	3,542	6.7	272.5	14	130.9	5.0	2.7	39	265
17	Diego Pavia D. Pavia	26	2023	NMSU	14	210	341	61.6	2,915	8.5	208.2	8	153.9	7.6	2.3	19	115
18	Taulia Tagovailoa T. Tagovailoa	25	2023	MD	12	290	437	66.4	3,377	7.7	281.4	11	145.1	5.7	2.5	26	213
19	Cam Ward C. Ward	25	2023	WSU	12	323	485	66.6	3,736	7.7	311.3	7	145.4	5.2	1.4	39	226
20	Sam Hartman S. Hartman	24	2023	ND	12	191	301	63.5	2,689	8.9	224.1	8	159.5	8.0	2.7	14	106
21	Will Howard W. Howard	24	2023	KSU	12	219	357	61.3	2,643	7.4	220.3	10	140.1	6.7	2.8	16	104
22	TJ Finley	24	2023	TXST	12	264	385	68.6	3,287	8.5	273.9	8	156.7	6.2	2.1	26	125
23	Drake Maye D. Maye	24	2023	UNC	12	269	425	63.3	3,608	8.5	300.7	9	149.0	5.6	2.1	29	130
24	Kyle McCord K. McCord	24	2023	OSU	12	229	348	65.8	3,170	9.1	264.2	6	161.6	6.9	1.7	16	110
25	Devin Leary D. Leary	23	2023	UK	12	193	343	56.3	2,440	7.1	203.3	10	132.3	6.7	2.9	20	146

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Team Leaders

PASS

1,495

Leavitt

RUSH

483

Jones

REC

416

Watkins

Team Rankings

PPG

42.0

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OPP PPG

18.5

36th

RUSH YDS/G

213.8

28th

PASS YDS/G

311.0

8th

2026 SEC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
9	Florida	2-2	4-2
10	Texas	1-1	4-1
11	LSU	1-2	4-2
12	Auburn	1-2	3-2
13	South Carolina	1-3	3-3

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/17	MSST	@	LSU	12:00 PM
Sat 10/24	LSU	@	AUB	12:00 PM
Sat 11/7	ALA	@	LSU	1:00 PM
Sat 11/14	TEX	@	LSU	1:00 PM
Sat 11/21	LSU	@	TENN	1:00 PM

Last Game

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4 - 2

Final

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5 - 1

Sat 10 Oct 2026

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Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

835

Riley

828

Roberts

793

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

916

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720

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21

Atkinson

18

Maiava

17

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Rush TD Leaders

12

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12

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

11

Smith

9

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

200.5

Hoover

198.6

Stockton

Sack Leaders

9.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.0

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CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.6

46.2

44.2

44.0

43.4

42.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

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Total Yards Rankings

554.8

533.8

531.6

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

299.4

295.5

263.6

253.2

Pass Yards Rankings

391.2

347.0

341.0

337.8

334.4

322.4

Sack Leaders

24.0

22.0

20.0

19.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	5	1	.833
2	Oregon State	4	2	.667
3	Fresno State	4	2	.667
4	San Diego State	2	4	.333
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Colorado State	2	3	.400
7	Texas State	2	3	.400
8	Washington State	1	5	.167

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Utah	5	0	1.000
4	Baylor	4	1	.800
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Arizona State	3	2	.600
10	Iowa State	3	3	.500
11	UCF	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Kansas	2	3	.400
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	West Virginia	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	3	.571
2	Ohio	4	2	.667
3	Western Michigan	4	2	.667
4	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
5	Buffalo	3	3	.500
6	Toledo	4	2	.667
7	Central Michigan	3	3	.500
8	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
9	UMass	4	2	.667
10	Kent State	2	4	.333
11	Akron	1	5	.167
12	Ball State	1	5	.167
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	0	1.000
2	Alabama	5	1	.833
3	Kentucky	5	1	.833
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Missouri	5	1	.833
6	Tennessee	5	1	.833
7	Ole Miss	4	1	.800
8	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
9	Florida	4	2	.667
10	Texas	4	1	.800
11	LSU	4	2	.667
12	Auburn	3	2	.600
13	South Carolina	3	3	.500
14	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
15	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
16	Arkansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	UCLA	5	0	1.000
3	Ohio State	5	1	.833
4	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
5	USC	6	1	.857
6	Purdue	3	3	.500
7	Iowa	5	1	.833
8	Nebraska	5	1	.833
9	Minnesota	4	2	.667
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Michigan	3	2	.600
14	Rutgers	1	4	.200
15	Penn State	3	3	.500
16	Washington	3	3	.500
17	Maryland	2	4	.333
18	Michigan State	2	4	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	5	1	.833
2	Jacksonville State	4	2	.667
3	Florida International	3	2	.600
4	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
5	Western Kentucky	2	4	.333
6	Delaware	2	3	.400
7	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
8	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
9	Missouri State	1	4	.200
10	Sam Houston	1	4	.200

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	5	1	.833
2	UTSA	5	1	.833
3	North Texas	4	2	.667
4	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
5	East Carolina	3	2	.600
6	Army	3	2	.600
7	UAB	3	3	.500
8	Temple	2	4	.333
9	South Florida	4	2	.667
10	Navy	2	3	.400
11	Tulane	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	3	3	.500
13	Rice	1	5	.167
14	Charlotte	0	6	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
3	Clemson	3	2	.600
4	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
5	SMU	4	1	.800
6	Virginia	4	2	.667
7	California	3	3	.500
8	Georgia Tech	2	3	.400
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Duke	4	1	.800
11	North Carolina	3	2	.600
12	Virginia Tech	4	2	.667
13	Florida State	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Stanford	2	4	.333
16	Boston College	2	3	.400
17	Syracuse	2	3	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	4	2	.667
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	North Dakota State	5	1	.833
4	Air Force	4	1	.800
5	Wyoming	3	3	.500
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Nevada	2	3	.400
8	Northern Illinois	0	5	.000
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	5	.167

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	0	1.000
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	6	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
5	Troy	3	2	.600
6	Louisiana	4	2	.667
7	Georgia Southern	2	4	.333
8	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
9	Old Dominion	2	4	.333
10	Appalachian State	3	2	.600
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333