ohio state buckeyes most passing yards in a season

The Ohio State Buckeyes had their most passing yards in a season in 2018, with 5,144 yards.

	TEAM	YDS	SEASON	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Ohio State	5,144	2018	14	396	561	70.6	9.2	367.4	51	8	174.8	9.1	1.4	23	118
2	Ohio State	4,952	2021	13	349	494	70.6	10.0	380.9	46	8	182.3	9.3	1.6	17	133
3	Ohio State	4,208	2024	16	325	455	71.4	9.2	263.0	37	10	171.6	8.1	2.2	16	96
4	Ohio State	3,878	2022	13	274	410	66.8	9.5	298.3	42	6	177.2	10.2	1.5	13	98
5	Ohio State	3,755	2025	14	313	408	76.7	9.2	268.2	33	8	176.8	8.1	2.0	16	110
6	Ohio State	3,707	2014	15	260	409	63.6	9.1	247.1	42	12	167.7	10.3	2.9	27	211
7	Ohio State	3,684	2019	14	271	406	66.7	9.1	263.1	48	3	180.5	11.8	0.7	35	226
8	Ohio State	3,679	2017	14	287	440	65.2	8.4	262.8	39	10	160.2	8.9	2.3	22	131
9	Ohio State	3,498	2023	13	255	400	63.7	8.7	269.1	26	7	155.2	6.5	1.8	23	140
10	Ohio State	3,354	1998	11	226	381	59.3	8.8	304.9	25	7	151.2	6.6	1.8
11	Ohio State	3,244	1995	12	210	335	62.7	9.7	270.3	32	12	168.4	9.6	3.6
12	Ohio State	2,971	2010	13	228	349	65.3	8.5	228.5	30	13	157.8	8.6	3.7
13	Ohio State	2,939	1997	12	206	336	61.3	8.7	244.9	25	10	153.4	7.4	3.0
14	Ohio State	2,846	2013	14	238	368	64.7	7.7	203.3	38	9	158.8	10.3	2.4	21	136
15	Ohio State	2,791	2006	13	221	340	65.0	8.2	214.7	31	6	160.5	9.1	1.8
16	Ohio State	2,781	2016	13	255	409	62.3	6.8	213.9	26	7	137.0	6.4	1.7	28	150
17	Ohio State	2,708	2005	12	196	302	64.9	9.0	225.7	18	5	156.6	6.0	1.7	18
18	Ohio State	2,679	2003	13	208	366	56.8	7.3	206.1	20	13	129.2	5.5	3.6
19	Ohio State	2,558	2007	13	210	329	63.8	7.8	196.8	23	14	143.7	7.0	4.3
20	Ohio State	2,540	1981	11	182	345	52.8	7.4	230.9	17	12	123.9	4.9	3.5
21	Ohio State	2,455	2015	13	204	325	62.8	7.6	188.8	19	9	140.0	5.8	2.8	19	101
22	Ohio State	2,425	2002	14	173	280	61.8	8.7	173.2	14	7	146.0	5.0	2.5
23	Ohio State	2,356	1996	11	156	287	54.4	8.2	214.2	25	9	145.8	8.7	3.1
24	Ohio State	2,312	1986	12	163	295	55.3	7.8	192.7	17	10	133.3	5.8	3.4
25	Ohio State	2,292	2000	11	158	305	51.8	7.5	208.4	14	12	122.2	4.6	3.9

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More Ohio State Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

2,007

Sayin

RUSH

516

Jackson

REC

984

Smith

Team Rankings

PPG

39.3

12th

OPP PPG

13.4

8th

RUSH YDS/G

153.1

85th

PASS YDS/G

323.1

6th

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	UCLA	4-0	6-0
2	Ohio State	4-0	6-1
3	Indiana	3-1	6-1
4	USC	3-1	6-1
5	Iowa	2-1	5-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/31	OSU	@	USC	7:30 PM
Sat 11/7	ORE	@	OSU	1:00 PM
Sat 11/14	NW	@	OSU	1:00 PM
Sat 11/21	OSU	@	NEB	1:00 PM
Sat 11/28	MICH	@	OSU	12:00 PM

Last Game

Ohio State

6 - 1

Final

Indiana

6 - 1

Sat 17 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,604

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

2,007

Sayin

Rush Yards Leaders

867

Roberts

838

Burgess

837

Bishop

Rec Yards Leaders

1,040

Legree

984

Smith

796

Myers

Pass TD Leaders

24

Atkinson

20

Weigman

19

Sayin

Rush TD Leaders

14

Hawkins

13

Baugh

13

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

12

Smith

9

Duff

QB Rating Leaders

203.9

Mensah

185.9

Stockton

184.5

Sayin

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.5

Stevens

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

48.5

43.0

42.9

42.7

42.2

41.1

Opp PPG Rankings

10.5

11.3

12.2

12.9

13.4

Total Yards Rankings

562.3

559.5

533.8

527.0

517.7

512.6

Rush Yards Rankings

357.5

343.0

303.5

298.5

272.4

239.8

Pass Yards Rankings

384.9

347.0

333.0

329.5

325.2

323.1

Sack Leaders

29.0

27.0

26.0

24.0

22.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	6	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	6	0	1.000
3	Utah	6	0	1.000
4	Houston	6	1	.857
5	Arizona	5	1	.833
6	Baylor	4	2	.667
7	Oklahoma State	4	2	.667
8	Cincinnati	4	2	.667
9	UCF	3	3	.500
10	Kansas State	4	2	.667
11	Arizona State	3	3	.500
12	Iowa State	3	3	.500
13	TCU	3	3	.500
14	West Virginia	4	3	.571
15	Colorado	2	4	.333
16	Kansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	6	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	6	1	.857
3	Indiana	6	1	.857
4	USC	6	1	.857
5	Iowa	5	1	.833
6	Northwestern	5	1	.833
7	Minnesota	4	2	.667
8	Oregon	4	2	.667
9	Wisconsin	4	2	.667
10	Nebraska	5	2	.714
11	Purdue	3	4	.429
12	Michigan	4	2	.667
13	Illinois	3	3	.500
14	Rutgers	2	4	.333
15	Washington	4	3	.571
16	Penn State	3	4	.429
17	Maryland	2	5	.286
18	Michigan State	2	5	.286

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	1	.857
2	Kentucky	6	1	.857
3	Tennessee	6	1	.857
4	Ole Miss	5	1	.833
5	Alabama	5	2	.714
6	Florida	5	2	.714
7	LSU	5	2	.714
8	Mississippi State	4	2	.667
9	Missouri	5	2	.714
10	Auburn	4	2	.667
11	Oklahoma	3	3	.500
12	Texas	4	2	.667
13	Texas A&M	4	3	.571
14	South Carolina	3	3	.500
15	Arkansas	3	4	.429
16	Vanderbilt	3	4	.429

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	6	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	6	1	.857
3	SMU	5	1	.833
4	Clemson	4	2	.667
5	North Carolina	4	2	.667
6	Louisville	4	3	.571
7	Pittsburgh	5	2	.714
8	California	3	4	.429
9	Virginia Tech	5	2	.714
10	Virginia	4	3	.571
11	Georgia Tech	2	4	.333
12	Duke	4	2	.667
13	Boston College	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Florida State	3	4	.429
16	Stanford	3	4	.429
17	Syracuse	2	4	.333

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	5	1	.833
2	North Dakota State	6	1	.857
3	Air Force	5	1	.833
4	Wyoming	4	3	.571
5	San Jose State	4	3	.571
6	UNLV	4	3	.571
7	Nevada	2	4	.333
8	Northern Illinois	0	6	.000
9	UTEP	1	6	.143
10	Hawai'i	1	6	.143

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	1	.857
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	5	2	.714
2	Western Michigan	5	2	.714
3	Eastern Michigan	4	4	.500
4	Buffalo	4	3	.571
5	Bowling Green	2	5	.286
6	Toledo	5	2	.714
7	Miami (OH)	4	3	.571
8	Kent State	2	5	.286
9	Central Michigan	3	4	.429
10	Ball State	2	5	.286
11	UMass	4	3	.571
12	Akron	1	6	.143
13	Sacramento State	1	6	.143

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Oregon State	5	2	.714
2	Boise State	5	1	.833
3	San Diego State	3	4	.429
4	Texas State	3	3	.500
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Fresno State	4	3	.571
7	Colorado State	2	4	.333
8	Washington State	1	6	.143

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	6	1	.857
2	North Texas	4	2	.667
3	Army	4	2	.667
4	Memphis	5	2	.714
5	UAB	4	3	.571
6	Florida Atlantic	4	2	.667
7	East Carolina	3	3	.500
8	Tulane	3	3	.500
9	Charlotte	1	6	.143
10	Temple	2	5	.286
11	South Florida	5	2	.714
12	Tulsa	4	3	.571
13	Navy	2	4	.333
14	Rice	1	6	.143

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
2	Liberty	5	1	.833
3	Middle Tennessee	4	3	.571
4	Western Kentucky	3	4	.429
5	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
6	Delaware	3	4	.429
7	Florida International	3	4	.429
8	Missouri State	2	5	.286
9	Kennesaw State	1	5	.167
10	Sam Houston	1	5	.167

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	7	0	1.000
2	Louisiana Tech	4	2	.667
3	South Alabama	4	3	.571
4	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
5	Louisiana	5	2	.714
6	Appalachian State	4	2	.667
7	Georgia State	4	2	.667
8	Troy	3	3	.500
9	Coastal Carolina	2	5	.286
10	Arkansas State	3	4	.429
11	Old Dominion	2	5	.286
12	Southern Miss	1	5	.167
13	Louisiana-Monroe	0	6	.000
14	Marshall	4	3	.571