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

3,610

Sayin

RUSH

1,090

Jackson

REC

1,243

Smith

Team Rankings

PPG

34.9

21st

OPP PPG

8.2

1st

RUSH YDS/G

162.8

69th

PASS YDS/G

266.8

32nd

2025 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Indiana	9-0	15-0
2	Ohio State	9-0	12-2
3	Oregon	8-1	13-2
4	Michigan	7-2	9-4
5	USC	7-2	9-4

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/5	BALL	@	OSU	12:30 PM
Sat 9/12	OSU	@	TEX	7:30 PM
Sat 9/19	KENT	@	OSU	12:00 PM
Sat 9/26	ILL	@	OSU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	OSU	@	IOWA	1:00 PM

Last Game

Miami

2 - 0

Final

Ohio State

0 - 1

Wed 31 Dec 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