player with most passing yards in conference championship game

Bailey Zappe has the most passing yards in a conference championship game, with 577 yards against UTSA on December 3, 2021.

	NAME	YDS	DATE	TM		OPP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Bailey Zappe B. Zappe	577	12/3/2021	WKU	@	UTSA	36	59	61.0	9.8	4	2	158.8	6.8	3.4	3	18
2	Case Keenum C. Keenum	527	12/5/2009	HOU	@	ECU	56	75	74.7	7.0	5	3	147.7	6.7	4.0
3	Ryan Higgins R. Higgins	502	12/3/2016	LT	@	WKU	35	57	61.4	8.8	3	1	149.2	5.3	1.8	5	34
4	Dwayne Haskins D. Haskins	499	12/1/2018	OSU	vs	NW	34	41	82.9	12.2	5	1	220.5	12.2	2.4	4	25
5	McKenzie Milton M. Milton	494	12/2/2017	UCF	vs	MEM	28	40	70.0	12.4	5	3	200.0	12.5	7.5	1	1
6	Riley Ferguson R. Ferguson	471	12/2/2017	MEM	@	UCF	30	42	71.4	11.2	4	1	192.3	9.5	2.4	4	33
7	Nick Starkel N. Starkel	453	12/19/2020	SJSU	vs	BSU	32	52	61.5	8.7	3	0	153.8	5.8	0.0	2	15
8	Quinn Ewers Q. Ewers	452	12/2/2023	TEX	vs	OKST	35	46	76.1	9.8	4	1	183.0	8.7	2.2	1	7
9	Ben Roethlisberger B. Roethlisberger	440	12/4/2003	M-OH	@	BGSU	26	35	74.3	12.6	4	0	217.6	11.4	0.0
10	Paul Smith P. Smith	426	12/1/2007	TLSA	@	UCF	28	55	50.9	7.7	3	3	123.1	5.5	5.5
11	Bryce Young B. Young	421	12/4/2021	ALA	vs	UGA	26	44	59.1	9.6	3	0	162.0	6.8	0.0	0	0
12	Mike White M. White	421	12/3/2016	WKU	vs	LT	21	31	67.7	13.6	3	1	207.3	9.7	3.2	0	0
13	Byron Leftwich B. Leftwich	421	11/30/2001	MRSH	@	TOL	32	52	61.5	8.1	4	1	151.1	7.7	1.9
14	Mac Jones M. Jones	418	12/19/2020	ALA	@	FLA	33	43	76.7	9.7	5	1	192.1	11.6	2.3	2	9
15	Luke Getsy L. Getsy	413	12/1/2005	AKR	vs	NIU	30	50	60.0	8.3	1	1	132.0	2.0	2.0
16	Brandon Doughty B. Doughty	410	12/5/2015	WKU	vs	USM	34	52	65.4	7.9	3	1	146.8	5.8	1.9	0	0
17	Kyle Trask K. Trask	408	12/19/2020	FLA	vs	ALA	26	40	65.0	10.2	3	0	175.4	7.5	0.0	5	29
18	Derek Carr D. Carr	404	12/7/2013	FRES	vs	USU	36	53	67.9	7.6	3	2	143.1	5.7	3.8	3	19
19	Byron Leftwich B. Leftwich	404	12/7/2002	MRSH	vs	TOL	32	42	76.2	9.6	4	1	183.7	9.5	2.4
20	Danny Wuerffel D. Wuerffel	401	12/7/1996	FLA	vs	ALA	20	35	57.1	11.5	6	2	198.5	17.1	5.7
21	Michael Pratt M. Pratt	394	12/3/2022	TULN	vs	UCF	20	33	60.6	11.9	4	1	194.8	12.1	3.0	1	2
22	Matt Johnson M. Johnson	393	12/6/2013	BGSU	@	NIU	21	27	77.8	14.6	5	0	261.2	18.5	0.0	2	17
23	Trace McSorley T. McSorley	384	12/3/2016	PSU	vs	WIS	22	31	71.0	12.4	4	0	217.6	12.9	0.0	1	9
24	Sam Bradford S. Bradford	384	12/6/2008	OKLA	vs	MIZ	34	49	69.4	7.8	2	0	148.7	4.1	0.0
25	Kyler Murray K. Murray	379	12/1/2018	OKLA	vs	TEX	25	34	73.5	11.1	3	0	196.3	8.8	0.0	2	5

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Team Leaders

PASS

203

Tisdale

RUSH

102

Allen

REC

60

Flowers

Team Rankings

PPG

14.0

120th

OPP PPG

49.0

152nd

RUSH YDS/G

164.0

72nd

PASS YDS/G

203.0

98th

2026 C-USA Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
6	Florida International	0-0	0-1
7	Liberty	0-0	0-1
8	Missouri State	0-0	0-1
9	Sam Houston	0-0	0-1
10	Western Kentucky	0-0	0-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/12	WKU	@	UGA	12:45 PM
Sat 9/19	WKU	@	IND	4:00 PM
Sat 9/26	MHU	@	WKU	7:00 PM
Thu 10/1	WKU	@	NMSU	8:00 PM
Thu 10/8	MOSU	@	WKU	7:00 PM

Last Game

Western Kentucky

0 - 1

Final

Nevada

1 - 0

Sat 5 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

635

Maiava

550

Weaver

525

Hedden

Rush Yards Leaders

280

Carter

231

Kromah

227

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

234

Toney

222

Mosley

196

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

7

Heintschel

6

Boley

5

Weaver

Rush TD Leaders

5

Carter

3

Robinson

3

Anderson

Rec TD Leaders

4

Williams

3

Mosley

3

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

285.0

Hoover

281.3

Baker

272.0

Becht

Sack Leaders

3.5

Kinsler

3.0

Gilliam

3.0

Lester

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

80.0

73.0

71.0

70.0

66.0

Opp PPG Rankings

0.0

Total Yards Rankings

762.0

681.0

671.0

660.0

648.0

Rush Yards Rankings

569.0

506.0

458.0

431.0

365.0

364.0

Pass Yards Rankings

480.0

435.0

434.0

432.0

430.0

428.0

Sack Leaders

9.0

6.0

CFB 2026 Standings

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

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

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Arizona	1	0	1.000
2	Arizona State	1	0	1.000
3	BYU	1	0	1.000
4	Cincinnati	1	0	1.000
5	Colorado	1	0	1.000
6	Houston	1	0	1.000
7	Iowa State	1	0	1.000
8	Kansas	1	0	1.000
9	Kansas State	1	0	1.000
10	Texas Tech	1	0	1.000
11	UCF	1	0	1.000
12	Utah	1	0	1.000
13	West Virginia	1	0	1.000
14	Baylor	0	1	.000
15	Oklahoma State	0	1	.000
16	TCU	0	1	.000

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	1	0	1.000
2	San Diego State	1	0	1.000
3	Boise State	0	1	.000
4	Fresno State	0	1	.000
5	Oregon State	0	1	.000
6	Texas State	0	1	.000
7	Utah State	0	1	.000
8	Washington State	0	1	.000

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	1	.500
2	Buffalo	1	0	1.000
3	UMass	1	0	1.000
4	Akron	0	1	.000
5	Ball State	0	1	.000
6	Bowling Green	0	1	.000
7	Central Michigan	0	1	.000
8	Kent State	0	1	.000
9	Miami (OH)	0	1	.000
10	Ohio	0	1	.000
11	Toledo	0	1	.000
12	Western Michigan	0	1	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	1	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	2	0	1.000
2	Army	1	0	1.000
3	Navy	1	0	1.000
4	Rice	1	0	1.000
5	South Florida	1	0	1.000
6	Temple	1	0	1.000
7	Tulane	0	1	.000
8	UTSA	1	0	1.000
9	Charlotte	0	1	.000
10	East Carolina	0	1	.000
11	Florida Atlantic	0	1	.000
12	North Texas	0	1	.000
13	Tulsa	1	0	1.000
14	UAB	0	1	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	1	0	1.000
2	SMU	1	0	1.000
3	Virginia	1	0	1.000
4	Duke	1	0	1.000
5	North Carolina	1	0	1.000
6	Pittsburgh	1	0	1.000
7	Syracuse	1	0	1.000
8	Virginia Tech	1	0	1.000
9	Wake Forest	1	0	1.000
10	Boston College	0	1	.000
11	California	0	1	.000
12	Clemson	0	1	.000
13	Georgia Tech	0	1	.000
14	Louisville	0	1	.000
15	Florida State	1	1	.500
16	Stanford	1	1	.500
17	NC State	0	1	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	1	1	.500
2	North Dakota State	2	0	1.000
3	Air Force	1	0	1.000
4	Nevada	1	0	1.000
5	San Jose State	1	1	.500
6	Northern Illinois	0	1	.000
7	New Mexico	1	0	1.000
8	UTEP	0	1	.000
9	Wyoming	0	1	.000
10	Hawai'i	0	2	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	1	0	1.000
2	UConn	1	0	1.000

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	2	0	1.000
2	Illinois	1	0	1.000
3	Indiana	1	0	1.000
4	Iowa	1	0	1.000
5	Maryland	1	0	1.000
6	Michigan	1	0	1.000
7	Michigan State	1	0	1.000
8	Minnesota	1	0	1.000
9	Nebraska	1	0	1.000
10	Northwestern	1	0	1.000
11	Ohio State	1	0	1.000
12	Oregon	1	0	1.000
13	Penn State	1	0	1.000
14	Purdue	1	0	1.000
15	UCLA	1	0	1.000
16	Washington	1	0	1.000
17	Rutgers	0	1	.000
18	Wisconsin	0	1	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	1	0	1.000
2	Kennesaw State	1	0	1.000
3	Middle Tennessee	1	0	1.000
4	Jacksonville State	1	1	.500
5	New Mexico State	1	1	.500
6	Florida International	0	1	.000
7	Liberty	0	1	.000
8	Missouri State	0	1	.000
9	Sam Houston	0	1	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	1	.000

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sat 8/29	UNC	@	TCU	15-10
Sat 8/29	SJSU	@	USC	26-42
Sat 8/29	NCST	@	UVA	8-34
Sat 8/29	JVST	@	NDSU	7-33
Sat 8/29	SAC	@	EMU	17-28

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 9/10	FAMU	@	MIA	8:00 PM
Fri 9/11	VILL	@	LOU	7:00 PM
Fri 9/11	NORF	@	UVA	7:00 PM
Fri 9/11	RICH	@	NCST	7:00 PM
Fri 9/11	RUTG	@	BC	7:30 PM

Bailey Zappe has the most passing yards in a conference championship game, with 577 yards against UTSA on December 3, 2021.

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