single season passing touchdowns leader since 2019

Since 2019, Bailey Zappe has the most passing touchdowns in a season, with 62 touchdowns in 2021.

	NAME	TD	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Bailey Zappe B. Zappe	62	2021	WKU	14	475	686	69.2	5,967	8.7	426.2	11	168.9	9.0	1.6	16	114
2	Joe Burrow J. Burrow	60	2019	LSU	15	402	527	76.3	5,671	10.8	378.1	6	202.0	11.4	1.1	34	206
3	Anthony Gordon A. Gordon	48	2019	WSU	13	493	689	71.6	5,579	8.1	429.2	16	157.9	7.0	2.3	20	153
4	Bryce Young B. Young	47	2021	ALA	15	366	547	66.9	4,872	8.9	324.8	7	167.5	8.6	1.3	39	277
5	Bo Nix B. Nix	45	2023	ORE	14	364	470	77.4	4,508	9.6	322.0	3	188.3	9.6	0.6	5	31
6	Kenny Pickett K. Pickett	44	2021	PITT	14	354	530	66.8	4,572	8.6	326.6	7	164.0	8.3	1.3	32	256
7	C.J. Stroud	44	2021	OSU	12	317	441	71.9	4,435	10.1	369.6	6	186.6	10.0	1.4	13	103
8	Kyle Trask K. Trask	43	2020	FLA	12	301	437	68.9	4,283	9.8	356.9	8	180.0	9.8	1.8	20	127
9	Caleb Williams C. Williams	42	2022	USC	14	333	500	66.6	4,537	9.1	324.1	5	168.5	8.4	1.0	29	246
10	Fernando Mendoza F. Mendoza	41	2025	IND	16	273	379	72.0	3,535	9.3	220.9	6	182.9	10.8	1.6	25	164
11	C.J. Stroud	41	2022	OSU	13	258	389	66.3	3,688	9.5	283.7	6	177.7	10.5	1.5	13	98
12	Mac Jones M. Jones	41	2020	ALA	13	311	402	77.4	4,500	11.2	346.2	4	203.1	10.2	1.0	13	74
13	Justin Fields J. Fields	41	2019	OSU	14	238	354	67.2	3,273	9.2	233.8	3	181.4	11.6	0.8	31	205
14	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
15	Clayton Tune C. Tune	40	2022	HOU	13	334	496	67.3	4,074	8.2	313.4	10	158.9	8.1	2.0	23	157
16	Austin Reed A. Reed	40	2022	WKU	14	389	603	64.5	4,744	7.9	338.9	11	148.8	6.6	1.8	11	72
17	Cam Ward C. Ward	39	2024	MIA	13	305	454	67.2	4,313	9.5	331.8	7	172.2	8.6	1.5	22	142
18	Sam Hartman S. Hartman	39	2021	WAKE	14	300	508	59.1	4,228	8.3	302.0	14	148.8	7.7	2.8	34	184
19	Tanner Mordecai T. Mordecai	39	2021	SMU	12	308	454	67.8	3,628	8.0	302.3	12	158.0	8.6	2.6	16	112
20	Sam Hartman S. Hartman	38	2022	WAKE	12	270	428	63.1	3,701	8.6	308.4	12	159.4	8.9	2.8	34	195
21	Drake Maye D. Maye	38	2022	UNC	14	342	517	66.2	4,321	8.4	308.6	7	157.9	7.4	1.4	40	204
22	Sam Howell S. Howell	38	2019	UNC	13	259	422	61.4	3,641	8.6	280.1	7	160.2	9.0	1.7	36	224
23	Shedeur Sanders S. Sanders	37	2024	COLO	13	353	477	74.0	4,134	8.7	318.0	10	168.2	7.8	2.1	42	356
24	Cade Klubnik C. Klubnik	36	2024	CLEM	14	308	486	63.4	3,639	7.5	259.9	6	148.2	7.4	1.2	23	157
25	Michael Penix Jr. M. Penix Jr.	36	2023	WASH	15	363	555	65.4	4,903	8.8	326.9	11	157.1	6.5	2.0	11	83

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Team Leaders

PASS

2,062

McIvor

RUSH

576

Parrish

REC

888

Henry

Team Rankings

PPG

29.8

54th

OPP PPG

23.4

64th

RUSH YDS/G

132.8

110th

PASS YDS/G

272.6

29th

2025 C-USA Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Kennesaw State	7-1	10-4
2	Jacksonville State	7-1	9-5
3	Western Kentucky	6-2	9-4
4	Louisiana Tech	5-3	8-5
5	Missouri State	5-3	7-6

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/5	WKU	@	NEV	10:30 PM
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

Last Game

Western Kentucky

1 - 0

Final

Southern Miss

0 - 1

Tue 23 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

CFB 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sat 11/15	MICH	@	NW	24-22
Sat 11/15	USF	@	NAVY	38-41
Sat 11/15	SC	@	TAMU	30-31
Sat 11/15	UTEP	@	MOST	24-38
Sat 11/15	MTSU	@	WKU	26-42

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 8/29	UNC	@	TCU	12:00 PM
Sat 8/29	SJSU	@	USC	3:00 PM
Sat 8/29	NCST	@	UVA	3:30 PM
Sat 8/29	JVST	@	NDSU	5:30 PM
Sat 8/29	SAC	@	EMU	6:30 PM

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