top 10 college football passing yardd leaders since 2000

Since 2000, Kellen Moore has the most passing yards when in the AP top 10, with 12,098 yards.

	NAME	YDS	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Kellen Moore K. Moore	12,098	43	959	1,372	69.9	8.8	281.3	119	22	169.4	8.7	1.6
2	Matt Leinart M. Leinart	10,693	39	807	1,245	64.8	8.6	274.2	99	23	159.5	8.0	1.8
3	Colt McCoy C. McCoy	10,514	42	932	1,310	71.1	8.0	250.3	93	33	157.0	7.1	2.5
4	Marcus Mariota M. Mariota	10,301	39	745	1,106	67.4	9.3	264.1	100	12	173.3	9.0	1.1
5	Carson Beck C. Beck	10,253	49	852	1,238	68.8	8.3	209.2	75	31	153.4	6.1	2.5	42	290
6	Trevor Lawrence T. Lawrence	10,098	40	758	1,138	66.6	8.9	252.5	90	17	164.3	7.9	1.5	43	311
7	Jalen Hurts J. Hurts	9,477	56	682	1,047	65.1	9.1	169.2	80	20	162.6	7.6	1.9	68	396
8	AJ McCarron	8,918	50	678	1,015	66.8	8.8	178.4	77	15	162.7	7.6	1.5
9	Ken Dorsey K. Dorsey	8,467	34	572	1,000	57.2	8.5	249.0	74	26	147.5	7.4	2.6
10	Stetson Bennett S. Bennett	8,416	39	600	921	65.1	9.1	215.8	66	21	161.0	7.2	2.3	28	217
11	Bryce Young B. Young	8,356	36	624	949	65.8	8.8	232.1	80	12	165.0	8.4	1.3	63	447
12	Deshaun Watson D. Watson	7,972	26	653	971	67.3	8.2	306.6	67	26	153.6	6.9	2.7	28	153
13	Sam Bradford S. Bradford	7,937	29	575	838	68.6	9.5	273.7	87	16	178.6	10.4	1.9
14	Jason White J. White	7,913	41	626	988	63.4	8.0	193.0	81	24	152.8	8.2	2.4
15	Caleb Williams C. Williams	7,892	29	563	847	66.5	9.3	272.1	80	12	173.1	9.4	1.4	61	466
16	Landry Jones L. Jones	7,824	25	654	1,008	64.9	7.8	313.0	53	18	143.9	5.3	1.8
17	C.J. Stroud	7,793	26	558	807	69.1	9.7	299.7	80	12	180.0	9.9	1.5	26	201
18	David Greene D. Greene	7,766	36	583	1,003	58.1	7.7	215.7	48	21	134.8	4.8	2.1
19	Joe Burrow J. Burrow	7,698	32	576	801	71.9	9.6	240.6	71	10	179.4	8.9	1.2	59	351
20	Jameis Winston J. Winston	7,608	26	537	824	65.2	9.2	292.6	61	28	160.4	7.4	3.4	42	321
21	Jake Fromm J. Fromm	7,574	39	578	913	63.3	8.3	194.2	71	17	154.9	7.8	1.9	49	331
22	Tua Tagovailoa T. Tagovailoa	7,442	32	474	684	69.3	10.9	232.6	87	11	199.4	12.7	1.6	25	201
23	Tim Tebow T. Tebow	7,417	48	524	801	65.4	9.3	154.5	69	12	168.6	8.6	1.5
24	J.T. Barrett	7,254	41	611	978	62.5	7.4	176.9	76	25	145.3	7.8	2.6	61	357
25	Ian Book I. Book	7,045	32	570	878	64.9	8.0	220.2	50	13	148.2	5.7	1.5	53	287

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PASS

402

Madsen

RUSH

256

Riley

REC

137

Jones

Team Rankings

PPG

32.5

64th

OPP PPG

27.0

108th

RUSH YDS/G

225.0

31st

PASS YDS/G

201.0

106th

2026 Pac-12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Colorado State	0-0	2-0
2	Boise State	0-0	1-1
3	Fresno State	0-0	1-1
4	San Diego State	0-0	1-1
5	Oregon State	0-0	0-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/19	SDAK	@	BSU	10:00 PM
Sat 9/26	BSU	@	WMU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	USU	@	BSU	7:30 PM
Sat 10/10	BSU	@	FRES	10:30 PM
Sat 10/24	BSU	@	WSU	6:00 PM

Last Game

Memphis

2 - 1

Final

Boise State

1 - 1

Sat 12 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

896

Maiava

795

Stokes

794

Alejado

Rush Yards Leaders

375

Carter

374

Sheppard

319

Bates

Rec Yards Leaders

376

Legree

333

Duff

330

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

10

Maiava

9

Hejny

8

Weaver

Rush TD Leaders

6

Carter

6

Knight

5

Baugh

Rec TD Leaders

5

Duff

5

Dixon

5

Becker

QB Rating Leaders

284.5

Stockton

271.7

Mensah

243.9

Jennings

Sack Leaders

5.0

Umanmielen

4.0

Lewis

4.0

Lester

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

66.5

61.0

59.0

58.5

55.0

54.5

Opp PPG Rankings

4.5

5.0

5.5

6.5

Total Yards Rankings

702.5

620.5

586.0

576.5

573.5

569.0

Rush Yards Rankings

394.0

376.0

341.5

336.0

319.0

314.0

Pass Yards Rankings

442.0

427.0

389.5

358.0

356.0

346.0

Sack Leaders

12.0

11.0

10.0

9.0

CFB 2026 Standings

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

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

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

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	2	0	1.000
2	Boise State	1	1	.500
3	Fresno State	1	1	.500
4	San Diego State	1	1	.500
5	Oregon State	0	2	.000
6	Texas State	0	2	.000
7	Utah State	0	2	.000
8	Washington State	0	2	.000

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	2	.333
2	UMass	2	0	1.000
3	Akron	1	1	.500
4	Ball State	1	1	.500
5	Buffalo	1	1	.500
6	Central Michigan	1	1	.500
7	Kent State	1	1	.500
8	Miami (OH)	1	1	.500
9	Ohio	1	1	.500
10	Toledo	1	1	.500
11	Western Michigan	1	1	.500
12	Bowling Green	0	2	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	2	.333

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

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

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	2	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	1	1	.500
3	Tulsa	2	0	1.000
4	UTSA	2	0	1.000
5	Memphis	2	1	.667
6	North Texas	1	1	.500
7	Rice	1	1	.500
8	Temple	1	1	.500
9	Tulane	1	1	.500
10	UAB	1	1	.500
11	Charlotte	0	2	.000
12	East Carolina	0	2	.000
13	Army	1	1	.500
14	Navy	1	1	.500

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	3	0	1.000
2	Indiana	2	0	1.000
3	Iowa	2	0	1.000
4	Maryland	2	0	1.000
5	Michigan	2	0	1.000
6	Michigan State	2	0	1.000
7	Nebraska	2	0	1.000
8	Penn State	2	0	1.000
9	UCLA	2	0	1.000
10	Washington	2	0	1.000
11	Northwestern	1	0	1.000
12	Illinois	1	1	.500
13	Minnesota	1	1	.500
14	Ohio State	1	1	.500
15	Oregon	1	1	.500
16	Purdue	1	1	.500
17	Wisconsin	1	1	.500
18	Rutgers	0	2	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	1	1	.500
2	Florida International	1	1	.500
3	Kennesaw State	1	1	.500
4	Liberty	1	1	.500
5	Middle Tennessee	1	1	.500
6	Missouri State	1	1	.500
7	Jacksonville State	1	2	.333
8	New Mexico State	1	2	.333
9	Sam Houston	0	2	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	2	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	3	0	1.000
2	UNLV	1	2	.333
3	New Mexico	2	0	1.000
4	San Jose State	2	1	.667
5	Nevada	1	1	.500
6	UTEP	1	1	.500
7	Wyoming	1	1	.500
8	Northern Illinois	0	2	.000
9	Air Force	1	1	.500
10	Hawai'i	1	2	.333