top 5 passing leaders in college football

CJ Carr has the most passing yards when in the AP top 5 this season, with 963 yards.

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2026 season

	NAME	YDS	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	CJ Carr	963	4	67	95	70.5	10.1	240.8	9	1	184.8	9.5	1.1	2	9
2	Arch Manning A. Manning	865	4	74	116	63.8	7.5	216.3	7	3	141.2	6.0	2.6	10	62
3	Gunner Stockton G. Stockton	754	4	52	70	74.3	10.8	188.5	10	1	209.1	14.3	1.4	4	27
4	Josh Hoover J. Hoover	619	3	43	64	67.2	9.7	206.3	7	0	184.5	10.9	0.0	5	31
5	Julian Sayin J. Sayin	598	2	38	57	66.7	10.5	299.0	4	1	174.4	7.0	1.8	4	26
6	Dante Moore D. Moore	378	1	28	37	75.7	10.2	378.0	3	0	188.2	8.1	0.0	1	7
7	Trinidad Chambliss T. Chambliss	298	1	25	34	73.5	8.8	298.0	1	1	151.0	2.9	2.9	1	3
8	Darian Mensah D. Mensah	220	1	30	34	88.2	6.5	220.0	3	0	171.7	8.8	0.0	1	1
9	Ryan Puglisi R. Puglisi	197	4	17	28	60.7	7.0	49.3	2	0	143.4	7.1	0.0	0	0
10	Noah Grubbs N. Grubbs	108	2	9	15	60.0	7.2	54.0	1	0	142.5	6.7	0.0	0	0
11	Ryan Montgomery R. Montgomery	66	2	3	6	50.0	11.0	33.0	1	0	197.4	16.7	0.0	0	0
12	KJ Lacey Jr.	63	2	7	8	87.5	7.9	31.5	0	0	153.7	0.0	0.0	0	0
13	Luke Fahey L. Fahey	62	1	5	6	83.3	10.3	62.0	1	1	191.8	16.7	16.7	0	0
14	Grant Wilson G. Wilson	61	2	3	3	100.0	20.3	30.5	2	0	490.8	66.7	0.0	1	4
15	Tavien St. Clair T. St. Clair	52	1	5	6	83.3	8.7	52.0	1	0	211.1	16.7	0.0	0	0
16	Teddy Jarrard T. Jarrard	29	1	2	2	100.0	14.5	29.0	0	0	221.8	0.0	0.0	0	0
17	Hezekiah Millender H. Millender	17	2	1	1	100.0	17.0	8.5	0	0	242.8	0.0	0.0	0	0
18	Tyler Cherry T. Cherry	10	1	1	3	33.3	3.3	10.0	0	0	61.3	0.0	0.0	0	0

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More Notre Dame Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

963

Carr

RUSH

224

Williams

REC

334

Gilbert

Team Rankings

PPG

42.3

18th

OPP PPG

8.3

3rd

RUSH YDS/G

141.8

112th

PASS YDS/G

275.0

36th

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/3	ND	@	UNC	12:00 PM
Sat 10/10	STAN	@	ND	3:30 PM
Sat 10/17	ND	@	BYU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/31	ND	@	NAVY	12:00 PM
Sat 11/7	MIA	@	ND	7:30 PM

Last Game

Notre Dame

4 - 0

Final

Purdue

1 - 3

Sat 26 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

1,423

Atkinson

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Mensah

14

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.0

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

8.5

9.0

9.8

10.3

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

523.8

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

347.0

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	4	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	4	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	0	1.000
5	Texas	4	0	1.000
6	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
7	Auburn	3	1	.750
8	Kentucky	3	1	.750
9	LSU	3	1	.750
10	Missouri	3	1	.750
11	Tennessee	3	1	.750
12	Vanderbilt	3	1	.750
13	Arkansas	2	2	.500
14	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
15	South Carolina	2	2	.500
16	Texas A&M	2	2	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Fresno State	3	1	.750
3	Colorado State	2	2	.500
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	Texas State	2	2	.500
6	San Diego State	1	3	.250
7	Utah State	1	3	.250
8	Washington State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	4	0	1.000
3	Iowa	4	0	1.000
4	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	3	1	.750
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Michigan	3	1	.750
11	Penn State	3	1	.750
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Northwestern	2	1	.667
14	Illinois	2	2	.500
15	Maryland	2	2	.500
16	Michigan State	2	2	.500
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Utah	4	0	1.000
4	BYU	3	0	1.000
5	Baylor	3	1	.750
6	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
7	UCF	3	1	.750
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	3	1	.750
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	1	.750
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	2	2	.500
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	0	1.000
2	Kent State	2	2	.500
3	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Buffalo	2	2	.500
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	3	.250
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	4	0	1.000
2	Clemson	3	1	.750
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	Pittsburgh	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia Tech	4	0	1.000
6	Virginia	3	1	.750
7	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
8	Louisville	2	2	.500
9	SMU	3	1	.750
10	California	2	2	.500
11	Stanford	2	2	.500
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Boston College	2	2	.500
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	UAB	2	2	.500
4	Army	2	1	.667
5	Memphis	3	1	.750
6	Tulsa	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	North Texas	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Rice	1	3	.250
12	Charlotte	0	4	.000
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
2	Liberty	3	1	.750
3	Delaware	2	2	.500
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	New Mexico State	1	3	.250
8	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
9	Western Kentucky	1	3	.250
10	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	4	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	3	1	.750
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
13	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	Wyoming	2	2	.500
4	Air Force	2	1	.667
5	New Mexico	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	3	.250
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250